They say, in all the websites and pamphlets, the pharmacist and my doctor said it too, that when you quit smoking you should tell a lot of people so they can support you.

And so, with this in mind, I told my mother and father in law that i had started chantix. They, more than any person I know, want me to quit. So it made sense to tell them, who best to get support from, than the people closest to me who most want me to quit?

Not so much, as it turns out.

Instead I was subjected to a 40 minute lecture on how, in order to stop smoking I need to want it really bad, and if i cannot do it cold turkey, then obviously I do not want it bad enough and I am just wasting my money.

I was told that if i REALLY wanted to quit I would take cholesterol supplement becuase i need more exercises and that if I would only go for a walk a day, my good cholesterol would go to a better level and I would not need to smoke.

FUCK THEM.

I do want to quit, but I am not an idiot. I have been smoking for OVER half my life, I am not ashamed to admit that i need chemical help to break the habit.

I told them becuase I wanted to here “WOOHOO! You can do it!” not a lecture on why I will fucking fail