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Re: Glad to be here
« Reply #452 on: November 01, 2021, 06:13:35 PM »
How is the view brother? Congrats on hitting the 14th @Athan
By golly - the view is spectacular! 18 guests on the fence pondering, wondering, waiting. The ONLY difference between you and me is that I made the decision. You can too. Put that can down and reclaim your life. Going through withdrawals is a drag but not as big a drag as having all of your teeth pulled or esophageal cancer. The thing is, you only gotta go through the suck once. Then freedom is just lying in wait on the other side. We here, waiting to give you support along the way. You've nothing to lose and everything to gain.
Like big Chris says, "addiction is giving up everything for one thing. Recovery is giving up one thing for everything".
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Re: Glad to be here
« Reply #451 on: November 01, 2021, 09:00:17 AM »
How is the view brother? Congrats on hitting the 14th @Athan
By golly - the view is spectacular! 18 guests on the fence pondering, wondering, waiting. The ONLY difference between you and me is that I made the decision. You can too. Put that can down and reclaim your life. Going through withdrawals is a drag but not as big a drag as having all of your teeth pulled or esophageal cancer. The thing is, you only gotta go through the suck once. Then freedom is just lying in wait on the other side. We here, waiting to give you support along the way. You've nothing to lose and everything to gain.
Like big Chris says, "addiction is giving up everything for one thing. Recovery is giving up one thing for everything".
Congratulations on the big 14th @Athan . Well done brother!
You ROCKKKKKkkk!!!!! 'lift'
Just one and you will be back to where you started, and where you started was desperately wishing you were where you are now.
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Re: Glad to be here
« Reply #450 on: October 31, 2021, 03:53:53 PM »
How is the view brother? Congrats on hitting the 14th @Athan
By golly - the view is spectacular! 18 guests on the fence pondering, wondering, waiting. The ONLY difference between you and me is that I made the decision. You can too. Put that can down and reclaim your life. Going through withdrawals is a drag but not as big a drag as having all of your teeth pulled or esophageal cancer. The thing is, you only gotta go through the suck once. Then freedom is just lying in wait on the other side. We here, waiting to give you support along the way. You've nothing to lose and everything to gain.
Like big Chris says, "addiction is giving up everything for one thing. Recovery is giving up one thing for everything".
Congratulations on the big 14th @Athan . Well done brother!
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Re: Glad to be here
« Reply #449 on: October 31, 2021, 03:36:16 PM »
How is the view brother? Congrats on hitting the 14th @Athan
By golly - the view is spectacular! 18 guests on the fence pondering, wondering, waiting. The ONLY difference between you and me is that I made the decision. You can too. Put that can down and reclaim your life. Going through withdrawals is a drag but not as big a drag as having all of your teeth pulled or esophageal cancer. The thing is, you only gotta go through the suck once. Then freedom is just lying in wait on the other side. We here, waiting to give you support along the way. You've nothing to lose and everything to gain.
Like big Chris says, "addiction is giving up everything for one thing. Recovery is giving up one thing for everything".
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Re: Glad to be here
« Reply #448 on: October 31, 2021, 10:34:45 AM »
How is the view brother? Congrats on hitting the 14th @Athan
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Re: Glad to be here
« Reply #447 on: October 23, 2021, 09:27:20 PM »
Younger brother just had ALL of his teeth removed. FU big tobacco.
Sorry to hear brother. Keeping him in my thoughts and prayers.
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Re: Glad to be here
« Reply #446 on: October 23, 2021, 04:40:21 PM »
Younger brother just had ALL of his teeth removed. FU big tobacco.
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Re: Glad to be here
« Reply #445 on: October 09, 2021, 06:57:02 PM »
Just replaced the wax ring on the downstairs commode. Sans nicotine of course. I figure I saved myself $75 for the plumber and $5 for the can of worm dirt for a grand total of $80. The way things are going lately I figure I'm gonna need to save every penny.

On a sad note, a co-worker is back smoking again. He was clean 6 months. Just reiterated to me that anyone can stop for a while. It's staying clean for the long haul that counts. Still here. Still clean. Still free. One Day At A Time.
I’ll be right here with you brother.
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Re: Glad to be here
« Reply #444 on: October 09, 2021, 12:56:51 PM »
Just replaced the wax ring on the downstairs commode. Sans nicotine of course. I figure I saved myself $75 for the plumber and $5 for the can of worm dirt for a grand total of $80. The way things are going lately I figure I'm gonna need to save every penny.

On a sad note, a co-worker is back smoking again. He was clean 6 months. Just reiterated to me that anyone can stop for a while. It's staying clean for the long haul that counts. Still here. Still clean. Still free. One Day At A Time.
"I hope you find a thousand reasons to quit today" Rawls
"I can't quit for you. I will quit with you" Ready
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Re: Pfizer recall on Chantix
« Reply #443 on: September 18, 2021, 08:06:43 PM »
Pfizer issues recall of certain Chantix doses due to cancer risk. I've never heard of a recall of atomic fireballs or gum or cinnamon stix or fake chew. If you're on the ropes with anxiety during withdrawal, talk to your health care provider about your options.
You could always call or text a brother in quit and talk through it. It's free, it's effective, and it has worked every time I ever did it.
Having a great quit brother saved my sorry butt twice. I am not one to gloat but I have two other guys that I can say they called on me to help when they hit rock bottom. They are still quit also. Having a crew that you can text daily sets you up for SUCCESS not FAILURE!!! Wish more would do that very thing Athan. Thanks for being a huge part of many peoples quit.

