Helping Someone to Quit Smoking: a Personal Account (Part-2) continued from (Part-1)
Offer as much encouragement as possible for you. Currently my husband is trying to quit smoking and he is just doing his best right now. Well, he used to be a hard-core smoker for past 10 long years. He used to smoke 15-18 cigarettes on a daily basis. He was planning to quit smoking for last few weeks.
He used to started making complain about his own usage and the money wasted on such a bad habit. It was pretty unusual since he always nagged on for the opposite such as “since I am spending so many hours at home working and do not spend much time for amusements, so I can spend money on cigarettes”, or “I love smoking cigarettes, and I find no real reason to quit”.
So, you can see it is quite unusual when initially he started complaining about his smoking habit. I am not saying that my reaction to him was the ideal reaction, but I did only smile, not reacting in other way. But with my smile, I just implied that ‘I am with you’. I believe this is one of the most important things that an addict is looking for.
Offer as much encouragement as possible for you. Currently my husband is trying to quit smoking and he is just doing his best right now. Well, he used to be a hard-core smoker for past 10 long years. He used to smoke 15-18 cigarettes on a daily basis. He was planning to quit smoking for last few weeks.
He used to started making complain about his own usage and the money wasted on such a bad habit. It was pretty unusual since he always nagged on for the opposite such as “since I am spending so many hours at home working and do not spend much time for amusements, so I can spend money on cigarettes”, or “I love smoking cigarettes, and I find no real reason to quit”.
So, you can see it is quite unusual when initially he started complaining about his smoking habit. I am not saying that my reaction to him was the ideal reaction, but I did only smile, not reacting in other way. But with my smile, I just implied that ‘I am with you’. I believe this is one of the most important things that an addict is looking for.
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