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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! 

 

The Daily Promises

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Deb-EX
Member

Good morning Julie!! Thank YOU for your hand today, I accept it and pledge not to smoke today! I extended my free hand to the next person who wants to pledge too.  LOL on the 99 BoB   Congratulations!!! 

Debbie

c2q
Member

 Deb-EX‌, I'm glad to take your hand this morning and pledge with you to not smoke today. Here is my hand for the nEXt to join us in this pledge. Happy 43 days til Spring!

Pati 2472 DOF

MarilynH
Member

I gladly take your hand Patti and pledge to remain Smokefree no matter what is happening in life and here's my free hand to the next person in line to pledge and by the way thanks for posting the pretty flowers it's much better than this yucky slush and snow I shoveled the steps off but I'll have to sand and salt later when it freezes ugh...

Marilyn 1302 DOF or something like that 

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darnPainter
Member

Ill take your hand again Marilyn and pledge not to smoke, no matter what today. I'm glad I don't live in that anymore, lol. We are going to be in the 60's here today in Albuquerque. Offering my hand to some one else to pledge their commitment today as well.

John 81 dof 

NeedToBe
Member

Good morning John (darnPainter),

Thanks for you hand! I pledge not to smoke today and extend my other hand for the next pledge.

Jerry 39 DOF

Sandi4
Member

MarilynH Good Morning! I accept your hand and pledge not to smoke today.  I extend my free hand to the next person who'd like to pledge with us.  Wishing you warmer days!

Sandi 44 DOF

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Tanua
Member

Goodmorning, I pledge not to smoke today. Thank you for your hand and I open my other hand to someone who needs it. I definitely need a hand. 

Sandi4
Member

NeedToBe‌ Good Morning Jerry - I accept your hand and pledge not to smoke today.  I extend my free hand to the next person to pledge with us.

Have a great Day 39!

Sandi 44DOF

darnPainter
Member

No way Jerry!!! Time flies. I can't believe you have 39 dof. But keep guard. This was when I experienced the physiological part of this dis-ease. When I realized I was really going to have to cope in this life without a tobacco crutch. " no man's land " 

You doing great though. Congratulations on your win    John

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Daniela2016
Member

Good morning John, thank you for your hand, I'll take it, pledge not to smoke, and extend my free hand to the next person in line for the pledge today.

Daniela 696 DOF

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