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

Roller831
Member

The Daily Pledge February 2018

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Happy February everyone, 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.

Considering February is the shortest month of the year, it sure does have a lot of holidays!

  • Chinese New Year
  • National Freedom Day
  • Groundhog Day
  • Valentine’s Day
  • President’s Day
  • Mardi Gras
  • My birthday
  • My son’s birthday
  • Ash Wednesday
  • Black History Month
  • American Heart Month
  • Chocolate Lover’s Month
  • National Bird Feeding Month
  • National Dental Month

Some fun facts about February:

  1. February is named after the purification ritual Februa, which was a sort of early Roman spring cleaning festival. 
  2. In Old English, February was called Solmonath (Mud month) or Kale-monath (Kale or cabbage month). 
  3. February frequently occurs in lists of the most commonly misspelled words in the English language.
  4. The Americans have trouble with the word February too – last year, a press release from the White House consistently spelt it as Feburary. 
  5. Much Ado About Nothing is the only Shakespeare play that mentions February. 
  6. Before Julius Caesar’s calendar reform of 45BC, February was the only month with an even number of days. All the rest had 29 or 31. 
  7. February is the only month that can pass with no full moon. This will next occur in 2018. 
  8. In the USA, the largest American sporting event is held in February, the Super Bowl.
  9. The birthstone for February is amethyst. The birth flower is the violet or iris. 
  10. The ancient Greeks believed that amethyst protected the wearer from drunkenness.

 

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 - Google Sheets 

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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Roller831
Member

Good Morning Everyone!  I am happy to take MarilynH‌ 's hand and pledge not to smoke today NMW!  My free hand is EXtended to the nEXt EXer who chooses to pledge the same.

Roller 225 DOF

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minihorses
Member

Good Morning Roller!  Thanks for all the cool facts about February.  I love that kind of stuff.  I will gladly take your hand and solemnly swear to not smoke today no matter what.  If I got through yesterday I can get through today.  I gladly offer my free hand to the next person to pledge another smoke-free day!

Julie

95 DOF (So close to triple digit club!!)

Sandi4
Member

minihorses‌  Good morning Julie.  I gratefully accept your hand and pledge not to smoke today. I extend my hand to the next person who chooses to pledge and remain smoke free with us.  Have a wonderful day!  Congratulations on Day 95...triple digits, here she comes!

Sandi 40 DOF

c2q
Member

Congratulations on 40 days Sandi4‌ - glad you're here. Thank you for your hand this morning. Here is my own for the nEXt to join us in the pledge. I will not smoke today, no matter what. I did have a smokemare last night ... weird.

Pati 2468 DOF

Deb-EX
Member

Good Morning Pati.. Thank you for your hand today as I pledge not to smoke along with you. I am extending my free hand to the next person who wants to pledge along with us.

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Mandolinrain
Member

Hi Deb, I will happily take your hand and extend my other to the next in line. We are not smoking today!

Missy 1248 DOF

darnPainter
Member

That's me Deb-EX. I'll take your hand on this first day of Feb. The 1st day of a new month of FREEDOM!!! Today I commit to be smoke free all day long. Here is my other hand offered to the next in line to declare their freedom today...

John 77 dof

darnPainter
Member

I hate how it does that. Oh well, I'l switch hands and grab your instead Missy. LOL!

Deb-EX
Member

We have feet too.. lol