Dropping Desire

[Scrappydoo]

[font="Georgia"][size="3"][color="#4b0082"][font="Georgia"][size="3"][color="#4b0082"] I think I am getting tired/bored with shisha. Not forever, but I am taking a break. I just went to the store, looking at all the choices, feeling like nothing really caught my attention and left without even buying anything. I never, EVER do that. Even when I have a full stash as I do now, I've never left empty handed. [/color][/size][/font] Anyone else feel that way? I've had minor dips when it's really cold outside or I've been busy but lately for me, i'm just dropping..... I think since I'm not working, it has been too big in my life. UGH, maybe I am just finally getting too old! [img]http://www.hookahforum.com/public/style_emoticons/default/rofl2.gif[/img] [/color][/size][/font]

[Giant Ninja Robot]

It's totally normal, I've been smoking less and less for the last 6-7 months but now and again I get the urge and have a few days straight of consistent smoking.

Smoke because you want to at the pace you want or it will become a chore.

[Jacob Shock]

never i always keep an ultra variety of shisha on hand.

[mattarios2]

These things happen man. Completely normal, just do what feels right. That's all you should do!

Take a break, and i bet when you come back to it the passion will be back.

This is partially why i only smoke with friends and max i smoke one bowl a day. That way it doesn't become a chore for me.

But do what feels right, and all will be well!

[thehelios]

I had a break time before but it happens. I usually mostly smoke with friends and rarely on myself. Lasted for a couple weeks but got back into it.

[rj_skillz]

I think the pace im at is pretty good..I smoke 2 small phunnel bowls a week! And each session, I smoke for about an hour! I dont think my desire will ever go

[Jacob Shock]

I smoke 4 small egyptions a day.

[Brandon`]

Yea I know what your talking about, Sometimes it just feels like it's my life and I stop for a while or just slow down on it.

[Chreees]

Sometimes you just have to take a break... But you'll come back to it and be digging it even more. As ilikemyusername would say- "They always come back, just look at INCUBUSRATM."

[Arcane]

i've had dips in interest before...but, i've never really stopped smoking...

there are days when i just didn't smoke because i didn't want to set up the hookah, or clean up afterwards or was too busy doing something random...it happens, just smoke when you feel like it...

if that turns into never, start selling your stuff

[Jondd88]

Look at the bright side: if you are losing interest, you probably aren't addicted

[mix_tape]

I've lost interest and can go months without smoking, I don't smoke tons and tons to start with but I do get bored or lack the time and patience to set everything up sometimes.

[inino]

been smoking every day for years. just became part of my routine. I do get bored of certain brands though, and I always switch them around. sometimes ill smoke tangiers for a few months then put some SB and Nak in the mix.

[delSol_si]

I was like that, i was smoking everyday, then was getting really bored with it. Seemed like chore more than fun, so I quit for a week to think about it. I came back and decided to limit myself to weekends only. I also noticed that i couldn't focus in class as well after smoking, so i then decided i was only allowed to smoke on fridays or saturdays and have stuck to it.

Here is another thing that helps me out: i live in the dorms, i cant smoke in my dorm room and I don't like smoking outside, it just isn't pleasant for me. They have a smoking lounge down in one of the other dorm complexes, and I used to go down there to smoke, but then a couple weeks ago, I went down there to smoke, and it smelled absolutely retched from all the ciggs, the i got back to my dorm and my clothes still had that smell, i seriously felt sick from the second hand cigg smoke. There was also another incident involving NHT+hookah that happened down there (my chat buddies know what i am talking about) that REALLY pissed me off. Anyway, i don't go down there anymore. The only place i go to smoke anymore is my buddies cabin out in the country, which is a 25-30 min drive for me one way. I am too busy with school to go down there everyday and he is a diesel mechanic so he works during the week and is generally tired after work. So, I am more or less FORCED to stick to my Friday/Saturday schedule, and usually i don't like wasting all that gas going there and back 2 times a week, so now i generally only smoke once a week. And when I do, i usually only stay for like an 1-3 hours, so i probably will smoke for about 1-2 hours.

Only smoking once a week, twice at the very most, and only smoking for like 1-2 hours during each session really helps keep the spark going. Maybe you just need to cool it and limit yourself and how much you smoke?

[Hunkies!]

yeah i used to smoke about 3-4 bowls a day and was feeling the same way you do. recently its been down to around 1, maybe two if friends are over. But i feel now that there are some flavors that excite me more than they used to.

But i did just get loads of nakhla and a new KM double trimetal so i bet ill be smokin a little more Edited December 20, 2009 by Hunkies!

[Bulldog_916]

I smoke because I like to relax. It gets me in the right mind to go to work and generally I'm in a better mood. Sometimes I dont have the desire to smoke so I dont. Then when the relaxation urge comes out, I fire one up. It's really dependent on the weather and my mood.

[jeremyk]

[quote name='Bulldog_916' date='20 December 2009 - 12:00 AM' timestamp='1261292450' post='440486']
I smoke because I like to relax. It gets me in the right mind to go to work and generally I'm in a better mood. Sometimes I dont have the desire to smoke so I dont. Then when the relaxation urge comes out, I fire one up. It's really dependent on the weather and my mood.
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+1 on that man i love smoking cause it chills me out so much

[joytron]

It really helped me get through finals. I feel like i need my subconscious to be active in order to really benefit from studying. On the other hand i know exactly what you mean, everything in life i love i have periods where it feels like its just burned out. The last thing you want to do is continually participate in an act that is unhealthy just because it is something you used to love. Take a break and if the desire never comes back +1 to your health!

[taylor413]

[quote name='joytron' date='20 December 2009 - 11:44 AM' timestamp='1261327492' post='440552']
It really helped me get through finals. I feel like i need my subconscious to be active in order to really benefit from studying.
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+1 to this. I pretty much always study with a shisha depending on what material I'm studying. And during finals week, I was smoking like 3-4 heads a day. There's nothing like finishing and exam and chilling out with a good sesh.

[Scrappydoo]

[quote name='Hunkies!' date='20 December 2009 - 09:19 AM' timestamp='1261289968' post='440480']
yeah i used to smoke about 3-4 bowls a day and was feeling the same way you do. recently its been down to around 1, maybe two if friends are over. But i feel now that there are some flavors that excite me more than they used to.

But i did just get loads of nakhla and a new KM double trimetal so i bet ill be smokin a little more
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[font="Georgia"][size="3"][color="#4b0082"]Those who know me on chat know that i had friends bring me a TON of shisha from Dubai and typical "enthusiast," I had to try them all, start trying cool mixes! LOL! I think I shisha'd myself out fer a while.

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[Tyler]

It's okay booboo, we can explore cooking, wine, and music until you're ready to smoke again

[newjacksm]

there was a time I would smoke maybe 2 bowls a day. I smoke maybe like 3 bowls a week now some times less. I wouldnt call it less of a desire, I would just say its less of the obsession.


Its like a puppy love stage of relationship with a woman, it dies out after the first couple months.