Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 15:32:28 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 13:13:56 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:39:06 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
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basskisser wrote:
Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:

I stopped smoking cigars for a couple of years and hated every minute
of it. Finally, I quit even trying - it's ingrained in my soul.

That's called addiction. I know, I was there. When I quit smoking,
with
the aids to help, after the pills they gave me were over, I craved a
smoke for a couple of years after. Still, even though it stinks
horribly, and I can tell a person smokes no matter how careful they
are
to not get it on there clothes, etc., I sometimes see someone light up
after a meal or something, and I think, damn that would be nice. It's
a
fleeting moment these days, however, and I never give in.

I haven't smoked in many many years, and yet I still get cravings when I
see someone light up after a mean or catch a whiff of fresh smoke
walking outside.

I think the smell of smoke on someone who has been smoking smells like
****, but I still like the smell of a cigarette. It shows you how
strong the addiction is.

I really am amused by this - addiction - HAH!!

You wouldn't know addiction if it bit you in the ass.

No offense intended you understand - just a turn of phrase.

Uh oh. Is this gonna turn into a "whose addiction was more macho" debate?
Nicotine addiction is no different from alcoholism, except that it doesn't
cause you to drive dangerously, unless you try to flick a butt out the
window and it lands in the back seat and you panic.

Not at all, but to compare heroin to nicotine is just plain horse****.

Ever see somebody coming down off heroin?

It ain't pretty.

Ever see somebody quitting smoking? Quite different.

Right - the withdrawal is different. But, that says nothing about how easily
it is to become addicted to either one. Both issues are important.

If they are both equally addictive, then which is worse - the one
where withdrawal is cold sweats, projectile vomiting, hallucinations
and bone breaking muscle spasms or one where it's a question of
behavior modification?

They aren't equal in any sense of the word.

They are both equally addictive. They aren't however, equally hard to
quit.