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Community => Introductions => Topic started by: FLguy42 on April 07, 2013, 12:15:00 PM
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Just finding this website today. I took my last dip of Cope last Thursday morning (4/4/13). Since that time, I haven't dipped or even used the nicorette lozenges in the medicine cabinet. Completely nicotine free for going on 3 days now.
Background:
I've been a daily user of Copenhagen for at least the last 25 years (avg 1 can per day). If there's a ranking of how addicted you can be to dip I'm pretty confident I'd be classified as an "All Star". Basically, I can't think of anything that isn't 'improved' by not having a fat wad of dip in my mouth. That's sad and hard for me to admit but honestly true. That silver can has held me prisoner for so long (I'm 42 yrs old) so dipping has completely occupied like 2/3rd's of my life.
This quit feels different for me. Going 3 days without any nic at all is huge for me. In the past i've done the nicorette for maybe a week but then fell off the wagon. This time I just said screw it and told myself no nicotine at all. Cravings have been super bad, but I've been taking one hour at a time.
Sorry for the ramblings...
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Just finding this website today. I took my last dip of Cope last Thursday morning (4/4/13). Since that time, I haven't dipped or even used the nicorette lozenges in the medicine cabinet. Completely nicotine free for going on 3 days now.
Background:
I've been a daily user of Copenhagen for at least the last 25 years (avg 1 can per day). If there's a ranking of how addicted you can be to dip I'm pretty confident I'd be classified as an "All Star". Basically, I can't think of anything that isn't 'improved' by not having a fat wad of dip in my mouth. That's sad and hard for me to admit but honestly true. That silver can has held me prisoner for so long (I'm 42 yrs old) so dipping has completely occupied like 2/3rd's of my life.
This quit feels different for me. Going 3 days without any nic at all is huge for me. In the past i've done the nicorette for maybe a week but then fell off the wagon. This time I just said screw it and told myself no nicotine at all. Cravings have been super bad, but I've been taking one hour at a time.
Sorry for the ramblings...
Glad your here and that you are quit.If you haven't yet go to the Welcome Center and start reading about how this amazing site works.Then go to July quit group and post a Day 3.Come back tomorrow and post a Day 4 quit.It's really that simple.One day at a time (ODAAT).Get involved,grab some numbers,these bad-ass quitters will save your life ODAAT.Proud to be quit with you today.
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Just finding this website today. I took my last dip of Cope last Thursday morning (4/4/13). Since that time, I haven't dipped or even used the nicorette lozenges in the medicine cabinet. Completely nicotine free for going on 3 days now.
Background:
I've been a daily user of Copenhagen for at least the last 25 years (avg 1 can per day). If there's a ranking of how addicted you can be to dip I'm pretty confident I'd be classified as an "All Star". Basically, I can't think of anything that isn't 'improved' by not having a fat wad of dip in my mouth. That's sad and hard for me to admit but honestly true. That silver can has held me prisoner for so long (I'm 42 yrs old) so dipping has completely occupied like 2/3rd's of my life.
This quit feels different for me. Going 3 days without any nic at all is huge for me. In the past i've done the nicorette for maybe a week but then fell off the wagon. This time I just said screw it and told myself no nicotine at all. Cravings have been super bad, but I've been taking one hour at a time.
Sorry for the ramblings...
Welcome to the site, FLguy! Glad to see you quit and taken your life back. Have you posted roll yet? Click on this Link (http://forum.killthecan.org/index.php?showforum=13) and it will take you to the welcome center. Begin reading there and it will teach you how to post roll. Your group is July 2013. Which is right here. (http://forum.killthecan.org/index.php?showtopic=8025&st=0)
I was in your shoes way back in September of 2011. Since that day I have had my share of shitty days where I wanted nothing more than to dip. But each day I come back and post roll. Each day I stay involved with the website and I have remained dip free. It has been the best decision that I've ever made. I won't lie to you and say it will be easy, because it most certainly will not. But it is more than well worth it. Get involved with chat as you'll find a lot of badass quitters in there at all times of the day.
After you post roll, write a message requesting numbers from your quit brothers and sisters in your group as they'll come in handy. While the older members will know what you're going through, the people in your group are more fresh and will be going through it with you at the same time. Write in your intro every so often and use it as a quit journal to look back upon and see how much you and your quit has grown.
I'll be here if you ever need anything. Feel free to send me a PM. Or if you really want my number to text me when you need help getting through a craving or something that is bothering you, let me know and I'll send it to you.
