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Watched my dad struggle with this for much of his life. Smoked (cigarettes) from 12 until his early 50s, and pot from some point early in life until late 50s.
by tempestn 4y ago
Watched my dad struggle with this for much of his life. Smoked (cigarettes) from 12 until his early 50s, and pot from some point early in life until late 50s. Struggled for years to quit both, but he says the pot was harder to give up. It may not be a physiological addiction, but you can sure develop a strong habitual/emotional dependency. Certainly watching him struggle with it was enough to make me never want to go down that road.
- aaaaaaaaata 4y agoDid he "need something" before he started trying things? Or only after? PS Love your work on AutoTempest; the top ten lists I found with some clicking (maybe a partner thing) were really enjoyable.
- tempestn 4y agoI think it started as a teenage rebellion sort of thing. Certainly the smoking did. Then later on the culture of the 60s-70s probably played into it. But then as the original comment talked about it definitely developed into a psychological dependency. Thankfully he's been happy done with all that for good for quite a while now. (Must be 15-20 years or so now.) And thanks, I definitely got lucky kind of accidentally finding a viable business niche with searchtempest and then autotempest, and building on that. It's a fun way to earn a living for sure.