Reply To: Would you marry a smoker?

Sac,

Finaly something we can agree on

I agree with youre previous post, that most Yeshiva boys are Not true blue addicts (don’t get the blue part, though) and many of my friends from yeshiva have quit smoking when they started dating or when they got married, never to touch a cigarette again. (And they’ve married the “perfect” girls from the “perfect” families, schools, shuls and community- you get the point)

On the topic of addiction, “drugs” of choice are based on predisposition, but why a person runs to them and starts using, is to escape- to escape something terrible they’ve experienced in their youth- as many addicts have professed, or some harsh stressors of their teenage years.

Smoking is not generally used as an escape, so if someone has a really hard time quiting, chances are they have some other serious issues, wich pulls the smoking along with it.

Hey mod,

can we start a topic on addiction or is that a no no?