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07-29-2012, 12:37 PM | #16 |
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Been a pack a dayer for 17 years now. Lumpy quit last week so something tells me I'll be "quitting" soon enough.
And by quitting I mean being nagged endlessly into submission. I think she's actually going to pull it off this time. She seems pretty commited. |
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07-29-2012, 12:39 PM | #17 |
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There are other ways to relieve stress that aren't as expensive, smelly, or habit forming. I have nothing against smokers. I just don't see why they start other than peer pressure, which I would think we'd grow out of at some point.
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07-29-2012, 12:41 PM | #18 |
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I'd smoke anywhere between 15-20 cigarettes a day. Stopped smoking cold turkey 15 months ago and haven't had a single cigarette since then.
I haven't even had a smoke dream in a while not that I think about it. I do indulge myself by smoking a cigar from time to time (like once every two months or so) though. P.S. The stress release thing is a myth, BTW. The only reason you feel like it helps with stress is because you associate cigarettes with it. It's nothing more than a placebo.
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07-29-2012, 12:42 PM | #19 |
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Yep, used to smoke 2 packs a day for 10 years, now down to a pack a day.
Of all the drugs I have put into my body (pot, a lot of blow, various other items) cigarettes are the hardest for me to quit. |
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07-29-2012, 12:44 PM | #20 | |
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Sure it starts with peer pressure, then the nicotine gets you in the end. |
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07-29-2012, 12:46 PM | #21 |
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Do I know that. It killed my mother when I was 17, grandpa when I was 14 and has hospitalized my uncle who's been in ICU for about 2 months, but in my mind I still rationalized it. Mother****er acts like your best friend and then tries to kills you.
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07-29-2012, 01:00 PM | #22 |
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Have to choose one....smoking addiction or obesity?
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07-29-2012, 01:22 PM | #23 |
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There are multiple choices. Not one or the other.
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07-29-2012, 01:25 PM | #24 |
You gotta kill a few people
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No. Never have, never will.
Never understood why people even do it. At least with other bad habits, like hardcore drugs, you get some sort of satisfaction out of the act- an intense high for a brief period. Smoking cigs just scratches the itch, makes your breath/clothes smell, rots your teeth, and slowly kills you. ****ing stupid.. |
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07-29-2012, 01:29 PM | #25 |
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07-29-2012, 01:32 PM | #26 |
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07-29-2012, 01:40 PM | #27 |
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People used to tell one of my best friends,"Smoking is going to take years off your life!".
He would usually take a long, cool puff and respond with a smirk,"**** it, those are the shitty years, anyway." I don't smoke, but that response was always supercool. |
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07-29-2012, 01:43 PM | #28 |
Ain't no relax!
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I quit about 3 months ago. It was rather easy this time compared to in the past. I supplemented cigs with a pipe for a while, which I still do every once in a while. But admittedly, I still bum a cig maybe once a month or so. Usually out golfing, or during a poker game.
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07-29-2012, 01:50 PM | #29 |
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07-29-2012, 01:52 PM | #30 |
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