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Hall of Fame Speeches / My Hall of Fame Speech 10 years late
« Last post by Nittany Ryan on Today at 03:12:15 PM »
My name is Ryan and I'm addicted to tobacco.  Miraculously, today is my 3,867th straight day without a dip.

If you're doing the math I am 10 years and some change late with this speech for which I have not real explanation.  When I came to this site back in 2014 I was dipping 1 - 2 cans a day of Rooster Wintergreen and had been doing so for the better part of 24 years.  Like many, I told myself I could quit anytime and made the declaration that I had quit several times - when my first son was born and then again when my second son was born, for example.  They didn't stick and I was covertly dipping within days of my declaration until I would inevitably get caught and have to admit that I was, indeed, dipping again.  Somehow spitting out blood every time I brushed my teeth didn't seem to phase me too much or maybe I was just good at putting it out of my mind.  I mean I did everything with a turd in my lip, how would I do anything without it?  I even told myself I enjoyed it even though I knew that at some point I clearly passed the point of enjoyment and was doing it mostly to avoid feeling like shit if I didn't do it.  Yeah, when I pulled that can out I felt a surge of anticipatory joy only to pop it in my mouth and realize the now familiar and deepening disappointment that hit with every dip.  You would think this disappointment would be enough to eventually get me to quit but it wasn't, I was bound and determined to regain the fleeting enjoyment I felt with my first dip. 

It was when I saw my dad, who was a smoker quit for about 5 years, lose all his teeth that a sudden conviction hit me.  Cancer? Meh, I don't think that's likely.  Wife and kids constantly telling me how gross it was?  Not my problem.  Losing my teeth though somehow struck a deeper cord and if smoking did this then how much easier would my bleeding gums give up their pearly whites?  So, I proclaimed - once again - that I was done with chewing, threw away my stash and was 100% confident I was really done.  Anyone reading this knows how that ended... with me digging through the trash cans a day and a half later hoping I could find a can I didn't completely empty.  That sad ass act is what finally brought me to KTC 3,867 days ago and from that day forward the impossible became reality.  Was it easy?  Hell no!  It was was like losing your best friend and dog at the same time but logging in and posting roll EDD was huge for me.  My class started with about 100 of us, all convinced we were done with our addiction.  Some of our most vocal members were the first to drop and it didn't take long.  Within a week 100 was down to 50 but for the first time ever I didn't take that as an excuse to go back and dip again, I saw it as a blessing that I remained.  If I'm not mistaken, of our original 100+ member March 2015 class, 5 of us made the HOF.  Quitting is definitely the road less taken and not something that I am ever willing to give back which is why I continue to post roll every day 10 years later.

I am grateful for KTC and if you are reading this contemplating quitting, maybe just maybe, you can relate to my story in some way and if you do know this - you can't do it alone, you need the support of other addicts.  As much as your wife and mom love you they cannot help you with this, you need people like me and the thousands of others that have kicked the shit out of this addiction or are currently working their way out of it to get it done.  Commit now, be accountable and demand accountability from others and you have a chance just like I did 3,867 days ago.

Nittany Ryan
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Eternal Quitters Support Roll / Re: Eternal Quitters
« Last post by bicycleptic on Today at 11:49:57 AM »
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CLIFF
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buddyboy
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WarE2013
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TStahr
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Traumagnet
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SuccessThisTime (STT)
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Bommer44
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Teray
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Air Force ADDICT
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JoeC
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NoMore4Me
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Goody
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Concharde
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LDiddy
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JOHNeBOB
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Eternal Quitters Support Roll / Re: Eternal Quitters
« Last post by FLLipOut on Today at 09:35:05 AM »
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CLIFF
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buddyboy
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WarE2013
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TStahr
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Traumagnet
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SuccessThisTime (STT)
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Bommer44
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Teray
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Air Force ADDICT
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JoeC
Quit date:  11-Mar-2016
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NoMore4Me
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Goody
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Concharde
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LDiddy
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effgarg
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JOHNeBOB
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Frazzled
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Eternal Quitters Support Roll / Re: Eternal Quitters
« Last post by Candoit on Today at 06:42:07 AM »
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CLIFF
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buddyboy
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WarE2013
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TStahr
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Traumagnet
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SuccessThisTime (STT)
Quit date:  19-Feb-2017
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Bommer44
Quit date:  28-Jan-2016
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Teray
Quit date:  11-Feb-2015
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Air Force ADDICT
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JoeC
Quit date:  11-Mar-2016
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NoMore4Me
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Goody
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Concharde
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LDiddy
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effgarg
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JOHNeBOB
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Frazzled
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Musicluvah
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Candoit 4014
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Eternal Quitters Support Roll / Re: Eternal Quitters
« Last post by Scott B on Today at 04:01:22 AM »
The Eternal Train of Quit   


