I have seen several posts about the lack of support from family/friends/Ex-community members and I decided to write a blog about how I feel about it. I hope no one take this the wrong way…It’s just my two cents.
When I announced to my family that I had set a quit date of course they were happy for me but not one of them asked in the last 82 days of my quit how things were going. Does that bother me? NOPE. It doesn’t bother me because I am not quitting for them, I am quitting for me and that is what’s important. My feelings aren’t hurt just because they don’t ask how I am managing my quit.
After only being quit 5 days I had my biggest challenge. My son left a pack of cigs and lighter on a shelf in my garage and World War 3 did not break out…..I simply told him to remove them and not to bring cigs in my home again. I could have easily taken his lapse of memory personal but I did not because my quit is for me and no one else. Getting upset would not have erased the memory of seeing those cigs. and besides he is 'relearning' the fact that I don't smoke anymore.
It’s really nice when I blog and I get comments from you guys and I thank you for them. However if I never get another comment on this board that will be fine too. My blogging is for me.... to release any frustrations, express challenges and successes I may have encounter on a particular day. So if it seems like your friends or family is not concerned about your quit try not to let it bother you….It’s going to be OKAY. You are going to be OKAY because you are quitting for YOU. Sometime we have to be our own Cheerleader.
The journey continues.
