I'd say you are definitely not addicted to nicotine. Addicted to the hobby perhaps but so are most people who collect things. I think if you ever wanted to give up tobacco for real you could do it easily, unlike people who are truly addicted to cigarettes and can take years.
So... you could only make it for 3 days when you had challenged yourself to do it for 4 days... as you recognize, you are addicted. To know if you are physically addicted you would have to be for at least one or two weeks smoking-free in order to start feeling withdraw symptoms, so for now you can only be sure that you are mentally addicted, and still doubt about the physical addiction. Anyway, I sincerely wish you good luck with your health, and hope you can quit if one day you wish to.
Yup, I get you brother. Agree with you 100%. Love the pipe rack in back of you too. Way too cool. Come on over to Pipepastor and have a smoke with me brother. Take care. Love the videos. P
I own 4 pipes and I smoke anywhere from 2-10 times a month never every day, I smoke normal size bowls as well, so I'm pretty sure I'm not addicted. you however are addicted. you told yourself you'd go 4 days and you couldn't. I know this is a late response to the videos but still just commenting because I'm bored.
there are psychological addictions to a lot of things. like chocolate, marijuana, or your favorite soda. it just means you could go without it, but you miss it. nicotine is a physical addiction, so you would get withdrawals.
What brand names of big bowl bend pipes (around $100 - $150) would you recomended? Ardor, Peterson? Again I don't want to any more than $150, but at the same time I want it to be a big bowl and bend, please help me with brand names of pipes that fit this description, thanks Evan
I usually only smoke a few bowls a month, so the challenge would be nothing out of the ordinary for me! You get such a low dose of nicotine and the content is also lower in pipe tobacco than cigarettes + your not taking the smoke into your lungs so I don't think it is addictive. A new pipe is truly very hard to resist even if, like me, all you can afford is a corncob. I can only imagine the temptation of a custom tooled beauty like that! *Makes manly (Tim Taylor like) Grunts*
Pipes and Cigars are much harder to get addicted to because normally you don't inhale, ciggeretts though are much easier to get addicted, however I can smoke only a couple a week so I don't consider myself addicted
man, look into the electronic pipe (type dse 601 in youtube) they dont have tabacco, dont cause cancer, and dont make your lungs black (and you can have it with ncotine in it)
Why are your pipes in the background hanging with bowl up? Bowl down is the preferred method, so any resin will run down into the bowl, carbonizing it.
hey an been watchin vids for a bit very nice pipe collection you have i had a question cuz iv seen other pipe vids people have the same lighter as you wonderin what type it is and where could i get it
Smoke and enjoy it, if you can limit yourself. I love to smoke my pipe but I do not delude myself about the addictive nature of nicotine. Almost without exception, anyone who smokes as little as even one bowl every other day or more, for more than two weeks, will start to become addicted and reach almost irreversible dependence soon thereafter. Recidivism rates are in the high 90s for those who temporarily quit. Please, by all means, do doubt me but also, if you dont believe me, look it up.
2b: "(esp. in contemporary writing) a manner of organizing a thought so as to give full expression to contradictory or complementary impulses, attitudes, etc., esp. as a means of indicating detachment from a subject, theme, or emotion. "
I think that you are not addicted to smoking... you are only addicted to your pipes... ;-)
What would happen if you put your pipes into your mouth without smoking them? Would this make any difference to you? Or is it an addiction to tobacco smoke in the end?
I'm still addicted to cigarettes but trying to quit, its not easy. However, I never find that I have a craving for my pipe, the two are quite different.