Whether you have to take your quit at one day, one hour, one minute or second at a time, do whatever it takes to make it through the day. If you feel you need to dip just tell yourself you'll do it tomorrow. Anybody can make it through a day right? And keep repeating the process. And sooner or later those cravings will become fewer and farther between and much easier to toss to the side so you don't have to worry about it.
Here's to your quit!!
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Welcome to KTC. Post roll daily and you will stay quit. Pretty simple, but seems to much for some to comprehend.
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We were all stars. Now we are fucking champed out champs of quit.
Join us.
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Thanks for all the guidance and encouragement today. I just posted roll (hopefully I did it correctly as I'm working off a Mac not PC).
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We were all stars. Now we are fucking champed out champs of quit.
Join us.
This.
Is awesome.
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Thanks for all the guidance and encouragement today. I just posted roll (hopefully I did it correctly as I'm working off a Mac not PC).
You did it perfectly. Now do it again tomorrow right when you wake up and your day is starting. Do it before you leave your house before work and all that. That's the requirement of posting roll. Doing it as soon as you start your day means you take dip completely off the table for that day. Not saying you'd do it by any means, but by waiting to do it later in the day one could justify that since they haven't posted roll already that it'd be okay to take a dip which is completely not okay.
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Welcome Dude. Congrats on having the sack to stand up to your addiction! What you are about to do won't be easy, but it will be rewarding. I haven't been around as long as some, but one piece of advice I feel qualified to give is this; no matter how bad of a day you are having, no matter how intense the cravings are, you are a champion until the moment you put dip into your mouth. Some days you won't give chew much thought, some days you literally stay quit minute to minute. Always remember that tobacco gives you nothing, all the "benefits" you may think it provides you are an illusion. I had a really rough day today myself, I was as close to caving as I have been since day 1. But I made it, I had made my promise for the day by posting roll, and tomorrow I will do the same. That's what you gotta do bro. I quit with you today.
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Welcome Dude. Congrats on having the sack to stand up to your addiction! What you are about to do won't be easy, but it will be rewarding. I haven't been around as long as some, but one piece of advice I feel qualified to give is this; no matter how bad of a day you are having, no matter how intense the cravings are, you are a champion until the moment you put dip into your mouth. Some days you won't give chew much thought, some days you literally stay quit minute to minute. Always remember that tobacco gives you nothing, all the "benefits" you may think it provides you are an illusion. I had a really rough day today myself, I was as close to caving as I have been since day 1. But I made it, I had made my promise for the day by posting roll, and tomorrow I will do the same. That's what you gotta do bro. I quit with you today.
I like this and u
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Once again, reading encouragement from others on this site is really empowering. Today (Day 3) has been really really tough - seemed much harder from a cravings standpoint than Days 1 2 for some reason. But I'm really hoping tomorrow will be better. Man, nighttime is really brutal because I would just typically sit up loading the Cope in my mouth watching TV for hours. But I need to get used to a new reality and just trust that my life will be greatly improved without the dip monkey constantly on my back. Good news is that it appears Day 3 is going in the books as a completely nicotine free one. Now on to Day 4...
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Once again, reading encouragement from others on this site is really empowering. Today (Day 3) has been really really tough - seemed much harder from a cravings standpoint than Days 1 2 for some reason. But I'm really hoping tomorrow will be better. Man, nighttime is really brutal because I would just typically sit up loading the Cope in my mouth watching TV for hours. But I need to get used to a new reality and just trust that my life will be greatly improved without the dip monkey constantly on my back. Good news is that it appears Day 3 is going in the books as a completely nicotine free one. Now on to Day 4...
25 years bro...that's enough. You don't need that shit. And never did.
Seriously, 25 fucking years. The money wasted. The sore mouth, tongue and gums...the fear of cancer, the fear of death. And no way were you getting any buzz from that shit. No fucking way. You were loading up for no reason other than your brain had been conditioned to tell you to do so.
No more.
It's time. Its time to come home. Its time to get your life back. Its time to live life as a free man.
25 years. I won't say time "wasted' but definitely time shackled.
It's not going to be easy, but nothing worth fighting for is. But you're lucky. You found us. You don't have to do this alone. We will help.
NEVER apologize for "rambling" again. Ever. Any time you want to come here and ramble, do it. You're busting a 25 year addiction. You're gonna have a lot of shit rolling around in your noggin. It will be most helpful to get it out. Especially to people who are walking the same journey. We are here to help. 24/7/365.
