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Community => Introductions => Topic started by: SAM83 on January 09, 2014, 11:30:00 AM
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A little about myself,
12 years ago I quit smoking and gave up cigarettes. I was looking for the easy way out and Copenhagen was less expensive than the patch or nic gum. In fact I used to refer to Copenhagen as "the lip patch", and joked that I had quit smoking using it as a tool. I am done kidding myself that one is less damaging, less expensive, less nasty than the other. The enemy is nicotine regardless of the delivery system. I have gambled with my life and nicotine for 34 years of my 48 years on this planet. I am done. I discovered this site when googling quitting on the very first day of my quit 1/6/14. Based on my experience, I believe the only way to quit is to go 100% cold turkey, dragging it out is not quitting, it is simply changing the delivery method. I spent a lot of time reading posts and roll calls the past few days, have had some doubts about myself and also feel a little weird opening up to people I have never met. Putting this introduction post out here today represents my full commitment to be and stay quit and also to support and be supported. Although I really feel less foggy today, I am most worried about my first weekend and triggers it will bring (adult beverages, sitting in my tree stand), but I will ODAAT and recommit each day!
SAM is a nickname from high school, the real name is Chris. I reside in the Pittsburgh area and when I am not at work I enjoy everything outdoors, and prefer two wheels over four any day.
Thanks for taking the time to read this.
Chris
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A little about myself,
12 years ago I quit smoking and gave up cigarettes. I was looking for the easy way out and Copenhagen was less expensive than the patch or nic gum. In fact I used to refer to Copenhagen as "the lip patch", and joked that I had quit smoking using it as a tool. I am done kidding myself that one is less damaging, less expensive, less nasty than the other. The enemy is nicotine regardless of the delivery system. I have gambled with my life and nicotine for 34 years of my 48 years on this planet. I am done. I discovered this site when googling quitting on the very first day of my quit 1/6/14. Based on my experience, I believe the only way to quit is to go 100% cold turkey, dragging it out is not quitting, it is simply changing the delivery method. I spent a lot of time reading posts and roll calls the past few days, have had some doubts about myself and also feel a little weird opening up to people I have never met. Putting this introduction post out here today represents my full commitment to be and stay quit and also to support and be supported. Although I really feel less foggy today, I am most worried about my first weekend and triggers it will bring (adult beverages, sitting in my tree stand), but I will ODAAT and recommit each day!
SAM is a nickname from high school, the real name is Chris. I reside in the Pittsburgh area and when I am not at work I enjoy everything outdoors, and prefer two wheels over four any day.Â
Thanks for taking the time to read this.
Chris
I been to Pittsburgh once. Thanks for opening up to us. It is what you need to do. A great step in recovery! Find the pinkish button above that says welcome center. You will want to post roll in the April 2014 group to get started here. Unless you haven't gotten it yet, posting roll is the most important thing to do here. That and reaching out to brothers and the occasional sisters here. Don't worry, we aren't all nuts here!!!
BUT we are all addicts just like you. No one is different here, just different days quit. I quit after about 31 years so I am there with you. It is a bad habit to get into and will be hard to pop out of but it will be worth it. I stand here now at 114 days and it is the best feeling in the world. You will see too!
Also one more thing. I know this is hard to do but try and cut back on any alcohol during your quit until you know you can handle it. Alcohol is a major trigger for nicotine craves and is best left alone for now.
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A little about myself,
12 years ago I quit smoking and gave up cigarettes. I was looking for the easy way out and Copenhagen was less expensive than the patch or nic gum. In fact I used to refer to Copenhagen as "the lip patch", and joked that I had quit smoking using it as a tool. I am done kidding myself that one is less damaging, less expensive, less nasty than the other. The enemy is nicotine regardless of the delivery system. I have gambled with my life and nicotine for 34 years of my 48 years on this planet. I am done. I discovered this site when googling quitting on the very first day of my quit 1/6/14. Based on my experience, I believe the only way to quit is to go 100% cold turkey, dragging it out is not quitting, it is simply changing the delivery method. I spent a lot of time reading posts and roll calls the past few days, have had some doubts about myself and also feel a little weird opening up to people I have never met. Putting this introduction post out here today represents my full commitment to be and stay quit and also to support and be supported. Although I really feel less foggy today, I am most worried about my first weekend and triggers it will bring (adult beverages, sitting in my tree stand), but I will ODAAT and recommit each day!
SAM is a nickname from high school, the real name is Chris. I reside in the Pittsburgh area and when I am not at work I enjoy everything outdoors, and prefer two wheels over four any day.
Thanks for taking the time to read this.
Chris
Hi Chris, welcome to the loony bin. Every one of us has about the same story here. It sounds like you get it. Nicotine is Nicotine is nicotine. Go up to the top of this page to the welcome center and learn how to post roll. Post roll everyday and you will have all the support you could ever want from everyone here. Good job in making a great, life altering decision.
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Welcome Sam. We are quitting alongside you every day. You should Post roll every morning, read everything you can on this site, and become insanely obsessive about protecting your quit. You can do it. PM me if you have any questions or need a shout out. This will be a trying experience, but could save your life. Thanks for joining this brotherhood.
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Keep reading, post early, get numbers especially from your April 2014 group and jump into the daily battle punching back.
I will say I was reluctant to spill my guts to strangers but as time past I realize that there is no other group of men and women that I have more in common with than this bunch of nicotine addicts. We share a life of slavery and now freedom.
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Hi Sam.
That "wake up call" moment is fantastic isn't it. Keep going. This site is my lifeline to support. It just works. I would have caved if I had to rely on my willpower or good intentions alone. Keep reading. Keep going to Chat. I'll see you there!
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A little about myself,
12 years ago I quit smoking and gave up cigarettes. I was looking for the easy way out and Copenhagen was less expensive than the patch or nic gum. In fact I used to refer to Copenhagen as "the lip patch", and joked that I had quit smoking using it as a tool. I am done kidding myself that one is less damaging, less expensive, less nasty than the other. The enemy is nicotine regardless of the delivery system. I have gambled with my life and nicotine for 34 years of my 48 years on this planet. I am done. I discovered this site when googling quitting on the very first day of my quit 1/6/14. Based on my experience, I believe the only way to quit is to go 100% cold turkey, dragging it out is not quitting, it is simply changing the delivery method. I spent a lot of time reading posts and roll calls the past few days, have had some doubts about myself and also feel a little weird opening up to people I have never met. Putting this introduction post out here today represents my full commitment to be and stay quit and also to support and be supported. Although I really feel less foggy today, I am most worried about my first weekend and triggers it will bring (adult beverages, sitting in my tree stand), but I will ODAAT and recommit each day!
SAM is a nickname from high school, the real name is Chris. I reside in the Pittsburgh area and when I am not at work I enjoy everything outdoors, and prefer two wheels over four any day.Â
Thanks for taking the time to read this.
Chris
Welcome Chris. The only thing I wanted to add is get some numbers from peeps in your April 2014 quit group. A good place to start is ZillahCowboy, Apogeeammo, and Ginet. These three are especially active on here and are willing to share their "suck" stories as well as lend a hand to those that need one.
Reach out to them and you won't be disappointed. The more quitters you have on your personal team, the more accountable you will feel and the less likely you'll be to (pardon the pun) spit on them when you feel a crave coming.
We've all been there and we know how it feels. I quit with you today. I'll quit with you any day you wanna put your life and your happiness ahead of a can of carcinogenic poison. Glad to have you.
PM if you need anything or wanna swap numbers.
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A little about myself,
12 years ago I quit smoking and gave up cigarettes. I was looking for the easy way out and Copenhagen was less expensive than the patch or nic gum. In fact I used to refer to Copenhagen as "the lip patch", and joked that I had quit smoking using it as a tool. I am done kidding myself that one is less damaging, less expensive, less nasty than the other. The enemy is nicotine regardless of the delivery system. I have gambled with my life and nicotine for 34 years of my 48 years on this planet. I am done. I discovered this site when googling quitting on the very first day of my quit 1/6/14. Based on my experience, I believe the only way to quit is to go 100% cold turkey, dragging it out is not quitting, it is simply changing the delivery method. I spent a lot of time reading posts and roll calls the past few days, have had some doubts about myself and also feel a little weird opening up to people I have never met. Putting this introduction post out here today represents my full commitment to be and stay quit and also to support and be supported. Although I really feel less foggy today, I am most worried about my first weekend and triggers it will bring (adult beverages, sitting in my tree stand), but I will ODAAT and recommit each day!
SAM is a nickname from high school, the real name is Chris. I reside in the Pittsburgh area and when I am not at work I enjoy everything outdoors, and prefer two wheels over four any day.Â
Thanks for taking the time to read this.
Chris
Welcome Chris. The only thing I wanted to add is get some numbers from peeps in your April 2014 quit group. A good place to start is ZillahCowboy, Apogeeammo, and Ginet. These three are especially active on here and are willing to share their "suck" stories as well as lend a hand to those that need one.
Reach out to them and you won't be disappointed. The more quitters you have on your personal team, the more accountable you will feel and the less likely you'll be to (pardon the pun) spit on them when you feel a crave coming.
We've all been there and we know how it feels. I quit with you today. I'll quit with you any day you wanna put your life and your happiness ahead of a can of carcinogenic poison. Glad to have you.
PM if you need anything or wanna swap numbers.
Thanks for the welcome and Zillah cowboy for the immediate reach out PM. I am new to this on-line format....got the roll call figured out (thanks for the help there)....not sure if I need to do the whole Control A,X, V thing here as well or if I just start typing away. Guess I will find out when I hit "add reply"...let me know how to do this if it looks f'd up.
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A little about myself,
12 years ago I quit smoking and gave up cigarettes. I was looking for the easy way out and Copenhagen was less expensive than the patch or nic gum. In fact I used to refer to Copenhagen as "the lip patch", and joked that I had quit smoking using it as a tool. I am done kidding myself that one is less damaging, less expensive, less nasty than the other. The enemy is nicotine regardless of the delivery system. I have gambled with my life and nicotine for 34 years of my 48 years on this planet. I am done. I discovered this site when googling quitting on the very first day of my quit 1/6/14. Based on my experience, I believe the only way to quit is to go 100% cold turkey, dragging it out is not quitting, it is simply changing the delivery method. I spent a lot of time reading posts and roll calls the past few days, have had some doubts about myself and also feel a little weird opening up to people I have never met. Putting this introduction post out here today represents my full commitment to be and stay quit and also to support and be supported. Although I really feel less foggy today, I am most worried about my first weekend and triggers it will bring (adult beverages, sitting in my tree stand), but I will ODAAT and recommit each day!
