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i have to be open and honest

when i was 11 years old i had my first cigarette and of course i didnt like it so i didnt smoke for a while then went to back to them when i was 13 now when i was 13 i smoked all sorts i took speed,weed,heroien,gaungi,stunk....i useto dirnk alot of alcohol anyway ive givin up the class "a" drugs now but i cant quit smoking and when i smoke it make me feel soo much better and kinda of hyper and happy i know this isnt the way to go for happiness and i know God is the only one who can keep my happiness but smoking just makes me feel better and stops me self harming....and helps me to calm down...coz i had MAJOR anger problems i threw a chair at my maths teacher i was that bad....anyway i thought i might be open to you all man it took alot more time to type than it does to say lol
 

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Hi Mandie

It's good to be honest. I am not sure what you are looking for other than to be honest. It is hard to give up smoking. If I was your age and only smoked for three years, I would think of some nice things I wanted a lot and start saving for them by not buying cigarettes.

Did you know that that more you think about quitting smoking, the more smoking is on your mind. Relax and think of other things.:hug:
 
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BrokenANDStained said:
I have felt the same way about smoking, I just like it, but I trying o quit to be around my family longer.

Hi Broken

One of the things that I found after many years of trying to quit smoking was that I had to quit for me, because I wanted to, not for anybody else. The commitment you make has to be to yourself, for yourself, if you really want it to work. At least that is the way it was for me. I couldn't do it for my kids or anybody else.....had to be for me.
 
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Just like freyajem said, smoking is a very hard thing to quit. I smoked for 25 plus years and then the doctor told me if I didn't quit that I would die of emphysema. Well after that, it took me at least a year and a half to quit. I had such a hard time doing it, but if I can quit anyone can...Well to make a long story short I do have a touch of emphysema and I am on medication for it but thank God I do not have to carry an oxygen tank around with me as long as I take care of myself...Quitting is do-able but not easy...Just keep the faith and most of all depend on God for stength....God bless...:hug:
 
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