You're right too. You do need to get used to a new reality. The truth. For 25 years you've been living a lie. Enoughs enough. Time to live the truth. A life free of chemical dependency. The same way you came into this world. Your weren't born with a lip full of nicotine. Nobody was.
Never again for any reason.
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Once again, reading encouragement from others on this site is really empowering. Today (Day 3) has been really really tough - seemed much harder from a cravings standpoint than Days 1 2 for some reason. But I'm really hoping tomorrow will be better. Man, nighttime is really brutal because I would just typically sit up loading the Cope in my mouth watching TV for hours. But I need to get used to a new reality and just trust that my life will be greatly improved without the dip monkey constantly on my back. Good news is that it appears Day 3 is going in the books as a completely nicotine free one. Now on to Day 4...
Find something else to do at night. Exercise is a great way to clear your mind and keep it off dip.
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Diesel,
A nic buzz? Yeah, I think I remember having one of those as a teenager some two decades ago! I really couldn't even describe the sensation of a nic buzz it's been so long. You've hit the nail on the head my friend, that stupid tobacco plant has wasted a fuckin ton of my money, relationships with family and friends, and adversely affected my health. But for the first time in my life I actually feel like I'm strong enough to give this crap up for good. Bring on Day 4!
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Diesel,
A nic buzz? Yeah, I think I remember having one of those as a teenager some two decades ago! I really couldn't even describe the sensation of a nic buzz it's been so long. You've hit the nail on the head my friend, that stupid tobacco plant has wasted a fuckin ton of my money, relationships with family and friends, and adversely affected my health. But for the first time in my life I actually feel like I'm strong enough to give this crap up for good. Bring on Day 4!
Now that you have almost detoxed (the nicotine should be almost all out of your body by now), you will see the trauma that the toxin has wreaked on your brain. The head games that you'll go through are pretty astonishing.
It's nothing you can't handle. Just be knowledgeable and prepared.
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Diesel,
A nic buzz? Yeah, I think I remember having one of those as a teenager some two decades ago! I really couldn't even describe the sensation of a nic buzz it's been so long. You've hit the nail on the head my friend, that stupid tobacco plant has wasted a fuckin ton of my money, relationships with family and friends, and adversely affected my health. But for the first time in my life I actually feel like I'm strong enough to give this crap up for good. Bring on Day 4!
Now that you have almost detoxed (the nicotine should be almost all out of your body by now), you will see the trauma that the toxin has wreaked on your brain. The head games that you'll go through are pretty astonishing.
It's nothing you can't handle. Just be knowledgeable and prepared.
You got this quit.
Also 42 here and was able to do it. The keys are right there for your taking. Make that daily promise and keep it. Make friends on the site here and get numbers to text and talk. Read up on everyones experiences.
Use the keys properly and you will keep the nic bitch out of your life, for One Day At A Time, so that you will come to say Never Again For Any Reason.
I quit with you today, and give you my word +1.
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Once again, reading encouragement from others on this site is really empowering. Today (Day 3) has been really really tough - seemed much harder from a cravings standpoint than Days 1 2 for some reason. But I'm really hoping tomorrow will be better. Man, nighttime is really brutal because I would just typically sit up loading the Cope in my mouth watching TV for hours. But I need to get used to a new reality and just trust that my life will be greatly improved without the dip monkey constantly on my back. Good news is that it appears Day 3 is going in the books as a completely nicotine free one. Now on to Day 4...
I too used to stay up late watching TV, reading or surfing the internet and loading up dip after dip.
Now, I just crash around 10pm and sleep like a baby. I've also saved about $2500 by not buying chew for the last year.
You can get through this, just take it one minute, hour and day at a time. The fog should be lifting soon. Use this site and reach out to folks when you hit a rough patch. This place works, I an thousands of other quitters are proof of that.
Freedom is so much better than slavery.
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Made it through Day 4. Still having lots of cravings and/or anxiety at times, but the support and posts from others on this site has really helped. If things get really bad and I feel like caving in I just blow up and stare at the .gif image next to Kubrick's post and 'voila' dip cravings go away albeit momentarily. Not joking!
