I just smoked a year old cigarette

We're all philosophers here. Currently my philosophy tells me to tell you It's ok.

Like, it's ok man.

Hakunah Matata.

The first sentence in the paragraph sets the context for the analogy, I state that it's detrimental to your health and starting should be avoided, which puts full blame on the individual for starting and not quitting because they realize the negative effects and still do not do so. The blame isn't lessened by the analogy because of this. Nowhere did I state that the difficulty of quitting smoking was a reason to not quit, nor did I say I haven't tried to quit because of the difficulty. There is no excuse, perhaps you should look up the definition of the word.

Leading a healthy life-style is easier for me and most other smokers I know than quitting the habit. I can also back this up with extensive scientific evidence if you want but to put it in simpler terms exercising and eating properly increases natural production of dopamine and noradrenaline, you get satisfaction out of trying to do so. Quitting smoking on the other hand reduces them because your body relies on nicotine as a trigger to produce these chemicals, when you don't produce the appropriate amounts of these chemicals it leads to anxiety, depression and irritability, again the opposite occurs when you exercise and eat right. Just because the process is simpler doesn't mean it easier.

Just because you managed to do it and feel it was relatively easier than leading a healthy life-style doesn't mean it's going to be the same for everyone else either, level of addiction varies from person to person.

I'm not going to "be a man" and say I'm not going to quit, I'm going to keep trying until I do. Letting your own pride, opinion and ego get in the way of trying to be healthier isn't "manly" in any sense of the imagination.

Taking what people write out of context to further your own side of the argument is called committing a logical fallacy.

I didn't say it was easy (7 or more attempts in about 1,5-2 years with different periods each for me). Thing is only after the last one I got that feeling of freedom to smoke and not to, when you don't run from it like fire nor have kirisaku desire. Of course everyone does it their way, you can continue counting your chemicals. But since it's humanly possible (ie for every goddamn one) - your wall of text can go suck my dick.

and pyre
"I'm going to keep trying until I do"
it was a hit

If you read my post properly I said you think it's easier in relation to having a healthy life-style, not that you said it was easy in general.

I never stated it was impossible for anyone, only that science dictates it's harder to quit smoking than it is to exercise and eat properly. Try not to make any more straw man arguments in the future.

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The only thing that matters to me from this discussion is your admittance to failure and your word to keep trying. Don't care for semantics and I admit to errything you accuse me of.

The fact that anyone continues to smoke after realizing the negative effects is an admittance to failure, this discussion isn't needed to point that out. You also just admitted you've failed several times trying to quit as well. And, if that really is true, why did you bring so many other points up in the argument? Clearly more than that mattered to you.

It's ok now. You can stop defending.

That was an attack and I guess you've already admitted defeat so you're right per say, I should stop letting you make a fool of yourself.

yup. even though our priorities differ we both got what we wanted.