Good stuff. Her and I had a discussion yesterday after a workout. I'm what you would call a gym rat and she has told me how great of an athlete she used to be, running marathons, etc. So I'm trying to get her to commit to working out. But she did bring up how the smoking really has slowed her down and how she's considering making some changes. I hope she does but not going to hold my breath (pun intended).
That’s good news. How did she communicate this consideration for making some changes? Sometimes you can build on it (if you want to) and see how ready she is to make some changes and what she can do (supports she can access) to get there and what may be some barriers to making those changes. It can be scary to quit an addiction and maybe you don’t want to take on the role of being her coach around that which is understandable if you don’t. I work in addictions so this is what I do lol so don’t feel like what I’m saying is something that you have to take on, just putting out some ideas.
I don’t know where you live but some cities have a smoker’s helpline where people can connect with a coach who can support them in quitting smoking. There may also be some clinics that provide support or her family doc could prescribe nicotine replacements.
Not saying you have to discuss all of this with her but even putting some info together and saying ‘hey, just following up on what you said about smoking, I found some stuff take a look and see if it would be helpful’
And leave it with her if that’s better for you. Whatever works that doesn’t really put you out.