It wasn't fair to have a freshly repaired pipe arrive during your lay-off time. I smoke a bowl or two before work, and one after I come back home. I don't miss it while I am at work where it is prohibited. I was a cigarette addict with a 3 pack a day habit, so I know what a smoking addiction is, and I can say without a doubt that pipe smoking isn't physically addictive, however the hobby/enjoyment of it is missed when you break from it. At least you had some success- Kenny
i have this same experience. i smoked 2 packs a day, then picked up pipe smoking instead, and since ive been on both sides of the fence, i can tell ya, im not addicted to tobacco from the pipes. im addicted to the enjoyment i get out of smoking
most of the smokers r mentally addicted byond the nic as the wa[y the hold there cigs or pipes but with the pipes its diffrent bcz the nics level r way more lower asmatter of intake with out inhaling,,dnt let the guilt be ur motivation as it will creatstress which pipe smoking first target is to eleminate it
I'm mentally addicted to pipe smoking. I think about smoking cause of my head and heart, not cause of my body. I'm only physically addicted to food and drink....and se_. Smoking may take a few days off your life but they will be GREAT days.
Pipe smoking isn't addictive, if you smoke cigarets that is rely addictive. I smoke pipe and cigarets, I just spended a week not smoking my pipe but still I smoked cigarets.
Let's face it: nicotine is addictive. It may be easier to quit pipes than say cigarettes, but there will still be withdrawal.
However, if it's something you enjoy doing, then it's your right to do it. I think most of us are well-informed and intelligent enough to know that there are health risks to our hobby. But just about everything you do (or don't do) is a potential health risk anyway. We only go around once - let's have fun with it :)
It's now Thursday and I'm still not smoking my pipes, and not noticing any odd behaviors (like snapping at people). So Sunday to Thursday ... I'll be on a road trip this weekend and I'll enjoy a pipe then. I have to concur with Pipefriend - it's the hobby aspect I miss much more than the tobacco. -Tom
Honestly, I haven't been smoking long enough to become addicted but I sure as hell don't plan on skipping a day. In fact I just made a pact with myself to smoke an EXTRA bowl everyday for four days in honor of people that hate on pipe smokers.
then again, this raises the question. is it necessarily bad to be addicted to pipes if you guinely enjoy smoking them? i'm addicted to pipe smoking and not bothered by that in the least because i really love to smoke. so, me? addicted? yes sir and happily so! :)
Haha, I only made it until today too. I got a new pipe from Ebay in the mail yesterday, so that was hard to resist. But I got my new, unsmoked Nording and some new tobacco in the mail today. I couldn't resist that. How could anyone? I say that excitement doesn't equal addiction. I think I could have made it 4 days if my new stuff didn't come in the mail. Oh well.
Because many people are just used to smoking in the car or on the phone and stuff like that. Most argue that is why they smoke because it is habit forming not addictive.
So you can't sit at your computer and not think about smoking? I think you did good enough to prove that you are not addicted to tobacco though. Merely that you enjoy smoking a pipe. Like I said I haven't smoked since early Dec. and I am fine without. But maybe tonight i will =)
oh really? Mind games now. Just for that, I'm going to smoke my pipe right now. Mmm.....relaxation and the smell of the rich tobacco in the air. MMMmmm.
I'd say you are definitely not addicted to nicotine. Addicted to the hobby perhaps but so are most people who collect things. I think if you ever wanted to give up tobacco for real you could do it easily, unlike people who are truly addicted to cigarettes and can take years.
AusShinDig 8 months ago
So... you could only make it for 3 days when you had challenged yourself to do it for 4 days... as you recognize, you are addicted. To know if you are physically addicted you would have to be for at least one or two weeks smoking-free in order to start feeling withdraw symptoms, so for now you can only be sure that you are mentally addicted, and still doubt about the physical addiction. Anyway, I sincerely wish you good luck with your health, and hope you can quit if one day you wish to.
luisgrossinhodiasdas 9 months ago
Great points! Never had a physical withdrawal but when I got back on the stuff. . . The only way to explain it is like a hug from an old friend.
MrKurtfinn 9 months ago
Yup, I get you brother. Agree with you 100%. Love the pipe rack in back of you too. Way too cool. Come on over to Pipepastor and have a smoke with me brother. Take care. Love the videos. P
PipePastor 10 months ago
ah! found a third.. dudeski just enjoy the hobby stuffing your pipe with a fine baccy, i think thats what matters.
metalishkitten 1 year ago
no i could not resist, but not been abel to find in my price range, i want a giant in that shap but no more then 100
kc4x4nut 1 year ago
THing seems like a resin factory...Id smoke weed in it. I cant stand cold tobacco resin. Love the weed resin though...shit is great.
