My Minerva Moment – A Haiku

MY MINERVA MOMENT
A HAIKU TO COMMEMORATE THE MOMENT I QUIT SMOKING
By
VIKRAM KARVE

I feel quite sad – when I see so many individuals addicted to things like tobacco and alcohol. 

I know a doctor who smokes. 

He knows that smoking is injurious to health – but he just cannot stop smoking.

Another acquaintance of mine who is showing signs of becoming alcohol dependent just cannot quit drinking – despite everyone telling him that if he does not quit drinking alcohol – he soon maybe on the road to alcoholism.

There are some individuals who are addicted to gambling.

But they cannot stop gambling – though they know that gambling can ruin their lives. 

It is frequently reported on TV that drug addition is on the rise too.

There are so many bad habits, vices and addictions.

Conquering an Addiction is like attaining Freedom from Bondage.

I quit smoking and drinking 15 years ago – in the year 2002. 

For many years now – every year, on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day (31 May) – I re-post a self help article I had written long back titled HOW TO QUIT SMOKING – in which I describe how I quit smoking and give a simple 3 step technique to quit smoking forever which is breathtaking in its simplicity.

In case you want to read this self help article on HOW TO QUIT SMOKING just click the url link given below:-
http://karvediat.blogspot.in/2016/05/world-no-tobacco-day-blog-post-how-to.html

(I have also given the link at the end of the post for your convenience – the link will open in a new window – so you can continue reading this post first and then go on to the article) 

But before you read that blog post – please read the Haiku below – titled “My Minerva Moment” – a Haiku I wrote many years ago – to celebrate the moment I quit smoking – and – to describe my freedom from the bondage of smoke rings.

MY MINERVA MOMENT 

 

smoke rings

chains of bondage

like handcuffs

fresh breeze

smoke rings dissolve

I am free

Oh Yes – Dear Reader – this is exactly what I felt like when I freed myself from the smoking habit – conquering an addiction is like freedom from bondage.

Now please click the link below to read about the Three Stage Technique on How to Quit Smoking

HOW TO QUIT SMOKING

http://karvediat.blogspot.in/2016/05/world-no-tobacco-day-blog-post-how-to.html

You can use this de-addiction technique to conquer other addictions as well.

Do comment and tell me if you liked the Haiku and the self help article.

VIKRAM KARVE

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1. The self help article mentioned in the blog post above is based on my personal experience. It may or may not work for you. So please do due diligence before trying out this technique.

2. All stories in this blog are a work of fiction. Events, Places, Settings and Incidents narrated in the story are a figment of my imagination. The characters do not exist and are purely imaginary. Any resemblance to persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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I have posted this Haiku online a number of times including at urls: http://vwkarve.blogspot.in/2006/06/haiku-minerva-moment-by-vikram-karve.html  and  https://karvediat.blogspot.in/2011/07/haiku-my-minerva-moment.html?m=0  and  https://karvediat.blogspot.in/2012/03/my-minerva-moment-smoke-rings-dissolve.html  and http://karvediat.blogspot.in/2014/10/my-minerva-moment-haiku-to-commemorate.html  etc