Reciprocity

SQUIRRELS The Presbyterian church called a meeting to decide what to do about their squirrel infestation. After much prayer and consideration, they concluded the squirrels were predestined to be there and they shouldn't interfere with God's divine will. At the Baptist church the squirrels had taken an interest in the baptistery. The deacons met and decided to put a water-slide on the baptistery and let the squirrels drown themselves. The squirrels liked the slide and, unfortunately, knew instinctively how to swim so twice as many squirrels showed up the following week. The Lutheran church decided that they were not in a position to harm any of God's creatures. So, they humanely trapped their squirrels and set them free near the Baptist Church. Two weeks later the squirrels were back when the Baptists took down the water-slide. But the Catholic church came up with a very creative strategy! They baptized all the squirrels and consecrated them as members of the church. Now they only see them at Christmas and Easter. Not much was heard from the Jewish synagogue; they took the first squirrel and circumcised him. They haven't seen a squirrel since.

You just gotta dress for the weather. That's what I do!

Yes! Long time, no see ! @Lin-quitting - glad to see you're still with us 'quitters' and it's a NOPE for me too!

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Congrats on 9 Years Nancy! Wow! Double digits next year 👍

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Chocolate cake Mmmmmm! Small rewards are important along the way👍 Always reward good behavior!

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For: @jillar; @Doreensfree & @Boo In honor of the now defunct 'Babe Of The Day' thread; a special NOPE!

I still remember being with my son when he caught his first fish - a Sunfish 😁 That was quite awhile ago yet it still stands out in my mind too!

I'm not here as I'm walking the cat 😏

Yup! Day 3 is the worst for many, many quitters (not day 1). I had pretty bad brain fog too OC and I also took a few days off work because I just couldn't function. It was still tough when I went back but I did manage to get things worked out. As others have said; "you're doing great" so celebrate that each day in some small way AND .... you have a new family (us)! Of course half of us are certifiably insane but hey; isn't that the case with most families 🤪

Boo was forever damaged after that 😬😩🤪🤕

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There are some tough battles along the way; no question but. anyone can make it through those times with a strong commitment to be free from nicotine's control. You are not only battling addiction withdrawal but more significantly over the longer term you are restructuring your entire daily life to exclude cigarettes. That's what takes the longest time - finding and becoming comfortable with your 'new lifestyle' that doesn't include smoking!

So you’ve been eating hot dogs and McChickens all your life, but you won’t take the vaccine because you don’t know what’s in it?

Sometimes the universe puts you in the same situation, just to see if you're still a dumb-ass!

But you MUST admit that overall sticks have won many, many more games since this game began; right?

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This is important that you got through this without yielding to the temptation to light one up! Protecting our quits is something we all have to do ongoing and often that means doing that under trying circumstances. You did just that - good for you!

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