graceadieu
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Joined: 3/20/2008 From: Maryland Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: DarkSteven My sub just quit smoking. It took a year. She quit once and then backslid with a couple of months. She was going through a lot of stress so I didn't push it. After I thought the time got better (and I got impatient), she quit with my prodding. She is using nicotine gum and patches, and will taper them off. She knew I didn't like it, and she knew it was burning money that she needed to devote elsewhere, and she knew it was bad for her health. So she intellectually understood the reasons to quit. But she did it mostly because I wanted her to. Had she not wanted to, I wouldn't have been able to make her quit because I would not have been willing to lose the relationship over it. Good for her! I've seen enough people try and fail and try again and so on to know how hard it is to quit. As far as this and what the OP is asking, I do think the important thing, not just for addictions but also for long-ingrained habits and attitudes, is that the person try to change. People don't change overnight, sometimes we slip up and go back to the old habit or thing, but I think as long as we get up and try again and make a sincere attempt to improve ourselves.... I think the dominant should accept that. It's just when somebody won't even bother to try - that's when there's really a problem.
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