arcayne

@arcayne@lemmy.today

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon tries smoking for the first time⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  No worries, gotta play the hand you’re dealt. And thanks, me too. Even though I still miss 'em from time to time, the health benefits of quitting are stupid obvious - and my wife brings more joy to my life than smokes ever could. No regrets.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon tries smoking for the first time⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Eh, just the general stress of existance with some teenage angst sprinkled on top, I guess.

  Grew up under the poverty line, was abused at a very young age, started working around the age of 7 to help keep food on the table, had multiple deaths in the family within a few years (one of which was the result of a horrific industrial accident - didn’t witness it, but overheard enough detail that it still haunts me to this day), spent my early teens mostly on my own due to my mom spending most of her time caring for my grandma after she broke her knee, etc.

  So yeah, the novel concept of being able to take the edge off by lighting up a smoke was pretty alluring. ¯\(ツ)/¯

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon tries smoking for the first time⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow, that’s wild. Never heard of that before, thanks for sharing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon tries smoking for the first time⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I get that it’s not for everyone, but damn… still kinda wild to hear people outright hating the experience.

  Granted, I started smoking when I was 13. Heard it helped people feel less stressed, so when the opportunity arrived I figured why not give it a try.

  Quickly got up to a pack or two a day and loved every drag for nearly 10yrs until my future wife asked me to stop. I quit cold turkey for a few years, but missed it the whole time. Eventually wound up settling on vaping as a compromise.

  Tbh, the only part I don’t miss is the dent it left in my wallet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Regain Control in my ass⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Flex in my ass