i smoke 2 or 3 roll-ups at most on any given work day, sometimes none. i am drinking perhaps once a month and when i drink i will smoke all night, but that's it.
― Emilia Fabbo (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 8 January 2014 14:06 (ten years ago) link
nv i applaud yr ability to take or leave them; i didn't ever smoke a tremendous amount but i could never go without unless i was around my parents, in which case i found it surprisingly easy
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 8 January 2014 14:14 (ten years ago) link
i think what made it easy-ish was stopping smoking in my own home once kids came along, that gradually breaks the chain-smoking routine that i had in my early 20s. i get the occasional real craving but mostly now i like the excuse of stepping away from my desk for five minutes and like Windsor said the ritual of rolling one up is part of that pleasure for sure
― Emilia Fabbo (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 8 January 2014 14:16 (ten years ago) link
i think of it as an adult pastime tho, never ever been comfortable doing it anywhere within sight of my own kids or anybody else's really
― Emilia Fabbo (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 8 January 2014 14:17 (ten years ago) link
shout out those nights in a wetherspoons beer garden when you and your buddies are smoking two rollies per pint
― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Wednesday, 8 January 2014 14:29 (ten years ago) link
i didn't ever smoke a tremendous amount but i could never go without unless i was around my parents, in which case i found it surprisingly easy
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, January 8, 2014 8:14 AM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ditto. in the spirit of FULL DISCLOSURE, I actually smoked more in the last 2 years of medical school than I had in the maybe 8 or so years of very casual smoking prior (which started with a one or two at parties, then cadging them more frequently from a smoker i lived with, then buying them out of guilt (which would last weeks), then laying off for a while, then STRESS-->daily evening smokes). going without when visiting parents was never an ish for me, either.
context is so important, though, right? when i moved out here for residency, i no longer had a backyard, nor did i have any friends that smoked. i spent a couple weeks having a nightly smoke, singular, out by my car, but i felt really conspicuous doing that since this is a small town and all my neighbors know my job title (and did before i ever moved in, which was....weird). there were a few desperate times where I went on a drive simply to have a smoke, and that's when I was like "this is moronic. this is a terrible thing that I'm doing that, in this setting/context/stage of my life, has no redeeming qualities at all." being forced to taper down made quitting-quitting easier. i've been without since august 1st. well, except for a visit from a friend in October, and we caroused and i probably had nearly 10 over the course of three days, and i felt oh god did i feel it afterwards.
anyway, good luck quitters. ppl that still smoke: i understand the pleasures, believe, but....well, you know the deal
― gbx, Wednesday, 8 January 2014 14:47 (ten years ago) link
watching people going out for a cigarette when its 10 degrees outside is pretty sad
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 8 January 2014 15:28 (ten years ago) link
oh man smokes in the cold are like bonus smokes you have no idea
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Wednesday, 8 January 2014 15:34 (ten years ago) link
but what about your precious fingers
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 8 January 2014 15:37 (ten years ago) link
they feel great along with the rest of my body
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Wednesday, 8 January 2014 15:39 (ten years ago) link
getting in the smoke in the cold with a glass of red wine in your belly is the best.
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 January 2014 15:41 (ten years ago) link
it's not quite as good as having normal shits
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 8 January 2014 17:31 (ten years ago) link
smoking while shitting is pretty sweet
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 8 January 2014 17:57 (ten years ago) link
might get into smoking this year. maybe just weed, no tobacco
― VENIET IMBER (imago), Wednesday, 8 January 2014 17:59 (ten years ago) link
keep us updated
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Wednesday, 8 January 2014 18:06 (ten years ago) link
Even hangovers get better when you stop smoking. I used to have these deathly hangovers as a smoker that now are much more bearable. I could never moderate myself to even 10-20 a day so I had to stop, not smoked for 6 months now and tbh it's hard to read about the pleasures of smoking on this thread right now cos it is still tempting. Just need to remember I mostly only enjoyed the first one of the day and the rest just contributed to me feeling shitty most of the time and how fucking hard it was to get through that first 6 weeks of stopping.
― xelab, Wednesday, 8 January 2014 18:11 (ten years ago) link
everytime i've tried smoking tobacco i found inhaling extremely painful in my lungs, do other smokers feel that? i have asthma, so that could be why, but the pain always prevented me from being a smoker. i smoked cigarettes briefly in college b/c i liked the ritual of it but i didn't inhale, no joke. this doesn't happen w/ weed by the way, i might cough a little when i inhale but it doesn't physically hurt my lungs the way tobacco does.
― marcos, Wednesday, 8 January 2014 18:25 (ten years ago) link
― VENIET IMBER (imago), Wednesday, January 8, 2014 12:59 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Wednesday, January 8, 2014 1:06 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Thursday, 23 January 2014 16:05 (ten years ago) link
^^^
― charitable remainder unitrust (crüt), Thursday, 23 January 2014 16:08 (ten years ago) link
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnxl46c00g1qjvzxoo1_500.gif
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Thursday, 23 January 2014 16:13 (ten years ago) link
My cat was trying to have a go on my fag earlier
― cardamon, Saturday, 25 January 2014 02:28 (ten years ago) link
Smoked with it in the room for about a week, then thought I'd better not so went outside to smoke. But could I have got the thing addicted to nicotine in that one week?
