I started smoking when I was around thirteen years old, so I've smoked for about twelve years.

I've never really tried seriously quitting until 'bout six months back. Every so often, when I lay down at night and am trying to go to sleep, it feels like I'm not breathing right. It's not major, breathing kind of feels like it would if you ran up the stairs or something. It feels normal breath doesn't seem to supply the oxygen I need, like my lungs ability to process is diminished quite a bit. I'm 25, not sick, have no health issues, certainly not overweight (under actually) or any of the other usual suspects, so there's no other explanation for the breathing issue.

To quit, I've been using electronic cigarettes. They help a lot, even though it's expensive as hell, a bit more than real cigarettes. The longest I've made it has been..nearly two months. The only reason I've gone back to real cigarettes has been because my shipment of e-cig refills were delayed several days-week(s) and I had nothing to puff on. They're back-ordered all the friggin' time.

So, I'm giving quitting another shot. After about a couple days of no cigarettes, the breathing issue starts subside thankfully and I'm about four days smoke-free this time. I can't think of a worse thing then having to live your life not being able to breathe, and this stuff has really drove the idea home. Ain't gonna be like my great-grandfather, forced to sleep sitting up and dying with only one half of one lung left due to smoking-related lung cancer and emphysema.