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Offline chris2alaska

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« Reply #74 on: April 18, 2019, 05:55:07 PM »
Are You Ready to Quit?
Hi Everyone,

My name is Chris, I chewed smokeless tobacco since I was 19 years old, so for 31 years. I started because a really hot chick wanted to try it so I said I would try it with her. I have not seen that girl in 31 years, but I had a daily reminder of her as I crammed some more of that crap into my lip.

I was up to three cans a day and putting in half the can at a time when I decided to quit.

I did have one stoppage in the year 2000 for about nine months, but I caved and went back to it like I had never stopped. It took me a really long time to decide that I was ready to quit. Sure, my wife and son wanted me to quit long before I ever did, but I was not ready. If you are not quitting for yourself first, you will fail. You have to want that quit more than anything. It finally hit me in January of this year that I was finally ready. That is when I found the KTC website. I have no idea what caused me to click on the link, I just know when I did and started reading the information contained inside it clicked and made complete sense for me.

The last 100 days has been different for me than most of my brothers and sister in April ’18. I have yet to experience “The Fog”. I never experienced the hazy, mindset they all spoke about. I did have some cravings that hit pretty hard but for the most part, I have thoroughly enjoyed the last 100 days of freedom from nicotine.

Now the hard part is going to start. There are some bad days ahead for all of us based on the information contained in the “what to expect” section. We will be fighting more cravings and we will need to lean on all of our quit brothers to get through it.

Unfortunately, there are several of our brothers who do not realize that 100 days is not the end, it is only the beginning. As I said before, I chewed for 31 years, which is over 11,300 days. I’m at 100 days. When I get to 11,300 days of quit, only then will I say that I “might” be cured.

There are so many people in this forum that have helped me, several that I consider close friends and would be at their doorstep if they called and said they needed me there. I would like to specifically thank a few of those individuals:

MNxEngineer – the first person to support me when I came to this forum.

Skolvikings – What can I say, you sir are the epitome of quit. In the dictionary under the word “Quit” is a picture of you.

Athan – Quit possibly my best friend.

69Franx – Has supported me on roll almost every day since I got here

Samrs – What would I do without your daily jokes?

JGromo, Morgan, Mack213, CritRocket, BrianG, Doofus, Batdad, and more.

All of you guys have had some part in supporting my quit, I only hope I have also supported you when you needed it.

It is my honor and privilege to know all of you and to especially quit with all of on a daily basis.

Now then, all of those guys up there have one thing in common, they are all addicts just like me. If you are reading this and wondering if you should quit dipping, the answer is most definitely YES. But only you can decide that for yourself. No one else can make the decision for you. Do not let anyone make the decision for you either. All that will happen, is you will end up pissed off at them and posting a day one again because you caved. You caved because YOU were not ready to quit and YOU did not make the decision to quit.

Now some of the benefits of quitting are as follows:

•   Less of a chance that you will get cancer.
•   Clean teeth and gums.
•   A mouth worth kissing.
•   A happier life with your family.
•   A longer life with your family.
•   More money in your bank account (I am saving over $500 every month. I booked a two week cruise for my family and me for next February)
•   Way less stress going to the dentist.
•   No more spitters to hide.
•   No more accidentally spilling said spitter all over your car floor.

The list is endless, but these are some of highlights.

This is what I know, I joined this forum because I was ready to quit. Making my promise to abstain from nicotine every MORNING (not half way through the day or 10 minutes until midnight) along with the Accountability and Brotherhood is irreplaceable as a means of quitting. As long as you are true to your word, you can quit nicotine too.

I will be here long after my 100 days has come and gone because if I am not, I will end up like most that leave and have to come back to post day 1 again. I REFUSE!!!

I will be here posting roll every day because that is how my quit is going to continue.

You see, nicotine is a conniving little bitch. She will wait and wait and wait until you think you have mastery over her. She will lull you into thinking that you have won, you are the man or woman and you cannot be harmed by her ever again. BAM!!!! She has you. Next thing you know, you are packing your lip with a big ole shit turd. Nicotine has all the time in the world. It is not going anywhere anytime soon. We, on the other hand only have a short time on this earth. Do you want to spend it feeding your addiction or enjoying your life with family and friends??

