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Dec 16, 2010, 2:21:02 PM12/16/10
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On Dec 13, 11:26 am, "Steve O" <nospamh...@thanks.com> wrote:
> "Robert" wrote in message
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> On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:11:25 -0000, "Steve O" <nospamh...@thanks.com>
> wrote:
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> >"Robert" wrote in message
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> >On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 12:23:35 -0000, "Steve O" <nospamh...@thanks.com>
> >wrote:
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> >>"Robert" wrote in message
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> >>>The physiological effect is really quite easy to deal with or ignore- as
> >>>you
> >>>discovered during your two week sabbatical from smoking.
> >>>However, once the psychological effects kick in, most people crumble.
> >>>You didn't give the psychological effects a chance to develop- your fear
> >>>or
> >>>panic was absent because you never had any intention to quit.
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> >>Wrong. I had no desire to smoke and thought of myself as a PERMANENT
> >>nonsmoker.
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> >>So why did the desire to smoke return?
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> >My lower brain kept me awake. At 6 AM I relented, smoked two
> >cigarettes so I could get to sleep. The same happened two days later,
> >when I smoked 8.
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> >But you already said it was easy to ignore the dog brain's whining.
> >What happened?
> >What do you think it is that made your rational brain decide that it
> >cou;dn't ignore or slap the dog brain any longer?
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> It wasn't whining for a cigarette; it just wouldn't go to sleep.
>
> So why would that make the desire return?
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> >I should have put it to sleep with chemicals.
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> >No.
> >That is the mistake that most smokers make.
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> Wnat? Most smokers don't take Ambien or doxylamine succinate. Ethanol,
> maybe.
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> No, what I mean is , that when smoker's quit tobacco and nicotine, they
> always make the mistake that
> they have to replace it with some other drug, or else they can't function
> normally.
> It isn't true.
> There isn't a single human being alive who needs nicotine to function
> normally, so why would they need to replace it with another drug?
> .
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> >>What you should realize that there are far more benefits to quitting than
> >>financial.
> >>Freedom from slavery to a drug being the main one.
>
> >Slavery is a devastating psychological condition. You are trivializing
> >it by calling smoking slavery.
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> >I don't think I'm trivializing it in the slightest.
> >Slavery is degrading, takes control of the slave's life and can often lead
> >to their death.
>
> Trolling is degrading and takes control of the writer's life. It
> doesn't rise to the level of slavery.
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> Agreed.- Hide quoted text -
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> "Robert" wrote in message
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> news:t9bbg6dijfk4s1q3q...@4ax.com...
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> On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:11:25 -0000, "Steve O" <nospamh...@thanks.com>
> wrote:
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> >"Robert" wrote in message
> >news:9jgag6tdnforf2jo7...@4ax.com...
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> >On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 12:23:35 -0000, "Steve O" <nospamh...@thanks.com>
> >wrote:
>
> >>"Robert" wrote in message
> >>news:u6e8g6l5qmhukcisp...@4ax.com...
>
> >>>The physiological effect is really quite easy to deal with or ignore- as
> >>>you
> >>>discovered during your two week sabbatical from smoking.
> >>>However, once the psychological effects kick in, most people crumble.
> >>>You didn't give the psychological effects a chance to develop- your fear
> >>>or
> >>>panic was absent because you never had any intention to quit.
>
> >>Wrong. I had no desire to smoke and thought of myself as a PERMANENT
> >>nonsmoker.
>
> >>So why did the desire to smoke return?
>
> >My lower brain kept me awake. At 6 AM I relented, smoked two
> >cigarettes so I could get to sleep. The same happened two days later,
> >when I smoked 8.
>
> >But you already said it was easy to ignore the dog brain's whining.
> >What happened?
> >What do you think it is that made your rational brain decide that it
> >cou;dn't ignore or slap the dog brain any longer?
>
> It wasn't whining for a cigarette; it just wouldn't go to sleep.
>
> So why would that make the desire return?
>
> >I should have put it to sleep with chemicals.
>
> >No.
> >That is the mistake that most smokers make.
>
> Wnat? Most smokers don't take Ambien or doxylamine succinate. Ethanol,
> maybe.
>
>
>
> No, what I mean is , that when smoker's quit tobacco and nicotine, they
> always make the mistake that
> they have to replace it with some other drug, or else they can't function
> normally.
> It isn't true.
> There isn't a single human being alive who needs nicotine to function
> normally, so why would they need to replace it with another drug?
> .
>
> >>What you should realize that there are far more benefits to quitting than
> >>financial.
> >>Freedom from slavery to a drug being the main one.
>
> >Slavery is a devastating psychological condition. You are trivializing
> >it by calling smoking slavery.
>
> >I don't think I'm trivializing it in the slightest.
> >Slavery is degrading, takes control of the slave's life and can often lead
> >to their death.
>
> Trolling is degrading and takes control of the writer's life. It
> doesn't rise to the level of slavery.
>
>
>
> Agreed.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
WOW ! What a waste of electrons !
This is the total point of the thread
It looks like Donna was told where to go.....
What you get out of reading this crap load
Welcome back Steve O
Reality for the rest of the circus here.
Sure hope it was fun !
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