[colecampbell666]

AAAh. good news. Spring is rolling around and **** up here is finally starting to melt. I can go out running here in the next two weeks and bike riding. The qutting future.

If you don't like snow then why do you live in Alaska? 

[S-99]

I must like the really short summers.

[Whitelight]

Sorry for going off topic, but I was courious.
How do you get around, being in the dark for months at a time? I`m not really sure how long the darkness lasts there, but know its long..

I live in the eastern states, I go to work in the dark, and at the end of my shift, I go home in the dark. I found that at that time of year, depression would set in. I`m not like that now, but it affected me in a monumental way. Just thought you may have seen this in people during the dark period.

Ok back on topic, I have smoked most of my life, my mother, and my father, both smoked also. I`m not knocking smoking as being cool eather, as I to have seen the affect it has had on me. If I had my way, I would have never started smoking, yea I`ve said that , over the years, but. 
I really don`t have room to talk, but take the years I wanted to quit, and didn`t has come with a cost.. 

I have days where I smoke less, and some days, I smoke more, I guess it all boils down to how I handle stress.
Which also depends on what caused the stress in the first place. I won`t pull no punches, smoking is bad.

Things caused by smoking.
(Bad breath)  If not treated, don`t talk..  Thats easy for me, because, i`m quiet most of the time.
(Yellowing of the teeth)  If not treated, don`t smile.. Thats easy for me, I have false teeth.
(Shortness of breath) If not treated, don`t run a marithon.. Easy for me, again, I drive.
(Loss of appetite) If not treated. Get used to being thin. Thats easy yet again, cause I never ate that much anyway.

Its an expensive habit here in the states, a carton cost $37.00 here. And thats a ritual, a carton a week
Smoking sucks, what more can I say...

AS for me quiting, I have tried it many, many times, but (stress) 

[haloboy100]

Here in Canada we got this thing called stupid.ca to help deal with smokers. It's government funded, but it's not bad quality IMO.

[S-99]

When winter hits up here in alaska. We generally have day light at least 4 hours a day every day in winter. It's not darkness all day long, but can be close to it. And yeah it can be depressing. But, for me the me getting depressed comes from seeing all of my friends depressed. When that happens i just stay away from them.

But, this winter took the cake compared to any other winter. This winter was horrible, everyone becoming alcoholics, etc. There's not much i could do about it since this really seems to be the year of people without self help. All of my friends this semester just wont follow good advice or help themselves in any positive way. I'm waiting for spring to hit so i can at least start rampaging around again. On the other hand break up started this week and it was warm enough for me to ride my bike.

And yeah even myself i'm feeling a lot better knowing that the earliness of spring has started. The moment i can rampage (me going wild and crazy for long amounts of time) i'll feel back to normal. Part time rampaging has already happened. My ex who i discovered was an alcoholic and broke up with her, she suffers from extremely low self esteem, she also doesn't know how to help herself (where do these people come from, there's a lot of them this year in fairbanks). I tried helping her out by keeping a new guy who liked to take advantage of her away, but she still hung out with him. What an idiot. So now i use her own tools against her. Tonight she was drunk and making coffee, i was amazed at the amount of febreze i sprayed on the back of her legs that she didn't notice. I also hid her alcohol bottle in her own room. It was funny, she was going to go out for a smoke, and then she's like "hey i'm wet, i need to get a new pair of socks on". I didn't realize i sprayed that much febreze on her. After that, she don't know where her vodka went. I was the nice guy and gave her some fresh scent alcohol abstinence.

I don't get people this year. Riding my bike and doing other things that actually takes me around the city so far seems to keep me from smoking. So far this is really cool with the season changing. But, yeah, the long winters up here get annoying.

[Whitelight]

Thanks for the reply, its nice to have the truth about the winters there.  Yeah, alcohol is a problem here to, at this time of year.

We had our worst winter storm of the season, dumped 16 inches on us. My snowblower got a good workout, and our driveway is now open. 

[S-99]

It's not that the snow was so bad. It didn't really snow that much in interior at all. But, it did get really windy and that blows snow around. So every day you got snow drifts where there wasn't the day before. This winter just really had too much darkness both literally and metaphorically. It's still nice that break up is in process though. I'm actually waking up to when the sun rises. Even when i go to sleep at 5am and wake up at 8am. That sun is powerful! And necessary. It really makes you appreciate sun light after an alaskan winter. I know this winter i was wiating a long time for it to come back  **** just feels more right now.

[Nuke]

if you bought youre bike in juneau, theres a possibility that i built it.
muahaha hahaha ahahahahaha

i rather like not having any natural light for half the year, it better matches my mood. summer is cool cause you can go out and do whatever till 10PM or so without the lack of light being a concern. i once lived up in anchorage, and i remember going to the store at 1am and it being bright as day. as for winter i think everyone just dims their lighting a little, so the eyes spend less time to adjust and you gain night vision faster.