Observation: People who give you grief about smoking do not give two fucks when you quit. The only people who care are those who never made it an issue in the first place
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Pretty much this. Walking away from a bad behavior makes it even tougher to comment. There is almost always baggage with most habits (I'm in awe how well you've transitioned btw) and I'm afraid of causing a shame spiral. "How's thing going?" "Yea, not so good right now." Then the shame starts, making the old habit more comfortable, the relapse continues and on you go.
I guess really that's always the big lesson with these changes, you are the captain of your own ship...because you're the entirety of the crew.
It's been an interesting experience. I will still occasionally reach for a cigarette before I realize I no longer smoke. It doesn't bother me, but for a moment I feel out of place, as though something is missing. It hasn't been difficult otherwise.
The whole reason I posted this was some random person at work that I don't really know. I would see them outside once in a while when I smoked and every time, without fail, they would give me grief about it. Once they even stopped and talked to me for my etire smoking session about the evils of smoking. After I had been done with the smoking for a few weeks I saw them outside and I mentioned that I quit and their response was completely dismissive.
It doesn't bother me much, really. I quit for me, so I don't really care, but it's still insulting.
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I guess really that's always the big lesson with these changes, you are the captain of your own ship...because you're the entirety of the crew.
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The whole reason I posted this was some random person at work that I don't really know. I would see them outside once in a while when I smoked and every time, without fail, they would give me grief about it. Once they even stopped and talked to me for my etire smoking session about the evils of smoking. After I had been done with the smoking for a few weeks I saw them outside and I mentioned that I quit and their response was completely dismissive.
It doesn't bother me much, really. I quit for me, so I don't really care, but it's still insulting.
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