Taboo

Targeted Temptations
Social and environmental triggers exert a powerful influence on smoking habits, making it challenging for individuals to quit smoking and maintain abstinence. The association between smoking and specific activities, places, or people can evoke cravings and weaken the resolve to quit. In this article, we explore the impact of social and environmental triggers on smoking cessation efforts. From social gatherings to stress-inducing situations, and from exposure to tobacco-related advertisements to the influence of smoking-conducive environments, we delve into the ways these triggers hinder individuals' ability to break free from tobacco addiction.
By Mohan Vanapalli3 years ago in Confessions
Youth Empowerment and Representation
Chapter 1: The Echo of Dreams In the bustling city of Lagos, amidst the chaos and hope, lived a young Nigerian named Adaku. She was full of dreams and aspirations, fueled by a burning desire to make a difference in her country. Adaku had seen firsthand the struggles and hardships faced by her community, and she believed that the voices of the youth held the key to a brighter future.
By Adewale3 years ago in Confessions
Choosing a Drug-Free Path
Introduction In a world where substance abuse and addiction are prevalent, staying away from drugs can be a challenging but crucial decision for individuals seeking a healthy and fulfilling life. The allure of drugs may promise temporary escape or pleasure, but the consequences can be devastating. In this article, we will explore strategies and approaches that can empower individuals to resist the temptation of drugs and choose a drug-free path.
By Akinyemi Gabriel3 years ago in Confessions
The Endless Enigma of Love And The Destructive Power of Hatred
Love, a profound and captivating emotion, has fascinated humanity for centuries. It is an enigmatic force that transcends boundaries, defies logic, and holds the power to transform lives. Throughout history, poets, philosophers, and artists have attempted to capture its essence, yet love remains an ethereal concept that eludes complete understanding. In this essay, we shall embark on a journey to explore the multifaceted nature of love, its various manifestations, and the profound impact it has on individuals and society.
By AIVAN AL LAUNICO3 years ago in Confessions
Wake up, Hu Shiwen
"Wake up, Hu Shiwen! We'll be there in a minute. Wake up! "My mother's voice came from my sleep. Why, what am I doing on a plane? Oh, so I'm on a plane from Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport to Bangkok, Thailand. By the time I was dressed and packed, I had arrived at Bangkok airport, where the words I heard most were sa waa dee kaa, which is Thai for hello or goodbye. In the next few days, every day was full. In Bangkok, we went to the Jade Buddha Temple, the Grand Palace, the Fifth King's Palace, and went to see the crocodile, snake performance. The next was horseback riding and elephant riding. When I fed the elephant to eat coconut, the coconut was snatched away by the elephant with its trunk. We also went to the orchard to see tropical fruits and eat fruit feast, fruit garden hanging durian, jackfruit, mango, mangosteen, dragon fruit, pineapple and so on, it was too much, eat my stomach round. We also to the water people, where the food is too much, but I love to eat mango sticky rice, is my favorite food, back to Hangzhou, because too miss this taste, also specially let mom and dad do it for me to eat, but mango seems to be more delicious Thailand. I want to eat there again, and I'm salivating. And then there's probably my favorite part, which is going to the beach. This time we went to Pattaya Island, live there for 5 nights, every day is to go to the beach to play, where the sea is very clean. I also buy the best coconut ice cream. I can eat several of them every day and never get tired of them. The most unforgettable thing for me is the undersea walk. This undersea walk, with a large, heavy helmet attached to oxygen, takes turns going down one by one. I know you can't go down with mom and dad, you don't want to play, dad encouraged me to say, he went to the bottom of the sea, will wait for me below, because I am a child, go down, there will be a diver uncle on the side to protect me, let me not be afraid, also said I go down, mother then also down, let me and dad together, waiting for her at the bottom of the sea. Then on a dare I agree to go down.
By wayne palfrey3 years ago in Confessions
A rhubarb pumpkin
A rhubarb pumpkin grows alone in a dense forest. How he wants to be a lantern with a human face! But in the depths of this great forest, where there are few human trails, who can find him or make him into a lantern with a human face? Besides, in a little while the leaves falling from the trees would cover him with a big, colorful quilt, and no one would see him. Rhubarb pumpkin is in a hurry!
