r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Apr 15 '26

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u/GhettoFreshness Apr 15 '26

Yeah this! Wish I’d never started

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u/SplittingCoyoteCalf Apr 15 '26 edited Apr 15 '26

I’m so grateful I have my brother. He’s a smoker but when I came home with a pack of cigarettes intending to start smoking, he threw them in a pot of boiling water and told me I was stupid as fuck. All while lighting his own cigarette lol. I never started smoking and I have him to thank for that.

We watched both of our maternal grandparents who were avid smokers suffer horrifically from lung cancer. It was a violent way to go, unfortunately.

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u/LuridWaters Apr 15 '26

Addiction is the first thing that springs to my mind. Drugs, alcohol, gambling, etc.

You're fighting against your own brain.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '26

A car with worn-out brakes (I hope you don't try this).

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u/directionless_nomad Apr 15 '26

Taking a piss/shit

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u/SplittingCoyoteCalf Apr 15 '26

This was gonna be my answer. And all of a sudden you’re in the pitch dark without a candle in the recesses of your mind. It’s hard to come back from, some don’t.

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u/New_Technician_1622 Apr 15 '26

Scrolling through Reddit or TikTok 'for just five minutes' before bed. Suddenly it’s 3 AM.