My life went on, as did my addiction, for a very long time. Even as society was changing around me and smoking was being less and less accepted, I still kept on smoking. My entire life revolved around my nicotine addiction. It wasn't until 03/08/06 that my life finally changed. I had to go my cousin?s wedding in April of 06, and I was determined to not be that lone guy standing outside smoking while everybody else was having a good time inside.