Addiction

C'mon Ice, if you have a child that has asthma, and are a parent, as a parent, you make changes to better the life of your child.
It's now law here that you cannot smoke in a your vehicle with a child under 18 years old for obvious reasons.
Immediate family should be aware and genuinely concerned with a brother/son's health conditions if/when there is a concern.

So what it sucks.. that's life, it's consideration, and compromises are required throughout life.

Speaking from experience, my brother has class/type 3 asthma, my parents always smoked in the house when we were growing up, do you know that just from the exposure of being in the same house it worsened his asthma.. I have seen him go into asthma attacks and it has scared me having him so close to death.. THAT is why it's inconsiderate, that is why you make changes.
 
As strange as it may sound, I had an addiction to Stuffed Crust Pizza from Pizza Hut. Obviously it was a mental addiction not a chemical but it kind of sucked.

I truest addiction I had was to caffeine, weaksauce I know. When I decided to kick that habit I had a constant headache for 3 months and intermittent headaches for another 2-3 months after that. I was shocked how I responded to that.
 
Icewolf said:
I don't really agree, they shouldn't have to change their routine because of one person <,< that would suck. I can see if they were blowing smoke at him, but otherwise I'd still smoke.
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I think they absolutely should. Especially if they love the person involved, and it's a matter of smoke causing harm to his health, and not just a matter of "oh I don't like smoke. *cough cough*" There's a big difference between not liking something and having something make you physically sick.
 
If I had that problem, I would not want to make others change for me, i'd leave the room or go outside. Not selfish, just different opinions.
 
It is selfish though. You're not talking about him going to visit other people, you're talking about the place where he lives. And if they smoke that regularly, "oh just go outside," especially in freakin' Canada, is not really a solution to the problem.
 
I'm curious, do the people in your household smoke?

Well, if you take a non-smoker, and put them in a house with 3 fulltime smokers for 1 week, there is not a place in the house the non-smoker could really escape the effects. I mean yea Myrrh could lock himself in his room, roll and tuck a towel under his door, tack bounty sheets over his vents and open a window, burn some incense etc.. but everyday and for how long, living with full time smokers.. who don't give a second thought. :( I'm sure that's not fair that he live like that, constantly locking himself away. That may be an extreme case, but none-the-less you get my point :( What a shitty way to live, take a walk outside if you want to light up.

and I'M a FULL TIME smoker lol!

*Zyn* you know I live in Canada, and I live with a non-smoker, the only thing is it makes my b/f feel sick to smell it, I go outside.. that's my respect and consideration of not MAKING him live in a smelly home that often makes him feel sick.
 
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I guess it's selfish if he lives with you...I guess all I'm trying to say is that'd blow ass.
 
Icewolf said:
I guess it's selfish if he lives with you...I guess all I'm trying to say is that'd blow ass.
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Yep, it would. So would giving birth to a highly mentally handicap child that you need to take after for the rest of your life.. but you make changes. idk..
 
Morcheeba said:
if you have a child that has asthma, and are a parent, as a parent, you make changes to better the life of your child.
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This brought up a memory of mine from when I was six years old.

I had a friend who lived in our neighborhood at this time...a little girl. Her mother was a tee-totaler, heavy smoker, and was probably into illicit substances as well.

She (the girl's mother) gave birth to a little boy the year I moved there. We went to her house (the first and only time) to congratulate her and to see the child. We'd heard that the child was born very early, and had complications with his respiratory system, and we wanted to also let my friend's mother know "we were there for her" etc. etc.

We went to her house, and saw the child. The baby...not even two weeks old yet, had a tracheotomy and a tube sticking out of his throat so he could breathe. He was in a bassinet, very similar to the ones in the hospitals. That's really all I remember of him, but I will never forget one thing. The mother was still lighting up in the house, directly beside the baby who could already barely breathe. No windows open, the ceiling stained yellow and brown from the thick layer of burnt tobacco, and a mild haze around the room itself of cigarette smoke.



Yeah. People should change their habits because of one person's misfortunes. They don't always do, and that's a crying fucking shame.
 
That's a really sad story Tristam... ;_;

the crying shame is people like that are capable of reproducing...
 
Icewolf said:
I don't really agree, they shouldn't have to change their routine because of one person <,< that would suck. I can see if they were blowing smoke at him, but otherwise I'd still smoke.
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I am a bad asthmatic and if someone smokes repeatedly around me it makes me very short of breath and on a few occasions has ended up with hospital stays. So maybe changing your routine for the 1 person is the best thing to do.

I am addicted to Irn-bru and FFXI :wink:
 
Well I know no one like that, so I'm safe.
 
I've always been one of those people who smoke outside no matter what. Tobacco/weed just tends to leave an unpleasant odour around that tends to cling to anything it can. The only exception is poker night, where I just chain smoke because i'm usually losing.

If it's too cold outside to smoke, then it's a good excuse to cut back anyways, which is a always a good thing.
 
