Day 3 done!
Third day done! It felt quite easy to be honest.. Easier than I expected anyway. I was trolling though comments from an article about quitting and this one in particular stood out
"When I quit, I had to HIDE it from everybody, because of three kinds of people: 1) people who smoked and teased me thinking they were being funny; 2) smokers who envy me and kept telling their failure stories; 3) people who supported me and felt it was a good idea to talk about smoking EVERY TIME THEY SAW ME.
In short, I had to forget about smoking and I don't even know how long it's been."
So funny for me to read this. My entire family smokes. Parents, grandfather, sisters, closest cousin... And all of them have tried to put ideas in my head about what quitting will be like or having a smoke in front of me kind of mocking what I'm trying to do or always talking about it. This one comment helped me let all that negativity go. Funny how little things can make a huge difference.
I agree. When I have quit in the past and again now, I don't tell people. The pressure they put on you, even though they are trying to help, is not helpful at all. I only use this forum to express my day and feelings.. Oh and 3 days - good on you!
other addicts will dish out the crap to people who stop, it confronts them on all levels so to justify staying in the addiction they have to give you a hard time or look at themselves and the hardest thing for any addict is truth, why? because we have built up a wall of bullsh$t around us to justify what we are doing and it doesn't crumble easy.
IC
Tara, I am experiencing the same sort of issues, my husband and daughter both smoke as well as the majority of my friends, the article you mentioned really brought things home to me so thank you for sharing 3 days is great on the road to being smoke free big hugs
Thanks you guys. Cranky and IC you are so right and Chezzel glad it helped you too. X
Hi Tara 88....ignore the mockers. You only need to please God and yourself in this life. Keep up the good work and don't look back.
I has now been nearly 3 months since I quit. I can't believe how much resistance I have come up against from other smokers. It is like they want to put you down, because they can't give up. Keep up the good work Tara88!