Hello friends

I take a type share meeting in the sister group, Unofficial Nicotine Anonymous,
at 12:30pm EST on a Tuesday in a Yahoo Messenger meeting room. My Yahoo id is
kimfikry and I'd be happy to have you come into the meeting. This is an open
topic, Nicotine Anonymous 12 Step meeting conducted by typing rather than
speaking.

To attend the meeting, please follow these simple steps:-

Make sure you have Yahoo Messenger installed and working. If you do not already
have it, you can get it for free by following this link:-

http://messenger.yahoo.com/

Once you have it installed and working, please add me (kimfikry) to your buddy
list.  If I can see you online during the meeting, I will happily invite you in
:-).  If you have not used Messenger for a while, it's a good idea to get the
latest version by following the link above - sometimes I see folks on the main
list but am not able to invite them and I think that's due to them having an out
of date version of Yahoo Messenger.  Also, if you access Messenger via your
Yahoo Mail account (rather than by logging directly into Messenger) I will not
be able to invite you into the meeting - please log direct into Messenger to get
access to all its rich features :-).

Yfir - Kim

C'mon in, y'all, the water's fine!  ;)

pj :)

its strongly suggested one have 30 days nicotine free to co-chair

1 from V.O.N.R. homepage click on files tab...from files section,
click Meeting Format....., click one of the Meeting Formats...., copy
paste to word, or word pad document... or print hard copy as desired

2 find a chairperson who needs a co-chair...( any meeting with one
person)..I cant speak for all chairpeople, but most will be happy to
have a co-chair, ask to be a co-chair

3 Notify Jadie jadie56@yahoo. com. of date of first meeting co-
chairing... Notify lynne, so you can be put on calendar
lynne2386@sbcglobal .net

4 Join the Paltalk group http://chat. paltalk.com/ g2/group/ 988820702/
(you cant be an admin if your not a member!!)

5 Help as co-chair, learning from your chairperson, a minimum of 4
meetings over 30 days.

6 For additional help check out the weekly Sunday workshop W/ JADIE &
JOHN R. Take a glance at our Group Conscience "Motions" only entry in
the file section of the Yahoo homepage.

REWARDS

1 You will get a real cool original hat, from the studios of our
Paltalk crew

2 You will be of real service to the group, helping to bring the
message of recovery to those yet to come..

3 Those doing service work have an improved chance of continued
recovery.

Not all will be able to help chair meetings, some may simply not have
the time on a continued basis, others will not be able to chair for a
variety of reasons.... for others perhaps greeting, or reading at
meetings... PLEASE REMEMBER; your presence at a meeting of Voices, is
the highest form of service... your v ery presence is proof that this
program works

hi all.


dont know whats going on lately....but the last couple of weeks, we
have had, a large number of unsolicited e-mail contributions, (in a
word spam)... in a way thats becuase of the membership size, and
shows we are attracting some attention on the web.. well shucks folks
its attention we dont need..

want to thank members of the group, for accepting this in stride..
it really isnt too hard to delete unopened, when it does hit your
mail box... and thank you very much for handling it in this manner,
without comment... its particularly troubling when somone responds
back to the board with a comment, this simply reposts the message
along with your comment...causing the moderators to make yet another
decision (i for one deplore deleting members comments)... your wisdom
is appreciated. .

as most of you know, when you join, or actually any time you wish,
you can change, your mail delivery option.... because i need to keep
up on whats posted, i subscribe to option of each post.. however
those choosing the daily summary may not find the message, as an
admin may have deleted it, before the daily summary was sent.. and if
you get your messages of the web only (the homepage), you may be
blissfully unware of the posts, as they are removed, as soon as a
moderator finds them..

early in the history of V.O.N.R. the decision was made that we
would not pre approve posts... it is possible for the group owner to
configure the group, such that all mail must be approved.. we have
rejected this option, as its simply too time consuming, and a real
inconvience to the honest post (well over 99%).. imagine needing
help, or announcing that the room was open, and having to wait
several hours, before a moderator could approve that meessage..

instead we have the policy of deleting spam when it is found...
most of you, dont know how we process this stuff... first of all this
spam occurs, becuase someone actually joins the group to post.. so
when they do actually execute the post, thats only part of the
process..

when we find spam, the first thing we do is remove the member, (they
come back under another name)... next we delete the spam from the
messages... and finally i always post that the spam is deleted, this
is a flag to other moderators, that the spam has been dealt with, so
they dont go looking for a nonexistant message..

thanks all for you cooperation. ..

john r

hi friends...

thought i would honor some of our often overlooked folks in a
hippyspam.. aint much, but wanted to let you know, the group
appreciates the hardest little job, of the meeting...the job of
greeting folks as they arrive into the meeting..