Alright, so people know. Smoke stays on a person for a good long while even after they're done. The smell alone can send me into coughing fits. And it's not like I moved into the house when they already smoked. They started smoking while I was coughing and not being able to breath.

That's what I'm saying confuses me. Why would anyone start smoking/doing weed when THEY GREW UP IN THE SAME HOUSE AND EXPERIENCED EVERY COUGHING FIT AND HOSPITAL STAY FOR A LUNG ILLNESS.
 
Addiction is a subject that has affected my life since I was born. My father and uncle are both alcoholics. I was raised with my stepfather since I was six years old, and he and his family are some of the worst alcoholics I've ever met.

While I could go on and on about the horror stories that I've had happen to me or witnessed so I'll just stick to one story about me. One night a long time ago I went to a party, now before I went I picked up a bottle of Southern Host, a cheap knock off of Southern Comfort. I then proceeded to drink the entire bottle, I blacked out and started acting like an idiot. Now I don't really remember anything except flashes and they are not very good, I was later filled in by my friends and it wasn't pretty. I'm so embarrassed about how I acted that night that I still get a sinking feeling in my chest when I think about it.

Now if that was the extent of this night I might not have made the choice that I did, but I decided to take what was left in my bottle and walk home. I ran across the street and was almost hit by a car. Now I'm not sure if the people in the car we're the people that decided to beat me up but I have a feeling that they were. Who ever it was though, took the bottle I was holding and beat me across the face with it, broke my foot and left me bloodied in a parking lot. When I came to, and this is where I was no longer blacked out drunk and could remember what happened, I started walking home and the police found me and took me home

The next day I woke up and it took me a while to remember anything really, but it was Mother's Day and you can assume how that went. After the huge argument that I had with her I decided to never drink again. I haven't had a drink in over six years now and I'm glad that I haven't.
 
Heh, kinda odd that I'd choose this as my first post outside of the realm of FFXI, but after seeing the title, I figured why not....

Anyhow, after reading all of the stories in this thread so far, and living with and around many people in my life that have claimed addiction to one thing or another, I find myself asking (all of you, at this point): what is addiction? I'm not talkin textbook, Webster's definitions, but what does it actually mean to you? Outside of recollections of times and events, how does it actually feel?

I've never really bought into the idea of "addiction;" sure, I understand that chemical addictions do occur, but I find it hard to believe that just because I still crave cigarettes, or candy, or whatever (the closest things I could think of to my own "addictions"), that I'm physically unable to restrain myself from partaking in these things. So again, my question(s) is/are: is addiction based on the fact that you still want to, or is it only when you actually give in to a temptation? Because honestly, I've never seen anything, and I do mean anything (aside from essentials for life, obviously) that I couldn't give up outta sheer willpower and/or faith (not gettin into that here). After a life filled with people using addictions as excuses for all kinds of crap, I'm just curious.
 
lvcgangsta said:
Heh, kinda odd that I'd choose this as my first post outside of the realm of FFXI, but after seeing the title, I figured why not....

Anyhow, after reading all of the stories in this thread so far, and living with and around many people in my life that have claimed addiction to one thing or another, I find myself asking (all of you, at this point): what is addiction? I'm not talkin textbook, Webster's definitions, but what does it actually mean to you? Outside of recollections of times and events, how does it actually feel?

I've never really bought into the idea of "addiction;" sure, I understand that chemical addictions do occur, but I find it hard to believe that just because I still crave cigarettes, or candy, or whatever (the closest things I could think of to my own "addictions"), that I'm physically unable to restrain myself from partaking in these things. So again, my question(s) is/are: is addiction based on the fact that you still want to, or is it only when you actually give in to a temptation? Because honestly, I've never seen anything, and I do mean anything (aside from essentials for life, obviously) that I couldn't give up outta sheer willpower and/or faith (not gettin into that here). After a life filled with people using addictions as excuses for all kinds of crap, I'm just curious.
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Like I posted earlier, I'm a Dextromethorphan addict. I don't try to use the term lightly, but at points I was using it everyday all day. At school, at work whenever... and that was just last week. I got into a physical confrontation with a friend of mine because I was trying to buy Dex, I flipped shit because he wouldn't let me buy it. I never flip out like that, especially towards a friend. When I look back at it I'm glad he stopped me, because now I'm 4 days without any Dex. Dex destroys livers and puts me in a very unhappy place while I'm on it, and the next day hangover sucks. I hate the shit, and I don't want to do it anymore, ever. I can say that now, but I know when I'm looking for something to do, Dex will be the first thing on my mind... it always is. Stopping myself from buying it is so very hard, I usually have to substitute my sobriety with something else, like getting drunk or Acid.

So trust me, Addiction does happen, and it happens whether you want to stop or not. The best advice for anyone is just never to start.
 
what am i addicted to?

i don't believe in smoking or drinking or drugs so something slightly less worse has to take the spot

Sweets

Barbecue Sauce(no i'm not kidding)

Rice(best with BBQ sauce i'm telling you!)
 
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