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Community => Introductions => Topic started by: tarheel done on April 24, 2013, 09:17:00 AM
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I am in day 4 right now and still trying to figure out this website. I posted roll call correctly for the first time today (i think) because yesterday I posted as a "bad ass" quitter and that I am not..... yet.
I am 43 yrs old live in Raleigh NC and have been dipping since college. I have a good corporate job and great wife and 3 healthy young kids. I look them in the eyes and ask how can i be doing this to them. I did have one unsuccessful quit for about 6years but did the unthinkable; tried 1 dip thinking I was bigger than it. look at me now.
I am so thrilled with this site and with all my new friends. Band of brothers fighting the fight one day at a time.
By the way, i have had 3 of the worst nights of sleep since i quit on sunday. Normal? any advice?
I look forward to getting to know everyone..
tarheel done
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I hear ya tarheel done! I'm currently ending my 2nd day (40 hours now, but who's counting?!). My sleep has actually been off the chain! Having some crazy, crazy dreams. But I feel like I'm sleeping better. Cravinings definitely coming and going, but over all, I'm looking forward to Clean Living!
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I am in day 4 right now and still trying to figure out this website. I posted roll call correctly for the first time today (i think) because yesterday I posted as a "bad ass" quitter and that I am not..... yet.
I am 43 yrs old live in Raleigh NC and have been dipping since college. I have a good corporate job and great wife and 3 healthy young kids. I look them in the eyes and ask how can i be doing this to them. I did have one unsuccessful quit for about 6years but did the unthinkable; tried 1 dip thinking I was bigger than it. look at me now.
I am so thrilled with this site and with all my new friends. Band of brothers fighting the fight one day at a time.
By the way, i have had 3 of the worst nights of sleep since i quit on sunday. Normal? any advice?
I look forward to getting to know everyone..
tarheel done
Post your promise and keep it........very simple rules but takes lots of balls resolve, you sound like you will have what it takes so read all you can gain as much quit knowledge as you can and trade some numbers brother the numbers will be your life line when things get turned sideways or upside down......
Grizzly25/Lou...out
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Read this article on what to expect when quitting. It will answer a lot of your questions. Hang tough.
http://www.killthecan.org/yourquit/what.asp (http://www.killthecan.org/yourquit/what.asp)
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I hear ya tarheel done! I'm currently ending my 2nd day (40 hours now, but who's counting?!). My sleep has actually been off the chain! Having some crazy, crazy dreams. But I feel like I'm sleeping better. Cravinings definitely coming and going, but over all, I'm looking forward to Clean Living!
For both of you newbies. When you can't sleep log on to the site and read everything you can, realizing your not alone and learning from others experience goes a long way in quitting. Don't even think beyond today it becomes overwhelming and let's the evil nicotine bitch get a toe in the door.
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I am in day 4 right now and still trying to figure out this website. I posted roll call correctly for the first time today (i think) because yesterday I posted as a "bad ass" quitter and that I am not..... yet.
I am 43 yrs old live in Raleigh NC and have been dipping since college. I have a good corporate job and great wife and 3 healthy young kids. I look them in the eyes and ask how can i be doing this to them.  I did have one unsuccessful quit for about 6years but did the unthinkable; tried 1 dip thinking I was bigger than it. look at me now.
I am so thrilled with this site and with all my new friends. Band of brothers fighting the fight one day at a time.
By the way, i have had 3 of the worst nights of sleep since i quit on sunday. Normal? any advice?
I look forward to getting to know everyone..
tarheel done
Hopefully you've been reading and you know your enemy tarheel. You've figured out that you are an addict and one smoke, toke, lick or shot of nicotine and it makes staying quit almost impossible ( referring to your 6 years comment).
One thing I have to disagree with you on with your post. You stated your weren't a badass quitter,,, YOU ARE A BAD ASS QUITTER!! Your 5 days quit on the most addictive drug known to man. Congratulations.
Tarheel you should be nicotine free right now. Go outside and take a look around. I bet everything looks different to you now. What i've experienced is without nicotine in your system everything looks more alive. Nicotine clouds our minds so we can't experience life the way it is intended. PM me if you need a some digits. Glad to be quit with you.
