You guys remember the look you would get every once in a while when you put a dip in.? That, I can't believe you do something so disgusting and stupid, look? God I hated those people. So self righteous and haughty....but somewhere along the last 1,000 days I have come to realize that those people....were right. Absolutely spot on right.
Even if it weren't addictive, dipping is a vile practice. Brown tongue, yellow teeth, crap under the fingernails. Holding something in your mouth that forces saliva to build up so much so that you have to spit every 30 seconds. (I have a theory that was my mouths way of trying to get the dip out), Filling up spitters, spilling spitters, falling asleep and drooling dip juice all over my pillows, spitting out the window of my car and missing, flecks of tobacco stuck in my teeth, turning my head when someone I loved went to kiss me...what in the world did we all sign up for when we put that shit in our mouths? It makes no fucking sense.
But the voice of addiction has a way of saying exactly what you want to hear,. Early on it told me how dip would help me fit in, or make me a better ball player, later it told me how dip was helping to control my appetite, or how it helped me relax, and/or focus. It somehow made me believe that I immeadiately liked people better if I knew they dipped. My addicted self spent years selling me snake oil and I bought can after can listening to all the twisted logic that comes with being an addict.
After 1,000 days of quit I can't help but be amazed at how strong my addiction is. For 1,000 days I have curb stomped all my urges, turned a deaf ear when something in me tries to convince me to buy a can. Time and time again I have stood up to the bully that dominated my life for decades and kicked its ass....but even after all of that...it won't die. I'm still addicted. I still feel the pull to cave. I still have to fight, almost daily. Thank God I post roll!
My October 2013 class had about 40 people reach their 100th day. Half never posted roll again, and by the end of the first year we only had five left. (FI, Boomer, Pinched, JLud and myself) This makes no sense to me. Are the rest cured of their addiction? If they are like me and failed time after time to quit in the past, why way would they abandon the one way that allowed them to succeed? When I post roll I am accountable, and maybe more importantly it also tells others posting that they are accountable to me. This isn't "a" way to quit...this is THE way. Because I am fighting daily, I am promising daily. That's how I quit today, and if I'm lucky enough to be quit tomorrow, that's how I will be quit then.
Happy Easter everyone!