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Almost three weeks ago, I did something very important to better my life.  I quit smoking compulsively.   It had been something I wanted to do for a long time, but just didn’t for some reason or another.  I guess I thought it would be hard.  I thought it would change my life, and I wasn’t ready for a lifestyle change.  Now I wonder what took me so long.

I started smoking when I was about 16 years old.  That means that I have been smoking for about 16 years now.  I didn’t smoke compulsively at first, of course.  I can’t remember when that happened.  I guess it creeps up on you.  I would say it was probably around the age of 19 or 20.  Until three weeks ago, I don’t think a day has gone by since I was 19 in which I didn’t smoke a cigarette.  Before long, I was smoking a pack a day easy.  More if I was drinking or incredibly bored or something.  After all that, I stopped smoking compulsively in just one second.

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