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You Are No "Less Than" My Friend

pir8fan
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The dictionary says that a friend is: "1. a person whom one knows well and is fond of 2.an ally, supporter,or sympathizer"!

A friend inspired me to write this blog! She said that she does not respond much, or write much here because her quit is not very long! She is afraid that she will say the wrong thing! The worst thing that she said was that she had been made to feel "Less Than"! I want all of my friends (including the ones that I have not met yet) to know that you are never "less than"!

I have friends here that have a lot of years quit! I have over three years quit! I have friends with only a  few days quit! And friends all in between! This site gives us a forum to ask question, express our feelings, and help each other the best we can! We all make mistakes from time to time, because we are human! This community gives us the right to be wrong! And if we are, someone will correct us!

But no matter how long you have been quit, you are no "less than"! If I may call a few names, my friend Giulia has a quit that will be 7 years old in another week! My friend Sootie has a quit that is almost 3 and a half years old! I have a quit that is 1149 days old! My friend Shawn is closing in on a year! Your quit is (fill in the blank)________ days old!

Since the first day of Giulia's quit she has not smoked a single cigarette! Since the first day of Sootie's quit she has not smoked a single cigarette! Same for Shawn! Same for me! That is all that any of us can do! If you have gone from the first day of your quit without smoking a single cigarette, you have done all that you can do! You have done EXactally what the rest of us have done! No more, no less! You have done the same thing we all have! You have quit smoking!

Never think of yourself as "Less Than" my friends! And know that tomorrow you will have "More Than" you have today!

Tommy

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