Want to Quit Smoking But Don't Want to Lose Your Smoker Friends? By Steven L Jones At Isnare.com Ezine Articles

The fear of losing your smoker friends while quitting smoking is one of the greatest reasons why people avoid quitting, despite personally wanting to. While it's a valid fear, you aren't committing to losing those friends when you quit.

As a smoker, your smoking buddies are your support network. You don't have to talk to them about personal issues, or anything really meaningful, but there's some kind of unspoken bond formed between you that you fear will be eroded away by your decision to quit. It almost feels like you would be betraying those friends by quitting.

The sad thing is that most likely, the rest of the group feels the same way: they don't want to quit because they feel it would make the rest of the group feel like they're being pushed away. What happens instead is that nobody quits, so the group as a whole continues smoking. This is part of the reason why cigarettes seem so addictive: the psychology of smokers, not physical cravings.

While at first it may seem a bit awkward, you will eventually realize that you can still hang out with them without smoking. For many smokers, cigarettes are an excuse to get a breath of fresh air. You're just as entitled to that fresh air, and can perfectly enjoy being outside without choking yourself down with cigarettes.

It's important to note that some of your friends may seem upset at your decision to quit smoking, at first. Despite what appearances may seem, deep down, they're jealous that you've managed to quit and that they haven't. Your success casts light on their failure to quit smoking, and as such they display their jealousy in the form of anger. Do you really want to stay friends with those who would drag you down like this? People who display these personality traits will also be jealous of any other sort of advancement you make in life, be it financial, dating, or anything else. Jealous people are jealous universally.

Enough about that, though. You're concerned that you're going to lose your friends by quitting. There are a few things that would drive away those friends, and you generally already know them. You know how annoying it is when people who have quit smoking try to babble to you about how much better they feel, and how stupid you are for smoking? Don't be that person, and don't push that on your friends.

The final reason why people would be afraid of losing the friendship of their smoker group by quitting is that they don't think you can be around smokers as you quit smoking. The opposite is actually true: when you've completely banished smoking from your life, you won't feel any urge to smoke by being around smokers. Do non-smokers want to smoke when they're around you? Exactly.

When you quit smoking, you aren't going to become a different person at all. You'll be the same person, just without the cigarettes, and that's a whole lot better.

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