By john thomas3 years ago in Confessions
There are all kinds
There are all kinds of gains in life, some economic; Having a material aspect; There is a spiritual aspect. However, the book gave me a different harvest, let me along with it joy, along with it. When I was a naive little child, I was holding this "Kong Rong let pear" pointing to pinyin, with a young voice read. This book teaches the truth about life. Let me fall in love with the book, and the book made good friends, it taught me what is true, good, beautiful, what is false. Ugly, evil. When I was in the third and fourth grade, I began to appreciate the elegance of the four great classics. In the Romance of The Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei was eager to seek talents, Kong Ming was resourceful, and Zhou Yu, handsome and talented, showed me the wonderful thirty-six stratagem stories. In Journey to the West, the scene of Sun Wukong causing havoc in heaven was vividly depicted by Wu Cheng 'en, which made me read it with laughter. "Outlaws of the Marsh" 108 generals heroic heroic, let my heart give birth to respect; The criticism of the feudal society in the dream of Red Mansions and the characterization of the characters made me applaud. In fifth grade, I began to read prose and breathe in the fragrance of the words. I love Zhu Ziqing's, Lao She's and Bingxin's. Books have magic, can take me to heaven and earth, can take me through the time tunnel, back to the past, to understand the history; Fly to the future, looking forward to science and technology..... Every time I read a book, I will be immersed in the book for me to build a castle of knowledge, enjoy the knowledge to bring me happiness, revel in it, to its reluctant to part, to capture every wonderful words, sentences, paragraphs, chapters.There are all kinds of gains in life, some economic; Having a material aspect; There is a spiritual aspect. However, the book gave me a different harvest, let me along with it joy, along with it. When I was a naive little child, I was holding this "Kong Rong let pear" pointing to pinyin, with a young voice read. This book teaches the truth about life. Let me fall in love with the book, and the book made good friends, it taught me what is true, good, beautiful, what is false. Ugly, evil. When I was in the third and fourth grade, I began to appreciate the elegance of the four great classics. In the Romance of The Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei was eager to seek talents, Kong Ming was resourceful, and Zhou Yu, handsome and talented, showed me the wonderful thirty-six stratagem stories. In Journey to the West, the scene of Sun Wukong causing havoc in heaven was vividly depicted by Wu Cheng 'en, which made me read it with laughter. "Outlaws of the Marsh" 108 generals heroic heroic, let my heart give birth to respect; The criticism of the feudal society in the dream of Red Mansions and the characterization of the characters made me applaud. In fifth grade, I began to read prose and breathe in the fragrance of the words. I love Zhu Ziqing's, Lao She's and Bingxin's. Books have magic, can take me to heaven and earth, can take me through the time tunnel, back to the past, to understand the history; Fly to the future, looking forward to science and technology..... Every time I read a book, I will be immersed in the book for me to build a castle of knowledge, enjoy the knowledge to bring me happiness, revel in it, to its reluctant to part, to capture every wonderful words, sentences, paragraphs, chapters.
By sherri berghoff3 years ago in Confessions
Summer vacation is coming
Summer vacation is coming, my mother is going to take me home to Sichuan by train, I am very happy. We arrived at the railway station, after checking the ticket, my mother and I soon got on the train, I was very excited, to the sleeping car east look, west look. After a while, the train started slowly. Listen to the radio said: "Welcome to this train, this train from Xiamen to Chongqing, through Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Sichuan province, the total length of 2117 meters... " After a while, the train left the city and entered the suburbs, and my mother and I sat by the window, enjoying the scenery outside. Tall trees, green fields, even those unknown roadside flowers, also by the sky that a few red glow, decorate more beautiful. After about an hour, the train arrived in Zhangzhou. Day is slowly dark, my mother and I will play the launch of time to look at the small story, time is not waiting for people, the hour hand suddenly from 7, jumped to 9. My mother and I had to close our books and get ready for bed. The next day, when I got up, the train arrived in Jiangxi. I sat by the window and ate breakfast while looking at the scenery of Jiangxi. I thought Jiangxi was really a good place, with high mountains, clear water and many flowers and trees. At noon, the train will also into the Hunan I take a closer look, found that there are many "villas" in Hunan, you see, behind the room is a high mountain, in front of the green fields, there is a river beside, there are a few ducks on the river, play swimming in the water, from time to time head down foraging, this is not "villa"? After lunch, I found two little friends in the car, we sometimes wander in the car, from 7 to 19, from 19 to 7, sometimes play tricks on each other, I call you to come, and then to the front of the car to hide well, when he came, suddenly jumped out, put him next jump, very interesting. In the evening, the train came to Loudi, mother said Loudi will be to Sichuan... .. ... Early in the morning on the third day, my mother called me up and said that I was going to Chongqing. When I looked out of the window, I found that it was full of mountains, worthy of being called the "forest capital". It was a good trip." I stood on the platform feeling, "not only back to the hometown, but also play full of eyes, really kill two birds with one stone.
