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Community => Introductions => Topic started by: Bmonday on March 29, 2013, 08:04:00 AM
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Hey fellas, my name is Brett, and after taking a peak at my gums I've realized I need to stop this shit. I'm 25 and have been dipping for about 4 years. I know it is going to be miserable, but I'm ready for it. Bring it on, lets do this shit!
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Hey fellas, my name is Brett, and after taking a peak at my gums I've realized I need to stop this shit. I'm 25 and have been dipping for about 4 years. I know it is going to be miserable, but I'm ready for it. Bring it on, lets do this shit!
Welcome to ktc and congrats on making the decision to get that evil can out of your life. First of all you don't want to just stop, you want to QUIT and do it every single day. Check out the salmon colored welcome center and read it, then read it some more. Head on over to the July Quit group and post roll. Lot of great guys in that group. The first few day are going to be hard as hell but, embrace the suck and remember how it feels so you will know that you never want to post another day 1. If you ever need anything at all feel free to pm me. I quit with you today.
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Hey fellas, my name is Brett, and after taking a peak at my gums I've realized I need to stop this shit. I'm 25 and have been dipping for about 4 years. I know it is going to be miserable, but I'm ready for it. Bring it on, lets do this shit!
You've made, probably one of the best decision your going to make in your whole life. Click on the welcome center on the top left of the screen. Read everything you can on the site. Read the part about posting roll. We post roll everyday and promise not to use to everyone in our group. Figure out which group you are in, which is July and post roll. After only 4 years use?, Thats great some people, like me didn't wise up until 25 or more years. Welcome aboard.
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Be careful Brett, I looked in the mirror for decades and peeked at my gums, lost teeth, had gum grafts, etc. I'd throw a can away and swear the shit off 'until I bought another can'. Good to see you got roll, that isn't always easy in the fog of quitting. Pm me if ya need anything. Prepare for this first nicotine free weekend! Stick close to the site, read lots, avoid alcohol and stay quit!
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Be careful Brett, I looked in the mirror for decades and peeked at my gums, lost teeth, had gum grafts, etc. I'd throw a can away and swear the shit off 'until I bought another can'. Good to see you got roll, that isn't always easy in the fog of quitting. Pm me if ya need anything. Prepare for this first nicotine free weekend! Stick close to the site, read lots, avoid alcohol and stay quit!
Read the last two sentences again. Get some contacts and have your plan together ahead of time. That way you'll be prepared WHEN the going gets tough.
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Congrats on posting day 1. Quitting isn't miserable, it's the greatest and easiest thing ever. Staying quit is the real bitch. Stick to this site this weekend. Don't be a "one and done" douche like so many before you have been.
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Great choice, Brett. Post roll, read all you can, and stay quit. Seeds, candy, mints, gum, fake stuff...whatever it takes, but stay away from nicotine.
YOU CAN DO THIS, BROTHER!!!
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Giddy Up!!!
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Thanks everyone for all of the support already.
Day 1 went as smoothly as I could have hoped. I had a few cravings, but those were easily cured by some seeds and checking this site. so far my only real cravings have been while driving, or sitting on my ass watching TV. so my weekend plan is to stay as busy as possible (Thankfully my ceilings need painted and that will give me something to do all weekend) and keep this site, and a bag of seeds near by.
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Day 3, still kicking ass.
Went to a gun auction yesterday, and I swear every other person there either had a big skoal ring in their back pocket or had a fat lipper in. It was rough but after they auctioned off the ammo I wanted I got my ass out of there and started munching on some seeds. Other than that very few cravings, and they were easily handled
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Day 3, still kicking ass.
Went to a gun auction yesterday, and I swear every other person there either had a big skoal ring in their back pocket or had a fat lipper in. It was rough but after they auctioned off the ammo I wanted I got my ass out of there and started munching on some seeds. Other than that very few cravings, and they were easily handled
Great, keep the mental strength going! You're at that point where the nicotine is no longer in your system. Form here on out it's a mental game of cravings, but I can promise you that it will get easier, the cravings will be less intense and less frequent. You will begin to sleep again and you will feel free as a bird!
The hard work in the first few weeks pays off. It serves a reminder of "Never Again, For Any Reason!"
I quit with you!
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Day 3, still kicking ass.
Went to a gun auction yesterday, and I swear every other person there either had a big skoal ring in their back pocket or had a fat lipper in. It was rough but after they auctioned off the ammo I wanted I got my ass out of there and started munching on some seeds. Other than that very few cravings, and they were easily handled
Great, keep the mental strength going! You're at that point where the nicotine is no longer in your system. Form here on out it's a mental game of cravings, but I can promise you that it will get easier, the cravings will be less intense and less frequent. You will begin to sleep again and you will feel free as a bird!
The hard work in the first few weeks pays off. It serves a reminder of "Never Again, For Any Reason!"
