[quote]but my kids, husband and close friends all smoke that is how I met most of my friends in smoking areas where we were shipped off to to have a smoke. Smokers seemed to bond quickly lol....but now I have quit and it is quite different feeling for me...and really not all that easy [/quote]

Addicts tend to surround themselves with other addicts -- The result is that what they are doing is "normal" because everyone around them is doing it! That's also why it can be very hard to dump an addiction because it also means a lifestyle change, not just chemistry!

I first noticed that when I was working with a bunch of retired military alcoholics in Germany, where most of the new hires were alcoholics chosen by an alcoholic