Anyways, when I posted initially on here the other day I mentioned I just quit the Cope unplanned last Thursday. Honestly, I had thought and/or tried to quit so many times over the last 20 years and failed I had pretty much given up all hope of success. So, on Thursday I'm driving by a major hospital in Florida and get caught at a long light near the main entrance. So I'm sitting there looking around and notice this relatively young person (maybe mid forties) standing out on the sidewalk in a patient's gown with a saline drip bag hooked up, blood pressure monitor on a rolling cart, god knows whatever else physically attached to them - standing there smoking. I mean, this person was standing a few feet from this major highway which has huge traffic volume going by and they're in a freaking backless hospital gown just to get some nic in their veins! I looked at this person's face and I felt very sad for them but also empathy because I knew what they must be going through emotionally. I hadn't been able to get my first dip of the day so I was jonesing for some nic myself. So I realized this is MADNESS, I'm no different from that sick person because if the shoe was on the other foot I'd be standing out there embarrassing myself to get my nicotine fix!
But then I got pissed and resolutely decided that wasn't going to be me. I came home, threw away my cans, dip cups, etc., and haven't looked back.
Sorry for the long story, but I thought others might find it interesting. Plus, I was able to pound a whole bag of Jack Link's while I typed away.
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Made it through Day 4. Still having lots of cravings and/or anxiety at times, but the support and posts from others on this site has really helped. If things get really bad and I feel like caving in I just blow up and stare at the .gif image next to Kubrick's post and 'voila' dip cravings go away albeit momentarily. Not joking!
Anyways, when I posted initially on here the other day I mentioned I just quit the Cope unplanned last Thursday. Honestly, I had thought and/or tried to quit so many times over the last 20 years and failed I had pretty much given up all hope of success. So, on Thursday I'm driving by a major hospital in Florida and get caught at a long light near the main entrance. So I'm sitting there looking around and notice this relatively young person (maybe mid forties) standing out on the sidewalk in a patient's gown with a saline drip bag hooked up, blood pressure monitor on a rolling cart, god knows whatever else physically attached to them - standing there smoking. I mean, this person was standing a few feet from this major highway which has huge traffic volume going by and they're in a freaking backless hospital gown just to get some nic in their veins! I looked at this person's face and I felt very sad for them but also empathy because I knew what they must be going through emotionally. I hadn't been able to get my first dip of the day so I was jonesing for some nic myself. So I realized this is MADNESS, I'm no different from that sick person because if the shoe was on the other foot I'd be standing out there embarrassing myself to get my nicotine fix!
But then I got pissed and resolutely decided that wasn't going to be me. I came home, threw away my cans, dip cups, etc., and haven't looked back.
Sorry for the long story, but I thought others might find it interesting. Plus, I was able to pound a whole bag of Jack Link's while I typed away.
Great job on day 4!!!! Great story too.
Nic is such an addicting bastard. I get a kick out of people who into a gas station and order up a pack of smokes for $5.00 give the clerk $15 and tell them to put the rest on pump 5.
As if its not bad enough you only have $15 for gas but you have to dust a third of it off on smokes. The person always looks flustered and in a hurry too.
I cant talk though. As a master ninja I used to know the price of kodiak at every gas station in town. I used to round up my gas purchase with my debit card so my wife wouldn't get suspicious looking over the statement.
"Give me a can of kodiak wintergreen and $24.65 on pump 1"
The guy would look at me like I had a dick growing out of my forehead when I would ask for $24.65 in gas until he totaled it up and said, "$30 even please " with an "ah ha" look on his face.
I thought I was sooo cool tricking my poor wife and WASTING our money daily while she had no clue.
What a fucking idiot I WAS.
No more.
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Day 6 and I hesitantly feel like the "fog" might be lifting. Even though everything on this website indicates the fog lasts around 3 days, I think that should be clarified for future quitters. That first 3 days might be true calendar days, but in my mind those days stretched out considerably longer. Like dog years vs. human
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Day 6 and I hesitantly feel like the "fog" might be lifting. Even though everything on this website indicates the fog lasts around 3 days, I think that should be clarified for future quitters. That first 3 days might be true calendar days, but in my mind those days stretched out considerably longer. Like dog years vs. human
It took some a few weeks for the fog to clear. Be happy, and keep on quitting. I quit with you today
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Day 6 and I hesitantly feel like the "fog" might be lifting. Even though everything on this website indicates the fog lasts around 3 days, I think that should be clarified for future quitters. That first 3 days might be true calendar days, but in my mind those days stretched out considerably longer. Like dog years vs. human
It took some a few weeks for the fog to clear. Be happy, and keep on quitting. I quit with you today
72 hours is the time that it supposed to take to get the nicotine out of your system, but the fog lasted much longer for me, too. Varying degrees, but I was a zombie for a few weeks.