CLIFF
Quit date: 01-Dec-2005
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buddyboy
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WarE2013
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TStahr
Quit date:  10-Jan-2012
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Traumagnet
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SuccessThisTime (STT)
Quit date:  19-Feb-2017
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Bommer44
Quit date:  28-Jan-2016
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Teray
Quit date:  11-Feb-2015
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Air Force ADDICT
Quit date:  02-Oct-2014
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JoeC
Quit date:  11-Mar-2016
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NoMore4Me
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Goody
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Concharde
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LDiddy
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effgarg
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JOHNeBOB
Quit 12-Jan-2022
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Frazzled
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Musicluvah
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Introductions / Re: 16 years later, I quit
« Last post by Candoit on July 17, 2025, 08:50:01 PM »
This post is over a decade old. But it still mean what I said then. "That’s the burden. Like wings, they have weight. We feel that weight on our backs, but they are a burden that lifts us. Burdens that allow us to fly."
Happy to share this burden with you!
Waste I know I am a day late on this but congratulations on 1300 days quit.

Thank you for what you have done and continue to do for all of us here at KTC, I know that I would not be at this point if it was not for your support.

Watching Bones the other night I heard this quote: "That’s the burden. Like wings, they have weight. We feel that weight on our backs, but they are a burden that lifts us. Burdens that allow us to fly."

I have been thinking of how the post hall of fame funk, and the trouble it is to post everyday, help others, and leave a place better than you found it. Yes it is a burden to be quit, it is a burden to post every damn day, it is a burden to spend time here paying it forward. But these burdens are good, I will gladly carry the burden that quitting brings, because embracing the quit like you have shown me how to fly.

I am proud to share the burden of quit with you.
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Introductions / Re: 16 years later, I quit
« Last post by BigRedDog on July 17, 2025, 06:34:12 PM »
Today was not a great day...first real hard-core scare that actually shook my confidence.

Day 86 and I was at work, waiting on my trailer to be unloaded and it was humid and miserable and frustrating and without even thinking there was the want, and the pat on the back right pocket and the thought of needing a pinch....

Idk if its because I've been tired this past week, and kind of run down honestly. But man, that feeling that need and the thought shook my confidence in my quit.

I know I wont cave tonight but man... im not nearly as certain as i was 12 hours ago about tomorrow. Now I continue to worry that tbis will be how it is forever

I know it wont be... but man... I thought by day 86 id be better than this...stronger, and not nearly as vulnerable to it

I was not prepared for this week to be the week that shook me, and I dont know why it is
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Eternal Quitters Support Roll / Re: Eternal Quitters
« Last post by Candoit on July 17, 2025, 10:46:35 AM »
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CLIFF
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buddyboy
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WarE2013
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TStahr
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Traumagnet
Quit date: 16-Apr-2013
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SuccessThisTime (STT)
Quit date:  19-Feb-2017
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Bommer44
Quit date:  28-Jan-2016
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Teray
Quit date:  11-Feb-2015
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Air Force ADDICT
Quit date:  02-Oct-2014
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JoeC
Quit date:  11-Mar-2016
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NoMore4Me
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Goody
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Concharde
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LDiddy
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effgarg
Quit 17-Sep-2018
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JOHNeBOB
Quit 12-Jan-2022
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Frazzled
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Musicluvah
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Candoit 4013
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Eternal Quitters Support Roll / Re: Eternal Quitters
« Last post by bicycleptic on July 17, 2025, 09:43:16 AM »
The Eternal Train of Quit   


CLIFF
Quit date: 01-Dec-2005
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buddyboy
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WarE2013
Quit date: 03-Apr-2013
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TStahr
Quit date:  10-Jan-2012
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Traumagnet
Quit date: 16-Apr-2013
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SuccessThisTime (STT)
Quit date:  19-Feb-2017
Eternal quit date:  02-Dec-2017

Bommer44
Quit date:  28-Jan-2016
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Teray
Quit date:  11-Feb-2015
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Air Force ADDICT
Quit date:  02-Oct-2014
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JoeC
Quit date:  11-Mar-2016
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NoMore4Me
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Goody
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Concharde
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LDiddy
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effgarg
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JOHNeBOB
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Eternal Quitters Support Roll / Re: Eternal Quitters
« Last post by Scott B on July 17, 2025, 03:17:32 AM »
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CLIFF
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WarE2013
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TStahr
Quit date:  10-Jan-2012
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Traumagnet
Quit date: 16-Apr-2013
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SuccessThisTime (STT)
Quit date:  19-Feb-2017
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Bommer44
Quit date:  28-Jan-2016
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Teray
Quit date:  11-Feb-2015
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Air Force ADDICT
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JoeC
Quit date:  11-Mar-2016
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NoMore4Me
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Goody
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LDiddy
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effgarg
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JOHNeBOB
Quit 12-Jan-2022
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