Personal Narrative: How Did I Quit Smoking

HOW DID I QUIT SMOKING?
Quitting smoking is one of the most difficult and tough tasks I had assumed before when I was a chain smoker. Now that being done, it seems as there is nothing hard now to quit smoking. I had started the smoking for the pleasure and enjoyment with my friends and later realized that it would damage my personality. It gave me really tough time to quit smoking and my body was not fully prepared for it. However, today I strongly believe everything is possible in the world if one has strong motives and determination. One of such things is smoking. So, I describe how I became addicted to smoking, how it affected my life and how I was successful in quitting this dangerous habit.
It was a light rainy day of the spring when I had gone to river with my friends. We enjoyed a number of activities there, such as, swimming, boating, hiking and cooking at the river. I went alone at the river to far distance and collected a huge heap of dry wood. I bought it to the place where we had gathered. Finally, the meal was ready and we started doing lunch with much tasty food. Some of my friends started smoking after the lunch. I was not smoking at that time. However, they invited me to just check the taste of smoking. I took one cigarette from my …show more content…
With my strong willpower and determination, I was successful in quitting the bad and injurious-to-health habit of smoking. However, I recognize that this may be the greatest challenge I have ever faced, but I also acknowledge that quitting smoking is the single most effective thing I can do for my health. I will assure myself healthier present and future, and I will protect the health of my family, friends and colleagues, who will no longer be exposed to the dangers of secondhand smoke. I know that I am strong enough to become a nonsmoker. The difficulties and hardships of the life can be overcome easily with strong will power, determination and realistic