I think you are a bit misguided, I hope you aren't thinking about counselling.
I was thinking the same about you.
I think you are a bit misguided, I hope you aren't thinking about counselling.
LOL! I was a volunteer drug and alcohol counselor for several years.
I am happy for you that it was so easy for you to quit your cigarette addiction, but that doesn't mean everyone is alike.Do you struggle with your tobacco addition?
I am happy for you that it was so easy for you to quit your cigarette addiction, but that doesn't mean everyone is alike.
I've stated the differences, the reasons for them and examples of both for them, if you don't understand at this point then there's nothing else I can offer you to help you understand.Just for clarification, there are non-addictive people who are addicts, and there are addictive people who are addicts, is this what you are stating?
What works for you isn't what works for everyone. I wouldn't have quit on my own, there are so many that I thank for that, but had I not quit, I would probably be dead. I was mentor and then a counselor, not for the prestige, but because I wanted to give back what was given to me. I certainly wasn't programmed in believing I needed counselling, because I had no intentions of quitting, I was in denial that I had a problem with drinking. I was mandated through the court to do counselling (deferred prosecution). I didn't know that blackouts wasn't normal or trying to drink more then others, there were many things I didn't know or want to know. I don't think I could have quit on my own, because I didn't understand my own addiction.You are right, everyone is not alike. Most people have been programmed to believe that they need help to quit. Whether that 'help' is drugs, counseling or both makes no difference, they are doomed to struggle with it. And there are people like myself who realize that they have a choice as to whether they struggle with their addiction or just quit.
I 'tried' several times to quit before I actually quit. Then I realized that 'trying' to quit is not the same as quitting.
Stories abound in the 12 step programs about "normies" looking at you and saying through their "thin blue lips" that you could quit if you really wanted to.
The 12 step programs, daily reading of program publications, people in the program, prayer and regular meetings can guide your progress and it worked for me. If you have short cuts that work for you, then have at it!
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What works for you isn't what works for everyone. I wouldn't have quit on my own, there are so many that I thank for that, but had I not quit, I would probably be dead. I was mentor and then a counselor, not for the prestige, but because I wanted to give back what was given to me. I certainly wasn't programmed in believing I needed counselling, because I had no intentions of quitting, I was in denial that I had a problem with drinking. I was mandated through the court to do counselling (deferred prosecution). I didn't know that blackouts wasn't normal or trying to drink more then others, there were many things I didn't know or want to know. I don't think I could have quit on my own, because I didn't understand my own addiction.
Although I haven't drank alcohol in about 28 years, I will be an alcoholic the rest of my life, for there is no cure, only abstinence, the same goes for drug addicts.
Thank you, and to you your smoking.I am glad to hear that you stopped drinking.