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Read the words right over there.
Just below my avatar.
Thank you for reminding me today why I put those words there. There is no such thing as "just one" for us addicts.
Physical activity and drinking lots of water seemed to be the only real relief for problematic sleep. Excercise helps with many aspects of what we're doing here.
Congrats on 5 days. Carry on.
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Tarheel,
Hang in there brother. Most all of us have the same story that was then this is now get here to this site everyday post your roll. I dig the philosophy of this site swift kick in the ass when you need it, help when you need it and no holds barred honesty. That was the key for me in my other stoppages one nite out drinking just ONE dip and then be a ninja dipper and feel awful cause I caved to the crave. Let the other stops go you are quit today.
Sleep for me has not been a problem the nic bith must have been keeping me up way too late before. I am dead ass tired by 930 snoozin by 1000. Maybe talk to your family practice dr and ask for some sleep aids. I didnt have the fog near as bad if I was hydrated. Cranberry juice for some reason really made me feel good. Oh ya if you are doing shit ton of seeds stay up on your water there is so much salt on them.
You are not alone we are all here if you need help PM me I can give you my number bounce a few texts back and forth.
T
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I hear ya tarheel done! I'm currently ending my 2nd day (40 hours now, but who's counting?!). My sleep has actually been off the chain! Having some crazy, crazy dreams. But I feel like I'm sleeping better. Cravinings definitely coming and going, but over all, I'm looking forward to Clean Living!
For both of you newbies. When you can't sleep log on to the site and read everything you can, realizing your not alone and learning from others experience goes a long way in quitting. Don't even think beyond today it becomes overwhelming and let's the evil nicotine bitch get a toe in the door.
Thanks for the comments JollyMon! sounds like we are in lock step together. I did try some of the "Smokey Mountain" herbal fake dip yesterday and that stuff is awful! but it did satisfy an oral fixation craving. I am not sure if I will do it again.
quit with you today.
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Congrats for taking the first step Tarheel. Not sure if you went to UNC as well or if you just live there now but I am 42 and went to Duke so if you are indeed a Tarheel, we have MANY, MANY things to disagree on. However, basketball aside, I am proud to quit with you today and every day. It's a long hard road to make it to the HOF but few things in life have made me feel so accomplished.
The road ahead won't be easy but just remember your brothers and sisters on this site are here for you WHENEVER you may need them. Whether you are on day 1, day 101 or day 1,001 everyone of us wakes up, posts roll and takes our quit 1 day at time and then repeat it all over again. That is how I stay quit, everyone here stays quit and that is precisely how you will stay quit.
There is no try here, there is only quit!!!!
Proud to quit with you and PM me if you need any help or support. By the way, try the Hooch. It has helped me with the oral fix throughout my quit.
Kidb
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Howdy, neighbor. I'm in Johnston County, right around the corner from you. I trust that since you are "tarheel done" that you are a Carolina fan? If you're not, I'll still quit with a State fan. If you're a Duke fan, you're on your own. :)
Noticed your question about sleep. My first good night's sleep was after the dull headaches resided at about day 20. Over the next 60 or so days, I probably slept like a baby about twenty percent of the time. There is no answer to it other than your body's nine systems (muscular, nervous, circulatory, etc.) are completely rewiring themselves to accept the fact that they are getting healthy and aren't sure how to react. You're a newborn baby in that respect. So am I. I'm three and a half months old.
Quit for YOU first. Quitting for your kids is a hell of a perk, though. They'll thank you later on when you tell them what an idiot you were.
Look at your inbox. I'm going to PM you my number. USE IT if you need it. I'm paying it forward. That's what we do here. Quitting is totally worth it, dude. I quit with you every damn day.
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Bringing this out late!
Congrats on your year m'brutha! Proud to have you in the Junk Free family!
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On the way home from Easter I told my wife and kids (10 8) that I stole from them when I was chewing. It was a very quiet car ride, but I am hitting them with the truth when they ask if I only quit for Lent.
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On the way home from Easter I told my wife and kids (10 8) that I stole from them when I was chewing. It was a very quiet car ride, but I am hitting them with the truth when they ask if I only quit for Lent.
you need to post this in your own thread.