SAM is a nickname from high school, the real name is Chris. I reside in the Pittsburgh area and when I am not at work I enjoy everything outdoors, and prefer two wheels over four any day.Â
Thanks for taking the time to read this.
Chris
Welcome Chris. The only thing I wanted to add is get some numbers from peeps in your April 2014 quit group. A good place to start is ZillahCowboy, Apogeeammo, and Ginet. These three are especially active on here and are willing to share their "suck" stories as well as lend a hand to those that need one.
Reach out to them and you won't be disappointed. The more quitters you have on your personal team, the more accountable you will feel and the less likely you'll be to (pardon the pun) spit on them when you feel a crave coming.
We've all been there and we know how it feels. I quit with you today. I'll quit with you any day you wanna put your life and your happiness ahead of a can of carcinogenic poison. Glad to have you.
PM if you need anything or wanna swap numbers.
Thanks for the welcome and Zillah cowboy for the immediate reach out PM. I am new to this on-line format....got the roll call figured out (thanks for the help there)....not sure if I need to do the whole Control A,X, V thing here as well or if I just start typing away. Guess I will find out when I hit "add reply"...let me know how to do this if it looks f'd up.
Way to go Sam...Good job posting roll this morning, and congrats on Day 5. You've got a great attitude and a great quit going on. Keep reading on this site and posting roll every morning. You are probably through the worst of the suck, but now the real mind games begin. Bear down and grind through it...right now your brain is rewiring itself to accept life without the want of nicotine. We have your back man.
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A little about myself,
12 years ago I quit smoking and gave up cigarettes. I was looking for the easy way out and Copenhagen was less expensive than the patch or nic gum. In fact I used to refer to Copenhagen as "the lip patch", and joked that I had quit smoking using it as a tool. I am done kidding myself that one is less damaging, less expensive, less nasty than the other. The enemy is nicotine regardless of the delivery system. I have gambled with my life and nicotine for 34 years of my 48 years on this planet. I am done. I discovered this site when googling quitting on the very first day of my quit 1/6/14. Based on my experience, I believe the only way to quit is to go 100% cold turkey, dragging it out is not quitting, it is simply changing the delivery method. I spent a lot of time reading posts and roll calls the past few days, have had some doubts about myself and also feel a little weird opening up to people I have never met. Putting this introduction post out here today represents my full commitment to be and stay quit and also to support and be supported. Although I really feel less foggy today, I am most worried about my first weekend and triggers it will bring (adult beverages, sitting in my tree stand), but I will ODAAT and recommit each day!
SAM is a nickname from high school, the real name is Chris. I reside in the Pittsburgh area and when I am not at work I enjoy everything outdoors, and prefer two wheels over four any day.Â
Thanks for taking the time to read this.
Chris
Welcome Chris. The only thing I wanted to add is get some numbers from peeps in your April 2014 quit group. A good place to start is ZillahCowboy, Apogeeammo, and Ginet. These three are especially active on here and are willing to share their "suck" stories as well as lend a hand to those that need one.
Reach out to them and you won't be disappointed. The more quitters you have on your personal team, the more accountable you will feel and the less likely you'll be to (pardon the pun) spit on them when you feel a crave coming.
We've all been there and we know how it feels. I quit with you today. I'll quit with you any day you wanna put your life and your happiness ahead of a can of carcinogenic poison. Glad to have you.
PM if you need anything or wanna swap numbers.
Thanks for the welcome and Zillah cowboy for the immediate reach out PM. I am new to this on-line format....got the roll call figured out (thanks for the help there)....not sure if I need to do the whole Control A,X, V thing here as well or if I just start typing away. Guess I will find out when I hit "add reply"...let me know how to do this if it looks f'd up.
Nailed it SAM. Now quit like fuck (QLF) today. I am and if you posted roll, you will too. Stay tight with your group, they're going thru exactly what you are and we've all been there. Reach out to others to via PM if you want more numbers. Never hurts to have a bunch.
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Great idea joining the team of the best quitters around. you are accountable to us now and there are no excuses. ODAAT. Use every tool availabel to you on this site. People have put there heart and soul out there for you to learn from. Don't take this lightly this is your life. I don't want to open up to complete strangers either but I know more people in here better than I know my most of my outside friends and I have never even talked to them. PM me for my number if you need someone to contact. or hit up the chat room on the upper right corner. You have come to the right place.
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Sam I am, a.k.a. Chris, I once chimed in on a post (I believe it was rdad's) and started off with, "I don't know you, butÂ…" Well, this person whom I have never met set me strait and said, "ah, but we do know each other. We've shared in the same nicotine addictionÂ…." or something to that affect. None-the-less, he was right. We all know you in that we've all walked in your nicotine addicted shoes. So, let it be known that you are among friends and because of such feel free to vent any and all shit that the suck of quitting nicotine imparts upon you. Keep drinking the KTC kool-aid.
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I quit with you SAM/Chris
You have one more day under the belt than I - nice work man
Let's quit together tomorrow
ZManT
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Thanks to all of you. Day six and going strong. Hoping to beat the rain this morning and get a couple hours in the woods. Looking for a sausage doe this morning. I have felt fortunatate that I have slept well this past week. Woke up every hour on the hour last night....hope this part does not last too long. On the bright side, it let me post roll and say good morning before heading out. ZManT, Steakbomb 18, Stevie G, jzzyzag01, Zillah cowboy, my April quit brothers/sisters and all on this site committed to beating this once and for all I QLF with you all. QLF....learned a new term yesterday :D I am off like 'Remshot' Elmer Fudd! Rock the quit today all!!!
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Thanks to all of you. Day six and going strong. Hoping to beat the rain this morning and get a couple hours in the woods. Looking for a sausage doe this morning. I have felt fortunatate that I have slept well this past week. Woke up every hour on the hour last night....hope this part does not last too long. On the bright side, it let me post roll and say good morning before heading out. ZManT, Steakbomb 18, Stevie G, jzzyzag01, Zillah cowboy, my April quit brothers/sisters and all on this site committed to beating this once and for all I QLF with you all. QLF....learned a new term yesterday :D I am off like 'Remshot' Elmer Fudd! Rock the quit today all!!!
Way to go SAM....you got this. Good luck on the hunt, stay dip free, and continue to QLF! (Yes...we say it early and often here!). ZC.
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Thanks to all of you. Day six and going strong. Hoping to beat the rain this morning and get a couple hours in the woods. Looking for a sausage doe this morning. I have felt fortunatate that I have slept well this past week. Woke up every hour on the hour last night....hope this part does not last too long. On the bright side, it let me post roll and say good morning before heading out. ZManT, Steakbomb 18, Stevie G, jzzyzag01, Zillah cowboy, my April quit brothers/sisters and all on this site committed to beating this once and for all I QLF with you all. QLF....learned a new term yesterday :D I am off like 'Remshot' Elmer Fudd! Rock the quit today all!!!
Best of luck out there today SAM. Hopefully you learn another lesson out there, you don't need nic to hunt! That was one of the more eye-opening ones for me. No nic when I'm hunting?? What about all that bored downtime? Answer: how f'ing lucky are you to be sitting quietly wrapped in nature's beauty...soak it in and enjoy it! No dip necessary.
I am quit today too even during the 'Hawks game this afternoon!
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Had my doe hanging and skinned by 9:35. Wild weather, dragged her out in a January thunderstorm....highly unusual here in the Northeast this time of year....Quit Gods throwing out some cheers!!!! Kinda felt like the priest in Caddyshack refusing to head in 'Finger' ...Day Six going strong.
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Had my doe hanging and skinned by 9:35. Wild weather, dragged her out in a January thunderstorm....highly unusual here in the Northeast this time of year....Quit Gods throwing out some cheers!!!! Kinda felt like the priest in Caddyshack refusing to head in 'Finger' ...Day Six going strong.
Yeah baby. Got your doe....and done without a dip. Congrats. One more trigger defeated. Nice job.
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Had my doe hanging and skinned by 9:35. Wild weather, dragged her out in a January thunderstorm....highly unusual here in the Northeast this time of year....Quit Gods throwing out some cheers!!!! Kinda felt like the priest in Caddyshack refusing to head in 'Finger' ...Day Six going strong.
Shit, you bagged your animal and had it hanging before most of the country was even up for breakfast. M
Nice work Chris
Good job quitting today
Let's do it again Tomorrow
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Last night driving home it hit me....why do I still have this nasty 7/11 coffee cup in my consol with dried deer turds in it....threw the bitch out!
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Per my better half when I asked here how I was doing, "Oh, you're still an asshole, not as big of one as the first three days, but still an asshole"....hey progress is progress Lovey! :wub:
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Per my better half when I asked here how I was doing, "Oh, you're still an asshole, not as big of one as the first three days, but still an asshole"....hey progress is progress Lovey! :wub:
Haha, funny stuff. I tell my wife at least I'm an asshole without steaming dog shit in my mouth.
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Per my better half when I asked here how I was doing, "Oh, you're still an asshole, not as big of one as the first three days, but still an asshole"....hey progress is progress Lovey! :wub:
Haha, funny stuff. I tell my wife at least I'm an asshole without steaming dog shit in my mouth.
my anger used to be rage. rage was my anger.. point is it left me, and it will leave you too. odaat
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Per my better half when I asked here how I was doing, "Oh, you're still an asshole, not as big of one as the first three days, but still an asshole"....hey progress is progress Lovey! :wub:
Haha, funny stuff. I tell my wife at least I'm an asshole without steaming dog shit in my mouth.
my anger used to be rage. rage was my anger.. point is it left me, and it will leave you too. odaat
Something's quitting can't help. Some people are just assholes, no matter what they do.
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Per my better half when I asked here how I was doing, "Oh, you're still an asshole, not as big of one as the first three days, but still an asshole"....hey progress is progress Lovey! :wub:
Okay, that shit's funny. :-) It proves that there's an inverse relationship between the number of days quit and our asshole-edness. The greater the number of quit days, the less of an asshole we become! Hah! Yet another benefit of being quit!
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Per my better half when I asked here how I was doing, "Oh, you're still an asshole, not as big of one as the first three days, but still an asshole"....hey progress is progress Lovey! :wub:
Okay, that shit's funny. :-) It proves that there's an inverse relationship between the number of days quit and our asshole-edness. The greater the number of quit days, the less of an asshole we become! Hah! Yet another benefit of being quit!
It is like Zillah cowboy said the more quit days the less your an asshole I remember when I first started my quit I was a asshole to so the wife said she has said that it is getting better ONE DAY AT A TIME.
