Smoking

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Apr 26 2002, 3:50 pm
How many people on the boards smoke ciggerattes? I do, but I wish I had never started. Oh and if she bothers anyone, I am sorry I was just curious.
Apr 26 2002, 3:52 pm
I did when I was 7 and 13, but it is sooo easy to quit. Most people say it is really hard, but it's a cinch.
Apr 26 2002, 4:00 pm
In response to ADDiCt
7? Thats one addicted kid.
Apr 26 2002, 4:39 pm
In response to JordanUl
My brother made me
Apr 26 2002, 5:14 pm
In response to ADDiCt
I tryed a ciggerate when I was 10 (my mom gave it to me) and I didn't like it, and I didn't like em before that, the only thing that looked fun was blowing the smoke out at the time of my age lol, but alchohol and ciggerates has put my mom through a tuff time and almost has took her life so I stay away from crap like that cause I have seen what it can really do and don't want to ever see or let it happen to anyone or me. If one of you are like thinking I am stupid cuase of this, you can think what ya want, but im sure ya would think the same thing if ya went through something like that.

Stealth2k
Apr 26 2002, 6:47 pm
In response to ADDiCt
but it is sooo easy to quit. Most people say it is really hard, but it's a cinch.

And the award for most Ironic Key Name goes to...
Apr 26 2002, 6:55 pm
In response to Stealth 2k
i smoked when i was 10 and 11...Its really easy to quit.
Its like what ppl say about Pot i smoked it at 11 and ive been clean.(except for that time in my bros room,but that was 12)
Apr 26 2002, 7:29 pm
In response to Stealth 2k
thats bout' the story of my life too. But i never tryed cigs but i have tasted alcahol.
Apr 26 2002, 7:38 pm
In response to Stealth 2k
youre 100% right stealth..drugs and alcohal ruin live.I mean maybe just a few drinks for a celebration..but going overboard can be bad.Anything can be addictive..What i said i was jokin..1 time can be enough to hook you for life.My aunt is an alcohalic and one time she she was plastered and she called every1 she knew,and the govenor.Drugs and alchohal can destroy lives.So every one remember that

~¡!Mike!¡~
Apr 27 2002, 2:15 am
In response to Lesbian Assassin
Lesbian Assassin wrote:
but it is sooo easy to quit. Most people say it is really hard, but it's a cinch.

Wrong. Its not entirely a cinch to quit smoking. I am neither a drinker nor smoker but I know these facts...

Smoking is not easy to quit when you have smoked for awhile. To quit it quickly you need a strong will to do so. My dad has a strong will, yet his girlfriend does not. My dad quit smoking after around 20+ years of smoking. Yet, his girlfriend has tried many many times to quit and she can't because her will power is not that strong. She believes she can't quit.

Anyway, I don't drink nor do I smoke. Thats my life. If I don't wish to do either its my choice. :P

If someone wishes to drink/smoke then thats their choice. If they like it then they can carry on doing it, if they find out that they don't like it...They stop. Simple.

Lee
Apr 27 2002, 3:02 am
In response to Soccerguy13
It doesn't take too long before your addicted, i smoked 2 years when i was 7 and I was addicted, Then i just decided to quit one day *poof* no problem. If you really try to quit, it's simple. I smoked weed when I was 14 (15 now) and I smoked it every night for 2 weeks straight. It was so easy to quit. You get addicted to that crap fast. I do agree it messes you up, I'm not currently addicted to anything but BYOND, video games, and women. ;)
Apr 27 2002, 8:31 am
In response to ADDiCt
Your right, people think it's going to be hard so in there mind it is. Its all a game of the mind, just dont think it is going to be hard and it wont be. I have learned that with there things like posin ive, i get it bad but i can choose not to feal th ich.
Apr 27 2002, 8:42 am
In response to Lesbian Assassin
Lesbian Assassin wrote:
but it is sooo easy to quit. Most people say it is really hard, but it's a cinch.

And the award for most Ironic Key Name goes to...

LOL!!
Apr 27 2002, 8:48 am
In response to Scoobert
i did because my friends were doing it but then i quit because alot of my close friends thought it was dumb so it took me a while but i did it. =)
Apr 28 2002, 7:26 am
In response to Scoobert
Scoobert wrote:
Your right, people think it's going to be hard so in there mind it is. Its all a game of the mind, just dont think it is going to be hard and it wont be. I have learned that with there things like posin ive, i get it bad but i can choose not to feal th ich.

Some people may be subject to various addictions, and some may not. Alcoholism, for example, may be something you are physically prone to or not.

The thing is, an alcoholic who can't quit isn't simply "weak-willed", they have things going on physically that make it extremely difficult to overcome. The amount of will they have to exert on a daily basis is vastly greater than what someone not prone to alcoholism does. While I, on the other hand, have to work to make myself remember to occasionally drink some of the Kahlua I really like that is sitting in anthropomorphic bottles in the kitchen.

The reason I bring this up is that the "it's easy to quit!" message can be counterproductive. If it's easy to quit, no harm in trying, right? But for someone predisposed to addiction, that may be the road to hell.
Apr 28 2002, 7:59 am
In response to Deadron
The reason I bring this up is that the "it's easy to quit!" message can be counterproductive. If it's easy to quit, no harm in trying, right? But for someone predisposed to addiction, that may be the road to hell.

Sounds like a very good quote could be started from that:

"It's easier to quit if you never start."