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Community => Introductions => Topic started by: h_prime on March 10, 2014, 04:03:00 PM
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1 can a day for almost 20yrs. It wasn't always a can a day...not for the first 5 or 10, but it's been a can a day for the last 5 that's for sure. Quit for almost 3 months once about 8 years ago.
No real major life things to prompt the quit, just don't really want to do it anymore. Still enjoy it, depend on it, can't live without it......lol...but it's only day 2, I'm sure that'll pass.
Today is the first day I can honestly say I didn't have a chew yesterday, and I don't think I've gone 24hrs without one in a very very long time. I actually can't remember the last time I went a day without one.
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Welcome. Read the Welcome posts and post roll everyday. This is a great place to stay quit and help is always available. It is hard, but you can do it!
mb289
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1 can a day for almost 20yrs. It wasn't always a can a day...not for the first 5 or 10, but it's been a can a day for the last 5 that's for sure. Quit for almost 3 months once about 8 years ago.
No real major life things to prompt the quit, just don't really want to do it anymore. Still enjoy it, depend on it, can't live without it......lol...but it's only day 2, I'm sure that'll pass.
Today is the first day I can honestly say I didn't have a chew yesterday, and I don't think I've gone 24hrs without one in a very very long time. I actually can't remember the last time I went a day without one.
Prime
That's the best reason of all to quit. Just cuz you don't want to anymore. that's why I finally did it. Its funny to how much more we had to chew just to stay level because of the tolerance we built up to poisoning ourselves. Learn how to post roll in the welcome center. This site wont work for you unless you post roll everyday.
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Prime,
Welcome....couple things......
Here at KTC we hate the cancer causing, money wasting slut that the nic bitch is. You will also learn to despise that trollop.......
1. You are an addict so treat this quit as such. You cannot have just one dip or one smoke etc...you/we are addicts there is no such thing as one!
2. We quit one day at a time here at the KTC. This means you worry about today or this minute or hour only and staying clean of nic. Don't worry about tomorrow, it will be here soon enough.
3. Post roll and show us that you are a man of your word and have a set. We'll quit with you today and show you the path to freedom the KTC way.
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"Pain is just weakness leaving the body!" I got a lot of weakness right now
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"Pain is just weakness leaving the body!" I got a lot of weakness right now
It will suck so bad for the first while. Do not forget how bad it sucks so you are reminded never to have to go through it again. Then things will start to gradually get better. Three days to get your engine clean, then you can begin healing. You can do this!
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1 can a day for almost 20yrs. It wasn't always a can a day...not for the first 5 or 10, but it's been a can a day for the last 5 that's for sure. Quit for almost 3 months once about 8 years ago.Â
No real major life things to prompt the quit, just don't really want to do it anymore. Still enjoy it, depend on it, can't live without it......lol...but it's only day 2, I'm sure that'll pass.Â
Today is the first day I can honestly say I didn't have a chew yesterday, and I don't think I've gone 24hrs without one in a very very long time. I actually can't remember the last time I went a day without one.
Prime
That's the best reason of all to quit. Just cuz you don't want to anymore. that's why I finally did it. Its funny to how much more we had to chew just to stay level because of the tolerance we built up to poisoning ourselves. Learn how to post roll in the welcome center. This site wont work for you unless you post roll everyday.
Glad you're quit bro. It will kill you in the long run if you don't quit. So kudos on quitting. You are doing the right thing. My advice is to learn to hate nicotine/tobacco. It won't be hard to hate if you do a little research and pay close attention to the withdrawal effects. Really reflect in it's impact on your life, wellness, relationships, finances. Examine it carefully I implore you.
I quit with you today.
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Day 1 wasn't so bad. Weekend, sat around eating junk food like there was no tomorrow, lol. First day back in the office is a good test. Sitting over the keyboard for 8 hrs makes it kinda tough when the cravings hit, like right after lunch. This fidgety hyperactive feeling is pretty frustrating. Hope it'll die off in a day or two.
Lucky the weather is decent....just went for a walk after lunch to curb that crave when it hit hard today.
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No real major life things to prompt the quit, just don't really want to do it anymore. Still enjoy it, depend on it, can't live without it......lol...but it's only day 2, I'm sure that'll pass.
Lose this ^^^^ mentality. It will bring to back to the can quicker than stink on shit.
If you truely enjoy it and depend on it, you are not ready. Come back when you hate it more than anything in this world.
Out of curiosity, do you still enjoy the receeding gums, tooth decay/loss, ass breath, money spent, time lost with loved ones, sore gums, dip pubes all over your car, spilled spitter stains, paranoia about cancer? Tell me.
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No real major life things to prompt the quit, just don't really want to do it anymore. Still enjoy it, depend on it, can't live without it......lol...but it's only day 2, I'm sure that'll pass.
Lose this ^^^^ mentality. It will bring to back to the can quicker than stink on shit.
If you truely enjoy it and depend on it, you are not ready. Come back when you hate it more than anything in this world.
Out of curiosity, do you still enjoy the receeding gums, tooth decay/loss, ass breath, money spent, time lost with loved ones, sore gums, dip pubes all over your car, spilled spitter stains, paranoia about cancer? Tell me.
Yep - Evil is right. Romancing the breakup. Why are you quitting? Do you really want to? If you do, there has to be something about the nic bitch you can't stand.
If not, you are not ready to quit. You're guilty and want to use...without the guilt...is my guess.
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No real major life things to prompt the quit, just don't really want to do it anymore. Still enjoy it, depend on it, can't live without it......lol...but it's only day 2, I'm sure that'll pass.
Lose this ^^^^ mentality. It will bring to back to the can quicker than stink on shit.
If you truely enjoy it and depend on it, you are not ready. Come back when you hate it more than anything in this world.
Out of curiosity, do you still enjoy the receeding gums, tooth decay/loss, ass breath, money spent, time lost with loved ones, sore gums, dip pubes all over your car, spilled spitter stains, paranoia about cancer? Tell me.
What this guy ^^^^ said. Took the words right out of my mouth.
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Good stuff. I'm a little too old to get all jazzed up with the tough guy/internet manhood challenge. I don't have to hate anything, nor do I have to be fueled with faux rage to accomplish not putting a dip in my mouth. It's an inanimate object, and the game is with my mind, not the object.
I'm not here for "motivation", (although thanks for the effort, if it was sincere) nor do I need to justify my quit sufficient for you to believe it. If you wanted to quit and you did, I'm happy for you. If you're in the middle of a quit, I'm rooting for you, but I won't be sending you bunch of internet tough talk. If you want share a laugh and and talk about the weird stuff the first 2 or 3 weeks of quit does to you, let's chat it up.
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And I'll add... I mean with all due respect, if you use that method to motivate yourself and it's working, GREAT!! Keep it going!!! I just don't do it that way.
Like I said, in 20 yrs of chewing (17 to 37) I've only tried to quit twice, and the last time I quit for about 3 months and that was 7 maybe 8 yrs ago. I've never really "wanted" to quit...this wasn't a huge seminal moment. I tossed away the last empty can, and just decided I'm done. And in 3 days I haven't bought a new can, so there ya go. That's all I need to do today, is not buy a can.
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Good stuff. I'm a little too old to get all jazzed up with the tough guy/internet manhood challenge. I don't have to hate anything, nor do I have to be fueled with faux rage to accomplish not putting a dip in my mouth. It's an inanimate object, and the game is with my mind, not the object.
I'm not here for "motivation", (although thanks for the effort, if it was sincere) nor do I need to justify my quit sufficient for you to believe it. If you wanted to quit and you did, I'm happy for you. If you're in the middle of a quit, I'm rooting for you, but I won't be sending you bunch of internet tough talk. If you want share a laugh and and talk about the weird stuff the first 2 or 3 weeks of quit does to you, let's chat it up.
I'm not sure how to take your comments. I'm gonna take them as part of your foggy early days of quit. So you don't want motivation, what do you want? There is a lot of wisdom from years of quitting here that can help you with this very tough thing you are beginning. You may be to old to get jazzed up with the tough guy talk. Let me tell you I'm probably older than you and I'll suggest you find something to get jazzed up about to keep your quit in the front of your priorities. If you don't I can promise you that in a short time you will quit posting and before long you'll be thumping that can again. Those of us that have been here awhile have seen it over and over. The tough treatment is tough "love". Often we care more about the new quitter than they care about it.
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"Like I said, in 20 yrs of chewing (17 to 37) I've only tried to quit twice, and the last time I quit for about 3 months and that was 7 maybe 8 yrs ago. I've never really "wanted" to quit...this wasn't a huge seminal moment. I tossed away the last empty can, and just decided I'm done. And in 3 days I haven't bought a new can, so there ya go. That's all I need to do today, is not buy a can. "
I'm not a Yoda Jedi Master of quit like some of the dudes here are. I'm certainly not a tough guy, internet or otherwise. But I know you. I know you, because I was you. Not a month ago, your attitude was mine. You're not quitting. You're stopping. Stopping says, "this wasn't a huge seminal moment". Quitting says "I hate this poison and what it's doing to me. I will be free of nicotine forever."
