angelarachnid,
I don't think you need to stop drinking... there's nothing wrong with drinking while quitting... drinking too excess CAN be detrimental to a quit under certain circumstances, but just be careful. I am an advocate of getting on with life as soon as possible after quitting and that includes being able to drink occasionally without smoking or even wanting to smoke. I believe that the more you do certain crave-triggering activities, the weaker the crave response becomes until it completely vanishes and you simply do not crave while doing that activity anymore. Unfortunately, this takes a lot of time in some cases. We all smoked for many years... while 3 months is awesome, it may take longer than that for certain triggers to go away. My tough trigger was drinking and for over a year, everytime I went out, I wanted to smoke. Now, I don't even think about smoking while I'm out drinking! Not at all! But that one took me a long time to overcome. Never fear though... the more you do the things that cause triggers, like playing with cute & cuddly spiders (yuk!) :p the weaker the crave trigger will become until it is finally extinct! BUT, the only way to get there is to not smoke at all... you're well on your way! Congrats on almost 3 months!
Crave the Quit!
Pam
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 10/28/2005
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 460
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 11,523
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1899.8
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 32 [B]Hrs:[/B] 19 [B]Mins:[/B] 26 [B]Seconds:[/B] 15
