HisNameIsFrank said:Whatever! While I have never smoked a cigarrette before in my life,I've seen plenty of people try to quit and fail. I smoked pot for years and when I was put on probation,I quit and haven't had the urge to pick up another joint in over a year now.
the rate of success in quitting is different from the severity of the withdrawal. for example, most people would agree that opiate withdrawal is much worse than nicotine withdrawal. yet there are many people who have succesfully given up opiates but cannot quit cigarettes. this doesn't have to do with the withdrawal, it has to do with the fact that opiate using is much more of a lifestyle than cigarette smoking. when you quit opiates for instance, you must give up that lifestyle and it forces you to change. with cigarettes, since they are legal and only mininally alter your mind once youre addicted, it's very easy to go about your normal lifestyle while smoking cigarettes which makes some people more apt to fail when they try to quit. marijuana is more like opiates in the sense that it significantly alters your mind and so smoking it all the time becomes a lifestyle. once you've given up the lifestyle, it's easy for some people to think "i don't want to go back to that lifestyle so i will not make any attempts to pick up another bag of weed or dope" but when you quit cigarettes, it's easier to relapse because you can just get a pack at the gas station and it really doesn't affect your lifestyle.
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