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Per my better half when I asked here how I was doing, "Oh, you're still an asshole, not as big of one as the first three days, but still an asshole"....hey progress is progress Lovey! :wub:
Okay, that shit's funny. :-) It proves that there's an inverse relationship between the number of days quit and our asshole-edness. The greater the number of quit days, the less of an asshole we become! Hah! Yet another benefit of being quit!
It is like Zillah cowboy said the more quit days the less your an asshole I remember when I first started my quit I was a asshole to so the wife said she has said that it is getting better ONE DAY AT A TIME.
Day 10 - Double Digets - Today I will be less of an Asshole than yesterday. Welcome to double digets Samm, OkieBurner, jlewis1, K-State, Life After Dip....I quit you you today!
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Per my better half when I asked here how I was doing, "Oh, you're still an asshole, not as big of one as the first three days, but still an asshole"....hey progress is progress Lovey! :wub:
Okay, that shit's funny. :-) It proves that there's an inverse relationship between the number of days quit and our asshole-edness. The greater the number of quit days, the less of an asshole we become! Hah! Yet another benefit of being quit!
It is like Zillah cowboy said the more quit days the less your an asshole I remember when I first started my quit I was a asshole to so the wife said she has said that it is getting better ONE DAY AT A TIME.
Day 10 - Double Digets - Today I will be less of an Asshole than yesterday. Welcome to double digets Samm, OkieBurner, jlewis1, K-State, Life After Dip....I quit you you today!
Double digits is a big accomplishment. Stay after it, you're doing this thing.
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Resolute Bastards April 2014.....its got my vote. Going to Rock Day 11!
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The nights have been the toughest part between dinner and bed. For me it's when I slow down for the day that the craves seem stronger and last longer (shit, I sound like a YETI Cooler Commercial). Hanging tough, but definitly not an easy haul into Day 12. Found it really humerous to get Cope Coupons from my good friends at US Tabacco in the mail yesterday. $3 off a roll; $1.50 off two cans....Did relieve some stress to rip those bastards right up....I'll keep my money and my mouth, toungue, jaw and face thank you and 'Finger' UST.
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Nice how your building this quit bro. Keep it up!
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Sam83....congrats on Day 20! Nice quit goin' on brother. Keep it cranking. ZC.
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Sam83....congrats on Day 20! Nice quit goin' on brother. Keep it cranking. ZC.
Thanks. ZC, odaat....just odaat. There is no going back...still a roller coaster but we got this. Quitting with you brother.
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Day 22 and I woke up in a panic 20 minutes ago. Although I suspect I have had some unconscious dip dreams since I seem to have the need to sweep my mouth with my tongue and check for a dip most mornings since quitting, last night's was so vivid and all over the place. Once I realized it was a dream I jumped up and through in a piece of Trident in and posted roll. Details have already faded, buy it was a F'd up dream...started with caving with a cigarette (I have not smoked in over 12 years), some how involved deer hunting and then floating down the river (I used to be a whitewater guide back in the day) and then finding an open but full can of cope in my pocket. That's all I remember other than the really sick feeling I started chewing again. It's weird but waking up a few times since quitting I have actually felt that I could accidently start chewing again...like somehow forget and unconsciously put a dip in. How strange is that? Anyway, I hope I don't have many more dreams that vivid. I remain resolute, but needed to write this down for myself if nothing else. Day 22 here I come!
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Day 22 and I woke up in a panic 20 minutes ago. Although I suspect I have had some unconscious dip dreams since I seem to have the need to sweep my mouth with my tongue and check for a dip most mornings since quitting, last night's was so vivid and all over the place. Once I realized it was a dream I jumped up and through in a piece of Trident in and posted roll. Details have already faded, buy it was a F'd up dream...started with caving with a cigarette (I have not smoked in over 12 years), some how involved deer hunting and then floating down the river (I used to be a whitewater guide back in the day) and then finding an open but full can of cope in my pocket. That's all I remember other than the really sick feeling I started chewing again. It's weird but waking up a few times since quitting I have actually felt that I could accidently start chewing again...like somehow forget and unconsciously put a dip in. How strange is that? Anyway, I hope I don't have many more dreams that vivid. I remain resolute, but needed to write this down for myself if nothing else. Day 22 here I come!
Keep after it! Scary how real those dreams feel. Keep updating your intro as a way to trace back to the absolute hell you've battled through but also as a trail for new quitters to follow.
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Day 22 and I woke up in a panic 20 minutes ago. Although I suspect I have had some unconscious dip dreams since I seem to have the need to sweep my mouth with my tongue and check for a dip most mornings since quitting, last night's was so vivid and all over the place. Once I realized it was a dream I jumped up and through in a piece of Trident in and posted roll. Details have already faded, buy it was a F'd up dream...started with caving with a cigarette (I have not smoked in over 12 years), some how involved deer hunting and then floating down the river (I used to be a whitewater guide back in the day) and then finding an open but full can of cope in my pocket. That's all I remember other than the really sick feeling I started chewing again. It's weird but waking up a few times since quitting I have actually felt that I could accidently start chewing again...like somehow forget and unconsciously put a dip in. How strange is that? Anyway, I hope I don't have many more dreams that vivid. I remain resolute, but needed to write this down for myself if nothing else. Day 22 here I come!
Keep after it! Scary how real those dreams feel. Keep updating your intro as a way to trace back to the absolute hell you've battled through but also as a trail for new quitters to follow.
If you are like me... there are many more dreams to come. I call em dip nightmares. You did exactly what I do when I wake up... I roll myself out of the rack and post roll immediately. That is how you do it!
Don't be afraid of these dreams... use them to your advantage. Hard to be complacent when you have a crappy dream like that, you wake up sweating with a sick feeling in the pit of you stomach.
Keep fighting! You are doing great today! QLF all day long with you!
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Day 22 and I woke up in a panic 20 minutes ago. Although I suspect I have had some unconscious dip dreams since I seem to have the need to sweep my mouth with my tongue and check for a dip most mornings since quitting, last night's was so vivid and all over the place. Once I realized it was a dream I jumped up and through in a piece of Trident in and posted roll. Details have already faded, buy it was a F'd up dream...started with caving with a cigarette (I have not smoked in over 12 years), some how involved deer hunting and then floating down the river (I used to be a whitewater guide back in the day) and then finding an open but full can of cope in my pocket. That's all I remember other than the really sick feeling I started chewing again. It's weird but waking up a few times since quitting I have actually felt that I could accidently start chewing again...like somehow forget and unconsciously put a dip in. How strange is that? Anyway, I hope I don't have many more dreams that vivid. I remain resolute, but needed to write this down for myself if nothing else. Day 22 here I come!
Sam,
Wow, sounds vivid. Freaks you right out doesn't it? I've had a couple of "dip-mares" myself too. Ho lee fuk, but did they seem real. I mean! Waking up in a freaking cold sweat and it took me 5 minutes to gather my wits and understand that it was only a dream.
For all you out there.....I quit drinking 12 years ago and had alcohol nightmares that were also ultra-real. They stopped after a couple years, but they were scary while going on. I'd wake up convinced that I'd had a relapse. I think our addictions are so powerful, so intense, that the brain relives those addictions during sleep. I've had many a discussion with addiction counselors that this is...believe it or not...a normal part of the recovery process.
Hang in there. They aren't real, and they will dissolve over time. Guarantee it.
I quit with you today.
ZC
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Dip dreams? Whatever, you guys sound like a bunch of freaking addicts.....oh wait a minute, I woke up this morning and my jaw hurt like hell. I either had a dip dream that I didn't remember, or I was grinding the shit out of my teeth all night. Either way, just more proof that I'm still (and always will be) and addict and that my head is still sorting out this initial quit period.
SAM83, congratulations on three weeks of being quit and flawless roll posting! Happy to have you in our April 2014 group.
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Dead ground up leaves = bad dreams at 48 years old...WTF, it's almost funny. I am so kicking this ODAAT. Spent the night reading a bunch of threads of guys reaching multiple floors and HOF speech....motivation to stay on a road paved by others. Thanks for the comments and feedback. I quit with each of you!
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Day 25 - I have had a wierd nerve thing going that started the first week of my quit. It comes and goes and only lasts like 15 to 30 seconds and seems to happen 3-6 or so times a day. On the side of my face right along the spot where my ear meets my side burn area, I get a light sensation like a hair brushing against my skin (could even explain it like there's an ant walking on my face in that spot)...real light. It is the same side that I typically packed my snuff on and kind of runs the tingle line I would experience when first packing a big old fatty in there. It's like a have a phantom dip in. Anyone else experience this during there intitial quit? Did it go away? Anyone think I should be concerned....hoping it is just the body rewiring and repairing.
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Day 25 - I have had a wierd nerve thing going that started the first week of my quit. It comes and goes and only lasts like 15 to 30 seconds and seems to happen 3-6 or so times a day. On the side of my face right along the spot where my ear meets my side burn area, I get a light sensation like a hair brushing against my skin (could even explain it like there's an ant walking on my face in that spot)...real light. It is the same side that I typically packed my snuff on and kind of runs the tingle line I would experience when first packing a big old fatty in there. It's like a have a phantom dip in. Anyone else experience this during there intitial quit? Did it go away? Anyone think I should be concerned....hoping it is just the body rewiring and repairing.
I'm sure its fine. Hell, while I was reading what you wrote, I had a tingle in that same spot like an ant walking there! 'Crazy'
The mind is a crazy thing! If it continues you might mention it to a doctor the next time you go.
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Day 25 - I have had a wierd nerve thing going that started the first week of my quit. It comes and goes and only lasts like 15 to 30 seconds and seems to happen 3-6 or so times a day. On the side of my face right along the spot where my ear meets my side burn area, I get a light sensation like a hair brushing against my skin (could even explain it like there's an ant walking on my face in that spot)...real light. It is the same side that I typically packed my snuff on and kind of runs the tingle line I would experience when first packing a big old fatty in there. It's like a have a phantom dip in. Anyone else experience this during there intitial quit? Did it go away? Anyone think I should be concerned....hoping it is just the body rewiring and repairing.
I'm sure its fine. Hell, while I was reading what you wrote, I had a tingle in that same spot like an ant walking there! 'Crazy'
The mind is a crazy thing! If it continues you might mention it to a doctor the next time you go.
Yeah, I agree with apogee. It's probably nothing to worry about in the short term. There is a medically proven phenomenon called 'phantom limbs' where amputees can still 'feel' sensations in an appendage after it's been amputated. I'm not a doctor, but my guess is that nerves (in your brain) can develop a sort of neurological memory (much like muscle memory) for sensation that was experienced often in life. In this case, the fatty in your cheek. Your brain in still rewiring itself so be patient and hopefully it will go away!
