Serious Questions

What I most sincerely want to ask of anyone who smokes (no matter how severely) is... why?

Why smoke at all?  Why keep doing it?  Is it because you enjoy the fumes of burnt things?  Do you also enjoy burnt foods?  I'm truly curious to know.

Why smoke when you can do other things?  Why smoke if you could just, idk, eat some nice potato chips or hell, any cheap food you can grab that will ultimately affect your health much less drastically?  Why smoke if you can just... talk to someone who will listen, if you're feeling alone or sad?

If you are physically unable to talk, can you read?  Can you type or communicate in some manner?  Do you have the patience to accept the concerns of people who do not share your vice but genuinely want you to... Not Die?

Because... I don't want people to die.  Not people who never really hurt anyone but just have one single shortcoming that constantly affects your brain, heart and lungs.  If you smoke because you have stopped caring about whether your live or not... you are, my apologies, an incredibly idiotic, selfish person.

You do not have to feel such pain alone.  Even if you have a horrible life, it does Not make you the culprit behind all your problems and does Not excuse you for wanting to end it.  Take this from a very lonely, awkward person... you're not worthless.  Your life has meaning from the moment you are born.  Why?  Because every time you talk to, smile at, or just hold the door once for anyone else... you've improved the quality of that person's life.  That's why your parents, or whoever, supported you.  Your happiness reflects upon them.  You are their reward.  And you are the reward of every person you treat with respect and kindness.  You are showing them that they've done something good. 

So please... please consider before the next time you choose to reach for that relief in the form of stuff you inhale or whatever you do.  Please... why do you want to undo all those smiles by hurting yourself?  Do yo truly want to deprive yourself of more smiles evermore by crippling your ability to live?  Make everyone's feelings and your own happiness go to waste?

These things make me truly sad.  To think people are so torn up that they can't rationally consider these undeniable dilemmas.  I do not desire this for anyone.  If I could have only one wish... it might be to save these people.  I don't like that people must hurt to such a horrific degree.  Life is not without pain but... to give you less pain, is what I strive for, my friends.  My family.  And the ones I've adored.  Hugs for you all.  ^w^