Four Years Without A Cigarette.

Journey from one addiction to many new ones.

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I started smoking at the age of 18. For the next 18 years, my love-hate relationship with cigarettes crossed all limits. It took a lot of soul-searching and hard work to finally call it a day in 2020.

Why Am I writing?

I am not writing this article to preach the adverse health effects of smoking. The Internet is full of information on this topic. The reasons to smoke are more dangerous than smoking. In 2019, I published an article on these reasons.

Smoking is not injurious to health

It’s been four years; it feels great not to smoke any more. In this article, I want to write about these four years. How has my understanding of addictions evolved over the years? How have I jumped from one addiction to another? What have I learned about my personality?

Addictions

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