https://ball-pythons.net/forums/blog.php?2080-Robin-s-Smoke-Out-Journal Ball python care and information as well as community driven content covering all manner of reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates - from boas to ball and blood pythons to bearded dragons and brachys. Have questions? We have answers! Come join our unique community and create your own photo gallery, compete in monthly contests, classifieds, calendared events and so much more. Got balls? We got you covered! en Fri, 15 Aug 2025 21:09:15 GMT vBulletin 60 https://ball-pythons.net/forums/images/themes/default/misc/rss.jpg https://ball-pythons.net/forums/blog.php?2080-Robin-s-Smoke-Out-Journal https://ball-pythons.net/forums/entry.php?11-Day-at-the-Lake! Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:36:33 GMT Well, the "Smoke Out" hasn't officially started yet (starts at the end of this month), but my Department (about 150 of us) had our yearly day at the lake. We all put our "out of office" alerts on and headed to the lake around noon today where the VP and the Director brought their leisure boats and took people out on the lake for a ride, and we had burgers and dogs "catered" in by the folks that manage the lake (Lake Lanier Islands).

Got to talking to other folks and found out who else was planning to do the Smoke Out, so got some more folks who I can use for support as well. One of my co-workers has sworn an oath that if I stop smoking, he will stop drinking. He asked why I didn't ask him to be my "coach" instead of another co-worker. He said "she'll take you to church, I'll just put my boot up your ass! LOL". He is a good friend and lost his sister a few years ago as a direct result of smoking, so he's particularly sensitive about his friends who smoke and caring enough about them to want to see them be non-smokers.

Don't know if he'll succeed in stopping drinking, he made the same challenge to me a few years ago to stop drinking if I stopped smoking. He "confessed" to me about a month into that he had started drinking again. I hope he's serious this time, I worry as much about his liver as he does about my lungs.

Well, not much more on that, and I fear this blog will be a little boring until the Smoke Out officially starts. ]]> rabernet https://ball-pythons.net/forums/entry.php?11-Day-at-the-Lake! https://ball-pythons.net/forums/entry.php?5-Getting-Ready Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:37:34 GMT I've been wanting to stop smoking for some time now, but not badly enough to do something about it.

In the last few weeks, my company sent out an e-mail about the Great Radiant Smoke Out with a great incentive. If I stop smoking for 1 month - I get 3 months of health benefits for free. If I stop smoking for 2 months - I get 6 months of health benefits for free - and so on, up to a year of free health benefits.

The Smoke Out challenges is currently set to start September 27th, so this also gives me time to get my brain wrapped around the idea. Our health provider is going to provide tools to help us stop - including medication. And we're all assigned a coach (who will also get the free health benefits if we succeed).

Once this journey officially starts - I know I'll be blogging more often, sharing my frustrations, and my successes. I know that my body will thank me for this! ]]> rabernet https://ball-pythons.net/forums/entry.php?5-Getting-Ready