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i dont smoke or anything but for the people who do how did you start and was the situation avoidable/ i mean like if it was a stupid mistake and you just cant quit or if anyone has no regrets/
my sister's friend that i hung out with smoked and so i asked for a drag and then in ten days i was hooked i was 11 years old at the time it took me 14 years to quit if you never started good never take the first drag its to dam hard to quit. and weed cost to much if it was free ied say eat it.
hey all.. i started when i was 18-- when i was lil my mom, my dad, my uncles-when i started it was to help w stress( i smoke every once in a while) now im up to 1/2 or more a day and im tryin to kick the habit and its not working very well..
I was 11 and would take a few of my father's Salem cigarettes out and smoke them in the woods. I quit in 1980 when I had bronchitis for 9 months and could not get well. I even had to find a nonsmoking office to work in as well. My doctor told me to quit smoking or find another doctor. Short and to the point. I got rid of the bronchitis and kept the doctor. I was so sick I really didn't go into a withdrawl symptom thing over them either. When you are so sick and coughing all the time it's easy to quit permanently. That was 28 years ago and haven't been tempted since.
I remember sharing a ..woodbine ciggy with some friends behind the public toilets up on the high street, when i was about 13 years old. WE were scared to death that the local copper would catch us and march us back home to our parents...thats how it was then.
Can't say i liked it, but you just went along with the gang at the time. When i was in my 20's occasionally had one with my sister, but didn't really smoke.
The time i really started smoking was when my dear Dad died very suddenly, the shock almost put me over the edge and my brother, who's also gone now ( bless him) offered me a ciggy to calm my nerves ..he said, anyway i've been smoking ever since constantly trying to pack it in...but lifes been hard so i find myself continuelly liting up a ciggy....i wished i 'd never started, i'll beat it in the end.
Orphan, I understand what you mean about the stress thing playing a big part. I hate that you call yourself Orphan! Would you like a sis? I'd be your virtual adopted sis!! I'm so sorry about your Dad, Brother, and Aunt. That's a really hard thing to go through. I have still got both of my parents, and all of my siblings, but I know the day will come, and I can't even imagine what you had to go through. I guess we all have to at some point. I've lost some very good friends, and that was hard enough.
Orphan, I understand what you mean about the stress thing playing a big part. I hate that you call yourself Orphan! Would you like a sis? I'd be your virtual adopted sis!! I'm so sorry about your Dad, Brother, and Aunt. That's a really hard thing to go through. I have still got both of my parents, and all of my siblings, but I know the day will come, and I can't even imagine what you had to go through. I guess we all have to at some point. I've lost some very good friends, and that was hard enough.
Hi Starbuck8......consider it official, you can be my virtual adopted sis' any time you like,bless your heart.
Unfortunatey we all suffer from loosing loved ones, it's when it's sudden with no illness that knocks you for six, especially when two go together...my Mum and my brother.
Sadley there is something in the family medical history that causes this sudden death and there is nothing that can be done to prevent it happening,thats 5 of us now that have gone suddenley, to be told that it could be anyone of us next can be quite scary but the rest of us decided that we would just live the best way we could and hope and pray we're not the next one.
Anyway back to a lighter note......everyone knows cigarettes are no good for you, yet we still do it....this just goes to show what a hold it has on a person, not to mention the cost.
A pack of 20 Lamburt & butler are now £5.13, you can buy a cheaper brand around £4 .00 but over a month thats a lot of money for ciggy, if you maybe buy a pack a day.
When i was a kid the little newsagent that we passed on the way to school used to sell us 1 for 10d, i'm told they still do ,so i can imagine where the kids dinner money goes.
I think i'm gonna try and cut down gradually and see if that works, so i'll say bye for now....must go and have a puff...
Thanks Orphan!! I'm now your bona fide virtual sis , and I know I'm getting off topic here, but I've met soooooo many great friends here! Some I talk to regularily on the phone, some of their kids talk to me and even call me Auntie, and we send letters and emails back and fourth. Call me Starby, as most do, that know me. (or some call me Ducky...long story, lol)
I can't even begin to understand what kind of illness that runs in your family, and yes, that would be a scary thing to have to live with! WOW!
You are right about the money part of it. I can't even fathom what kind of trip around the world I could've been on right now if I would have banked all of the money I've spent on this addictive habit! It's sad isn't it? I'm certainly the first one to admit that, to someone who tells me about the dangers of smoking, but it has been proven to be a harder habit to break than heroin!! It's tough!
Any of you kids that are reading this? Just DO NOT START!! Take that 40 bucks a week (or more) that it's going to cost you, and put it in a bank account!!
I'm so sorry about your Dad, Brother, and Aunt. That's a really hard thing to go through. I have still got both of my parents, and all of my siblings, but I know the day will come, and I can't even imagine what you had to go through. I guess we all have to at some point. I've lost some very good friends, and that was hard enough.
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