A small victory - I pulled off a surprise housewarming for my daughter and her husband in their new house in Richmond on Saturday. About 20-30 people were there off and on. When one of my friends pulled up, she said, "Oh good, Arthur (her husband) has a smoking partner!" I said to her, "Sue, I haven't smoked for 260+ days!" Damn, that felt good. Really good. The housewarming went off without a hitch. They had no clue and weren't pissed that I planned a party at their house
I'm still working hard on my diabetes and am off another medication. That's one BP medication and one diabetes medication I've gone off of since I quit smoking, for those who are keeping score. I'm eating very low carb and exercising in the pool, and my numbers are coming into normal range, not diabetic range. Oh, I still have the stupid disease, but it's my b i t c h now instead of the other way around 
Bravo to all the new quitters. It is so wonderful to see this community grow and grow and grow.
Donna
Day 266
Way to go, Donna!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love your news about getting off some meds since you nixed the nic stix. Quitting smoking is the start of really getting healthy and you're doing the whole deal. I love good news to start my day...and the party sounds like it was a lot of fun...Hats off to you!
Bonnie
610 DOF