By the way. You've got a good quit going on here. Keep it up!
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Day 22 and I woke up in a panic 20 minutes ago. Although I suspect I have had some unconscious dip dreams since I seem to have the need to sweep my mouth with my tongue and check for a dip most mornings since quitting, last night's was so vivid and all over the place. Once I realized it was a dream I jumped up and through in a piece of Trident in and posted roll. Details have already faded, buy it was a F'd up dream...started with caving with a cigarette (I have not smoked in over 12 years), some how involved deer hunting and then floating down the river (I used to be a whitewater guide back in the day) and then finding an open but full can of cope in my pocket. That's all I remember other than the really sick feeling I started chewing again. It's weird but waking up a few times since quitting I have actually felt that I could accidently start chewing again...like somehow forget and unconsciously put a dip in. How strange is that? Anyway, I hope I don't have many more dreams that vivid. I remain resolute, but needed to write this down for myself if nothing else. Day 22 here I come!
It happens. Not strange at all. As time goes by it fucks with your head less because it's like you had a dream where you were sucking a gorilla dick. Unless you're Gmann you know that's something that will never happen. Just like nicotine is something that will never happen because you gave me your word and your QUIT. Ends up being another morning you wake up saying Thank God I gave myself this amazing gift of quit! I am no longer a slave
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Day 22 and I woke up in a panic 20 minutes ago. Although I suspect I have had some unconscious dip dreams since I seem to have the need to sweep my mouth with my tongue and check for a dip most mornings since quitting, last night's was so vivid and all over the place. Once I realized it was a dream I jumped up and through in a piece of Trident in and posted roll. Details have already faded, buy it was a F'd up dream...started with caving with a cigarette (I have not smoked in over 12 years), some how involved deer hunting and then floating down the river (I used to be a whitewater guide back in the day) and then finding an open but full can of cope in my pocket. That's all I remember other than the really sick feeling I started chewing again. It's weird but waking up a few times since quitting I have actually felt that I could accidently start chewing again...like somehow forget and unconsciously put a dip in. How strange is that? Anyway, I hope I don't have many more dreams that vivid. I remain resolute, but needed to write this down for myself if nothing else. Day 22 here I come!
It happens. Not strange at all. As time goes by it fucks with your head less because it's like you had a dream where you were sucking a gorilla dick. Unless you're Gmann you know that's something that will never happen. Just like nicotine is something that will never happen because you gave me your word and your QUIT. Ends up being another morning you wake up saying Thank God I gave myself this amazing gift of quit! I am no longer a slave
I still get tingles where i used to put most of my dips. It even tingles there sometimes associated with a crave- like the addict briain is sending out signals telling me where to pu the dip. Fuck that. Keep quitting with me bro you're doing great!
If it's not an addiction trick, the other most likely explanation is that healing is happenning. If you remember that you had fresh parcels of poison dirt placed right there on the flesh, with the poison leaching into the nerves, vessels, and other local tissue, it makes sense that there is some major healing going on, and it can take a while. Nerves take a long time to mend.
QUIT ON!
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Hey Sam83.....nice job on 30 days! That IS bad ass!
QLF April 14!
Ginet
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Hey Sam83.....nice job on 30 days! That IS bad ass!
QLF April 14!
Ginet
Thanks G - Long Strange Trip :D
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Day 25 - I have had a wierd nerve thing going that started the first week of my quit. It comes and goes and only lasts like 15 to 30 seconds and seems to happen 3-6 or so times a day. On the side of my face right along the spot where my ear meets my side burn area, I get a light sensation like a hair brushing against my skin (could even explain it like there's an ant walking on my face in that spot)...real light. It is the same side that I typically packed my snuff on and kind of runs the tingle line I would experience when first packing a big old fatty in there. It's like a have a phantom dip in. Anyone else experience this during there intitial quit? Did it go away? Anyone think I should be concerned....hoping it is just the body rewiring and repairing.
Hey Sam,
I realize this is old to reply to, the tingle nerves thing gets me too.
I feels like my scalp is having a tremor across the top of my head from ear to ear, and towards my forehead. Last only a few seconds, and is hardly noticeable.
Not sure if its anything, just assumed it was another freaky thing my body was doing to get me to eat "nic" again.
Keep your quit on!
K9
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Day 25 - I have had a wierd nerve thing going that started the first week of my quit. It comes and goes and only lasts like 15 to 30 seconds and seems to happen 3-6 or so times a day. On the side of my face right along the spot where my ear meets my side burn area, I get a light sensation like a hair brushing against my skin (could even explain it like there's an ant walking on my face in that spot)...real light. It is the same side that I typically packed my snuff on and kind of runs the tingle line I would experience when first packing a big old fatty in there. It's like a have a phantom dip in. Anyone else experience this during there intitial quit? Did it go away? Anyone think I should be concerned....hoping it is just the body rewiring and repairing.
Hey Sam,
I realize this is old to reply to, the tingle nerves thing gets me too.
I feels like my scalp is having a tremor across the top of my head from ear to ear, and towards my forehead. Last only a few seconds, and is hardly noticeable.
Not sure if its anything, just assumed it was another freaky thing my body was doing to get me to eat "nic" again.
Keep your quit on!
K9
K9 -
Yea...it's weird and still going on. Not painful just a tingle....I am rooting for "body repairing itself after years of stuffing dog shit against the nerve".
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Day 25 - I have had a wierd nerve thing going that started the first week of my quit. It comes and goes and only lasts like 15 to 30 seconds and seems to happen 3-6 or so times a day. On the side of my face right along the spot where my ear meets my side burn area, I get a light sensation like a hair brushing against my skin (could even explain it like there's an ant walking on my face in that spot)...real light. It is the same side that I typically packed my snuff on and kind of runs the tingle line I would experience when first packing a big old fatty in there. It's like a have a phantom dip in. Anyone else experience this during there intitial quit? Did it go away? Anyone think I should be concerned....hoping it is just the body rewiring and repairing.
Hey Sam,
I realize this is old to reply to, the tingle nerves thing gets me too.
I feels like my scalp is having a tremor across the top of my head from ear to ear, and towards my forehead. Last only a few seconds, and is hardly noticeable.
Not sure if its anything, just assumed it was another freaky thing my body was doing to get me to eat "nic" again.
Keep your quit on!
K9
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Yea...it's weird and still going on. Not painful just a tingle....I am rooting for "body repairing itself after years of stuffing dog shit against the nerve".
just like the itching/tingling under a scab....remember to give it time as it does heal
and will feel so much better.
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Day 40 started with my second nic-mare. I say nic-mare because it was a smoking dream. Really strange to me that in both my dreams my mind goes back to cigarettes (smoked for about 20+ years before changing delivery system to Copenhagen 12 years ago). It was the '80's, working at a Wilderness School for Youth Offenders, it was Christmas. We always had a huge dinner and invited members of the local community, families of staff and residents in for a huge feast followed by Christmas Carols. This was the 80's....you could still smoke in public places in fact I used to smoke right in our dining hall after a good meal....right in front of the kids....never thought anything about it. My entire immediate family (mom/dad/sister/brother/grandparents) had all showed up (they never actually made it there in reality for a Christmas Dinner)....the meal was over, the carols had begun and my grand father leaned over and said, "I did not realize you smoked"...AAAAHHHHHH, how the fuck did that cigarette get in my hand...I threw it down in disgust, mind racing how did that happen?, did I take a puff? did I cave?....wake up...realize its only a nic-mare....get up, head for the coffee pot, habitually sweep mouth with tongue in case I fell asleep with a dip last night.....welcome to day 40 you fucking addict. Good to be here and quit.
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Congrats on 40 Sam.
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Congrads of 40 BRO, inspirational to the rest of us. ;Ironman:
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Day 40 started with my second nic-mare. I say nic-mare because it was a smoking dream. Really strange to me that in both my dreams my mind goes back to cigarettes (smoked for about 20+ years before changing delivery system to Copenhagen 12 years ago). It was the '80's, working at a Wilderness School for Youth Offenders, it was Christmas. We always had a huge dinner and invited members of the local community, families of staff and residents in for a huge feast followed by Christmas Carols. This was the 80's....you could still smoke in public places in fact I used to smoke right in our dining hall after a good meal....right in front of the kids....never thought anything about it. My entire immediate family (mom/dad/sister/brother/grandparents) had all showed up (they never actually made it there in reality for a Christmas Dinner)....the meal was over, the carols had begun and my grand father leaned over and said, "I did not realize you smoked"...AAAAHHHHHH, how the fuck did that cigarette get in my hand...I threw it down in disgust, mind racing how did that happen?, did I take a puff? did I cave?....wake up...realize its only a nic-mare....get up, head for the coffee pot, habitually sweep mouth with tongue in case I fell asleep with a dip last night.....welcome to day 40 you fucking addict. Good to be here and quit.
Damn Nic Bitch, huh?!? Nice present to celebrate your 40 days! Actually maybe it is a blessing, by helping solidify your resolve that much more. You have a good quit going on, keep it strong! I enjoy reading your posts and am proud to quit with you.
Congrats again, you're doing it!
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Day 40 started with my second nic-mare. I say nic-mare because it was a smoking dream. Really strange to me that in both my dreams my mind goes back to cigarettes (smoked for about 20+ years before changing delivery system to Copenhagen 12 years ago). It was the '80's, working at a Wilderness School for Youth Offenders, it was Christmas. We always had a huge dinner and invited members of the local community, families of staff and residents in for a huge feast followed by Christmas Carols. This was the 80's....you could still smoke in public places in fact I used to smoke right in our dining hall after a good meal....right in front of the kids....never thought anything about it. My entire immediate family (mom/dad/sister/brother/grandparents) had all showed up (they never actually made it there in reality for a Christmas Dinner)....the meal was over, the carols had begun and my grand father leaned over and said, "I did not realize you smoked"...AAAAHHHHHH, how the fuck did that cigarette get in my hand...I threw it down in disgust, mind racing how did that happen?, did I take a puff? did I cave?....wake up...realize its only a nic-mare....get up, head for the coffee pot, habitually sweep mouth with tongue in case I fell asleep with a dip last night.....welcome to day 40 you fucking addict. Good to be here and quit.
Damn Nic Bitch, huh?!? Nice present to celebrate your 40 days! Actually maybe it is a blessing, by helping solidify your resolve that much more. You have a good quit going on, keep it strong! I enjoy reading your posts and am proud to quit with you.