I quit with you!
Hang in there, it will get easier.
Soon enough you'll see fellas like that and feel sorry for them because they are still a slave to the can.
Stay strong, don't let those things get to you and stay quit.
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Day 3, still kicking ass.
Went to a gun auction yesterday, and I swear every other person there either had a big skoal ring in their back pocket or had a fat lipper in. It was rough but after they auctioned off the ammo I wanted I got my ass out of there and started munching on some seeds. Other than that very few cravings, and they were easily handled
Nice job! Keep up the good attitude. It will take you far through the next couple of weeks. You've proven to yourself that you don't need the damn chemical to survive. Your mind is going to try to get you to slip back over the next couple of weeks. Don't let it!
Stay strong! Stay posting...and text some folks back and forth. It helps to stay strong.
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Hey everyone, my name is Brett and this is my second time using KTC.
My first quit was started in March of 2013, at that point I had been dipping for a little of 5 years I believe. My quit lasted well over 100 days. The mistake that I made was becoming over confident in myself. I got to a point where I would often skip roll call, without problems. I would go days without even thinking about dipping. In my mind, I was invincible, I had this thing in the bag. I made the biggest mistake of all, thinking I could have just one dip with a friend, and then be fine. It went from just one dip to, "I'll just buy one can and that will be it", to dipping just as much and maybe even more than I did before.
After I caved on my first quit, I think I had dipped for a little over a year. I think the reason it took me so long to quit again was because I knew how bad the suck was, and wasn't looking forward to going through with it. I knew I needed to quit again, but was afraid. My girlfriend helped give the the little push I needed. My quit date is January 1 2015(Wanted to get back on the board yesterday but was sick as hell). This is day 2, and just like I expected, is not easy, but I know it will get easier.
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I'm not sure the quit ever gets easier, if you quit for her you leave a "for me" door open. I stopped dippin for the wife several times, got several days out of it half assed. I hope you can kick it this time man.
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Stick to your original intro... You only get one.
Answer the 3 questions dude.
What happened?
Why did it happen?
What are you going to do different this time?
Dig deep...
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I was just reading your roll call's with Junk Free and you were always posting in "Fantasy Island" and said you "were sick as hell" a lot; just like you said you were sick yesterday. Why start out here the same way you left it?
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Hey everyone, my name is Brett and this is my second time using KTC.
My first quit was started in March of 2013, at that point I had been dipping for a little of 5 years I believe. My quit lasted well over 100 days. The mistake that I made was becoming over confident in myself. I got to a point where I would often skip roll call, without problems. I would go days without even thinking about dipping. In my mind, I was invincible, I had this thing in the bag. I made the biggest mistake of all, thinking I could have just one dip with a friend, and then be fine. It went from just one dip to, "I'll just buy one can and that will be it", to dipping just as much and maybe even more than I did before.
After I caved on my first quit, I think I had dipped for a little over a year. I think the reason it took me so long to quit again was because I knew how bad the suck was, and wasn't looking forward to going through with it. I knew I needed to quit again, but was afraid. My girlfriend helped give the the little push I needed. My quit date is January 1 2015(Wanted to get back on the board yesterday but was sick as hell). This is day 2, and just like I expected, is not easy, but I know it will get easier.
Why do you have a HOF date posted in your signature? You just got here and posted a day 2.
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Hey everyone, my name is Brett and this is my second time using KTC.
My first quit was started in March of 2013, at that point I had been dipping for a little of 5 years I believe. My quit lasted well over 100 days. The mistake that I made was becoming over confident in myself. I got to a point where I would often skip roll call, without problems. I would go days without even thinking about dipping. In my mind, I was invincible, I had this thing in the bag. I made the biggest mistake of all, thinking I could have just one dip with a friend, and then be fine. It went from just one dip to, "I'll just buy one can and that will be it", to dipping just as much and maybe even more than I did before.
After I caved on my first quit, I think I had dipped for a little over a year. I think the reason it took me so long to quit again was because I knew how bad the suck was, and wasn't looking forward to going through with it. I knew I needed to quit again, but was afraid. My girlfriend helped give the the little push I needed. My quit date is January 1 2015(Wanted to get back on the board yesterday but was sick as hell). This is day 2, and just like I expected, is not easy, but I know it will get easier.
Why do you have a HOF date posted in your signature? You just got here and posted a day 2.
He also has 112 posts, some of which date back to July of 2013...
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What happened?
I caved, plain and simple. Let it go for too long.
Why did it happen?- I got over confident. Thought I could easily handle it alone, without the message board. Thought I could have 1 chew and be fine.
What am I going to do different this time?
Stick to the message board. Every day, no excuses. I know that is the reason that I caved and it lasted so long. Had I been on the board and admitted the first time I had caved, I know I would have been ridiculed, but also motivated to restart. right away.
