Originally posted by lazs2
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I noticed that you smoke. you can quit anytime you like tho right? how bout heroin or crack? could you quit those if you were on them for say.... 5 years?
The first question's hard to answer, in that I may already have. Just like my current drinking habits, its something I do pretty much only in social situations (and then only in extreme moderation). I've lost all desire to be stoned or drunk, and don't even care about the taste etc enough to do acquire it and do it on my own. If it never came up again, I'd never notice. So, at this point, circumstances control the answer.
As to smack and crack, its also hard to say. I've tried both, didn't like either enough to ever spend any money buying them, so I automatically was never in a position to be addicted. OTOH, I smoked cigarrettes for seven years, and drank like a fish for longer. Both of those are known to be addictive, and difficult for many to "kick".
I had no trouble with quitting tobacco - woke up one morning, decided to quit, threw the half a pack I had away, never smoked again, no sweat. The drinking just went away on its own, I simply lost the desire to do it and didn't without noticing until it had been months since I'd had a drink.
Originally posted by lazs2
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No one is imune from addiction. some are more resistent and others are able to switch addictions seamlessly.
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When I tell people of my experiances I dwell on the spectacular as we all do. It is a form of lie if I don't also give the downside to drug addiction or useing addictively.
Agreed, pretty much what I tried to illustrate in my last post.
Originally posted by lazs2
and...useing addictively allways leads to addiction... just that it takes longer for some folks than others.
lazs
Disagree, I think this is a tad strong. My own experiences and that of many others I've seen tells me some folks abuse for whatever reason until they tire of it, then walk away without difficulty. I'll give you that stuff like smack and coke tends to be much more addictive than other stuff, but I've known people that abused those regularly and simply quit, too.
There simply aren't hard and fast rules to any of this, the variations are as numerous as personalities.
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