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I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social · 1d

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St. Louis Books📚 📚 📚 @stlouisbooks.bsky.social · 1d

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I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social · 4d

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I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social · 1d

On Vacation in Brevard, Western NC a few years ago Home of the White Squirrels & Land of the Waterfalls...

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I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social · 1d

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Average Dad 🌻 Beer League Hockeyist @davetheaveragedad.bsky.social · 23h

I haven’t watched this, but I’m familiar with Naltrexone’s deployment in Finland—and concomitant studies—that yielded positive, robust outcomes.

And I’ve wondered why we have been so reluctant to adopt its widespread use in the US.

I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social · Nov 18

TV / Movie Star Claudia Christian beat Alcoholism with "Naltrexone" Everybody Should Watch this Amazing Amazing Amazing Tedx Talk Drunk Driver Kills www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Egh... / @booksstlouis.bsky.social

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kj291.bsky.social @kj291.bsky.social · 22h

That is AWESOME!!!!!

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I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social · 20h

Than for sharing @lovingkindness730.bsky.social Was took from the Popular Street Bridge Cross it many times @booksstlouis.bsky.social @2bdynamic.bsky.social @melrea.bsky.social @rockape65.bsky.social @tammykomoff.bsky.social @chaosonpaper.bsky.social @tebarrett.bsky.social @stltoday.com

Mark B @lovingkindness730.bsky.social · 20h

We just 2 days ago driving back from NY were happy to have a good shot

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I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social · 7h

Good Saturday Morning Bluesky Users 🌞 Busch Stadium @booksstlouis.bsky.social @melrea.bsky.social @piperformissouri.bsky.social @tammykomoff.bsky.social @tebarrett.bsky.social @tamclaughlin.bsky.social @2bdynamic.bsky.social @chaosonpaper.bsky.social @stltoday.com @kellymiller.bsky.social

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I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social · 7h

Great Start @andersonbuhr.bsky.social

Sarah A-B @andersonbuhr.bsky.social · 4d

My brilliant wife realized that if we quit smoking, we could keep our foster dog Dutch forever. Day 1. Patch on. Worth whatever hell this will be. ❤️🐾

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✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿 @tylenolbethyname.bsky.social · 7h

10 years cigarette free!

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I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social · 29d

Always good to follow an Author & my Bluesky Friend @tammykomoff.bsky.social 📚 @2bdynamic.bsky.social @petercbradbury.bsky.social @lisadiazmeyer.bsky.social @raellelogan.bsky.social @mquigley1963.bsky.social @bethbonness.com @jpreedman.bsky.social @maryanneyarde.bsky.social @rockape65.bsky.social

Tammy Komoff @tammykomoff.bsky.social · 29d

Reposting the story! I didn't give it enough attention when it first came out. It is definitely a departure from my usual writing! thelitnerds.com/2025/05/27/a...

A Courtyard in Córdoba, Spain

by Tammy Komoff The cobblestones shimmered with heat between the ancient two-story buildings crowding the narrow street. A barren passage of stone and stucco. The Gardener tipped his hat to a pair …

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I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social · 7d

Looking Good Stowe, Vermont 🍁

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I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social · 6h

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I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social · Aug 3

Gila monster, a lizard of Southern USA is known for its ability to survive without food for extended periods of time, as well as its incredible metabolic adaptations. These attributes have led to the groundwork for development of some promising diabetes medications www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiHH...

Ozempic: How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard paved way for popular diabetes drug

YouTube video by Global News

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MrBeanThePug65 @mrbeanthepug65.bsky.social · 6h

Trust us, it will be one of the best things you ever do.
We quit cold turkey in 2015. I don't regret it at all.
Stay strong!!

I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social · 1d

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Aida G. @starghost1999.bsky.social · 6h

Good for you! Keep up the good work!

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LaRoeBoat @johnlaroe.bsky.social · 5h

#Missouri & #Iowa #RuralProgressives (yes, there really are such things and they need & deserve our support, so please boost the hell out of this if you can't attend) (and if you *can* attend: woohoo!)

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 20h

Hey, friends. I have back-to-back events this weekend!

I’d love to see you in Caroll, IA on Saturday or Marshall, MO on Sunday.

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Lorraine Carey @lalawriter71.bsky.social · 4h

This is awesome! As one myself, I thank her for her service and dedication to our young ones. ♥️

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I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social · 1d

My wife is a retired Teacher & she still reads to the children Dr. Seuss @booksstlouis.bsky.social @2bdynamic.bsky.social @tammykomoff.bsky.social @tebarrett.bsky.social @lalawriter71.bsky.social @pavaneravel.bsky.social @chaosonpaper.bsky.social @suzannesmithwriter.bsky.social

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I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social · Nov 11

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Sheila Fowler @rockafowlers.bsky.social · 4h

Strong female leads inspire us all. What book featuring a powerful woman has left a mark on your heart?
My favorites are Claire from Outlander and Allie from one of my books, One Way Out.
Let's start a list of strong female characters below
#femalepower #strongwomen