Hooked, trapped, desperateOh these words are so heart wringing. Are those that utter these soul-searing cries being tied up by their thumbs? Or have they fallen down an old mine shaft?
Well, umm, no, they have well they have made a decision to become hooked, trapped and desperate.
See the news blog tumbling out… Scottish smokers, hooked on their smoking addiction have vowed to fight the smoking bans.
Read the Press Release from the pharmaceutical company announcing Smokers trapped by their smoking addiction are offered a new drug.
Hear the media babbling Britney Spears’ man is desperate to quit smoking for the sake of their children.
I bet if you are a smoker, you don’t really use these strong words more like, “I’d really like to quit, but I enjoy smoking, or, I’ve tried to quit but it’s too hard, or, I want to quit, but I’m so addicted I don’t think I can, or, I’m too scared, what if” and so on.
But are smokers totally at the mercy of their habit and spinelessly despairing of escaping its bonds? Would they describe their smoking addiction like that? Trapped? Trapped by a...