“uncontrolled, compulsive use despite harm” For snuff… no. For dip… yes.
A big addict here! Snuff gives me the best satisfaction and enjoyment. I cant live without it.
That’s a terrible definition of addiction. So does that mean Keith Richards who is immune to harm can’t become an addict?
I prefer the I can’t really function without this stuff definition of addiction. Or the ole I feel really bad when I don’t have this stuff.
You can become addicted to non-harmful stuff, like a morning jog for instance. Me, I prefer “obsessed” with snuff, not addicted to.
I call my self a “snuffhead” just like a crack junky would be called a “crackhead” dose that answer anything! lol!!!
Snuff stopped my snus addiction.
I’d say I’m addicted, to a degree, both physically and definitely psychologically.
reminds me of that horrid Robert Palmer song “addicted to love” Which is a much better song if you sub the either the words crack, smack, or snuff.
Snuff is like sex in the nose it never gets old.
bob, the song may be horrid but the video was really great. Addiction is such a loaded word, I’d prefer to think of myself as habituated. It’s all relative. If heroin is a gorilla on your back, cigarettes are maybe a baboon and snuff a baby marmoset.
I used to think I was immune to addictive substances but I now know that to be completely wrong! I am addicted to caffeine, I’m just plain ornery if I don’t get a regular intake! Not so sure about nicotine. I can go through periods of months without touching snuff without any ill effects then start up again. I have never attempted to ‘quit’ taking snuff and until they come up with a study that proves conclusively that snuff causes cancer I don’t believe I will.
@Dave: Did you realize that it sounds, in your comment, like you enjoys sex up the nose?
I’m addicted to buying it (pact will rehab me:(
@ Iggy I know what you mean! My collection got so big I had to throw some of it away!
@Sfingle ha but you know what I mean in the morning is like a “orgasm” for the nose though.
@Dave: Damn good point, man.
This is indeed a question that bothers me a lot since I started to take snuff. I am a former smoker (11 years ago I would have up to 40 cigarettes a day) and I started smoking cigars and the pipe some months ago. (I was - by the way - somehow astonished that it was quite easy not to smoke when there was no opportunity and I have never felt the urge to inhale any smoke yet.) Some weeks ago I (re)discovered snuff and I´m a fan of it now. I do take snuff up to 5 times an hour! and quite big amounts also. And so until recently I was absolutely sure that I was addicted like hell. But some days ago I somehow forgot to snuff for several hours, because I was busy, and… I didn´t feel anything - although - when I think (!) of it, I regularly crave it and I am then sure to be addicted. That is a hint for me that it is not a physical addiction. I´ve been thinking about what I read about snuff users to have the same level of nicotine in their blood as heavy smokers. But I´ve seen people on youtube who go for lines of 9 metres or so. (I´ve already posted that elsewhere.) So, that would be the same thing as to smoke like 100 cigarettes at once, you probably wouldn´t survive it. I believe that these measurements done in a lab have nothing to do with the real thing. By the way, as I am quite well-informed about addiction, did you notice that everyone here is admitting to be addicted or is at least reflecting? One major issue of addiciton is that people concerned deny any addiction. I can´t remember a discussion amongst cigarette smokers asking themselves if they are addicted, if they haven´t already chosen to quit. I´ve heard that quote “If i wanted, I could quit tomorroy right away.” mostly amongst smokers. So, as I wrote this long text here, I once more forgot to snuff and I feel quite relaxed :-). …but I´m looking forward now.
I may be addicted to snuff but it’s certainly not as bad as when I was smoking. I never smoked in my car and could not drive for more than an hour without stopping for a smoke. This past weekend I came back from an upcountry trip and drove for more than 3 hours without snuffing. And I did not “suffer” at all as I would have while I was still smoking. I’ve been at the pc for more than an hour now without taking a pinch. Could not do that while I was smoking. Alcohol is something totally different for me. I’m an alcoholic and won’t touch a drop of alcohol as it would mean committing suicide for me. I quit drinking alcohol on the 24th of December 1993 and that’s why I’m still here to talk about it.
Snus and Snuff aren’t addictions, they are addiction alternatives. That and they get me through most days. Although I still tend to smoke at gigs. Ken