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[–]Rapn3rd 5 points6 points  (1 child)


Making it public knowledge(to close people in your life, not everyone) is important, but more so than that, is being comfortable having that discourse open.

I was smoking at least once a day for the last year, and the 3 years prior much more. You can be great on weed, but you'd be better sober.

What is important is finding activities to replace smoking. I enjoy meditation, working out, running especially, and really any other hobbies you can think of.

Most importantly though, you have to want to stop, until then, you won't.

What finally helped me was the building rage within me that I was too weak to change my own situation. I think you'll eventually get there, but this sub can be a good first step in getting there.

[–]yangYing 0 points1 point  (0 children)


I'd have said it's important to be honest with yourself, and being open and honest with the people in your life quickens this, and lifts shame and clarifies decisions and actions around r.e. these people ... etc, but isn't specifically required per se for sobriety.

Sometimes you really can't share with the wider world. And that's OK - it just makes that journey slightly more complicated.

And occasionally it seems like people make these heavy confessions believing it'll make everything easier - but no, it just makes it simpler to be honest with yourself, which is still hard.