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FAO ex-smokers (pg. 6)
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| srussell0018 |
| Have a cigarette. You'll feel better. |
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| aNYthing |
| quote: | Originally posted by srussell0018
Have a cigarette. You'll feel better. |
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Blow me. :stongue: |
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| srussell0018 |
| You know you want one. |
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| Bierheld |
| quote: | Originally posted by Miss Pie
So get the book. You've got nothing to lose but a DEADLY addiction. :) |
Do you know a bit more about how damaging nicotine itself is? I've heard conflicting stories about that.
I'm thinking about switching to E-cigs. I don't care much for smoking tobacco anymore but i do love nicotine for being a subtle and socially accepted way to drug yourself. |
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| EddieZilker |
| quote: | Originally posted by Bierheld
Do you know a bit more about how damaging nicotine itself is? I've heard conflicting stories about that.
I'm thinking about switching to E-cigs. I don't care much for smoking tobacco anymore but i do love nicotine for being a subtle and socially accepted way to drug yourself. |
E-cigs suck. They're next to useless. May as well smoke bubble-gum or instant pudding mix. |
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| srussell0018 |
| Smoking instant pudding mix is delicious. |
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| Blake |
How long would you say it takes to actually become hooked?
I only just began smoking casually, about 2 years ago when I worked a job where my boss, and a lot of my co-workers took 10 minute smoking breaks every 30 minutes, while I was left to work through the entire shift each day. So far, I've had no problems smoking for weeks, and then not smoking for months. Never smoked consistently for more than a month though. At what point do you usually notice you're no longer in control :conf: |
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| srussell0018 |
| I smoke occasionally. There have been times where I'd smoke maybe 5 or 6 cigarettes a day for a few weeks/months at a time and never felt addicted in any way. I was always able to stop without any problem. That's why it's hard for me to understand how strong the addiction is for some people, because I've never felt it at all. |
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| Bierheld |
| quote: | Originally posted by EddieZilker
E-cigs suck. They're next to useless. May as well smoke bubble-gum or instant pudding mix. |
Nay, they used to back when they were introduced but they've come a long way since then. I've heard plenty of positive experiences these days and i tried one a while back and it's just what i'm looking for. One hit ---> instant satisfaction. |
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| Rodri Santos |
i am still smoking but thing is i'vent been smoking for long periods of time, what is most important is the goal as some people have said, you need to mark a date, for example: When i finish my exams, when summer ends (concrete date though).
2.- Avoid the 1st weeks situations where you usually smoke, for example quit coffe if you usually smoke a cigarette with it. About go clubbing i started drinking more and going wilder so i don't know if that was a good idea but thing is that when you're ing drunk you don't need to smoke.
3.- Print the benefits of quiting smoking and have them on a visible place this will help you mentally.
Doing this i cant tell you that is not that hard, my problem is that if i go on vacation or some special event i usually smoke weed and after smoking 3-4 joints a day and having the packet in front of me it's a matter of time i pick up again.
What i've done is cutting down a bit to just 5 a day and rolling tobacco, the difference between smoking 5 a day and 0 isn't that big in financial/health terms.
If i am smoking it is because i am taking it as a drug that i like and i prefer a cigarette in my hand with a drink.
It depends on every person though, my flat mate smokes weed/hash with me and we mix it with tobacco and he never felt like smoking cigarettes, he says he hate both the smell and the taste so here may be the reason.
Oh well one last advice that has proven to me to give helpful for some time, get a gf that hates that you smoke, it worked but when we split up my psychological response was that if i wasn't with her anymore i could smoke again. *sigh |
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| Bierheld |
| quote: | Originally posted by Blake
How long would you say it takes to actually become hooked?
I only just began smoking casually, about 2 years ago when I worked a job where my boss, and a lot of my co-workers took 10 minute smoking breaks every 30 minutes, while I was left to work through the entire shift each day. So far, I've had no problems smoking for weeks, and then not smoking for months. Never smoked consistently for more than a month though. At what point do you usually notice you're no longer in control :conf: |
You may or may not be sensitive to the physical aspect of the addiction. I never really was and from dealing with much more addictive drugs i had already taught myself a good deal of self control regarding such matters. What really gets you hooked is the habit. The reason real smokers find it difficult to quit is because we've built our whole lives around it. For me it allows me to be far more passive, i don't care anymore if i have to wait on a bus for half an hour in the middle of the night. I just light up. I don't care about being hungry anymore, i just light up. I don't care about being stressed anymore, I just light up and contemplate. The list goes on. It's just instant endorphins, a powerful thing to have control of.
When you quit, you have to find new ways to deal with downtime, stress, emotions, the lot. Because you've just forgotten how. If you just keep smoking on one occasion you could probably keep it up forever that way without becoming properly addicted. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| Everything Rodri Santos and Bierheld are saying is EXACTLY the kind of brainwashed bs the book talks about. :p |
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