Lifetime of Addiction

[Sazerac]

Our Nancy asked me to post this from my blog to 'Quit Smoking Discussion'.  Thank you Nancy.

 

Lifetime of Addiction

 

 

I didn't want to hear this
but, I am now facing this truth.
Nicotine Addiction doesn't go away.

You can put it to sleep.
You can even put it into deep deep and deeper sleep for years !
but, it will awaken the moment you take one puff.

One Puff.

This is for your whole life.
Mind boggling, huh !?

 

This was the choice you likely didn't even know you were making
all those years ago when you started smoking,
I didn't understand the ramifications for sure.
But, it is the truth.

You will always need to be cognizant of your addiction
even when smoking is a vague memory,
because the moment you take a puff,
the moment you take One Bloomin' PUFF,
That's it !
It's all over and your enslavement will begin, again.

 

What tenacity !
but, you need to understand,
Nicotine is not as tenacious as You and Your Will.

You can quit. I know you can.
I quit and I am not a special snowflake,
I am a Nicotine Addict, just like you.

 

I have great resentment about my Nicotine Addiction.
Damn....I didn't know it would be so invasive.
I didn't know it was going to be a lifetime relationship.

I am so angry about this

and it is My Own Damn Fault !
But, my anger, it is a good anger.
It is a righteous anger.
It is an anger that will fuel my commitment to NOPE.
Not One Puff EVER.

 

Copping to the 'forever' part is a cold hard reality of the addiction.
At some point, I had to quit fooling myself and accept it.
It isn't just for today.
It must be forever.
If it isn't...I will continue to enslave myself.

 

Some feel their addiction is so strong they cannot quit,

This is wrong.
You have the power.
You always have the power to quit and you always have the power to stay quit.

 

Make the commitment to NOPE !

 

As our friend, Sarge, says, 'Easy Peasy'.
Easy ! not complicated !

This is not Rocket Science.

 

If you make that commitment to NOPE...you will not fail.

You Will Not Fail.

The simplicity of it !

The Beauty of it !

Not One Puff Ever.

Do it.

You won't regret it.

 

Love,

S

Edited January 9, 2019 by Sazerac

[Still winning]

I have great resentment about my Nicotine Addiction.
Damn....I didn't know it would be so invasive.
I didn't know it was going to be a lifetime relationship.

I am so angry about this

and it is My Own Damn Fault !

 

 

Yes, what you said there. Others tried to warn me, I have no idea still why I didn't hear or believe them!!

 

Beautiful piece of writing Sally. xx

[Doreensfree]

Phew....great writing.....

I am so sad,I spent 52 years of my life...addicted.to those dam things....

And I'm only too happy ,that I'm still around to write this....

[SanDar]

I have great resentment about my Nicotine Addiction.
Damn....I didn't know it would be so invasive

 

So resentful here too. No one warned me. When my friends and I started smoking there were no "warning" labels.

But would it have made a difference if there were warnings then? Probably not, because I picked up the cigs and became a nicotine addict some years later - despite the surgeon generals "warning". 

If I'm to be resentful now, it should be aimed toward big tobacco and all the LIES!

 

Like Doreen, I'm grateful to be alive to write this. 

[beacon]

I feel the same way. :)

[dancer_I]

I have great resentment about cigarette companies.  Fat cat B******d's.  One in 2 smokers die from smoking related illness.  Many people suffer from smoking related disability.

[Sazerac]

I have great resentment about cigarette companies.  Fat cat B******d's.  One in 2 smokers die from smoking related illness.  Many people suffer from smoking related disability.

Yes, Big Tobacco is scurrilous and the more I learn about them the sadder I am.

 

But, nobody put a gun to my head to keep me smoking.  I have to take full responsibility.

 

[ChRiSpY]

 

 

"But, nobody put a gun to my head to keep me smoking.  I have to take full responsibility."

 

Yeap!!!

[Sazerac]

On 10/3/2014 at 9:22 AM, Sazerac said:

 

Lifetime of Addiction

 

 

I didn't want to hear this

but, I am now facing this truth.

Nicotine Addiction doesn't go away.

You can put it to sleep.

You can even put it into deep deep and deeper sleep for years !

but, it will awaken the moment you take one puff.

One Puff.

This is for your whole life.

Mind boggling, huh !?

 

This was the choice you likely didn't even know you were making

all those years ago when you started smoking,

I didn't understand the ramifications for sure.

But, it is the truth.

You will always need to be cognizant of your addiction

even when smoking is a vague memory,

because the moment you take a puff,

the moment you take One Bloomin' PUFF,

That's it !

It's all over and your enslavement will begin, again.

 

What tenacity !

but, you need to understand,

Nicotine is not as tenacious as You and Your Will.

You can quit. I know you can.

I quit and I am not a special snowflake,

I am a Nicotine Addict, just like you.

 

I have great resentment about my Nicotine Addiction.

