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Day 170...... getting close to 1/2 year !

bonniebee
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Boy was it a hot one today !!!! Must have hit 90 or more degrees ! Really missing my Island (MV) and it's beautiful beaches today more then ever !

I am thinking of visiting my sister on the Cape next week and then going to the Vineyard to see my son, Grandson. and some friends and of coarse beaching it ! Th drawback is I have to admit I am nervous about being with my sister she smokes and we always chain smoked together talking and catching up on our families etc. I am not sure of myself even after 170 days !

The past few days have been rough for me I am dealing with canker sores in my mouth again ! I  seem to be having  a plague of them since I quit smoking. In the beginning I thought they were caused by eating hard candy and chewing gum so I stopped that and just used straws for the craves . Now I am getting them anyway and I am thinking it is caused by stress and then that makes me think I need the cigs to deal with stress to prevent the canker sores !

I really do not want to start smoking again so here I am venting to all of you  on Ex I don't want to discourage you newbies but I need to tell it like it is .....not always easy !  I do not agree with Allen Carr on that point . It has never been "Easy " for me ! It is doable but not easy I am commited though so maybe I should postpone my visit to my sister even though i miss her very much .

Thank you all for being here !!!!  Can't believe it is almost August and I will soon be another year older and I know wiser because I have quit smoking the sickerettes and I am not addicted to nicotine anymore !

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I am the Mother of 4 children , a Grandmother and Great Grandmother . I am a retired LNA /CNA and I live in South Western New Hampshire . I am a native of Martha's Vineyard Island . My room mate Karen and I have 6 pets : Two dogs Lily and Jonah, one cat Olivia, two bunnies Lila and Emma and one guinea pig Allie . I enjoy reading ,knitting, walking, especially in the woods, at the river or the beach I also like taking photographs with my camera . I miss my family and my Island .