I Did Not Enjoy That

[depriest1022]

Ok. I was having a pleasant evening by relaxing, watching baseball, and enjoying a nice bowl of PS Luxury Navy Flake. The baseball game was still going when the bowl ended, so what would be wrong with a another bowl, right? I load up some C&D epiphany to finish the game.

As the bowl was half gone, I started to get light-headed and some slight nausea. By the time the game was over, I was definitely nic sick. That was unpleasant to say the least.

I am a fairly new pipe smoker after abstaining from all tobacco for 47 years. One bowl a day is probably my limit. That’s a handy fact to keep in your back pocket (your limit).

 

[Sweet Home Alabama]

Were you inhaling?

 

[pantsBoots]

Ok. I was having a pleasant evening by relaxing, watching baseball, and enjoying a nice bowl of PS Luxury Navy Flake. The baseball game was still going when the bowl ended, so what would be wrong with a another bowl, right? I load up some C&D epiphany to finish the game.

As the bowl was half gone, I started to get light-headed and some slight nausea. By the time the game was over, I was definitely nic sick. That was unpleasant to say the least.

I am a fairly new pipe smoker after abstaining from all tobacco for 47 years. One bowl a day is probably my limit. That’s a handy fact to keep in your back pocket (your limit).

Lim-it? What is this "limit of which you speak?

Just kidding. If you're new to nicotine, going slow is a good strategy. It can definitely get you the spins and make you feel a little green if you overdo it.

 

[mso489]

Yup, nicotine buzz happens, and sometimes it goes beyond pleasant. Take it slow with the second bowls. You may develop more resistance, or you may not. Milder blends may help too. Most online retailers have a rating for each blend's strength (nicotine). I've only been hit once or twice with light headedness, but fortunately I was headed to bed anyway. Sir Walter Raleigh is pretty low nic, for one, but there are many milder blends.

 

[depriest1022]

Were you inhaling?

No, but I had a fairly empty stomach.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Those are fairly light in the nicotine department as well. Definitely avoid rustica tobacco.

 

[Casual]

It’s happened to me. It’s good to have a quick snack handy and know your low nicotine blends if you decide to go over your tolerance.

 

[mso489]

Being well hydrated (drinking lots of waters) also helps. A substantial meal is best.

 

[OzPiper]

TobaccoReviews give a "strength" rating which may be of help in picking milder blends.

 

[saltedplug]

Nicotine tolerance builds with time. I started courting it after 3 or 4 years of smoking. At first I was wary of it but then I got sloppy and completely sold out, and within a year or two it was most of what I smoked. I had thought I liked DBE better than DF, because it was more complex, but smoking shag never took, and meanwhile I was cozying up to the deeper taste of DF.

I continued to adore it and smoke it because it very reliably kicked me in the head, and I liked being kicked in the head.

 

[Aomalley27]

This is why I usually have an ice water or a Sun tea with my pipe. Helps mitigate the nic dizzies (which I’ve get after three or four bowls in quick succession).

 

[danimalia]

It is a real fine line sometimes between the pleasurable effects of nicotine and an overdose that leaves you feeling sick. I can totally relate, because the same thing happens to me sometimes. I'll finish a smoke while watching a game or something, and even though I know I just smoked something substantial, my lizard brain will kick in with, "some nicotine good, more nicotine better," and leave me feeling sick and over stimulated.

 

[Sweet Home Alabama]

When I started chewing tobacco decades ago I got very sick. I finally got over the addiction in ‘95 and have no motivation to use it again. So far, no problem with pipes. I just retrohale.

 

[Parkland_Puffer]

I've had the same thing happen to me a couple times.
Now I know which brands that I smoke have higher levels of nicotine and always make sure to stop after one bowl of a stronger blend. I always also make sure I have eaten.

When I watch a game I smoke a low nicotine blend so that I can refill as needed without any concerns.

 

[kcghost]

"A man's got to know his limitations".

Clint Eastwood

 

[mithridate]

When I got started with pipe smoking, half a bowl made me feel light headed. Nowadays it requires a big bowl, but it still happens now and then after winter, during which I smoke occasionally or not at all.
Just once have I packed another bowl immediately after finishing the first. It happened when I was having a long and complicated Chess game with a friend of mine, and he was really taking his time to figure out the best tactix. It was not a good idea, though, and it is emphasized a lot by fact that now I can't even remember whether I ended up winning or losing the game. It is very unusual for me to forget the result of any game I have played, if I am able to recall it. Propably I got too light headed and blundered my Queen.

 

[anotherbob]

Ok. I was having a pleasant evening by relaxing, watching baseball, and enjoying a nice bowl of PS Luxury Navy Flake. The baseball game was still going when the bowl ended, so what would be wrong with a another bowl, right? I load up some C&D epiphany to finish the game.

As the bowl was half gone, I started to get light-headed and some slight nausea. By the time the game was over, I was definitely nic sick. That was unpleasant to say the least.

I am a fairly new pipe smoker after abstaining from all tobacco for 47 years. One bowl a day is probably my limit. That’s a handy fact to keep in your back pocket (your limit).

nicotine metabolizes quickly. Meaning it's not a matter of how many in a day as much as how soon afterwards. I always find over doing nic funny in that I can't stand any more and feel sick for 1/2 an hour and then shortly after that I feel like oh I need nicotine.

 

[Ethan]

You might be a little hasty blaming the nicotine...watching baseball would make me feel kind of sick after a while too. Good luck!

 

[bullet08]

I guess I took too much insulin after lunch. All sweating and lightheaded after the smoke. Two hard candies fixed the problem.

 

[anotherbob]

I guess I took too much insulin after lunch. All sweating and lightheaded after the smoke. Two hard candies fixed the problem.

sugar helps with the symptoms of nicotine poisoning (as defined by enough to make you feel bad not good).