I think when you first start smoking there's a newness to it that amazes people. It's such a totally new sensation that it seems to be more than it is. You laugh a lot more, trip out at little things, etc. After a while you get used to it so it's not as incredible as it once was. Even if you stop for a while to lower your tolerance you'll never have that same feeling as you first did. I stopped for about 5 years (out of 23) once and lost any tolerance I had. The first time I smoked again a little got me totally baked but it just wasn't the same as those days when I very first started smoking.

Kind of like sex.........