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Wow, I miss smoking, maybe this is how to get that clear lucid feeling back but without the health risks. I know it would be regulated, the government needs to

by jebblue 14y ago

Wow, I miss smoking, maybe this is how to get that clear lucid feeling back but without the health risks. I know it would be regulated, the government needs to make its two cents too. Right?

septerr 14y ago
Sometimes I wonder if I am at a disadvantage because I don't smoke! It would be nice to be able to call on the clear and lucid feeling when I sit down to work or need to think something through.
- jsmeaton 14y ago
  You're not. It's like having a mini-hangover every hour or so and the only cure is to have just one more shot of vodka. Forever. Or another analogy. It's like having a really bad headache, taking some aspirin, and getting a 'clear and lucid' head after it takes effect. Wouldn't it be better just not to have the headache in the first place?
  - corin_ 14y ago
    "Clear and lucid" isn't a phrase I'd use, and when I haven't had a smoke for a while I generally don't really notice it - for me it's more about habits than physical withdrawal symptoms. The chemical thing that I love is the slight rush a cigarette brings if you haven't smoked in a while. Cigarettes are obviously bad and a stupid thing to do, but there are people (including myself) who genuinely enjoy them, we aren't just addicted and using them to get back to level zero.
    - deepvibrations 14y ago
      Spot on! The only time I smoke is on a Friday night with a pint of ale and I enjoy smoking my weekly roll ups far too much to consider quitting. I know the health risks, but when I live in London and inhale car fumes for an hour whilst cycling to and from work everyday, the pleasures I get from smoking few cigarettes on a friday night exceed the health implications by a long way!
marquis 14y ago
That clear lucid feeling is your brain being relieved of its addiction withdrawal. Non-smokers never have that feeling because their brain has never been exposed to it. Read Allen Carr to help you never want a cigarette again. I think long-term smokers have a permanently-affected brain, it will be interesting to see future studies.
- harshreality 14y ago
  I'm interested in how that compares to the effects of S(S|N|SN)RIs.
  - marquis 14y ago
    I have no experience with psychoactive drugs but I don't think it's anywhere as near as drastic. It's pretty easy to deal with psychologically as smoking is a lifestyle so quitting successfully mostly involves changing your lifestyle. Nicotine leaves your system completely fairly quickly with no side affects except for what I believe is a lingering sensitivity to the memory of it.

by jebblue 14y ago

Wow, I miss smoking, maybe this is how to get that clear lucid feeling back but without the health risks. I know it would be regulated, the government needs to make its two cents too. Right?

septerr 14y ago

Sometimes I wonder if I am at a disadvantage because I don't smoke! It would be nice to be able to call on the clear and lucid feeling when I sit down to work or need to think something through.

jsmeaton 14y ago
You're not. It's like having a mini-hangover every hour or so and the only cure is to have just one more shot of vodka. Forever. Or another analogy. It's like having a really bad headache, taking some aspirin, and getting a 'clear and lucid' head after it takes effect. Wouldn't it be better just not to have the headache in the first place?
- corin_ 14y ago
  "Clear and lucid" isn't a phrase I'd use, and when I haven't had a smoke for a while I generally don't really notice it - for me it's more about habits than physical withdrawal symptoms. The chemical thing that I love is the slight rush a cigarette brings if you haven't smoked in a while. Cigarettes are obviously bad and a stupid thing to do, but there are people (including myself) who genuinely enjoy them, we aren't just addicted and using them to get back to level zero.
  - deepvibrations 14y ago
    Spot on! The only time I smoke is on a Friday night with a pint of ale and I enjoy smoking my weekly roll ups far too much to consider quitting. I know the health risks, but when I live in London and inhale car fumes for an hour whilst cycling to and from work everyday, the pleasures I get from smoking few cigarettes on a friday night exceed the health implications by a long way!

marquis 14y ago

That clear lucid feeling is your brain being relieved of its addiction withdrawal. Non-smokers never have that feeling because their brain has never been exposed to it. Read Allen Carr to help you never want a cigarette again. I think long-term smokers have a permanently-affected brain, it will be interesting to see future studies.

harshreality 14y ago
I'm interested in how that compares to the effects of S(S|N|SN)RIs.
- marquis 14y ago
  I have no experience with psychoactive drugs but I don't think it's anywhere as near as drastic. It's pretty easy to deal with psychologically as smoking is a lifestyle so quitting successfully mostly involves changing your lifestyle. Nicotine leaves your system completely fairly quickly with no side affects except for what I believe is a lingering sensitivity to the memory of it.