A1iens and A1rwaves [Archived] • Page 922

Long story short on why I started:
-I like the taste of tobacco
-Because of that I smoked a cigar once a week
-One week I couldn't get cigars but a friend had left a pack of cigarettes in my car so I had one of those instead
-I discovered it helped me get through long work days and become more efficient

And here I am

 

* with coffee they are great
* with booze they are great
* with pot they are great
* after a good meal they are great
* after sex they are great


and so on and so forth...


if only they didn't kill you

 

I was in high school and all of my friends smoked. I smoked a lot my freshman year in college bc it was cool back then, got addicted, tried multiple times to quit. Cancer stuff is mainly the reason I stuck to quitting bc sometimes treatment isn't as effective with smokers. I haven't had one in 5 years!

 

True, that's understandable. Did you start pretty early on? Most of my friends who still smoke started when they were like 16.

 

Makes sense, that's how most of my friends started too. Congrats!

 

I started at 16 bc my best friend smoked and I thought he was cool




not kidding lol

 

I was like 20 when I started

 

It makes me feel so fucking stupid now but that's how a lot of smokers started so we're all dumb. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

I think the fact that i smoked weed before i ever smoked a cigarette made me totally uninterested in them. That, and being afraid it would fuck up my voice.

 

But they smell so bad and give you cancer I'll never get it

 

Adele stopped bc it was fucking up her voice. She had to have surgery too.

 

I smoked weed a little bit before cigs but not enough for that to happen. and I wish I had been as smart and lucky as you tbh

 

There's lots of food that smells bad and can give you cancer but is still good

But yeah I understand

 

i smoked because i wanted to be kewl

didn't work

 

Yeah i heard about that! She had like vocal nodes or something.

 

cigs after weed or food is real good tho travis is right

 

Like fish has an assload of mercury.

 

for sure. but people do irrational things every day, some even argue that most of what we do is irrational. I totally get that way of looking at it tho.

 

I didn't smoke much, but it was the only thing i had ever smoked before a single cigarette. So then, when i did smoke my first couple cigarettes, i was like, what the fuck is this? These aren't "doing" anything.

 

I think a lot of smokers or former smokers will agree with me that part of the reason not to quit is being afraid of your behavior while quitting

Like, I struggle with wanting to quit because I'm afraid of alienating people I love with how I react to withdrawals, I don't wanna be hurtful to anyone close to me

 

Just remember, that those who don't understand are total assholes. You're not being hurtful to anyone else by trying to better your health.

 

Totally,tried my best to avoid shaming

 

Absolutely, and I know everyone close to me would completely understand. But I still don't wanna ever be mean to them or be difficult to deal with for them

 

My friend went vegan, and i so badly wanted to alienate him because steaks and hot wings are fucking delicious. Instead, i sucked it up, and sometimes i'll even go to lunch or dinner with him

 

for sure. I have been there many times. just do what works best for you, when it works best for you. and please remember whenever you go to quit: there will never be a perfect time to quit. something will always go wrong, and those things are just there to test you.