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What happened?
I caved, plain and simple. Let it go for too long.
Why did it happen?- I got over confident. Thought I could easily handle it alone, without the message board. Thought I could have 1 chew and be fine.
What am I going to do different this time?
Stick to the message board. Every day, no excuses. I know that is the reason that I caved and it lasted so long. Had I been on the board and admitted the first time I had caved, I know I would have been ridiculed, but also motivated to restart. right away.
When you were a newbie the first time, did anyone say you can't have one? I think that is the first thing I was told when I got here. The second thing was to stay active because guys that drift come back and post a day 1. Why do people like you think you know more than the people that put together this successful quit program?
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What happened?
I caved, plain and simple. Let it go for too long.
Why did it happen?- I got over confident. Thought I could easily handle it alone, without the message board. Thought I could have 1 chew and be fine.
What am I going to do different this time?
Stick to the message board. Every day, no excuses. I know that is the reason that I caved and it lasted so long. Had I been on the board and admitted the first time I had caved, I know I would have been ridiculed, but also motivated to restart. right away.
Well, these answers are certainly inspiring. I do have full confidence that you will quit with us, and will someday become a beacon of light to all the newbs who are looking for a path to freedom.
These are the same weak answers we hear time and time again. Is there like a fucking Cliff Notes for Retreads out there somewhere?
Bring it back to April 2015 and to July of 2013. Show us you really want this. Right now I hear no thunder from you. Let's try again, please.
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What happened?
I caved, plain and simple. Let it go for too long.
Why did it happen?- I got over confident. Thought I could easily handle it alone, without the message board. Thought I could have 1 chew and be fine.
What am I going to do different this time?
Stick to the message board. Every day, no excuses. I know that is the reason that I caved and it lasted so long. Had I been on the board and admitted the first time I had caved, I know I would have been ridiculed, but also motivated to restart. right away.
When you were a newbie the first time, did anyone say you can't have one? I think that is the first thing I was told when I got here. The second thing was to stay active because guys that drift come back and post a day 1. Why do people like you think you know more than the people that put together this successful quit program?
What can I say, overconfidence is a bitch. At some point everyone has went against the advice of someone who has known better, only to be proven wrong, and this happened to me during my first quit.
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What happened?
I caved, plain and simple. Let it go for too long.
Why did it happen?- I got over confident. Thought I could easily handle it alone, without the message board. Thought I could have 1 chew and be fine.
What am I going to do different this time?
Stick to the message board. Every day, no excuses. I know that is the reason that I caved and it lasted so long. Had I been on the board and admitted the first time I had caved, I know I would have been ridiculed, but also motivated to restart. right away.
When you were a newbie the first time, did anyone say you can't have one? I think that is the first thing I was told when I got here. The second thing was to stay active because guys that drift come back and post a day 1. Why do people like you think you know more than the people that put together this successful quit program?
What can I say, overconfidence is a bitch. At some point everyone has went against the advice of someone who has known better, only to be proven wrong, and this happened to me during my first quit.
I'm just a simple Midwest boy. Here are my thoughts.
Some people quit on their own. I don't know many that have done this successfully. Almost none to be honest. Others quit as a team. Ktc is a team building machine. If you don't use this site for its purpose, why bother? Build a team!
Did you ever play football? 3rd quarter with 8 minutes til the 4th. Your team is not winning, 24 to 7. It is 95 degrees out and the humidity is crazy. You are tired and not feeling it. This is what quitting is like. These times come and go, but that doesn't mean you walk off the field and wave goodbye to your team. I'm surprised this thread isn't getting more heated feedback. If you don't utilize a team approach, and that doesn't mean showing up 110 times and posting your name, you are missing the whole point.
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Damn.
Didn't even blip on my radar that you're a member of my July 13 group! How does that feel? I barely remember you.
Dude... I'm on day 626. You're on day 1.
That blows.
Get it together bro. This ain't no game.
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What happened?
I caved, plain and simple. Let it go for too long.
Why did it happen?- I got over confident. Thought I could easily handle it alone, without the message board. Thought I could have 1 chew and be fine.
What am I going to do different this time?
Stick to the message board. Every day, no excuses. I know that is the reason that I caved and it lasted so long. Had I been on the board and admitted the first time I had caved, I know I would have been ridiculed, but also motivated to restart. right away.
Well, these answers are certainly inspiring. I do have full confidence that you will quit with us, and will someday become a beacon of light to all the newbs who are looking for a path to freedom.
These are the same weak answers we hear time and time again. Is there like a fucking Cliff Notes for Retreads out there somewhere?
Bring it back to April 2015 and to July of 2013. Show us you really want this. Right now I hear no thunder from you. Let's try again, please.
