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    Jim Christopher

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    posted 05/05/2009, comments (0)

    Let the Funeral for the Unknown Smoker Be Your Resurrection

    I was very pleased with the second annual International Festival of Recovery, held all day Saturday, April 25, 2009, in the Center for Inquiry, Los Angeles. Secular Organizations for Sobriety/Save Our Selves (SOS), founded by yours truly in 1985, celebrated 24 years of service at this well-attended event. SOS is an alternative to faith-based,... Read moreChevron
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    posted 04/29/2009, comments (0)

    Want to Quit Smoking? Forces Work Against You...

    When you try to quit smoking, you have to deal with many negative forces including your physical and emotional addiction, the tobacco industry, advertisers and publishers who help market cigarettes, and your smoking friends.   It’s possible that you’re smoking because you want to. It’s far more likely that you’re... Read moreChevron
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    am trying to quit smoking but need support. There has not been a reason that has encouraged me enough to actually accept that I can do it. It is all so frustrating and I have tried everything through the years. I wonder if there are others out there that feel like I do.....angry frustrated fed up with trying to quit....Like Quit Quitting!!!!! Yet,... Read moreChevron
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    posted 04/22/2009, comments (2)

    Turn Your Desire into Self-Empowerment: Take Action Today!

    Please ask yourself a question; this is a crucial query concerning chances of success in stopping smoking: Do you have a strong desire to stop; to free yourself from cigarette-after-cigarette? Has your slavery to smokes become a real drag? Are you at a point - no matter how you've arrived - to reach out for real, for you, no... Read moreChevron
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    posted 04/15/2009, comment (1)

    Welcome to Recovery from Nicotine Addiction

    The 10th Annual Funeral for the unknown Smoker - which I began back in the day, will again be an important component in our 2nd Annual Festival of Recovery, this year to be held in the popular Steve Allen Theater at the Center for Inquiry, Los Angeles, on April 25th.     The idea is to present - under one roof -... Read moreChevron
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