I smoked for 10 years - eventually getting to 2 packs a day.
Quitting during that time was easy...I did it hundreds of times.
To say you’re quitting drinking on July 1st is just another (temporary) quit.
As an aside, when I did finally quit, I stopped cold turkey, never told anyone...and it was a piece of cake.
You make a great point - advertising that you are quitting is a bad move.
A person should not quit for external motives, but rather internal ones. It has to come from within, because if the external influence is removed (like a person who is coaching you no longer coaches you, for instance), failure is preordained.
I’ve seen it with cigs as well as hard drugs. It’s gotta come from within.
That said, I’d be Johnny’s friend if he bought me drugs. That’s what good friends do.
Congratulations!.............
“When I did finally quit, I stopped cold turkey, never told anyone...”.
That really is the key. Just do it for yourself and keep it to yourself.