Question about stinky smokers.

Adivina · Post by **Adivina** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 6:28 pm

I guess I don't have an addictive personality. I smoked for a couple years and when I quit, I just threw out my ciggs and never looked back. Totally cold turkey and moved on.

Gaazy · Post by **Gaazy** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 6:53 pm

my addiction is copenhagen ><

mofish · Post by **mofish** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 7:01 pm

I smoked for near 15 years, quit cold turkey. I now have an almost allergic reaction to cigarette smoke, makes me feel bad, eyes water chest hurts.

Smoking sucks, tobacco sucks. Glad I quit when I did (was about 27), much less chance of ending up with a tumor painfully eating my lungs and spreading to the rest of my body.

What's the 5 year survivalbility rate for a lung cancer diagnosis? Something like 5%.

Ouchyfish · Post by **Ouchyfish** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 7:41 pm

My hats off to you folks that can quit cold turkey AND stay off. I quit cold turkey for about 3 months but just picked it right back up like I had never stopped.

mofish · Post by **mofish** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 7:44 pm

Ah well Im not knockin anyone for trying. I had to try more than once too to quit. Hopefully it will stick next time you feel up to quitting.

Goose_Man · Post by **Goose_Man** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 7:50 pm

Took me 4 times trying to quit each time I quit I came back and smoked even more and harder.

Finally I woke up one morning and said fux it.

Stick to it!

Post by **Arlos** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 8:47 pm

my addiction is copenhagen ><

Oh, disgusting. Back in my first go-around in college, there was a guy in my dorm section who chewed tobacco. He'd leave cups of chew spit all over the damn place. I knew more than one person who left a mug or something out, didn't see it for a few days, would finally find it squirreled in a corner somewhere, and when they'd go to look in it, it'd be full to the brim with 3-day old chew spit. /barf

One of the most disgusting habits, ever. Only redeeming value is you're not sharing your carcinogens with everyone around you.

Never really got into cigarette smoking. About the only time I ever did it is when I was completely fucked up on one thing or another, and then I'd smoke. Sometimes. Never really saw the point, I guess. I do have a bunch of friends that smoke, my brother smokes, and all 4 of my grandparents did when they were alive, so it's not like I've not been around it or anything. Just never appealed to me.

-Arlos

Spazz · Post by **Spazz** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 11:26 pm

I wish smoking wasnt so bad for you cuz i really enjoy smoking

leah · Post by **leah** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 11:36 pm

mofish wrote:I smoked for near 15 years, quit cold turkey. I now have an almost allergic reaction to cigarette smoke, makes me feel bad, eyes water chest hurts.

i get that, but i only smoked for about 3 or 4 years

Ouchyfish · Post by **Ouchyfish** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 12:48 am

spazz wrote:I wish smoking wasnt so bad for you cuz i really enjoy smoking

Amen

Drem · Post by **Drem** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 5:22 am

Ouchyfish wrote:
spazz wrote:I wish smoking wasnt so bad for you cuz i really enjoy smoking

Amen

Post by **Lyion** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 8:24 am

Outside of the Nicotine rush, I never could understand the appeal to smoke. I never had any desire to be a smoker, and just from the youngest age I can remember the concept of inhaling smoke just seemed bad. :dunno:

Ouchyfish · Post by **Ouchyfish** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 9:03 am

I smoke menthol lights and there's just something refreshing about the menthol I guess. Nothing refreshing about all of the other nasty ass side effects, but I love that "minty" feeling as the menthol is inhaled.

Other than that, they can have the sore throat the next morning, the congestion, the stuffy nose, the bad breath, etc.

Harrison · Post by **Harrison** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 10:18 am

Cough drops...

araby · Post by **araby** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 10:24 am

Harrison wrote:Cough drops...

why dont' you just ask the dentist to pull your teeth instead?

unless they're sugar-free ^_^

and if anyone ever wished cigarettes weren't bad for you, i thought it was me because I smoke like a fucking freight train going up a mountain

Ouchyfish · Post by **Ouchyfish** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 10:32 am

Cough drops give me burning bowel movements

:rofl:

like lighter fluid..lit

kaharthemad · Post by **kaharthemad** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 10:38 am

as for me, yeah I smoke I have been down to about 5 cigarettes a day for over 4 years. I have problems trying to kick it. I was doing 2.5 packs of unfiltered Camel Wides, or Lucky Strikes a day. I am slowly kicking the habit but christ kicking coke was 6 times easier then this shit.

Ouchyfish · Post by **Ouchyfish** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 10:43 am

No shit? is that because of the price/illegality/etc or are you just referring to your experience with the chemical dependency part of it?

I don't feel so bad about being hooked on smokes now...

araby · Post by **araby** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 11:01 am

probably because it's so fun

Tae-Bo · Post by **Tae-Bo** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 11:45 am

i love smoking :biggrin2:

kaharthemad · Post by **kaharthemad** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 11:56 am

Ouchyfish wrote:No shit? is that because of the price/illegality/etc or are you just referring to your experience with the chemical dependency part of it?

I don't feel so bad about being hooked on smokes now...

chem dependancy. There is a higher mental/physical addiction the comes with nicotine due to the dopamine receptors that are triggered in the brain.

I tried to go cold turkey for about 4 weeks. worst 4 weeks of my fucking life. the DT's gave me some nasty ass migrianes. the main problem is the withdrawls on cigarettes are different for each user.

Now I am going cool turkey. Not Cold.

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 12:09 pm

Not to mention smoking makes you look cool. No joke. If you have the right outfit on, smoking ties it together and makes it look cooler.

Spazz · Post by **Spazz** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 12:17 pm

Smokers dont look cool they look angry.

Phlegm · Post by **Phlegm** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 12:22 pm

Those nicotine patches don't work?

Ouchyfish · Post by **Ouchyfish** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 12:24 pm

Burned the shit out of my arm (huge red raw spot) and I still wanted a cigarette...goddamn habit killed it...that and the inflamed arm. The gum tasted nasty. My mom was able to cut way back thanks to this filter she bought that cuts down the intake gradually over a month I think. Like week one it blocked 25%, week 2 50%, etc etc.