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Waht is the difference betw. an Addiction and a Habit???

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2830

I think Breaking Free said it best. Smoking IS a habit... but it is also an addiction. When I first quit and would unconciously reach for my cigarettes whenever I got in my car, that was a habit. The habit was formed by my chemical dependence on nicotine, which is, of course, an addiction. So that's why smoking is such a hard addiction to break. You not only have the chemical dependence that you have to deal with, but also the "habit" of smoking at certain times and situations. Great topic! Crave the Quit! Pam [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 10/28/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 279 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 6,989 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1152.27 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 20 [B]Hrs:[/B] 6 [B]Mins:[/B] 58 [B]Seconds:[/B] 6

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1904

I heard someone say that it only takes 21 days to break a habit. However, someone else pointed out that this is not just a habit, but an addiction. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 7/11/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 23 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 920 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $184 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 2 [B]Hrs:[/B] 7 [B]Mins:[/B] 12 [B]Seconds:[/B] 25

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1128

Hmm not sure. you could jeeves or google it. To me, i guess a habit is something you are used to doing over and over like a mannerisim. An addiction is MUST have in order to feel "normal" or to satisy a need. Thankfully you can change both a habit and an addiction to something. This is my definition... PrincessC x [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 7/11/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 23 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 529 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $234.6 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 1 [B]Hrs:[/B] 20 [B]Mins:[/B] 26 [B]Seconds:[/B] 27

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 351

I second Kiwi.... [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 6/19/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 45 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 456 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $90 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 4 [B]Hrs:[/B] 10 [B]Mins:[/B] 37 [B]Seconds:[/B] 57

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 3131

I triple Kiwi ;p [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 6/13/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 51 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 775 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $204 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 6 [B]Hrs:[/B] 19 [B]Mins:[/B] 36 [B]Seconds:[/B] 45

17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 3368

Addiction to nicotine causes you to be obsessed with using the drug/nicotine so much so that you surrender yourself to it. Habit would be your behavior pattern that is acquired by the frequent repetition of smoking in response to certain emotions or situations or due to your addiction. Once you rid your body of the nicotine/addiction, you are still left with the habit. The memory of the habit or triggers can lead to craves if you are not conscious of what your triggers are and are prepared to discount the junkie thinking and get busy doing something else in the place of your old habit/smoking. It may feel awkward at first doing something different instead of smoking. But the more you do it the less awkward it feels. And before you know it you are not even thinking of smoking and what you are now doing feels completely normal and enjoyable. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/12/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 83 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,505 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $332 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 7 [B]Hrs:[/B] 0 [B]Mins:[/B] 37 [B]Seconds:[/B] 2

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17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 672

either way... Physical addiction, mental addiction, habit, brainwashing, ... all of the above Smoking really messed with our heads ! :8o: [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/1/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 579 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 14,491 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $3763.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 83 [B]Hrs:[/B] 1 [B]Mins:[/B] 12 [B]Seconds:[/B] 18

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17 years ago 0 +0 / -0 989

There are lots of differences, but I will name just one. I have a habit of reading in bed until I fall asleep. I could decide not to do that anymore. Snap my fingers and decide. I would miss it night after night, but eventually I would get out of the habit. Then, I could decide to reward myself by reading in bed one night. The next night I could decide not to read in bed. No problem. No so with smoking. If I EVER have another cigarette, I will want another, I will have another, and then another, and then sneak a few here and there, then bum one here or there, then buy a pack to just smoke one every once in awhile, then buy another pack deciding I can quit again next week, etc. etc. etc. I was physically addicted to nicotine but I was also emotionally dependent on the smoking. I smoked when I was happy, sad, scared and mad, impatient, nervous, relaxing, celebrating. EVERY activity and emotion and situation was paired with smoking. [url=http://www.stopsmokingcenter.net/support/viewmessages.aspx?topic=23658&forum=1http://]my story[/url] It took a full year for me to really start feeling like my old self. A habit is a chosen custom, a routine, a pattern, a tradition. An addiction is a lack of choice - a need, a dependence, a compulsion. An addiction is a way of life. Breaking it was the hardest thing I have ever done. I will never risk returning to being in chains. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 4/15/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 475 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 11,875 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1662.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 66 [B]Hrs:[/B] 2 [B]Mins:[/B] 7 [B]Seconds:[/B] 25

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