I am addicted to cigarettes and im only 16! HELP!?

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I doubt this question is serious..being that you have only been a member since May 9th, of 2009..not to mention the contradictions in your story. If you have the money to spend $50.00-$100.00 a day on weed alone, you would have the money for the xbox in the 9 days you quit. Not to mention, the money for cigarettes/alcohol...If you recently got busted stealing all that stuff..especially, the alcohol, you would be sitting in Juvenile Hall, not sitting on YA typing this question. Sorry the story doesn't fly with me.


Edit for your additional details...Please excuse typos-late here and need sleep...

Sorry, I didn't mean to insult you-but, you have to admit, the story had some questionable details in it. Plus, there are MANY people on here who "troll" the boards and make up crazy bs and that's why I questioned the being new and asking this question.

The only thing I can suggest is speaking to your parents and GET HELP!!!!!!!!!!! Counseling, possible rehab, seriously, if you are addicted to all this and already involved in crime, you need help because what if they would have charged you as an adult and this stayed on your record??????? I can't tell you it will be easy, but at least, it can help you get on the right track and have some support to fall back on when you need it.

I have a 16 year old son and we are very open and honest with each other and just had this talk yesterday-in fact...NOT that he would do any of this, he feels the same way I do about everything you mentioned..He has been offered to do drugs, smoke, etc by many kids...But, he knows that that BS destroyed my family and he is completely against it.

My older brother at 17 years old had to shoot and kill our evil dad in self defense in front of me when I was 10 to save himself and our family after many years of abuse-loaded guns all night in our face/severe beatings...then, to lose our mom 3 years later from her 2nd massive heart attack, she was also a heavy smoker-but never took a drink in her life...but, then my brothers sadly, turned into a carbon copy of our evil dad-especially the one who had to kill him, because he could not forgive himself for doing the ONLY thing he could do...I don't blame them for wanting to forget and doing whatever they have to to do it, but, they can't forget, it has caused them huge problems, and as a single mom of a male child-with no help from family at all, I had to be the example my son needed to be the young man I am so very proud of-the young man that total strangers come to me and brag on how well mannered he is.

My son and I were talking and even though I know there is always a small chance he could turn to this crap down the road, I honestly don't see him doing it. He also knows it would be such a disappointment to me if he ever did do it, that it could destroy our relationship. I broke the chain of abuse and the addictions that destroyed my family for my son's sake...and I'm not stupid, I know kids "try" things and may or may not get hooked on them..But, I don't see it coming from my son. He hears the screaming nightmares that he can't wake me out of, he sees the way it destroyed my family to the point of, what is left of them, we can't have any kind of a relationship with them. My son is very mature for a 16 year old and there are no secrets between us. He knows I did a few things back in the day, but he also knows-I gave them up to raise him and break the cycle.

The reason I am telling you this is because during our talk, he thanked me for being strong enough to do what most people can not do. It would be very easy to follow the path that destroyed my family..but, I love my son too much to even think about it.

Please get help..Have a serious talk with your parents and get their support to have them help you-no matter what it takes!!!!!!! By all means, stay away from your friends that do this stuff-you can not quit this stuff as long as youi are around the people who do it with you.

Your life is simply what you make of it. You and only you can change the path youi are on. I am no saint, believe me..but, I also know that God has helped me through some very hard times-even when I was far from worthy of it.

I shattered both bones and my ankle 5 years ago-the Dr.'s told me, I would not walk again-but, being a single mom of a child with a brittle bone disease, never walking again, was NOT an option!!!!!!!!! I floored several specialist by coming out of that wheelchair in less than 2 years-no cane, no walker, very little pain management-I won't allow them to put m,e on the meds I need to take the pain away completely-just to take the edge off..WHY??????? Because I have to be here for my son-not some doped up zombie. Priorities is the key to what you make of your life........GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sincerely, Julia...Show more

It's very unusual for cutting back to work. I'm 62 and I quit eight weeks ago, It was tough but I stuck with it and now I'm a non smoker. I didn't think that would ever happen. If your smoking at sixteen, your not likely to make it to sixty two, unless you stop. I called 1-800 no butts and just talked to somebody that understood, it worked. And if I can do it at sixty two, trust me - you can do it to. Try again, and call that number. If you keep this up, you'll be like an out of breath old man before you're twenty one. And pardon me for what may sound like a scare tactic, I really don't believe in scare tactics. It's just that, well, it's just that it's the truth....Show more

Quit buying weed and alcohol and cigarettes. It's that ******* easy. You're only 16, you can't buy ANY of that legally, so you're obviously going out of your way to get other people to. Here's an easy fix: stop doing it!

Jesus, you're 16 and already ******* up your life. Do you really want to live like a piece of **** the rest of your life? Buy an xbox, there's nothing wrong with playing video games as long as it doesn't take over your life. Get a ******* job, or hobby and quit making stupid *** decisions....Show more

You should make new friends (ones that do not smoke), participate in school activity and read books. In other words, keep yourself busy by doing different sort of things to avoid smoking, alcohol, etc....Show more

you need to visit a doctor as soon as possible .
you yourself cannot remove this habit
there are proper steps 2 be followed for these chronicle habits...Show more