MarylandQuitter

lol I had a dream the Ravens lost to the Browns today and I was beyond upset. It's all pretty much true, except for the ADD. I can stare at the walls for hours and be quite content.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OecZW2kDnM0

Congrates, Comrade!

Thank you all so much! Another year for which I am very grateful for. I don't take a single minute for granted. Here's to another few decades! :beach: I don't plan on ever dying so you see, a toast to the next few decades isn't as preposterous as it sounds. :)

Thank you and Happy Birthday to Humbled & Betsy! When you're born on the 21st of the 9th month of the year, you're in good company. :lol:

Count me in! NOPE!

We have never breached privacy and never will. We will never ask for money, contacts or anything else. What a valuable tool this can be to reach out to those who reached out to us. If you go to edit your profile, you see a box asking if you'd like to receive emails from the administrator(s). I've never sent an email from Quit Train and have only responded to those who have emailed me. As I've stated many times, I care about each and every one of you, and I don't need to know you to say that. Anything that we can do as a group to help people we already do and if there is something more that I can do as the administrator to help, I will. We found a way and I fully intend to reach out to those who were here and left. There is no breach of privacy for Beth to give me information that every single member here can see. She's just willing to compile it all for me so I have accurate data. I belong to a couple of automobile forums and when I don't post for awhile, I get an auto-generated email stating that I've been missed. I don't want to send an auto-generated email and would rather make each one more personalized because I do care. The moderators care. Beth cares and I know all of you do as well. This is in no way a breech of privacy and would ask anybody to think twice before tossing out those accusations because we've gone to great lengths (not to mention money) to ensure privacy is protected as much as possible. So an owner of a quit site sends an email to a member who has not posted in a long time to see how they are doing is spam? lol I don't think so. Sounds more like somebody who cares. Sounds like somebody who pays attention to members. Doesn't sound like spam. Spam is sending emails to sell crap. What am I selling? I only spend money on this forum. I don't and refused to take donations (many have offered) from anybody. Some of the stuff that I've read in this thread was written to plant negative seeds and I don't much appreciate it. Typically I won't even respond to such things but when the integrity of this forum is erroneously called into question, I will not be silent and do whatever it takes to stop such accusations.

I use "us" when talking about Quit Train because without "us", there is no forum. Member information is not shared, what little we ask for. :) Besides, this is no concern of yours. Nothing like a good old fashioned back-handed compliment (insult).

Sharing an email address with a 3rd party, even though it is a member of the board, is an invasion of privacy. I don't remember the sign-up process, but I don't think there was a button where I could allow or deny my private information to be shared with other members of the board. Maybe I misunderstood and you meant she will contact members via PM and not email, or maybe she is a administrator and I didn't see this either...my bad then! The people coming from my blog will be posting when they are ready. The have different reasons for not posting, very interesting reasons by the way! What am I missing? There is no private information asked when you join. The requirement is a valid email address to protect the integrity of this forum. Furthermore, I am not a third party, I'm the owner of this forum. The only person who sees email addresses is me, not the moderators, not Beth. The only person who will be sending any emails is me. So please tell me how I am sharing any emails with a third party. Again, LB, please re-read my original post because a lot of it went right by ya. I think it's pretty clear. Your responses baffle me at times.

I cannot wait to hear, "CARL!!!!! Stay back with the others!" hahahahaha Can't wait but the only thing is that now that I'm a fan of this show, I won't be able to binge watch it and will have to wait a week to find out what happens in the next episode.

I checked it out one night because I was done binge watching "Breaking Bad" and after the first couple of episodes, I was hooked and before I knew it I was binge watching it. lol They film that about 15 minutes from my home in Maryland.

