[Dr. Johnny Fever]

Originally Posted by NewChief

I don't even remember when I started smoking. I dipped from about 6th grade on. At some point, I'm assuming in about 7th grade, I started smoking as well. Through high school and college, I smoked and dipped. Then stopped dipping in college and only smoked. Rolled my own cigarettes (Bali Shag, baby) for years in college and afterwards. Move to Colorado, and went back to the dip because we were too active at altitude to smoke. Then moved back here and quit the dip at some point as well.

I still dip on occasion. I can't ****ing stand cigs, though. Like, I have no idea how I smoked because even if I go to a smoky bar, my hangover is about 30 times worse than if I drank twice as much booze in a smoke free environment. Completely stops my nose up and makes me sneeze and have drippy ass snot nose for days afterwards as well as headaches.

I always thought that I had horrible allergies (and I do) through college, but half of the problem was that I was "allergic" to smoke and was a smoker. Since I quit smoking, my allergies are completely manageable.

It's amazing the brutality we put our bodys through voluntarily even though we know better. It'll never get us when we're young... but then we stop being young and by then we're addicted.

Eariler in my life I've had problems with cocaine, alcohol, weed and taken some shit when I didn't even know what it was. I'm not ashamed to admit it because it was part of my journey. Others here can judge if they want, makes no difference to me. I'm glad to say only cigarettes keep me down now but that's too much for my body to take as well. Steps.