Preventing Smoking Addiction - Is There Such A Thing?

Preventing Smoking Addiction – Is There Such A Thing?

My first contact with cigarettes was at the age of five. I opened the big antique closet that my parents had in the living room and took out a big cigar. I ran up back to my room, opened the window and “enjoyed” my first cigar. It was an awful experience and I coughed up my lungs.

I spent the next two days walking from my bed to the bathroom and back. It was the most awful, disgusting experience ever! So, after that experience I “quit” for a couple of years. The reasons were obvious. First, I had a very bad first experience, my body suffered for quite a while. Secondly, I didn’t get my parents’ permission to smoke, obvious since I was only five. Thirdly, they started hiding the key to the closet a lot better than before.

By the time I was eleven years old I fell for the temptation of “becoming a real man.” I wanted to be cool and belong to the in gang. It happened when I was at boarding school. It was a school run by Jesuits, who, as you’ll later see, played quite a considerable role in my smoking education. Spending the first night with three other pupils all around 11 years old, and sharing a room was quite a lot of fun. It was a new experience for all of us as we got to know each other and found out who already smoked. Marc was one of those guys who didn’t just talk about having done it, he actually smoked and he showed us his cigarettes, Blue Belga with a filter.

The next morning, after introductions to the class and teacher, a few of us escaped into the woods. There we would meet and smoke. The trip was an experience in itself; we felt like we were in a movie, it was a little bit scary. There was always a potential risk of being caught, but what a challenge! I guess we were in a group of six or seven kids, hiding behind some big bushes while Marc and Rob were distributing the cigarettes and then lighting them. It didn’t take much to convince me to go along with them because I wanted to be a part of it; I wanted to belong to the group. Just that sensation was a big adventure that I didn’t want to miss.

See you soon,

Eric Eraly

Author of the Painless Stop Smoking Cure

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Preventing Smoking Addiction - Is There Such A Thing?