as your im sure aware by now, the greeter can be of tremendous help to
those chairing the meeeting... often folks will come into the meeting
environment, with little, or no understanding, of our rules of quiet
and courtousy.. paltalk in general, and indeed the chat
environment has little if any structure.. this makes the job of
greeter, not only a mater of courtousy, indeed, it often makes the
difference, between chaos, and a great meeting.... thank you for all
who have helped over the years... the group is better for your
unending
attention..

for those who have never greeted before, i would like to invite you to
help, its the kind of job one does not need the administrat ive "hat"
for.... its a chance to do service work at a very effective level,
without commiting to the chairing or co-chairing meeting.. and is
esssential to the group..

if you have never greeted before.. check out the files section for the
group... our dear servent aimee has created a file, and a word
document for the use of the greeter.. while it is possible to copy
from the files, and paste directlty from the file section, to
paltalk, i have found it much easier, to copy the contents to a
wordpad file, and pull that up for the meeting..

over the years i have added the 7th step announcments, the
disclaimers, and in short anything used in the meetings to my greeters
file.. and often keep it open in the background just awnsering
newcomers questions..

when im greeting, i simply copy and paste, a welcome, to any i dont
know.. if nessesary, i will use the entry to remind them, to raise
hand, to share.. i have found that re fering newcomers to the yahoo
site is often appreciated, and that they will in fact appreciate the
giudance to the calandar..

thanks for all who greet.. your efforts make this he best place on the
web to get smober..

yfir..john r

CHIPS AVAILABLE.... PLEASE HELP WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THIS WONDERFULL SERVICE

Voices of Nicotine Recovery is starting up its chip program to send
real chips via mail to honor those with smobriety time! If you
would like to contribute, please join Paypal at www.paypal.com (it's
free) and send your contribution to jgchaco@.... "

If you would like to receive a chip, please go to
"Links" and click on the link about the "Chips Program" and follow
the instructions, which are very easy.

Chips are only available for upcoming anniversaries (starting with
30 day chips). Back orders for previous anniversaries will not be
available (due to the obvious volume if such back orders were
possible.) Secondly, if someone relapses, it is up to his or her
own conscience whether to ask for replacement chips for smobriety
dates already honored on a previous quit.

hi friends

for the past couple of years, i have been sending bussiness size
cards to anybody who wants them... they simply say "online meetings 7
days a week", along with our url.... to date ive sent out over 2500
of them, and will placing an order soon for more...

im sending these cards out, about 30 at a time. to any members who
might need them, to help spread the word (if you need more let me
know)... members have given these cards out at f2f meeetings, as well
as smoking cessation clinics, and health care providers... in short
anybody who may be intrested..

i will be happy to send some to anybody who needs them.. just drop
me a line <oldhippydude999@ yahoo.com>.. include your name and snail
mail address, and i will send them out, please be advised your
address will be held in confidence..

a number of members have offered to send money to cover expenses,
please dont worry, as the cost is minimal, and i look at any expenses
involved as part of my 7th tradition commitment.. besides each order
postage included, is less than the cost of pack of cigarettes..

also there is in the files section, a number of flyers, for both f2f
meetings, as well as flyers specific to this group, (flyers for nica
meetings) that can be printed on your computer, and can be used
along with the cards, to spread the word.. feel free to use this
resource also...

thanks to the efforts of the membership, our group continues to
grow, and prosper.. and once again i thank you all for my life

yfir...john

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8:30am Voices of Nicotine Recovery "Transformation Tuesday" w/ PJ Co-Chair
Wanted!


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11am W/ CHICK & needs co-chair
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2pm Voices of Nicotine Anonymous Meeting w/Ann with slimynnie as Co- Chair

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7 pm Voices of Nicotine Anonymous "Discussion" Meeting w/Jen

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9 pm NEWCOMERS meeting w/ JOHN & ANNIE (SIXOFUS)


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11:45 pm discussion meeting W / CELESTE needs co-chair
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ALL MEETINGS ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME

HOW TO GET TO OUR MEETINGS !
1. Download Paltalk Messenger by going to:
Paltalk.com and download PaltalkScene
(PaltalkScene is the NEW name for Paltalk
messenger!
2. Open PaltalkScene in "Visible Mode"
3. Approximately 15 minutes before the
meeting is to start, check the calendar
(found in left hand margin on Voices of
Nicotine Recovery home page on Yahoo)
a. Click on the "Browse Rooms" at the
upper right of PaltalkScene.
b. Click on "Health."
c. Click on "Overcoming Addictions."
d. DOUBLE click on Voices of Nicotine
Recovery.
You will now be in the Meeting room. If you get a box that says: Room does not
exist and you have checked the calendar and the meeting is there, this simply
means the chair person hasn't opened the room yet ! Be patient and try again in
a few minutes.
NEED HELP WITH TECHNICAL ISSUES?? 1. Open PaltalkScene, Click "Fi le", Click
"Download the latest version of PaltalkScene
2. Open PaltalkScene, Click Browse Rooms, Click Help, Click Help Rooms, Click
Paltalk Help Lobby for live help.
3. Attend the Voices Workshop every Sunday, except the first Sunday of the
month, at 7:00PM in our meeting room.
4. Talk to your Internet Service Provider about the issue.
5. Mac User?? check this link for flash viewer for mac...
http://chat.paltalk.com/chat/

It's amazing how all those numbers add up. I thirty-six THOUSAND cigarettes! All
that money. Amazing. Good job Kim.

