(Make the decision you’ve both already had your last cigarette. The first three days are hell, but it gets easier. https://smokefree.gov/tools-tips/text-programs/quit-for-good/smokefreetxt?s_cid=OSH_tips_D9402)
Grief comes in stages. Ask for help.
In a world swimming with venomous toxicity, it can be difficult to identify the sources of poison. It is not uncommon for the venomous to blame the bitten, gaslighting others and accusing those who speak out about their ills as unwell or unsafe to associate with.
There is a reason you’ve been seeing those ads. There is a reason you are feeling social pressure.
Be conscience of what ideas are your own and what ideas are the suggestions of others.
Everyone stumbles. Everyone has doubts of faith. Everyone gets confused. Everyone gets their words crossed. Everyone forgets from time to time.
Remember the core of who you are. Remember that you are a kind and caring person. Remember the trust you’ve place in yourself.
Start by keeping a log of how often you use alcohol, cannabis, nitrous, or other substances to distance yourself from the haunting truths of reality.
It is time to start weaning ourselves off substances and facing the sober reality of where and when we are in history. If you can quit cold turkey, do it.
It’s time to step it up. Your first challenge is to get through 15 days of 2022 cold sober.
This will help you feel the growing pains. This will help you confront the anger. This will help you focus. This will help prepare yourself and others for our role in history.
You are a caretaker. Your job is to build a phone tree to check-in on each other.
When you can approach life with maturity, there’s nothing wrong with acknowledging that we all are children in need of teachers.
Lead On Leader.