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Your thoughts and ideas are well grounded! It is your vehicle and it is now non-smoking! You are not the cigarette police, rather a more informed individual, of what this addiction can do and the greater person you have become since the quit.
You are on the right track, so share with others your knowledge and know that you are setting an amazing example for others around you :)
Josie
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Tryagain -
Your experiences & feelings sound exactely normal - at least to me! I often have that same reaction to seeing smokers - I'd say 60% of me feels sorry for them and the other 40% of me feels envious...each day I'm working on moving those percentage points until I feel 0% envy.
About the car - as a smoker I was always mindful of not smoking in non-smoker's cars. In fact, I ended up driving to places separately, rather than sharing a ride, a lot in order to be able to smoke. So, now your car has become a non-smoking care. Period. You're not being mean, it's just a non-smoking car. Put a no-smoking sticker on your window & be proud!
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/24/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 44
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,559
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $286
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 3 [B]Hrs:[/B] 17 [B]Mins:[/B] 58 [B]Seconds:[/B] 54
I'm turning into a not nice person. I'm turning into the kind of person I have always disliked.
I went out for brunch with my son and his family on Easter. We went to the Disneyland Hotel and then later walked around the shopping district at Downtown Disney.
California is mostly a non-smoking state. The nat average is 25%, in CA it's 18% smoking. I saw two people smoking. I didn't like it. I didn't like seeing it. I certainly didn't like passing them and smelling the cig smoke. I didn't like it on two fronts. One, it's foul smelling and obnoxious. Perversely, it awakened longings I'd rather forget, like having one myself. Isn't that a split personality for ya????
I came back and told my husband that I didn't want anyone smoking in the car anymore. If we give a ride to someone, we normally allow smoking in the car, because we did when we smoked. The smell is gone, except when a passenger lights up and now it bothers me. It bothers me A LOT.
I don't want to turn into the cigarette police. Help. What can I do to regain my composure?
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