I will not smoke today.   I am an ex-smoker and recovering nicotine drug addict.  If I have a bad day I know it is part of the healing, not a setback. 

Hi Lucie,

Owning up, especially to those closest to us, can be very liberating in itself and helpful to our quit.  Let's be honest, they probably know about much of the smoking anyway as we used to stink like an old ashtray - however hard we tried not to with mints, breath fresheners, etc.  We should also give them more credit for understanding what it's like to stop.  They may not be smokers themselves, but they are not as stupid as we may try to treat them.  As addicts we kid ourselves that all around us are stupid, not knowing what we are doing, unsuspecting, when the reality is often the opposite.
 
My daughter is 38.  When I told her I had been smoking 30+ a day she told me she realised it was more than 2 - 4 as I had said, but she didn't know the true amount.  She was pleased I told her and, although she has never smoked, is now my biggest quit fan, always asking details of my quit meter and of the latest health improvements. 

Before I told her, she had noticed I had stopped smoking the previous week, but she didn't say anything for fear of upsetting whatever it was I was trying to achieve.  So you see, those non-smokers closest to us will often walk on eggshells in trying to understand, even though we shut them out.

It's never too late to change our behaviour towards our loved ones and it's certainly never to late to decide NTAP. 

John (JW)

If you want to quit, surround yourself with successful quitters.  After 1 month, 1 weeks, 2 days, 11 hours, 20 mins without a fix, I have successfully turned my back on 1184 nicotine providers which would have cost me £386.62.  In doing so, I have gained an extra 4 days, 2 hours, 40 minutes to feel good about life.