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Three frogs
My sponsor shared this with me the other day. I've never heard it before. He said it's a "classic" AA parable.
Three frogs are sitting on a log. One decides to jump off. How many are left?
If you're thinking there are two frogs left on the log you're wrong. There are still three frogs. One only made the decision to jump. A decision without action is nothing.
donaldpetemc wrote:The reason these people don't quit is because it is HARD to quit. At least, for some people it is very hard. I smoked for 8 years, more than a pack a day. Eight years is not nearly the 40 or 50 years some people have racked up, but it was a deeply ingrained habit for me and I think I probably consider quitting smoking 49 years ago the hardest thing and the thing I'm proudest of accomplishing in my life. And I have other things to be proud of -- two children born and educated, surviving a beloved spouse's death, raising those two children alone, an ongoing physical ailment which limits my participation in life, taking care alone of two elderly parents with dementia, finding and marrying a second spouse (not as easy as you might think...took me 16 years ), but quitting smoking was THE HARDEST. I am sorry about your friend, but I understand it's just too much for her right now.
donaldpetemc wrote:The reason these people don't quit is because it is HARD to quit. At least, for some people it is very hard. I smoked for 8 years, more than a pack a day. Eight years is not nearly the 40 or 50 years some people have racked up, but it was a deeply ingrained habit for me and I think I probably consider quitting smoking 49 years ago the hardest thing and the thing I'm proudest of accomplishing in my life. And I have other things to be proud of -- two children born and educated, surviving a beloved spouse's death, raising those two children alone, an ongoing physical ailment which limits my participation in life, taking care alone of two elderly parents with dementia, finding and marrying a second spouse (not as easy as you might think...took me 16 years ), but quitting smoking was THE HARDEST. I am sorry about your friend, but I understand it's just too much for her right now.
katgirl55 wrote:I watched a show on PBS about medical examiners in New York during Prohibition. Even when alcoholics knew the wood alcohol would blind and kill them, they kept drinking it. It seems like for many people, if it does not kill them immediately they will not stop.
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