I was supposed to fly back to Australia on Monday. It’s Wednesday now and I’m still not there.
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Dear friends,
"I am giving up." I've said these words to myself over and over again both in my heart and out loud. Sometimes only once in a week, other times several during the course of a single day but many, many times in my life so far. (Disclaimer: je suis si gêné; mais j'ai fumer quand j'étais plus jeune et j'ai le commencer encore. I can’t speak for others, but I can speak for myself. I started smoking because I was having trouble coping with my depression. It helps a little with my mania too, but I have less severe bouts of those so it’s not that much of a problem. I smoke to calm myself down and to make sure I don’t hurt the people around me – and I mean that very literally.
(and why so many depressed people smoke) There’s no point justifying something that’s obviously very bad for you. I’m not going to do that. A lot of non-smokers see smokers and wonder why they don’t stop. As a smoker myself, I see other smokers and wonder what made them start.
UPDATE 20/08: Rumours have been going around (or at least in the media industry/social circle) for the past couple of days that the Indonesian govt will be raising cigarette prices to IDR 50,000 per pack. That's around $5. It may not sound like a lot, but right now cigarettes are around the IDR 20,000 price range, so that is more than double the price. |
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