Hey I feel that man, even though it wasn’t with a girlfriend, I had a similar experience with telling some of my family. I felt very judged, even if my mom was supportive. It was especially hard to tell them when I relapsed, eventually I stopped.
I’m sorry to hear that your relationship didn’t work out. It is a sad thing that girls don’t see quitting as a valuable thing. I think they just don’t realize that every guy does it, but just doesn’t talk about it.
But you are doing the right thing regardless. This community is all we got as you said, we have to stick together.
Hey if you want, you should join me in journaling on the "Check-in" Daily - diary challenge
I journal on there everyday and so do some other guys. It’s pretty helpful for being able to keep track of each other and support one another.
But either way, I’ll be following your diary.
Stay strong man, it gets better 