I hate cigarettes and had I not been a abused person or the child of WW2 prison camp survivors, I might of had the necessary love for myself to stay away from them…as most of us know by now that cigarettes are highly addictive and a struggle to stop …having dealt with GAD most of my life I had and still have an addictive nature and giving me benzodiazepine was a huge mistake.. I have been using them for 23 years and now that I have battled cancer twice in the last 3 years, I highly doubt I will get rid of them…I do want to add, I did quit smoking at the ripe age of 61 and I felt like a rockstar, unfortunately I was diagnosed 9 years later with cancer…I was to learn later that this is common because it takes about 15 years to get tobacco out of your system not to mention, I also learned later that there’s a certain cancer that only ex smokers can get. With all this information I am still happy that I quit because it really helped me to stop feeling like a victim. The battle against depression and anxiety is life long and you must not give up the fight to get your life back. I truly hope that they will find better ways to combat depression, like everything in life, the things that matter the most do not come easily to us.