Rage is part of the quit for some of us. Just ask some members of October 2016 about me. I was post HOF, but still raging in here.I was able to not rage that much--now it's flash/boom/done!! Most of my work is keeping those mini rages away from my family.
It is better to bring your rage here, than subject unsuspecting friends and neighbors to it. Take nothing personally, even when it is meant that way. That's the first rule of any internet forum.
Leonidas Apr 12 2017, 03:25 PMApril 12 2017--possibly the most hilarious bunch of posts I have seen so far, all day long.
OK.
Gotta catch my breath.
Figured I'd text this out in real life.
I pretty much stay away from sugar, and or sugar substitutes​
So I'm leaving Walmart, and some girl scouts are all up in my face with their cookies.
"Wanna buy some cookies?"
Fuck no you little pink panty wearing bitch!
I'm a Bad Ass Quitter, you ain't gonna tempt me to cave, with your Sugar Bitch.
Fuck off douche nozzles!!!
I don't know where all these dad's came from all of a sudden, but it's nice to know I can still hightail it in flip flops!
Now that is a Leo event -- I have no doubt it happened (at least in his own head)- given what I see all around Leo's quit, and his interactions here! Outfukinstanding.
Great start to today-- I finally nudged (pushed?) Brandon6 enough to get him to post roll before the end of the day. He did it today in the morning no less --hope he continuesupdate-- Hey guys just want to quickly say sorry for doing roll so late the past few days. I have my finals right now so I've been studying nonstop, but I'll be sure to post roll first thing in the morning from now on. Hope you're all doing well.
Late start here on this introduction...You the man!!
I really do not have a clue as to how this aspect of my quit will progress.
First mistake noted--I said "my quit"-- it is not my quit, It is most definitely OUR quit! We all know this... we sometimes balk at being assisted/helped-- it suggests weakness on our part. Well, the sooner each one of us embraces that weakness and accepts the help that is here at KTC, the better. IMHO (see I am learning Posting lingo).
Here is the personal info section...
born Houston Texas April 29 1948 left Houston area at age 19 and went where ever when ever I felt like it. West coast, Mountain West ......with an occasional stop over back here in Texas. Found a wife , lost her, found another(present wife of 30 yrs).
Went back to college and graduated with BSN Nursing at age 42-- before then construction and oil field 20 yrs.
Adopted some kids (3)- was a foster home for 9.5 years for medical needs children.
We moved back to Tx to our current location for me to complete my degree in Nsg. 26 yrs RN-now retired.
All of my daughters have American Indian heritage- as do I. Small in quantum large in heart. I was raised completely disconnected from our Indian heritage. Taking my kids to powwows got me going--I could feel the songs - they seemed familiar to me --I am wrapped up in Gourd dancing--and I am a member of the Kiowa Tia Piah Society of Carnegie Ok. I was brought into the organization 2 years ago after 14 years attending Gourd Dance.( look it up)
More later-- that brings us up to the present-mostly- sorta.
One thing you will find-- I am prone to yuck it up at times... so be warned.
Thanks Slick-- Stay Quit!!Quote from: lmcbLate start here on this introduction...You the man!!
I really do not have a clue as to how this aspect of my quit will progress.
First mistake noted--I said "my quit"-- it is not my quit, It is most definitely OUR quit! We all know this... we sometimes balk at being assisted/helped-- it suggests weakness on our part. Well, the sooner each one of us embraces that weakness and accepts the help that is here at KTC, the better. IMHO (see I am learning Posting lingo).
Here is the personal info section...
born Houston Texas April 29 1948 left Houston area at age 19 and went where ever when ever I felt like it. West coast, Mountain West ......with an occasional stop over back here in Texas. Found a wife , lost her, found another(present wife of 30 yrs).
Went back to college and graduated with BSN Nursing at age 42-- before then construction and oil field 20 yrs.
Adopted some kids (3)- was a foster home for 9.5 years for medical needs children.
We moved back to Tx to our current location for me to complete my degree in Nsg. 26 yrs RN-now retired.
All of my daughters have American Indian heritage- as do I. Small in quantum large in heart. I was raised completely disconnected from our Indian heritage. Taking my kids to powwows got me going--I could feel the songs - they seemed familiar to me --I am wrapped up in Gourd dancing--and I am a member of the Kiowa Tia Piah Society of Carnegie Ok. I was brought into the organization 2 years ago after 14 years attending Gourd Dance.( look it up)
More later-- that brings us up to the present-mostly- sorta.
