Posted by Dave on 5/14/2009, 5:17 pm, in reply to "Re: closet smoker support "
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It's probably true that for a lot of us, our addiction runs deeper than this, but just skimming the surface: Rare is the person who can thoroughly enjoy something and not want more of it, at least on occasion. Can you imagine deciding never to eat your favorite foods ever again? To give up your favorite hobby for good? Anything you truly like, that brings you satisfaction and pleasure, lights up the same pleasure pathways in the brain--leading you to seek it out again.
I think that some people who have never been smokers assume that at some point something just clicks for a beginning smoker and wham--they're addicted. But of course that doesn't happen--becoming addicted to cigarettes is as subtle a process as learning to salivate on your way home on Friday, in anticipation of the pot roast that you're used to having every week on that day. That's why when light smokers say they're not hooked, the first thing I want to as is if they'd be willing and able to give it up for good, and never smoke again. If the answer is "no", then tobacco has already got its claws in them, no matter what they might think or how long they say they can go without. They just don't realize they're addicted yet.
Dave
--Previous Message--
: i know what you mean.
:
: i started almost 2 years ago. i have never
: smoked many cigarettes a day but after more
: than one year of smoking i thought that i
: was different because i didn't feel
: addicted.
:
: well, today i can't say the same. i'm
: addicted and i didn't even notice how the
: addiction grew right inside of me.
:
: i'm a closet smoker, don't want to come out
: of the closet to some people (my family) and
: althought i know that i'm almost being
: caught bt them i can't stop smoking.
:
: now i realise that not even smoking many
: cigarettes a day i am very addicted. but i
: don't hate it (as i probably should) despite
: of all the problems that it may cause me.
:
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