The choice is yours. I sincerely hope you make the correct one.

Please feel free to PM me if you want my digits. It would be my honor to help support you in your quit. What better way for me to thank all those that have come before me than to help someone else control their addiction One Day at a Time.

Sincerely,

Chris aka chris2alaska
« Last Edit: April 18, 2019, 05:57:13 PM by chris2alaska »
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Re: 1st Day Quit
« Reply #73 on: September 03, 2018, 07:00:00 PM »
Quote from: 4thewin
VERY nice bro.... I always felt the same way about those who came before but I never took the time to write up something much less post it damn near everywhere!

Well done and I like the way you roll. Proud to quit with you today!
Thanks 4TW ,

I thought about it for a long while and finally decided that if I am going to write a tribute to the Veterans, then I should probably post it everywhere the Veterans might be. Hence, the posting in every active month in the forum.

It took awhile but I think it was worth it.

Always proud to quit my brothers and sisters of KTC

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Accountability is a statement of personal promise, both to yourself and to the people around you, to deliver specific defined results.
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Do not be complacent about your achievements and not to strive for continual improvement when you get to the top. As soon as you let success go to your head, you sink into following familiar patterns and play it safe. In other words, you risk losing your edge.
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You need anything, ask.  You feel strong, help.  This quit is for you but we got your back.
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Re: 1st Day Quit
« Reply #72 on: September 01, 2018, 11:56:00 PM »
VERY nice bro.... I always felt the same way about those who came before but I never took the time to write up something much less post it damn near everywhere!

Well done and I like the way you roll. Proud to quit with you today!

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Re: 1st Day Quit
« Reply #71 on: August 31, 2018, 12:49:00 PM »
To All Those That Have Come Before

A Tribute To The Veterans

In my relatively short existence on KTC I have had many ups, downs, ins, outs, any number of different moods and feelings just as all of you have. Through it all though there have always been people there in the background that have experienced everything that we as young quitters were and are going through. Those men and women that have been quitting for their lives for multiple years and have stuck with this program not only for themselves, but to be here in times of need by all of us that are just starting out. Yes, I am talking about the Veterans. People with multiple hundreds and thousands of days quit.

They have been here and experienced everything we are going through. They stay because, 1) If they left, they may end up letting the nic bitch back in, and 2) they truly want to help others be successful in their quits.

Every single person on this site has one thing in common, we are all addicts of nicotine. For some, it is so much harder to quit than for others. The anger and frustrations of a new quitter can be extremely intense. I have watched as veterans have been able to calmly talk to some of these quitters and really, just be there for them. I personally do not have that kind of patience and might have told you to go F' Off, but no, not those Veterans.

Sometimes people will have disagreements, It happens all the time on this site. I've seen, on countless occasions, that its the Veterans that have been able to quell the situation.

I was surfing through some of the older groups. I noticed that there were several groups that had been closed because there were no more members of those groups here in KTC. I thought how sad it was that they were gone but also how fortunate that we are that they even existed because without those groups, our groups would never have existed.

I think a lot of us take for granted how important the Veterans are to our own quits. A lot of the information that we have read about on this site came from those very same people. People that are still roaming the halls of KTC to this very day. Guys and Girls that care enough about others to want to be here and run this site that we all owe our lives to.

TO YOU, OUR VETERANS, I SALUTE AND THANK YOU ALL
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Do not be complacent about your achievements and not to strive for continual improvement when you get to the top. As soon as you let success go to your head, you sink into following familiar patterns and play it safe. In other words, you risk losing your edge.
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You need anything, ask.  You feel strong, help.  This quit is for you but we got your back.
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Re: 1st Day Quit
« Reply #70 on: August 28, 2018, 04:12:00 PM »
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Getting close to un chartered quit waters.....never been past 7 months in 30 years....222 qlf
I made it to 9 months in 2000. I will make it much, much farther now.

PTQWY Dave
If you want my digits, just ask and they will be yours, but I expect yours in return.