You might stop using nicotine for 3 months again, or 3 years...but with your attitude you will use it again. I'm not even going to offer the "I apologize if I'm wrong..." qualifier here, because I'm not. I know you. If you're ready to quit, I'll quit with you in the June 2014 group all day every day. If you're just stopping though, I think you still have some thinking to do.
Another thing you're wrong about...You're never too old to get jazzed up about anything, and internet tough guy talk can ease that motherfucking stress on day motherfucking 3, so get your fucking sledgehammer out and let's drop this fucker.
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Good stuff.  I'm a little too old to get all jazzed up with the tough guy/internet manhood challenge. I don't have to hate anything, nor do I have to be fueled with faux rage to accomplish not putting a dip in my mouth. It's an inanimate object, and the game is with my mind, not the object.
I'm not here for "motivation", (although thanks for the effort, if it was sincere) nor do I need to justify my quit sufficient for you to believe it. If you wanted to quit and you did, I'm happy for you. If you're in the middle of a quit, I'm rooting for you, but I won't be sending you bunch of internet tough talk. If you want share a laugh and and talk about the weird stuff the first 2 or 3 weeks of quit does to you, let's chat it up.
I'm not sure how to take your comments. I'm gonna take them as part of your foggy early days of quit. So you don't want motivation, what do you want? There is a lot of wisdom from years of quitting here that can help you with this very tough thing you are beginning. You may be to old to get jazzed up with the tough guy talk. Let me tell you I'm probably older than you and I'll suggest you find something to get jazzed up about to keep your quit in the front of your priorities. If you don't I can promise you that in a short time you will quit posting and before long you'll be thumping that can again. Those of us that have been here awhile have seen it over and over. The tough treatment is tough "love". Often we care more about the new quitter than they care about it.
I hear what you're saying, and who knows what I'm saying I haven't had a chew 61 hours :). When 3 days doesn't seem like a big number, I count hours.
I have zero doubt that people here have tons of experience with quitting. The reason I say "I" (speaking for me personally) don't want "motivation" is.....If I was here a year ago, all the motivation in the world from all the people here wouldn't have helped me quit. I wasn't ready, I hadn't decided to do it yet.
What I was looking for when i found this forum, was a place to chat with other people who are quitting, to be able to joke about the weird stuff, example, last night I woke up maybe half a dozen times thinking it had to be almost time for the alarm clock to go off, but in reality only an hour or two had passed. Strange feeling!! Or why is the crave so strong after eating? How am I going to take a morning crap without a cup of joe and lip full.
You might very well be 100% correct, that in a short time I might quit posting, I might start chewing again. Or I might quit posting because I don't need to discuss not chewing anymore to help me get past this phase. I don't pretend to know how this will end, nor do I guarantee victory. All I know is - I haven't had a chew today, and thats good enough for today.
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Good stuff.   I'm a little too old to get all jazzed up with the tough guy/internet manhood challenge. I don't have to hate anything, nor do I have to be fueled with faux rage to accomplish not putting a dip in my mouth. It's an inanimate object, and the game is with my mind, not the object.
I'm not here for "motivation", (although thanks for the effort, if it was sincere) nor do I need to justify my quit sufficient for you to believe it. If you wanted to quit and you did, I'm happy for you. If you're in the middle of a quit, I'm rooting for you, but I won't be sending you bunch of internet tough talk. If you want share a laugh and and talk about the weird stuff the first 2 or 3 weeks of quit does to you, let's chat it up.
I'm not sure how to take your comments. I'm gonna take them as part of your foggy early days of quit. So you don't want motivation, what do you want? There is a lot of wisdom from years of quitting here that can help you with this very tough thing you are beginning. You may be to old to get jazzed up with the tough guy talk. Let me tell you I'm probably older than you and I'll suggest you find something to get jazzed up about to keep your quit in the front of your priorities. If you don't I can promise you that in a short time you will quit posting and before long you'll be thumping that can again. Those of us that have been here awhile have seen it over and over. The tough treatment is tough "love". Often we care more about the new quitter than they care about it.
I hear what you're saying, and who knows what I'm saying I haven't had a chew 61 hours :). When 3 days doesn't seem like a big number, I count hours.
I have zero doubt that people here have tons of experience with quitting. The reason I say "I" (speaking for me personally) don't want "motivation" is.....If I was here a year ago, all the motivation in the world from all the people here wouldn't have helped me quit. I wasn't ready, I hadn't decided to do it yet.
What I was looking for when i found this forum, was a place to chat with other people who are quitting, to be able to joke about the weird stuff, example, last night I woke up maybe half a dozen times thinking it had to be almost time for the alarm clock to go off, but in reality only an hour or two had passed. Strange feeling!! Or why is the crave so strong after eating? How am I going to take a morning crap without a cup of joe and lip full.
You might very well be 100% correct, that in a short time I might quit posting, I might start chewing again. Or I might quit posting because I don't need to discuss not chewing anymore to help me get past this phase. I don't pretend to know how this will end, nor do I guarantee victory. All I know is - I haven't had a chew today, and thats good enough for today.
Cancer is not a joke. Life or death is not a joke. Maybe "tough love" isn't your thing and I would like to give you the benefit of the doubt that you will stay quit, but with a "maybe I'll stay quit or maybe I won't stay quit" attitude I have my doubts.
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"Like I said, in 20 yrs of chewing (17 to 37) I've only tried to quit twice, and the last time I quit for about 3 months and that was 7 maybe 8 yrs ago. I've never really "wanted" to quit...this wasn't a huge seminal moment. I tossed away the last empty can, and just decided I'm done. And in 3 days I haven't bought a new can, so there ya go. That's all I need to do today, is not buy a can. "
I'm not a Yoda Jedi Master of quit like some of the dudes here are. I'm certainly not a tough guy, internet or otherwise. But I know you. I know you, because I was you. Not a month ago, your attitude was mine. You're not quitting. You're stopping. Stopping says, "this wasn't a huge seminal moment". Quitting says "I hate this poison and what it's doing to me. I will be free of nicotine forever."
You might stop using nicotine for 3 months again, or 3 years...but with your attitude you will use it again. I'm not even going to offer the "I apologize if I'm wrong..." qualifier here, because I'm not. I know you. If you're ready to quit, I'll quit with you in the June 2014 group all day every day. If you're just stopping though, I think you still have some thinking to do.
Another thing you're wrong about...You're never too old to get jazzed up about anything, and internet tough guy talk can ease that motherfucking stress on day motherfucking 3, so get your fucking sledgehammer out and let's drop this fucker.
I was here yesterday, I'm here today, that's all I know. I appreciate that you log in daily to help people quit. Looks like you've been around this forum for a couple years?
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Good stuff.   I'm a little too old to get all jazzed up with the tough guy/internet manhood challenge. I don't have to hate anything, nor do I have to be fueled with faux rage to accomplish not putting a dip in my mouth. It's an inanimate object, and the game is with my mind, not the object.
I'm not here for "motivation", (although thanks for the effort, if it was sincere) nor do I need to justify my quit sufficient for you to believe it. If you wanted to quit and you did, I'm happy for you. If you're in the middle of a quit, I'm rooting for you, but I won't be sending you bunch of internet tough talk. If you want share a laugh and and talk about the weird stuff the first 2 or 3 weeks of quit does to you, let's chat it up.
I'm not sure how to take your comments. I'm gonna take them as part of your foggy early days of quit. So you don't want motivation, what do you want? There is a lot of wisdom from years of quitting here that can help you with this very tough thing you are beginning. You may be to old to get jazzed up with the tough guy talk. Let me tell you I'm probably older than you and I'll suggest you find something to get jazzed up about to keep your quit in the front of your priorities. If you don't I can promise you that in a short time you will quit posting and before long you'll be thumping that can again. Those of us that have been here awhile have seen it over and over. The tough treatment is tough "love". Often we care more about the new quitter than they care about it.
I hear what you're saying, and who knows what I'm saying I haven't had a chew 61 hours :). When 3 days doesn't seem like a big number, I count hours.
I have zero doubt that people here have tons of experience with quitting. The reason I say "I" (speaking for me personally) don't want "motivation" is.....If I was here a year ago, all the motivation in the world from all the people here wouldn't have helped me quit. I wasn't ready, I hadn't decided to do it yet.
What I was looking for when i found this forum, was a place to chat with other people who are quitting, to be able to joke about the weird stuff, example, last night I woke up maybe half a dozen times thinking it had to be almost time for the alarm clock to go off, but in reality only an hour or two had passed. Strange feeling!! Or why is the crave so strong after eating? How am I going to take a morning crap without a cup of joe and lip full.
You might very well be 100% correct, that in a short time I might quit posting, I might start chewing again. Or I might quit posting because I don't need to discuss not chewing anymore to help me get past this phase. I don't pretend to know how this will end, nor do I guarantee victory. All I know is - I haven't had a chew today, and thats good enough for today.
Cancer is not a joke. Life or death is not a joke. Maybe "tough love" isn't your thing and I would like to give you the benefit of the doubt that you will stay quit, but with a "maybe I'll stay quit or maybe I won't stay quit" attitude I have my doubts.
I've been here all of 2 days. LOL I'm not grandstanding about this quit, but I find it funny how straight out of the gate u get a bunch "ehhh...never gonna make it....aint got the right attitude". How many people come in here pounding their chests, doing the peacock strut?? How many come through here screaming and ranting how much they hate it!!! Only to flame out in a few days or a week.
