Tribute To A Friend I Never Met

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In the struggles that we share, we grow close because we care.

The thought of losing our friend Betty has hit me particularly hard. It also reminds us of our own mortality.How much time do we have? We don't know. Just stop now, let it go.

Once Upon A Time, Over five years ago, a woman from Texas who had smoked for over 50 years joined the eX community. She was like every other new quitter with some exceptions. She Listened, She Learned and She Quit.
At one time shortly after she arrived, I posted the one food that disgusted me was slimy okra in stewed tomatoes. From that point onward she tagged me by responding in my blogs with okra jabs and reminders. That is the basis for this card I made for her.
We love you Betty!
See you on the other side..

https://excommunity.becomeanex.org/people/froguelady_quit_3-16-11
go back and read her blogs. get to know this person and her journey. 🙂

(I just ordered some okra seeds)

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Hello, My name is Dale. I was quit 18 months before joining this site and had participated on another site during that time. I learned a lot there and brought it with me. I joined this site the first week of August 2008. I didn't pressure myself to quit. HOW I QUIT I didn't count, I didn't deny myself to get started. When I considered quitting (at a friends request to influence his brother to quit), I simply told myself to wait a little longer. No denial, nothing painful. After 4 weeks I was down to 5 cigarettes from a pack a day. The strength came from proving to myself, I didn't need to smoke because I normally would have smoked. Simple yes? I bought the patch. I forgot to put one on on the 4th day. I needed it the next day but the following week I forgot two days in a row I put one in my wallet with a promise to myself that I would slap it on and wait an hour rather than smoke. It rode in my wallet my first year.There's nothing keeping any of you from doing this. It doesn't cost a dime. This is about unlearning something you've done for a long time. The nicotine isn't the hard part. Disconnecting from the psychological pull, the memories and connected emotions is. :-) Time is the healer.

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Tribute To A Friend I Never Met

Tribute to a friend I have never met.