Quitting smoking was one of the hardest things I've ever done.
I started smoking because I thought it would make me cool.
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I thought it would make chicks like me, and to be honest I thought it would get me laid.
30 years ago all of those things were true.
It made me cool in the eyes of others.
It made chicks like me.
It even got me laid.
Of course it did something else too.... it gave me a terrible addiction that lasted for over 10 years.
People know better these days.
Back then people thought cigarettes might be bad for you. I guess they even knew cigarettes were bad for you...... but it wasn't like today.
My doctor smoked.
Everyone I knew smoked.
I remember smoking in the movie theater.
I remember being in a restaurant smoking.
I remember being in the mall in the bathroom and everyone in there was smoking.
Cigarettes were extremely cheap back then, and easy to buy whenever you wanted.
Nowadays a pack of cigarettes is really expensive . You can buy a six pack of beer for the same price as a pack of cigarettes around here.
Do I regret smoking?
That's the funny thing.
My friends and some of the girls that I got together with probably were involved with me because of the smoking somehow. I was a rebel and so were they.
I don't know if smoking was really a part of it or if it just seemed like a part of it but I really wouldn't want to disturb those memories either.
I'm glad that I was ultimately able to quit though.
I still work with a few people that smoke and I think it's really sad that they have to sneak outside to smoke a cigarette now.
There is so much judgement about smoking these days.
I can't stand the smell of smoke anymore and I don't know how I used to actually put those things in my mouth.
Today I can't really even imagine someone smoking. It smells bad. It costs a lot. It does nothing for you.
Smoking....
It was a good place to visit but I'm glad I quit living there many years ago.
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I knew this feeling ! It took me for a long time to stop with smoking. Now it is done for me, I feel more fresh with my breathing. Thanks fir sharing with us. If you have time please visit my post. Upvotwd from @chanthasam
Everyone has the right to smoke or not but I have seen many people who irritate others with their smoking habits. I have even seen people who would smoke in the class and the smoke of the cigarette would make me feel so bad.Congrats to you though that you are no more in smoking.
I started smoking at the age 15/16 years old,because all my friends did it too, my addiction last 16 years, I quit back in 2009.
Congratulations on quitting. It's very difficult.
The smell is awful. I am glad I managed to quit as well. I know what you mean though, them memories are kinda sacred
It's hard to believe that the smell is so bad but yet we used to put that smell in our mouth.
Good job I've tried to quit myself but then i get stressed out and get right back into it
It's really easy to quit but it's very difficult to really quit.
I quit May 7, 2013. Best thing I ever did for myself. Now I can't believe I ever had that nasty habit. I only started smoking cigarettes in my mid 20's, when I was drinking a lot. Congrats on quitting.
Congratulations. Quitting is extremely difficult.
I decided that morning I wasn't going to smoke - no matter what. At around 3pm that afternoon, the company I'd worked for for 10 years had a meeting where they informed us all they were closing, and we were all losing our jobs in 2 days. I didn't have a smoke that day. After that it was easy lol
It's still pretty popular here in France. I gave up in 2000. It was useful when I worked as a nurse in an adolescent unit. Staff did a lot of thinking out having cigarettes, good to get time away too. Was a good way to bond with people too. I stopped when I stopped enjoying it. I didn't struggle giving up, at all. Nice freewrite, thanks for sharing :)
I had a group of friends going to France once and tell me that the cigarette machines there would sell you an individual cigarette because people were that hard up to get a single cigarette sometimes.
Smoking is definitely a bonding situation. I think we've all had smoke breaks with our workmates and really gotten some new friendships of that sort of thing.
Never seen the cigarette machines selling singles! I think they have banned tabac's selling them too. In Germany they still have cigarette machines on the street and you can buy them with a credit card (so they know you are above age of 16!). Also in Germany they still allow smoking in bars and restaurants (most of europe banned this back in 2007 ish), because it is unconstitutional to stop people from smoking. If a bar or restaurant is too small to have a separate nonsmoking section the whole restaurant is smoking.
Good job on the write up and on quitting.
Thank you very much.
So glad you were able to quit! My husband and I both smoked 25 years ago. I was able to quit on the spot when I got pregnant, but he's struggled to quit many times over the years. It is a horrible habit. Congratulations on being able to quit!
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Quitting Smoking is one of the most difficult things that anyone's ever had to do.