Sunday, 29 June 2008
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People say smoking is a choice. But if you’re addicted to something, doesn’t that rule o
Yes it is a choice.
Maybe not once you have started and become addicted - that may be valid in itself - but you always have the choice to start in the first place. AND whether you continue long enough to become addicted.
You don't get hooked on cigarettes with the first one. It's nicotine, not heroin.
Psychologist studies into smoking have shown that we generally all hate that first cigarette and we actually teach ourselves to smoke. After we have sucessfully programed our minds to think past "yuck" then we form the habit - even before an addiction kicks in. It takes 21 days to form a habit and can take a lifetime to break.
It is the habit - not the addiction - that is harder to break. It's about the same as a coffee addiction really. The difference is that smoking gives that little "crutch" - that something for idle hands to busy themselves with - so reprogramming our minds back to thinking "yuck" and remove the crutch makes smoking hard to kick.I just answered this Featured Question, you can answer it too!
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I've heard it said that nicotine is actually more addictive than heroin.
As one who has quit smoking twice, the most recent time back in 1997 after 20 years of heavy smoking, I can say with authority that it's part addiction and part choice. The human mind is a very powerful thing, and if we WANT to badly enough we can accomplish just about anything, including the breaking of addictions. Personally, I'm grateful for the ultimatum my girlfriend gave me back in 1997, I'm grateful for Zyban, and I'm grateful to God for His help.