Geez Villette...11 !?! I don't even think I knew how to work a lighter when I was 11. I did go through a stint a couple of years ago...guess I was about 22 or 23, when I picked it up again for a short time, about 3-4 months I guess. I mean heavier than before...1+ packs per day. I was under stress at work, was living w/ my child & husband at with my parents...our marriage was new and not looking very good, plus I had a baby under 1 year old. It made me feel better and calmed my nerves, but it got to where very few people...the ones at work and a few friends, knew I smoked. I constantly panicked about someone letting it slip to my husband of family. I constantly looked around and in my rear view mirror to see if anyone I knew was around. And I would always have an errand to run at night...just to get out and smoke. Then I'd have to spray down with perfume and get gum and pray nobody would notice. Not very convenient. I would rather have kept it a secret than get lectures and guilt trips from everybody else. |