Accountability is a statement of personal promise, both to yourself and to the people around you, to deliver specific defined results.
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Do not be complacent about your achievements and not to strive for continual improvement when you get to the top. As soon as you let success go to your head, you sink into following familiar patterns and play it safe. In other words, you risk losing your edge.
Roy T. Bennett

You need anything, ask.  You feel strong, help.  This quit is for you but we got your back.
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Do not let the actions of others determine the direction of YOUR quit.
chris2alaska

There are no dumb questions, just dumb people who ask questions.
Klark

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HOF - 04/27/2018;   2nd FLOOR - 08/05/2018;   3rd FLOOR - 11/13/2018;   1 YEAR - 01/18/2019;   4th Floor - 02/21/2019;   5th Floor - 06/01/2019;   6th Floor - 09/09/2019;   7th Floor - 12/18/2019;   2 YEARS - 01/18/2020;    8th Floor - 03/27/2020;   9th Floor - 07/05/2020;    Comma Club - 10/13/2020;   3 Years - 01/18/2021;    11th Floor - 01/21/2021;   12th Floor - 05/01/2021;    13th Floor - 08/09/2021;    14th Floor - 11/17/2021;    4 Years - 01/18/2022;    15th Floor - 02/25/2022;     16th Floor - 06/05/2022;    17th Floor - 09/13/2022;     18th Floor - 12/22/2022;     5 Years - 01/18/2023;    19th Floor - 04/01/2023;     2K Double Dangle - 07/10/2023;     21st Floor - 10/18/2023;      6 Years - 01/18/2024;     22nd Floor - 01/26/2024

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Re: 1st Day Quit
« Reply #69 on: August 23, 2018, 10:39:00 AM »
Getting close to un chartered quit waters.....never been past 7 months in 30 years....222 qlf

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Re: 1st Day Quit
« Reply #68 on: August 15, 2018, 11:57:00 AM »
I smell a quitter

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Re: 1st Day Quit
« Reply #67 on: August 10, 2018, 03:50:00 PM »
Bro, that was intensely eloquent!
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Re: 1st Day Quit
« Reply #66 on: August 10, 2018, 11:48:00 AM »
My Personal Thoughts and Advise for New Quitters



So I'm at 205 days nicotine free today. Still, at this stage, I think about rolling up to the C-Store and buying a can of shit to stuff in my face. Who's it going to hurt? Who's gonna care? It's only one dip, I can handle just one dip, right?

NO FUCKING WAY!!! One dip will lead to two dips. Two dips will lead to a can...actually for me, two dips is a can, so a can will lead to two cans and so on. It is the spiral of death.

Who's it going to hurt? Well, ME for starters, my family, my friends and everyone of the people on this site that have ever supported me in any way.

Who's gonna care? I will care, because it means that I have lied and failed in my promise. My family will care, because now they have to worry whether or not I am going to die sooner or later because of my selfishness. My brothers and sisters of KTC will care because their brother has failed in his quit and has failed in his promise and those that consider me a friend will have been hurt the most.

My saving grace is that I AM a man of my word and I made a promise today like I do every day to NOT use nicotine and I intend on keeping that promise for myself, my family, my friends and my brothers and sisters of KTC.

I have a strong network of accountability because I got involved in KTC early in my quit. No, I do not spend hours in here. I just simply do not have the time nowadays. But early in my quit, when I was where you are, I was here several times throughout the day just to check-in and see what everyone was writing. I chimed in where I thought I could make a difference. I got involved in helping keep the SSOA up to date. I continued to expand my network of accountability. I have over 100 phone numbers of people that I have never met in person (except Mike2017a, I was fortunate enough to be able to meet up with him Chicago in 2018). Most of those people I will never meet in person, but I know I can count on them to be there for me if I ever need them in a time of weakness.

My advise to all of you new quitters is get involved in YOUR quit. Own that shit like you never owned anything before. Expand your accountability as much as you can. Yes, it's weird exchanging phone numbers with strangers, but would you rather give a stranger your phone number that may save your life or die in the gutter with a turd in your lip??

Once your quit is established and your accountability network is getting stronger, now its time to pay it forward, get involved in other people's quits. This will invigorate your quit and give it new direction. Now it's not all about you, now it's about you and those new guys just starting out.