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Day 6 and I hesitantly feel like the "fog" might be lifting. Even though everything on this website indicates the fog lasts around 3 days, I think that should be clarified for future quitters. That first 3 days might be true calendar days, but in my mind those days stretched out considerably longer. Like dog years vs. human
It took some a few weeks for the fog to clear. Be happy, and keep on quitting. I quit with you today
72 hours is the time that it supposed to take to get the nicotine out of your system, but the fog lasted much longer for me, too. Varying degrees, but I was a zombie for a few weeks.
Flguy,, it takes two to three weeks for your brain to re wire. You've been messing with your head for umpteen years. Its going to take more than 6 days to get your mind right. Your brain has been getting the proper amount of oxygen, which it has been missing while nicotine was running through it. I'm on day 55 and sometimes I look around and it still seems foggy sometimes. Maybe I'm just all screwed up and will never be right in the mind again. I know one thing though,,, I'm quit with you for today and wouldn't want it any other way.
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Day 6 and I hesitantly feel like the "fog" might be lifting. Even though everything on this website indicates the fog lasts around 3 days, I think that should be clarified for future quitters. That first 3 days might be true calendar days, but in my mind those days stretched out considerably longer. Like dog years vs. human
It took some a few weeks for the fog to clear. Be happy, and keep on quitting. I quit with you today
72 hours is the time that it supposed to take to get the nicotine out of your system, but the fog lasted much longer for me, too. Varying degrees, but I was a zombie for a few weeks.
Flguy,, it takes two to three weeks for your brain to re wire. You've been messing with your head for umpteen years. Its going to take more than 6 days to get your mind right. Your brain has been getting the proper amount of oxygen, which it has been missing while nicotine was running through it. I'm on day 55 and sometimes I look around and it still seems foggy sometimes. Maybe I'm just all screwed up and will never be right in the mind again. I know one thing though,,, I'm quit with you for today and wouldn't want it any other way.
Thx guys, doing much better tonight. Patience has never been my strong suit, but I'm workin' on it one day at a time.
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Day 6 and I hesitantly feel like the "fog" might be lifting. Even though everything on this website indicates the fog lasts around 3 days, I think that should be clarified for future quitters. That first 3 days might be true calendar days, but in my mind those days stretched out considerably longer. Like dog years vs. human
It took some a few weeks for the fog to clear. Be happy, and keep on quitting. I quit with you today
72 hours is the time that it supposed to take to get the nicotine out of your system, but the fog lasted much longer for me, too. Varying degrees, but I was a zombie for a few weeks.
Flguy,, it takes two to three weeks for your brain to re wire. You've been messing with your head for umpteen years. Its going to take more than 6 days to get your mind right. Your brain has been getting the proper amount of oxygen, which it has been missing while nicotine was running through it. I'm on day 55 and sometimes I look around and it still seems foggy sometimes. Maybe I'm just all screwed up and will never be right in the mind again. I know one thing though,,, I'm quit with you for today and wouldn't want it any other way.
Thx guys, doing much better tonight. Patience has never been my strong suit, but I'm workin' on it one day at a time.
I don't know that there is a real timeframe on the "fogginess". It even varies throughout the day for me. But I'd take the "fog"over having nicotine in my system trying to cause a Heart Arrhythmia and kill me. I'm with you on the patience part. But sometimes we put ourselves in a position that we start to find out how much patience and will power we really have. Quitting is one of those positions, and its a good one to be in. Stay strong and stay quit. Going back just isn't worth it.
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Two weeks quit today! After 25 years of an intense love affair with Cope silver top, I never thought I'd be able to say "2 weeks dip free". Thanks for all the help on this website getting this far. Lot of stand-up quitters on here
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Two weeks quit today! After 25 years of an intense love affair with Cope silver top, I never thought I'd be able to say "2 weeks dip free". Thanks for all the help on this website getting this far. Lot of stand-up quitters on here
Way to go!!! Keep it close, now the love affair is over, you realized you never really loved her and that she did not do much for you. Soon you will look at her and say what was I thinking.
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Two weeks quit today! After 25 years of an intense love affair with Cope silver top, I never thought I'd be able to say "2 weeks dip free". Thanks for all the help on this website getting this far. Lot of stand-up quitters on here
One Day at a time,one foot in front of the other.Being Quit is freedom and who doesn't want to be free.
Proud to be quit with you today.NAFAR!!!
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Tomorrow will be a big step for me. It will be Day 30 of my quit and I'm going fishing with my Dad. I guess we all have "triggers" and fishing definitely is one for me. I seriously doubt I've gone fishing without a big lip of cope in my mouth since I was probably 15. I'm ready though. Will limit the beers on the boat and have a pocket full of those Gin Gin candies that I suck on constantly. FLguy will rise up to meet the challenge.