--- In voicesofnicotinerecovery@yahoogroups.com, "Kim" <kimfikry@...> wrote:
>
> Hey guys
>
> Thought it would be nice to have something to celebrate on this cold and grey
day, so here is my quit meter reading as I type . . .
>
> Thanks to my HP and the wonderful people in Nicotine Anonymous, I have Five
years, 1 hour, 35 minutes and 7 seconds. 36521 cigarettes not smoked, saving
£18,260.66. Life saved: 18 weeks, 19 hours, 25 minutes.  My quit date was the
9th of November 2004
>
> For this, thanks must go in the first instance to my HP, and, following
closely behind (indeed, holding on to HP's coat-tails) comes each and every
person in the wonderful world of Nicotine Anonymous, so thank you guys for this
unbelieveable achievement!
>
> In gratitude and with humility
>
> Kim
>

Hi Lauren. yes you can get a sponsor while you are still smoking
. the only requirement to be a member is the desire to stop useing nicotine. It
is important to go to the meetings as often as possible to give you a chance to
know the members then make a choice of who you want to be your sponser.Bye!


Phil C.


         -- In voicesofnicotinerecovery@yahoogroups.com, "lauren" <lpaigeg@...>
wrote:
>
> A member in the online group suggested I post to the message board. I figure
its a great idea because I like to write and I have lots of thoughts swimming
around in my head about impossible it seems for me to quit smoking.
>
> I would post more, but i'm fighting a cold so this is it for now.
>
> Someone also said I should get a sponsor. Can i do that while i'm still
smoking?
>

A member in the online group suggested I post to the message board. I figure its
a great idea because I like to write and I have lots of thoughts swimming around
in my head about impossible it seems for me to quit smoking.

I would post more, but i'm fighting a cold so this is it for now.

Someone also said I should get a sponsor. Can i do that while i'm still smoking?

awww Roz

Sorry to hear you will not be here next Saturday ,but when you gotta work, you
gotta work.
I can't think of anything silly to say so I won't     ha ha ha

but I am not canceling this, I am sending it.....there!

Goofy



--- In voicesofnicotinerecovery@yahoogroups.com, Rosalind Hoskinson
<rhoskie67501@...> wrote:
>
> I dont know how that happened Gary, i was going to write something silly and
then hit cancel....well i thought it was cancel.  i have been working on
Saturday nights and will for awhile so dont think i can or i would be happy
to.  i hate it missing Rodgers talk next week end....that really blows!!!  roz
>  
> BELIEVE MORE DEEPLY.  HOLD YOUR FACE UP TO THE LIGHT, EVEN IN THOSE TIMES
WHEN YOU CANNOT SEE.
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: whisperingcritter <gbmgary@...>
> To: voicesofnicotinerecovery@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Mon, November 9, 2009 1:41:39 PM
> Subject: [voicesofnicotinerecovery] Re: Need someonet to take meeting
>
>  
> Roz
>
> I don't see a message there. Do I take it you will take the meeting?
>
> Gary
>
> --- In voicesofnicotinerec overy@yahoogroup s.com, Rosalind Hoskinson
<rhoskie67501@ ...> wrote:
> >
> >
> >  
> > BELIEVE MORE DEEPLY.  HOLD YOUR FACE UP TO THE LIGHT, EVEN IN THOSE TIMES
WHEN YOU CANNOT SEE.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ____________ _________ _________ __
> > From: whisperingcritter <gbmgary@ >
> > To: voicesofnicotinerec overy@yahoogroup s.com
> > Sent: Mon, November 9, 2009 11:32:30 AM
> > Subject: [voicesofnicotinere covery] Need someonet to take meeting
> >
> >  
> > Hi all
> > \
> > I need someone to volunteer to take the speakers meeting on the 21st as I
won't be available. I thank you in advance.
> >
> > Its at 9pm on Saturday
> >
> > Gary
> >
>

Come on in and join us, I would hate for you to miss it since it is your
meeting!

no one that tries is a failure..... I was told --- we are not bad people tring
to get good. we are sick people tring to get well. Today I put my best foot
forward and continue to work for a better and healther me. Inside and out. With
doing that I fall alot. If I get one monkey off my back there is always
something else to work on. God luck Ron



--- In voicesofnicotinerecovery@yahoogroups.com, "pagesmith15" <pagesmith15@...>
wrote:
>
> I am so discouraged. I smoked a cigarette today at 12:30pm.  My new quit date
is 09 Nov 2009 at 12:30 noon.  Page
>