Reef Fish wrote:
> Prime wrote:
> > "Reef Fish" posted the exciting message
> > news:1139069763.831808.60730@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com:
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> > >
> > > Prime wrote:
> > >> "Reef Fish" posted the exciting
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> > >> >> Reef Fish wrote:
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> > >> > So, I have merely proved that smoking is NOT physically addictive
> > >> > -- like cocaine, heroine, or opium -- there is not a single of
> > >> > those having done those drug for even as much as 10 years not to be
> > >> > an addicted junkie. I not only didn't have any withdrawal effect,
> > >> > I did not even MISS that long-time habit the least bit. And I
> > >> > don't mind if others smoke, smoke in my presence or next to me.
> > >
> > > I am taking the term "addiction" to mean those that have NO
> > > EXCEPTIONS. Do you know of a SINGLE case of prolonged
> > > cocaine, heroine, or opium that was NOT physically addictive?
>
> Addiction is a rule WITHOUT exception. Prolonged use of heroine IS
> an addiction.
>
> It's takes only ONE counterexample, as in a mathematical proof, to
> invalidate the general claim. The burden of proof lies with the party
> that makes the claim that something is an addiction.
This webpage should help you understand the term "addiction":
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=2285834&dopt=Abstract
First of all, it lacks a "definition". Then the page goes on to give
the CHARACTERIZATION of what constitutes addiction:
*> Essentially, addiction designates a process whereby a behavior,
*> that can function both to produce pleasure and to provide escape
*> from internal discomfort, is employed in a pattern characterized by
*> (1) recurrent failure to control the behaviour (powerlessness) and
I had no problem controlling the behaviour, at first try, cold turkey.
*> (2) continuation of the behaviour despite significant negative
*> consequences (unmanageability).
I smoked for 30+ years and had no negative consequences.
Ergo, the Surgeon General is talking through his hat when he
declared smoking is an addiction and nicotine is an additive drug,
based on my experience alone, not to mention those of others
who had similar experience of no withdrawal, no pain, in quitting.
-- Bob.
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