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Tomorrow will be a big step for me. It will be Day 30 of my quit and I'm going fishing with my Dad. I guess we all have "triggers" and fishing definitely is one for me. I seriously doubt I've gone fishing without a big lip of cope in my mouth since I was probably 15. I'm ready though. Will limit the beers on the boat and have a pocket full of those Gin Gin candies that I suck on constantly. FLguy will rise up to meet the challenge.
Your damn right you'll do fine. Post roll and have fun fishing. We can do the things we love without a dip. Screw her. I love fishing and have been several times without her. Now,,, you may have a little trouble lying about your catch... Every thing is going to be a little more clearer. Don't worry the truth never hurt anyone. Glad to be quit with you.
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Tomorrow will be a big step for me. It will be Day 30 of my quit and I'm going fishing with my Dad. I guess we all have "triggers" and fishing definitely is one for me. I seriously doubt I've gone fishing without a big lip of cope in my mouth since I was probably 15. I'm ready though. Will limit the beers on the boat and have a pocket full of those Gin Gin candies that I suck on constantly. FLguy will rise up to meet the challenge.
Way to go on reaching day 30. I am on day 7 and never imagined that I would ever be 7 days without cope. I HAD dipped for 30 years and once I went 4 days without it. That was due to circumstances not because I was trying to quit. My quit attempts only lasted over night. For me 7 days is amazing. My goal now is for 8 days. I know exactly what you mean about the "familiar" stuff. I had to go work on the farm on day 3 and could not imagine NOT having a dip while riding the tractor or setting fence post. You know what? I made it!!! I have people I talk too, that is the key for me. I don't have this site with me all the time but I have the numbers in my phone. Have fun fishing man.
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Tomorrow will be a big step for me. It will be Day 30 of my quit and I'm going fishing with my Dad. I guess we all have "triggers" and fishing definitely is one for me. I seriously doubt I've gone fishing without a big lip of cope in my mouth since I was probably 15. I'm ready though. Will limit the beers on the boat and have a pocket full of those Gin Gin candies that I suck on constantly. FLguy will rise up to meet the challenge.
Way to go on reaching day 30. I am on day 7 and never imagined that I would ever be 7 days without cope. I HAD dipped for 30 years and once I went 4 days without it. That was due to circumstances not because I was trying to quit. My quit attempts only lasted over night. For me 7 days is amazing. My goal now is for 8 days. I know exactly what you mean about the "familiar" stuff. I had to go work on the farm on day 3 and could not imagine NOT having a dip while riding the tractor or setting fence post. You know what? I made it!!! I have people I talk too, that is the key for me. I don't have this site with me all the time but I have the numbers in my phone. Have fun fishing man.
Good job Papabear. 7 days quit is awesome. Keep it up! Like you, I never really went without nic for any significant period of time. I didn't honestly think I could go without that shit. Now I know differently. Yes, nic is a very strong drug, but I can exercise control and decide I'm not going to use it anymore. One day at a time brother.
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Tomorrow will be a big step for me. It will be Day 30 of my quit and I'm going fishing with my Dad. I guess we all have "triggers" and fishing definitely is one for me. I seriously doubt I've gone fishing without a big lip of cope in my mouth since I was probably 15. I'm ready though. Will limit the beers on the boat and have a pocket full of those Gin Gin candies that I suck on constantly. FLguy will rise up to meet the challenge.
Way to go on reaching day 30. I am on day 7 and never imagined that I would ever be 7 days without cope. I HAD dipped for 30 years and once I went 4 days without it. That was due to circumstances not because I was trying to quit. My quit attempts only lasted over night. For me 7 days is amazing. My goal now is for 8 days. I know exactly what you mean about the "familiar" stuff. I had to go work on the farm on day 3 and could not imagine NOT having a dip while riding the tractor or setting fence post. You know what? I made it!!! I have people I talk too, that is the key for me. I don't have this site with me all the time but I have the numbers in my phone. Have fun fishing man.
Good job Papabear. 7 days quit is awesome. Keep it up! Like you, I never really went without nic for any significant period of time. I didn't honestly think I could go without that shit. Now I know differently. Yes, nic is a very strong drug, but I can exercise control and decide I'm not going to use it anymore. One day at a time brother.
Definitely watch the beer intake. Being drunk early on, has derailed more than a few quits around here.