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Monday, June 06, 2011
GOD SHOULD'VE PUT A CHIMNEY ON MY HEAD
I started smoking when I was 14. I thought it was cool. I thought it would make me look cool. I smoke after school whenever I got the chance - somewhere shady, where no one would recognize me (and my friends). I would sneak out a cigarette from late at night - when they're both asleep. I wasn't a heavy smoker back then.
The opportunity of being away from home came - college. I smoke in my own room. I smoke around the campus. I smoke more than a pack a day. It was getting more intense. It kept me awake. It kept me alive over a day. It's a high my body my body got used to. It's an addiction. But I knew that it was not doing any good to my body.
Med school came and I was bombarded with information regarding the ill effects of smoking. Did it scare me? No. Not at all. Did I want to stop? Definitely!
I want to live a healthier life. I want to eat right. I want to be active. I want to lose weight. I want to look good. I want to feel better. I want to be healthy. I want to stop my smoking habit. But I can't. It's hard. Really hard. My school has been advocating a smoke-free campus. It helped me a bit. I could hardly smoke within the school grounds (which happens to stand beside a hospital). Since I can't smoke in school, I only smoke at home. I started smoking half a pack each day. There was even a time when I smoked 1-3 sticks a day. I really want to quit. "Quitters never win", but I knew that my body will gain a lot from quitting.I realized that if I were to quit smoking, I'd save a lot of money. Not only does my body benefits from quitting, but also my wallet.
It's a bondage I could hardly get away from. It may not be written in the bible that smoking is a sin. But if God wanted me to smoke, He should have made a chimney on top of my head. Fortunately, He did not. But again, it's so hard to quit. I need help!
Help!
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