[Ray]

I was a smoker for 7+ years at 1 pack per day. It took 5 attempts until I quit. It has now been 3 years since my last cigarette. The addiction is like always having a solution to the stresses of the daily grind. The relief is temporary, yet extremely satisfying. When you haven’t had one it causes the stress for which you use them to increase and thus completing the circle with the need for another cigarette. I’m not sure why people light up for a short period of time. I thought it was a waste when I was at college. The difficulty in quiting I believe resided in giving up a stress relief solution only to increase the stress 10 fold during the quiting phases. Every now and then I wake up in the morning having dreampt that I had a cigarette, but relieved that i had not. The greatest temptations are within situations that you have personally related to smoking such as first thing in the morning, with coffee, after dinner or with a a beer. As time passes it only becomes easier to resist. The disappointment I would feel in myself if I were to smoke again is part of the deterant as well as supporting corporate profits from a product that causes so much harm is something I can no longer do. Hope this helps.

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Name : Ray, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Buddhist, Age : 28, City : Oak Park, State : IL, Country : United States, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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