Posted by Bilbo on November 6, 2009, 12:52:01, in reply to "I think i am addicted"
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Very few people can smoke socially and not get addicted. The fact you are starting to get addicted already pretty much proves you are not one of those few people who can.
Exactly how long it takes varies a lot, some it only takes a couple of weeks, others much longer. Addiction is completely predicatable, exactly how long it takes is absolutely unpredicatable.
It sounds like you are indeed mildly addicted already. Try to go a week at least without and see how difficult it is, and if you start to find at times you get strssed and upset more easily than you do when you've smoked. This will be a good indicator of how addicted you are already.
But however that goes, basically if you don't want to end up needing about a pack a day, and to ultimately feel completely unable to go more than two hours without a cigarette, then you should ty to stop right now.
I suspect it might be quite difficult already, especially because you'll feel like just another cig or another pack or two won't make much difference, and you already like you like them so much, but honestly, at this point every cig you smoke might be the one that tips you over from mild addiction, to full on near unbreakable total addiction. Quitting now will be hard, but quitting after another month or two will probably feel like a ridiculous impossibility.
On the other hand, if you decide that being an addicted full-blown smoker is for you, that's fine too. It's your decision. But it's a decision you only get to make once, and if you don't make a conscious decision, the addiction will creep up and make it for you.
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: I have been smoking
: socially for about a
: month now and I have
: noticed just recently
: that I am starting to
: want a cigarette every
: now and then. It doesn't
: feel like I have to have
: one yet but I really
: want one. I also noticed
: that I have started
: smoking on my own more
: often. I only have a few
: friends that smoke and
: the rest of my friends
: don't know that I do. I
: am kinda worried that I
: am already addicted, is
: it normal for it to
: happen so fast. my
: friend that got me
: started said it takes a
: long time to become
: addicted. I never
: planned on continuing
: until I was addicted but
: to keep it purely a
: social thing. can you
: smoke socially and not
: become addicted or
: should I quit now? I
: really do enjoy smoking
: a lot when I do it but I
: want to keep it that
: way. any advise would be
: appreciated.
:
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