“Wednesdays with Manav” — The Smoking Chapter: Part 2

And I Become Addicted!

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Enjoying smoking in Goa!

I didn’t stop. I had a guilt of smoking, but that wasn’t enough to stop my craving for cigarettes.

I also now had no stopping from my home. My mom and dad were not the ones who force things on their child but give them their space and freedom.

And I enjoyed that freedom totally. Now, smoking was like my identity in society. It all started with a lady who was my mother’s friend, and when she saw me smoking one day, like a typical Indian society of those times — She called my mother and told directly about my smoking thing.

There were more people like that, some said directly on the face, and some said subtly, but it was a big deal for them that I have started smoking.

Now, the good part about my parents is that they never said anything to me. Whatever their friends said to them about me and my smoking, they never transferred anything to me.

I got to know all this a few months back only, that too when I asked them specifically about it.

Now, there might be a thought in your mind that maybe if my parents stopped me and controlled me, I might have stopped smoking and would have never fallen into this habit.