My daughter smokes is about Ms. Walker daughter smoking. She relates her smoking to how her father and grandfather used to smoke as well. In fact the brand of cigarettes that her daughter smokes is in fact the same brand that her father and grandfather used to smoke. She describes the horrific story about her father addiction to cigarettes. She goes on to tell us hoe cigarettes changed him; physically and emotionally. Ms. Walker father gained weight, looked as though he was poor, and had a discolorations to his skin. After a while, he started developing a cough. He was getting weaker and weaker by the day to the point where couldn’t barely move anymore. Eventually her father died due to the addiction. Ms. …show more content…
My father was addicted to drugs. He was addicted to crack-cocaine. His addiction is a result to why I don’t ever want to try drugs now. He told me that his addiction all started when he was in the military. He said the stress in the military was getting too much and eventually he started using to get high and for him to feel good. After he got out the military, he met my mom and she got addicted to it as well. She stopped once she found that she was pregnant by my older brother, but my dad continued. He said it felt as though the addiction took over him and he was helpless and couldn’t do anything about it. As soon as my brother was born, my mom started using again as well. She used to leave my brother at my grandma house (my father mom), so that she can get a quick fix when she needed it. After a couple of months of the birth of my brother, my mom was pregnant again with me. After that, my dad decided that he wanted to come clean and he went to go get help. The addiction didn’t stopped but it slowed down little by little. When I was born, the doctor found out that I had drugs in my system and that I had to stay at the hospital for some months because I was very sick and weak. My mom continues to use while my dad was trying to get as much help as possible. Eventually he relapses and started using again. My mom left my dad and my dad