One thing you will find-- I am prone to yuck it up at times... so be warned.
Proud of you
Late start here on this introduction...I'm 2183 days in-- Today is the most important day of my quit-- I am quit with you-- today!
I really do not have a clue as to how this aspect of my quit will progress.
First mistake noted--I said "my quit"-- it is not my quit, It is most definitely OUR quit! We all know this... we sometimes balk at being assisted/helped-- it suggests weakness on our part. Well, the sooner each one of us embraces that weakness and accepts the help that is here at KTC, the better. IMHO (see I am learning Posting lingo).
Here is the personal info section...
born Houston Texas April 29 1948 left Houston area at age 19 and went where ever when ever I felt like it. West coast, Mountain West ......with an occasional stop over back here in Texas. Found a wife , lost her, found another(present wife of 30 yrs).
Went back to college and graduated with BSN Nursing at age 42-- before then construction and oil field 20 yrs.
Adopted some kids (3)- was a foster home for 9.5 years for medical needs children.
We moved back to Tx to our current location for me to complete my degree in Nsg. 26 yrs RN-now retired.
All of my daughters have American Indian heritage- as do I. Small in quantum large in heart. I was raised completely disconnected from our Indian heritage. Taking my kids to powwows got me going--I could feel the songs - they seemed familiar to me --I am wrapped up in Gourd dancing--and I am a member of the Kiowa Tia Piah Society of Carnegie Ok. I was brought into the organization 2 years ago after 14 years attending Gourd Dance.( look it up)
More later-- that brings us up to the present-mostly- sorta.
One thing you will find-- I am prone to yuck it up at times... so be warned.
ftfy Edit: Happy birthday!!!! btw. I have two brothers who are older than you.Quote from: SuccessThisTimeNot a good day today. Just found out one of my best friend's 3 year old daughter probably has cancer. She recently started peeing like crazy and drinking water like crazy, so they thought it might be diabetes. But, now they've done an MRI and found a growth on her pituitary gland.This is what KTC is all about--SST posted this for all of us to see-- because you see-- we are a banded, bonded brotherhood --assembled by chance-- to fight a common enemy--nicotine addiction!
I would not know any of you people if we passed on the street- but here in May17 we "know" exactly who you are. You are the one who helps us and if we are able -we are the one who helps you.
I have been using this area as sort of an experimental zone!Not bad--needs work for sure--out
Where I can try to create more posts that have---
more color
different sized text
you know
dress it up a bit
I also have kinda created a storage bin for links and "stuff" I like.
There may not be any apparent rhyme or reason.
99!
let us see what this does!
Posted by DonkeyMn today May 3-2017What the hell are you talking about??We don't rage!! Who the fuck are you coming in here and fuckin telling us what we do......
This group is getting a bit more quiet, maybe the rage (well except for Mojo) is subsiding and we are left to enjoy each other's company
Quote from: lmcbPosted by DonkeyMn today May 3-2017What the hell are you talking about??We don't rage!! Who the fuck are you coming in here and fuckin telling us what we do......
This group is getting a bit more quiet, maybe the rage (well except for Mojo) is subsiding and we are left to enjoy each other's company
What??
Oh really?
When?
That much?
Never mind!
here are the 2 responses I have gotten to this post---
Lmfao! Sick em' boy.....Haha....and
I've come to far in this process to say the hec with it.
Gonna keep grinding it out
One gets it the other thinks it suggests some sort of capitulation in his pursuit of the quit! Go figure
I also got one thumbs up-- nobody else got it I guess.
I have been using this area as sort of an experimental zone!In case you may not know it, we have a TEST THREAD (http://forum.killthecan.org/topic/11199239/17/?x=90#new) for this very purpose. 'archer'
Where I can try to create more posts that have---
more color
different sized text
you know
dress it up a bit
I also have kinda created a storage bin for links and "stuff" I like.
There may not be any apparent rhyme or reason.
99!
let us see what this does!
Hey fellas --how yall doing??The quit could not be better!
How goes the quit?
bye!
Posted by WildIrish May 5,2017-- one of our May quitters has decided to stop posting roll --I think after the HOF train leaves our station---One reason I celebrate Zeroes EDD!
