A friend of mine told me that he would never ever drink again. He said he rather be addicted to cigs than alcohol. That makes me wonder. Many drinkers will tell you that alcohol will bring your trueself, or rather, your darker side out. As a ex-drinker, to me drinking alcohol, in small amounts, is rather fine, but to be addicted to it and get drunk, well, that's another story.
Although smoking is with all its harmful effects and all, it does helps you to clear your mind. Well, for my case its the migraines that I had when I smoke. Although its irritating, it does stops me from thinking and calm myself down, and helps me to keep my mood up. Nothing beats smoking a cig and playing or listening to Iron Maiden. As for drinking, its almost the same. All the harmful effects, it does makes you high and drunk. Smoking won't cause you to loose control of yourself. Drinking does. A drunkard walking around aimlessly, maybe singing or shouting, by the side of the road. A familiar sight eh? The hangover. The vommitting. I'll rather smoke.
You'll die a horrible death with smoking. Cigarette smoking accounts for at least 30% of all cancer deaths. It is a major cause of cancers of the lung, larynx (voice box), oral cavity, pharynx (throat), esophagus, and bladder, and is a contributing cause in the development of cancers of the pancreas, cervix, kidney, stomach, and also some leukemias.
About 87% of lung cancer deaths are caused by smoking. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among both men and women, and is one of the most difficult cancers to treat. Fancy that.
Well, we die almost similarly through drinking. Alcohol increases the risk of cancers of the mouth, pharynx (throat), larynx (voice box), esophagus, liver, and breast, and probably of the colon and rectum. People who drink alcohol should limit their intake to no more than 2 drinks per day for men and 1 drink per day for women. A drink is defined as 12 ounces of beer, 5 ounces of wine, or 1.5 ounces of 80-proof distilled spirits. The combination of alcohol and tobacco increases the risk of some cancers far more than the effect of either drinking or smoking. Regular consumption of even a few drinks per week is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer in women, especially in women who do not get enough folate. Women at high risk of breast cancer may want to consider not drinking any alcohol. Oh well.
So it ends here. In either way, we are gonna die one way or another. Life's short eh? Lets all smoke and get drunk together, ok, well, maybe just smoke. One's life is up to one's decision to live it. Spoil it or cheerish it, we'll decide what we want to do with it. We may not know we'll live to see tomorrow. Lets wreck havoc and enjoy life's pleasures.
I'd decided to make peace, with the expense of my own peace.
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As the heart heals,
a scar remains.
As the scar forms,
the memory of the pain remains.
As the memory recalls,
the pain returns.
As the pain returned,
tears sluiced.
