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Daily Pledge, Bonfires and Quit Celebrations: Traditions born from the members

Roller831
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The Daily Pledge - October 2019

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Happy October everyone and welcome to the Daily Pledge in the Celebrations & Events  community where we can meet daily to take another person's hand and make our commitment stronger.

 

It is a very well-known fact that the month of October is filled with a lot of festivals all over the world.

 

The name October has been derived from the Latin “Octo” which means eight because October was the eighth month of the year, according to the Roman calendar. It was called Winterfylleth, meaning the “fullness of winter”, by the Anglo-Saxons because it had the first full moon of the winter season.

 

Columbus Day, the second Monday of October, is a national holiday and celebrated in many countries of the Americas as the anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s arrival in America in 1492.

 

Halloween, the spookiest night of the year, is celebrated in a number of countries on October 31, the eve of All Hallows’ Day. It is believed that on this day the spirits can wander the earth freely and children can hop for treats in the neighborhood in the guise of various costumes. Interestingly, in terms of expenditure, Halloween is second only to the Christmas.

 

Also, in the U.S.A., October not only marks the onset of the festive season but is also celebrated as the National Pizza Month, Popcorn Month, Pork Month and Sausage Month.

 

Many famous personalities were born in October, including Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869. He was one of the famous leaders of the Indian Independence.

 

Bill Gates, the world’s richest man from 1995 to 2017, was born on October 28, 1955. He is not only the founder of Microsoft but also an investor, author and philanthropist. He built Microsoft, the world’s largest PC software company. Bill Gates is a proponent of higher taxes, particularly for the rich.

 

 

Now that you have a few facts about October, it is time to pledge

 

How to pledge: 


  1. Go to top of page and click the link for Latest Reply.Latest Reply.png
    Or you can go to the last page by clicking on the last page of the pagination links.pagination.png
  2. Click on the Reply bubble and make your pledge to the person at the end and then offer your free hand to the next pledge.Reply.png
  3. You've made your pledge.  Come back tomorrow and pledge again.
  4. Check out this handy quit calendar to calculate your DOF!  EX Quit Calculator or check out My Quit Plan.

As you go through your day you know that you have these two people with you and all of you are keeping each other strong. How cool is that! 

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678 Replies
DavesTime
Member

Hi Deb!  Congrats on your dual quits!  I'll take your hand and pledge not to smoke, vape, or use nicotine in any form today.  Reaching out to support another quitter!

Dave

399 Days of Freedom!

mcallanan9
Member

Thank you!!

mcallanan9
Member

Thank you Barb!

mcallanan9
Member

Thank you Kimmysue8119‌! It was a tough day!

NancyJC
Member

Thanks Dave, I’ll take your hand and pledge to be smoke free today.  I’ll then reach out to the next EXer who pledges the same.  Peace.

Nancy

4025 DOF

Pops
Member

Thanks for the hand Nancy. I will gladly take it as I extend my other hand to the next EXer inline and pledge to not smoke one single puff of nicotine in any form whatsoever no matter what!

 I’m Pops, and I am rocking this quit with 50 days of freedom today!!! Woo Hoo!

Exvape
Member

3:29 am and it’s a perfect time to pledge to avoid nicotine in any format today. Today is day 20 free of ecigs/cigarettes/nicotine. 20 days is long enough to realize that good days and bad days will come and go and are equally sustainable without the addition of nicotine into the mix. Happiness, sadness, calm, stress, laughter, & tears have all happened in the last 20 days but without a single molecule of nicotine being added to my bloodstream.  I’m happy to have reached this milestone but recognize it’s very early on in my quit. I also recognize that each day is equally important, which is why the daily pledge is critically important to all of us in our pursuit of being free from all cigarettes and ecigs....I do thank you all for your support and I hope each of you have a good productive nicotine free day. Nicotine is just here for the benefit of the companies that sell the damn stuff. I know it has use as an insecticide, but it has no use in our daily lives. I hereby pledge to give it up for the rest of my days, starting with the rest of October 17th 2019.

Best to all.

Exvape

20 DOF 

SherilynX
Member

Exvape I'm right there with  you.  (And wide awake at 3:02AM as well.)  CONGRATS on 20 days! Your post was well written, I identify & feel the same.  I'm a non-vaper myself, just like you!

Thanks for your hand...I pledge not to vape today no matter what comes my way!  NOPE!!!  No nicotine for me today.  AND I offer my hand to the next Exer ready to pledge. 

SherilynX

85 FANTASTIC Vape-Free DOF

Kkplayhouse
Member

SherilynX thanks for your hand and I say NO to smoking and nicotine in any form. I'm extending my other hand to the next Exer. 

sweetplt
Member

Good Thursday Morning Kkplayhouse I will gladly take your hand and pledge not to smoke today.  I will offer my other hand out to the next pledge...Colleen 318 DOF