I see his point
I was going to leave too
Right after my June 2016 group finished boarding the train.
Then there were a few guys in July
that I wanted to stick around and celebrate with.
I had to conduct August onto the train.
Oh, September has a few bad ass quitters.
I had to celebrate with them.
I am leaving though
Right after the celebrations are over.
Here it is day 98-- I wish I could go on about how much easier it has become to continue this quit. I can't--the fog hits for shorter periods of time (yaaaa!) but the craves- Man there is no change!! They come whenever!! It seems every thing is a "trigger". I know for a fact that my promise each morning is my only hope of staying quit! No stopping now!! HOF- Bring it!! Last couple of days I've been sad, for lack of a more descriptive word. Yes-- SAD!Don't be sad. Take comfort and pride that the person that you are now, on here, plays a major part in other people's quits. I know you are a big part of mine even though we don't talk that often.
Today I realized that I am mourning the passing of the person I used to be--even though that person was a slave to Nicotine!! RIP slave-- now GTFOOH!
Thanks man-- that means a lot to me! IQWYT as well.Quote from: lmcbHere it is day 98-- I wish I could go on about how much easier it has become to continue this quit. I can't--the fog hits for shorter periods of time (yaaaa!) but the craves- Man there is no change!! They come whenever!! It seems every thing is a "trigger". I know for a fact that my promise each morning is my only hope of staying quit! No stopping now!! HOF- Bring it!! Last couple of days I've been sad, for lack of a more descriptive word. Yes-- SAD!Don't be sad. Take comfort and pride that the person that you are now, on here, plays a major part in other people's quits. I know you are a big part of mine even though we don't talk that often.
Today I realized that I am mourning the passing of the person I used to be--even though that person was a slave to Nicotine!! RIP slave-- now GTFOOH!
Couldn't be more glad that you joined here, and you are almost to HOF!
I quit with you today LMcB!
'party' Congratulations on 100, LMCB!!! 'party' Keep up that infectious spirit and grade A quit!Congrats Sir!
poof
One of those days--at times I am ready to chuck it all in--sudden and thankfully passing waves of WTF am I doing this for??I get in the same boat sometimes.
I am old!!- I don't put up with much!!
--set in my ways--at least I was
now there is all this shit and people talking shit,
and this beyond stupid ass POSTING system--
about as user friendly as a Cobra!!
I don't have a clue some days.
Some days I am fricken Einstein.
Staying quit for some reason--I guess.
poof the fuck poofWhat poofed
mostly brain cells!!Quote from: lmcbpoof the fuck poofWhat poofed
Some Schmuck-- fuckin caved--Ironically, the more days I'm quit, the easier it is for me to cave.
I know he has a handful of phone #s to call.
Nope--no calls. Live chat--nope-- no chat used,-- no PM,
just fuckin packed a lip.
I am very angry ,and sad --this should never happen--
Explanation--he WANTED to CAVE so he did.
Here you go May17 --Here is a nice giant turd in your quit punch bowl--enjoy!
PoofBeen a long time since I did any posting here..there is some great stuff stored all over KTC
Thank you FLLIP. This is a good day!! I am Happy!!Grats on the 3rd Floor McB!!!!
I also am mad / sad about the people we have lost from all of KTC, over the last 300 days.
Here is a quote from the signature line of one of "my" quitters, who only posts sometimes and is no longer communicating....
If I've learned anything from this website, we quit for ourselves but our strength to continue comes from helping each other. If we become so selfish to not think of others then why did we burden others with our own quit and not just quit on our on? It's because we couldn't do it without those other people looking out for us.
Irony anyone???
WouldnÂ’t have been nice to quit 20 years ago?! YouÂ’re a badass quitter and are doing it right! Congratulations and it only gets betterQuote from: lmcbThank you FLLIP. This is a good day!! I am Happy!!Grats on the 3rd Floor McB!!!!
I also am mad / sad about the people we have lost from all of KTC, over the last 300 days.
Here is a quote from the signature line of one of "my" quitters, who only posts sometimes and is no longer communicating....
If I've learned anything from this website, we quit for ourselves but our strength to continue comes from helping each other. If we become so selfish to not think of others then why did we burden others with our own quit and not just quit on our on? It's because we couldn't do it without those other people looking out for us.
