Smoking Habits

I am 22 , in final year of my engineering, never been a regular/occasional drunker(tasted one sip of Bacardi bczz my friends were forcing me on my birthday that's it) , never smoked despite of having chain smoker friends, never tasted tea , i occasionally drink coffee like once or twice in every 6 months . Although I daily consume a glass of milk as a habit . When I look at my friends who are smoking Marlboro like having water , drinking and even to many others who are doing same stuff , i think even they are having their lives full of these and i m not , i think it's still not an achievement , bczz at some point of time, those people will als do great in their lives, but what did I achieve till now even after staying away from all these ?

basically I'm curious to know your decisions which you won't change no matter what. It might be okay for other people to go via that path, but you would never do that. for example, not doing arranged marriage, not doing drugs etc. feel free to provide reasoning.

I never really understood this. What makes you enjoy smoking? Not trying to judge, just trying to understand your perspective. I know that you know it’s bad.

What is X?

I guess I am against most of people who live in Bangalore, Mumbai, Chennai or any tier 1 2 cities. Why is there so much addiction to smoke, party culture and losing our own moral values? I guess a pack of cigar cause anywhere between 100 to 200 and weekend party anywhere perhead to 2000. If you sum up I see that it goes to 10k overhead. Dont you think that money can go into useful way of either personal development or contributing giving back to the society? What are we losing here and where are the moral values that are taught to us going? To add on so much hookups and adult life. There is nothing to gain but so much to lose I guess. Please add your opinions...

Personally, I think the underlying factor for me has been being strict with myself. I try to work out 6x a week on a regular basis. Using my finances wisely with healthy meals. I mean, a burger from Louis Burger or a Pizza from Pizza Bakery is baller but in the long run that's a real killer. Finally, I have been trying to prioritize sleep which means don't scroll reels/social media for 30 minutes before bed if it is 1am already. What about you?

Smoking due to work related stress .

What today to you feels like a sin but is actually not? I’ll start: Taking a sabbatical from work to recoup and rejuvenate feels like a sin as I’ll miss out on growth but should not be so if it's for my wellbeing.