quit 30 years now. quit because it was killing me. other corps are still trying.
Tobacco is one of the worst drugs ever. The best part is staving off the effects of addiction.
I’m so happy that I’m on 10 years without cigarettes.
I live with two roommates in a flat. One of them smokes. Of course, he has to smoke indoors as well, as if the whole place is his (we got two balconies btw) . Can’t describe when I get home after a long day in uni to come back to a flat that smells like a smoking friendly bar.
I feel like this should’ve been discussed before moving in together. Still not too late to talk though - if he’s even a little bit considerate, he’ll agree to only smoke outside.
So start smoking and you won’t even notice.
Seriously though, as a lifelong smoker I do my best to keep it from being anyone else’s problem.
I agree. There is a difference between being a smoker and being an inconsiderate dick.
I won’t lie though, judging from how much of the litter where I live is cigarettes butts and packs, there seems to be a rather large overlap.
Add people who drink Tim Horton’s coffee and that’s a solid 80% of the litter I see.
(Am smoker, will carry smelly butts rather than throw them on the street)
yeah that’s a dick move. I’m a smoker but i only smoke tobacco outdoors. i like being in a space i can smoke indoors, but it’s not gonna be my place
I’ve smoked 3 packs a day by 25 y/o. Started with 17. stopped with 27. I don’t regret stopping, I feel better. But I miss it.
3 whole fucking packs a DAY? Did you even breathe normal air?
I had the luxury to smoke on my job. I smoked a lot.
I can relate.
I never got as bad as my father, who used a lighter once a day and lit the rest of them off of the last one.
I smoke about a half a pack a day and feel like a dick for it. I’d like to quit, but i don’t want to.
I quit by vaping off of cigarettes, and then gradually reducing the nicotine in vape juice until I was vaping 0 nicotine for a couple of months, then stopped altogether. Been nicotine free for several years now, and no cravings.
This is how I finally quit for good.
Meanwhile idiots like me ended up vaping all day long and when I went back to cigarettes my tolerance was through the roof and I smoked more than I ever did.
Gotta taper the nicotine down, even if you vape like a chimney out of habit, that way when you do try a cigarette again the nicotine is overpowering and gross
True! I was out of my element last year and ran out of juice due to poor planning. Resorted to sharing a smoke and felt like garbage for the next two days.
I do still miss the smell, though. Probably just nostalgia from feeling like a Cool Guy for the first time in my life choking down a Camel unfiltered behind the 7-11.
There’s still hope. I still chain vape, but the amount of nicotine I use is but a whisper. It’s entirely a routine at this point. I’m figuring out positive actions I can do whenever I feel the need to suck on my robot dick.
Asexual non smoker here. I have bad news for you:
The urge of sucking robot dick is truly universal and inevitable.
I’m hoping we make First Contact soon so I can make a healthy transition from Robot Dick to Alien Dick.
Sorry, that’s insensitive.
Xenophallus.
Montezuma’s revenge
I used to work with a guy that smoked and refused to wear a seat-belt. He carried a gun though, just in case his life was in danger.
So if he loses control of his car and is heading at a tree, he can shoot the tree in self defense.
You’re being ridiculous. Of course the gun is to offset his momentum. Couple shots should do it. \s
Ah yes. The Maple Doctrine.
My work buddy will only eat meals made from single-ingredient foods because of “all the extra shit they put in there”, and smokes a pack a week.
Your work buddy isn’t wrong with that tbh
So no banana then, huh?
This is a bit disingenuous. When listed like that on food it’s because all of those were added in individually to create an ultra processed amalgamation resembling food. Otherwise ingredients would just say bannana.
Processed foods have been clinically shown to be harmful to us. Bannanas seem to be okay
I guess it still leaves store-bought bread out I guess. Or yoghurt. Or milk
But nah, I really do think it’s extreme. Pre-made food isn’t bad for you
Either that or I’m just being European, idk
I think there’s a difference between prepared food and processed food. It can be a blurry line though.
Maybe it is just being European though. American food standards are trash. The stuff allowed in our food is insane
I wouldn’t call bread or yoghurt prepared instead of processed personally though, they’ve been through multiple chemical and biological processes.
Ultra processes foods is something that tends to be more appropriate I think. That’s stuff like chips or fast food. Though even that I consider fine to eat in moderation, and I, personally, do. Though I agree it would be better if I completely cut those out. I just tend to eat a lot of pre-made foods due to disability reasons (frozen pizzas, pastas, and the like)
But yeah, I do know that the US has some very lax food laws unfortunately. So maybe that is a big part of the difference
I thought you guys were talking about processed foods. Like potatoes > bread, that kind of thing.
I process my non-processed foods in hopes that it will kill me quick quicker. :p
I’m so dark and cold inside. You wouldn’t understand.
Huht huht huht
When he sees that nicotine feller, he’s going to shoot him right between the eyes.
Poor Nic (a teen):
I smoked from the time I was 15, until I was 33. I got a prescription for something called Chantix that worked really well for me to quit permanently.
It worked well for a few people I knew, but one guy said it made him really depressed / suicidal.
Chantix isn’t available anymore because of something that was in it that might cause cancer, but there’s a generic form of it called varenicline that may or may not be available in your country. Ask your doctor maybe if there’s a pill that will help you quit.
This reads like a Pharma advert.
Yeah, this worked well for me, too. The generic one you mention also had less side effects for me. There’s still the vivid dreams / nightmares, but less intense.
From Chantix /Champix I recollect the spider dreams and floor crumbling beneath me.
But hey, anything to quit smoking.
tfw you share balcony with smoking neighbour and all smoke goes to your room where you work…
It would suck if windows didn’t close.
Not everyone has decent ventilation.
Don’t forget that smokers also get to ruin other people’s meals at restaurants. Not their own meals mind you - just the meals of others.
Where I live, you’re not allowed to smoke in bars or restaurants.
Also in the outside section? If yes I applaud your government for implementing the rule properly, not half-assed like in Germany.
I thought you wheren’t allowed to smoke inside anymore in Germany?
Smokers are still allowed to stink up your food outside. So you may enjoy your food inside in the summer.
Also restaurants are allowed to have an inside smoking section. Most of the time that means you still get to ‘enjoy’ the stink.
Lastly let’s not forget that smokers, when forced to smoke outside, will almost always do so right on the doorstep. So that the stink gets sucked in and everybody gets to enjoy a good second hand smoke.
Just one nail of many in my mom’s coffin
It was the primary nail in my mother’s coffin and her mother’s coffin too.
I’ve read last week that tobacco is radium rich and decomposes to polonium and radon - cigarettes are radioactive and it contributes to its nasty effects on the lungs
Bonus!!
So, smoking could make me a superhero?
WITNESS THE POWER OF MY STAND
diesYes, like Marlboro Man!
Nearly all of my family smokes, and I fucking hate it. There were countless times, as far as I can remember, when I tried to do something with my dad, it was nice for a while, then he goes for a ‘quick smoke’ and stays there forever.
I can put my life in danger. I can put your life in danger. But I draw the line when you put my life in danger.
I feel bad for people who have never been addicted to anything, because they’re the real losers. You want to know why? Because they don’t know what it’s like to really want something - and then get it again and again and again. (Marc Maron)
But seriously, the one thing I’m proud of in my life is that I was able to quit smoking. Hard, but so worth it!
Well done my dude
Same.
But whooooo damn do I occasionally miss having a smoke.
I’ve not smoked for more years than I smoked at this point, but the habit is in me. My brain only remembers the good parts.
My mother quit smoking 25 years ago and still has panic attacks about it every few weeks.
That pisses her off so she won’t ever smoke again.