Irony anyone???
Freedom is a beautiful thing and helping others gain their's is what it's all about!
Congrats on 300 + lmcb!Quote from: CBird65WouldnÂ’t have been nice to quit 20 years ago?! YouÂ’re a badass quitter and are doing it right! Congratulations and it only gets betterQuote from: lmcbThank you FLLIP. This is a good day!! I am Happy!!Grats on the 3rd Floor McB!!!!
I also am mad / sad about the people we have lost from all of KTC, over the last 300 days.
Here is a quote from the signature line of one of "my" quitters, who only posts sometimes and is no longer communicating....
If I've learned anything from this website, we quit for ourselves but our strength to continue comes from helping each other. If we become so selfish to not think of others then why did we burden others with our own quit and not just quit on our on? It's because we couldn't do it without those other people looking out for us.
Irony anyone???
Freedom is a beautiful thing and helping others gain their's is what it's all about!
ONE FULL YEAR!!!You are a bastion of quit, thanks for doing what you do, and proud to support you!
Congratulations on another great milestone! Keep paying it forward as only you can!!!
'party2'
Huge congrats on hitting your 1 year quit!Quote from: FLLipOutONE FULL YEAR!!!You are a bastion of quit, thanks for doing what you do, and proud to support you!
Congratulations on another great milestone! Keep paying it forward as only you can!!!
'party2'
'clap' 1 year!
Grats Larry! You've been an inspiration and a cheerleader in quit to May 2017 and the entire KTC community. Quit with you today and every day!Quote from: DonkeyMNHuge congrats on hitting your 1 year quit!Quote from: FLLipOutONE FULL YEAR!!!You are a bastion of quit, thanks for doing what you do, and proud to support you!
Congratulations on another great milestone! Keep paying it forward as only you can!!!
'party2'
'clap' 1 year!
we can store this here...The Eternal Train of Quit
'hoftrain'SuccessThisTime
Quit date: 19-Feb-2017
Eternal quit date: 02-Dec-2017In Loving Memory
May 17
Family Member
Joel "Success This Time" (https://www.forevermissed.com/lst/j/o/joel-bernard-arbic/photo/cache/joelfull_thumb_e892b1d0905a9e6ce4c92311d13ed631.jpg) Arbic
(https://www.forevermissed.com/lst/j/o/joel-bernard-arbic/photo/cache/cimg0503_thumb_e892b1d0905a9e6ce4c92311d13ed631.jpg)Joel was 48 when he left us.
He lived in Tempe Arizona with his wife, Shantala (https://www.forevermissed.com/lst/j/o/joel-bernard-arbic/photo/cache/p1000946_thumb_e892b1d0905a9e6ce4c92311d13ed631.jpg) and their two sons.
He graduated with an engineering degree from Michigan State University,
and worked as a computer analyst for most of his career with Humana Health Insurance, in Phoenix
Joel and Shantala backpacked (https://www.forevermissed.com/lst/j/o/joel-bernard-arbic/photo/cache/joelshantala_austianalps_1_2005_thumb_68d651066d05d7d61fe59cb3d3c509a5.jpg) around the world for 18 months after they were married.
Joel was at home in the (https://www.forevermissed.com/lst/j/o/joel-bernard-arbic/photo/cache/shantalajoelcanadianrockies_1_2003_thumb_68d651066d05d7d61fe59cb3d3c509a5.jpg) mountains, and loved skiing, (https://www.forevermissed.com/lst/j/o/joel-bernard-arbic/photo/cache/cimg0736_thumb_e892b1d0905a9e6ce4c92311d13ed631.jpg) backpacking, mountain biking and rock climbing (https://www.forevermissed.com/lst/j/o/joel-bernard-arbic/photo/cache/joelvirginrivernarrowszion_2_1997_thumb_e892b1d0905a9e6ce4c92311d13ed631.jpg)and new experiences (https://www.forevermissed.com/lst/j/o/joel-bernard-arbic/photo/cache/img_0196_1_thumb_e892b1d0905a9e6ce4c92311d13ed631.jpg).
He loved to share his stories and pictures from that trip with all of us in chat.
He was really at home in chat, and most nights, late into the wee hours, you could find him there.
He was always helping new quitters find their way to the proper quit group. Or helping people get through the fog, with stories and helpful advice. Or just keeping us occupied to make it through another 24 hours.
