That speech was amazing last night. I was a kid in the 60's. I wanted to be Steve McQueen. I stole smokes from my parents and taought myself to inhale in front of the mirror and how to hold it, make smoke rings and flick it across the street when I was finished. Movies TV commercials made cigarettes so cool, so smoking made me cool too. Cigarettes became an extention of me. My crutch.... More than the nicotene was the psycological attachment that I am still fighting. My dad died from it, my mom, my brother in law.... I knew, but I still liked it. I didn't care because I knew that one day I would die from something...thoughts like that made me rationalize my irational thinking. So yeah I take full responsability for my smoking.But I also hold the tobacco companies resposible for the way they target the young and vulnerable.
There are so many things out there to be addicted to, and they just keep adding more all the time. We have become a nation of self medicators. Companies are making billions of dollars on stuff we think we need to get through a day...... I choose the way I get through my day now.That is one of the biggest reasons I quit smoking....back to rebelling but this time, older, wiser and for the right reasons for me.
