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WOOOOOHOOOOOO my Shell:-4



That's fabulous:-6 Good on ya girl...



I'm gathering lots of Joisey shells from da beach for you;)

chonsigirl;1048261 wrote: Congrats! Five years is wonderful!


Thanks Chonsi! :-6

Kathy Ellen;1048276 wrote: WOOOOOHOOOOOO my Shell:-4



That's fabulous:-6 Good on ya girl...



I'm gathering lots of Joisey shells from da beach for you;)










Thanks Kathy! I know I'll enjoy all my new shells, they're so pretty! :-4

Congratulations darlin!!! :-4:-4:-4:-4

Hope6;1048424 wrote: Congratulations darlin!!! :-4:-4:-4:-4


Thanks hun!! :-4:-4:-4:-4

shelbell;1047097 wrote: Today is my 5th birthday...not my real birthday of course, but my clean time birthday. Today is the 5 year mark of me going from being an alcoholic, to being a recovering alcoholic.

I know a lot of you know this about me....but I'm hoping that this can encourage someone that might have a problem to seek out help, because it IS do-able. It took me 4 detoxes and 3 treatment centers to finally get it right. To me it's a miracle....but anyone with a substance abuse problem can do it!!! It was probably the hardest thing I've ever HAD to do, but it's also the best decision I made in my life. Even if you know someone that has an addiction problem let them know it's possible...they just have to want it that bad.

Thanks to all for sharing in this day.

I'll be going in a few minutes to a meeting to celebrate.


thanks hun for posting this in Odie's room, as I have missed so many threads while in limbo.



congratulations on your fifth birthday!:yh_party:yh_party:yh_party



It's obvious just how hard this would have been!

Odie;1048574 wrote: thanks hun for posting this in Odie's room, as I have missed so many threads while in limbo.



congratulations on your fifth birthday!:yh_party:yh_party:yh_party



It's obvious just how hard this would have been!





It was hard...but soooooooooooooo worth it!! Thanks Odie!! :-4

fuzzy butt;1048576 wrote: awwhh shelly belly I didn't know that. Your just , and still a warm person to me ..........................but if you ever fall off the wagon i'll be here for you .....to give you a good kick up the butt!!!!:wah::wah:

congrats on your special day girl you've earned it .:-4:-4:):-6 love ya girl !!!


Thanks fuzzy, but I've always been warm. :wah: I don't plan to fall off the wagon, but I've learned to never say never...that's too cocky. It's a decision I make each day I wake up...I will not drink for this day. The saying is really true...one day at a time. love ya too girl!!! :-4

Congratulations and good for you!!:-6:-6

good on ya girl

you know the meaning of BRAVE and STRONG. Is truly misunderstood,

WonderWendy3;1048607 wrote: Congratulations and good for you!!:-6:-6


Thanks WW!

el guapo;1048701 wrote: good on ya girl


Thanks Jesse!

southern yankee;1048708 wrote: you know the meaning of BRAVE and STRONG. Is truly misunderstood,


Thanks hun! :yh_bigsmi

shelbell;1047492 wrote: Nope, I have seriously never gotten a ticket or even been pulled over by a cop. Straight up...and you know my word is good.

Yeah, I was waitin for a kiss....I just put all your stuff closer so I didn't have to wait as long!:sneaky::wah:



:yh_kissI'll even give you one back Uncle Kev:yh_kiss



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Oh, and I couldn't wait that long either. :sneaky:...Hehe...In fact, I put it in the beginning and left one at the end...Hehe...:yh_giggles...:sneaky:... Hehe...:yh_blush......:yh_kiss... Hehe...:wah:...:yh_kiss...:yh_blush...

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shelbell;1047471 wrote: Thanks K...you are so right! Believe it or not, one of the coolest things about being clean is I can drive anywhere anytime I want without worrying if I'll end up getting a DUI.....I dare those coppers to give me a breathalizer!!! :wah::wah: Of course I've never been pulled over by a cop, and have never gotten a ticket!hehehehe


ya know in all my years of driving i've only ever gotten one ticket and that was for an expired county sticker! and it was on my mom's car! but because i was driving i had to get the ticket! :-5:-5

i think you are very cool Shelly and congratulations again! :-4:-4

Hope6;1050084 wrote: ya know in all my years of driving i've only ever gotten one ticket and that was for an expired county sticker! and it was on my mom's car! but because i was driving i had to get the ticket! :-5:-5

i think you are very cool Shelly and congratulations again! :-4:-4


I have to renew my tags...