I'm just honest enough to admit I can't say "I'll never chew again" maybe in a few weeks or a few months I will be able to say that.
All I can say "truthfully" is I haven't had a chew today.
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Good stuff.   I'm a little too old to get all jazzed up with the tough guy/internet manhood challenge. I don't have to hate anything, nor do I have to be fueled with faux rage to accomplish not putting a dip in my mouth. It's an inanimate object, and the game is with my mind, not the object.
I'm not here for "motivation", (although thanks for the effort, if it was sincere) nor do I need to justify my quit sufficient for you to believe it. If you wanted to quit and you did, I'm happy for you. If you're in the middle of a quit, I'm rooting for you, but I won't be sending you bunch of internet tough talk. If you want share a laugh and and talk about the weird stuff the first 2 or 3 weeks of quit does to you, let's chat it up.
I'm not sure how to take your comments. I'm gonna take them as part of your foggy early days of quit. So you don't want motivation, what do you want? There is a lot of wisdom from years of quitting here that can help you with this very tough thing you are beginning. You may be to old to get jazzed up with the tough guy talk. Let me tell you I'm probably older than you and I'll suggest you find something to get jazzed up about to keep your quit in the front of your priorities. If you don't I can promise you that in a short time you will quit posting and before long you'll be thumping that can again. Those of us that have been here awhile have seen it over and over. The tough treatment is tough "love". Often we care more about the new quitter than they care about it.
I hear what you're saying, and who knows what I'm saying I haven't had a chew 61 hours :). When 3 days doesn't seem like a big number, I count hours.
I have zero doubt that people here have tons of experience with quitting. The reason I say "I" (speaking for me personally) don't want "motivation" is.....If I was here a year ago, all the motivation in the world from all the people here wouldn't have helped me quit. I wasn't ready, I hadn't decided to do it yet.
What I was looking for when i found this forum, was a place to chat with other people who are quitting, to be able to joke about the weird stuff, example, last night I woke up maybe half a dozen times thinking it had to be almost time for the alarm clock to go off, but in reality only an hour or two had passed. Strange feeling!! Or why is the crave so strong after eating? How am I going to take a morning crap without a cup of joe and lip full.
You might very well be 100% correct, that in a short time I might quit posting, I might start chewing again. Or I might quit posting because I don't need to discuss not chewing anymore to help me get past this phase. I don't pretend to know how this will end, nor do I guarantee victory. All I know is - I haven't had a chew today, and thats good enough for today.
Cancer is not a joke. Life or death is not a joke. Maybe "tough love" isn't your thing and I would like to give you the benefit of the doubt that you will stay quit, but with a "maybe I'll stay quit or maybe I won't stay quit" attitude I have my doubts.
I've been here all of 2 days. LOL I'm not grandstanding about this quit, but I find it funny how straight out of the gate u get a bunch "ehhh...never gonna make it....aint got the right attitude". How many people come in here pounding their chests, doing the peacock strut?? How many come through here screaming and ranting how much they hate it!!! Only to flame out in a few days or a week.
I'm just honest enough to admit I can't say "I'll never chew again" maybe in a few weeks or a few months I will be able to say that.
All I can say "truthfully" is I haven't had a chew today.
Your right your concentration must be on today just don't leave leave any doors open. Check your inbox (1) I'm here if you need accountability.
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Good stuff.   I'm a little too old to get all jazzed up with the tough guy/internet manhood challenge. I don't have to hate anything, nor do I have to be fueled with faux rage to accomplish not putting a dip in my mouth. It's an inanimate object, and the game is with my mind, not the object.
I'm not here for "motivation", (although thanks for the effort, if it was sincere) nor do I need to justify my quit sufficient for you to believe it. If you wanted to quit and you did, I'm happy for you. If you're in the middle of a quit, I'm rooting for you, but I won't be sending you bunch of internet tough talk. If you want share a laugh and and talk about the weird stuff the first 2 or 3 weeks of quit does to you, let's chat it up.
I'm not sure how to take your comments. I'm gonna take them as part of your foggy early days of quit. So you don't want motivation, what do you want? There is a lot of wisdom from years of quitting here that can help you with this very tough thing you are beginning. You may be to old to get jazzed up with the tough guy talk. Let me tell you I'm probably older than you and I'll suggest you find something to get jazzed up about to keep your quit in the front of your priorities. If you don't I can promise you that in a short time you will quit posting and before long you'll be thumping that can again. Those of us that have been here awhile have seen it over and over. The tough treatment is tough "love". Often we care more about the new quitter than they care about it.
I hear what you're saying, and who knows what I'm saying I haven't had a chew 61 hours :). When 3 days doesn't seem like a big number, I count hours.
I have zero doubt that people here have tons of experience with quitting. The reason I say "I" (speaking for me personally) don't want "motivation" is.....If I was here a year ago, all the motivation in the world from all the people here wouldn't have helped me quit. I wasn't ready, I hadn't decided to do it yet.
What I was looking for when i found this forum, was a place to chat with other people who are quitting, to be able to joke about the weird stuff, example, last night I woke up maybe half a dozen times thinking it had to be almost time for the alarm clock to go off, but in reality only an hour or two had passed. Strange feeling!! Or why is the crave so strong after eating? How am I going to take a morning crap without a cup of joe and lip full.
You might very well be 100% correct, that in a short time I might quit posting, I might start chewing again. Or I might quit posting because I don't need to discuss not chewing anymore to help me get past this phase. I don't pretend to know how this will end, nor do I guarantee victory. All I know is - I haven't had a chew today, and thats good enough for today.
Cancer is not a joke. Life or death is not a joke. Maybe "tough love" isn't your thing and I would like to give you the benefit of the doubt that you will stay quit, but with a "maybe I'll stay quit or maybe I won't stay quit" attitude I have my doubts.
I've been here all of 2 days. LOL I'm not grandstanding about this quit, but I find it funny how straight out of the gate u get a bunch "ehhh...never gonna make it....aint got the right attitude". How many people come in here pounding their chests, doing the peacock strut?? How many come through here screaming and ranting how much they hate it!!! Only to flame out in a few days or a week.
I'm just honest enough to admit I can't say "I'll never chew again" maybe in a few weeks or a few months I will be able to say that.
All I can say "truthfully" is I haven't had a chew today.
Your right your concentration must be on today just don't leave leave any doors open. Check your inbox (1) I'm here if you need accountability.
So I found this in one of the forums "An Open Letter to New Quitters, Why are we dicks?"
Now I get the approach. LOL
Instead of AA for quitting chew, I found Fight Club, for quitting chew!!
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Good stuff.   I'm a little too old to get all jazzed up with the tough guy/internet manhood challenge. I don't have to hate anything, nor do I have to be fueled with faux rage to accomplish not putting a dip in my mouth. It's an inanimate object, and the game is with my mind, not the object.
I'm not here for "motivation", (although thanks for the effort, if it was sincere) nor do I need to justify my quit sufficient for you to believe it. If you wanted to quit and you did, I'm happy for you. If you're in the middle of a quit, I'm rooting for you, but I won't be sending you bunch of internet tough talk. If you want share a laugh and and talk about the weird stuff the first 2 or 3 weeks of quit does to you, let's chat it up.
I'm not sure how to take your comments. I'm gonna take them as part of your foggy early days of quit. So you don't want motivation, what do you want? There is a lot of wisdom from years of quitting here that can help you with this very tough thing you are beginning. You may be to old to get jazzed up with the tough guy talk. Let me tell you I'm probably older than you and I'll suggest you find something to get jazzed up about to keep your quit in the front of your priorities. If you don't I can promise you that in a short time you will quit posting and before long you'll be thumping that can again. Those of us that have been here awhile have seen it over and over. The tough treatment is tough "love". Often we care more about the new quitter than they care about it.
I hear what you're saying, and who knows what I'm saying I haven't had a chew 61 hours :). When 3 days doesn't seem like a big number, I count hours.
I have zero doubt that people here have tons of experience with quitting. The reason I say "I" (speaking for me personally) don't want "motivation" is.....If I was here a year ago, all the motivation in the world from all the people here wouldn't have helped me quit. I wasn't ready, I hadn't decided to do it yet.
What I was looking for when i found this forum, was a place to chat with other people who are quitting, to be able to joke about the weird stuff, example, last night I woke up maybe half a dozen times thinking it had to be almost time for the alarm clock to go off, but in reality only an hour or two had passed. Strange feeling!! Or why is the crave so strong after eating? How am I going to take a morning crap without a cup of joe and lip full.
You might very well be 100% correct, that in a short time I might quit posting, I might start chewing again. Or I might quit posting because I don't need to discuss not chewing anymore to help me get past this phase. I don't pretend to know how this will end, nor do I guarantee victory. All I know is - I haven't had a chew today, and thats good enough for today.
Cancer is not a joke. Life or death is not a joke. Maybe "tough love" isn't your thing and I would like to give you the benefit of the doubt that you will stay quit, but with a "maybe I'll stay quit or maybe I won't stay quit" attitude I have my doubts.
I've been here all of 2 days. LOL I'm not grandstanding about this quit, but I find it funny how straight out of the gate u get a bunch "ehhh...never gonna make it....aint got the right attitude". How many people come in here pounding their chests, doing the peacock strut?? How many come through here screaming and ranting how much they hate it!!! Only to flame out in a few days or a week.
