Smoking

[emjay]

Yeah, the notion of "cutting down" was always a fool's errand for people like us wasn't it? But this is something different I think; some people really do just not feel the need for it except in very limited times/situations. The main reason it doesn't make sense to me is just that you need to have a certain amount of nicotine in your system to get the buzz in the first place, so if some people can literally have one smoke a month or whatever, I don't see how it could physically provide any satisfaction; you'd need to have a few just to get the effect, is what I'm saying.

That's not necessarily true. I was in the hospital once and wasn't allowed outside for a few weeks. When I finally was, I lit up. It floored me. I was dizzy and felt like throwing up.

I don't know... might not have been the nicotine though - personally I doubt it was; after 48 hours it's out of your system and the feeling is completely different. For instance could you imagine smoking some dry leaves or paper? that too would make you feel dizzy and feel like throwing up, and is in effect no different that what you are doing when you're having a cigarette, but somehow... when you're addicted... the nicotine disguises the sheer amount of smoke you're inhaling, which in any other situation would make you feel completely nauseous.