TThe wedding was absolutely amazing and my neice and her groom paid for everything, the buffet last night and the open bar and brunch this morning, we paid for the hotel room and the gas to get there and that's all. We had lobster rolls, shrimp and bacon wrapped scallops along with veggie trays, crackers and cheese and the dessert table was heavenly, I had a bit of a rough time last evening for a bit not so much with the smoking but even with over 5 yrs sober, I found it very hard at first with the open bar with over 60 people there drinking and I know almost half of them, I just felt out of place and I have to admit that I really wanted a drink. No smoking was allowed on the rooftop where we were so anyone that wanted a cigarette had to go downstairs and outside which would be a pain in the butt so I was and am thankful for being an Exer, once I found the dessert table last night and ate some of the delicious cheesecakes and other scrumptious desserts then I didn't want any alcohol either, my husband and most everyone else there got pretty loaded including the bride and groom. I am really tired but I'm not used to staying up until 1 am but I am very happythat we went and the weather was perfect, life is so much better without the crutch so if you are having a rough time, chin up and hang on tight and please keep moving forward and stacking up your precious smoke free days because it will get better but it's going to take some time to relearn different ways of handling situations without smoking, most of us smoked for decades so it only stands to reason that it's going to take awhile to figure out how to deal with life on lifes terms but it's absolutely worth it.
Marilyn 719 DOF, I think