I'm just honest enough to admit I can't say "I'll never chew again" maybe in a few weeks or a few months I will be able to say that.
All I can say "truthfully" is I haven't had a chew today.
Your right your concentration must be on today just don't leave leave any doors open. Check your inbox (1) I'm here if you need accountability.
So I found this in one of the forums "An Open Letter to New Quitters, Why are we dicks?"
Now I get the approach. LOL
Instead of AA for quitting chew, I found Fight Club, for quitting chew!!
well we are all fighting the same fight, with each other... suporting one another. It's not a requirement to be angry to quit. I wasn't angry... I just didn't want something controlling my life anymore.
Some things that should make you angry though:
Your quote-I can't live without it.
Don't you hate how something has control over you? (insert married joke here)
Your quote-20 years of dipping.
Head on over to the homepage and plug in the numbers for the handy dandy dip calculator. Look at the total number of dollars you have spent on dirt over your lifetime. You can't say that was "money well spent" on a product that is killing you.
What made me angry was time it pulled me away from my family, time I won't be able to get back.
You are the one in control of your quit and no one is telling you how to do it. We just do it in here everyday trying to help other people along with their quit, not everything everyone says will click right with you but we all really do want you to be fucking quit.
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Good stuff.   I'm a little too old to get all jazzed up with the tough guy/internet manhood challenge. I don't have to hate anything, nor do I have to be fueled with faux rage to accomplish not putting a dip in my mouth. It's an inanimate object, and the game is with my mind, not the object.
I'm not here for "motivation", (although thanks for the effort, if it was sincere) nor do I need to justify my quit sufficient for you to believe it. If you wanted to quit and you did, I'm happy for you. If you're in the middle of a quit, I'm rooting for you, but I won't be sending you bunch of internet tough talk. If you want share a laugh and and talk about the weird stuff the first 2 or 3 weeks of quit does to you, let's chat it up.
I'm not sure how to take your comments. I'm gonna take them as part of your foggy early days of quit. So you don't want motivation, what do you want? There is a lot of wisdom from years of quitting here that can help you with this very tough thing you are beginning. You may be to old to get jazzed up with the tough guy talk. Let me tell you I'm probably older than you and I'll suggest you find something to get jazzed up about to keep your quit in the front of your priorities. If you don't I can promise you that in a short time you will quit posting and before long you'll be thumping that can again. Those of us that have been here awhile have seen it over and over. The tough treatment is tough "love". Often we care more about the new quitter than they care about it.
I hear what you're saying, and who knows what I'm saying I haven't had a chew 61 hours :). When 3 days doesn't seem like a big number, I count hours.
I have zero doubt that people here have tons of experience with quitting. The reason I say "I" (speaking for me personally) don't want "motivation" is.....If I was here a year ago, all the motivation in the world from all the people here wouldn't have helped me quit. I wasn't ready, I hadn't decided to do it yet.
What I was looking for when i found this forum, was a place to chat with other people who are quitting, to be able to joke about the weird stuff, example, last night I woke up maybe half a dozen times thinking it had to be almost time for the alarm clock to go off, but in reality only an hour or two had passed. Strange feeling!! Or why is the crave so strong after eating? How am I going to take a morning crap without a cup of joe and lip full.
You might very well be 100% correct, that in a short time I might quit posting, I might start chewing again. Or I might quit posting because I don't need to discuss not chewing anymore to help me get past this phase. I don't pretend to know how this will end, nor do I guarantee victory. All I know is - I haven't had a chew today, and thats good enough for today.
Cancer is not a joke. Life or death is not a joke. Maybe "tough love" isn't your thing and I would like to give you the benefit of the doubt that you will stay quit, but with a "maybe I'll stay quit or maybe I won't stay quit" attitude I have my doubts.
I've been here all of 2 days. LOL I'm not grandstanding about this quit, but I find it funny how straight out of the gate u get a bunch "ehhh...never gonna make it....aint got the right attitude". How many people come in here pounding their chests, doing the peacock strut?? How many come through here screaming and ranting how much they hate it!!! Only to flame out in a few days or a week.
I'm just honest enough to admit I can't say "I'll never chew again" maybe in a few weeks or a few months I will be able to say that.
All I can say "truthfully" is I haven't had a chew today.
Your right your concentration must be on today just don't leave leave any doors open. Check your inbox (1) I'm here if you need accountability.
So I found this in one of the forums "An Open Letter to New Quitters, Why are we dicks?"
Now I get the approach. LOL
Instead of AA for quitting chew, I found Fight Club, for quitting chew!!
Stay calm and quit on. Reading is optional. Posting roll is mandatory.
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Day 4 report.
Day 3 wasn't too bad, got through work ok, no real issues. I maybe got a little over confident actually that this wouldn't be too bad.
My commute home is usually a 10 min train ride, followed by 45 min commuter bus, because I can't sit for 4 hrs a day in traffic. The commute today was semi nightmarish, the crave was strong. So strong I started to sweat and panic, legit panic. I had nothing, left all my gum and candy at the office.
Stared at the KTC chat scroll, threw out a little mayday and some solid gents helped me pass the time.
That crave lasted until about 8 or 9pm, seriously 3+ hr vicious crave. I dipped coffee grinds 3 or 4 times, made a bandit out of chamomile tea, and ate so many damn skittles my teeth were glued shut. Waking up this morning felt like a win!!
Day 4, back on the water, gum, and candy!! Streak is still alive at 4 days!!
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Day 4 report.
Day 3 wasn't too bad, got through work ok, no real issues. I maybe got a little over confident actually that this wouldn't be too bad.
My commute home is usually a 10 min train ride, followed by 45 min commuter bus, because I can't sit for 4 hrs a day in traffic. The commute today was semi nightmarish, the crave was strong. So strong I started to sweat and panic, legit panic. I had nothing, left all my gum and candy at the office.
Stared at the KTC chat scroll, threw out a little mayday and some solid gents helped me pass the time.
That crave lasted until about 8 or 9pm, seriously 3+ hr vicious crave. I dipped coffee grinds 3 or 4 times, made a bandit out of chamomile tea, and ate so many damn skittles my teeth were glued shut. Waking up this morning felt like a win!!
Day 4, back on the water, gum, and candy!! Streak is still alive at 4 days!!
Never forget that feeling, you don't ever want to go back there again. Powerful quit you have going on!
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Day 4 report.
Day 3 wasn't too bad, got through work ok, no real issues. I maybe got a little over confident actually that this wouldn't be too bad.
My commute home is usually a 10 min train ride, followed by 45 min commuter bus, because I can't sit for 4 hrs a day in traffic. The commute today was semi nightmarish, the crave was strong. So strong I started to sweat and panic, legit panic. I had nothing, left all my gum and candy at the office.
Stared at the KTC chat scroll, threw out a little mayday and some solid gents helped me pass the time.Â
That crave lasted until about 8 or 9pm, seriously 3+ hr vicious crave. I dipped coffee grinds 3 or 4 times, made a bandit out of chamomile tea, and ate so many damn skittles my teeth were glued shut. Waking up this morning felt like a win!!
Day 4, back on the water, gum, and candy!! Streak is still alive at 4 days!!
Never forget that feeling, you don't ever want to go back there again. Powerful quit you have going on!
Nice work, chalk that one up in the victory column, today is a new day. New set of stressors and triggers. Love that you went on Chat and reached out to your KTC brothers. Learn from your experience and the craves will get easier.
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Day 4 report.
Day 3 wasn't too bad, got through work ok, no real issues. I maybe got a little over confident actually that this wouldn't be too bad.
My commute home is usually a 10 min train ride, followed by 45 min commuter bus, because I can't sit for 4 hrs a day in traffic. The commute today was semi nightmarish, the crave was strong. So strong I started to sweat and panic, legit panic. I had nothing, left all my gum and candy at the office.
Stared at the KTC chat scroll, threw out a little mayday and some solid gents helped me pass the time.Â
That crave lasted until about 8 or 9pm, seriously 3+ hr vicious crave. I dipped coffee grinds 3 or 4 times, made a bandit out of chamomile tea, and ate so many damn skittles my teeth were glued shut. Waking up this morning felt like a win!!
Day 4, back on the water, gum, and candy!! Streak is still alive at 4 days!!
Never forget that feeling, you don't ever want to go back there again. Powerful quit you have going on!
Nice work, chalk that one up in the victory column, today is a new day. New set of stressors and triggers. Love that you went on Chat and reached out to your KTC brothers. Learn from your experience and the craves will get easier.
nice to meet you on chat last night...what is your plan for today's commute?
some of the strength of that crave was because you were unprepared and the bitch sensed weakness, never ever give her that chance again.
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Day 4 report.
Day 3 wasn't too bad, got through work ok, no real issues. I maybe got a little over confident actually that this wouldn't be too bad.
My commute home is usually a 10 min train ride, followed by 45 min commuter bus, because I can't sit for 4 hrs a day in traffic. The commute today was semi nightmarish, the crave was strong. So strong I started to sweat and panic, legit panic. I had nothing, left all my gum and candy at the office.