Congrats again, you're doing it!
You cannot make this shit up....unbelievable the hold dead nicotine containing dry leaves can have on us....dreaming about it. I guess the positive is I am dreaming about failing and not romanticizing using tobacco. Tells me the real fear in my mind is failing and not the desire to go back. That makes me (us) Resolute Bastards!
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Day 40 started with my second nic-mare. I say nic-mare because it was a smoking dream. Really strange to me that in both my dreams my mind goes back to cigarettes (smoked for about 20+ years before changing delivery system to Copenhagen 12 years ago). It was the '80's, working at a Wilderness School for Youth Offenders, it was Christmas.  We always had a huge dinner and invited members of the local community, families of staff and residents in for a huge feast followed by Christmas Carols. This was the 80's....you could still smoke in public places in fact I used to smoke right in our dining hall after a good meal....right in front of the kids....never thought anything about it. My entire immediate family (mom/dad/sister/brother/grandparents) had all showed up (they never actually made it there in reality for a Christmas Dinner)....the meal was over, the carols had begun and my grand father leaned over and said, "I did not realize you smoked"...AAAAHHHHHH, how the fuck did that cigarette get in my hand...I threw it down in disgust, mind racing how did that happen?, did I take a puff? did I cave?....wake up...realize its only a nic-mare....get up, head for the coffee pot, habitually sweep mouth with tongue in case I fell asleep with a dip last night.....welcome to day 40 you fucking addict. Good to be here and quit.
Damn Nic Bitch, huh?!? Nice present to celebrate your 40 days! Actually maybe it is a blessing, by helping solidify your resolve that much more. You have a good quit going on, keep it strong! I enjoy reading your posts and am proud to quit with you.
Congrats again, you're doing it!
You cannot make this shit up....unbelievable the hold dead nicotine containing dry leaves can have on us....dreaming about it. I guess the positive is I am dreaming about failing and not romanticizing using tobacco. Tells me the real fear in my mind is failing and not the desire to go back. That makes me (us) Resolute Bastards!
I had my 3rd nic mare last night in a month. Dreamed that I was driving in the truck at night and had 2 tins in the center console. What I was doing with 2 tins in the truck of ANY KIND of chew I don't know...but that's the weird shit dreams are made of. At any rate, one tin was Cope, one tin was fake dip. So I grabbed the fake dip tin in the dark and loaded up a fatty for my trip to the store. I'm still technically quit because it's fake, right? Then I start having a massive panic attack because now I think I might have grabbed the real stuff. So I pull over to the side of the road, turn on the dome light, look down and BOTH fucking cans were real dip. Oh you dirty motherf***ing nic bitch!
Why does our subconscious torture us in dreams like that?
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Day 40 started with my second nic-mare. I say nic-mare because it was a smoking dream. Really strange to me that in both my dreams my mind goes back to cigarettes (smoked for about 20+ years before changing delivery system to Copenhagen 12 years ago). It was the '80's, working at a Wilderness School for Youth Offenders, it was Christmas.  We always had a huge dinner and invited members of the local community, families of staff and residents in for a huge feast followed by Christmas Carols. This was the 80's....you could still smoke in public places in fact I used to smoke right in our dining hall after a good meal....right in front of the kids....never thought anything about it. My entire immediate family (mom/dad/sister/brother/grandparents) had all showed up (they never actually made it there in reality for a Christmas Dinner)....the meal was over, the carols had begun and my grand father leaned over and said, "I did not realize you smoked"...AAAAHHHHHH, how the fuck did that cigarette get in my hand...I threw it down in disgust, mind racing how did that happen?, did I take a puff? did I cave?....wake up...realize its only a nic-mare....get up, head for the coffee pot, habitually sweep mouth with tongue in case I fell asleep with a dip last night.....welcome to day 40 you fucking addict. Good to be here and quit.
Damn Nic Bitch, huh?!? Nice present to celebrate your 40 days! Actually maybe it is a blessing, by helping solidify your resolve that much more. You have a good quit going on, keep it strong! I enjoy reading your posts and am proud to quit with you.
Congrats again, you're doing it!
You cannot make this shit up....unbelievable the hold dead nicotine containing dry leaves can have on us....dreaming about it. I guess the positive is I am dreaming about failing and not romanticizing using tobacco. Tells me the real fear in my mind is failing and not the desire to go back. That makes me (us) Resolute Bastards!
I had my 3rd nic mare last night in a month. Dreamed that I was driving in the truck at night and had 2 tins in the center console. What I was doing with 2 tins in the truck of ANY KIND of chew I don't know...but that's the weird shit dreams are made of. At any rate, one tin was Cope, one tin was fake dip. So I grabbed the fake dip tin in the dark and loaded up a fatty for my trip to the store. I'm still technically quit because it's fake, right? Then I start having a massive panic attack because now I think I might have grabbed the real stuff. So I pull over to the side of the road, turn on the dome light, look down and BOTH fucking cans were real dip. Oh you dirty motherf***ing nic bitch!
Why does our subconscious torture us in dreams like that?
I don't know ZC, but I think you should change your username to Steven King...creepy dreaming kinda guy :lol:
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Day 40 started with my second nic-mare. I say nic-mare because it was a smoking dream. Really strange to me that in both my dreams my mind goes back to cigarettes (smoked for about 20+ years before changing delivery system to Copenhagen 12 years ago). It was the '80's, working at a Wilderness School for Youth Offenders, it was Christmas.  We always had a huge dinner and invited members of the local community, families of staff and residents in for a huge feast followed by Christmas Carols. This was the 80's....you could still smoke in public places in fact I used to smoke right in our dining hall after a good meal....right in front of the kids....never thought anything about it. My entire immediate family (mom/dad/sister/brother/grandparents) had all showed up (they never actually made it there in reality for a Christmas Dinner)....the meal was over, the carols had begun and my grand father leaned over and said, "I did not realize you smoked"...AAAAHHHHHH, how the fuck did that cigarette get in my hand...I threw it down in disgust, mind racing how did that happen?, did I take a puff? did I cave?....wake up...realize its only a nic-mare....get up, head for the coffee pot, habitually sweep mouth with tongue in case I fell asleep with a dip last night.....welcome to day 40 you fucking addict. Good to be here and quit.
Damn Nic Bitch, huh?!? Nice present to celebrate your 40 days! Actually maybe it is a blessing, by helping solidify your resolve that much more. You have a good quit going on, keep it strong! I enjoy reading your posts and am proud to quit with you.
Congrats again, you're doing it!
You cannot make this shit up....unbelievable the hold dead nicotine containing dry leaves can have on us....dreaming about it. I guess the positive is I am dreaming about failing and not romanticizing using tobacco. Tells me the real fear in my mind is failing and not the desire to go back. That makes me (us) Resolute Bastards!
I had my 3rd nic mare last night in a month. Dreamed that I was driving in the truck at night and had 2 tins in the center console. What I was doing with 2 tins in the truck of ANY KIND of chew I don't know...but that's the weird shit dreams are made of. At any rate, one tin was Cope, one tin was fake dip. So I grabbed the fake dip tin in the dark and loaded up a fatty for my trip to the store. I'm still technically quit because it's fake, right? Then I start having a massive panic attack because now I think I might have grabbed the real stuff. So I pull over to the side of the road, turn on the dome light, look down and BOTH fucking cans were real dip. Oh you dirty motherf***ing nic bitch!
Why does our subconscious torture us in dreams like that?
I don't know ZC, but I think you should change your username to Steven King...creepy dreaming kinda guy :lol:
I know...i'm scaring myself with this shit. Maybe I should catalogue these dreams and sell them to someone in hollywood.
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Deep Creek, Maryland - Honi Honi Bar - February 22 Lake Plunge for Maryland Special Olympics. One head first plunge into that lake is guaranteed to cure even the strongest crave. External ice cream headache. Any one close to Deep Creek - We will be there by 11:00 AM.....PM me if you make it! I will be the one with the camo bathing suit and floaties :-) Plunge is at 2:00 PM.
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Deep Creek, Maryland - Honi Honi Bar - February 22 Lake Plunge for Maryland Special Olympics. One head first plunge into that lake is guaranteed to cure even the strongest crave. External ice cream headache. Any one close to Deep Creek - We will be there by 11:00 AM.....PM me if you make it! I will be the one with the camo bathing suit and floaties :-) Plunge is at 2:00 PM.
Sounds like fun. Will not be in area but kudos to you efforts with special needs
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I shared this on our FB page, thought I would share it here as well:
It was a dark an stormy night....actually is was a warm day for a family BBQ in the backyard, young 7/8 year old SAM decided to sneak a cigarette out of Pop's (grandfather) pack of Winstons and head to the woods behind the house....what are these things everyone is puffing on?....20 minutes later, SAM was quite green and puking in the toilet. Fast forward to age 13....they made me puke back then, but I am a man now....still lots of smokers at the family outings, let's try this again, it's 1979. I smoked uninterrupted until 1992. Ya I ran track, played football, went to college all while smoking. In 1992, I stopped cold Turkey (in the meantime I had lost two uncles, both grandparents and an aunt to smoking related illnesses since that fateful day in second grade when I snuck off to the woods). 1992....cold Turkey. Five years later (yes I really am a dumbass), at my Grad School Graduation Party, I made the MISTAKE...it's been five years....I can have just one cigarette...two weeks later, back to a pack a day....2002, I have got to quit these smokes, but I do not want to go through that cold turkey thing again....what about the patch or nic gum? Shit, that stuff is really expensive....I know, I will use the lip patch (Copenhagen)....it's only a couple of bucks a can and I can wean myself off cigs by using that nasty shit and then just give up the nasty shit....I don't even like how it tastes. Besides, on that stuff my lung capacity will not be effected and I can mountain bike, kayak and do all the outdoor stuff I love. Fast forward to 2014....shit I have a 12 year Copenhagen problem now....I spit blood when I brush my teeth, my mouth hurts, my gums are receding, my dentist (brother in law) is warning me about the white patches on my cheek, Man-up SAM, there is no easy way, this alternative is going to kill you....you got to quit cold turkey and never, ever, touch nicotine in any form ever again. Thank God I found KTC on my first day (I was looking for any easy way at the time...gum/patch...researching quitting snuff on-line)....thank God I found you my brothers and sisters of quit. I know me, once I stopped spitting blood and my mouth stopped hurting I would have caved....not now, not ever. Day 55, and nothing but plus 1's in my future. If you can learn anything from me, it is do not fool yourself....you can never touch nic again.....there is no one time for an addict.
