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Permalink Reply by Chef Craig on March 5, 2011 at 3:37am

you underestimate the imense power of the human brain... i have droped a lot of bad habits jus through sheer will power fuck the patches and gums, its all upstairs... and unlike religion i give myself credit for those things....the only question is...does he really wanna quit?

 

 

 

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Permalink Reply by T A A on March 5, 2011 at 3:59am

A bad habit is not an addiction.

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Permalink Reply by Chef Craig on March 5, 2011 at 4:18am

i was using "bad habit" as an alternative then saying i was addicted to "various remedies" to somewhat understate the technicalities of my personal addictions and focus more on the fact that unless you were an addict (to drugs, alcohol, whatever) you cant truly know what her man is goin through

 

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Permalink Reply by T A A on March 5, 2011 at 4:24am

that was your other post wasn't it? You either had bad habits or addictions, they are not alternatives or exchangeable.

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Permalink Reply by Chef Craig on March 5, 2011 at 5:12am

that was spoken like a true "str8 arrow" it's a matter of how the message is perceived... in this case it seems like your perception is one of a person who feels personally attacked and is on the defense trying to point out all the little technicalities that dont really have anything to do with initial statement....an addiction (in the context of a conversation)can and has been refered to as a bad habit...go to any AA meeting in america....u could hear it all day long ..........an addiction can be a bad habit but a bad habit isnt necessarily an addiction its all a matter of perspective really... within the context of the concversation that is

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Permalink Reply by T A A on March 5, 2011 at 5:20am

This is a little more than just a "shootin' the shit" conversation! :P

We are discussing real medical issues and real medical/legal avenues for managing these issues. Using inexact/vague language does not advance the discussion.

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Permalink Reply by Chef Craig on March 5, 2011 at 5:44am

are we in a court of law? are we in a hospital or a rehab facility?.....this is just a "shootin' the shit" conversation...nothing more and the initial statement was about her man quitting smokin....if theres that much of an immediate medical danger then dude should go 2 da hospital not a blog.

Permalink Reply by Arcus on March 5, 2011 at 5:47am

A bad habit is the result of subconcious behavior (biting nailes or not changing the TP roll), while an addiction is a bad habit combined with a physiological response. Kicking a bad habit requires dedication, while kicking an addiction requires dedication and treatment. 

Permalink Reply by T A A on March 5, 2011 at 5:57am

Nicotine cigarettes are properly medically addictive and in most places, nicotine patches are available on prescription only.

Permalink Reply by scLovely on March 5, 2011 at 8:02pm

He does want to quit. He has tried several times. Sometimes he is successful for weeks, but other times it is only possible for just a few days.

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Permalink Reply by T A A on March 5, 2011 at 8:11pm

My mother smoked cigarettes since age 13. Between ages 40 and 67 (present) she has quit dozens of times. Some times for 1 month, sometimes for years. This time she started smoking again after years, because she spent the Winter in Mexico and was exposed to more smokers than in Montreal. That's the problem with addiction, no matter how convinced you are about being clean while you're clean, little nothings can trigger a backslide.

Addicts are never clean, they are just in wait for the next fix. Us kids blaming her never had any influence, us kids supporting her never had any influence. An addict is never really in control.

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Permalink Reply by Giovanni Ceron on March 5, 2011 at 8:59pm

Dear Becky

there is a latin saying "where there is man, there is society, where there is society, there is crime, where there is crime, there is punishment." My point is that we will always have crime, and punishment will barely keep up the pace as human kind moves on.

the central point is education. but then more questions arise like: how responsible is the government for that and how responsible family is. Perhaps the answers are obvious for some people like you but unfortunately, most people in this planet ignore how crucial education is from family basis to big social intertwines.

 

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