"It’s become emotional for me. I just need it."

From a profile of "Daily Show" correspondent Rob Corddry, something I really identify with:

Always with him: ChapStick. It’s in my pocket right now. There’s one in my desk drawer, one in my bag, one in my car and a few in the dresser. Probably 15 have fallen behind my bed. It’s become emotional for me. I just need it.

So how many ChapSticks at a time do you buy and where do you stow them? How badly do you panic if you go on a trip and discover you've forgotten to pack one? Tell us how much you love ChapStick. And if you don't rely on ChapStick, what do you use?

I was at the Hood Museum at Dartmouth yesterday, and the whole top floor was given over to an exhibit about the Inuit. On one little film they were showing, an old Inuit woman, who lived in the traditional Inuit way, had a glistening emollient of some sort on her lips. I wonder what it was? It looked comfy. Maybe it was better than ChapStick. I'm willing to consider that there are superior alternatives. But what are they?