...and a huge undertaking. I've asked Beth if she would be willing to help me out in an area that I quite frankly don't have the time required to keep up with on a routine basis. Actually, not only am I unable to keep up with it, I've yet to start. I was actually a little nervous to ask anybody to do this because it's such a very time consuming task that needs continually updated. Since we've started this forum there have been a number of people who have joined who were ready to quit, made a commitment to quit, starting to become active on the forum and then simply stopped. In our efforts to spread the word that anybody can quit smoking, expose the lies of smoking and offer support (to name just a few), reaching out to those who were very new into their quits and have disappeared, is one more area that we can use our collective resources to help. Myself and others post threads asking the whereabouts of members that have disappeared which is great because we often times get responses from them and know they're okay but other times, no response at all. This is where we can be doing more. When members join (and at anytime after) they have the option to receive emails from Quit Train. If they want to receive emails from us, we will send out a personal email to each one to check on them and see if there is anything we can to do help. It will also offer some insight on areas that myself, the moderators and Beth can improve the forum. We want everybody to know that once they join, they are never forgotten and we've not given up on them. This is one way that can have a very positive impact as we help others quit this horrible addiction and let them know that we're still here, waiting for them to come back and get their health and freedom back. Beth will have the laborious task of not only making a list of these members, but also doing a bit of research to see what issues (if any) each were having and when they stopped posting so I can add this information into a spreadsheet (yes, Ava, a spreadsheet, they're everywhere) to organize these members who have not been forgotten and any progress and feedback that we receive. Once the initial list is made, I'll draft an email to each person to see how they are and that we're still here for them. We respect members' privacy and will not contact those who wish to not be contacted but we will make every effort to look out for our own. If sending an email is another way we can help, we're going to do it. Without Beth doing all the research, there is no way I could possibly do this as there just isn't enough time. I wish I had more time but am thankful that there are members like Beth who are good at this sort of thing, eager to help people and to be honest, I don't think "hard work" is even in her vocabulary. She just has that kind of persistence and drive in her. Overtime, with the use of the spreadsheet, we can easily see our success rate. We're still small enough that we can start this and add new members as they join and keep an ongoing list for years. We'll have years worth of data that will be instrumental in how we can continue to grow to meet the needs of the membership here. So, A HUGE thank you to the only Queen on the Quit Train for her willingness to do this. I'm going to pin this topic for a few as we feel it's a huge step in the right direction for Quit Train. :)

There is no better day than today to not take a single puff. I'm with ya, action.

Be Proud That You Quit Smoking Video discusses the importance of being proud of yourself when you are first quitting smoking. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpxnCA7fBNs Related video: If you quit with a lousy attitude Related resources: Proud to be a smoker? http://whyquit.com/joel/Joel_02_14_pr... The advantage of developing a positive attitude http://ffn.yuku.com/topic/25640/The-a...

What Should I Do With My Leftover Cigarettes? Video explains the importance of immediately getting rid of your cigarettes as soon as you decide to quit smoking. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-vrUF0qLG4 Related videos: Carrying cigarettes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9XCz... Keeping cigarettes to deal with stress Money wasted on cigarette Setting quit dates

Just as it takes time to learn to live without cigarettes in our lives, so does it too to live without an abusive relationship. When you cry it is for good reason. It's a release from all things that were destroying you. People in our society don't hug enough. Sometimes I'll see an old lady in the store who looks so lonely and I just want to give her a big hug.

We didn't have to request anything to be changed as we can designate whichever titles we choose. Having said that, I have it set up where everybody can make their own titles up in your profile. :)

CARL! Stay back with others! This is stuck in my head and I hope it gets stuck in yours too! :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krQHQvtIr6w

It means you've ran the gauntlet and survived. :)

I was in a very dark place a few weeks ago. I didn't smoke. I didn't want to smoke. I didn't think about smoking. I don't smoke anymore. Smoking was a beam of sunlight compared to where I was so please don't tell me that you're in such a dark place because you're smoking yet again. Your struggle is self-inflicted so there is no "woe me". It doesn't matter what creative label you want to smack on your forehead you're still a smoker and more importantly, an addict for life. Unless you get a grip on reality in the next few minutes, you'll be right back to smoking on your way to work in the morning, that's if you haven't already ran out and bought more cigarettes. You're an adult. Pick yourself up, dust yourself off and get back to the business of quitting by THROWING OUT ALL OF YOUR CIGARETTES AND FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, DON'T BUY ANYMORE! Start back at day one, just like a newbie because right now, that's what you are. Quit for good and your experiences will help countless others who struggle to stay quit but first you have to help yourself and the only way you can do this is to not smoke. Not so simple for you so welcome to Chapter 1. Day 1. Begin the begin. How To Quit Smoking This video lays out simple tips for people wanting to quit smoking. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l27zWo7hbcY Why Do Smokers Smoke? Video discusses how nicotine addiction causes cigarettes and nicotine products to incorporate into almost every aspect of a smoker's life. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9AmZiI3rNI

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