Personal Narrative: My Abstinence Experience

The abstinence experience in my case was a process of learning about myself. I learned how I reacted when I had to stop doing a behavior that was giving me satisfaction and pain. I learned how to come up with ways to help my process and achieve my goal. At the beginning, it was difficult as it was the first time abstaining from a behavior that I had for many years, I can say it started during my life as an adolescent. It was seen as a fun thing to do at school with friends and at parties. However, when life got stressful some days, I also tried to cope with gum. Since the beginning of this experience, I knew how beneficial it would be in my life. That is why I make it my goal to stop chewing gum and be happy about it. I think my family played