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this thread is about drinking not smoking |
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So the fact that nicotine is chemically addictive rests on a collective delusion? If we all just stop believing it has any effect, then this will become true? Call me a cynic, but do I sense the appearance of a wikipedia link to some obscure and utter wanky belief system at any moment? |
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no, it is chemically addictive, but not to such an extent that quitting it is actually hard. |
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how the fuck would you know, you spineless little shit, you've never smoked and therefore never tried to quit. shut your cac-filled mouth. |
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calling me spineless when it's you who can't quit..? |
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it's also quite funny how angry smokers get when you steal or destroy a smoke (when a person smokes he forfeits all his rights so I can do whatever I want to them while they're smoking). I once ate a friends last smoke.. hahaha! he got crazy pissed, but even though he bought another pack of smokes later he didn't smoke the rest of the evening. him being pissed also subsided once that ten second "oh, I need a smoke" thing passed. |
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i drink alone i dont smoke. i have big bottle of cider and lots of cans of beer. whenever i like. i go to bed at 2:30 most nights (not at uni) and wake up around 10. sometimes with a hangover. sometimes with a very sore mouth which i cant open because of silly madman. |
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wow, I almost wrote that book but I'd put a gun on the cover and a picture of me in the back where I threatened to come over and shoot your knee-caps if you didn't stop smoking. |
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Allen Carr (born 2 September 1934) is most notable as the author of books on how to stop smoking and, as he stresses, escape nicotine addiction . Carr points out that, contrary to their perception, smokers do not receive a boost from smoking a cigarette. Smoking a cigarette only relieves the withdrawal symptoms from the previous cigarette; the withdrawal symptoms arising from the current cigarette will be the prompt for the next. In this way the drug addiction perpetuates itself. He asserts that the relief that smokers feel on lighting a cigarette is continually experienced by non-smokers. He further asserts that smoking is less addictive than is commonly assumed, and that the withdrawal symptoms are in fact simply doubt in the mind of the ex-smoker. Stopping smoking is not as traumatic as commonly assumed if that doubt can be circumvented. His contention is that fear of giving up is what causes the majority to continue smoking. Many readers appreciate the fact that Carr, who until 1983 was a chain smoker himself, explicitly allows them to carry on smoking while reading the book. A comparatively large group of people have gone public and declared that, after many unsuccessful attempts, it was Carr's book that helped them to stop smoking. The claimed success rate for those using Carr's method is about 70-90%. Carr has also written a number of other How to books, on subjects such as losing weight and controlling alcohol consumption. In late July 2006 it was revealed that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer at the age of 71.[1]. The following month he revealed that it was terminal and his life expectancy was about nine months. Fuck. I only just found out that last bit now. Shit. Wel at least he's saved lives. |
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Shame, he wrote that Nicotine Trick book that I recommended earlier. |
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There's no end to this, is there? * fetches popcorn * |
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i'm at work and drinking a 24oz of PBR right now but i don't consider myself an alcoholic. it's night time and i like to drink in the evening. this is my 3rd beer today after 2 New Castles this afternoon/early evening. i almost never get "absolutely polluted." I rarely even drink enough to feel it. I just like drinking beer. PBR is my favorite of the shitty beers, so when i want to slum it, that's what i drink. |
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drinking online is not drinking alone |
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i will drink alone today |
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oh then i will not be alone then : ) |
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I think alcoholism is just someones way of self medicating clinical depression. I went through a short phase where I had to drink to feel good. When I was clinically depressed. I always get the roll of the eyes when I say that, who cares. The term alcoholism was also coined long before reuptake inhibitors were invented. |
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