That helpful advice wasn't cotained only to chat. He freely helped anyone on KTC,and loved to share whatever was on his mind. He might've got (https://www.forevermissed.com/lst/j/o/joel-bernard-arbic/photo/cache/cimg8107_thumb_e892b1d0905a9e6ce4c92311d13ed631.jpg)bored with the stories, but we didn't.Quote from: SuccessThisTimeBe warned.... verbal diarrhea ahead. 32 yrs of bottled up shame coming at you.(https://www.forevermissed.com/lst/j/o/joel-bernard-arbic/photo/cache/cimg8155_thumb_e892b1d0905a9e6ce4c92311d13ed631.jpg)Joel was a ninja dipper, He may have had "bottled up shame" but was not afraid to share his experiences, in the hopes of helping other quitters know they weren't alone.Quote from: SuccessThisTimeI've been ashamed for almost 30 years. I hid it from every girl I dated, thinking I could quit "when I meet the right girl". My close friends knew I dipped, but my girlfriends never did. Not exactly kosher in my profession either, so I hid it there too. I hid it from my parents as a teen, so that started the hiding behavior. It was not socially acceptable at my college to dip. So, I dipped in college, but not much, since I couldn't afford it and it wasn't really acceptable. (Side note : smoking was starting to get stigmatized at that same time). After college, I suddenly could afford to buy dip on a daily basis, so the addiction really took hold, but the social stigma was still there. In my world, anytime a girl would "catch" me dipping at a party or other social event, I would get "that look" or "that comment". It was obvious that most people in my world found it disgusting, so learning to hide it became the easier option. Once you get in the habit of hiding an addiction, it becomes just that, a habit/lifestyle. I hated the fact that I was addicted to this shit, didn't want new people in my life to know it, and just continued hiding it, just like I had since I was a teenager.(https://www.forevermissed.com/lst/j/o/joel-bernard-arbic/photo/cache/img_0039_thumb_e892b1d0905a9e6ce4c92311d13ed631.jpg)Joel loved being quit. And loved helping others (https://www.forevermissed.com/lst/j/o/joel-bernard-arbic/photo/cache/dfbbdf84_f534_4211_ace6_5af8f145baff_thumb_e892b1d0905a9e6ce4c92311d13ed631.jpg). He was a true asset to KTC, and will be missed deeply.
Weak analogy: "I keep pounding my head against this wall, even though I hate it, and everyone looks it me like I"m an idiot for pounding my head against this wall, but I just can't stop. So, I'll just pound my head against the wall in secret, so I can still seem like I'm a normal, socially acceptable creature, instead of an idiot who pounds his head against a wall and can't stop even though he wants to."Quote from: harvestgirlOne late night or early morning when I was in too much pain to sleep or function, you stayed awake with me and showed me photographs of your travels, told me stories of the cultures you immersed yourself in, painted pictures in my mind of people and festivals.He may have (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaR90I-iKJQ)Gone Away, but he's eternally on roll in May 17.
The next night you knew I'd be in chat again, and you kept my mind off of a shitty shoulder for a few more hours.
We discussed your adventures in Southeast Asia, how it transformed your beliefs, changed your views on the world.
How you took away the ability to live fully and simply.
We talked about your family history.
We talked about politics.
We talked about mental health.
We talked about a lot.
Night after night was one more tiny bit of your world backpacking adventure.
One more story of STT.
One more piece of Joel.
"Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds."
Rest now, my brother. May you have found the peace you anxiously craved in this world.Quote from: BigSTT - 365 - This would have been a year for Joel. He left his family too soon. Depression is a real thing and often times it goes unnoticed until itÂ’s too late.Rest Successful Brother.....
