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Late Bloomer Smokers
Posted by Angela on 6/9/2009, 0:15:21, in reply to "addicted, I'm a smoker"
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Sara
You posted a similar message a while back so it is obviously troubling you that you have become a smoker.
I started smoking at 44 and found that I enjoyed it very much. I started on full flavour menthol and found that I got up to 15 a day very quickly. For me the addiction happened very quickly, within 4 weeks I was totally addicted.
The problem is that over time our addiction grows until it reaches a point where it normalises and for most of us that point is a pack a day. I found that smoking more than 15 a day to give my body the nicotine it needed made my chest tight. Like you at that point I started to think about the longer term effect...but I was addicted and I enjoyed the nicotine and the way it made me feel.
So if you feel like I did then I think you have three choices; 1) just smoke and don't worry, 2) use nicotine replacement (patches and gum) and quit...bad idea or 3) switch to e-cigarettes. With e-cigs you inhale nicotine vapour and get all the nicotine your body needs without all the bad chemicals, plus you can get very high nicotine refill juice in menthol...even stronger than Newports!
This is what I did and I have never looked back. Now I can have nicotine and no cancer causing chemicals.
--Previous Message--
: Hi, posted before after
: being tricked, or
: convinced, by friends to
: try smoking. Started
: with marb lights, and
: somehow ended up smoking
: nearly 1 ppd of
: newports. I really
: enjoy it now, and for a
: long while really was
: conflicted about it and
: although I knew I was
: becoming addicted, still
: thought I would quit due
: to health issues. I'm
: in my 40's, and never in
: a million years thought
: I'd actually enjoy it.
: I don't even think about
: it now, just buy another
: pack when I get down to
: about 3 cigs. I can't
: see myself being able to
: quit even though I
: really want to. It's
: really like impossible.
: How do people do it???
: it really snuck up on
: me, and my friends gain
: no end to enjoying my
: newfound habit
: (addiction). I was so
: anti and always
: lecturing them. Now it
: seems I'm lighting up
: more than they are.
: Wow, everything about
: it, putting one in my
: lips, lighting it,
: blowing out the smoke,
: it just feels so
: satisfying. I don't get
: cravings, but urges, and
: always seem to give in
: to them. It's like I
: can't even get to a
: craving, although each
: morning I have two and
: they are great. I'm
: totally blown away that
: I could actually like
: it. Never expected
: that. I'm admitting now
: I smoke, but still do
: not smoke around anyone
: except my friends. it
: gets very hard at times.
: It's like the thought of
: quitting almost scares
: me because I don't feel
: like I can now. This
: site is interesting
: because so many seem to
: want to smoke. This
: blows my mind. I was
: just curious, never
: wanted to, still don't,
: but am shocked I like
: it, and cannot even seem
: to bring myself to try
: quitting anymore.
: AHHHHH!
: Now I understand what it
: must have been like for
: me to bug them to quit.
: You just can't. I never
: understood addiction,
: but now am in it, and
: thoroughly understand
: it. Question: once
: addicted, can you get
: "more
: addicted". The
: longer you smoke once
: addicted does it become
: harder to quit? Is it
: harder to quit something
: like Newports than Marb
: lights, or is it an
: individual thing,
: depending on the person.
: Thanks, Sara
:
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