Quitting Smoking

I had tried to quit smoking several times before finally quitting when I was twenty-eight. They say that it's common to relapse, to start again, at least a few times. It's hard quitting; you can't beat yourself up for every step you've taken backwards. I was so proud and I felt so accomplished. I did something neither of my parents had been able to do, and it cost them their health as they were getting older. I didn't want that to happen to me. And I hated how it was ruling my life. And so I finally just decided to quit.