RIP Joel. I think I speak for the entire KTC family when I say this place isnÂ’t the same without him. God Bless.Thursday, February 22 2018
Bad-Ass Eternal Quitters
CLIFF
Quit date: 01-Dec-2005
Eternal quit date: 10-Sept-2006
buddyboy
Quit date: 10Jan-2009
Eternal quit date: 16-Jul-2010
WarE2013
Quit date: 03-Apr-2013
Eternal quit date: 20-Mar-2014
TStahr
Quit date: 10-Jan-2012
Eternal quit date:29-May-2016
Traumagent
Quit date: 15-Apr-2013
Eternal quit date: 13-Aug-2016
IQuitForMyself
Quit date: 15-Jan-2016
Eternal quit date: 08-Oct-2016
SuccessThisTime(STT)
Quit date: 19-Feb-2017
Eternal quit date: 02-Dec-2017
Bommer44
Quit date: 28-Jan-2016
Eternal quit date: 23-Dec-2017
Teray
Quit date: 11-Feb-2015
Eternal quit date: 29-Jan-2018
Support from other Bad Ass Quitters:
ReWire 783
Leonidas 392 with STT
I have a story to tell. It is about the most Bad-Ass Quitter I have ever encountered.Wow. Thanks for sharing Harold's story!
He never joined any support group ever...most likely he had no idea what that means.
To start --he was born at the end of the Great depression--learned how to get by.
Served in the US Navy in WWII in the Pacific ocean. Lived through being torpedoed , hell they made a damn movie about one of the ships he manned! The one with the unexploded Japanese torpedo lodged in it's hull!
He became a Fireman and put in26 years at that job. At the same time was a tile contractor on his days off from the Fire dept. After the Fireman job he went to work building houses.. I enter the scene and he teaches me what to do and how to do it as far as building is concerned. He retired from that to become the local handy man...he worked!!
Did I mention he had become a nicotine addict --compliments of the US Military and big tobacco--they handed out cigs to the men fighting the battles.
He had a family.. wife and 3 kids...He out lived one of them -- He did not like that..but he never went on about it.
That is pretty much the Bio side of this account. What I want you to take away from this long winded account is the Magnitude of Quit this man executed ON HIS OWN...that's right --all by his lonesome!!
At the end of the war his use of the poison continued-- Increased and expanded to Chew. Flash forward 40+ years...
I was in and out of the area where he lived-so I wasn't always up to speed. In 1976 I noticed he was still chewing and/or dipping. I sure was also all over that shit myself, just having started dipping at age 27!!
Flash forward 5 years+/- . I see him again...no nic anywhere...You can bet I sure as hell had some..I offered a dip and he says No thanks I quit. I was amazed.
I see him several times over the following years and he is still quit.
More time passes --I am totally dedicated to the Nic , and I go to see him again..
I watched him stand up from the dinner table and as he did he popped the bottom of his shirt pocket to get that can..that was not there, and had not been there for 35+ years!! He looked at me and asked If I had seen him do that ...I had. He shook his head as he let go a few expletives, and walked outside.
I follwed him outside. I asked him"How in the hell did you manage to quit the dip?"
He thought about it for a minute-then he said "I just Stopped putting that shit in my mouth"
I was pretty much dumb struck..too damn simple! I couldn't fathom that then or now.
Well to wrap things up-- later on he never forgot he was quit--even though his Dementia made him forget just about everything else. He managed to stay quit more than 40 years just by force of will.
One other factoid for you to mull over--- He was born on MAY17.
RIP--Harold A. Mcbee
Age--90
USN WWII Pacific Theater
Retired 26 year vetran of the Houston Tx Fire Dept
Father-
Mentor-
Quitter-
Bad Ass!
01/16/2018
Thanks Larry.Quote from: lmcbI have a story to tell. It is about the most Bad-Ass Quitter I have ever encountered.Wow. Thanks for sharing Harold's story!
He never joined any support group ever...most likely he had no idea what that means.
To start --he was born at the end of the Great depression--learned how to get by.
Served in the US Navy in WWII in the Pacific ocean. Lived through being torpedoed , hell they made a damn movie about one of the ships he manned! The one with the unexploded Japanese torpedo lodged in it's hull!
He became a Fireman and put in26 years at that job. At the same time was a tile contractor on his days off from the Fire dept. After the Fireman job he went to work building houses.. I enter the scene and he teaches me what to do and how to do it as far as building is concerned. He retired from that to become the local handy man...he worked!!
Did I mention he had become a nicotine addict --compliments of the US Military and big tobacco--they handed out cigs to the men fighting the battles.
He had a family.. wife and 3 kids...He out lived one of them -- He did not like that..but he never went on about it.
That is pretty much the Bio side of this account. What I want you to take away from this long winded account is the Magnitude of Quit this man executed ON HIS OWN...that's right --all by his lonesome!!
At the end of the war his use of the poison continued-- Increased and expanded to Chew. Flash forward 40+ years...