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I shared this on our FB page, thought I would share it here as well:
It was a dark an stormy night....actually is was a warm day for a family BBQ in the backyard, young 7/8 year old SAM decided to sneak a cigarette out of Pop's (grandfather) pack of Winstons and head to the woods behind the house....what are these things everyone is puffing on?....20 minutes later, SAM was quite green and puking in the toilet. Fast forward to age 13....they made me puke back then, but I am a man now....still lots of smokers at the family outings, let's try this again, it's 1979. I smoked uninterrupted until 1992. Ya I ran track, played football, went to college all while smoking. In 1992, I stopped cold Turkey (in the meantime I had lost two uncles, both grandparents and an aunt to smoking related illnesses since that fateful day in second grade when I snuck off to the woods). 1992....cold Turkey. Five years later (yes I really am a dumbass), at my Grad School Graduation Party, I made the MISTAKE...it's been five years....I can have just one cigarette...two weeks later, back to a pack a day....2002, I have got to quit these smokes, but I do not want to go through that cold turkey thing again....what about the patch or nic gum? Shit, that stuff is really expensive....I know, I will use the lip patch (Copenhagen)....it's only a couple of bucks a can and I can wean myself off cigs by using that nasty shit and then just give up the nasty shit....I don't even like how it tastes. Besides, on that stuff my lung capacity will not be effected and I can mountain bike, kayak and do all the outdoor stuff I love. Fast forward to 2014....shit I have a 12 year Copenhagen problem now....I spit blood when I brush my teeth, my mouth hurts, my gums are receding, my dentist (brother in law) is warning me about the white patches on my cheek, Man-up SAM, there is no easy way, this alternative is going to kill you....you got to quit cold turkey and never, ever, touch nicotine in any form ever again. Thank God I found KTC on my first day (I was looking for any easy way at the time...gum/patch...researching quitting snuff on-line)....thank God I found you my brothers and sisters of quit. I know me, once I stopped spitting blood and my mouth stopped hurting I would have caved....not now, not ever. Day 55, and nothing but plus 1's in my future. If you can learn anything from me, it is do not fool yourself....you can never touch nic again.....there is no one time for an addict.
Great read. 1 is to many and 1000 will never be enough. you have found the recipe to stay quit today my friend. :)
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I shared this on our FB page, thought I would share it here as well:
It was a dark an stormy night....actually is was a warm day for a family BBQ in the backyard, young 7/8 year old SAM decided to sneak a cigarette out of Pop's (grandfather) pack of Winstons and head to the woods behind the house....what are these things everyone is puffing on?....20 minutes later, SAM was quite green and puking in the toilet. Fast forward to age 13....they made me puke back then, but I am a man now....still lots of smokers at the family outings, let's try this again, it's 1979. I smoked uninterrupted until 1992. Ya I ran track, played football, went to college all while smoking. In 1992, I stopped cold Turkey (in the meantime I had lost two uncles, both grandparents and an aunt to smoking related illnesses since that fateful day in second grade when I snuck off to the woods). 1992....cold Turkey. Five years later (yes I really am a dumbass), at my Grad School Graduation Party, I made the MISTAKE...it's been five years....I can have just one cigarette...two weeks later, back to a pack a day....2002, I have got to quit these smokes, but I do not want to go through that cold turkey thing again....what about the patch or nic gum? Shit, that stuff is really expensive....I know, I will use the lip patch (Copenhagen)....it's only a couple of bucks a can and I can wean myself off cigs by using that nasty shit and then just give up the nasty shit....I don't even like how it tastes. Besides, on that stuff my lung capacity will not be effected and I can mountain bike, kayak and do all the outdoor stuff I love. Fast forward to 2014....shit I have a 12 year Copenhagen problem now....I spit blood when I brush my teeth, my mouth hurts, my gums are receding, my dentist (brother in law) is warning me about the white patches on my cheek, Man-up SAM, there is no easy way, this alternative is going to kill you....you got to quit cold turkey and never, ever, touch nicotine in any form ever again. Thank God I found KTC on my first day (I was looking for any easy way at the time...gum/patch...researching quitting snuff on-line)....thank God I found you my brothers and sisters of quit. I know me, once I stopped spitting blood and my mouth stopped hurting I would have caved....not now, not ever. Day 55, and nothing but plus 1's in my future. If you can learn anything from me, it is do not fool yourself....you can never touch nic again.....there is no one time for an addict.
Great read. 1 is to many and 1000 will never be enough. you have found the recipe to stay quit today my friend. :)
Thanks for sharing that. As addicts, we just can't control ourselves when it comes to nicotine. No amount is ever enough and we can never have just 1. Ever.
Keep at it ODAAT. I am quit with you all day long!
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I shared this on our FB page, thought I would share it here as well:
It was a dark an stormy night....actually is was a warm day for a family BBQ in the backyard, young 7/8 year old SAM decided to sneak a cigarette out of Pop's (grandfather) pack of Winstons and head to the woods behind the house....what are these things everyone is puffing on?....20 minutes later, SAM was quite green and puking in the toilet. Fast forward to age 13....they made me puke back then, but I am a man now....still lots of smokers at the family outings, let's try this again, it's 1979. I smoked uninterrupted until 1992. Ya I ran track, played football, went to college all while smoking. In 1992, I stopped cold Turkey (in the meantime I had lost two uncles, both grandparents and an aunt to smoking related illnesses since that fateful day in second grade when I snuck off to the woods). 1992....cold Turkey. Five years later (yes I really am a dumbass), at my Grad School Graduation Party, I made the MISTAKE...it's been five years....I can have just one cigarette...two weeks later, back to a pack a day....2002, I have got to quit these smokes, but I do not want to go through that cold turkey thing again....what about the patch or nic gum? Shit, that stuff is really expensive....I know, I will use the lip patch (Copenhagen)....it's only a couple of bucks a can and I can wean myself off cigs by using that nasty shit and then just give up the nasty shit....I don't even like how it tastes. Besides, on that stuff my lung capacity will not be effected and I can mountain bike, kayak and do all the outdoor stuff I love. Fast forward to 2014....shit I have a 12 year Copenhagen problem now....I spit blood when I brush my teeth, my mouth hurts, my gums are receding, my dentist (brother in law) is warning me about the white patches on my cheek, Man-up SAM, there is no easy way, this alternative is going to kill you....you got to quit cold turkey and never, ever, touch nicotine in any form ever again. Thank God I found KTC on my first day (I was looking for any easy way at the time...gum/patch...researching quitting snuff on-line)....thank God I found you my brothers and sisters of quit. I know me, once I stopped spitting blood and my mouth stopped hurting I would have caved....not now, not ever. Day 55, and nothing but plus 1's in my future. If you can learn anything from me, it is do not fool yourself....you can never touch nic again.....there is no one time for an addict.
Great read. 1 is to many and 1000 will never be enough. you have found the recipe to stay quit today my friend. :)
Thanks for sharing that. As addicts, we just can't control ourselves when it comes to nicotine. No amount is ever enough and we can never have just 1. Ever.
Keep at it ODAAT. I am quit with you all day long!
True da.
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I shared this on our FB page, thought I would share it here as well:
It was a dark an stormy night....actually is was a warm day for a family BBQ in the backyard, young 7/8 year old SAM decided to sneak a cigarette out of Pop's (grandfather) pack of Winstons and head to the woods behind the house....what are these things everyone is puffing on?....20 minutes later, SAM was quite green and puking in the toilet. Fast forward to age 13....they made me puke back then, but I am a man now....still lots of smokers at the family outings, let's try this again, it's 1979. I smoked uninterrupted until 1992. Ya I ran track, played football, went to college all while smoking. In 1992, I stopped cold Turkey (in the meantime I had lost two uncles, both grandparents and an aunt to smoking related illnesses since that fateful day in second grade when I snuck off to the woods). 1992....cold Turkey. Five years later (yes I really am a dumbass), at my Grad School Graduation Party, I made the MISTAKE...it's been five years....I can have just one cigarette...two weeks later, back to a pack a day....2002, I have got to quit these smokes, but I do not want to go through that cold turkey thing again....what about the patch or nic gum? Shit, that stuff is really expensive....I know, I will use the lip patch (Copenhagen)....it's only a couple of bucks a can and I can wean myself off cigs by using that nasty shit and then just give up the nasty shit....I don't even like how it tastes. Besides, on that stuff my lung capacity will not be effected and I can mountain bike, kayak and do all the outdoor stuff I love. Fast forward to 2014....shit I have a 12 year Copenhagen problem now....I spit blood when I brush my teeth, my mouth hurts, my gums are receding, my dentist (brother in law) is warning me about the white patches on my cheek, Man-up SAM, there is no easy way, this alternative is going to kill you....you got to quit cold turkey and never, ever, touch nicotine in any form ever again. Thank God I found KTC on my first day (I was looking for any easy way at the time...gum/patch...researching quitting snuff on-line)....thank God I found you my brothers and sisters of quit. I know me, once I stopped spitting blood and my mouth stopped hurting I would have caved....not now, not ever. Day 55, and nothing but plus 1's in my future. If you can learn anything from me, it is do not fool yourself....you can never touch nic again.....there is no one time for an addict.
Great read. 1 is to many and 1000 will never be enough. you have found the recipe to stay quit today my friend. :)
Thanks for sharing that. As addicts, we just can't control ourselves when it comes to nicotine. No amount is ever enough and we can never have just 1. Ever.
Keep at it ODAAT. I am quit with you all day long!
TCell: True da.
I'm glad you found us here too Sam- every strong quitter like you makes all of us stronger too- you're yet another pillar, and one I can trust to hold strong. Quit on man!
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I was checking out the April 2014 Resolute Bastard spreadsheet this morning. Looks to me like we have 59 active as of today. If I am doing my math correctly would mean 70 have come gone or caved. 46% success rate. We have more than one member with less than stellar posting records. I am concerned for them. We have all been around here long enough and many have spent a good bit of time reading threads, roll posts and participating in chat to realize the direct relationship between not posting roll consistently and posting more than one Day 1 in your life. The consistent theme of retreads is,"I thought I had this", "I drifted away", "I thought I arrived when I reached HOF", "I thought I could have just one"....the theme is all the same. I know I am still struggling. Is it better?, hell yes a thousand fold. Will the nic bitch be whispering in my ear in few weeks while I am sitting in a turkey blind trying to convince me that turkey hunting was somehow better with a dip in last spring? I have no doubt she will be. I will still be posting roll. I will be reading intros, advice and truth offered to new quitters like I read in AirbusPilot's intro this morning. My plan for now is continue to post roll every day and read and participate enough to assure my addicts brain will always be armed with the truth and that I will never romanticize the role of nicotine in my life. I had a 5 year stop in the 1990's, I am a retread....not on this site, but in this battle I am. I never want to post or have a Day 1 again. I never want to forget what that first 30 days quit was like, how much it sucked, how badly those close to me suffered while I lashed out and was miserable. I forgot this before and it cost me years shoving shit in my lip. That's my truth and my plan. It may not be yours, but as HOF approaches we each need to have the conversation with ourselves.
