DEAR DEIDRE: HAPPINESS for me is a pint and a cigarette in a pub beer garden, and yet these habits are financially crippling me. I would love to be able to give up smoking at least but I have no willpower. After a big session I promise myself that I will stop smoking but as soon as I have a drink, I cave in.
I am a 38-year-old single man. I keep saying to myself that I am not going to carry on like this but it never lasts. Each time I get paid my benefits I go out to the pub for “one pint” but it always turns in to four or five at least and I end up buying a packet of fags too.
The cigarettes alone cost around £16 and last me three days at most. Get in touch with the Dear Deidre team Every problem gets a personal reply from one of our trained counsellors. Fill out and submit our easy-to-use and confidential form and the Dear Deidre team will get back to you.
You can also send a private message on the DearDeidreOfficial Facebook page or email us at: deardeidre@the-sun.co.uk I would like to cut back on drinking so much but I think tackling the cigarettes first is more realistic.
I am hooked. I need to stop as it is wasting my money and not doing me any good. Please help.
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