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[NonRedOrchid]

I feel I could go on and on... but I'll keep my other two small additions short here.

I had a realization that smoking filled a good amount of my time, and keeping that empty space full helps from reverting back to a "what do I do now" kind of feeling.

Also, there is an element of how you never ever truly own a pack of cigarettes. The pack owns you.

That's very true.. The best thing I've done is exercise when I get that, "what am I supposed to do?" feeling.

[rlmergeuser]

I can relate to a lot of what you've said, I've been in the same position a few times. I've quit 3 or 4 times and I mean no had a cigarette for a year or 2 but unfortunately I always went back.

I would kid myself I could just have 1 because I was no longer addicted then before I know it I've bought 20 haha! The last time I restarted was after a breakup and the worst part is I actually enjoy it.

I know I can stop though cause I've done it so many times. It's pure willpower and after 3 or 4 days it's really only the habit you need to fight. All I can say is don't get complacent and even have 1, especially hard after a few beers. You've done the hardest part

[jook13]

c'mon now, its not that hard to quit... I have done it dozens of times.

Seriously though, good job. I have been chewing nicotine gum since the 1st of the year...

[eH reH eH reH]

Good Job! I myself have only quit like twice, but I always start up again. Recently though I've been saving alot of money on cigarettes, because I stopped smoking Marlboro reds and started buying tubes and bags of tobacco. It cost like $20 every 2 weeks instead of $20 every 2 days.

[rlmergeuser]

You people and your tobacco smoking...

I've smoked like 2 cigarettes in my life, and both times I found them to be absolutely disgusting. A friend of mine who is into high end cigars had me try one of those as well, and while it was indeed very different, I also found it to be completely disgusting.

Now weed on the other hand...

[eH reH eH reH]

You people and your tobacco smoking...

I've smoked like 2 cigarettes in my life, and both times I found them to be absolutely disgusting. A friend of mine who is into high end cigars had me try one of those as well, and while it was indeed very different, I also found it to be completely disgusting.

Now weed on the other hand...

Me too ha. Cigarettes where introduced to me when I was 7 years old and no BS I was addicted at 12 for the same reason most kids get addicted it was cool. I quit once for a year when I was 17 to 18 and another time when I was in my early 20s for a few months, other than that they've had me hooked my entire life. They're hard to quit especially when you don't want to. It's definitely a disgusting habit.

[JoeRegular]

I've smoked weed pretty much exclusively for nearly 25 yrs now and while it's an alternative to tobacco it's just as harmful, if not more so. I know I'm addicted and I don't feel good about it, there's no other vice ( and I've tried a lot ) that's ever hooked me like weed. Without getting too deep ito it, it's also how I make my living and in recent years I've realised that I'm almost trapped in this lifestyle now and giving up and changing everything is a goal I may never achieve. Wanting to make any kind of change to this has only come about through having kids and realising what a **** role model I am.

Not sure why I'm posting this Respect to those of you with the strength of will to not allow your vices to control you.

[NonRedOrchid]

I've smoked weed pretty much exclusively for nearly 25 yrs now and while it's an alternative to tobacco it's just as harmful, if not more so. I know I'm addicted and I don't feel good about it, there's no other vice ( and I've tried a lot ) that's ever hooked me like weed. Without getting too deep ito it, it's also how I make my living and in recent years I've realised that I'm almost trapped in this lifestyle now and giving up and changing everything is a goal I may never achieve. Wanting to make any kind of change to this has only come about through having kids and realising what a **** role model I am.

Not sure why I'm posting this Respect to those of you with the strength of will to not allow your vices to control you.

I never understood why so many people believe that it is impossible to become addicted to weed. Considering around 70-80% of cigarette addiction is psychological it seems reasonable that anything that can alter your body/mind can make you dependent on it. I used to smoke weed quite heavily for a couple of years when I was around 16 and although I never realized that i was dependent on it, I was undoubtedly using it to cover up whatever insecurities and pain that I had going on. When I eventually decided that I needed to grab myself by the balls and clean my life up a little bit all of those issues that the weed was masking came to the surface and I had to deal with them. I probably sound like some sort of narc! I suppose i'm just trying to convince myself that I don't need.

[rlmergeuser]

Well you ain't short of willpower best of luck giving them up .

[rlmergeuser]

Considering around 70-80% of cigarette addiction is psychological it seems reasonable that anything that can alter your body/mind can make you dependent on it.

Very true. Not just that, but people get addicted to the feelings that certain things give them. For example, some people are addicted to porn, some are addicted to adrenaline, some to food.

So I think the "weed isn't addictive" thing is a repeated misconception. A doctor or scientist somewhere may have concluded that, yes, it doesn't alter the same chemicals in your brain that forces you to be addicted the same way heroin would. But at the same time, you can be addicted to anything that fills that certain 'need' in your life in just the right way. Chemically addictive? Maybe not. Habitually addictive? I can't see why not.

And case in point, I have more than a few friends online and off that get grumpy and unpleasant when they don't get their marijuana fix. One even lost his job over it, and keeps on doing it on whatever money he had squirreled away. Logically, I would think that if anyone could stop at any time, that would be a pretty damn good time to do it. At least until you can afford it again. Just as I have to put off buying video games because I can't afford it right now.