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how long did it take for you to actually become addicted?

i left for my first semester of college back in august. at first, i only smoked every once in awhile. no way was i addicted. i had smoked maybe one every couple months or so haha. i did it, but not often.

then when i went to college and went to more parties, i started doing it wayyyyy more. it became a daily thing. then after becoming a daily thing, it came to the point where i smoked like half a pack a day.

then to the point where it was like "okay....i NEED a cigarette right now or i'll explode" when i was sitting in class.

by the end of the semester, i was smoking about a pack a day.

i was pretty sure i was addicted. i smoked a lot, both around others and by myself. it felt good. i always smoked when i was stressed.

but then i came home for christmas break. i smoked like 5 on the first night. then, the next day i didn't get an oppurtunity to sneak out from my parents house and smoke one. but the thing is, i didn't "feel the need". and from then on...3 weeks later, i STILL haven't had one. not a single cigarette.

i'm kind of amazed. i've been smoking up a storm for about 4-5 months now. about 2 months ago, i was pretty sure i was actually addicted. i was up to a pack a day, always craving a cigarette. but now that i'm home, i feel no desire to have one. i've gone 3 weeks without one.

i'm not saying it's a bad thing, i'm just kinda of surprised lol.


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Three months. I started because I was under a load of stress from the Military.

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jessicarickter

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i started smoking when i was 12...just to piss my parents off, but i kept doing it and after 2 months i was addicted...im almost 17 and im trying to quit..unfor cant.

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cozysoxx

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I dont know i dont wanna know i see smoking as dirty and scummy.

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Sins and Demons


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Ive been smoking for idk 2 years maybe and i wouldnt say im addicted where id fiend for one. I usually dont smoke sunday - wenesday since im always home and even after that i may not. If I am out at  a party it is prpbable i will smoke though. Ive never just needed one.

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So how long were you smoking a pack a day? You said it was near the end of the semester, so I'm assuming a couple of weeks?

It would probably take a couple of months to become really physically and mentally addicted to it.

You probably had a moderate mental addiction that was triggered by your environment, but by changing environments (going home) you essentially were able to get over it. It is likely that when you go back to school you will start having cravings again though.

And I'm sure you did have some moderate physical withdrawal the first week even though you didn't mention it in your post.

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Tex the drummer

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i have been smoking since i was 12 and am not addicted.

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I actually find it fun to smoke less often...and different things... you get that "headkill" better... lol. But i cant seem to get addicted..its weird.Then again, maybe i am and just dont know it, i been around second hand smoke from birth =/ But i didnt think that could get you addicted...  hmm

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sykexl

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Honestly? Never. The most I ever smoked was about a half a pack per day for close to two years and I figured that would be enough to have me some-what addicted but nope, it wasn't a problem.

Post edited at 10:28 am on Jan. 12, 2009 by sykexl


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yeah i think there's a difference between a habit and an addiction.

junkies have an addiction in that they literally cannot function and are physically sick without heroin.
you don't.


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biSEXual


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After my first puff. Literaly.

I have a "highly addictive personality"  

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Quote: from biSEXual at 10:33 am on Jan. 12, 2009

After my first puff. Literaly.

I have a "highly addictive personality"


You make me sad.

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switchfoott052


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i got addicted after the third cigarette. i've been smoking for 8 months now and im really addicted now.

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After about a year of light smoking, I feel that Im still only mentally addicted. I only like to smoke on work breaks or in social situations

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