MrTex1987 1 year ago
I own 4 pipes and I smoke anywhere from 2-10 times a month never every day, I smoke normal size bowls as well, so I'm pretty sure I'm not addicted. you however are addicted. you told yourself you'd go 4 days and you couldn't. I know this is a late response to the videos but still just commenting because I'm bored.
Triclone8706 1 year ago
Here's a video of me smoking the same day I got a colonoscopy Marc
SmokingEssy7887 1 year ago
you gotta tell me where you got that lighter!
parkerschwend 1 year ago
@parkerschwend Sorry , but it has been so long. Can't remember
PipeFriendCHS 1 year ago
there are psychological addictions to a lot of things. like chocolate, marijuana, or your favorite soda. it just means you could go without it, but you miss it. nicotine is a physical addiction, so you would get withdrawals.
moguls914 1 year ago
That pipe is wayyyy too big for your head. Its ridiculous.
dror91 1 year ago
@dror91 I agree, but it is such a cool long smoke
PipeFriendCHS 1 year ago
What brand names of big bowl bend pipes (around $100 - $150) would you recomended? Ardor, Peterson? Again I don't want to any more than $150, but at the same time I want it to be a big bowl and bend, please help me with brand names of pipes that fit this description, thanks Evan
Essy7887 2 years ago
@Essy7887 Baronet, Mario Grandi
PipeFriendCHS 2 years ago
i find my self just placing a pipe in my mouth without packing it and just drawing in the flavor of the last smoke
i think i just really like the feel of a pipe in my mouth
makes me feel upper class haha
250lespaul 2 years ago
what's the biggest pipe you own (in terms of size of the bowl) and how much did it cost?
SmokingEssy7887 2 years ago
My giant ardor poker, $350
PipeFriendCHS 2 years ago
I usually only smoke a few bowls a month, so the challenge would be nothing out of the ordinary for me! You get such a low dose of nicotine and the content is also lower in pipe tobacco than cigarettes + your not taking the smoke into your lungs so I don't think it is addictive. A new pipe is truly very hard to resist even if, like me, all you can afford is a corncob. I can only imagine the temptation of a custom tooled beauty like that! *Makes manly (Tim Taylor like) Grunts*
Killedkennyagain 2 years ago
do u smoke fags cigerets
fag is english slang 4 cig
bob0marly0the0legend 2 years ago
Pipes and Cigars are much harder to get addicted to because normally you don't inhale, ciggeretts though are much easier to get addicted, however I can smoke only a couple a week so I don't consider myself addicted
Essy7887 2 years ago
Im addicted to both haha
CigarGuyLee 2 years ago
if ur adicted to cigars or pipes u are still adicted to all smoking tobaco products
like fags (cigs) shisha thats good try it
bob0marly0the0legend 2 years ago
man, look into the electronic pipe (type dse 601 in youtube) they dont have tabacco, dont cause cancer, and dont make your lungs black (and you can have it with ncotine in it)
BondservantLZ 2 years ago
im sure you can find alternatives to tobacco so you can still have fun with your pipes. idk what it would be, but im sure theres something
fluffy2700 2 years ago
i can think of one really nice alternative to tobacco. . . need i say it?
thcrs1 2 years ago
haha ganja
bob0marly0the0legend 2 years ago
Why are your pipes in the background hanging with bowl up? Bowl down is the preferred method, so any resin will run down into the bowl, carbonizing it.
thetoadsbool 2 years ago
I can place more pipes that way
PipeFriendCHS 2 years ago
That's a fine lookin' giant. You have quite a collection! How many?
bigsaxman 2 years ago
70 pipes
PipeFriendCHS 2 years ago
would you wanna send one this way? :)
hasanmahdiink 2 years ago
Looking very good puffing on your Tim Thorp -- enjoy!
Nope, I wouldn't be able to resist a great pipe like that either.
