I was thinking about you, and others, who have that after work driving trigger thing going. I like numbers, so I was figuring it out. If you work five days a week, say 50 weeks a year, you have smoked at least 250 of those after work cigarettes per year. Times that by 10 years, that's 2,500. And if you, like most of us, smoked 2 or 3 of those after work cigs on the way home, that is 5,000 or 7,500 of em. In 10 years. If you've been doing it for longer, add on the thousands. So, doesnt it make sense that it will take more than a week, or 5 times, to overcome that particular trigger?
The trick is to begin to make a different association with after work driving home, like taking a "long cut" that is more scenic or takes you through a new place, stopping for a run around the park or playground with the kids, going for a few slides down a hill, stopping to rent a movie, going to the library, involving the kids in making up a story that goes on and on every day, planning rewards, chewing on gum, sucking on straws. Like Sue said, play some music that motivates you. You do something enough times, it becomes a habit, good or bad. Up to you which.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]3/22/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 298
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 11,920
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $2,026.40
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 42 [B]Hrs:[/B] 2 [B]Mins:[/B] 57 [B]Seconds:[/B] 27
