hi, i smoke, not loads, but i would like to stop.
i think i will find it really hard though and was wondering how you stopped if you were a previous smoker.
i also suffer from asthma which obviously doesn't make things any better.
I used to smoke a pack a day but stopped in september. Go to Holland and Barrett and get some herbal ciggies £.1.75 ish, vile but you dont want to smoke after them. Also there is usually a stand in some town centres where they have a black looking drink that is free and apparantly makes you stop - probably a pure mixture of tar and nicotine !
I have kinda started again on a few a day but aim to stop next week, believe me I can feel the difference in my health already !
Good luck !
hi everyone, in the congregation i grew up in, it was very cold and unloving.
circuit overseers would come and go, they would give counsel and nothing changed.
at one time even the do came at the same time as the co and gave counsel to 'widen out'.
I visited Canterbury once with Ignored one and it was awfull, the hall is dingy and the people, well you certainly dont feel welcome !
I think it was Abbadon who metioned Newton Abbott Cong, well my family live down there and I went to the hall in Newton Abbott - mmm strange bunch - I guess they kinda made me feel welcome but they were weird. Once sis she started telling her life story in her answer about this bro she fancied and then flew outta the hall crying !
My old cong Walderslade/Lordswood were loving but backstabbing and loved trouble, they just loved dissing someone because they didnt attend all the meetings, they would just refuse to hang out with them.
in light of the recent threads on homosexuality, if you were gay would you let anyone on this site know?
would you feel supported as a gay exjw or would you feel ridiculed?
would you feel safe here?
Wow a nice gay thread !
Well here is my two pence worth. I am open on the forum about being gay - thus far have had no probs whatsoever. There are a few ignorant people on here who have posted some things that have p*ssed me off and I seriously thought about leaving the forum but there are too many cool people here to do that !
I dont in anyway feel ridiculed I just put the comments down to misinformation or education on the matter. I feel that I have been supported and I think there are some really great people in this forum and feel priveledged that people have accepted me for who I am.
I feel safe here, to be honest if it all went tits up and people turned nasty, I wouldnt really care, would just leave and keep in touch with my old pals. Would be dissapointed though.
I am quite happy talking about my partner, but dont like to shove it in peoples faces, at the end of the day I am who I am (as my old friend shirl said in one of her songs lol) but I understand that its not everyones cup of tea and I dont feel it should be forced on anyone. I am just a normal bloke (as is my bloke) and get on happily with life.
So there yua go - btw girls - can i join in on the hottub lol !
if anyone would like to write my son while he is in bootcamp just pm me and i will give you the address.
plain envelopes no stickers etc.
also, you must tell him what a wonderful mommy i am lol
I would be happy to, if you and him dont mind. PM me and let me know.
Jan 20th 2002 When I had my final judicial hearing and told them that I REALLY wasnt interested - so they disfellowshipped me. The last time I was in one and the last time I will ever set foot in one.
WOW
So how do you use a PC Meat Pie and where in the world are you ?
where is your favourite place to visit in the uk?.
can you post any pictures of your best, most loved spot?.
mine, below, somewhere.. regards.
You know that I would have to chip in here being a lover of my own country.
and of course Kent:
honestly, i could not help myself.. since i have been on this forum since january of this year, i have encountered many fine and wonderful people.
this forum (thanks simon) has been a very welcoming and good place for me to venture to on a daily basis.. when mattnoel joined this forum, he was very discreet, and mild mannered.. one day, he took a very brave step and 'came out' on this forum.. i was not only impressed with his courage, but his honesty and general demeanor.
in my opinion, matt has left a very positive impression, and he (yes matt) enabled me to be more frank and honest about my own sexuality.. it's not that anything needs to be dangled or shoved into anyones face.
Oh my god, this thread has brought tears to my eyes. I cant believe that this has been posted. Thanks first of all to Ray, who is a top bloke, a very geniune and friendly person, who takes time out for his friends. I can see a true friend in him. Thank you also everyone else. You are a really wonderfull bunch ! and I think the world of you all ! and Grave has adopted me too ! now I am super chuffed.
It has been a really rough time and I have had a hard run, but so has a lot of people and there are people far worse off than what I have been through but I hope that somehow I can be some sort of support to people if they ever need it or even just by seeing my story.
Thanks again everyone, I really dont know what to say but you are a wonderfull bunch. Thanks also Ray - I got your mails but have not had chance to reply, work is manic and so is home but will drop you a line.
Matt X
our niece, irene, who posts here as inky, sent me an email.
her 27 year old son is getting married in two weeks, and she posted a few days ago about how he didn't invite her to his wedding.. she told me i can post it as she doesn't want to read it again.. "dear mom.
i've needed to write this letter to you for some time now.
SICK !!!! I really feel for inky !
