[Robert]

An addiction to smoking is like having a really great friend who always lies to you. You know he’s bad, but you like him so much, you can’t bare not having him around. When you decide that its best to live without a person like that, you feel as though you’ve made this great life-altering decision. Then, a social event comes up or stress enters your life or you finish a task and you feel as though you deserve that ‘job-well-done’ cigarette. These are just some of the psychological addictions. The physical addiction comes in the form of an edginess if you go too long without a cigarette. A constant prodding to have it until you succumb. The habitual addiction; waking up and not being able to get out the door without a cup of coffee and a cigarette. The post-prandial smoke that follows a meal or even a snack. Getting into your car. After relations. I even crave a cigarette after biking, basketball or any other healthy workouts. I get the ‘you must be crazy’ looks. Those in short are the addictions that I’m personally aware of. The challenges that I face every time I attempt to quit smoking. People light up for just a short period of time primarily because they’re in a hurry and don’t have time to smoke the whole cigarette or they get interrupted. In my case I usually smoke the entire cigarette unless I’m cut short by time. I think I may have explained why its so difficult to quit with my previous comments…psychological, physical, habitual. I’m in my 21st year of smoking, so I can’t say much about what keeps one from restarting, but from every single person that I know who has ever quit smoking, they say the same thing,’I’d love to have a cigarette right now, but it would never be enough to have to endure the hell of quitting again’. That seems to keep them clear of it. They have cleansed themselves of the physiological dependency on nicotine and even restructured routines to overcome the ‘habit’, but there really is a delicate faultline on which reformed smokers balance. Maybe thats why reformed smokers are the most intolerant towards smokers. They’re always in recovery. My only words to you would be to never start. I began as a college student who simply ‘bummed’ a cigarette now and then from a friend. The funny thing is that most of those same friends have quit long ago. Good Luck.

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Name : Robert, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 41, City : Milwaukee, State : WI, Country : United States, Occupation : Telecommunications, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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