I am addiction

I am addiction.
I am deeper than the seven seas.
Like the oceans, I retreat and I return.
You may reject me, but you cannot kill me.
You may defeat me, but I will not be gone.
I am addiction.
I will weaken, but I will not die.
Beware.

- from a nonsmoker named Ben

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Depression is a very big part of addiction. I have let go of something that has been a part of my life all my life. When I wasn't smoking my parents were. Why didn't I get mad at the cigarettes for killing my parents, if it would have been a person that took their life I would be so angry and want justic.

- pingpong (Thursday, March 22, 2007 at 4:49:01 PM [EST])

One more thought... I just read that the feelings of emptiness, depression, frustration and anxiety, do not come from nicotine addiction. But, mental conditioning that you have associated with smoking...I disagree. "I am Addiction" is just the way it is... I am really working on ways to not be so irritable, depressed, and frustrated, and praying that I will be able to relax and be my old self again, without a cigarette...341 days, and I remind myself everyday that I don't want to go around carrying an oxygen tank with tubes up my nose...

- Marie (Friday, September 15, 2006 at 2:02:04 PM [EST])

This is so good. Last night my husband and I had a hard time killing a fly before we went to bed. I dreamed a friend came over and we went outside and smoked. A fly flew in... Boy did it taste good (the cig., not the fly.) The demon lies. I have to remind myself of lung cancer, COPD, etc.

- Marie (Thursday, August 31, 2006 at 10:14:50 PM [EST])