Alicia_eagle Alicia, hopefully you are still going strong. Setting a boundary with your mother is the best thing you can do. No matter what relation a person holds to me, disrespect on that level is not acceptable...Period. Re-learning life without cigarettes is difficult; especially when you are confronted with multiple 'excuses' to smoke early in your recovery. You may be wise to create a list of "No Matter What's," in which you identify all the scenarios where you won't smoke cigarettes no matter what - even if it's the first thing that pops into your head. The only way to live life without cigarettes is to just not smoke one minute at a time. During that time you can choose to take steps to understand your addiction, your addictive behaviors, and the core beliefs you hold that make you want to smoke even in the face of decreasing health. Personalizing the things you learn from fellow recovering smokers will help you stay quit one more day...Hopefully a bit less stressed about it. Michael
