Just A Bad Habit Not An Addiction

It’s been a while since I have not submitted an article in writing prompt.

I guess I have to submit another entry in Promptly Jonica’s community.

Firstly I would like to give thanks to you guys for staying with me for a year now. Yes Bjorn has exactly one year on red dot cash. You know writers and bloggers on this platform come and go. Sadly, some are unable to consistently write until they lose interest in it. Others just vanished for whatever reason that hinders them to continue.

I would also like to take this opportunity to give thanks to this brave woman, Ms Jonica Bradley, who keeps sharing her words and wisdom despite the hardship that she has been through. We may not know her personally but through her writings it helps us know her better.

Anyhow, this post is about bad habits as of the writing prompt 24.

Who among you here doesn’t have bad habits? I bet no one.

Speaking of bad habits, we can’t deny the fact that everyone has. It may  not be as bad as we imagined but the truth is we have it.

Most male when they reach adulthood have a natural tendency to learn to smoke and drink. This is one type of bad habit that eventually turns into addiction.

Females in the same manner tend to adapt to this kind of habit just as males do but they have their own personal reason for doing so. Although the number of females who are into this type of bad habit are less compared to males.

Since smoking is the common bad habit of people male or female, I would take it as one of my worst bad habits.

My father was a smoker. He always sent me to a sari-sari store when I was just a kid to buy him cigarettes, which during those times selling cigars to a child is less questionable. But today it is prohibited to sell cigarette to a child even if the child is just obeying his parent to buy him a cigarette.

I started smoking during my late 20’s just as I was learning to drink. It begins with a single stick during a drinking session with college friends.

You know when you meet people who drink and smoke then eventually become friends with them,  it is more likely that you become one of them. They will influence you and for the sake of fellowship you will have to join them.

When I had my own job, I just realized that I was already buying a pack of cigarettes instead of per stick. It became habitual but not to the extent that I was addicted to it. My cigarette consumption has become worse. I have quitted for one year but then I met a new friend and offered me one stick and there it goes again.

So far I have stopped smoking since the start of the pandemic up to this time, meaning I have not smoked for two years straight.

I also have other bad habits like procrastination. It may not sound like a bad habit but for me I consider it as one of my bad habits.

There is also this purchasing stuff that may seem not useful but I just like to have it for future use or emergency purposes.

I also tend to argue with my wife which is habitual of me but not to the extent that we would yell at each other. You know it is just my nature to argue or debate on things that seem improper. But I am not doing it to irritate or offend someone.

Anyway this is my participation for the latest Writing prompt by @JonicaBradley which is about Bad Habits.

If you would like to participate in her writing prompt please join the community here.

Thanks for reading. Ciao!

Lead image is my electric arc lighter.