#resound11: Vices

Did you slip back into any old habits that you wish you hadn't? Did you gain any new habits that you wish you would have walked away from? Did you discover the evils of Nutella? 'Fess up ... we won't tell.

I quit smoking this year. It was my first attempt, and the first time I had ever gotten close to even wanting to. 

I enjoy smoking. I always have. I am aware of the dangers, and I am classically cliche in that I continued without abatement.

To be very honest, the desire to quit was actually a need to, as a result of a very intense cold that sidelined me for a few weeks. 

I lasted 3 weeks before I succumbed again to this habit, this vice.

 

I wanted the stress-relief I attributed to smoking, and I told myself that the level of stress I was feeling was enough of a reason to continue.

Apparently it was.