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Give and get support around quitting

Giulia
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Newbie Challenge

This is a really simple, kind of stupid game.  How Bout A Game! Race to +/-20   If you have under a year quit, you add a point.  If you have over a year quit you subtract a point.  

I've been an Elder for MANY years and we Elders lost for a LONG time playing this game because there were such avid Newbies.  Two avid Newbies could take down 8 Elders.  And I for one want some more competition.  Especially since some of the Newbies have become Elders of late in the process of playing this game.   And that's a great thing!  

If you're a Newbie - I want you to join this game.  For me - it has multiple purposes.  1) it lets others know when I'm on site 2) it keeps me actively paying attention on the site 3) it presents a sweet fun challenge. 

As a 13 year quitter I don't need a challenge any more.  I've conquered my addiction.  (For now anyway.)   But as someone who enjoys a challenge, it's just a way to keep me on my toes and paying attention.  And something different from the Daily Pledge The Daily Pledge helps to hold us accountable.  But this game makes our accountability FUN!  If that makes any sense.  

So I encourage all of you who have under a year quit, to play this silly game - for the fun challenge of it. I want you Newbies to beat us.   Because every day you beat us, you get closer to joining our ranks.  And every day you WANT to beat us, is a day you're psychologically up for the challenge of quitting and staying in the race.

Our Community Manager puts up a blog every day challenging those who have quits on each day,  to respond.  This is a challenge to you Newbies.  ALL of you.  And there are a LOT of you who have under a year quit.  I challenge you to play this game!  I want to see how much spunk you've got.  Spunk is a necessary ingredient.  It's the spice that perks up our quits.  

You got any spice?

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sweetplt
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Ah Giulia we have so much fun playing the game too...sorta get to know each other better...that game was a life saver in my early days quit...Let’s play .. elders vs the newbies...whoo hoo....Happy Thursday dear lady...~ Colleen 409 DOF 

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AnnetteMM
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I don't know any of you Newbies!  I will play:

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CommunityAdmin
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AnnetteMM wrote:

I don't know any of you Newbies!  I will play:

 

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I think Giulia‌ was inviting people to play on https://excommunity.becomeanex.org/thread/17724-how-bout-a-game-race-to-20  AnnetteMM‌ and Sonia2019‌. Not start a new game here

Mark
EX Community Manager

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AnnetteMM
Member

Oh. Whoops.

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Giulia
Member

Correct, Mark.  That was my aim.

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Giulia
Member

I just noticed this was in 2 locations.  I don't recall putting it in Newbie Quitters.  So I assume you did?  Not a bad idea.  Mark

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CommunityAdmin
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There is only "one" version of it.  It's in Conversations‌ but a "virtual" version also exists in Newbie Quitters‌ so that anyone who stumbles in there will see it as well. Wanted to be sure there was visibility.  When there is something that applies to another area of two of the community I will share it to other places, (max of 3 though).

Mark
EX Community Manager

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