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Dear Beautiful Sammie, Now, Day Four ! Look at you GO ! Stay vigilant, keep to your course, and it's happy happy happy Freedom. Love, S

Hey Mami ! So happy. Love, S

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Have A Listen to Tex Williams, 'Smoke, Smoke, Smoke' , won't you ? If I was ever without a cigarette between my fingers, you would find one dangling from my lips since 1969 (?). I smoked stogies I rolled mostly, until I was working as a Deck Hand in the Gulf of Mexico which made rolling problematic. I smoked tailor-mades, an occasional cigar. I smoked snipes and dog ends. I smoked walking, talking, bathing. I work from Home and You know I smoked Inside. I smoked cooking, cleaning. I smoked on my stoop and in my courtyard, I smoked in bed, you know. I always smoked on the phone. I smoked thinking and planning. I smoked deciding which way to turn. I drank at a smoking bar. I smoked E-Cigs too, at the end there, just to wank up my nicotine. Loved me that nicotine, baby. (what Joy to 'smoke' in health food stores !) I even smoked in Mill Valley, CA, where it is Illegal to Smoke...OUTSIDE. And then, last October, I quit on a whim. Just to see what I was made of (other than rank nicotine). It was minute by minute then hour by hour, day by day. You get the picture, and my resolve HELD. Now, at Ten months and change, craves are strange little thought bubbles that don't belong to me, EXCEPT when I try to paint. That is what I 'do' and it is being a real bugger. What if I can't paint without that junk ? It feels so weird to hold a brush without a smoke. Plenty of Fear (oh, JOY) to shut down on this last (or current) no-smoking snafu. I will buck up, quit my special snowflake whining and just get on with it FGS. This week, I will. Yep, this week. Thank you for listening, and feel free to Kick My A$$. S

-6 (and I am cutting you some slack Sir Stick) :) 6

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Still good Sammie ? Have sweet dreams tonight, you are a powerful MF'er.

Wow, Apeezey. Good Good Good. :)

-7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_eE0NPArEY Elvis is singing Mystery Train for you. This Train ain't no mystery, have fun, y'all.

It will be great not having to 'jones' All The Time and stress looking for smoking places near Hospital. Great to be there for your stalwart Mother. Burning the Good candles and prayers to St Roch, I think

Butterfly Ginger from courtyard today that smells SO good for you, Lucy. Happy Lucky 8.

It was wild you throwing yourself from The Train like that and painful too ! YIKES ! Please don't be doing crazy to yourself anymore. Freedom is Bliss. You know it. Love, S

-7 and a lovely morning, it is.

N O P E

There is NOTHING boring going on here, Sammie, everybody is so happy about you quitting smoking ! Post lots. Today is another day of Freedom, aint nuthin better than that.

Beautiful, beautiful EIGHT months and Blossoms from last night's San Pedro Cactus.

I'm new here, Evelyn but, I have seen your struggles from afar. I think you are so courageous to quit smoking.with all you have going on, bebe. It will give you SO much power and show you how strong and beautiful you are AND your Pigs will love a smoke free life too..

-7 seventh son Willie Dixon in a beautiful Pink suit and killer Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6afWI1FZTU why doesn't the player show up? please help.

Tomorrow is Lucky Three Day for You. Free Free Free. Very Groovy. S

-number NINE

See you Monday ! Much, much easier to Do than to Think about. Now is a good time also, will save a Sunday of anxiety. Kinda like sneaking up on it, ya know ? N O P E. N O P E and more N O PE You will be fine, don't worry. S

Woody Guthrie 'Farmer Labor Train' link to YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0rEtUcKOcU

Kids get cool new 'Task Lights' from Santa, Baby ! but, only if Good Children are very very good and the 'Task Lights' are very very cool. They can take them to college when they go. S

You here/there Blondie ? Thinking of you holding tight. Good.