this is not to degrade anyone or anything it is just something i want to know for a personal standpoint. i my self don't, however it doesn't make me any better or worse than anyone else. i read somewhere that the smoke releases the same endorphins as the pills. so i just wanted to know if it made it easier to quit the pills or anything else you were addicted to. so please don't take this post in a bad way just something for me to past the time,
thanks
johnny
Atoz, I have been smoking since I was 15. About 1/2 to 1 pack per day. When I was on the pills, I could smoke 5 ciggaretts in a row. The pills made me want to smoke. I don't know what that is, but now that I am not taking pills anymore, I don't smoke anywhere near what I did before.
Maybe it is kind of like when people drink and smoke. They can smoke and smoke and smoke at the bar, but they don't at home???
I don't know, but I do smoke.
-britney
Maybe it is kind of like when people drink and smoke. They can smoke and smoke and smoke at the bar, but they don't at home???
I don't know, but I do smoke.
-britney
Im not. Personally I think is a gross, expensive way to ultimately give yourself a very painful death from lung cancer....
Well maybe that's extreme. But I always said I wouldn't date someone who smoked, its like licking an ashtray when you kiss them..ewwwwwwwwwwww
Well maybe that's extreme. But I always said I wouldn't date someone who smoked, its like licking an ashtray when you kiss them..ewwwwwwwwwwww
Atoz, I do too. It's just releases the nicotine into your blood. I don't think it releases endorphines. What I did notice though, was when I was in rehab for Xanax, 90% of the people smoked. I guess it goes hand in hand with addiction. Another thing the rehabe people did was allow people to smoke (outside). They did have a lecture on it though. But if you woke up at 3:00am and wanted one, they let you step outside to have one.
As Kiwi said, it is gross. I wish I never started. So if you're thinking of it, take a pass.
As Kiwi said, it is gross. I wish I never started. So if you're thinking of it, take a pass.
like i said i don't smoke except my wife does, she does it outside out of view of our children, however they do know. she said it made it easier to quit the pills, however, now that we are in taper mode and haven't yet quit the pills altogether she still smokes. i don't know how to handle this. it would not have been so bad, but she quit smoking altogether for about 7 or 8 years and i didn't want her to start over. i said if it helped her to quit the pills then o.k., but she hasn't quit those either. now i don't know what to do
johnny
p.s. not thinking of it that is one thing i will never take up
johnny
p.s. not thinking of it that is one thing i will never take up
smoker....bad thing to do......wish I didn't start.......
I am a smoker and the same for me .... When im on the pills and have that "feel good" high feeling that Vic's gave me, i could smoke a pack in a few hours. It also made me talk alot to. Im not sure if thats just me or if it happens to everyone who takes them. YEP, smoking and talking, i did that 24 hours a day. Now that i have cut back, the smoking has too. Now, what do i do about the talking(ha, ha, ha)
Hey there KIWI, how are u today??? I wanted to say Thank You to you for all the words yesterday on my post I just broke down.
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I did tell my fiancee.!
Christina(friend)
Hey there KIWI, how are u today??? I wanted to say Thank You to you for all the words yesterday on my post I just broke down.
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I did tell my fiancee.!
Christina(friend)
I did smoke but quit about 6 months ago, shortly after I quit the hydro. Like others said, I smoked like a chimney when I was taking the Norco. Ridiculous. I also have read that it does something to the endorphins in your brain. Now I just exercise to extreme. lol M.
Friend ~
You sound just like me !
When I was high I would chain smoke.
Now I have cut back.
The answer to the question is yes I am a smoker
You sound just like me !
When I was high I would chain smoke.
Now I have cut back.
The answer to the question is yes I am a smoker
I have never smoked a cigarette in my life. I have tried almost every single drug as a teenager (except heroin and crack) and was never addicted to anything until I got addicted to pain pills 2 1/2 yrs ago (and isn't it funny.... I didn't even start taking pain pills to get "high"; I started because of a real medical reason and that's the drug I got hooked on).
My parents didn't have a lot of money when I was growing up, so there wasn't any big allowance.... and they didn't smoke.... so I didn't have money to waste on cigarettes. I'm glad that I didn't start then because most people I know that smoke started when they were in high school.
When I got older and started making a ton of money, I just didn't see the point. If I was going to do something that was bad for me, that could kill me in the future, I at least wanted to get a buzz out of it... lol
But one thing I have noticed is that when I quit pain pills, I will do just about anything to get some sort of buzz.... I found that when I quit pain pills a few months ago, my caffeine intake went WAY up and I even started taking sinus medicine again..... So I guess I can see why so many people in rehab smoke
My parents didn't have a lot of money when I was growing up, so there wasn't any big allowance.... and they didn't smoke.... so I didn't have money to waste on cigarettes. I'm glad that I didn't start then because most people I know that smoke started when they were in high school.
