Why Bad Friends and Cigarettes Are the Same Thing

 Because they both:

• Drain your energy
• Damage your health
• Are hard to quit even though you know they’re bad for you
• Give you a temporary high and a long-term low
• Get you stuck in loops of self-sabotage
• Make you feel like shit after spending time with them
• Have warning signs you ignore until it’s too late
• Feel like comfort when what they’re really doing is chaos

At first, they seem like relief. A break. A buzz. A little rebellion.

But soon they’re a habit.

Then they’re a trap.

And before you know it, they’re shaping your self-worth, your mood, your bank account, and your future.

Quitting them doesn’t mean losing something.

It means reclaiming your lungs, your time, your peace, your confidence, your sanity.