I started smoking when I was 12 years old. Quit after a bet with myself. If Sweden won the ice-hockey world championship I would give up this bad habit. This was back in 1991 I think. Sweden won the tournament and I quit smoking. Since then I have only smoked twice. The first relapse was the same week as I quit. Out on an island partying with a few friends where everyone smoked I found it impossible not to. Then, a couple of years later I was island hopping in the Greek archipelago with a childhood friend I hadn't seen for 15 years. We visited Santorini, Paros and Ios. And it was on the party island Ios that I smoked my last ever cigarette. We were having drinks at the big square in Chora and I borrowed a cigarette from my friend Peter. It tasted like death. These days I can't stand if anyone smokes near me.
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Hand of Death
I started smoking when I was 12 years old. Quit after a bet with myself. If Sweden won the ice-hockey world championship I would give up this bad habit. This was back in 1991 I think. Sweden won the tournament and I quit smoking. Since then I have only smoked twice. The first relapse was the same week as I quit. Out on an island partying with a few friends where everyone smoked I found it impossible not to. Then, a couple of years later I was island hopping in the Greek archipelago with a childhood friend I hadn't seen for 15 years. We visited Santorini, Paros and Ios. And it was on the party island Ios that I smoked my last ever cigarette. We were having drinks at the big square in Chora and I borrowed a cigarette from my friend Peter. It tasted like death. These days I can't stand if anyone smokes near me.
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I love what you did with this photo. (Yes, it's not easy to quit - my sister also started in her teens - but sounds like you've truly kicked the habit!)
It was very smart of you to quit. I never really began. In the sixth grade, a friend and I stole two cigarettes from my mother and smoked them behind the barn. They were so disgusting, I never had another.
well done, sir. well done, indeed.
Very well done - my mother smoked and I hated the way she smelt because of it. I told her that I would never marry anyone who smoked. She asked what would happen if I fell in love with a smoker - I replied that I would never go out with one in the first place because smokers smelt so foul. She stopped smoking soon after that!
I like you am a reformed smoker and can't abide the smell anymore. I hate getting on an elevator, especially in winter, when someone is coming back after just having a smoke, they smell so awful.
Reformed smokers are generally more anti smoking than most
looks scary like this!
i also cant stand it when someone is smoking near me. i never really botherd, but nowadays it really annoys me...
Well done! Did you need to use Nicorette? (it's Swedish right?)
Nicorette was probably on the market twenty years ago, but I didn't use it. I used my will power.
Slow death
Greetings,
Filip
A quite powerful title to go with the photo!
I am always thrilled to hear when someone has stopped smoking Steffe. Well done to you. I work in respiratory health and the majority of patients are in my unit because of smoking related diseases. I am like you...I can't stand anyone smoking near me.
Well done Steffe, try not to have another lapse it was definitely a very good thing you did in giving up.
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