a_shimoon Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 FYI for you guys that are curious about chronic hookah smoking...After smoking 3-5 bowls per day for around 6 months... I finally got sick. I haven't smoked at all in 4 days.How do I feel?I have a desire to smoke shisha..... but I don't feel addicted or strongly craving in any way. There was no nicotine withdrawal either.I'm sure most of you guys have the same experience? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattarios2 Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 when i don't smoke for a while i crave setting up the hookah and chillin with friends more than the actual act of smoking. I have no nic withdrawal or anything like that either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikemyusername Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 when i quit smoking, wich is currently (cigs), the hookah helps ease my cravings so i don't go berzerker, but i am ot addicted to hookah, i'm addicted to camel lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJCrusader Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 QUOTE (ilikemyusername @ Mar 31 2009, 02:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>when i quit smoking, wich is currently (cigs), the hookah helps ease my cravings so i don't go berzerker, but i am ot addicted to hookah, i'm addicted to camel lights.THIS except Marlboro reds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Click Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 I have never felt an addiction to hookah or the nicotine that may be present. But, I don't smoke as many bowls per week as you do. Nor have I got sick from hookah before. Feel better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inino Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 I can smoke nonstop for months then go on a trip or something for a week without smoking and feel just fine. never gotten sick from oversmoking or undersmoking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylren Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 I used to smoke cigs and when I got a cold it was torture not being able to smoke. But with hookah it's no big deal. In fact, hookah doesn't hurt my throat like cigarettes did so I can smoke with a cold anyways if I feel like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcane Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 i've gotten sick from hookah, but because I didn't wait for the coals to light (didn't know better back then)...I was so nauseous, but as soon as I recovered...I wanted to smoke hookah again, but I don't smoke near as much as you do. Maybe 1 bowl, 1-1.5 hours a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codename067 Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 I don't have to have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newjacksm Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 (edited) I woke up with a chest cold like a week ago, coughing up phlegm i cough so hard there is a little blood in it most of the time there isn't its when I cough real hard. Plus there is some blood in my sinuses too from blowing my nose.. I dont think its correlated with hookah because I hadn't smoke hookah all that weekend but at the same time I smoke at least 1 bowl a day on the weekdays (well use too) so it could be the problem...When I smoke hookah now it helps me hack up the phlegm. P.S.I know its not an infection either because I just took some antibiotics for a week and it didnt go away. Edited March 31, 2009 by newjacksm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NarghileNights Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 smoking dries out your system and in turn puts mucus production into over drive. when you stop smoking, your mucus levels skyrocket for a few days, making you feel sick or very congested. it takes a few days to get back to normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newjacksm Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Ah so I should stop smoking hookah then...Well then this will be my last hookah for a couple days then... I keep coughing up white phlegm from my chest... Post nasal drip doesn't help me either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcane Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 QUOTE (newjacksm @ Apr 1 2009, 07:27 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Ah so I should stop smoking hookah then...Well then this will be my last hookah for a couple days then... I keep coughing up white phlegm from my chest... Post nasal drip doesn't help me either.actually, i think this would be a good reason to keep smoking. then your mucus levels won't "skyrocket". haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inino Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 If you are sick you should stop smoking. you will feel worse. even with mint you will feel that you are cleared up, but when you wake up in the morning you feel much worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shesha1 Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 When I am sick, like I am today. (still at work though)I will go homw, take some dayquillHeat up some water, make tea.Light my bowl and go to town!I kid you not when I say I will smoke for the entire duratiopn of my cold!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newjacksm Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 I cough so much I irritate my throat and I start to see little specks of blood... It's kinda scary because in the back of my head it could be something else, but I know its not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcane Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 QUOTE (shesha1 @ Apr 1 2009, 07:59 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>When I am sick, like I am today. (still at work though)I will go homw, take some dayquillHeat up some water, make tea.Light my bowl and go to town!I kid you not when I say I will smoke for the entire duratiopn of my cold!!!!!!!!!!!!!i like your style! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremyk Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 yeah ive been smoking hookah for 2 trs now and ive not smoked it for 2 1/2 months while i work at camp during the summer and i never had urges to smoke it or a hard time leaving it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hojo Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 I can smoke every day for a week and then take 2 weeks off without any problems. I still want to smoke, but I don't feel like I ever HAVE to have it. I hear of cig smokers having panic attacks when they don't smoke, but this has never happened to me. It's certainly a good argument against hookah being addictive, or at least AS addictive as cigs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redjako Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 I used to smoek ciggies for a couple of years, and was up to a pack and a half.I've been off the ciggies completely for ~3 months I believe.Lots of stress lately, so I'll have huge nic fits, which probably isn't helped by Daily hookah smoking (2 rounds of coals min, so ~1.5 hours).And if its tangiers...well.Otherwise, PRE-ciggie smoking, I never craved for hookah specifically for the nicotine. It was more just a fun activity.Studying? Load up a hookahWatching a few movies? Load up a hookahGal and a hottub? HOOKAHetc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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