Stared at the KTC chat scroll, threw out a little mayday and some solid gents helped me pass the time.Â
That crave lasted until about 8 or 9pm, seriously 3+ hr vicious crave. I dipped coffee grinds 3 or 4 times, made a bandit out of chamomile tea, and ate so many damn skittles my teeth were glued shut. Waking up this morning felt like a win!!
Day 4, back on the water, gum, and candy!! Streak is still alive at 4 days!!
Never forget that feeling, you don't ever want to go back there again. Powerful quit you have going on!
Nice work, chalk that one up in the victory column, today is a new day. New set of stressors and triggers. Love that you went on Chat and reached out to your KTC brothers. Learn from your experience and the craves will get easier.
nice to meet you on chat last night...what is your plan for today's commute?
some of the strength of that crave was because you were unprepared and the bitch sensed weakness, never ever give her that chance again.
Glad you got past that crave. Make sure to keep gum, candy, whatever with you in case another one hits. Cravings are a bitch but you can get through it. Glad to hear that coming on here helped you out, too. Not sure if you connected with someone as far as getting phone numbers exchanged, but that can help too (i.e. texting someone who knows what you're going through to help you get past the crave).
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Day 4 report.
Day 3 wasn't too bad, got through work ok, no real issues. I maybe got a little over confident actually that this wouldn't be too bad.
My commute home is usually a 10 min train ride, followed by 45 min commuter bus, because I can't sit for 4 hrs a day in traffic. The commute today was semi nightmarish, the crave was strong. So strong I started to sweat and panic, legit panic. I had nothing, left all my gum and candy at the office.
Stared at the KTC chat scroll, threw out a little mayday and some solid gents helped me pass the time.Â
That crave lasted until about 8 or 9pm, seriously 3+ hr vicious crave. I dipped coffee grinds 3 or 4 times, made a bandit out of chamomile tea, and ate so many damn skittles my teeth were glued shut. Waking up this morning felt like a win!!
Day 4, back on the water, gum, and candy!! Streak is still alive at 4 days!!
Never forget that feeling, you don't ever want to go back there again. Powerful quit you have going on!
Nice work, chalk that one up in the victory column, today is a new day. New set of stressors and triggers. Love that you went on Chat and reached out to your KTC brothers. Learn from your experience and the craves will get easier.
nice to meet you on chat last night...what is your plan for today's commute?
some of the strength of that crave was because you were unprepared and the bitch sensed weakness, never ever give her that chance again.
Glad you got past that crave. Make sure to keep gum, candy, whatever with you in case another one hits. Cravings are a bitch but you can get through it. Glad to hear that coming on here helped you out, too. Not sure if you connected with someone as far as getting phone numbers exchanged, but that can help too (i.e. texting someone who knows what you're going through to help you get past the crave).
For me that texting and talking on the phone saved my life for the first 5 months. I literally spent hours at night while working on the phone with Roam. I also remember one day one of our brothers was in trouble and the word went out: it was instant reaction and his situation was resolved. I wasn't 100% convinced when you first introduced yourself that you were ready but, your post today makes me think your understanding the scope of what we are doing. What seems like grandstanding is actually more for the person being addressed than the one ranting. I've seen so many cavers return, experienced failure myself and seen good strong quitters disappear and fail to answer texting (cave is presumed). I have several KTC goals; 1. I quit today. 2. I support my July 2012 BOQ and am there for them and their quit. 3. I support and check on those that have been an inspiration to me. 4. I choose to reach out to newbies that I recognize as someone that my encouragement might help. 5. I am accountable and expect I hold everyone who post role accountable.
One thing I never anticipated early in my quit was the relationships that I would build. I have those that have been with me through this hell that eventhough I've never met them we care about far more than just our addiction. We are family, we care about each other's life struggles and successes.
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Captains Log... Star Date 0000000000000005
I can't say the fog is 100% cleared yet, or that I'm an ounce less crazy than I was yesterday, but the crave attack wasn't too bad yesterday. Chewing coffee grains, makin bandits out of loose leaf tea is a little weird, but it's passing the time.
Day 5, stronger today than I was yesterday!
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Captains Log... Star Date 0000000000000005
I can't say the fog is 100% cleared yet, or that I'm an ounce less crazy than I was yesterday, but the crave attack wasn't too bad yesterday. Chewing coffee grains, makin bandits out of loose leaf tea is a little weird, but it's passing the time.
Day 5, stronger today than I was yesterday!
My fog lasted about 2 weeks. Some days seemed I was moving backwards instead of forwards. But keep going - NO MATTER WHAT! You've got this. Keep the momentum going and don't look back (even if you feel like you're moving back)!
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Captains Log... Star Date 0000000000000005
I can't say the fog is 100% cleared yet, or that I'm an ounce less crazy than I was yesterday, but the crave attack wasn't too bad yesterday. Chewing coffee grains, makin bandits out of loose leaf tea is a little weird, but it's passing the time.Â
Day 5, stronger today than I was yesterday!
My fog lasted about 2 weeks. Some days seemed I was moving backwards instead of forwards. But keep going - NO MATTER WHAT! You've got this. Keep the momentum going and don't look back (even if you feel like you're moving back)!
5 days is great! There is one good thing about being in the fog... that good thing is that you only need to worry about 1 thing today that is staying quit.
Nothing else matters today. Being quit is your #1 priority.
In time the fog will lift. But for now, stay focused on what needs to be done today. Stay quit!
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Captains Log... Star Date 0000000000000005
I can't say the fog is 100% cleared yet, or that I'm an ounce less crazy than I was yesterday, but the crave attack wasn't too bad yesterday. Chewing coffee grains, makin bandits out of loose leaf tea is a little weird, but it's passing the time.Â
Day 5, stronger today than I was yesterday!
My fog lasted about 2 weeks. Some days seemed I was moving backwards instead of forwards. But keep going - NO MATTER WHAT! You've got this. Keep the momentum going and don't look back (even if you feel like you're moving back)!
5 days is great! There is one good thing about being in the fog... that good thing is that you only need to worry about 1 thing today that is staying quit.
Nothing else matters today. Being quit is your #1 priority.
In time the fog will lift. But for now, stay focused on what needs to be done today. Stay quit!
Your brain is rewiring. That creates the fog. Once your craniac is all rewired you will feel much better. Go run and drink a lot of water. It will clean out the system a bit.
That said, nice job!
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Captains Log... Star Date 0000000000000005
I can't say the fog is 100% cleared yet, or that I'm an ounce less crazy than I was yesterday, but the crave attack wasn't too bad yesterday. Chewing coffee grains, makin bandits out of loose leaf tea is a little weird, but it's passing the time.Â
Day 5, stronger today than I was yesterday!
My fog lasted about 2 weeks. Some days seemed I was moving backwards instead of forwards. But keep going - NO MATTER WHAT! You've got this. Keep the momentum going and don't look back (even if you feel like you're moving back)!
5 days is great! There is one good thing about being in the fog... that good thing is that you only need to worry about 1 thing today that is staying quit.
Nothing else matters today. Being quit is your #1 priority.
In time the fog will lift. But for now, stay focused on what needs to be done today. Stay quit!
Your brain is rewiring. That creates the fog. Once your craniac is all rewired you will feel much better. Go run and drink a lot of water. It will clean out the system a bit.
That said, nice job!
Keep it up Prime. You are doing it!
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Day 6 - another notch on the post!! The hard core craves are fewer and further apart...small little constant nag but thats not too bad. I've been using tea, makin bandits out of english breakfast , earl grey, green tea, chamomile, and it's been working to pass the time.
Chewed on some coffee grains for a few days, but think that's behind me. For me I think the activity of chewing is harder to fight, than the nic craves.
So bring the jokes...tea bagging...oral fixated...whateva u got!! Don't botha my ass none. I'll keep chewing tea bags.
Have some fun with your quit!!! Laugh at yourself, laugh at your habit, laugh at me for suckin on loose leaf tea bags!!! Talk some trash in chat!!! It makes it all a bit easier.
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Day 6 - another notch on the post!! The hard core craves are fewer and further apart...small little constant nag but thats not too bad. I've been using tea, makin bandits out of english breakfast , earl grey, green tea, chamomile, and it's been working to pass the time.
Chewed on some coffee grains for a few days, but think that's behind me. For me I think the activity of chewing is harder to fight, than the nic craves.
So bring the jokes...tea bagging...oral fixated...whateva u got!! Don't botha my ass none. I'll keep chewing tea bags.
Have some fun with your quit!!! Laugh at yourself, laugh at your habit, laugh at me for suckin on loose leaf tea bags!!! Talk some trash in chat!!! It makes it all a bit easier.
I see a audit in KTCs future, all this talk of teabaggers.
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So bring the jokes...tea bagging...oral fixated...whateva u got!! Don't botha my ass none. I'll keep chewing tea bags.Â
Have some fun with your quit!!! Laugh at yourself, laugh at your habit, laugh at me for suckin on loose leaf tea bags!!! Talk some trash in chat!!! It makes it all a bit easier.
Hey now...you're kind of sounding like an internet tough guy that's all jazzed up about something here. 'winker'
Keep that quit up, dude. I'm with you.
