Good morning fellow Exer's! I am sure that a lot of you are happy to notice that it is.............. Friday! I hope you can all look back on another great Smoke Free week!
On the 8th day of my quit I found this site! That was 573 days ago! I was member # 189751! Today we have more that 2 and a half time that number! I came to recognize here a phenomenon that I eventually termed "Collateral Kindness"! It is the concept of helping ourselves by helping others! Now that we have so many more people in our community, the need for this mentality to prevail becomes even more important! I realize that, for most of us, the early days of a quit are "All about me"! And that is OK! But as we mature in our quits, if we are not reaching out to help the next struggling person escape the pits of addiction, we are not doing all that we can to help ourselves! So as you go about you day today, remember "Collateral Kindness"! Helping yourself by helping others! What a way to quit! What a way to live!!
EDITED! I would like to take a moment to apologize for not knowing much about our friend Sharon in Connectiut! What I do know, now, is that she has 3 Full Years of Smoke Free living behind her! Please come aboard the Freedom Train and celebrate you milestone with us Sharon! Theree Years! Fantastic!!
The next! stop for the Freedom Train this morning is in Indiana! We are here to pick up Ocd1. Most of us call him Dan! Today our friend is celebrating his 150th Smoke Free Day! Dan is also 3 years out from cancer! Both are important numbers! Dan has used his great sense of humor(as so many have before him) to get through some very tough stuff in his life! So Dan come aboard this Train! Help us laugh, and enjoy the Freedom that this Train symbolizes! 150 Days! Back home we call that a damn good start! BTW! If you have a party dress, please do not bring it today!
Jamie!(Abbra) Jamie! There is a Train out here looking for you! You have 50 Days behind you! The Train has made the trek to Maine to pick you up! From what I am hearing you could use a pick-me-up! Although you have a huge group of people, who came from nowhere, to show you some love! I am sure you appreciate the support that you get from the people here! Not only for your quit, but for everything in your life! It is indeed all tied together! So, today put any negative thoughts on the back burner. Come and celebrate your first 50 Days of Freedom with those here that care about you! 50 Days! You first milestone on the Freedom Train! There is a party bout to break out!
We are now going to pick up another quitter with 50 Smoke Free Days behind her! Mynchome! Now this young Lady has maintained a lot of privacy! At this point she has not divulged her name or where she lives! However the magic of the Freedom Train is going to try to find her! We are going to start the search in North Carolina! We will loook for her NC HOME! Good idea, right? OK, Mynchome! Come on out here and get on this Train! There is a party starting and you are one of the guest of honor! Come ride with us as we celebrate your great milestone!
This Train is bound for FREEDOM from the Evils of tobacco and smoking!!
"IF YOU ARE NOT RIDING WITH US, YOU ARE MISSING THE TRAIN"
ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL ABOARD!!!!!!!!! Tommy