This is how this site works, it is a never ending circle of people helping people achieve a DAILY goal. Rely on the wisdom of the veterans, they have lived through everything you are going through and will go through. Soon enough, you will be the veteran and people will be coming to you for advise.

I am a simple guy. I'm not as eloquent with the words as my good friend Athan, I'm not as intense in the world of Quit as my good friend Skolvikings. I am, however, committed to my quit and no one can take that from me but me.

I am happy and honored to be included in anyone's network of accountability that would like. Just send me a PM with your number and I will do likewise.

May you all achieve the happiness in life that you all deserve, nicotine free.

These are my personal thoughts, you can take what you want and leave the rest. If it helps one person in their quit, then it was worth writing.

Chris
If you want my digits, just ask and they will be yours, but I expect yours in return.

Accountability is a statement of personal promise, both to yourself and to the people around you, to deliver specific defined results.
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Do not be complacent about your achievements and not to strive for continual improvement when you get to the top. As soon as you let success go to your head, you sink into following familiar patterns and play it safe. In other words, you risk losing your edge.
Roy T. Bennett

You need anything, ask.  You feel strong, help.  This quit is for you but we got your back.
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Do not let the actions of others determine the direction of YOUR quit.
chris2alaska

There are no dumb questions, just dumb people who ask questions.
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HOF - 04/27/2018;   2nd FLOOR - 08/05/2018;   3rd FLOOR - 11/13/2018;   1 YEAR - 01/18/2019;   4th Floor - 02/21/2019;   5th Floor - 06/01/2019;   6th Floor - 09/09/2019;   7th Floor - 12/18/2019;   2 YEARS - 01/18/2020;    8th Floor - 03/27/2020;   9th Floor - 07/05/2020;    Comma Club - 10/13/2020;   3 Years - 01/18/2021;    11th Floor - 01/21/2021;   12th Floor - 05/01/2021;    13th Floor - 08/09/2021;    14th Floor - 11/17/2021;    4 Years - 01/18/2022;    15th Floor - 02/25/2022;     16th Floor - 06/05/2022;    17th Floor - 09/13/2022;     18th Floor - 12/22/2022;     5 Years - 01/18/2023;    19th Floor - 04/01/2023;     2K Double Dangle - 07/10/2023;     21st Floor - 10/18/2023;      6 Years - 01/18/2024;     22nd Floor - 01/26/2024

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Re: 1st Day Quit
« Reply #65 on: August 05, 2018, 05:26:00 PM »
Quote from: pab1964
Congratulations chris2alaska! 2 frigging hundo is awesome!
What to do with two hundy? Go have fundies (don't lose your undies), press on to three hundy of course.
Crack that wangdoodle and let's go, a bunch of quitters to rescue from the snow cause that bitch won't let 'em go.
Well, that's all the rhymes I got tonight. I'll start working on the three hunert list.
love you bunches, quit with you all day every day!
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Re: 1st Day Quit
« Reply #64 on: August 05, 2018, 04:29:00 PM »
Congratulations chris2alaska! 2 frigging hundo is awesome!
Tobacco is so addictive it took me a year after a massive heart attack, in which doctor confirmed caused from dipping to finally put a lid on the bitch! ODAAT EDD

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Re: 1st Day Quit
« Reply #63 on: August 05, 2018, 12:26:00 PM »
Well sir... well freaking done!!!!!!!!

You are a cornerstone to so many of ours quits in April, keep up the great work.

Hopefully one day I get to shake your hand in person, maybe kill a caribou..... or a reindeer?

Love ya buddy, let's stack another hundo!!!!
Be humble... grow everyday.

I fear I will always be chasing the vortex like a drug. None will be as special as my first hit.

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Re: 1st Day Quit
« Reply #62 on: July 31, 2018, 07:10:00 PM »
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Re: 1st Day Quit
« Reply #61 on: June 24, 2018, 09:57:00 PM »
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Re: 1st Day Quit
« Reply #60 on: May 14, 2018, 03:55:00 PM »
Are You Ready to Quit?
Hi Everyone,

My name is Chris, I chewed smokeless tobacco since I was 19 years old, so for 31 years. I started because a really hot chick wanted to try it so I said I would try it with her. I have not seen that girl in 31 years, but I had a daily reminder of her as I crammed some more of that crap into my lip.

