The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #130773   Message #2946134
Posted By: kendall
16-Jul-10 - 08:33 AM
Thread Name: BS: Missing smoking
Subject: RE: BS: Missing smoking
Patsy. I'll bet if you really examine why you smoke you will realize it is not because you like it, but rather because you want to relieve the discomfort of NOT smoking.
One can easily give up things they merely like; ice cream,Oreo cookies,chewing gum and there are no withdrawal symptoms.
However, if you have withdrawal symptoms for not smoking, you have an addiction and your body is in charge.

I've known a few people who smoked three packs a day but never got addicted. I've watched them burn up one after another and lay them in a smoldering ash tray so it seemed to me they were not really smoking at all!