I don't get smoking. It's like punching yourself in the face and sniffing glue because it feels nice at the moment.
Tobacco addiction
Brandon Reyes
Jace Sanchez
This channel is pretty atheistic and leftist at times, but this video is actually helpful and relevant. Since its 5 minutes long, please watch it.
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Brandon Brown
down in the dust, lie's prostrate
revive him as 's word has guaranteed
witnessed
no excuses now, op
Lucas Hill
If it's too difficult to quit cold turkey, vaping really helps (incrementally lower the nic mg levels over time).
That said, I have a hard time calling it a "sin" per se. Priests (and preachers on the Protestant end) used to smoke regularly and no one got on their case until culture at large did. Where does the sin begin and the cultural disapproval end? I went a Catholic school in my teens a mere couple decades ago and a priest there often took smoke breaks. But he was a sweet, God fearing man. It's a nasty and disgusting habit, but a little dramatic to beat yourselves up over in a moral sense. And it isn't going to help you relax to actually quit if you're simultaneously anxious and feeling like crap like that.
Caleb Harris
From the Catechism:
Aaron Baker
I don't do drugs or even drink, so I'm not trying to be some spokesman or something. I just think it's unproductive to beat yourself up over it and it wouldn't hurt to quit in increments with some aids (which would require the same drug.. nicotine.. to ween oneself off with).
Besides, we're at Zig Forums, the literal Butthole of the Net, and it's a little odd to see this. You could go to /zoo/ and see rampant bestiality or go to some other board with God knows what.. gore, possible pedos, etc.. I don't care how far I depart from the Catechism atm. The writers mean well, but they haven't seen true depravity like Zig Forums. This kind of guilt tripping over small stuff like it's the end of the world is phony. How about get pissed off at some real stuff?
Joshua Torres
I’m not preaching that one should feel guilt over failing to recover from any kind of depravity, whether it be nicotine or /d/ garbage. Guilt is what drove Judas to an hero and not seek repentance. Satan can drive you to sin and then use the guilt of the same sin to keep you from forgiveness. However, man must not confuse guilt with repentance. A man must hate the things that make him sin, and it is better to live in pain than in sinful comfort. Excessive use of tobacco is no different. You have a certain level of control over emotions that come with failure, you can choose to learn from your mistakes or ruminate in your misery. Also the platform on which these conversations happen is completely irrelevant; in a way, you get more honest conversation here.
Carter Kelly
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Benjamin Robinson
I do like the honesty, but have a love/hate thing with it, I guess. And sorry, it probably is irrelevant. I just think it could be much worse. If someone can quit cold turkey, by all means do it. But it doesn't hurt to take it slowly. Addictions make people do things they don't even want to do themselves. It's slavery as much as sin.
Hunter Barnes
It could. And by engaging in vices you can reach that low.
Now dunno about the state of OP or however, but stories of stealing form someone to get money for a addiction aren't rare.