I'm 30 and don't smoke at all.

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Hi.

There is something i needed to get off my chest, i am 30 years old this year i spent some time with my mother for new years and of course, Christmas last year. She is a heavy smoker and smokes almost every few 5-30 minutes, i don't smoke at all. I've only done it a few times in the past but never became addicted to it. To me, smoking is gross it makes the smoker smell bad and it's a filthy addiction to get into.

Obviously while i was staying with her, she tried to offer me a smoke a few times and I always said no. I can tell it was a joke, but if i said no once then maybe it wasn't a joke anymore for her. the fact she's already dealing with coughing up thick phlegm and risking herself to cancer is something that i'm trying to avoid.

let me also disclaim that anything she forgets she claims as amnesia, it's so ridiculous. I'm glad to be a non-smoker, my body is not built for a murderous drug.

Also, i guess i haven't mentioned that when she had a few alcoholic drinks with her friends, she tried to offer one to my younger sister who is 16. i said no and that she will not do that. I don't know the legal age of alcohol in my country (new zealand) but i don't want my mother to be a bad example just because she tried to warn my sister what alcohol was like and in the future not drink it. (so stupid)??

I've only tried drinking alcohol a few times myself in the past and i don't have such great reactions at all to it. actually mainly they are all just little sips of alcohol but as a result i end up having a guts ache and diarrhea instead, and it taste awful. that's why I don't smoke or drink because to me they are just as bad as one or the other.

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  • olderdude-xx
    2 years ago

    No problem. I never smoked either... nor have I ever been a dinker of alcohol (I did try it a time or two in my youth).

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    • LloydAsher
      2 years ago

      I hate smoking. Nor did I want to chew tobacco. Vaping became my go to fix. Anyone who doesnt need nicotine should stay the hell away from it.

      Only reason why I vape instead of going clean was because I was extremely stressed in the navy and caffeine wasnt cutting it. Now I'm addicted and quitting is hard.

      Vaping is probably slowly killing me but at least it's not messing up my lungs as much as smoking would do. I breathe fine and I dont hack up a lung at all.

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      • olderdude-xx
        2 years ago

        Please be strong... you can kick the nicotine habit.

        Everything I have read says vaping is not harmless either although it is usually safer than smoking.

        There are many free programs out there to assist you with that, if you wish.

        I'm pulling for you...

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        • LloydAsher
          2 years ago

          Problem is that I dont wanna quit. The nicotine helps me relax and concentrate.

          It's just if I forget it at home I'm anxious until I can have the security of knowing when my next hit is.

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          • olderdude-xx
            2 years ago

            What you are feeling is a false sense of what nicotine is doing for you.

            It's actually degrading your ability to function.

            I was involved for 30 years in national & international sports as an official (I was not good enough to have a chance at the national team - but I was a good judge/official).

            I've seen the literature about the effect on nicotine on people and their abilities to perform that is presented to amateur athletes.

            None of the athletes on national teams from all over the world, or at the Olympics I was an Official for or the Two World Championships I was an official for used nicotine - in any manner.

            You will actually be able to concentrate better and perform better once you get off of it and have a reasonable diet and exercise program.

            Things like modest amounts of caffeine, ginseng, and rhodiola are far more better (if kept to modest amounts), and much more safer for your body and long term health.

            I wish you the best...

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