The New Nation - Internet Edition

Loosing my closest acquaintances was the main reason that I gave up smoking. When I gave up smoking, it was an unendurable situation at first but soon, when the first feelings sunk in, I felt a lot better. Loosing friendships was like loosing a lot to me at that time than say for other factors like-loosing a lot money for nothing-(or maybe for something like all those negative feelings!)

The initial raison d'être why I quit smoking was because I had to loose all my dear friends. Day by day, I observed vulnerably that friends just left me one after another saying things like I couldn't even take care of my poor body and soul, how can I dare to even think about other people's interests and that the hours we spent together was taking a toll on both of our longevity. So, after pondering long and hard about these issues, I decided to relinquish my ex-wife!

The succeeding reason why I gave up smoking was because of the monetary difficulties. I had to throw away a heck of a lot of money and piled-up messy cigarettes for the sake of smoking! I didn't have pocket money for things like-books, transportation etc. Most of the time, I had to wash those messy things up.

These little everyday things got me perturbed with myself and my way of life. I could anticipate day by day that the quitting thing was just around the corner! Then one day, I determined that it was time for me to quit smoking like a self-imposed ban.

As a final point, I would say that what I have learnt from these scenarios was a lesson learnt in a most complicated situation and beside; I hope that anyone can comprehend my external as well as internal sufferings and concurrently, benefit from my experience.

Md. Rashidul Islam (Ratul)

West Rajabazar,

Panthapath, Dhaka