Not really sure what you want from me here. Maybe you hear them often because it's a common issue? Some flake, some don't. I've seen this before, I've been on the other side. I was quit for over the 100 days. I've been the guy ridiculing someone who had caved. Nothing I can say is going to prove to any of you that I'm all in this time. All I can do is post role call every single day. You will all doubt me, I get that. Keeping doubting me, I thrive on that.
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What happened?
I caved, plain and simple. Let it go for too long.
Why did it happen?- I got over confident. Thought I could easily handle it alone, without the message board. Thought I could have 1 chew and be fine.
What am I going to do different this time?
Stick to the message board. Every day, no excuses. I know that is the reason that I caved and it lasted so long. Had I been on the board and admitted the first time I had caved, I know I would have been ridiculed, but also motivated to restart. right away.
When you were a newbie the first time, did anyone say you can't have one? I think that is the first thing I was told when I got here. The second thing was to stay active because guys that drift come back and post a day 1. Why do people like you think you know more than the people that put together this successful quit program?
What can I say, overconfidence is a bitch. At some point everyone has went against the advice of someone who has known better, only to be proven wrong, and this happened to me during my first quit.
There is no such thing as a, "First Quit." How the fuck do you not know that we call temporary abstinence, "stopping?"
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I think the piece that is missing is getting a number from your fellow quitters.Using it if needed, BEFORE you cave. Think of it as your lifeline that can mean the difference from caving or not.
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What happened?
I caved, plain and simple. Let it go for too long.
Why did it happen?- I got over confident. Thought I could easily handle it alone, without the message board. Thought I could have 1 chew and be fine.
What am I going to do different this time?
Stick to the message board. Every day, no excuses. I know that is the reason that I caved and it lasted so long. Had I been on the board and admitted the first time I had caved, I know I would have been ridiculed, but also motivated to restart. right away.
Well, these answers are certainly inspiring. I do have full confidence that you will quit with us, and will someday become a beacon of light to all the newbs who are looking for a path to freedom.
These are the same weak answers we hear time and time again. Is there like a fucking Cliff Notes for Retreads out there somewhere?
Bring it back to April 2015 and to July of 2013. Show us you really want this. Right now I hear no thunder from you. Let's try again, please.
Not really sure what you want from me here. Maybe you hear them often because it's a common issue? Some flake, some don't. I've seen this before, I've been on the other side. I was quit for over the 100 days. I've been the guy ridiculing someone who had caved. Nothing I can say is going to prove to any of you that I'm all in this time. All I can do is post role call every single day. You will all doubt me, I get that. Keeping doubting me, I thrive on that.
Then get your answers into April 2015 and July 2013. Let's take this out of the Intros, and into the quit groups. You need to get buy-in from your new group, and apologize to your old one. You say you know the drill, so let's get busy.
And your past experience here means very little right now. You came to KTC with an Integrity Bank Account that had $0 in it. You added to that account very day you posted roll.
You're in the red right now, because members of your own group don't know you, and you shit on them. It's gonna take a while to get back in the black. If you can do, then get back into those groups and get fucking quit.
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Damn.
Didn't even blip on my radar that you're a member of my July 13 group! How does that feel? I barely remember you.
Dude... I'm on day 626. You're on day 1.
That blows.
Get it together bro. This ain't no game.
word. It does blow, to a large degree.
It blows to post day 1 again. What doesn't blow is seeing you do it this time. So far I haven't seen anything written that makes my taint tingle and that I'll see you around much. If you know how this place works, you need to reach down and tell us how and what is different this time.
Think about it.
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I think the piece that is missing is getting a number from your fellow quitters.Using it if needed, BEFORE you cave. Think of it as your lifeline that can mean the difference from caving or not.
Is that what you do instead of posting roll, call people as a lifeline? I support your group every day and never saw you before. I checked, and it has been 97 days since you posted roll (your 1400th day) and you're going to come in here and tell some caver trying to figure things out to get some fucking numbers? How about telling this caver to stay active in his group, get involved with newbie groups, and make your daily promise to the brothers you quit with? Getting numbers isn't going to help some prick that forgot what being quit really means. A guy like you coming in here because you are feeling all nostalgic helps no one either.
Edit: I will not change what I posted, but I did read about why you are here today and I am sorry about Randy's passing. Nothing personal, just about quitting.
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Proud to be quit with you BM!
Congrats on HOF, 100 days brother!
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Proud to be quit with you BM!
Congrats on HOF, 100 days brother!
Aww my little buddy has hit the hall! Congrats you badass! Now see that wasn't so bad!
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Happy 200 man!
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Happy 200 man!
Congrats, keep it nice up there for a few more days!
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Happy 200 man!
Congrats, keep it nice up there for a few more days!
Congratulations Bmonday on 200 see you at 300!
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Congratulations! 3rd floor!!!
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Congratulations! 3rd floor!!!
Congratulations my brother on 300! Damn proud of you!
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Congratulations on lap one!!