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Snakes on a Brain!!!

pir8fan
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Good morning fellow EXer's! I hope everyone is off to a great Smoke Free day!

Last night, as the evening was winding down, and my K-9 companion Max was starting to eye me with that "Hey dad it is about time for my walk" look, I arose from my keyboard and saw movement on the carpet! Upon closer inspection I discovered a small snake! Welcome to Sunny South Florida! This snake posed no threat. He was about two and a half inches long and the diameter of a mechanical pencil lead! I forced him onto a paper towel and tossed him out the back door! As I walked back into the house I spotted another one! Then a third! I remove them in like fashion!

Now, I have a basic knowledge of biology! I know that these snakes did not just appear out of thin air! Where there are little ones, there will be big ones. So I spent a lot of time crawling around with a flashlight and finding nothing! But I know that sooner or later I will! I am prepared to deal with that when it happens!

All of this made me think of my quit! As we progress through the early days of our quit, we will encounter the small and annoying smoking thoughts, or cravings! We deal with them! One at the time we dispose of them, and we move on! However, we should be well aware that where there are little ones, there will be big ones! Are you prepared to handle the big ones, when they raise their ugly heads?

I would submit to you that each small one that you handle is training for the bigger ones to come! You can probably handle more than you know! However should you encounter the one that freezes you, the one that seems to big to handle on your own, then it is time to call the EX-Terminators! That would be us! Your friends, and fellow community members! Between the group of us, believe me, we have seen them all! We will help you get past anything that stands between you and FREEDOM! That is why we are still here! Here to help YOU, and You, and You over there! Let us all move forward without the "snakes" that would drive us back into the bondage of nicotine! Freedom is yours for the taking! You can do this! We will help!  

This message was brought to you, without commercial interuption, by your friends at The Freedom Train!

    "IF YOU ARE NOT RIDING WITH US, YOU ARE MISSING THE TRAIN"

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