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So bring the jokes...tea bagging...oral fixated...whateva u got!! Don't botha my ass none. I'll keep chewing tea bags.Â
Have some fun with your quit!!! Laugh at yourself, laugh at your habit, laugh at me for suckin on loose leaf tea bags!!! Talk some trash in chat!!! It makes it all a bit easier.
Hey now...you're kind of sounding like an internet tough guy that's all jazzed up about something here. 'winker'
Keep that quit up, dude. I'm with you.
LOL, ok ok. Don't get me wrong, I get it. I still don't dig the ultra militant approach, my style is more smile less HEIL!! Just trying to have fun with it now.
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What's so hard about this???? 9 days in, a weekend hurdled like Edwin Moses. Sure the craves happen. Find a substitute!! I ate a spoonful of Sriracha sauce this weekend. Killed the crave in a second. Coffee grain bandits are kinda nice.
When you're done with it, .......you're done with it and it aint that big a deal.
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What's so hard about this???? 9 days in, a weekend hurdled like Edwin Moses. Sure the craves happen. Find a substitute!! I ate a spoonful of Sriracha sauce this weekend. Killed the crave in a second. Coffee grain bandits are kinda nice.
When you're done with it, .......you're done with it and it aint that big a deal.
Good job, you da man!!!
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What's so hard about this???? 9 days in, a weekend hurdled like Edwin Moses. Sure the craves happen. Find a substitute!! I ate a spoonful of Sriracha sauce this weekend. Killed the crave in a second. Coffee grain bandits are kinda nice.
When you're done with it, .......you're done with it and it aint that big a deal.
Good job, you da man!!!
Keep up the good work man, but you ever have that moment where you were out at the bar and had a couple of drinks, you might have seen your ole ex girlfriend or fling hanging around all your old group of friends and she looks good, and thought yeah she may have thrown a shoe at my face, or she was always so needy and bitchy but man she wasn't that bad... they look like they are having fun and we had some good times, maybe i'll just go home with her for one night, little stroll down memory lane...
Okay that may be a reach and it might have been something other then a shoe coming at the face, but you catch my drift. Never let your guard down, keep the momentum and quit every damn day.
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Day 10. Just barely able to see myself without a chew in.
In the beginning of this it was all but impossible to imagine myself doing things without a chew in. Couldn't picture myself playing golf, couldn't envision myself fishing, or sitting in a movie theater without it. Hell I haven't seen a movie, in a theater, without a dip in my lip for at least 15 yrs.
So at day 10, I am just starting to be able to see myself, to close my eyes and picture myself without it.
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Day 10. Just barely able to see myself without a chew in.
In the beginning of this it was all but impossible to imagine myself doing things without a chew in. Couldn't picture myself playing golf, couldn't envision myself fishing, or sitting in a movie theater without it. Hell I haven't seen a movie, in a theater, without a dip in my lip for at least 15 yrs.
So at day 10, I am just starting to be able to see myself, to close my eyes and picture myself without it.
I feel the same way. I thought the other day as I was heading out to clean up the backyard that I usually dipped while doing this. Fishing will be the real test. I do make sure I have some fake just in case I need it.
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Day 10. Just barely able to see myself without a chew in.Â
In the beginning of this it was all but impossible to imagine myself doing things without a chew in. Couldn't picture myself playing golf, couldn't envision myself fishing, or sitting in a movie theater without it. Hell I haven't seen a movie, in a theater, without a dip in my lip for at least 15 yrs.Â
So at day 10, I am just starting to be able to see myself, to close my eyes and picture myself without it.
I feel the same way. I thought the other day as I was heading out to clean up the backyard that I usually dipped while doing this. Fishing will be the real test. I do make sure I have some fake just in case I need it.
We don't need a dip to do anything! "Normal" people don't need it why would we? Quit giving nic so much credit. You just have to make different associations. I have never even been an adult without nic. For 36+ years everything I did with a dip in...hunting, fishing, walking, working, shitting, fucking...Not anymore!
Sack up guys...don't define yourself by nics standards.
QLF!
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Day 10. Just barely able to see myself without a chew in.Â
In the beginning of this it was all but impossible to imagine myself doing things without a chew in. Couldn't picture myself playing golf, couldn't envision myself fishing, or sitting in a movie theater without it. Hell I haven't seen a movie, in a theater, without a dip in my lip for at least 15 yrs.Â
So at day 10, I am just starting to be able to see myself, to close my eyes and picture myself without it.
I feel the same way. I thought the other day as I was heading out to clean up the backyard that I usually dipped while doing this. Fishing will be the real test. I do make sure I have some fake just in case I need it.
We don't need a dip to do anything! "Normal" people don't need it why would we? Quit giving nic so much credit. You just have to make different associations. I have never even been an adult without nic. For 36+ years everything I did with a dip in...hunting, fishing, walking, working, shitting, fucking...Not anymore!
Sack up guys...don't define yourself by nics standards.
QLF!
This is what I was talking about when I said I'm really not interested in this "internet tough guy" approach. I'm doing my quit, my way, and making my journal about my journey incase it's helpful for someone else to follow in the future.
Posts like this make me think why even bother with this site. I'm posting about honest thoughts and observations as I move through this process, and here comes "Joe the dick waving tough guy"...."I've been doing it it longer"...."I'm better"..."I did more with less"..."I had it tougher"...it's always one up with these cats.
So Doc....I don't need your "sac up" advice...take your john wayne stuff to someone else's thread.
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Day 10. Just barely able to see myself without a chew in.Â
In the beginning of this it was all but impossible to imagine myself doing things without a chew in. Couldn't picture myself playing golf, couldn't envision myself fishing, or sitting in a movie theater without it. Hell I haven't seen a movie, in a theater, without a dip in my lip for at least 15 yrs.Â
So at day 10, I am just starting to be able to see myself, to close my eyes and picture myself without it.
I feel the same way. I thought the other day as I was heading out to clean up the backyard that I usually dipped while doing this. Fishing will be the real test. I do make sure I have some fake just in case I need it.
We don't need a dip to do anything! "Normal" people don't need it why would we? Quit giving nic so much credit. You just have to make different associations. I have never even been an adult without nic. For 36+ years everything I did with a dip in...hunting, fishing, walking, working, shitting, fucking...Not anymore!
Sack up guys...don't define yourself by nics standards.
QLF!
This is what I was talking about when I said I'm really not interested in this "internet tough guy" approach. I'm doing my quit, my way, and making my journal about my journey incase it's helpful for someone else to follow in the future.
Posts like this make me think why even bother with this site. I'm posting about honest thoughts and observations as I move through this process, and here comes "Joe the dick waving tough guy"...."I've been doing it it longer"...."I'm better"..."I did more with less"..."I had it tougher"...it's always one up with these cats.
So Doc....I don't need your "sac up" advice...take your john wayne stuff to someone else's thread.
I also am not implying that dipping is "normal" It's a thought that crosses the mind when I am doing certain things where dipping "was" normal for me. Of course it is no longer normal but the thoughts still cross the mind. My quit is quite safe but I am always on guard. As Prime said, this is a journal to record our thoughts and with that being said, I can see where people will stray because of certain comments.
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Day 10. Just barely able to see myself without a chew in.Â
In the beginning of this it was all but impossible to imagine myself doing things without a chew in. Couldn't picture myself playing golf, couldn't envision myself fishing, or sitting in a movie theater without it. Hell I haven't seen a movie, in a theater, without a dip in my lip for at least 15 yrs.Â
So at day 10, I am just starting to be able to see myself, to close my eyes and picture myself without it.
I feel the same way. I thought the other day as I was heading out to clean up the backyard that I usually dipped while doing this. Fishing will be the real test. I do make sure I have some fake just in case I need it.
We don't need a dip to do anything! "Normal" people don't need it why would we? Quit giving nic so much credit. You just have to make different associations. I have never even been an adult without nic. For 36+ years everything I did with a dip in...hunting, fishing, walking, working, shitting, fucking...Not anymore!
Sack up guys...don't define yourself by nics standards.
QLF!
This is what I was talking about when I said I'm really not interested in this "internet tough guy" approach. I'm doing my quit, my way, and making my journal about my journey incase it's helpful for someone else to follow in the future.
Posts like this make me think why even bother with this site. I'm posting about honest thoughts and observations as I move through this process, and here comes "Joe the dick waving tough guy"...."I've been doing it it longer"...."I'm better"..."I did more with less"..."I had it tougher"...it's always one up with these cats.
So Doc....I don't need your "sac up" advice...take your john wayne stuff to someone else's thread.
hey bro...unfortunately this is a message board
we're all here together quitting nicotine, we're all heroes. Everyone is different.
Keep your quit.
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Day 10. Just barely able to see myself without a chew in.Â
In the beginning of this it was all but impossible to imagine myself doing things without a chew in. Couldn't picture myself playing golf, couldn't envision myself fishing, or sitting in a movie theater without it. Hell I haven't seen a movie, in a theater, without a dip in my lip for at least 15 yrs.Â
So at day 10, I am just starting to be able to see myself, to close my eyes and picture myself without it.
I feel the same way. I thought the other day as I was heading out to clean up the backyard that I usually dipped while doing this. Fishing will be the real test. I do make sure I have some fake just in case I need it.
We don't need a dip to do anything! "Normal" people don't need it why would we? Quit giving nic so much credit. You just have to make different associations. I have never even been an adult without nic. For 36+ years everything I did with a dip in...hunting, fishing, walking, working, shitting, fucking...Not anymore!
