ViceVersa
Why does anyone even start smoking in the first place? Genuine question. It's always completely baffled me why anyone would think that sticking something in their mouth and setting light to it would ever be a good idea.
As someone that struggles socially when my marriage broke up and I found myself in a singles group I started smoking because it made me feel part of the group who smoked. It also gave me something to hide behind. I’d always been an occasional smoker that could have a cigarette and then not smoke again first weeks or months until then. When you smoke you don’t notice how awful you smell. There is the association aspect, too. I rarely went to pubs but when I did I would want a cigarette straight away, because I associated pubs with cigarettes. I was so grateful when it was banned, although I did, for a while, smoke outside. Which, in itself was quite nice at the time because I’d have some fascinating conversations with complete strangers. I’d give anything to turn the clock back to those years and omit the smoking. I think that a lot of people that are there to help people quit don’t actually understand how difficult it is. Having said that I’ve never bothered with alcohol.
