Tag: Habit

Many people think that smoking won’t effect them the way they see it affect others. Most of the younger people who smoke feel a certain invincibility. Why shouldn’t they, they’ve been told the world is at their feet and they can accomplish anything. Sadly though, many start smoking very casually at first and then it just becomes a natural extension of their cult o’ personality.

Many older people who smoke will tell you that it was the biggest mistake they ever made. I’ve often had patients tell me they wished they had never started the habit. Of course, this is some 30-40 years later when their sense of invincibility is not quite as strong.

That’s the thing about smoking, it’s kind of like that tortoise in the race with the rabbit. It just slowly plods along until it wears you out. Before you realize it, you need a pack of cigarettes each day to get that same feeling or buzz. Then before you realize it, you need a cigarette to deal with the stresses of the day. Finally, you start noticing chest pains or shortness of breath or a cough that just won’t go away. But by this time, smoking has essentially won the race.

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