Damn....I didn't know it would be so invasive.

I didn't know it was going to be a lifetime relationship.

I am so angry about this

and it is My Own Damn Fault !

But, my anger, it is a good anger.

It is a righteous anger.

It is an anger that will fuel my commitment to NOPE.

Not One Puff EVER.

 

Copping to the 'forever' part is a cold hard reality of the addiction.

At some point, I had to quit fooling myself and accept it.

It isn't just for today.

It must be forever.

If it isn't...I will continue to enslave myself.

 

Some feel their addiction is so strong they cannot quit,

This is wrong.

You have the power.

You always have the power to quit and you always have the power to stay quit.

 

Make the commitment to NOPE !

 

As our friend, Sarge, says, 'Easy Peasy'.

Easy ! not complicated !

This is not Rocket Science.

 

If you make that commitment to NOPE...you will not fail.

You Will Not Fail.

The simplicity of it !

The Beauty of it !

Not One Puff Ever.

Do it.

You won't regret it.

 

Love,

S

Edited June 16, 2019 by Sazerac

[Soberjulie]

Oh folks with resentments.....please...please see the plus side.

Your fight to end your relationship with nicotine

Helped me end my relationship with nicotine

And in turn

Probably ensured a healthier life for me

And my family.

I owe you all my life, quite literally!

Don't be resentful.

Instead be proud that you fought back

And inspired me to do the same.

[Sazerac]

Oh folks with resentments.....please...please see the plus side.

Your fight to end your relationship with nicotine

Helped me end my relationship with nicotine

And in turn

Probably ensured a healthier life for me

And my family.

I owe you all my life, quite literally!

Don't be resentful.

Instead be proud that you fought back

And inspired me to do the same.

[Sazerac]

On 10/3/2014 at 9:22 AM, Sazerac said:

 

Lifetime of Addiction

 

 

I didn't want to hear this
but, I am now facing this truth.
Nicotine Addiction doesn't go away.

You can put it to sleep.
You can even put it into deep deep and deeper sleep for years !
but, it will awaken the moment you take one puff.

One Puff.

This is for your whole life.
Mind boggling, huh !?

 

This was the choice you likely didn't even know you were making
all those years ago when you started smoking,
I didn't understand the ramifications for sure.
But, it is the truth.

You will always need to be cognizant of your addiction
even when smoking is a vague memory,
because the moment you take a puff,
the moment you take One Bloomin' PUFF,
That's it !
It's all over and your enslavement will begin, again.

 

What tenacity !
but, you need to understand,
Nicotine is not as tenacious as You and Your Will.

You can quit. I know you can.
I quit and I am not a special snowflake,
I am a Nicotine Addict, just like you.

 

I have great resentment about my Nicotine Addiction.
Damn....I didn't know it would be so invasive.
I didn't know it was going to be a lifetime relationship.

I am so angry about this

and it is My Own Damn Fault !
But, my anger, it is a good anger.
It is a righteous anger.
It is an anger that will fuel my commitment to NOPE.
Not One Puff EVER.

 

Copping to the 'forever' part is a cold hard reality of the addiction.
At some point, I had to quit fooling myself and accept it.
It isn't just for today.
It must be forever.
If it isn't...I will continue to enslave myself.

 

Some feel their addiction is so strong they cannot quit,

This is wrong.
You have the power.
You always have the power to quit and you always have the power to stay quit.

 

Make the commitment to NOPE !

 

As our friend, Sarge, says, 'Easy Peasy'.
Easy ! not complicated !

This is not Rocket Science.

 

If you make that commitment to NOPE...you will not fail.

You Will Not Fail.

The simplicity of it !

The Beauty of it !

Not One Puff Ever.

Do it.

You won't regret it.

 

Love,

S

 

 

Maybe bumping this will help you beautiful smoked free creatures.

S

Edited June 16, 2019 by Sazerac

[Whispers]

Awesome...

[Giveintowin]

Thanks for the bump.

 

Do I resent nicotine addiction. Yes. I do resent that it is legal and many people profited from my addiction (knowingly profited). I have an illness now and think that smoking has done some damage to my body.

 

I read somewhere that nicotine addiction is like giving a kid a loaded gun at 13 that goes off in their 50's. This statement was said many years before I even started to smoke. They knew what they were doing the tobacco companies and they should have been stopped. Drug dealers, murderers with blood on their hands. 

[brand.new.ela]

I don't resent it. I have nothing and nobody to blame but myself. It was known and obvious that cigarettes were harmful when I started and I did it anyway, and I continued in spite of disadvantages, lack of energy and becoming more and more of a social outcast. I've left it behind and I'm trying to turn my life around now. What good will hating myself bring? What good will punishing myself for that one bad decision bring? I put a closure and keep on living, the best I can.

