A necessary evil...

Well...an evil that I have in my life is smoking. I was always against smoking when I was in high school because I always thought it was extremely bad for you. Yes it is bad for you, but since coming to college I have become completely liberal. I am open to smoking and open to anyone who participates because the people who are conservative about smoking try to see the world through a narrow lens.The world is full of multiple lenses and I think it is a bad choice to be conservative because you will always be disappointed in the actions that people around you do. Now that I am a senior in college, I only smoke when I am at parties and every once and a while at my house because it helps me relax at the end of my day. This is the same reason people smoke cigarettes, but I do not agree with putting tar and chemicals in your body. I am aware of the misconceptions that people have about others that smoke (lazy, that's all they want to do, etc), but I am proud to say that I beat the misconceptions. I do not let smoking control my life (unlike some of my friends), I have a 3.6 overall GPA, and I take a full credit load every quarter. I think smoking is a necessary evil in my life because it helps me to relax. Some people drink, but I don't really like drinking. When I smoke its personal time for me to unwind after I've done all my necessary tasks for the day. There used to be a point in my life when I didn't have a job and I wasn't in the education program yet, that I let my life and actions revolve around smoking. But now, I am a year away from graduation and starting the career of my dreams and I have found the appropriate times to smoke. Some people think its bad, some people act differently around me after I tell them that I smoke, and then I have found genuine people who think there is nothing wrong with me smoking because I chose not to let my life revolve around it. I have found value in people who hold the same liberal views as I do because we will allow ourselves to be open to multiple experiences. Just because I am smoking now doesn't mean it will become a life long habit. I have quit smoking before and I can do it again just as easily.