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Originally Posted by Katie0225  I have almost 5 mo. of clean time and really want to quit smoking. Many people in the program told me I shouldn't for multiple reasons. |
I don't know what they are telling newcomers at your meeting but the NA meeting I went to gave no such advice.
What I was advised by the oldtimers was that unless I felt certain I could really handle it then I should
"quit one addiction at a time" starting with the ones that were causing me the most immediate harm.
I am smoke free now going on 4 years and I can tell you this much. THERE IS NO WAY IN HELL I COULD HAVE GOTTEN CLEAN IF I HAD GIVEN UP MY CIGARETTES AROUND THE SAME TIME I QUIT THE DRUGS.
The support I have gotten from my friends in NA when I finally quit has been tremendous. Some of them even still refuse to smoke around me and I would have to break their arm off before any one of them would give me a cigarette.
I knew I would quit cigarettes one day but for years after I got clean I still required a "crutch" to help me through the stress of adapting to life without hard drugs.
I cannot imagine any rational person at an NA meeting you telling you that you "shouldn't quit for multiple reasons"