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BackwardsCap
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Re: I quit smoking........AGAIN... [Re: Skunk420]
#8048591 - 02/20/08 06:42 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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It does. There are increased levels of DHT in smokers. Also, nicotine itself causes vasoconstriction... the blood supply to hair follicles is jeoparidized. If you haven't had a cigarette for a while, hold your thumb out and pinch the tip, including the nail, for a few seconds with the thumb and index finger of your other hand. Notice it only takes a few seconds for the red color (blood) to return under the thumb nail. Now, smoke a cigarette and repeat the experiment... take note of the increased amount of time it takes for the blood to return.
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Re: I quit smoking........AGAIN... [Re: sui]
#8048907 - 02/20/08 07:50 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I hate cigarettes. I want one so bad... but i have to be strong. The positive outcomes, like not getting cancer, completely outweigh the feeling of getting a nicotine fix but it's still so hard.
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Re: I quit smoking........AGAIN... [Re: laska]
#8049022 - 02/20/08 08:18 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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laska said: I hate cigarettes. I want one so bad... but i have to be strong. The positive outcomes, like not getting cancer, completely outweigh the feeling of getting a nicotine fix but it's still so hard.
youre doing so good baby!!!
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sui
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Re: I quit smoking........AGAIN... [Re: sui]
#8049291 - 02/20/08 09:10 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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fuck, my lungs still feel like theres a ton of lung butter stuck in there. Im going to be SO glad when i can breathe easy and clear.
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Re: I quit smoking........AGAIN... [Re: sui]
#8049296 - 02/20/08 09:12 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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That sucks...I've never been addicted to cigs so I really can't give any real advice. A lot of people who have never smoked go "ahhh common just quit its easy blah blah blah" But I imagine its harder than that...so I'll keep my mouth shut.
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sui
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Re: I quit smoking........AGAIN... [Re: aDoS]
#8049322 - 02/20/08 09:17 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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its one of the hardest things ive ever done in my life.
Learning to make my guitar my bitch was WAYYYY easier than this.
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dfernandez90
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Re: I quit smoking........AGAIN... [Re: Coaster]
#8049700 - 02/20/08 10:20 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Coaster said:
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Ferris said: I bought a pack the other day when I was drunk, smoked one cigarette, and now the rest of the pack is just sitting on my windowsill saying "pleeease smooooke meeee." It's driving me insane.
toss them out u obviously only want them when ur drunk, which is good moderation i think unless ur drunk 24/7 weed is the best solution to get off something so addictive i new some1 who weened off meth by blazin all day like the way i do thats prolly why im not addicted to anything else
Weed was what allowed me to quit WoW.
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Re: I quit smoking........AGAIN... [Re: sui]
#8049965 - 02/20/08 11:18 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I was a pack a day smoker for 5 years. Tried quitting many times like you've said and it was tough but that was because I had no self-control or enough will to stop. Than i decided in november or so that i would enjoy cigarettes for the rest of year and then that would be the end. If you can't stick to your own promise you're disrespecting yourself. You'll even feel... more alive after quitting. You'll probably see that there is really nothing beneficial from smoking cigarettes. stopping cold turkey is best way to quit IMO. hope this helps. peace
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Re: I quit smoking........AGAIN... [Re: publicenemy1]
#8050009 - 02/20/08 11:29 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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try smoking for 18+ years plus, fuck 5 years smokers. speaking of smoking im going to go have one now and enjoy the buzz!! haha
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Re: I quit smoking........AGAIN... [Re: publicenemy1]
#8050029 - 02/20/08 11:35 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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After 18 years you tend stop feeling a buzz and just continue killing your body. You should respect your body because it's doing no good for it and doing nothing for your mind except relieving your cravings which you shouldn't have in the first place. It's an unhealthy addiction, sorry i try to see what's actually true and correct myself. And since your smoking for 18 years makes your opinion on quitting better than mine? At a pack a day i still believe i have experienced what it is like to be addicted nicotine.
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Re: I quit smoking........AGAIN... [Re: publicenemy1]
#8050041 - 02/20/08 11:38 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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i was up to a more then that many times, i smoke a few smokes a day now, but a lot of shit kills you these days. and who are you newbie?
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publicenemy1
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Re: I quit smoking........AGAIN... [Re: Skunk420]
#8050067 - 02/20/08 11:42 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Everything kills you in some way because your using your body (wear and tear) but many benefits can come from what's killing you... smoking doesn't do that. You are quite the close minded individual where you think a newbie to a WEBSITE makes an opinion less valid, what a mature thought. I wish you luck if you ever try to quit smoking cigarettes, just trying to help you see a bigger picture man. Peace
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Re: I quit smoking........AGAIN... [Re: publicenemy1]
#8050084 - 02/20/08 11:47 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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umm okay say no to tobacco it might kill you man!!! you are a newbie on here, look at your post count.
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Re: I quit smoking........AGAIN... [Re: Skunk420]
#8050109 - 02/20/08 11:52 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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you disappoint me man. all im trying to do is help you but you saty in your close-minded world where you want to hate on some with a low post count. my post count has no correlation with my intelligence... did you bother to think about that. if you don't like my take on quitting than just say so, but don't question my validity on a subject due to amount of cigarettes smoked and post counts. ever hear of qualitative versus quantitative?
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Re: I quit smoking........AGAIN... [Re: Skunk420]
#8050115 - 02/20/08 11:53 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Skunk he is just tryin' to help. You are way too defensive mang, no one is attacking you.
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sui
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Re: I quit smoking........AGAIN... [Re: Skunk420]
#8050399 - 02/21/08 02:13 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Skunk420 said: umm okay say no to tobacco it might kill you man!!! you are a newbie on here, look at your post count.
stop hijacking my thread.
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Re: I quit smoking........AGAIN... [Re: sui]
#8050412 - 02/21/08 02:28 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Gooooooooooood Viiiiiiibbbbbeeeesssssss.

I don't smoke cigarettes. Never have.
Smoke more pot, is my solution.
-------------------- After one comes, through contact with it's administrators, no longer to cherish greatly the law as a remedy in abuses, then the bottle becomes a sovereign means of direct action. If you cannot throw it at least you can always drink out of it. - Ernest Hemingway If it is life that you feel you are missing I can tell you where to find it. In the law courts, in business, in government. There is nothing occurring in the streets. Nothing but a dumbshow composed of the helpless and the impotent. -Cormac MacCarthy He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God. - Aeschylus
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Re: I quit smoking........AGAIN... [Re: Madtowntripper]
#8050417 - 02/21/08 02:36 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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the ganja does help immensly. I wouldnt have made it this long without it.
I think imma smoke another bowl.
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Re: I quit smoking........AGAIN... [Re: sui]
#8050420 - 02/21/08 02:38 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Ooooh, I'm packing one up right now.
We'll do it tooooogether.
-------------------- After one comes, through contact with it's administrators, no longer to cherish greatly the law as a remedy in abuses, then the bottle becomes a sovereign means of direct action. If you cannot throw it at least you can always drink out of it. - Ernest Hemingway If it is life that you feel you are missing I can tell you where to find it. In the law courts, in business, in government. There is nothing occurring in the streets. Nothing but a dumbshow composed of the helpless and the impotent. -Cormac MacCarthy He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God. - Aeschylus
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sui
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Re: I quit smoking........AGAIN... [Re: Madtowntripper]
#8050422 - 02/21/08 02:39 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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