Youngish quitter

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Bink - Congrats on 100, you've been through a lot the last couple of months and held strong. Proud of you dude. Remember that while 100 is an accomplishment, it's just another day on the journey.

^^^^Exactly. Congrats, bink. See you for 101 tomorrow.

[30isEnuff]

Bink - Congrats on 100, you've been through a lot the last couple of months and held strong. Proud of you dude. Remember that while 100 is an accomplishment, it's just another day on the journey.

Gratz Bink, and see you at 101 tomorrow!

Great Job Bink!! Awesome.

[basshaug]

Bink - Congrats on 100, you've been through a lot the last couple of months and held strong. Proud of you dude. Remember that while 100 is an accomplishment, it's just another day on the journey.

Gratz Bink, and see you at 101 tomorrow!

Bink, I just want to say that I'm damn fucking proud to quit with you brother. You are a bad ass. Life threw obstacle after obstacle at you, piled them on 2-3 at once at times, and each time you got up, brushed yourself off and told the nic bitch to Fuck off.

See you on roll tomorrow brother.

[Thumblewort]

Bink - Congrats on 100, you've been through a lot the last couple of months and held strong. Proud of you dude. Remember that while 100 is an accomplishment, it's just another day on the journey.

Gratz Bink, and see you at 101 tomorrow!

[Done4Me]

Bink - Congrats on 100, you've been through a lot the last couple of months and held strong. Proud of you dude. Remember that while 100 is an accomplishment, it's just another day on the journey.

[Done4Me]

Bink - You hold true to your word and you're gonna love yourself. You've got a lot of quit going on. Stay steady, +1 it, glad to be on your team.

[MCO]

Keep up the good work Bink, you're kicking the Nic bitch's ass!

[Thumblewort]

Happy to be quit with you today Bink!

[30isEnuff]

Proud of You Bink!!

[Steakbomb18]

So, myself being an addictive personality, I swap my former bad addiction for a better one. Next time a craving comes on, instead of getting angry and lashing out: I drink some water, eat a piece of fruit, and/or work out. I'm using that former weakness to build good habits this time and not just transposing my bad habit to another one and subjugating other quitters to it.

However you all do it, I'm quit with you today.

Spoken like a true quitter. Can't deny your resolve and taking ownership of your quit. It's these types of traits that inspire the quit of others around you. Keep it up and quit on.

[The_Bink]

I'm aware that they are different things, I thought that was clear in what I wrote. We are all addicts to nicotine, almost all of us are predisposed to addiction through an addictive personality. The addictive behavior I assume is the action on one's addictive personality. Whether one is addicted to alcohol, drugs, sex, gambling, or nicotine, everyone here feels the psychological and physical compulsions to use. But the cause of most of my problems is internal. I know I grew up in a not so stable home, after years of psychotherapy I found the source of many of my personality quirks. Some I have worked on and reformed after repeated correct behavior, some are set in and unchangeable at this point in my life. I will always get the urges, but it doesn't mean I have to act on them. Nicotine was one of many things I used to escape from the volatile nature of my upbringing. I wish I could go back now and tell myself I would've been alright without it, but instead I just fight it day to day from here on out and reshape my life nicotine free.

You're right, I am new to this, and I get that it worked for many, but it's not 100%. An addictive personality can be both a strength or a weakness. The addiction to nicotine is a weakness in that it kills you. But holding onto unnecessary rage and aggression past getting the chemical out of your body seems redundant to me. Take this on anger http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv ... cts_people I may be alone in that if I use anger as a crutch, I become a constant raging asshole and do as much harm to myself as using drugs (and it doesn't take long before I get on them). I've already done this before. I didn't have a stroke or anything physically life threatening, but I pushed everyone away and soon become isolated and depressed. I was then getting angry at how my life was going, and it only got worse. I soon had to turn to drugs to change the way I feel, and started my most recent downward spiral.

So, myself being an addictive personality, I swap my former bad addiction for a better one. Next time a craving comes on, instead of getting angry and lashing out: I drink some water, eat a piece of fruit, and/or work out. I'm using that former weakness to build good habits this time and not just transposing my bad habit to another one and subjugating other quitters to it.

However you all do it, I'm quit with you today.

[starr_78]

Day 9 was relatively uneventful, only one quick craving on my break after lunch. It still blows my mind that everyone here looks at their addiction as a weakness. I think our ability as addicts is a strength when applied to the right things. Sure, being addicted to nicotine sucks and would eventually kill some of us in highly unpleasant ways. However, replace that addiction with drinking water, eating healthy snacks, or working out when you get a craving and you are rising above the bitch and instead doing your body a great justice. Use your addictive personality for good reasons, don't let it abuse you. I go hard at everything I do. In another light, this makes our entire group special. We're masters of motivating ourselves to get whatever we want. I did not use today, and I won't use before I go to bed. If I don't post again tonight, I'll see everyone in August roll tomorrow morning.

Spoken like a true neophyte.

Addiction and addictive personalities are two different things. Do not confuse them. Addictive personalities and addictive behaviors are also different.

Addiction to nicotine IS a weakness and that is why addicts of nicotine must fight every day to make sure that we do not use nicotine. If it wasn't a weakness then quitting would be easy and you wouldn't be here.

Well said Steakbomb!

[Steakbomb18]

Day 9 was relatively uneventful, only one quick craving on my break after lunch. It still blows my mind that everyone here looks at their addiction as a weakness. I think our ability as addicts is a strength when applied to the right things. Sure, being addicted to nicotine sucks and would eventually kill some of us in highly unpleasant ways. However, replace that addiction with drinking water, eating healthy snacks, or working out when you get a craving and you are rising above the bitch and instead doing your body a great justice. Use your addictive personality for good reasons, don't let it abuse you. I go hard at everything I do. In another light, this makes our entire group special. We're masters of motivating ourselves to get whatever we want. I did not use today, and I won't use before I go to bed. If I don't post again tonight, I'll see everyone in August roll tomorrow morning.

Spoken like a true neophyte.

Addiction and addictive personalities are two different things. Do not confuse them. Addictive personalities and addictive behaviors are also different.

Addiction to nicotine IS a weakness and that is why addicts of nicotine must fight every day to make sure that we do not use nicotine. If it wasn't a weakness then quitting would be easy and you wouldn't be here.

[The_Bink]

Day 9 was relatively uneventful, only one quick craving on my break after lunch. It still blows my mind that everyone here looks at their addiction as a weakness. I think our ability as addicts is a strength when applied to the right things. Sure, being addicted to nicotine sucks and would eventually kill some of us in highly unpleasant ways. However, replace that addiction with drinking water, eating healthy snacks, or working out when you get a craving and you are rising above the bitch and instead doing your body a great justice. Use your addictive personality for good reasons, don't let it abuse you. I go hard at everything I do. In another light, this makes our entire group special. We're masters of motivating ourselves to get whatever we want. I did not use today, and I won't use before I go to bed. If I don't post again tonight, I'll see everyone in August roll tomorrow morning.

[Thumblewort]

Bink, I felt the same way when I joined 2 months ago. I went home and bitched to my wife about what a bunch of assholes the "chew quit site" was and who do they think they are and what do they know.

So fast forward 2 months, and I am in hook, line and sinker. Why? Because it is the truth. We are all addicts, we all have lied to ourselves and others about our addiction, and none of us is special. The sooner you lose the hurt feelings and listen to what is being said the sooner you can be free.

If a 44 y/o bullheaded asspipe like me can change his ways, I am sure you can as well. We all forget from time to time that there are people who know what the hell they are talking about, and it would behoove us to kindly listen.

I quit with you today Bink.