As some of you know, my wife and I have a home for women who are in recovery from addiction, trauma, abuse etc. At this time we have 6 women, 4 of whom are smokers.
I saw an old friend on a thread today and he mentioned that he hadnt seen an update for awhile. I hang out and browse a lot and check in from time to time so here ya go.
It's been almost a year since UntamedRose brought my noobie post into this PIF forum. Jules welcomed us in with open arms and all of the folks at PIF responded so kindly.
Through the generosity of the amazing people in this forum, we have received donations of ecig kits, cartos, juice and cash to allow us to introduce e-cigarettes to the women and keep them going for a short time. They can't afford to get started so this was a huge help. (Of course they are used to paying for cigarettes and they know that theyll have to pay for their own maintenance and are held accountable for that.)
Over the past months, every smoker in our home, except one, has tried the e-cigarettes. As you may expect, we have quite a turn-over of women here. Weve given out at least 15 kits. (Ive lost count) They all have enthusiastically embraced them at first. Some continue to use them and some have quit analogs completely. Many of the ladies have moved on and they take the kits with them. Some of them are still living with us.
The house smells so much better. They are not allowed to smoke in the house but the smell of smoke on their clothes was getting overwhelming. Now their clothes and hands (and breath) are so much better.
Just yesterday one of our newest residents came in hollering for me. She says I love this thing. I can smoke on the bus and people are asking me what it is and how it works . We were able to determine the right nicotine level for her and some favorite types of flavors. Shes big on fruity flavors.
Another one of our ladies was down to mostly zero nic in 1 week. She just loves the PV so much that she found she didnt need much nicotine at all.
Thanks so much to UntamedRose for getting us started, Jules for welcoming us so graciously, BiancaMontgomery for your sweet kindness and emotional support, LoriKay13 and the BadGirls for your loving heart and donations, Zbasspro and yssiM for your love filled joose (and your prayers), .. and generosity from cskent, Bonniegirl, CobaltBlue, SpaceKitty, LowThudd, BigChief, Nyxie, DemonCowboy, Vchick, Rippspeed, BigBlue30, and so many more that are not named either by request or because Ive lost track of you.
I think one of the things that blesses the ladies so much is that someone out there cares enough to respond like this. They are personal recipients of your kindness. Since it is personal and not some type of "gov't program" it is received with a lot of gratitude and humility by our ladies. This is consistent with the type of home we run. The gov't does not provide any assistance to a home like ours. The women are pretty amazed that you would do this. You all have been amazing in the response to our program.
Ive tried to keep this short but if you have any questions feel free to ask Or just say hi.
Warm blessings to all of you.
I saw an old friend on a thread today and he mentioned that he hadnt seen an update for awhile. I hang out and browse a lot and check in from time to time so here ya go.
It's been almost a year since UntamedRose brought my noobie post into this PIF forum. Jules welcomed us in with open arms and all of the folks at PIF responded so kindly.
Through the generosity of the amazing people in this forum, we have received donations of ecig kits, cartos, juice and cash to allow us to introduce e-cigarettes to the women and keep them going for a short time. They can't afford to get started so this was a huge help. (Of course they are used to paying for cigarettes and they know that theyll have to pay for their own maintenance and are held accountable for that.)
Over the past months, every smoker in our home, except one, has tried the e-cigarettes. As you may expect, we have quite a turn-over of women here. Weve given out at least 15 kits. (Ive lost count) They all have enthusiastically embraced them at first. Some continue to use them and some have quit analogs completely. Many of the ladies have moved on and they take the kits with them. Some of them are still living with us.
The house smells so much better. They are not allowed to smoke in the house but the smell of smoke on their clothes was getting overwhelming. Now their clothes and hands (and breath) are so much better.
Just yesterday one of our newest residents came in hollering for me. She says I love this thing. I can smoke on the bus and people are asking me what it is and how it works . We were able to determine the right nicotine level for her and some favorite types of flavors. Shes big on fruity flavors.
Another one of our ladies was down to mostly zero nic in 1 week. She just loves the PV so much that she found she didnt need much nicotine at all.
Thanks so much to UntamedRose for getting us started, Jules for welcoming us so graciously, BiancaMontgomery for your sweet kindness and emotional support, LoriKay13 and the BadGirls for your loving heart and donations, Zbasspro and yssiM for your love filled joose (and your prayers), .. and generosity from cskent, Bonniegirl, CobaltBlue, SpaceKitty, LowThudd, BigChief, Nyxie, DemonCowboy, Vchick, Rippspeed, BigBlue30, and so many more that are not named either by request or because Ive lost track of you.
I think one of the things that blesses the ladies so much is that someone out there cares enough to respond like this. They are personal recipients of your kindness. Since it is personal and not some type of "gov't program" it is received with a lot of gratitude and humility by our ladies. This is consistent with the type of home we run. The gov't does not provide any assistance to a home like ours. The women are pretty amazed that you would do this. You all have been amazing in the response to our program.
Ive tried to keep this short but if you have any questions feel free to ask Or just say hi.
Warm blessings to all of you.
