Jason,
So let's say you quit in the fall, but you have an "Indian Summer" so to say, where the weather is beautiful and warm late in the year. What's to stop you from smoking then? Or perhaps, you quit in the fall, but by Spring, when the weather starts to get nice again, you long for that ole cigarette that you used to "enjoy" when it was nice outside. If your reason for NOT quitting is because of the weather, then what's to stop you from going back to smoking when the weather gets nice again?
I too quit in June, and I also LOVED sitting outside, enjoying the beautiful weather, having a smoke. But quitting became more important to me... and now (and even when I first quit) I sit outside WITHOUT a smoke. It IS doable!
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I love being outside but when I'm outside I can't just stand there and do nothing.
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Then do something else!!! Quitting is all about changing our routines and our lifestyles in order to cut smoking out of our lives. That's not always an easy thing to do, but you CAN quit AND still be outside! Just come up with some other things to do while you're out there... read a book while enjoying the sunshine, take walks, do some gardening... there are things you can do outside that do not involve smoking.
Will being outside always be a trigger for you? No. The more we do something smoke free, the easier that activity becomes, to the point where we don't crave at all when doing it. I don't EVER think about smoking when I'm sitting outside on my porch! Because I conquered that trigger a long time ago... even though when I smoked, the ONLY place I smoked was my porch. So you CAN conquer your triggers, but you have to WANT to quit more than you want to SMOKE. Do you? If so, then join us now. Don't let the weather dictate whether or not you will live a healthy long life or not.
Crave the Quit!
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]6/17/2005
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 720
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 18,000
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $2,973.60
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 50 [B]Hrs:[/B] 19 [B]Mins:[/B] 4 [B]Seconds:[/B] 1