I've recently had to fix my truck because it overheated and I believe I cracked a head from which I've been having to park it to fix it...

I purchased a sealing agent that seems to have worked...Man how technology advances...

Hopefully it holds up...

It could also just be a blown head gasket as well which would have been a pain in the butt to fix too.

Here's to hoping...:yh_wink...

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[QUOTE=K.Snyder;1050144]I have to renew my tags...

I've recently had to fix my truck because it overheated and I believe I cracked a head from which I've been having to park it to fix it...

I purchased a sealing agent that seems to have worked...Man how technology advances...

Hopefully it holds up...

It could also just be a blown head gasket as well which would have been a pain in the butt to fix too.

Here's to hoping...:yh_wink...

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well here ya go! :yh_kiss:yh_kiss:yh_kiss

Hope6;1050187 wrote: :wah::wah::wah:

well here ya go! :yh_kiss:yh_kiss:yh_kiss


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shelbell;1048584 wrote: It was hard...but soooooooooooooo worth it!! Thanks Odie!! :-4


they say anything worth doing is hard, but that must have met some challenges!



it would be like me, giving up smoking.

K.Snyder;1050204 wrote: :yh_blush:yh_blush:yh_blush

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awwwww i like a guy who can blush!

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Congrats Shel!

I still struggle today.

I admire you!

Tan

Hope6;1050208 wrote: awwwww i like a guy who can blush!

:yh_kiss:yh_kiss:yh_kiss :wah:


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Odie;1050207 wrote: they say anything worth doing is hard, but that must have met some challenges!



it would be like me, giving up smoking.


Well every time you light up a cigarette think about the possibility of taking off anywhere from 5-20 years of your life.

I lost my uncle, who was someone who lived his life never having had anyone else see him not smile, at the age of 53 from lung cancer. Four years ago it appeared as if there was nothing wrong with him...

K.Snyder;1050227 wrote: Well every time you light up a cigarette think about the possibility of taking off anywhere from 5-20 years of your life.

I lost my uncle, who was someone who lived his life never having had anyone else see him not smile, at the age of 53 from lung cancer. Four years ago it appeared as if there was nothing wrong with him...


I know.....trust me hun.

Odie;1050232 wrote: I know.....trust me hun.


Well I'm sure you do sweety I was just saying...:yh_bigsmi...<-----You called me "hun" so I get to call you "sweety"...:yh_bigsmi...

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yes hun!

I do know well what smoking can do, but so can everything else kill you.



-my FIL never smoked....diet at 60, lung cancer.

-my dad, age 40 died from a heart attack....he never smoked and ate well and was in top-notch physical condition.

-my grandmother died at 50 from breast cancer...she never smoked.

If smoking doesn't kill you......something will.

besides, either way, death will show up when he wants me.

Odie;1050243 wrote: yes hun!

I do know well what smoking can do, but so can everything else kill you.



-my FIL never smoked....diet at 60, lung cancer.

-my dad, age 40 died from a heart attack....he never smoked and ate well and was in top-notch physical condition.

-my grandmother died at 50 from breast cancer...she never smoked.

If smoking doesn't kill you......something will.

besides, either way, death will show up when he wants me.


Oh I realize that...

Smoking just increases your risk along with all of that by anywhere from 50% - 100% for those who do smoke.

For some illnesses caused by smoking, smokers have a 50% or a 100% greater chance if getting that illness than never smokers. Stomach cancer and pneumonia are like that. A 100% greater risk doesn’t mean 100% chance of getting the illness, it means double the chances of getting the illness as compared with the chances if you never smoked.

