Quit Smoking Support

Quit Smoking Help and Support from Family and Friends

There are two groups of family members and friends.

1. Those who do not smoke:
   they do not understand or feel how extremely difficult it is to overcome your smoking addiction. They also do not understand your desire to quit smoking.
   
   
2. Those who smoke:
   Some of them may have attempted to quit smoking but failed or some of them may not want to quit smoking at all. These are the friends or family members that are placing pressure on you to abort your quit smoking attempt and undermine your quit smoking effort.
   
   Why?
   It is because when you are going to a different direction from the norm, people close to you may try to hold you back. If you quit smoking successfully, this in turn place the pressure and spotlight on your family members and friends who are still smoking.

Your challenge
Your job is to surround yourself with positive people and those who are ex-smokers, either through talking to them or reading about various successful quit smoking case studies.

As for the case of the naysayers, let them know that if they are not willing to encourage you to quit smoking, they should keep their mouth shut while you quit.

What to tell your family members and friends when you are quitting smoking:

• to give you positive encouragement
• not to nag at you
• not to point out your faults, mistakes and slips
• praise you for your small victories (for eg crossing your 2 week without smoking)
• ask them to be understanding during the times when you become snappy or impatient
  

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