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I was checking out the April 2014 Resolute Bastard spreadsheet this morning. Looks to me like we have 59 active as of today. If I am doing my math correctly would mean 70 have come gone or caved. 46% success rate. We have more than one member with less than stellar posting records. I am concerned for them. We have all been around here long enough and many have spent a good bit of time reading threads, roll posts and participating in chat to realize the direct relationship between not posting roll consistently and posting more than one Day 1 in your life. The consistent theme of retreads is,"I thought I had this", "I drifted away", "I thought I arrived when I reached HOF", "I thought I could have just one"....the theme is all the same. I know I am still struggling. Is it better?, hell yes a thousand fold. Will the nic bitch be whispering in my ear in few weeks while I am sitting in a turkey blind trying to convince me that turkey hunting was somehow better with a dip in last spring? I have no doubt she will be. I will still be posting roll. I will be reading intros, advice and truth offered to new quitters like I read in AirbusPilot's intro this morning. My plan for now is continue to post roll every day and read and participate enough to assure my addicts brain will always be armed with the truth and that I will never romanticize the role of nicotine in my life. I had a 5 year stop in the 1990's, I am a retread....not on this site, but in this battle I am. I never want to post or have a Day 1 again. I never want to forget what that first 30 days quit was like, how much it sucked, how badly those close to me suffered while I lashed out and was miserable. I forgot this before and it cost me years shoving shit in my lip. That's my truth and my plan. It may not be yours, but as HOF approaches we each need to have the conversation with ourselves.
After 400+ days my group is down to under 15. I think we were in the 70's at one point. Not sure.... I keep my quit close to this day. To important to me not to. I use to think maybe the site kept me thinking of chew to much, but after 400+ i've concluded I think to much. Pot roll, keep your word and enjoy your freedom. Posting roll only takes seconds. No excuses!!! Good post and glad to be quit with you today.
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I was checking out the April 2014 Resolute Bastard spreadsheet this morning. Looks to me like we have 59 active as of today. If I am doing my math correctly would mean 70 have come gone or caved. 46% success rate. We have more than one member with less than stellar posting records. I am concerned for them. We have all been around here long enough and many have spent a good bit of time reading threads, roll posts and participating in chat to realize the direct relationship between not posting roll consistently and posting more than one Day 1 in your life. The consistent theme of retreads is,"I thought I had this", "I drifted away", "I thought I arrived when I reached HOF", "I thought I could have just one"....the theme is all the same. I know I am still struggling. Is it better?, hell yes a thousand fold. Will the nic bitch be whispering in my ear in few weeks while I am sitting in a turkey blind trying to convince me that turkey hunting was somehow better with a dip in last spring? I have no doubt she will be. I will still be posting roll. I will be reading intros, advice and truth offered to new quitters like I read in AirbusPilot's intro this morning. My plan for now is continue to post roll every day and read and participate enough to assure my addicts brain will always be armed with the truth and that I will never romanticize the role of nicotine in my life. I had a 5 year stop in the 1990's, I am a retread....not on this site, but in this battle I am. I never want to post or have a Day 1 again. I never want to forget what that first 30 days quit was like, how much it sucked, how badly those close to me suffered while I lashed out and was miserable. I forgot this before and it cost me years shoving shit in my lip. That's my truth and my plan. It may not be yours, but as HOF approaches we each need to have the conversation with ourselves.
Sam83...excellent post and I agree especially on 2 points:
1) To the newbies....Never, ever romanticize the role of nicotine in your past life. That nostalgia will lead you to "just one"....and then you're done. Beware of those insidious thoughts. You will see them in various intro threads. Correct the poster. Their words are more than dangerous. For them, and for others reading them who might be taken in by that false charm of the past.
2) There is indeed a connection between poor roll posting and caving. We've seen it in our group. It's like watching a slow motion train wreck. PM'ing them, calling them out on their intro most is sometimes successful, but more often than not generates excuses, or they just choose to go into hiding. It's lame to seem that behavior. As a fellow quitter, I find it frustrating that their give-a-shit ratio is so low. And that's maddening, because this is about something that REALLY MATTERS.
Finally, as my quit rolls on, I find it increasingly difficult to chase or drive every KTC'er that is letting their quit degrade. It burns up my own quit energy....energy I need to drive and succeed in my own quit. Yesterday, I had a day full of craves...but I sucked it up, posted roll, read threads, logged onto our April FB page, and kept busy outdoors with chores all day long. You'd think someone in the 90's would be on auto-pilot with their quit. Not so. It is a daily struggle, and to slip back would be failure and possibly death. We know this is not a game. Quit on with you ODAAFT.
ZC.
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I was checking out the April 2014 Resolute Bastard spreadsheet this morning. Looks to me like we have 59 active as of today. If I am doing my math correctly would mean 70 have come gone or caved. 46% success rate. We have more than one member with less than stellar posting records. I am concerned for them. We have all been around here long enough and many have spent a good bit of time reading threads, roll posts and participating in chat to realize the direct relationship between not posting roll consistently and posting more than one Day 1 in your life. The consistent theme of retreads is,"I thought I had this", "I drifted away", "I thought I arrived when I reached HOF", "I thought I could have just one"....the theme is all the same. I know I am still struggling. Is it better?, hell yes a thousand fold. Will the nic bitch be whispering in my ear in few weeks while I am sitting in a turkey blind trying to convince me that turkey hunting was somehow better with a dip in last spring? I have no doubt she will be. I will still be posting roll. I will be reading intros, advice and truth offered to new quitters like I read in AirbusPilot's intro this morning. My plan for now is continue to post roll every day and read and participate enough to assure my addicts brain will always be armed with the truth and that I will never romanticize the role of nicotine in my life. I had a 5 year stop in the 1990's, I am a retread....not on this site, but in this battle I am. I never want to post or have a Day 1 again. I never want to forget what that first 30 days quit was like, how much it sucked, how badly those close to me suffered while I lashed out and was miserable. I forgot this before and it cost me years shoving shit in my lip. That's my truth and my plan. It may not be yours, but as HOF approaches we each need to have the conversation with ourselves.
Sam83...excellent post and I agree especially on 2 points:
1) To the newbies....Never, ever romanticize the role of nicotine in your past life. That nostalgia will lead you to "just one"....and then you're done. Beware of those insidious thoughts. You will see them in various intro threads. Correct the poster. Their words are more than dangerous. For them, and for others reading them who might be taken in by that false charm of the past.
2) There is indeed a connection between poor roll posting and caving. We've seen it in our group. It's like watching a slow motion train wreck. PM'ing them, calling them out on their intro most is sometimes successful, but more often than not generates excuses, or they just choose to go into hiding. It's lame to seem that behavior. As a fellow quitter, I find it frustrating that their give-a-shit ratio is so low. And that's maddening, because this is about something that REALLY MATTERS.
Finally, as my quit rolls on, I find it increasingly difficult to chase or drive every KTC'er that is letting their quit degrade. It burns up my own quit energy....energy I need to drive and succeed in my own quit. Yesterday, I had a day full of craves...but I sucked it up, posted roll, read threads, logged onto our April FB page, and kept busy outdoors with chores all day long. You'd think someone in the 90's would be on auto-pilot with their quit. Not so. It is a daily struggle, and to slip back would be failure and possibly death. We know this is not a game. Quit on with you ODAAFT.
ZC.
Only the serious remain quit no matter what. You two are serious. Proud to be quit with both of you.
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I was checking out the April 2014 Resolute Bastard spreadsheet this morning. Looks to me like we have 59 active as of today. If I am doing my math correctly would mean 70 have come gone or caved. 46% success rate. We have more than one member with less than stellar posting records. I am concerned for them. We have all been around here long enough and many have spent a good bit of time reading threads, roll posts and participating in chat to realize the direct relationship between not posting roll consistently and posting more than one Day 1 in your life. The consistent theme of retreads is,"I thought I had this", "I drifted away", "I thought I arrived when I reached HOF", "I thought I could have just one"....the theme is all the same. I know I am still struggling. Is it better?, hell yes a thousand fold. Will the nic bitch be whispering in my ear in few weeks while I am sitting in a turkey blind trying to convince me that turkey hunting was somehow better with a dip in last spring? I have no doubt she will be. I will still be posting roll. I will be reading intros, advice and truth offered to new quitters like I read in AirbusPilot's intro this morning. My plan for now is continue to post roll every day and read and participate enough to assure my addicts brain will always be armed with the truth and that I will never romanticize the role of nicotine in my life. I had a 5 year stop in the 1990's, I am a retread....not on this site, but in this battle I am. I never want to post or have a Day 1 again. I never want to forget what that first 30 days quit was like, how much it sucked, how badly those close to me suffered while I lashed out and was miserable. I forgot this before and it cost me years shoving shit in my lip. That's my truth and my plan. It may not be yours, but as HOF approaches we each need to have the conversation with ourselves.
Sam83...excellent post and I agree especially on 2 points:
1) To the newbies....Never, ever romanticize the role of nicotine in your past life. That nostalgia will lead you to "just one"....and then you're done. Beware of those insidious thoughts. You will see them in various intro threads. Correct the poster. Their words are more than dangerous. For them, and for others reading them who might be taken in by that false charm of the past.
2) There is indeed a connection between poor roll posting and caving. We've seen it in our group. It's like watching a slow motion train wreck. PM'ing them, calling them out on their intro most is sometimes successful, but more often than not generates excuses, or they just choose to go into hiding. It's lame to seem that behavior. As a fellow quitter, I find it frustrating that their give-a-shit ratio is so low. And that's maddening, because this is about something that REALLY MATTERS.
Finally, as my quit rolls on, I find it increasingly difficult to chase or drive every KTC'er that is letting their quit degrade. It burns up my own quit energy....energy I need to drive and succeed in my own quit. Yesterday, I had a day full of craves...but I sucked it up, posted roll, read threads, logged onto our April FB page, and kept busy outdoors with chores all day long. You'd think someone in the 90's would be on auto-pilot with their quit. Not so. It is a daily struggle, and to slip back would be failure and possibly death. We know this is not a game. Quit on with you ODAAFT.