Pipeman1 2 years ago
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dude, you smoke huge bowls of very _strong_ ass tobaccos!
of course you're addicted to nocotine, there's absolutely no doubt about it
pinochet222 2 years ago
*nicotine
pinochet222 2 years ago
OK, where can a get one of those pipes? I have some Johs Giants ... hard to find giants with this kind of girth (2.5 inch+ outside diameter )
kinnscience 2 years ago
hey an been watchin vids for a bit very nice pipe collection you have i had a question cuz iv seen other pipe vids people have the same lighter as you wonderin what type it is and where could i get it
paintballstylz 3 years ago
It was a present, not sure
PipeFriendCHS 3 years ago
Dude, that pipe is huge!
tre1120 3 years ago 2
Yep love it
PipeFriendCHS 3 years ago
If you enjoy it, go ahead and treat yourself to it. You can't stop everything you start with...
Life is here for our enjoyment. Don't miss out : )
Greenleaf30 3 years ago
Smoke and enjoy it, if you can limit yourself. I love to smoke my pipe but I do not delude myself about the addictive nature of nicotine. Almost without exception, anyone who smokes as little as even one bowl every other day or more, for more than two weeks, will start to become addicted and reach almost irreversible dependence soon thereafter. Recidivism rates are in the high 90s for those who temporarily quit. Please, by all means, do doubt me but also, if you dont believe me, look it up.
Iopoiuy5 3 years ago
Nope...I could NOT resist a pipe like that either my Pipefriend!!
MKERonster 3 years ago
I think you are right
PipeFriendCHS 3 years ago
It's like sex, or ballet-going, or one's mother: you can miss it without being addicted.
Addiction is a medical condition. Missing what one enjoys is just a normal human emotion.
AulicExclusiva 3 years ago
It's sort of weird that you used both your mother and sex in the same eset of examples I think.
jedillama9 3 years ago
IRONY (noun):
2b: "(esp. in contemporary writing) a manner of organizing a thought so as to give full expression to contradictory or complementary impulses, attitudes, etc., esp. as a means of indicating detachment from a subject, theme, or emotion. "
AulicExclusiva 3 years ago
You posted this because...I mean, I just wouldn't have thought that to be an example of irony.
jedillama9 3 years ago
I once had a cold that affected my taste and it made every pipe taste like asphalt, I didn't smoke for like 5 days
PipeFriendCHS 3 years ago
But seriously, there is know way i'd have been able to resist smoking that pipe if it arrived at my door, so it is fully understandable.
PipeIsh 3 years ago
Yeah right. Couldn't make it a whole 3 days even? You're addicted, dude, accept it and move on. ;^)
PipeIsh 3 years ago
I think that you are not addicted to smoking... you are only addicted to your pipes... ;-)
What would happen if you put your pipes into your mouth without smoking them? Would this make any difference to you? Or is it an addiction to tobacco smoke in the end?
Cheers
Lars
larshermanns 3 years ago
That will make a great video/tes!
PipeFriendCHS 3 years ago
I'm still addicted to cigarettes but trying to quit, its not easy. However, I never find that I have a craving for my pipe, the two are quite different.
olympiawa 3 years ago
It wasn't fair to have a freshly repaired pipe arrive during your lay-off time. I smoke a bowl or two before work, and one after I come back home. I don't miss it while I am at work where it is prohibited. I was a cigarette addict with a 3 pack a day habit, so I know what a smoking addiction is, and I can say without a doubt that pipe smoking isn't physically addictive, however the hobby/enjoyment of it is missed when you break from it. At least you had some success- Kenny
k1hasard 3 years ago
i have this same experience. i smoked 2 packs a day, then picked up pipe smoking instead, and since ive been on both sides of the fence, i can tell ya, im not addicted to tobacco from the pipes. im addicted to the enjoyment i get out of smoking
chrisisaboss707 3 years ago
most of the smokers r mentally addicted byond the nic as the wa[y the hold there cigs or pipes but with the pipes its diffrent bcz the nics level r way more lower asmatter of intake with out inhaling,,dnt let the guilt be ur motivation as it will creatstress which pipe smoking first target is to eleminate it
cheers
ahmad
ahmedsadik1983 3 years ago
I'm mentally addicted to pipe smoking. I think about smoking cause of my head and heart, not cause of my body. I'm only physically addicted to food and drink....and se_. Smoking may take a few days off your life but they will be GREAT days.
victory01 3 years ago
Pipe smoking isn't addictive, if you smoke cigarets that is rely addictive. I smoke pipe and cigarets, I just spended a week not smoking my pipe but still I smoked cigarets.
