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UP IN SMOKE
24 Nov 2011 by admin in Advice / No Comments
My boyfriend recently confessed to me that he’s addicted to nicotine. He started smoking when we began having a long-distance relationship. He says he’s quitting and he needs my support. What should I do? – Harriet*
Sam says: Well, there’s not much you can do. Even if you were physically together there wouldn’t be much to do beyond not smoking around him, supporting his decision to leave a smoky environment and taking up healthy activities with him. Ultimately, the decision to quit – and doing so – is his responsibility. I’m impressed that he recognises nicotine as an addictive substance, because it is. Like any other drug, nicotine creates feelings of physical dependency in response to an emotional need. In his case, that need may have been distracting him from feelings of missing you. That doesn’t mean you had anything to do with him starting, but it also means you have very little influence over him stopping.*Names have been changed.
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