I'm not going to say that addictions are beyond the person's control - if so then it would be impossible to break out of it. There's a problem with cigarettes - they're about the most efficient drug delivery device there is, outside of IV's that is. The nicotine goes directly from the lungs to the brain. What this means is that the success rates for quitting smoking are worse than heroin addiction. Typically most research finds that about only 10% are successful in quitting smoking using any one program.
That said, people can and do quit. It may not happen the first time but if the person keeps trying eventually they'll quit. People don't just make one try at quitting - most keep trying. Eventually they succeed. That 10% is only for one attempt. For example, lets say there's a group of 100 smokers. On the first attempt to quit, 10 succeed, but 90 do not. Attempt 2, 9 succeed and 81 do not. By the 9th or 10th attempt, most have quit. larry On 1/3/06, Jillian Koskie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh, don't get me wrong... I'm not saying it's not possible. I'm just saying > that the very nature of addictions is that they are beyond your control... > Until something that controls you more strongly takes over. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 10:19 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Smoking was: New Years Resolutions > > mmm I have quit smoking. I quit drinking coffee for six months when I was > told it would interact badly with a medication I needed to take. > And I definitely had a physical addition going to each of those, so it IS > possible to break one. However, it does seem to be harder for some people > than for others. > > On 1/3/06, Jillian Koskie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The interesting thing about addiction... Is that if it was within you > > control, it wouldn't be an addiction. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 10:12 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Smoking was: New Years Resolutions > > > > yeah but she probably also feels guilty for being angry. All in all > > it's a very unhappy situation... > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:190346 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