Edgrs 3 years ago
Dude.. if it's not affecting your health, then it's fine..addicted or not, it makes you happy...
As you said, there's no Physical Reaction... Which is explained by the fact that you don't inhale..
Don't let that turn you down.. Have a pipe and be happy..=]
redeyednorn 3 years ago
dude, glad your back at it. I agree its a love of the hobby not addiction to the tobacco, that keeps pipe smokers at it!
I also agree 100% on the saddle bits...way more comfortable in the mouth then tapered bits!
awesomelydangerous 3 years ago
Let's face it: nicotine is addictive. It may be easier to quit pipes than say cigarettes, but there will still be withdrawal.
However, if it's something you enjoy doing, then it's your right to do it. I think most of us are well-informed and intelligent enough to know that there are health risks to our hobby. But just about everything you do (or don't do) is a potential health risk anyway. We only go around once - let's have fun with it :)
ThisNameAvailable 3 years ago
I think so too
PipeFriendCHS 3 years ago
ya thats it =] not physically... but mentally addicted
chrisisaboss707 3 years ago
It's now Thursday and I'm still not smoking my pipes, and not noticing any odd behaviors (like snapping at people). So Sunday to Thursday ... I'll be on a road trip this weekend and I'll enjoy a pipe then. I have to concur with Pipefriend - it's the hobby aspect I miss much more than the tobacco. -Tom
boxerguy1958 3 years ago
Honestly, I haven't been smoking long enough to become addicted but I sure as hell don't plan on skipping a day. In fact I just made a pact with myself to smoke an EXTRA bowl everyday for four days in honor of people that hate on pipe smokers.
spiderface76 3 years ago
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subotaj 3 years ago
rofl
PipeFriendCHS 3 years ago
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saxmanmax 3 years ago
then again, this raises the question. is it necessarily bad to be addicted to pipes if you guinely enjoy smoking them? i'm addicted to pipe smoking and not bothered by that in the least because i really love to smoke. so, me? addicted? yes sir and happily so! :)
BedfordBears 3 years ago
Well, I'm glad you're back.
Thanks for the comment on the video and putting up with my nagging.
FFRQ 3 years ago
Haha, I only made it until today too. I got a new pipe from Ebay in the mail yesterday, so that was hard to resist. But I got my new, unsmoked Nording and some new tobacco in the mail today. I couldn't resist that. How could anyone? I say that excitement doesn't equal addiction. I think I could have made it 4 days if my new stuff didn't come in the mail. Oh well.
nyelton22 3 years ago
So would you say that guy was right then??
Because many people are just used to smoking in the car or on the phone and stuff like that. Most argue that is why they smoke because it is habit forming not addictive.
So you can't sit at your computer and not think about smoking? I think you did good enough to prove that you are not addicted to tobacco though. Merely that you enjoy smoking a pipe. Like I said I haven't smoked since early Dec. and I am fine without. But maybe tonight i will =)
PhoenixIgnite 3 years ago
actually, I havent smoked my pipe in 3 months. Beat that!
rogermoore27 3 years ago
I wouldn't want to! But I have gone for a long time without smoking.
devildog2568 3 years ago
oh really? Mind games now. Just for that, I'm going to smoke my pipe right now. Mmm.....relaxation and the smell of the rich tobacco in the air. MMMmmm.
rogermoore27 3 years ago
So it means you are not addicted to tobacco.. but to pipes!!!
superpelic 3 years ago
I think you are right, I titled the video after your comment
PipeFriendCHS 3 years ago
wah sniffle i believed in you waah
GTREDWALL 3 years ago