Stimulation or Relaxation?

[pauls456]

It's effects are complex. Its both a stimulant and a relaxant, depending on the dose, the individual, and the effect being looked at.

 

[warren]

We all do so love our nicotine, admittedly or not.

 

[gamzultovah]

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 is about my same experience, relaxes my body, but stimulates my mind (not in a caffeine way).

 

[mortonbriar]

The way I understand it...

Consumption in the form of a slow burning pipe is more likely to be a relaxant, but nicotine absorbed in faster ways (cigarette, chew, snuff etc) can be a stimulant.

Or your pipe can be a stimulant too, if you are smoking nicotine heavy blends, or back to back bowls...

The scope of individual experience is pretty varied though, as this thread will show you.

 

[ziv]

Morning coffee stimulates my bowel movements. Double effect when paired with a pipe!

 

[The Benedictine]

Morning coffee stimulates my bowel movements. Double effect when paired with a pipe!

A yes, the morning constitutional.

 

[Sig]

I don't usually get a morning pipe.
But piping in general is something I do while relaxing. Im not sure if it relaxes me more than just...well....relaxing.
I have rather hectic days usually. So anytime I just sit, im relaxing. If im just sitting outside, im usually smoking a pipe...or cigar.
Stimulating, no.....but sometimes while smoking I will get an itch(stimulation) to buy WAY too much tobacco...and maybe a pipe.

 

[anotherbob]

nicotine does both. Depends on several factors.

 

[Gerald Boone]

For myself, smoking tobacco consistently relaxes me. I wouldn't say it stimulates me. That said, I almost always have a morning smoke and in a lot of ways that helps me start my day. The coffee probably is the simulant, coffee is the confounding variable; there are two elements in the equation.

 

[Epip Oc'Cabot]

It (for me anyhow) can be either stimulating or relaxing. It depends on what I am desiring. I perhaps smoke differently to have it be one way or the other (perhaps faster for stimulation, slower for relaxation).

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

Nicotine is an enigma.

But it always keeps me coming back for more.

Same thing with THC though... It can do either.

Back when I drank coffee, sometimes even a cup of coffee would make me feel lazy if the conditions were right.

 

[Briarcutter]

I'm sure many people associate the pipe with a tool to relax or stimulate but never thought much about this. I smoke because I enjoy tobacco, when I get the craving I light up. I'm sure though on some level if I feel stressed I go to the pipe for comfort. Maybe that's because I've got the "habit"?