[barry]

6 hours ago, brand.new.ela said:

I don't resent it. I have nothing and nobody to blame but myself. It was known and obvious that cigarettes were harmful when I started and I did it anyway, and I continued in spite of disadvantages, lack of energy and becoming more and more of a social outcast. I've left it behind and I'm trying to turn my life around now. What good will hating myself bring? What good will punishing myself for that one bad decision bring? I put a closure and keep on living, the best I can.

 

This.  Totally how I feel.

[Giveintowin]

11 hours ago, brand.new.ela said:

I don't resent it. I have nothing and nobody to blame but myself. It was known and obvious that cigarettes were harmful when I started and I did it anyway, and I continued in spite of disadvantages, lack of energy and becoming more and more of a social outcast. I've left it behind and I'm trying to turn my life around now. What good will hating myself bring? What good will punishing myself for that one bad decision bring? I put a closure and keep on living, the best I can.

I can’t help but wonder if you would be saying this if you lived with smoking related illness like so many do.

[barry]

4 minutes ago, Giveintowin said:

I can’t help but wonder if you would be saying this if you lived with smoking related illness like so many do.

 

I know I would.  I feel I totally dodged a bullet (so far).  Not only that, but I almost refuse to accept "congratulations" from friends and family, particularly those that I know have never smoked.  I don't want "credit" for not doing stupid stuff.  "Great Barry!  You decided to not be an idiot and waste your money and health!"  

[Whispers]

16 minutes ago, barry said:

 

I know I would.  I feel I totally dodged a bullet (so far).  Not only that, but I almost refuse to accept "congratulations" from friends and family, particularly those that I know have never smoked.  I don't want "credit" for not doing stupid stuff.  "Great Barry!  You decided to not be an idiot and waste your money and health!"  

Go for a walk a few miles in the cold weather, go for a walk on a windy day into the wind. Thats how i test and see how my lungs are/how much damage i did as a smoker... The body does heal, thats for sure but 100%? I'm not so sure about that

[Sazerac]

 

My resentment was about the tenacity of addiction. That just friggin  blew my mind when I looked at it.

Edited March 8, 2018 by Sazerac

[brand.new.ela]

13 hours ago, Giveintowin said:

I can’t help but wonder if you would be saying this if you lived with smoking related illness like so many do.

 

One of the arguments used when resolving SOS is "will smoking help? No? Then don't". Same, will hating myself help and cure the illness? No? Then what's the point? I do consider starting smoking my mistake and I take full responsibility for it, self hatred and constant regret will not magically turn back time but will only make me feel worse.

[Giveintowin]

1 hour ago, brand.new.ela said:

 

One of the arguments used when resolving SOS is "will smoking help? No? Then don't". Same, will hating myself help and cure the illness? No? Then what's the point? I do consider starting smoking my mistake and I take full responsibility for it, self hatred and constant regret will not magically turn back time but will only make me feel worse.

I never said anything about self hatred. My argument was that smoking should be illegal, much like cyanide is. 

[sgt.barney]

On 3/6/2018 at 3:55 PM, Giveintowin said:

They knew what they were doing the tobacco companies and they should have been stopped. Drug dealers, murderers with blood on their hands. 

 

Take some damned personal responsibility , folks. 

 

We knew what we were doing. 

We voluntarily chose this road. 

We were warned by many along the way of the dangers.
From parents, to schools, to doctors, to friends, to PSAs on TV, to 11:00 evening news stories.

Hell, the packaging itself has warned us since 1965(In the US) FFS.  

We made an informed choice. 

We chose to ignore the warnings. 

Once started, we could have chosen at any time to stop (just as you are doing now). 

We chose to wait. 

We chose to continue smoking. 

 

 

 

EZPZ

[barry]

1 minute ago, sgt.barney said:

 

Take some damned personal responsibility , folks. 

 

We knew what we were doing. 

We voluntarily chose this road. 

We were warned by many along the way of the dangers.
From parents, to schools, to doctors, to friends, to PSAs on TV, to 11:00 evening news stories.

Hell, the packaging itself has warned us since 1965(In the US) FFS.  

We made an informed choice. 

We chose to ignore the warnings. 

Once started, we could have chosen at any time to stop (just as you are doing now). 

We chose to wait. 

We chose to continue smoking. 

 

 

 

EZPZ

 

Agree.  I do not agree with legislating smoking (or alcohol, or weed, or wearing motorcycle helmets, etc) for adults.  We make our own choices, and pay the consequences.  

[brand.new.ela]

14 minutes ago, barry said:

 

Agree.  I do not agree with legislating smoking (or alcohol, or weed, or wearing motorcycle helmets, etc) for adults.  We make our own choices, and pay the consequences.  

Exactly. It was us and only us. All the information has been available to us and we continued smoking. Hard drugs are illegal and people still use and abuse them, and manage to purchase them, and you can't make meth more illegal. This kind of talk is turning the attention from what can be done and that's better education, because current methods don't seem to be working.