I'm currently quitting smoking.

Before I started smoking I hated it more than anything in the world. My parents smoked and I used to tell them to quit/moan about it all of the time and even lecture them about their health. They quit smoking and about 6 years on I began, just because I wanted to try it to see what the big deal was, thinking I'd never get addicted like them because I knew how bad it was for me! I was wrong.

Smoking was purely a social thing for me to begin with, but not peer pressure. It was more like, going out on my break at work with my colleagues and having a chat and a cigarette. I also smoked whilst drinking alcohol with friends. I enjoyed it, and it relaxed me.

It is addicting and you can get addicted from just having one every now and again. The 'every now and again' time span gets shorter and shorter because you think there's no way you can get addicted and then before you know it you're a fully pledged smoker.

&& it is hard to quit. I've gone 3 days without smoking and it's getting easier.