#CHNG - MY LIFE AS A CHAIN-SMOKER & HOW I QUIT SMOKING - PART 1!

Don't be shocked or surprised. I was a Chain-Smoker back then. I used to smoke like there was no tomorrow....like it was my last. How I stopped, I really can't explain. I'm sharing this part of my life with you cuz I know someone or two or three can learn and allow God to help him/her quit smoking.

There are two things in life you should never venture into, they are; Smoking and Alcohol.....the remedy is; 'Dont even go near it'.....cuz once you begin, it takes the Special Grace of God to stop completely.

So many of my old friends will be very very amazed knowing that Jawbone has quit smoking....they'll think I wrote this to drive traffic to my blog. Those that are very close to me now know I'm sincere with this.

I started smoking the same day I started drinking alcohol....that was during my first semester in the Polytechnic. I became a good customer of Iya Jedi on the long run.....she knows what I want anytime I come around - Jedi pelebe kan (N50) and 5 sticks of White London(N50)...a total amount of N100. I used to go with my friend who introduced me to it but later started going alone. I was the kind who will never get drunk while smoking.....for as long as there is still light on my cigarette, I will not get drunk or stagger. But, the moment I stop smoking.....the next shot is enough to get me useless and drunk. It got so bad that I can't leave my house for class without smoking.....I was soooo into it. All of these happened within 3 weeks of my initiation into smoking.

I didn't have a girlfriend then in school....I went after the most beautiful girls in my school, but none of them ever said YES! Why?.....Till date, I don't know.....Maybe cuz I know fine reach?....hehe. I was one of the popular jingos in my school then, cuz I was very brilliant, jovial, crazy and free with everyone. Me no dey attend lectures, the ones I attended....na so so disturbance I go dey disturb for class....buh, when time don reach for test or exam, you'll see my name among the top 5 in my department.

So many people in my school did not know I smoke or drink. Even if you were told, you no go believe am....my face didn't look like it. I was doing my thing steady. If you want me in your party then....all you need to blow me off my feet is 2 big bottles of Regal Dry Gin (for I and my friends) with a pack of white london....Shikena!

My mum kept complaining to my dad that I'd started smoking....she could see it in my behaviors and my attitude. My dad told her it could never be possible.....reason being that I was asthmatic (story of how I conquered Asthma will soon be shared here. WATCH OUT)....so, I will not want to harm myself by smoking. My mum confronted me....I denied it and lied to her that I would never do such. Before nko, shey I go tell my mama the truth sey I dey smoke ni?

In less than a month or two, I started feeling unsatisfied with cigarette....I wanted to take something higher than cigarette....so I graduated to smoking weed. I could remember how I felt the night I first tasted weed.....it was by the side of a river very close to my bosom padi house. My spirit was elevated beyond what I expected. I really loved how I felt that night....I became friends with the guyz we smoked the stuff together that night. We dey smoke our stuff jejeli....when I no see dem, I go go smoke my white london.

But, one thing God didn't allow in my life then is the fact that I was not addicted to it.....If I get money or see person wey wan shaye for me, I go smoke and drink....if I no get, I go dey on my own.

I discovered my talent as a freestyle rapper during the time I started smoking weed.....it even got to a point that my friends always wanted me high, so I could rap for them. We had a DJ in my compound, he was the one who always provoke my rap spirit. In no time, I became very good at it that I started writing lyrics and was already planning how my album go be like.....lolz.....old dreams! It is still possible sha!

One thing that still surprises me till date is how I didn't sustain any Asthma attack when I began smoking. Even till the day I quit smoking, I never had any asthma attack.....I just pray I wouldn't have any cause to regret later.

After my 1st year in school, I came home for break. My childhood friend who is currently in South Africa was also around (A Nigerian Defence Academy student in Kaduna).....He actually introduced me to a higher grade of weed called S.K. I was asked that day if I'd been smoking weed for a long time cuz what I was about to take is crazier than the weed I'd been smoking. I told them (my childhood friend and his friends) to serve me whatever they want to serve me.....Me no dey fear....One thing about me is I'm very daring.....I love trying new things......not caring if it will hurt me or do me good......I will sha do it. I took S.K. that day and I was so lucky my friend's house was very close to where we took it.....e for bad pass wetin we dey talk now.....I was in another world! I almost went crazy that I was begging my friend to please help me call my parents to come pray for me......even if I was going to run mad at the end.....I wanted to see my family for the last time before running mad.

My friend was just laughing at me.....Really Laughing His Ass Out!.....one funny thing that I discovered that day was - I go cry small, kan laugh plenty.....and the laughter will be very deep and long.....the kind of laughter that will hold your breath. God helped me, I recovered and became normal.....I swore that day that I was never gon smoke S.K again in my life even if I still wanted to continue smoking. I went back to smoking the Igbo wey my body don sabi well well. And I dey blend am with my favourite "white london" and "jedi" or "regal dry gin".

...to be continued

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