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Nice Weather Trigger

AnnetteMM
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It's been said that at least two sets of seasons are needed to identify all the smoking triggers.  (see https://excommunity.becomeanex.org/groups/best-of-ex/blog/2013/12/05/the-two-sets-of-seasons )  Since I quit Christmas Day last year, this is my very first Spring as a non-smoker.  I'm on the lookout for the bad guys!

Did a bunch of yard cleanup with my step daughter and her fiance, who just happen to live next door.  They both smoke.  I noticed every single time they stopped for a cigarette break.  Sometimes they didn't even stop, they just dangled the smokes from their pursed lips.  They looked ridiculous.  "Don't burn your hair!" I laughed at them.

The next day, they came for Sunday supper as usual.  We talked longer than we normally do, so they stepped outside for a quick smoke.  My step daughter asked if I minded.  "No, of course not, go ahead," said I.  And I didn't mind one bit.  For myself, that is.  I do mind that they still smoke, but it's up to them.

Today is a gorgeous day.  I went out to the porch and saw where their two cigarette butts were lying in the ashtray.  For a split second I wavered, like I was a teenager again and I'd actually pick up someone else's discarded butt and smoke it.  What?  No.  I gingerly picked them up, brought them inside, ran them under the faucet and threw them out.  Bleccchhh.

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I became nicotine-free on Christmas Day 2017. That's what I use as my quit date. I had smoked cigarettes for 45 years, then vaped Juuls for a few months before quitting cold turkey when I used up my supply of pods. I am a retired widow, living in Upstate NY.