breckenedge parent
I really didn’t understand what an “addiction” was until I started smoking and subsequently tried (for years) to quit. Sure people say, “don’t do that, it’s addicting,” but most of what I heard was warnings about blackened lungs and cancer. I didn’t understand that smoking meant tremendous mood swings and irresistible cravings upon quitting.
And dreams even years later about having a cigarette and then waking up and wanting a cigarette... I started smoking around 13 or 14 and quit at 27. Still have those dreams once in a while seven years later.