When I got older and started making a ton of money, I just didn't see the point. If I was going to do something that was bad for me, that could kill me in the future, I at least wanted to get a buzz out of it... lol
But one thing I have noticed is that when I quit pain pills, I will do just about anything to get some sort of buzz.... I found that when I quit pain pills a few months ago, my caffeine intake went WAY up and I even started taking sinus medicine again..... So I guess I can see why so many people in rehab smoke
marina, isnt it funny how we all have some of the same "probloms" when it comes to these pills?? i just think they should add these symptoms to the "side affects" on the papers that they give you from the pharmacy when you get your script from the dr. Ya know what i mean??(ha, ha, ha, )
Christina(friend)
Christina(friend)
Worse habit I ever have.
There you are..... Did you get the other post that i wrote to you a few min. ago
"PAGING MOLLYJEAN"??? I wanted to talk to you for a few. Head over there if you get this message.
YOUR FRIEND....
Christina(friend)
"PAGING MOLLYJEAN"??? I wanted to talk to you for a few. Head over there if you get this message.
YOUR FRIEND....
Christina(friend)
As far as making a note of the side effects, I agree. Everyone knows that you can get addicted to narcotic prescriptions. However, the doctors and parmacists never seem to talk about it.
And withdrawls...Don't get me started. For the longest time, I didn't know that there were withdrawls from the meds. I just thought your mind would want them. So every time I tried to quit, I would get sick. Diharea, chills, sweating, no energy. EVERYTIME.
Isn't that the stupidest thing you ever heard. lol.
Since I was going through withdrawls, my mind though I was sick. I would talk myself into going to the doctor, where I would get more pills because there was nothing wrong with me. I even went to the ER in the middle of the night. They did a chest x-ray, blood work, a CT, and an ultrasound of my galbladder. Funny - nothing was wrong with me. After 5 hours there, they sent me on my way with an Rx for 20 percs. (I told them that vics give me nightmares)
So, until I found this sit, I didn't know withdrawls existed. Now on day 14, all of them are almost gone.
-britney
And withdrawls...Don't get me started. For the longest time, I didn't know that there were withdrawls from the meds. I just thought your mind would want them. So every time I tried to quit, I would get sick. Diharea, chills, sweating, no energy. EVERYTIME.
Isn't that the stupidest thing you ever heard. lol.
Since I was going through withdrawls, my mind though I was sick. I would talk myself into going to the doctor, where I would get more pills because there was nothing wrong with me. I even went to the ER in the middle of the night. They did a chest x-ray, blood work, a CT, and an ultrasound of my galbladder. Funny - nothing was wrong with me. After 5 hours there, they sent me on my way with an Rx for 20 percs. (I told them that vics give me nightmares)
So, until I found this sit, I didn't know withdrawls existed. Now on day 14, all of them are almost gone.
-britney
Brittney, i wish that i was as strong at this like you. God, it would be so nice to say that i was on that many days clean. The w/d's were bad for me too., as they are for everyone im sure. But in the begining, i thought that something was wrong with me to, and thats when i would go the the E.R and the same happened to me as well, they took blood, x-rays and ct scans and all of the stuff they did with you. Good to see the doc's are doing the same thing for everyone.
(that last part was alittle joke) guess it wasnt as funny when i wrote it as it was in my head thinking it.
Christina
(that last part was alittle joke) guess it wasnt as funny when i wrote it as it was in my head thinking it.
Christina
I think it is weird that there are some docs who give narcs like candy, and others who unless your foot is seperated from your knee (after x-rays), would never give them out.
But I have only run across a few who would not give me what I want. Maybe I should go back to them if I get sick, rather than see the ones I know will give me pills.
-britney
But I have only run across a few who would not give me what I want. Maybe I should go back to them if I get sick, rather than see the ones I know will give me pills.
-britney
I am guilty of smoking , BUT I didnt start till I was 36 years old, just wondering if anyone has heard of that before. Stock market was crashing Lost all my money and life savings ws already using pills so I guess there wasnt much left to do but start smoking. and I guess drinking but cant stand the stuff, then again cant stand cigaretts either but at least they dont give me an instant headache. Been smoking 4 years one of the dumbest things Ive ever done Ray
Hi , i dont think that i have officially met you yet, my name is Christina(friend)
Hi
Been smoking on and off for the last twenty years
As Mark Twain once said "its easy to stop smoking I've done it millions of times" lol
Neon
Been smoking on and off for the last twenty years
As Mark Twain once said "its easy to stop smoking I've done it millions of times" lol
Neon
The one I don't get with certain people is if they go to a bar or party or something and they smoke, but NEVER smoke any other time...