For lung cancer, the increased risks are much greater. So a man who continues to smoke until he dies is has 2300% increased risk of dieing of lung cancer: I.e. he is 23 times more likely to die of lung cancer, as compared with if he had never smoked. Of course, the overall size of that risk is influenced by how common the disease is. A lifelong non-smoker has less than half of one percent chance of dieing of lung cancer by the age of 75. A smoker who quits smoking by age 40 has a 6% chance of dieing of lung cancer by age 75. If the smoker keeps smoking until they die or reach age 75, then they have a 16% cumulative risk of dieing of lung cancer. These risks are amazingly big, when one remembers that for the smoker to get lung cancer they also have to survive and not be killed by one of the other common illnesses caused by smoking (e.g. COPD, heart-attack etc).

Smoking causes lung cancer because the smoke itself contain known carcinogenic chemicals such as benzo(a)pyrene and NNK. As these chemicals are deposited into the lungs year on year they cause DNA damage, oxidative stress and inflammation, which promote the initiation and growth of tumors. It is essentially the DNA damage, and the inability of the body to repair that damage, that results in cells starting to divide and multiply in a deviant way that ends up growing into a malignant tumor. Because the lungs are such essential organs for life (ie. healthy lungs are necessary for breathing) and because lung cancer is not easy to detect and cure at an early stage, lung cancer is very often fatal, with a 5-year survival rate around 15%. In many cases the cancer metastasizes and affects other organs of the body.

Great efforts continue to try to develop new methods of detection and cure for lung cancer. But right now the best interventions we have are those that prevent it occurring in the first place, by reducing initiation of smoking or enabling addicted smokers to quit before they develop lung cancer. By far the best thing you can do to dramatically reduce your risks of developing lung cancer, is to avoid all inhalation of tobacco smoke.

If you are interested in reading about the health effects of smoking in greater detail I recommend a recent chapter on that topic by Foulds and colleagues (2008) that can be downloaded from: Tobacco Dependence Program

The 2004 US Surgeon General’s Report is an extremely comprehensive review of the effects of smoking on health which can be accessed in various formats at:

The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon GeneralSmoking and Lung Cancer

Shellbell are you around??Hello:D

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Oh, and I couldn't wait that long either. :sneaky:...Hehe...In fact, I put it in the beginning and left one at the end...Hehe...:yh_giggles...:sneaky:... Hehe...:yh_blush......:yh_kiss... Hehe...:wah:...:yh_kiss...:yh_blush...

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Nope, so sorry to disappoint you hun, but never been pulled over, and have never gotten a ticket. :p

Seems like you were pretty blushy and kissy Friday night!!! You BIG flirt Uncle Kev!! :wah:

:yh_kiss:yh_kiss

Hope6;1050084 wrote: ya know in all my years of driving i've only ever gotten one ticket and that was for an expired county sticker! and it was on my mom's car! but because i was driving i had to get the ticket! :-5:-5

i think you are very cool Shelly and congratulations again! :-4:-4


What a sucky way to have to get a ticket Hope.

Thanks so much, you are very cool too!!! ;):wah::-4

Odie;1050207 wrote: they say anything worth doing is hard, but that must have met some challenges!



it would be like me, giving up smoking.


I don't know, I really need to give up smoking...That is really hard too, every time I have, I've been a person no one wants to be around!! :wah::wah:

Tan;1050217 wrote: Congrats Shel!

I still struggle today.

I admire you!

Tan


I think the hardest part after getting out of rehab, was the fact that every grocery store or gas station I went into there was this prominent display. I've trained myself, and now it's automatic, to do the bounce thing...whenever I see it, my eyes bounce to something else. To this day I won't go to parties or anywhere else that has alcohol.

Thanks Tan and I hope your struggles ease up soon. If you ever need someone to talk to about it, please don't hesitate to PM me.

Odie;1050243 wrote: yes hun!

I do know well what smoking can do, but so can everything else kill you.



-my FIL never smoked....diet at 60, lung cancer.

-my dad, age 40 died from a heart attack....he never smoked and ate well and was in top-notch physical condition.

-my grandmother died at 50 from breast cancer...she never smoked.

If smoking doesn't kill you......something will.

besides, either way, death will show up when he wants me.