I was up to three cans a day and putting in half the can at a time when I decided to quit.

I did have one stoppage in the year 2000 for about nine months, but I caved and went back to it like I had never stopped. It took me a really long time to decide that I was ready to quit. Sure, my wife and son wanted me to quit long before I ever did, but I was not ready. If you are not quitting for yourself first, you will fail. You have to want that quit more than anything. It finally hit me in January of this year that I was finally ready. That is when I found the KTC website. I have no idea what caused me to click on the link, I just know when I did and started reading the information contained inside it clicked and made complete sense for me.

The last 100 days has been different for me than most of my brothers and sister in April ’18. I have yet to experience “The Fog”. I never experienced the hazy, mindset they all spoke about. I did have some cravings that hit pretty hard but for the most part, I have thoroughly enjoyed the last 100 days of freedom from nicotine.

Now the hard part is going to start. There are some bad days ahead for all of us based on the information contained in the “what to expect” section. We will be fighting more cravings and we will need to lean on all of our quit brothers to get through it.

Unfortunately, there are several of our brothers who do not realize that 100 days is not the end, it is only the beginning. As I said before, I chewed for 31 years, which is over 11,300 days. I’m at 100 days. When I get to 11,300 days of quit, only then will I say that I “might” be cured.

There are so many people in this forum that have helped me, several that I consider close friends and would be at their doorstep if they called and said they needed me there. I would like to specifically thank a few of those individuals:

MNxEngineer – the first person to support me when I came to this forum.

Skolvikings – What can I say, you sir are the epitome of quit. In the dictionary under the word “Quit” is a picture of you.

Athan – Quit possibly my best friend.

69Franx – Has supported me on roll almost every day since I got here

Samrs – What would I do without your daily jokes?

JGromo, Morgan, Mack213, CritRocket, BrianG, Doofus, Batdad, and more.

All of you guys have had some part in supporting my quit, I only hope I have also supported you when you needed it.

It is my honor and privilege to know all of you and to especially quit with all of on a daily basis.

Now then, all of those guys up there have one thing in common, they are all addicts just like me. If you are reading this and wondering if you should quit dipping, the answer is most definitely YES. But only you can decide that for yourself. No one else can make the decision for you. Do not let anyone make the decision for you either. All that will happen, is you will end up pissed off at them and posting a day one again because you caved. You caved because YOU were not ready to quit and YOU did not make the decision to quit.

Now some of the benefits of quitting are as follows:

•   Less of a chance that you will get cancer.
•   Clean teeth and gums.
•   A mouth worth kissing.
•   A happier life with your family.
•   A longer life with your family.
•   More money in your bank account (I am saving over $500 every month. I booked a two week cruise for my family and me for next February)
•   Way less stress going to the dentist.
•   No more spitters to hide.
•   No more accidentally spilling said spitter all over your car floor.

The list is endless, but these are some of highlights.

This is what I know, I joined this forum because I was ready to quit. Making my promise to abstain from nicotine every MORNING (not half way through the day or 10 minutes until midnight) along with the Accountability and Brotherhood is irreplaceable as a means of quitting. As long as you are true to your word, you can quit nicotine too.

I will be here long after my 100 days has come and gone because if I am not, I will end up like most that leave and have to come back to post day 1 again. I REFUSE!!!

I will be here posting roll every day because that is how my quit is going to continue.

You see, nicotine is a conniving little bitch. She will wait and wait and wait until you think you have mastery over her. She will lull you into thinking that you have won, you are the man or woman and you cannot be harmed by her ever again. BAM!!!! She has you. Next thing you know, you are packing your lip with a big ole shit turd. Nicotine has all the time in the world. It is not going anywhere anytime soon. We, on the other hand only have a short time on this earth. Do you want spend it feeding your addiction or enjoying your life with family and friends??

The choice is yours. I sincerely hope you make the correct one.

Please feel free to PM me if you want my digits. It would be my honor to help support you in your quit. What better way for me to thank all those that have come before me than to help someone else control their addiction One Day at a Time.

Sincerely,

Chris aka chris2alaska
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