It’s nice weather here today.
I have an urge to go outside and drink and smoke. I wish I understood why. I’ve given up nicotine and haven’t had a drink for 11 years.
I’m not going to do it but the urge was there.
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Yeah, it’s one of the reasons I delay my smoking quit. Cos i’ve quit and had the urge before, I know it’s not smart nor sensible behaviour but it’s a reality.
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Some nurse told me even when you quit cigarettes you will still crave them for the rest of your life… so sucks
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Yes, it’s hard, once you had the taste/feeling of a substance make you feel good 
. There is difference between addiction and habit. And for tabbacco smoking and alcohol aren’t substitutes.
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I’m a nicotine addict.
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Some people are able to free themselves from obsession but temptation always stays there.
Once an addict always an addict.
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no its not true at all!!i never crave smoke even in my dream for last 16 years
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i took the dna test and one of the menu was for addiction.i think its better to take dna test and look it up if you have any addiction genes
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“We are not cured. What we have is a daily remission that is contingent upon the maintenance of our spiritual condition.” ~ Bill Wilson, As Bill Sees It.
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I was addicted to Smoking? I gave up & now it doesnt even cross my mind & doesnt interfere with anything. I smoked about 20 a day? Expensive habit.
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I’m almost 2 years off the cigarettes…i still crave them sometimes, usually when i see someone else smoking. But it gets better over time.
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I’m smoking then
No smoking months…
When I try to remember what triggered me to start again,simple can’t remember …
Good for me is the CT scan said my lungs are ok …
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I know that one well.
Like the opposite of seasonal depression
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I’m addicted to certain foods, caffeine, and nicotine. I quit energy drinks and cigarettes for a year before going cold turkey. It’s expensive. I have an addictive personality, I guess. It doesn’t help that I have schizophrenia. I think I use them to cope with my condition.
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Maybe sometimes it’s like a ingrained thought that links stimulants to having a good time, while in reality going out for a coffee and a bagel might be just as satisfying if not more.
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I think you might be right.
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90% of schizophrenics smoke. Such a huge number. I wonder if they are beneficial for SZ negatives or something. I use a vape constantly.
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Smokes contain nicotinic acid which in turn is a form of vitamin B3. Vitamin B3 has been linked to being beneficial for people with psychiatric illness by some doctors back in the day. Although it seems to be disproven that vitamin B3 can cure mental disease, it can possibly mitigate it.
Actually I use vitamin B3 myself in supplement form and it is a important factor in preventing episodes in my case it seems.
If this is why smoking appeals to many people with sz I don’t know, but it’s possible, even though the amount of vitamin B3 in smokes are small compared to supplements.
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