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Originally Posted by bad jane
you have me thoroughly confused then
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i'm not advocating smoking--i'm just saying it is a choice. i've made mine and refuse to hide behind the term "addicted" to justify why i do it. i do not want to quit. smoking is not addictive from the first puff--you choose to keep doing it. and while plenty choose to stop, i don't. if someone doesn't want to be around me because they don't like it, that is their choice. but until the day comes that i decide i want to quit, it's not going to happen.
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And I don't appreciate the attitude I see there. You claim that people "hide" behind the term "addicted". I say it's a good description, and has nothing to do with "hiding". To me, you're in denial. P'raps you'll be fine, like those rare people who live to be centenarians and smoke cigars daily. I can't say. I surely won't be around to hear you tell me "I told you so", but playing the odds, I expect you'll be on oxygen and drowning in your own fluids due to your habit in your final days. And that those will be well short of your centenary birthday.
But it's not my problem. And that's not my point. (I came here to talk about Alice. Remember Alice? It's a song about Alice.)
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 i understand some people don't want to be around smokers, and that's 100% acceptable (said as much in my first post). i smoke, content with the knowledge that there are people who aren't going to want to associate with me because of it. personally, i don't feel i'm missing out--just as i'm sure those anonymous people don't feel they are missing out. everybody wins  |
True. And I don't claim personal perfection either. I had a friend who died a few weeks ago at age 45 from heart failure. He was (likely) still overweight and (definitely) diabetic. I expect that I've got another five years, similarly.
But I can breathe. Maybe I value my lungs more than my heart?