What is Smoking-Addiction
Tobacco smoke contains a stimulant nicotine which forms a strong physical and psychological chemical dependence (addiction). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention claim th...
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Friday November 27, 2009
Inspiring Stories
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i am exhausted but a good kind of tired. i just returned home from working with the women at a local detox. though i am not spending the night there-as i did for many days-i feel connected. who will stay, who will go, who will live, who will die? this last house on the block built on a foundation of faith and fortified with the hopes, dreams, and prayers of those who came before and became miracl...
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" curse the darkness, light a candle"
.......anonymous
there is, in the end, the letting go. febuary, 1999. i am given up on by the medical profession. i am not expected to live. indeed, ...6 Recommendations13 Comments -
I sent this message out to everyone on my list before I began my weekend.
Smell a beautiful flower, smile at a stranger, lift your face to the sun, blow a kiss to the moon...
and I added this to my journal
This weekend I will,
be creative, get things done,
have fun, realise a future, stay happy.
I had forgotten what a powerful thing writing that can be.
So powerful that I am inspired to share wha...5 Recommendations9 Comments -
I think we can all agree tonight is a historic night. Regardless of how you feel about Obama I hope we are all inspired by the amazing turnout and the emotional investment in this election we have never seen before.
Today I was doing rounds at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center. It is common to have many folks hanging out in the waiting rooms outside of the surgical ICU waiting for the "5 ...2 Recommendations8 Comments -
Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room.
One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs.
His bed was next to the room's only window.
The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back.
The men talked for hours on end.
They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the mil...1 Recommendation10 Comments -
1. Is it even possible for us to be more alike? Is it possible that in some parrallel universe we are twins? LOL! My whole life I have strived to be like you in so many ways. Your amazingly generous nature and kind heart amaze me. Your ability to just be so cool without trying is unreal to me, how do you do it? Growing up I swear I would often catch myself even trying to smile just like you becau...3 Recommendations9 Comments
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5/17/09 Think I told some of you about my neighbor who came to me an announced he was quitting. He has been on Wellburtin for several weeks now, he has not had a cigarette for 5 days, as of yesterday. He mowed the yard yesterday, came to my door and said, "This is the time I miss my smoke", I went and got him a Mars Bar gave it to him and told him, any time you feel th...2 Recommendations8 Comments
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I know that I understand, how little they really know.
And that look of pity on their face, will always show.
They can't look past and get to know, the person deep inside.
They never see the real me, the part this chair can't hide.
I want them to know I have a mind, I am capable of love.
I have lots of hopes and desires, and things I dream of.
I know my legs may be useless, I may travel b...4 Recommendations11 Comments