― cardamon, Saturday, 25 January 2014 02:29 (ten years ago) link
Sounds unlikely.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Saturday, 25 January 2014 14:03 (ten years ago) link
I'm always surprised by how completely unbothered cats are by tobacco smoke.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Saturday, 25 January 2014 14:04 (ten years ago) link
hi!
― surm, Wednesday, 1 April 2015 02:17 (nine years ago) link
i'm having problems not smoking, especially after i smoke weed. it sucks. i'm a little stoned right now and the idea of not having a cigarette is almost more than i can handle.
i think i'll pour a scotch instead. Ryan watching Mad Men isn't making anything easier. commiseration welcome.
― surm, Wednesday, 1 April 2015 02:19 (nine years ago) link
That was always my downfall. Hang in there!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 1 April 2015 03:32 (nine years ago) link
being stoned w/o cigarettes is fucking wonderful once you get the hang of it
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 1 April 2015 09:10 (nine years ago) link
really?? how on earth did you get the hang of it??
― surm, Wednesday, 1 April 2015 15:20 (nine years ago) link
every time i wanted a cigarette i'd just get more stoned
eventually your mouth gets so dry that a cigarette is like the furthest thing from your mind
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 1 April 2015 18:22 (nine years ago) link
that's where the scotch comes in obv
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 1 April 2015 18:23 (nine years ago) link
you guyssssssssssssss
― surm, Thursday, 8 December 2016 23:32 (seven years ago) link
first of lol Tracer at the last bit of advice you gave me. priceless.
― surm, Thursday, 8 December 2016 23:33 (seven years ago) link
Thinking of picking this up again
― Treeship, Thursday, 8 December 2016 23:33 (seven years ago) link
you knowwww
― surm, Thursday, 8 December 2016 23:42 (seven years ago) link
honestly? it has its moments
a few weeks ago, i was at a party for a friend, and another friend was really proud of himself for finally quitting smoking. he died in a fire Friday night.
― sarahell, Thursday, 8 December 2016 23:44 (seven years ago) link
oh jesus. i'm so sorry. that's fucking awful.
― surm, Thursday, 8 December 2016 23:46 (seven years ago) link
ugh yeah ... gonna go have a cigarette now.
― sarahell, Thursday, 8 December 2016 23:49 (seven years ago) link
i mean. the weird thing is, i know it's this awful thing now. i get it. but i also know that i have other things that are awful to deal with. and sometimes it's nice to deal with them knowing that i can have a smoke in contemplating. i'm not perfect...
― surm, Thursday, 8 December 2016 23:50 (seven years ago) link
as a regular smoker for 25 years, you will get no negative judgment from me <3
― sarahell, Thursday, 8 December 2016 23:56 (seven years ago) link
<3
― surm, Thursday, 8 December 2016 23:57 (seven years ago) link
Treesh, that warm golden light that suffuses your memory of smoking is a trick. It needs to be corrected by the memory of when you had a severe cold and yet could not resist the urge to bathe your raw, inflamed and painful throat with hot tar fumes.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Friday, 9 December 2016 00:09 (seven years ago) link
no judgement on anybody but I smoked from 1981-2008 and am so glad to be free. nine years next year. never would have thought it possible and feel so grateful.
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 9 December 2016 00:09 (seven years ago) link
dyou miss it more or less than burgers for instance
― loudmouth darraghmac ween (darraghmac), Friday, 9 December 2016 00:12 (seven years ago) link
I don't miss either, but I see the point of burgers: I remember really enjoying my trademark burger at a grill I used to work at. (Beef patty medium-well, bacon, sprouts, jalapenos, cheddar cheese, sour cream, mustard + ketchup, tomato, occasional onions. basically the heart attack special.) Because of how I feel about food now, it's hard to imagine enjoying a burger, but if the way I think about that stuff changed, I'd fry up a burger real quick. Cigarettes it's like remembering my time in a religious cult. I can see the use of a cult from inside the cult, but once you get free, it's like "lol why on earth would I do that, only a person who's been brainwashed would enjoy that"
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 9 December 2016 00:30 (seven years ago) link
...................
― loudmouth darraghmac ween (darraghmac), Friday, 9 December 2016 00:36 (seven years ago) link
sorry i'll try that again
no fuckit the only word i can see there is sprouts
like and the thing is I say this as a person who's had multiple addictions. heroin, meth, cocaine. I totally get why people go back to those: they feel awesome! cigarettes to me are like an addiction with none of the pleasure-center rewards, it's kind of hilarious to me that I spent SO much money over so many years on an addiction that gave me basically nothing
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 9 December 2016 00:37 (seven years ago) link