Posted by armando
on 8/24/2009, 7:25 pm, in reply to "Re: Religion and Smoking"
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Oh my gosh, I thought i was the only God fearing smoker on the planet!! Yes i am a closet smoker, who enjoys smoking a cig after work but not during work. i smoke a pack every 3 to 4 days and am ok with it, i stopped smoking for maybe 8 months and did fine with a little help from nic candy. I read my bible daily and but my relationship with God comes first then turn to my addiction. I don't want to call smoking a gift but it is something i am allowed to do, i believe it is more important to acknowledge the Giver rather than the "gift." I am armando and i am 24 years old.
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: We're Christians, and I agree with you on
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: health/religion issue. Too many
: cheeseburgers is just as harmful, or more
: so, than cigarettes.
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: My fear is that others don't/won't see it
: the same way.
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: This makes me wonder how many other people I
: know are smokers but too afraid to admit it!
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: Hey Redsmoker I have lived the same struggle
: you are talking about and I wanted to share.
: I am a smoker and a Christian. I have quit
: many times for up to 3 years at a time. I
: recently started having the occasional
: cigarette which I know without a doubt will
: shortly become a full blown daily habit
: again. I believe that once your body has
: known the rewarding pleasure of smoking and
: experienced the pleasure of satisfying those
: intense cravings there is no turning back.
: Your body has adapted end of story. Even two
: years without a cigarette I can get an
: intense craving that passes, but I have to
: talk myself through that craving very
: carefully unless I am ready to start
: rewarding that craving with nicotine. At the
: current time and in a weakened state I have
: relented and decided to be submissive to
: these cravings and just enjoy the ride. That
: is the cycle for me. I will quit again,
: start having the occasional cigarette and
: then start nurturing a daily habit. It will
: repeat. Coming from a conservative Christian
: background I agree with most of what the
: other posts have said, but I would like to
: add this. God's commands are not just for us
: to avoid sin. They are to protect us from
: consequences. There are consequences that
: accompany our actions and that get us into
: trouble. There are long-term consequences
: that accompany a smoking habit. I have
: learned to quit and stay smoke free for very
: long periods of time. It is a mental muscle
: you learn that you can exercise. Yes I do
: enjoy smoking,in the closet from family, and
: I do enjoy the addiction, something you have
: already started to experience. It really is
: too late for you because of that. If I was
: you, I wouldn't tourment myself over it.
: Stop worrying about it, embrace the pleasure
: and the addiction for now as I am sure at
: this point you really want to. Email me if
: you like.
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