In this context, I want to post what I consider an achievement.

Two years ago, I used to smoke water pipe (sheesha or Argila in Arab countries), it is a form of smoking anyway.

My friends used to tell me that it is less dangerous than smoking cigarettes which turned out to be wrong information, on the other hand my parents wanted me to give up. As a teenager I tend to listen to my friends rather than my parents.

In the previous Ramadan, I felt that I should learn from fasting and other rituals in Ramadan how to be strong and persistent, I decided to give up smoking sheesha.

In my first days my will was really strong, but after some time, I feel myself  weak again, I thought of having someone who could help I prayed a lot to have Allah's support and I also found a group in my university that supported me a lot.

Actually, it has been one year now and I don't think of smoking again, Thanks to Allah and to all the people whose efforts really made a difference in my life. 

Good for you Sherin... Certainly, smoking argila is a very  bad habit. And what I don't understand is why people are convinced that it is not as harmful as smoking is. Many studies have shown that it's actually more toxic to the body than cigarettes are.

Elhamdulilah, I don't smoke myself. But Ramadan has helped me get rid of a bad habit I had, which was staying up late, and sleeping in the next day. This Ramadan, I was determined to stop doing that, and I was motivated by the fact that I had to wake up early for suhoor, and so I would get to bed early and then start my day at suhoor. And I found that my days seem longer, and that I am more productive throughout the day.  Hope I can keep it up even after Ramadan.