I agree Odie. When I got clean, my doctor told me he'd rather see me smoking that drinking. I'm sure he didn't mean for 5 years!!:wah::wah:

shelbell;1052192 wrote: I don't know, I really need to give up smoking...That is really hard too, every time I have, I've been a person no one wants to be around!! :wah::wah:


me to, but will I, no!:-5

southern yankee;1051297 wrote: Shellbell are you around??Hello:D


Hi hun, nope haven't been around all weekend. You'll understand why when you read my whining and complaining entry. :wah:

Odie;1052196 wrote: me to, but will I, no!:-5


I'm the same way...it's like my only bad thing I have left....if I quit I'd be perfect!!! :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

shelbell;1052187 wrote: Seems like you were pretty blushy and kissy Friday night!!! You BIG flirt Uncle Kev!! :wah:

:yh_kiss:yh_kiss


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I don't get it!!!!!!!!!...:-3...

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shelbell;1052187 wrote: Nope, so sorry to disappoint you hun, but never been pulled over, and have never gotten a ticket. :p

Seems like you were pretty blushy and kissy Friday night!!! You BIG flirt Uncle Kev!! :wah:

:yh_kiss:yh_kiss Am i missing something:D??? See what happens when i leave for a few minutes, TISK TISK:wah::wah:

K.Snyder;1056085 wrote: :-3...

I don't get it!!!!!!!!!...:-3...

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Congratulations shelbell!!!!!!!!!!...:wah:...:yh_kiss...

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Sure you don't get it Mr Flirty Boy AKA Uncle Kev! :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Thanks for the congrats, but I thought you already said that....wait, wait, you did! I looked thru the thread!!! :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl



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southern yankee;1056093 wrote: Am i missing something:D??? See what happens when i leave for a few minutes, TISK TISK:wah::wah:


Didn't miss to much....it's just that our K.Snyder is the biggest flirt on FG. :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

shelbell;1056097 wrote: Sure you don't get it Mr Flirty Boy AKA Uncle Kev! :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Thanks for the congrats, but I thought you already said that....wait, wait, you did! I looked thru the thread!!! :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl



:yh_kiss:yh_kiss:yh_winkOK, Whatever you say:yh_rotfl

southern yankee;1056102 wrote: OK, Whatever you say:yh_rotfl


I sent you an e-mail!

shelbell;1056108 wrote: I sent you an e-mail! just now or a little bit ago?? I did get one:)

shelbell;1056097 wrote: Sure you don't get it Mr Flirty Boy AKA Uncle Kev! :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Thanks for the congrats, but I thought you already said that....wait, wait, you did! I looked thru the thread!!! :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl



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Well, you see?...

In order for me to understand "Mr Flirty Boy" I would have at one time within my entire existence never have been a flirt to understand the concept of not being "Mr Flirty Boy" thus ultimately defining me as such. Hence why "I don't get it!!!!!!!!!"...

It makes sense, surely!!!!!!!!...

Hehe...:yh_giggles...

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K.Snyder;1056112 wrote: Well, you see?...

In order for me to understand "Mr Flirty Boy" I would have at one time within my entire existence never have been a flirt to understand the concept of not being "Mr Flirty Boy" thus ultimately defining me as such. Hence why "I don't get it!!!!!!!!!"...

It makes sense, surely!!!!!!!!...

Hehe...:yh_giggles...

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i am missing something:D

K.Snyder;1056112 wrote: Well, you see?...

In order for me to understand "Mr Flirty Boy" I would have at one time within my entire existence never have been a flirt to understand the concept of not being "Mr Flirty Boy" thus ultimately defining me as such. Hence why "I don't get it!!!!!!!!!"...

It makes sense, surely!!!!!!!!...

Hehe...:yh_giggles...

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What on earth are you talking about Uncle Kev?? :wah::wah::sneaky:

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shelbell;1056118 wrote: :-2:-3

What on earth are you talking about Uncle Kev?? :wah::wah::sneaky:

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OHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!...

I like that!!!!!!!!...

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Puuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...:yh_giggles...

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southern yankee;1056111 wrote: just now or a little bit ago?? I did get one:)


The most recent one. :sneaky: