Daily Prompt: The End!
My last cigarette! I have had this pack four months!
What is my addiction?
You may ask, & think prey tell
Well it is one of poison
Dare I say, they belong in hell,
But this never bothered me;
I have smoked them for years
Quite happily too
I am afraid I must say!
Yes I knew their danger
Who does not in this day?
But after eight years
Of enjoying their lure
I had found a new love
& he was not one to share!
Running, you see,
Takes so much more
Than my poor lungs could give
Whilst nicotine remained.
And so, four months ago,
After a run one starry night,
I had to end my addiction
Say good bye to my vice
& I haven’t looked back
Surprisingly enough,
Though I know I will remember it
With a small place in my heart
Almost like a lost love,
Whom you have had to leave behind.
But in the end
You were happier apart
& that’s what counts, right?
Abstractions of Life 
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Congratulations on the quit! I quit 7 months ago after a very long (25+ year) love affair with the demon addiction. I quit after being diagnosed with breast cancer and being told that reconstruction surgery would NOT take place unless I quit. Within a matter of 7 days, I was and still am, a non-smoker!
I’m so happy it didn’t take a life-scare for you to quit and congratulations again! 😀
Wow the congrats is definitely yours but thank you! Me too. I always said I thought you could only stop if you really want to, and when that happens it will be relatively easy. And it was actually. I miss it sometimes but in a detached way.
Well done though that shows so much strength!
Yes! I’m surprised at my ‘strength’ (it’s more like fear). My husband is still a chain-smoker, but he smokes in the garage and no longer in the house. Only on a RARE occasion do I yearn for a ‘drag’, but the yearning passes quickly. Yay to us! 😀
fear and strength arnt that far apart really I guess… Yay us 😀
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Congrats on quitting – and I hope the running is going well.
Thank you it is! I really love it… 1/2 marathon soon hopefully!
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