Help Ely Quit Smoking

[Eilonnwy]

I had no peer pressure. Just stupid childish curiosity.

I started smoking when I was 13, I think. I would go under a bridge with this neighborhood kid and we'd look for butts to smoke. Then my older sister started smoking, she sometimes gave me one. Or I would get one from another friend. Never smoked regularly. I would go months without having a single cigarette, have one, and then go months again.

Then I graduated, got a job and eventually started bumming off coworkers on rare occasions. Then a manager I liked a lot died suddenly. I had a hard time dealing with it at work so I started buying cigarettes. I was either 19 or 20 when this happened. From then on it's been a battle. I've started and quit many times.

Ever since I started working AB registration, I pick up again in the spring to get through the stress of the con and quit in August after con season. :/