Current Events > Alcohol or Cigarettes. Which is worse?

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dj1200 posted...

wait, what? you are aware that alcohol can cause someone to do things they normally wouldn't do, right?

Alcohol didn't make you punch your kid. It just gave you an excuse.

Babidi123 posted...

I was drinking heavy for a solid two and a half years 5-6 times a week. And the days I wouldnt drink was because I was too sick to get up and go to the store and buy some more.

How did you deal with my withdrawals because that was the hardest part for me. Weed helped out a lot.

The nicotine withdrawal made me very irritable for a couple weeks. I wasnt very pleasant to be around. But I got over it eventually. It's to the point now cigarettes disgust me.

I didnt have alcohol withdrawals. Not physical ones anyways, but I had dramatic mood swings from happy, to crying and depressed seemingly out of nowhere for a good month or two. I wasn't an everyday drinker, but I was a binge drinker. I would get completely drunk (which would usually lead to doing cocaine, which made it much worse) about 1-3 nights a week. Which would leave me recovering about half the week from the drinking and lack of sleep from the blow.

One of my best friends died from Covid in 2020. But it was his heart that went. He was living a similar lifestyle to me, but a bit worse. Im sure that was as much a factor in his death as Covid was. Then my other best friend OD'd on coke and died 6 months ago. He was brought back to life in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. We've both been 100% clean since. After all the bullshit, that was the final straw for me. I want my next 40 years to be my best 40 years, I don't want to end up dead in the next decade. My family needs me. Only wish I woke up sooner, but it is what it is.

I guess you could say caffeine is how I've been coping lol. I never was a coffee drinker, but I have a double shot espresso in the morning and one in the afternoon now. I've also included a long list of productive habits to focus my attention on.

Cigarettes are 100% addictive and hard to quit. They bring the big corps billionaires a year in revenue. They are wise in my opinion since banning them wouldnt have a huge impact negatively.

Alcohol is addictive if abused and cause a lot of deaths and health issues that is really the responsibility of the person abusing it.

Id choose cigs as the bigger evil over alcohol with that reasoning.

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The difference between a smoker and an alcoholic is a smoker doesnt realize what theyre doing is bad.

There isn't a smoker alive that doesn't realize they are bad for you. It's a choice of instant gratification over long term health (and financial) concerns.

Due to second hand smoke alone; cigarettes.

I smoke and drink. I regret cigarettes more because now I have to "hide" from people when I smoke because I don't like the idea my habit is going to affect others; but I'm addicted and it's so hard to quit- especially with how life has been lately.

The drinking makes me do stupid shit, but in moderation I'm fine and that's how I do my best to do it. There no "second hand alcohol". Only way it effects others is through my actions which just help them determine if I'm worth being around.

Cigarettes, it's not even close.

Rollerblading is the correct answer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigarettes_and_Alcohol_and_Rollerblading

Lokison posted...

Due to second hand smoke alone; cigarettes.

I smoke and drink. I regret cigarettes more because now I have to "hide" from people when I smoke because I don't like the idea my habit is going to affect others; but I'm addicted and it's so hard to quit- especially with how life has been lately.

The drinking makes me do stupid shit, but in moderation I'm fine and that's how I do my best to do it. There no "second hand alcohol". Only way it effects others is through my actions which just help them determine if I'm worth being around.

Second hand alcohol

https://www.forbes.com/advisor/car-insurance/drunk-driving-statistics/

You can tell who has never had experiences with alcoholism in this topic.

i like my alcohol, but it's easily alcohol. cigarettes don't impair you and aren't capable of killing you in a single session.

pauIie posted...

cigarettes don't impair you and aren't capable of killing you in a single session.

is that a dare?

Alcohol

and yet I drink, but don't smoke