By fabian amaya3 years ago in Confessions
SILENT NO MORE
“Is he gay?” "I think so.” “Yeah, I'm pretty sure.” “Ask him.” “Hey, are you–” The last period bell cut off the cacophony of fresh gossip. My ears burned with embarrassment, and I walked away as quickly as possible, feeling clunky and awkward. There had always been rumors about my sexual orientation, but the painfully straightforward questions made me cringe. I tried to shrug off the girls' malice as ignorance, but I became preoccupied with thought. My blood rose with anger as I heard their laughter in the background. Inhibitions blinded, I rashly shouted, “Some people are so rude!”
By Daniel B. Usang 3 years ago in Confessions
Time went back
Time went back to the memory of ten years ago. At that time, I was still a naive, think that play is the world's children, did not know what dream is. But in that naive, ignorant grade, I found myself also can't think of love to now. I like to play basketball, like the joy of winning with teammates, the kind of sweat on the court days. Maybe looking back on it now, it's still childish, but that was my original dream -- to play all the time. Perhaps it is because that is the idea of childhood, will not look back to insist on, hard. Into the club, all kinds of games will follow. I thought things were going really well. Until the accident landed on me without haste and without inclination. Not long after the game started, I was forced to leave the game when I suffered a bad knee injury against the seniors, and all the hard work I had done for the game was undone. From then on, in order to let me relax. My parents banned me from playing basketball, my coach didn't let me practice, and my club was banned. It was the loneliest, most painful and most self-defeating time for me. However, I still have my dream, I said, must do. Now that I think about it, it was pretty persistent. I would sneak out, dragging my right leg that I couldn't bend, take the ball I stole from my parents to the court, practice alone until the street lights were on for a long time, and then sneak home. That kind of "desperate" feeling for their own dreams will always remember! At first, experiencing many obstacles, I also wanted to give up, just like those who had been abandoned because of my three-minute passion. But every time in that most tangled moment, I can really feel the difference between dreams and them. Dream is not to give up can give up, no matter how tangled will make the right choice, no matter how difficult will insist on things. It wants to accompany me for a long time, how can you leave it halfway!
By adam hornsby3 years ago in Confessions
Life becomes
Life becomes more colorful. In the face of setbacks, weak people will choose to escape, brave people will go forward. Once, I was also a coward to escape, but in the end, I still stood up bravely. As a child, my willfulness and cowardice caused me to read fewer years than the average person, because I did not go to kindergarten. But after primary school, I regret it! Because whatever I do, I'm worse than everyone else. Others are reading, I will not; Others do sums, I can't; The teacher asked questions, others will, but I was confused, nothing. In the face of such a setback, I choose to escape, I choose negative. When the teacher asks a question, I don't listen or think; When classmates hand in homework, I do not do nor hand; While the teacher was lecturing, I was already in space... .... In this way, my grades fell like a waterfall...... By the time my teachers and parents noticed something was wrong with me, my grades were "in the bottom half". At that time, I regard knowledge, achievement as dirt ah! Let alone stand up. But a few days later, there was a noticeable difference in my performance... ... It was a thin night, I was sitting in front of the TV watching cartoons with relish. Suddenly, from outside the door came the sound of my brother calling me, out of curiosity, I hurried out to see what was going on. After going out to know, the original brother is playing ants. I saw that he used the board again and again to block the way of the ants, and again and again with the board to break the feet of the ants, but the ant still do not give up, again and again to break through the "line of defense", hoping to escape the elder brother "magic"... ... Seeing this, I ran back to my room thoughtfully. Sitting in the chair, I can not help but think of this period of time teachers and parents of my education, encourage, unconsciously picked up the homework to do... .... The final result I believe everyone should know it! That is, I worked several times harder than the average person to shake up and become the person I am today.Seeing this, I ran back to my room thoughtfully. Sitting in the chair, I can not help but think of this period of time teachers and parents of my education, encourage, unknowingly picked up the homework to do... ... The final result I believe everyone should know it! I worked several times harder than the average person to become the person I am today. Life is inevitable to have setbacks, it is important that we learn to overcome setbacks, let our life because of setbacks and side more wonderful.
By jeffery barker3 years ago in Confessions
Echoes of Lost Souls
Chapter 1: Broken Promises Amidst the fog-shrouded city streets, a melancholic tale unfolds. Lily, a young woman burdened by the weight of shattered dreams and broken promises, finds herself trapped in the web of her own heartache. With each passing day, her spirit diminishes, her once-bright eyes dulled by sorrow.
By Faisal Bilal3 years ago in Confessions