• Ask them to look after your child for a couple of hours while you attend yoga classes to practice breathing techniques.
• you can probably also ask one of your family members or friends to learn relaxation techniques along with you (this technique is helpful to combat any kind of stress, so it might help them as well). This can encourage you.
• Ask them to continue to be as caring and loving as they can.
When you give up smoking, you are likely to become irritable, anxious, impatient and crabby. If your family/friends are all non-smokers, they will probably be unaware of what you are going through.
In such circumstances, you are likely to get more irritable and may want to yell at them over trifling disagrements. Never do that! They are just trying to help you.
Instead, tell them exactly what you are going through and what the medical reasons are behind it. Ask them to be patient and non-judgmental when you may appear to be irritable. Tell them plainly that, “It is the nicotine withdrawal which is talking”.
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