Dear Cigarettes,
You have been my friend for ten years now.
You make me feel better, calm my depression, anxiety and stress and give me something to do.
You have also been slowly killing me, wasting my money, ruining my voice and polluting the planet.
I want to part ways for good.
I know that you will always be available for a small price, but the price I pay is greater than $7.
I want to learn to live without you and say no to you when you beckon and call,
when you try to seduce me through other people, friends, the media and even my own thoughts.
Instead of a reward, you are a punishment to my skin, my lungs, my teeth, my hair, my throat and my voice.
You keep me from being healthy by exercising, breathing deeply and doing yoga.
I am determined to live without you.
I am determined to overcome my addiction to you once and for all.
So, leave me alone.
If you call, I will not answer.
I am saying no to cancer from now on.
Goodbye cigarettes,
forever.
Sincerely,
Cali