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Pfizer recall on Chantix
« Reply #442 on: September 18, 2021, 06:13:51 PM »
Pfizer issues recall of certain Chantix doses due to cancer risk. I've never heard of a recall of atomic fireballs or gum or cinnamon stix or fake chew. If you're on the ropes with anxiety during withdrawal, talk to your health care provider about your options.
You could always call or text a brother in quit and talk through it. It's free, it's effective, and it has worked every time I ever did it.
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Re: Just one...
« Reply #441 on: September 15, 2021, 12:48:08 AM »
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#1.  Between the pressures of life and everything in between, I picked up that dip and thought I could just have one.  I was dead wrong.

From a dude returning after a 5 year hiatus. This is why I'm still here. I've had too many 'just one' thoughts even posting every day. If I pick up and 'move on' I'll be packing it in with in two months time. Guaranteed. Not now. Not today. Not for any reason.
There are too many to thank - but to all of you, those who came before me, those quitting with me, and those who quit after me - Thank-you for providing me a context within which to maintain my freedom.
I just got a QUIT stiffy...Thank you my friend!


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Re: Just one...
« Reply #440 on: September 14, 2021, 07:17:00 PM »
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#1.  Between the pressures of life and everything in between, I picked up that dip and thought I could just have one.  I was dead wrong.

From a dude returning after a 5 year hiatus. This is why I'm still here. I've had too many 'just one' thoughts even posting every day. If I pick up and 'move on' I'll be packing it in with in two months time. Guaranteed. Not now. Not today. Not for any reason.
There are too many to thank - but to all of you, those who came before me, those quitting with me, and those who quit after me - Thank-you for providing me a context within which to maintain my freedom.
I just got a QUIT stiffy...Thank you my friend!
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Just one...
« Reply #439 on: September 14, 2021, 04:09:08 PM »
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#1.  Between the pressures of life and everything in between, I picked up that dip and thought I could just have one.  I was dead wrong.

From a dude returning after a 5 year hiatus. This is why I'm still here. I've had too many 'just one' thoughts even posting every day. If I pick up and 'move on' I'll be packing it in with in two months time. Guaranteed. Not now. Not today. Not for any reason.
There are too many to thank - but to all of you, those who came before me, those quitting with me, and those who quit after me - Thank-you for providing me a context within which to maintain my freedom.
"I hope you find a thousand reasons to quit today" Rawls
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"In the Navy we had morning muster. You never miss muster. You better be dead if you miss. If you are dying, you should have started crawling earlier, no excuse." Olcpo

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Re: Glad to be here
« Reply #438 on: August 26, 2021, 07:13:34 AM »
From @cdforecheck in his intro. Some other good gems in there.

I was bored so I did a little tinkering and found some interesting stuff.

According to recent studies, nicotine users who have stopped ingesting nicotine have a success rate of 23% for one year of abstinence and 14% for two years; these are the numbers for those using a support system. Alone, the success rate is dramatically lower, around 14% make it one year and 9% make it two years. Both studies, one by the Tobacco Health Related Disease Institute and the other through NIH notice little change in success rate following two years and both studies included only smokers and both stated that smokeless tobacco appears more difficult to quit long term. No other drug shows relapse rates this high, heroin comes the closest.

Who in the world would bet on any of us? A less than 1 in 4 chance to make one year and less than 1 in 10 to make it two alone?

How many people visited here one day, signed up, and have never been heard from again? About 85%, by using the member list have posted 0 to less than 100 times, excluding those joining before 100 days have passed.

We are the 15%ers. We will make it. A life without nicotine is possible, we found a support and hopefully we are using it. We are the ones that made it past the 30 day mark when most relapses occur. We have determined to change our lives. We are the ones not afraid to admit that we are weak and canÂ’t do it alone. We are stronger together because we understand how hard it is to fight this. We know ways to distract ourselves and have the vehicle to do it here, from chat to wildcard to posting. We are more powerful against nicotine than anyone of us ever were by ourselves. We are committed to benefiting ourselves and our families and helping perfect strangers to do the same. We hold ourselves accountable to multiple networks of support. We make life changes to avoid the triggers. We will do this, we will succeed, and our lives will be much better for it. We are the 15%ers. We are FREE.
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"In the Navy we had morning muster. You never miss muster. You better be dead if you miss. If you are dying, you should have started crawling earlier, no excuse." Olcpo

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Quitters I've met: Cbird, UncleRico, Gregor, KDip, Broccoli-saurus, Croakenhagen, BriagG, Koba, Kodiakdeath, Arrakisdq, McDave, Worktowin, SkolVikings, JGromo, GS9502, PaDutchman, Stillbrewing, A-Aron...
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