I have given up smoking 6 months ago , but ...

[Duty]

The chemical addiction is slight, the brainwashing and cognitive errors are very large however, and that's where the real smoking addiction demon resides. I found quitting easy and enjoyable. I am not lying or delusional (said no delusional person ever, but still).

I am appreciative of your civil tone, I think I may have been starting to lose my rag a little there. I did not read the book, I listened to the audiobook, all in one day - 6.5 hours - and made around 7 sides of A4 notes. Far from being a terrible book it was the most fascinating, optimistic, eye-opening and relevant book I've ever consumed. I think also that taking it in audiobook format appealed to my notions regarding talking cures and therapeutic technique in general.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Ashwin, you didn't enjoy life with your bad habits, your addictions controlled you and rewarded you for feeding them. And all the while they were going to kill you ugly on down the line. Do not regret they're gone, exult that you now have choices you can make for yourself. In the US I pass cold, miserable people outside the VA hospital, they have to be out there, no smoking inside. Some get a touch of frostbite. Very attractive when your nose turns black.

[Duty]

That's the one GS - Rejoice! What a fantastic thing it is to be free from the oppressive shackles of the despicable, toxic tobacco plant!

[Rhizomorph13]

Well, great let's have a wank to being free from addiction but there is still the next thing...

What do we do with all this time on our hands?

Oh, I smoke a cigar every once in a while. Oh my god how I love a cigar about once a month maybe less! When you space them out you get super buzzed. It goes so very well with a nice sweaty glass of Ardbeg, Lagavulin, or even Evan Williams.

[Deesse23]

The chemical addiction is slight,

Wrong.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substance_..._potential

Physiological damage vs addiction


Addiction on the y-axis again

[Gawdzilla Sama]

That's the one GS - Rejoice! What a fantastic thing it is to be free from the oppressive shackles of the despicable, toxic tobacco plant!

I look at cigarette prices today and I smile. A pack now costs what a carton did then, or more. I smoke 2-3 packs a day.

[Megabullshit]

I was a heavy tea drinker until diabetes hit me ,
I used to drink tea at least 4 times a day
Otherwise i would have drink tea instead of chewing a sugar free nicotine gums .

Like someone said , everyone deals with it differently

Thanks for all the responses in my thread

[Rhizomorph13]

The chemical addiction is slight,

Wrong.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substance_..._potential

Physiological damage vs addiction


Addiction on the y-axis again

Well you can prove anything that's even remotely true with facts!

Nice graphs. I've had most of these things. I want to try the versions spelled with "k" though; sounds exotik! And MariHuana?! I've had Marijuana... dumb joke is dumb.

[Duty]

Any chance of getting those graphs in English? Also, I hope you're not equating "difficulty in giving up" with "level of physiological addiction/withdrawal." Tricks of the mind rule the roost.

ETA so the table linked is in English - but I'd need to know how they arrived at their figures TBH, although the table does acknowledge that the psychological dependency is far stronger than the physical dependency. Wrong yourself then Deesse23 you refute your own objection hahaha!

[Rhizomorph13]

I was a heavy tea drinker until diabetes hit me ,
I used to drink tea at least 4 times a day
Otherwise i would have drink tea instead of chewing a sugar free nicotine gums .

Like someone said , everyone deals with it differently

Thanks for all the responses in my thread

You can still drink tea, just sweeten with a substitute. Stevia isn't too bad but that taste really bums some people out.