Do you smoke?

more so even, Patrish. i am pretty sure it has something to do with an emotional attatchement to them more than a physical addiction, i could be wrong tho, but i have friends who have done every drug under the sun and then quit cold turkey... every single one, except ciggs.

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Ya, dunno why children think it's cool. Its probably because of two things. Firslty, u know how forbidden fruit tastes the best....
Secondly, we can thank our entertainment induustry, where smoking is promoted as 'macho'.

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nicatine beats most drugs in its addictive potential.
Lucky us it is not as potentially as dangerous (harmful effect).

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I dunno that I can agree with that cturtle....I know people that have been addicted to speed there whole life (practicaly) and the ones I know that smoke seem to have worse hell then them, so it might not be that far from the other end of the scale (no pun intended).

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you may be right, wesdawg but just the same caffine and nicotiene are highly additive (drugs) chemical compounds and you con over dose on them, but we seldom think of them as drugs (like alcohol) because they are common usage.

"Terrorist or tyrant, few may come to the Truth that both are poor choice."

Angel you are so very right. I mean look at all the people that can not get going in the morning without having a couple cups of coffee or better yet can not sleep without having a large coke or pepsi. I actually have a friend that will wake up in the middle of the night and have to have a coke so she can go back to sleep.

Dugs no matter legal or not can be anything.

The smoking thing is something I quit thank God, but it was more of have to and not want to. I have three kids that smoke and I know that it is because they grew up seeing me smoke. I wish that there was a way that we could make them understand that it is not cool and that death is inevitable without the help of cigs.

"Life is like a box of chocolate you never know what you will get!"

i know im addicted to caffine, my head hurts right now in fact, because i have not had any today. i sound just as bad as my smoking friends when i say "today is the last day i drink caffine" and then of course it never happens.

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I completely understand the whole being addicted to caffiene Wyote. I get up and come to work then have a cup or two of coffee. Then on weekends when and where I don't drink it first thing in the morning I wonder why I shake and have headaches.

I guess that it is better then being addicted to some of the other things out there though.

"Life is like a box of chocolate you never know what you will get!"

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I actually have a friend that will wake up in the middle of the night and have to have a coke so she can go back to sleep.

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"Terrorist or tyrant, few may come to the Truth that both are poor choice."

Yeah, I'm one of those addicted to caffiene, trying to drop Pepsi completely off, and still drinking Iced Tea with caffeine.
I usually drink something with caffeine in the morning when I wake up, and all day and night otherwise I get headaches.

"I'd like to say something profound....."SOMETHING PROFOUND""

You said it, I grew up drinking ice tea not cokes. Still drink over a gallon or 2 aday?

"Terrorist or tyrant, few may come to the Truth that both are poor choice."

I would have to agree in both cases...
Caffine is quite addictive and i dont know where i would be without that morning coffee to get up and moving for the new day...
Likewise I used to smoke and did not find it particularily cool as most people imagine but rather, like patrish said, found it very satisfying/disatisfying at the same time... while i enjoyed every smoke i had at the same time i was irritated by the fact that i did enjoy it so much...
If that makes sence?

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