Originally Posted by
cyclintom
Cigarettes are another case of a nervous habit. They are a habit that can be easy overcome with nothing more than will-power. Are they deadly? Most assuredly - my father and his two brothers died from them.
The point of this that they are habit forming and not addictive in the medical sense. They release dopamine into your brain causing a relaxation - a good feeling - and you crave that and not you need it or you get biological changes such heroin does.
Actually, Sir, nicotine is a physically addictive drug. A few brief plunges into Google will make that clear. (
https://www.drugabuse.gov/publicatio...tine-addictive)
ANY addiction-- a physical addiction where the body's chemistry alters to include a certain chemical, and does nto function "properly" without it, can be quit, by a variety of methods. The point of this thread, as I see it, is not to ague amongst ourselves, but to try to find a method to help One person---the OP--find the method which will best work for him.
As I said above, no matter what method one uses, a support group is always helpful.
A bunch of people bickering over abstruse terminology might have certain value .... but I doubt would be of any value to the OP.
On a side note---we so often accuse people of trolling because they come here, start a discussion, and then leave dismayed to see it turn into a squabble of egos. "I see the OP never bothered to come back," we say as it if is the OP's problem.
We all know otherwsie.
This thread hasn't gotten too bad ... so maybe this is a good place to point out Our habits. E-peen measurement session are Not truly addictive--though they can lead to dopamine release---and we all can quit.
Who's up to form a "Let's not derail the thread with personal BS" support group. I know I need it ... and I know i am not alone.