If you were asked to stop cigarettes by your partner or loved one, do you think it would be worth it
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No, because that has to come from oneself.
Peer support goes a long way, intrinsic motivation beats all.
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I cannot say as I do not smoke anymore since over 15 years. But if a guy would be high consumer… I guess I would ask him if the relationship has potential.
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I’ve never smoked but regarding drinking: my partner told me to stop or he was leaving, and I still continued to drink. I wasn’t ready to stop and I’m not proud to say that I didn’t. Not until I had absolutely had enough of myself and was ready for change.
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I quit for my boy 
i didnt know i could do it till i did it
Now they are nothing but a thought in the wind
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If your taught something is good, is it truly good
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Im not singling you out . You do a lot here
But ciggs are bad for you my good friend
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Which also gets me thinking which seems to be the day here
It doesnt take a good teacher
It takes a good person
To learn right from wrong
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My then bestie mocked me and her then boyfriend one afternoon, sitting at her kitchen table. “You both can’t quit smoking. You’re weak boys!” That was 3838 days ago today. My quit survived our friendship. Never again.
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Im sorry to hear about your friend
Id like to hear more
I hope shes ok
Would it be worth it? Sure. Would it be enough to stop someone from smoking? Maybe? I suppose it depends on the person, as well as a lot of other factors. It certainly wasn’t enough for me. My mom and brother begged me to quit for years, but I didn’t quit until I was willing like @JonasE mentioned.
Despite all the negative consequences, which I was well aware of, I smoked for 16 years. Eventually I came to the realization that nicotine was essentially a gateway to my addictive thought patterns, and if I cut it out of my life maybe I wouldn’t have as many urges and craving for other substances. I’m now convinced that having no mind altering substances in my bloodstream is the only way I’ll be able to live a decent life.
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I hope she’s OK too. We haven’t spoken for a couple of years now. We were both damaged in our youths. We survived in our own ways. I went into therapy and became sober. And changed. I guess we both changed. We grew apart. Still love her and miss her but I’m not how and what I was then.
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What were you negative thinking patterns. This i may relate to very good.
Mine are that noises in my head get loud but insted of fighting it, i go with it. I also understand right from wrong and my own thinking habbiits. I almost know i can hear something real in my hounest to god truth
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But my sanity grips to reality by my thought experiments in my public setting lol
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In words of drs im a schizophrenic but to me its so real
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I call the noises thoughts and let them go
And i believe if anyone was mad at me for being the way i am they are wrong because i believe im good and would never hurt a sole. I feel.like if i could break through id like to be the one to do it
I believe technology is further then we truly know
I dont believe im phycic
I think.it was something that was invented, being able to make noises in my head
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But how does a schizophrenic even prove their mental illness is real
Which mine is not from the out comes i do amd test in my public setting
Its like im schizophrenic without fear
100%
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The classics were “I need more x”, “I’m willing to do anything to get y” and “z will make me feel better”. Insert any substance for xyz and those thoughts still remained true for me.
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I was even told of list of rules in my head which included, if i say the hallucinations it becomes real,
This is NOT TRUE
other schizophrenics may believe they heard tge same but thats our human phycology in our schizophrenia
Everyone is different but it takes one bad egg to control a generation
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Lol im changing the name of this thred
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