[R.A. Nelson]

There are two parts to being addicted to smoking, physical and psychological. I have been smoking for twenty years now. I think about stopping, but cigarettes are my best friends. There’s always one there when I need one. They help me calm down, they help wake me up, they help me concentrate, they give me something to do when I feel unsure about what to do next. I can go about two hours between cigarettes and then I begin to feel edgy, irritable, and anxious. If I have to refrain from smoking for an extended period of time, like taking an airline flight, when I get off the plane, I want a cigarette so badly, I will light one up to have just a couple of puffs before I pick up my luggage. With the various patches and gums now available, the physical addiction can be pretty easily overcome but it would be very difficult to give up these friends of mine that are so calming. My mother, who smoked for 40 years has quit again. This is the third or fourth time she had tried to quit. Usually what gets her started back up again is stress over something. The physical addiction has passed, but the calming effect of the cigarette continues to pull for a long time after you’ve quit. You are very smart not to have ever started.

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Name : R.A. Nelson, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Episcopalian, Age : 42, City : Carol Stream, State : IL, Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class,