I was in and out of the area where he lived-so I wasn't always up to speed. In 1976 I noticed he was still chewing and/or dipping. I sure was also all over that shit myself, just having started dipping at age 27!!
Flash forward 5 years+/- . I see him again...no nic anywhere...You can bet I sure as hell had some..I offered a dip and he says No thanks I quit. I was amazed.
I see him several times over the following years and he is still quit.
More time passes --I am totally dedicated to the Nic , and I go to see him again..
I watched him stand up from the dinner table and as he did he popped the bottom of his shirt pocket to get that can..that was not there, and had not been there for 35+ years!! He looked at me and asked If I had seen him do that ...I had. He shook his head as he let go a few expletives, and walked outside.
I follwed him outside. I asked him"How in the hell did you manage to quit the dip?"
He thought about it for a minute-then he said "I just Stopped putting that shit in my mouth"
I was pretty much dumb struck..too damn simple! I couldn't fathom that then or now.
Well to wrap things up-- later on he never forgot he was quit--even though his Dementia made him forget just about everything else. He managed to stay quit more than 40 years just by force of will.
One other factoid for you to mull over--- He was born on MAY17.
RIP--Harold A. Mcbee
Age--90
USN WWII Pacific Theater
Retired 26 year vetran of the Houston Tx Fire Dept
Father-
Mentor-
Quitter-
Bad Ass!
01/16/2018
Man I miss that Slobber-Jawed T-rex telling cancer to get fucked--every day, andIt happens brother, I think its hard to pull someone back that's made the choice to leave, I was 100% well through 1,000 days, I miss some now and then, more than I should but after I hit 400 it's been pretty easy but I make sure I come here and don't become complacent. Even if I am not here I text with 7 other quitters every single day, today there were 50 texts back and forth, they won't let me drift.
I miss that One-way arrow pointing me to Success, every day.
Both of these men had their quit ended by two very different, but equally deadly diseases.
That is why I have lately developed absolutely no tolerance for perfectly able quitters who start the downward slide to complacency and likely failure.
I want to scream at them "Don't Let the Door Hit You in the Ass on Your Way Out"
The other part of me prompts me to try and "save" them--in most cases a fruitless endeavor.
Yes this quitting is a tough job---I do not recall being told that it gets easy--just that it gets "less hard" to do.
I haven't counted the number of Phone numbers in my phone of people who do not post any more...I don't really want to know.
Only the two mentioned above actually had a REASON to stop posting.
TheOldMan---out.
Welcome to the Nightly Zeroes report for May21
We have Zeroes!! We will continue to have zeroes!! Pay Attention!!
In pursuit of Double Zeroes
May21 Quitters...Quitting like May-niacs!!
FlyingAce=
The May21 Super Support Team
Srains---190
DavidS---340
If you ain't makin Zeroes--you ain't Quit!!
Welcome to the Nightly Zeroes report for May214 years today? That is awesome sir! Keep in being that badass quitter that you are!
We have Zeroes!! We will continue to have zeroes!! Pay Attention!!
In pursuit of Double Zeroes
May21 Quitters...Quitting like May-niacs!!
FlyingAce=
The May21 Super Support Team
Srains---190
DavidS---340
If you ain't makin Zeroes--you ain't Quit!!
Cheers on 4 years free LMcB. Proud to quit with you!Welcome to the Nightly Zeroes report for May214 years today? That is awesome sir! Keep in being that badass quitter that you are!
We have Zeroes!! We will continue to have zeroes!! Pay Attention!!
In pursuit of Double Zeroes
May21 Quitters...Quitting like May-niacs!!
FlyingAce=
The May21 Super Support Team
Srains---190
DavidS---340
If you ain't makin Zeroes--you ain't Quit!!
Seriously great zeroes, LMcB! Congrats on the 4th lap!Cheers on 4 years free LMcB. Proud to quit with you!Welcome to the Nightly Zeroes report for May214 years today? That is awesome sir! Keep in being that badass quitter that you are!
We have Zeroes!! We will continue to have zeroes!! Pay Attention!!
In pursuit of Double Zeroes
May21 Quitters...Quitting like May-niacs!!
FlyingAce=
The May21 Super Support Team
Srains---190
DavidS---340
If you ain't makin Zeroes--you ain't Quit!!