Sack up guys...don't define yourself by nics standards.
QLF!
This is what I was talking about when I said I'm really not interested in this "internet tough guy" approach. I'm doing my quit, my way, and making my journal about my journey incase it's helpful for someone else to follow in the future.
Posts like this make me think why even bother with this site. I'm posting about honest thoughts and observations as I move through this process, and here comes "Joe the dick waving tough guy"...."I've been doing it it longer"...."I'm better"..."I did more with less"..."I had it tougher"...it's always one up with these cats.
So Doc....I don't need your "sac up" advice...take your john wayne stuff to someone else's thread.
Prime,
Sorry if I offended you. Didn't think I was being a tough guy. I was just trying to give you a different perspective. I don't feel that I have anything down any better than anyone else and it doesn't matter how long anyone has been quit or chewed. We are all one bad decision away from a cave.
I know that when I was just posting what I was feeling, some of the most helpful comments to me were the ones that picked up on something and gave me a hard time for it.
I used to feel just like you. How can I ever go fishing, bow hunting or to turkey camp with nicotine. I have adjusted my thinking and was trying to share that perspective. Tough love.
Anyway, quit strong.
Doc
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Day 10. Just barely able to see myself without a chew in.Â
In the beginning of this it was all but impossible to imagine myself doing things without a chew in. Couldn't picture myself playing golf, couldn't envision myself fishing, or sitting in a movie theater without it. Hell I haven't seen a movie, in a theater, without a dip in my lip for at least 15 yrs.Â
So at day 10, I am just starting to be able to see myself, to close my eyes and picture myself without it.
I feel the same way. I thought the other day as I was heading out to clean up the backyard that I usually dipped while doing this. Fishing will be the real test. I do make sure I have some fake just in case I need it.
We don't need a dip to do anything! "Normal" people don't need it why would we? Quit giving nic so much credit. You just have to make different associations. I have never even been an adult without nic. For 36+ years everything I did with a dip in...hunting, fishing, walking, working, shitting, fucking...Not anymore!
Sack up guys...don't define yourself by nics standards.
QLF!
This is what I was talking about when I said I'm really not interested in this "internet tough guy" approach. I'm doing my quit, my way, and making my journal about my journey incase it's helpful for someone else to follow in the future.
Posts like this make me think why even bother with this site. I'm posting about honest thoughts and observations as I move through this process, and here comes "Joe the dick waving tough guy"...."I've been doing it it longer"...."I'm better"..."I did more with less"..."I had it tougher"...it's always one up with these cats.
So Doc....I don't need your "sac up" advice...take your john wayne stuff to someone else's thread.
Prime,
Sorry if I offended you. Didn't think I was being a tough guy. I was just trying to give you a different perspective. I don't feel that I have anything down any better than anyone else and it doesn't matter how long anyone has been quit or chewed. We are all one bad decision away from a cave.
I know that when I was just posting what I was feeling, some of the most helpful comments to me were the ones that picked up on something and gave me a hard time for it.
I used to feel just like you. How can I ever go fishing, bow hunting or to turkey camp with nicotine. I have adjusted my thinking and was trying to share that perspective. Tough love.
Anyway, quit strong.
Doc
Prime,
Take that picture you've formed, and just do it now. All of those things you thought you needed dip for, you just gotta do them. Plow through and notch the victory.
I've wrestled with this for most of my quit. How am I going to get X,Y, or Z done without a dip? But it's just an illusion of the addiction. Your addiction to nicotine is causing you to feel fear/anxiety so that you will feed it. It's the same thing as feeling hungry or tired. The tobacco companies really were on to something with this whole nicotine thing. It's sinister. Let me know if you need anything.
Also, read this if you haven't already. It totally opened my eyes. http://whyquit.com/whyquit/linksaaddiction.html (http://whyquit.com/whyquit/linksaaddiction.html)
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Day 10. Just barely able to see myself without a chew in.Â
In the beginning of this it was all but impossible to imagine myself doing things without a chew in. Couldn't picture myself playing golf, couldn't envision myself fishing, or sitting in a movie theater without it. Hell I haven't seen a movie, in a theater, without a dip in my lip for at least 15 yrs.Â
So at day 10, I am just starting to be able to see myself, to close my eyes and picture myself without it.
I feel the same way. I thought the other day as I was heading out to clean up the backyard that I usually dipped while doing this. Fishing will be the real test. I do make sure I have some fake just in case I need it.
We don't need a dip to do anything! "Normal" people don't need it why would we? Quit giving nic so much credit. You just have to make different associations. I have never even been an adult without nic. For 36+ years everything I did with a dip in...hunting, fishing, walking, working, shitting, fucking...Not anymore!
Sack up guys...don't define yourself by nics standards.
QLF!
This is what I was talking about when I said I'm really not interested in this "internet tough guy" approach. I'm doing my quit, my way, and making my journal about my journey incase it's helpful for someone else to follow in the future.
Posts like this make me think why even bother with this site. I'm posting about honest thoughts and observations as I move through this process, and here comes "Joe the dick waving tough guy"...."I've been doing it it longer"...."I'm better"..."I did more with less"..."I had it tougher"...it's always one up with these cats.
So Doc....I don't need your "sac up" advice...take your john wayne stuff to someone else's thread.
Prime,
Sorry if I offended you. Didn't think I was being a tough guy. I was just trying to give you a different perspective. I don't feel that I have anything down any better than anyone else and it doesn't matter how long anyone has been quit or chewed. We are all one bad decision away from a cave.
I know that when I was just posting what I was feeling, some of the most helpful comments to me were the ones that picked up on something and gave me a hard time for it.
I used to feel just like you. How can I ever go fishing, bow hunting or to turkey camp with nicotine. I have adjusted my thinking and was trying to share that perspective. Tough love.
Anyway, quit strong.
Doc
Prime,
Take that picture you've formed, and just do it now. All of those things you thought you needed dip for, you just gotta do them. Plow through and notch the victory.
I've wrestled with this for most of my quit. How am I going to get X,Y, or Z done without a dip? But it's just an illusion of the addiction. Your addiction to nicotine is causing you to feel fear/anxiety so that you will feed it. It's the same thing as feeling hungry or tired. The tobacco companies really were on to something with this whole nicotine thing. It's sinister. Let me know if you need anything.
Also, read this if you haven't already. It totally opened my eyes. http://whyquit.com/whyquit/linksaaddiction.html (http://whyquit.com/whyquit/linksaaddiction.html)
Prime, there's a saying here, 'take what you need, leave the rest'. Everyone has their own approach, use yours since it works for you, don't take others words so much to heart. We're all in the same boat, pulling on the oars, some just pull differently. You got this, I'm with you, just like bunch of other quitters!
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Day 10. Just barely able to see myself without a chew in.Â
In the beginning of this it was all but impossible to imagine myself doing things without a chew in. Couldn't picture myself playing golf, couldn't envision myself fishing, or sitting in a movie theater without it. Hell I haven't seen a movie, in a theater, without a dip in my lip for at least 15 yrs.Â
So at day 10, I am just starting to be able to see myself, to close my eyes and picture myself without it.
I feel the same way. I thought the other day as I was heading out to clean up the backyard that I usually dipped while doing this. Fishing will be the real test. I do make sure I have some fake just in case I need it.
We don't need a dip to do anything! "Normal" people don't need it why would we? Quit giving nic so much credit. You just have to make different associations. I have never even been an adult without nic. For 36+ years everything I did with a dip in...hunting, fishing, walking, working, shitting, fucking...Not anymore!
Sack up guys...don't define yourself by nics standards.
QLF!
This is what I was talking about when I said I'm really not interested in this "internet tough guy" approach. I'm doing my quit, my way, and making my journal about my journey incase it's helpful for someone else to follow in the future.
Posts like this make me think why even bother with this site. I'm posting about honest thoughts and observations as I move through this process, and here comes "Joe the dick waving tough guy"...."I've been doing it it longer"...."I'm better"..."I did more with less"..."I had it tougher"...it's always one up with these cats.
So Doc....I don't need your "sac up" advice...take your john wayne stuff to someone else's thread.
Prime,
Sorry if I offended you. Didn't think I was being a tough guy. I was just trying to give you a different perspective. I don't feel that I have anything down any better than anyone else and it doesn't matter how long anyone has been quit or chewed. We are all one bad decision away from a cave.
I know that when I was just posting what I was feeling, some of the most helpful comments to me were the ones that picked up on something and gave me a hard time for it.
I used to feel just like you. How can I ever go fishing, bow hunting or to turkey camp with nicotine. I have adjusted my thinking and was trying to share that perspective. Tough love.
Anyway, quit strong.
Doc
Prime,
Take that picture you've formed, and just do it now. All of those things you thought you needed dip for, you just gotta do them. Plow through and notch the victory.
I've wrestled with this for most of my quit. How am I going to get X,Y, or Z done without a dip? But it's just an illusion of the addiction. Your addiction to nicotine is causing you to feel fear/anxiety so that you will feed it. It's the same thing as feeling hungry or tired. The tobacco companies really were on to something with this whole nicotine thing. It's sinister. Let me know if you need anything.
