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Believe it or not, I used to be a half-a-pack-a-day cigarette smoker. My habits started when I was 16 and lingered on until I was 24. I used nicotine as a coping mechanism - both for anxiety release and society chameleon powers. It became a ritual that felt so interwoven into my daily life. Cigarettes in the morning on the way to work. Cigarettes at lunch. Cigarettes when I was stressed. Cigarettes when I was drinking alcohol. Cigarettes when I was celebrating… you get the idea. So I lived deeply attached to this nicotine smoking identity.