Stimulation or Relaxation?

[gamzultovah]

I recently put up a post asking what your favorite morning smoke is and this has raised another question in my mind: Does your morning smoke provide you with stimulation or relaxation? I’ve often heard people say that their morning smoke “Gets their brain going” almost as if the session was akin to a cup of coffee? Personally, I’ve never been stimulated by tobacco and always relaxed. So, does a pipe stimulate or relax you? Or am I simply misinterpreting what I’m reading?

 

[didimauw]

A pipe relaxes me, but a cigarette or dip get my heart rate going pretty good.

 

[fireground_piper]

It’s never done either for me. Whether I have a pipe at 7am or midnight, it is a neutral experience.

 

[didimauw]

It’s never done either for me. Whether I have a pipe at 7am or midnight, it is a neutral experience.

Then whats the point??

Like really I wanna know lol.

 

[SmokingInTheWind]

It’s never done either for me. Whether I have a pipe at 7am or midnight, it is a neutral experience.

What tobaccos do you smoke that have no effect?

 

[cosmicfolklore]

In the mornings, I usually smoke a low-nicotine blend, like a straight Virginia or just a tasty burley, with my cup of decaf. It's not really for an effect other than just flavor as my system gets going.
Now, before bed, I will smoke a heavy nicotine blend to help me sleep, and that is really the only time I am looking for an effect.

 

[JOHN72]

In addition to the nicotine stimulation, the pleasant and favorite aroma of tobacco, for that early morning start. Besides, if you are a coffee lover, the aroma of freshly brewed coffee is already wonderful. Also getting up refreshed or renovated in the morning, when you have slept well, and you feel rebuilt. Perhaps the senses are more heightened. Over time I have prioritized and chosen "blue or navy" tobaccos in the morning. This is a rookie opinion and is not binding, hahahahahahahahahaha

 

[bobpnm]

I like burley in the morning with black coffee. I just love the taste of this combination. Sitting with a pipe unwinds me. In the morning, it helps me ease into my day. For me, it’s relaxation. I’m more likely to smoke something more nic heavy after dinner.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

More relaxing than stimulating.

 

[khiddy]

For me, a morning smoke with a cup of coffee is stimulating in the sense of finishing the wake-up process and collecting myself for the day. The caffeine plus light nicotine do their thing to get the body moving, but more importantly, it's a bit of reflection time to orient myself to what I have to do during the rest of the day, to prioritize what I have to do, and to set some expectations. Deep thinking, really.

I wish I could do it every day, but I really only get to smoke on my work from home days, because I always feel I should shower afterwards.

 

[The Benedictine]

Higher nic in the morning for stimulation, lower nic for the all day smoke.

 

[Sobrbiker]

Both.

 

[FLDRD]

Yes.

 

[fireground_piper]

Then whats the point??

Like really I wanna know lol.

I just enjoy tobacco. Even when I went through a stint back in college with cigars and cigarettes, I just liked it. Taste, smell, cigar shops, etc.

Dip is the only thing that really hit me, otherwise nicotine never impacted me much. Caffeine also doesn’t impact me much (other than if I take breaks from it, I get headaches and stuff without it), but Iv always been able to drink it first thing in the morning or right before bed.

 

[fireground_piper]

What tobaccos do you smoke that have no effect?

I mostly smoke Virginia blends, a few aromatics and a few VA/Kentucky blends.

 

[The Benedictine]

I just enjoy tobacco. Even when I went through a stint back in college with cigars and cigarettes, I just liked it. Taste, smell, cigar shops, etc.

Dip is the only thing that really hit me, otherwise nicotine never impacted me much. Caffeine also doesn’t impact me much (other than if I take breaks from it, I get headaches and stuff without it), but Iv always been able to drink it first thing in the morning or right before bed.

I'm the same way with caffeine. I drink Café all day long.

 

[Manawydan]

I find that a pipe relaxes my body (mostly because I am not doing anything but smoking the pipe in the moment — makes me slow down and be in the moment), but stimulates my mind.

 

[crazyhog]

I don't smoke often, but when I do it's all about relaxing in a small, quiet park near me. It's usually mid morning with cold flavored water, now in the summer. If it stimulated me, I wouldn't pipe smoke at all.

 

[newbroom]

My first bowl is with coffee and perusing the internet for news and scores. Once I've eaten something, I load a bowl and hit the street for about a 35-45 minute walk around my neighborhood which includes a nice walk up a hill and down. I observe the predawn ambiance while wearing something reflective and carrying a flashlight for whatever. Some days i see cats out and about, other days I might see any number of nocturnal critters.
The rest of the day I'm internet surfing or outside walking under the shade trees out front. I always take a pipe outside when I go there. I feel naked without one.

 

[dottlejockey]

I find that a pipe relaxes my body (mostly because I am not doing anything but smoking the pipe in the moment — makes me slow down and be in the moment), but stimulates my mind.

This.