Re^3: Do you smoke tobacco?

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Yep. When I was at college, I smoked quite a bit of weed. Before I started, I read a lot - basically that it was non-addictive physically, can be psychologically addictive in large amounts, but is generally not that bad.

Of course, in the UK, everyone smoked their joints mixed with tobacco, and I became addicted to it.

Now? I'm addicted to tobacco, but haven't smoked weed regularly in years. Probably been 2 years since my last toke at a party. It just doesn't appeal anymore - I value being able to think.

My attempts at quitting are sporadic. It's got to be the nastiest addiction out there. The longest I've lasted is 6 months until a very traumatic event triggered using it again.

Nasty stuff from evil companies.

I'm currently lasting a couple of days at a time, but am thinking of trying hypnotherapy and acupuncture soon as a double whammy.

Guess I need to walk around with a picture of my kid dangling in from of my face all day ;-)

cLive ;-)

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Re^4: Do you smoke tobacco? by geekgrrl (Pilgrim) on Sep 20, 2004 at 22:43 UTC
Oh man, quitting was so hard. For two years afterwards I still wanted one. Hell - I wanted one just a few months ago, and it has been over four years since I gave it up. And I only smoked for 2...It is one hell of an addiction. The only addiction I have had worse than that is caffeine. But caffeine won't kill ya fortunately. The good news is we types who get addicted to stuff are less likely to get Parkinson's - our dopamine connections are just too f**king strong. I think one thing that helped me quit was to start doing cardio exercise - once I started getting in better shape, I didn't want to mess it up by smoking. Anyway - good luck to those of you trying to quit.	[reply]

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Re^4: Do you smoke tobacco?
by geekgrrl (Pilgrim) on Sep 20, 2004 at 22:43 UTC

Oh man, quitting was so hard. For two years afterwards I still wanted one. Hell - I wanted one just a few months ago, and it has been over four years since I gave it up. And I only smoked for 2...It is one hell of an addiction. The only addiction I have had worse than that is caffeine. But caffeine won't kill ya fortunately.

The good news is we types who get addicted to stuff are less likely to get Parkinson's - our dopamine connections are just too f**king strong.

I think one thing that helped me quit was to start doing cardio exercise - once I started getting in better shape, I didn't want to mess it up by smoking. Anyway - good luck to those of you trying to quit.

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