Also, read this if you haven't already. It totally opened my eyes. http://whyquit.com/whyquit/linksaaddiction.html (http://whyquit.com/whyquit/linksaaddiction.html)
Prime, there's a saying here, 'take what you need, leave the rest'. Everyone has their own approach, use yours since it works for you, don't take others words so much to heart. We're all in the same boat, pulling on the oars, some just pull differently. You got this, I'm with you, just like bunch of other quitters!
I agree with Slug. Take this one day at a time. Take what you need from this site. There are plenty of people who are quitting along side you. You quit your way as long as you stay nic-free and quit every day
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Day 10. Just barely able to see myself without a chew in.Â
In the beginning of this it was all but impossible to imagine myself doing things without a chew in. Couldn't picture myself playing golf, couldn't envision myself fishing, or sitting in a movie theater without it. Hell I haven't seen a movie, in a theater, without a dip in my lip for at least 15 yrs.Â
So at day 10, I am just starting to be able to see myself, to close my eyes and picture myself without it.
I feel the same way. I thought the other day as I was heading out to clean up the backyard that I usually dipped while doing this. Fishing will be the real test. I do make sure I have some fake just in case I need it.
We don't need a dip to do anything! "Normal" people don't need it why would we? Quit giving nic so much credit. You just have to make different associations. I have never even been an adult without nic. For 36+ years everything I did with a dip in...hunting, fishing, walking, working, shitting, fucking...Not anymore!
Sack up guys...don't define yourself by nics standards.
QLF!
This is what I was talking about when I said I'm really not interested in this "internet tough guy" approach. I'm doing my quit, my way, and making my journal about my journey incase it's helpful for someone else to follow in the future.
Posts like this make me think why even bother with this site. I'm posting about honest thoughts and observations as I move through this process, and here comes "Joe the dick waving tough guy"...."I've been doing it it longer"...."I'm better"..."I did more with less"..."I had it tougher"...it's always one up with these cats.
So Doc....I don't need your "sac up" advice...take your john wayne stuff to someone else's thread.
Prime,
Sorry if I offended you. Didn't think I was being a tough guy. I was just trying to give you a different perspective. I don't feel that I have anything down any better than anyone else and it doesn't matter how long anyone has been quit or chewed. We are all one bad decision away from a cave.
I know that when I was just posting what I was feeling, some of the most helpful comments to me were the ones that picked up on something and gave me a hard time for it.
I used to feel just like you. How can I ever go fishing, bow hunting or to turkey camp with nicotine. I have adjusted my thinking and was trying to share that perspective. Tough love.
Anyway, quit strong.
Doc
Maybe just a bad attitude morning on my part. Read way more into that than I needed to. Maybe I was looking for something to bitch about!!
My bad....turning the page and rolling on!
@ Doc_Chewfree----apologies
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Day 10. Just barely able to see myself without a chew in.Â
In the beginning of this it was all but impossible to imagine myself doing things without a chew in. Couldn't picture myself playing golf, couldn't envision myself fishing, or sitting in a movie theater without it. Hell I haven't seen a movie, in a theater, without a dip in my lip for at least 15 yrs.Â
So at day 10, I am just starting to be able to see myself, to close my eyes and picture myself without it.
I feel the same way. I thought the other day as I was heading out to clean up the backyard that I usually dipped while doing this. Fishing will be the real test. I do make sure I have some fake just in case I need it.
We don't need a dip to do anything! "Normal" people don't need it why would we? Quit giving nic so much credit. You just have to make different associations. I have never even been an adult without nic. For 36+ years everything I did with a dip in...hunting, fishing, walking, working, shitting, fucking...Not anymore!
Sack up guys...don't define yourself by nics standards.
QLF!
This is what I was talking about when I said I'm really not interested in this "internet tough guy" approach. I'm doing my quit, my way, and making my journal about my journey incase it's helpful for someone else to follow in the future.
Posts like this make me think why even bother with this site. I'm posting about honest thoughts and observations as I move through this process, and here comes "Joe the dick waving tough guy"...."I've been doing it it longer"...."I'm better"..."I did more with less"..."I had it tougher"...it's always one up with these cats.
So Doc....I don't need your "sac up" advice...take your john wayne stuff to someone else's thread.
Prime,
Sorry if I offended you. Didn't think I was being a tough guy. I was just trying to give you a different perspective. I don't feel that I have anything down any better than anyone else and it doesn't matter how long anyone has been quit or chewed. We are all one bad decision away from a cave.
I know that when I was just posting what I was feeling, some of the most helpful comments to me were the ones that picked up on something and gave me a hard time for it.
I used to feel just like you. How can I ever go fishing, bow hunting or to turkey camp with nicotine. I have adjusted my thinking and was trying to share that perspective. Tough love.
Anyway, quit strong.
Doc
Maybe just a bad attitude morning on my part. Read way more into that than I needed to. Maybe I was looking for something to bitch about!!
My bad....turning the page and rolling on!
@ Doc_Chewfree----apologies
No need, bro. I've got the same shit goin on today. Must be the spring weather.
BTW I use your thread for me as much as for you. So the comment was just me pontificating.
Quit with you.
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So here I am again, after 6+ months. No I didn't CAVE!!! I was lurking around this site back in March when I quit a 15+ yr dip habit. The first few weeks was seriously no fun, and hanging out round here posting and chatting with fellow quitters got me through that first month. I figured that was all I needed and, it was my quit and it was up to me, daily post or not. I had the craves here and there over the last 6 months, but mostly I figured I was over it and it was a non issue. Fast forward to this weekend and BAM...back to chewing coffee grinds or green tea bandits, the crave to chew again hit me like it was week 2 of my quit. It was f-ing terrible!!!! So here I am again, posting and chatting my way through another phase of my quit!!
I was arrogant and foolish and I apologize. I won't cave, my quit is strong. I can't say I'll post roll forever, but for now I'm back to fighting for my quit here at KTC.
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So here I am again, after 6+ months. No I didn't CAVE!!! I was lurking around this site back in March when I quit a 15+ yr dip habit. The first few weeks was seriously no fun, and hanging out round here posting and chatting with fellow quitters got me through that first month. I figured that was all I needed and, it was my quit and it was up to me, daily post or not. I had the craves here and there over the last 6 months, but mostly I figured I was over it and it was a non issue. Fast forward to this weekend and BAM...back to chewing coffee grinds or green tea bandits, the crave to chew again hit me like it was week 2 of my quit. It was f-ing terrible!!!! So here I am again, posting and chatting my way through another phase of my quit!!
I was arrogant and foolish and I apologize. I won't cave, my quit is strong. I can't say I'll post roll forever, but for now I'm back to fighting for my quit here at KTC.
Don't need you to stay quit forever man.
We post roll for today and today only. The future is open, but posting roll is like setting a few pennies aside for retirement. That shit builds up, and you can live comfortably in your old age.
Stick around. It helps. We quit here. We don't "not use".
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So here I am again, after 6+ months. No I didn't CAVE!!! I was lurking around this site back in March when I quit a 15+ yr dip habit. The first few weeks was seriously no fun, and hanging out round here posting and chatting with fellow quitters got me through that first month. I figured that was all I needed and, it was my quit and it was up to me, daily post or not. I had the craves here and there over the last 6 months, but mostly I figured I was over it and it was a non issue. Fast forward to this weekend and BAM...back to chewing coffee grinds or green tea bandits, the crave to chew again hit me like it was week 2 of my quit. It was f-ing terrible!!!! So here I am again, posting and chatting my way through another phase of my quit!!
I was arrogant and foolish and I apologize. I won't cave, my quit is strong. I can't say I'll post roll forever, but for now I'm back to fighting for my quit here at KTC.
So for you the KTC is a "only when H_Prime needs some support" site? Awesome, I love being someones doorknob.
Hey, July 2014, I'll be posting roll around Thanksgiving because turkey stresses me out, love ya bros. See you in 6 weeks.
And it's an addiction, not a habit. Sorry to be an internet tough guy, but since you are using the site as you please..........I'm sure June will hold the door open for ya, that is once you decide to grace them with your roll call.
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So here I am again, after 6+ months. No I didn't CAVE!!! I was lurking around this site back in March when I quit a 15+ yr dip habit. The first few weeks was seriously no fun, and hanging out round here posting and chatting with fellow quitters got me through that first month. I figured that was all I needed and, it was my quit and it was up to me, daily post or not. I had the craves here and there over the last 6 months, but mostly I figured I was over it and it was a non issue. Fast forward to this weekend and BAM...back to chewing coffee grinds or green tea bandits, the crave to chew again hit me like it was week 2 of my quit. It was f-ing terrible!!!! So here I am again, posting and chatting my way through another phase of my quit!!
I was arrogant and foolish and I apologize. I won't cave, my quit is strong. I can't say I'll post roll forever, but for now I'm back to fighting for my quit here at KTC.
So for you the KTC is a "only when H_Prime needs some support" site? Awesome, I love being someones doorknob.
Hey, July 2014, I'll be posting roll around Thanksgiving because turkey stresses me out, love ya bros. See you in 6 weeks.
And it's an addiction, not a habit. Sorry to be an internet tough guy, but since you are using the site as you please..........I'm sure June will hold the door open for ya, that is once you decide to grace them with your roll call.
be gone.....