20th January may be just an ordinary day for you
but for me it is a special day. It’s my anniversary. It’s been exactly 6 years
to my relationship. I am not that good in remembering dates but who can forget
his anniversary date, right? Well I too might have not remembered the date, had
it not been my friend’s b’day.
I still remember that evening. We were enjoying a party; my
friend’s birthday party. Not only was he my friend but my roommate too. At that
time I wasn’t that into boozing. While I was sipping my first bottle of beer, a
friend of mine offered me a cigarette to smoke. I smiled and replied that I don’t
smoke. The whole group laughed at me.
Someone from the group said, “You’re 19
now and you don’t smoke. Such a kiddo you are”.
The ego within my soul somewhat
got hurt. I didn’t want to be referred as a kid. Still, I said nothing. I continued
enjoying my drink. Minutes later the room completely smelled of alcohol and
smokes. It would be a lie if I say I didn’t want to smoke but something within
me was resisting me to do so. Soon after, the party ended and we all returned
back to our respective room. The intoxicants inside me were playing along and I
was in a different world.
Exactly at 11 in the night my roommate went out to smoke. He
asked me to accompany him and I didn’t want to deny the b’day boy. We were in
our hostel’s terrace and looking at the moon who was smiling at us. He was
puffing smokes and I was relishing the cold winter night.
“Do you really enjoy smoking?” I asked my roommate.
He nodded. I nodded too.
“I won’t force you but try it for once” he said after a
couple of minutes of silence.
This time I didn’t resist. I took the cigarette from his
hand and took a large drag. I coughed while exhaling the smoke but I felt good.
I took another drag and the result was same while exhaling the smoke. Few drags
later I was smoking like a pro. It was my first experience but definitely wasn’t
the last. Finishing our cigarette we went back to our room.
With increasing stress and pressure in engineering my
relationship with cigarette got stronger. Few days later we were into an
inseparable relationship. And by now I was turning into a chain smoker. A
packet of Gold Flake which consists of 10 cigarettes was my daily routine. I
needed a cigarette in a gap of every hour. My day used to start with cigarette
and end with the same too; before going to bathroom, after taking bath, after breakfast,
in the middle of classes, after lunch, in the evening while sipping tea and
before going to bed. Many of my friends tried to stop me but I wasn’t in any
mood to listen to them. I was enjoying my life. For me relationship with
cigarette was way better than relationship with any girl.
Now let’s make some calculations…
I’m smoking since last 6 years that sums up to 365*6= 2190
days.
Suppose as an average I smoke 4 cigarettes a day which would
make 2190*4= 8760 cigarette in my lifetime. Wow! Even I never imagined that.
Well now to be honest my relationship with cigarette has
somewhat dropped down. Cigarette now is no longer such a necessity in my life.
I’m trying to quit since 2 years but failed to do so. But the amount of smoke
has now reduced to 1 or 2 cigarette per day.
Wish I could completely quit it someday.
They say, An Apple a day keeps the doctor away; I say, a
Cigarette every day relieves you from every stress.
P.S. No cigarette company is paying me to write this post. This post is completely my own and I have no interest in promoting Cigarettes.
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