The buzz is a lie. The dopamine is a lie. The cortisol makes me shiver and my face puff up like a zombie. My eyes look gray, my skin never leaves razor bumps until I've been smoking. The immune system weakness. I have been smoking cigarettes, a pipe, cigars, black n milds, friends' vapes and chewed gum. The gum is the one with the least side effects, and feels the best. Cigarettes and swishers from a gas station are the worst. Regardless I'm done with all of it. I feel uninspired. I feel like a megalomaniac billionaire. I am put in a state of drive momentarily at the cost of my spirit.
How many of you have fallen into the trap of smoking? How many are in it and denying it? How many of you do other things like eat cake and play video games? Or waste your time with money? It's not good for you. In a world where there's nothing left to do, false dopamine isn't the answer. I've got weights and they work way better. Tending to my cat and potatoes work too.
I am a former smoker. Congratulations for quitting, this is excellent news for your health, but also for your friends and for your family as well.
Don't worry, there is never "nothing left to do". Read the Bible, read the Catechism, pray to God, do the Rosary every day. If you have the time, read a good biography written on a Saint that you like.
Read about your country's history and the legacy from your ancestors. Even if they are not Catholic, there is often something worthwhile in it. Keep the good, get rid of the bad.
Even if most living people in 2026 are fools who forgot God, we have access to infinite knowledge on the internet. We are quite privileged to be able to read the works of any theologian of our choice , at any time of the day.
Once you get started on doing something worthwhile, it's quitting that becomes hard!
Topic: Why I'm Done Smoking (Read 499 times)