ZC.
Only the serious remain quit no matter what. You two are serious. Proud to be quit with both of you.
Good posts here. Quit w/ y'all EDD !
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I was checking out the April 2014 Resolute Bastard spreadsheet this morning. Looks to me like we have 59 active as of today. If I am doing my math correctly would mean 70 have come gone or caved. 46% success rate. We have more than one member with less than stellar posting records. I am concerned for them. We have all been around here long enough and many have spent a good bit of time reading threads, roll posts and participating in chat to realize the direct relationship between not posting roll consistently and posting more than one Day 1 in your life. The consistent theme of retreads is,"I thought I had this", "I drifted away", "I thought I arrived when I reached HOF", "I thought I could have just one"....the theme is all the same. I know I am still struggling. Is it better?, hell yes a thousand fold. Will the nic bitch be whispering in my ear in few weeks while I am sitting in a turkey blind trying to convince me that turkey hunting was somehow better with a dip in last spring? I have no doubt she will be. I will still be posting roll. I will be reading intros, advice and truth offered to new quitters like I read in AirbusPilot's intro this morning. My plan for now is continue to post roll every day and read and participate enough to assure my addicts brain will always be armed with the truth and that I will never romanticize the role of nicotine in my life. I had a 5 year stop in the 1990's, I am a retread....not on this site, but in this battle I am. I never want to post or have a Day 1 again. I never want to forget what that first 30 days quit was like, how much it sucked, how badly those close to me suffered while I lashed out and was miserable. I forgot this before and it cost me years shoving shit in my lip. That's my truth and my plan. It may not be yours, but as HOF approaches we each need to have the conversation with ourselves.
Sam83...excellent post and I agree especially on 2 points:
1) To the newbies....Never, ever romanticize the role of nicotine in your past life. That nostalgia will lead you to "just one"....and then you're done. Beware of those insidious thoughts. You will see them in various intro threads. Correct the poster. Their words are more than dangerous. For them, and for others reading them who might be taken in by that false charm of the past.
2) There is indeed a connection between poor roll posting and caving. We've seen it in our group. It's like watching a slow motion train wreck. PM'ing them, calling them out on their intro most is sometimes successful, but more often than not generates excuses, or they just choose to go into hiding. It's lame to seem that behavior. As a fellow quitter, I find it frustrating that their give-a-shit ratio is so low. And that's maddening, because this is about something that REALLY MATTERS.
Finally, as my quit rolls on, I find it increasingly difficult to chase or drive every KTC'er that is letting their quit degrade. It burns up my own quit energy....energy I need to drive and succeed in my own quit. Yesterday, I had a day full of craves...but I sucked it up, posted roll, read threads, logged onto our April FB page, and kept busy outdoors with chores all day long. You'd think someone in the 90's would be on auto-pilot with their quit. Not so. It is a daily struggle, and to slip back would be failure and possibly death. We know this is not a game. Quit on with you ODAAFT.
ZC.
Only the serious remain quit no matter what. You two are serious. Proud to be quit with both of you.
Good posts here. Quit w/ y'all EDD !
Don't let those that fall deter you 1 bit. The give a shit meter is pegged for those that are here and quit. Not everyone is ready to drink from the KTC faucet.
You are right... Never forget day 1 and know you can never have just 1.
Keep at it bro. Quit with you all day.
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SAM83, congratulations on making it to the hall and boarding that train. Fantastic quit over the first 100 days. You've been a great support within your quit group and to others at KTC. That is how you do it brother. Looking forward to notching more +1 victories with you.
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SAM83, congratulations on making it to the hall and boarding that train. Fantastic quit over the first 100 days. You've been a great support within your quit group and to others at KTC. That is how you do it brother. Looking forward to notching more +1 victories with you.
Congrats Sam. Enjoy your day and let's keep the quit rolling!
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SAM83, congratulations on making it to the hall and boarding that train. Fantastic quit over the first 100 days. You've been a great support within your quit group and to others at KTC. That is how you do it brother. Looking forward to notching more +1 victories with you.
Congrats Sam. Enjoy your day and let's keep the quit rolling!
Sam congratulations on HOF - quitting with you today!
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SAM83, congratulations on making it to the hall and boarding that train. Fantastic quit over the first 100 days. You've been a great support within your quit group and to others at KTC. That is how you do it brother. Looking forward to notching more +1 victories with you.
Congrats Sam. Enjoy your day and let's keep the quit rolling!
Sam congratulations on HOF - quitting with you today!
Well done Sam! Glad to be quit with such a solid quitter- keep it going!
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SAM83, congratulations on making it to the hall and boarding that train. Fantastic quit over the first 100 days. You've been a great support within your quit group and to others at KTC. That is how you do it brother. Looking forward to notching more +1 victories with you.
Congrats Sam. Enjoy your day and let's keep the quit rolling!
Sam congratulations on HOF - quitting with you today!
Well done Sam! Glad to be quit with such a solid quitter- keep it going!
Way to go! You are a badass quitter! I quit with you today
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SAM83, congratulations on making it to the hall and boarding that train. Fantastic quit over the first 100 days. You've been a great support within your quit group and to others at KTC. That is how you do it brother. Looking forward to notching more +1 victories with you.
Congrats Sam. Enjoy your day and let's keep the quit rolling!
Sam congratulations on HOF - quitting with you today!
Well done Sam! Glad to be quit with such a solid quitter- keep it going!
Way to go! You are a badass quitter! I quit with you today
Well done! Congrats on hitting the HOF. Keep at it today. Proud to be quit with you today.
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SAM83, congratulations on making it to the hall and boarding that train. Fantastic quit over the first 100 days. You've been a great support within your quit group and to others at KTC. That is how you do it brother. Looking forward to notching more +1 victories with you.
Congrats Sam. Enjoy your day and let's keep the quit rolling!
Sam congratulations on HOF - quitting with you today!
Well done Sam! Glad to be quit with such a solid quitter- keep it going!
Way to go! You are a badass quitter! I quit with you today
Well done! Congrats on hitting the HOF. Keep at it today. Proud to be quit with you today.
Congrats Sam!!!! Nice work
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SAM83, congratulations on making it to the hall and boarding that train. Fantastic quit over the first 100 days. You've been a great support within your quit group and to others at KTC. That is how you do it brother. Looking forward to notching more +1 victories with you.
Congrats Sam. Enjoy your day and let's keep the quit rolling!
Sam congratulations on HOF - quitting with you today!
Well done Sam! Glad to be quit with such a solid quitter- keep it going!
Way to go! You are a badass quitter! I quit with you today
Well done! Congrats on hitting the HOF. Keep at it today. Proud to be quit with you today.
Congrats Sam!!!! Nice work
Way to go Sam! Congrats. Keep going!
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SAM83, congratulations on making it to the hall and boarding that train. Fantastic quit over the first 100 days. You've been a great support within your quit group and to others at KTC. That is how you do it brother. Looking forward to notching more +1 victories with you.
Congrats Sam. Enjoy your day and let's keep the quit rolling!
Sam congratulations on HOF - quitting with you today!
Well done Sam! Glad to be quit with such a solid quitter- keep it going!
Way to go! You are a badass quitter! I quit with you today
Well done! Congrats on hitting the HOF. Keep at it today. Proud to be quit with you today.
Congrats Sam!!!! Nice work
Way to go Sam! Congrats. Keep going!
Thanks all, group effort here! Got a shiny new gold HOF coin in my pocket. Quit on!
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SAM83, congratulations on making it to the hall and boarding that train. Fantastic quit over the first 100 days. You've been a great support within your quit group and to others at KTC. That is how you do it brother. Looking forward to notching more +1 victories with you.
Congrats Sam. Enjoy your day and let's keep the quit rolling!
Sam congratulations on HOF - quitting with you today!
Well done Sam! Glad to be quit with such a solid quitter- keep it going!
Way to go! You are a badass quitter! I quit with you today
Well done! Congrats on hitting the HOF. Keep at it today. Proud to be quit with you today.
Congrats Sam!!!! Nice work
Way to go Sam! Congrats. Keep going!
Thanks all, group effort here! Got a shiny new gold HOF coin in my pocket. Quit on!
Congrats!!! You've been a tremendous help in a lot quits so far...please tell me you are sticking around for at least another 100!!
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SAM83, congratulations on making it to the hall and boarding that train. Fantastic quit over the first 100 days. You've been a great support within your quit group and to others at KTC. That is how you do it brother. Looking forward to notching more +1 victories with you.
Congrats Sam. Enjoy your day and let's keep the quit rolling!
Sam congratulations on HOF - quitting with you today!
Well done Sam! Glad to be quit with such a solid quitter- keep it going!
Way to go! You are a badass quitter! I quit with you today
Well done! Congrats on hitting the HOF. Keep at it today. Proud to be quit with you today.
Congrats Sam!!!! Nice work
Way to go Sam! Congrats. Keep going!
Thanks all, group effort here! Got a shiny new gold HOF coin in my pocket. Quit on!
Congrats!!! You've been a tremendous help in a lot quits so far...please tell me you are sticking around for at least another 100!!
I am not going anywhere....see ya at 101! I even got my cell set up as a hot spot to post roll from my 'sos4' this summer!
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Happy Easter KTC!
I never had kids of my own. My 17 year old step-daughter declared "quality family time weekend"earlier this week. Her mother and her moved in with me 3 years ago from about an hour away. Now that she is driving she heads back to see her friends most weekends, but has spent the 3 dayer with us. Friday she asked if we could go to the Pirate game this afternoon. In her mind the family outing makes Easter even more special and make her part of a family. I was able to grab some tickets on the first base line so we have a little family outing to see the Pirates game this afternoon. It's been a really good week QLF at 105 today and my step-daughter's suggestion has me feeling warm and fuzzy. Looking forward to family day at the ballpark. Happy Easter my KTC family!
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Happy Easter KTC!
I never had kids of my own. My 17 year old step-daughter declared "quality family time weekend"earlier this week. Her mother and her moved in with me 3 years ago from about an hour away. Now that she is driving she heads back to see her friends most weekends, but has spent the 3 dayer with us. Friday she asked if we could go to the Pirate game this afternoon. In her mind the family outing makes Easter even more special and make her part of a family. I was able to grab some tickets on the first base line so we have a little family outing to see the Pirates game this afternoon. It's been a really good week QLF at 105 today and my step-daughter's suggestion has me feeling warm and fuzzy. Looking forward to family day at the ballpark. Happy Easter my KTC family!
Sounds like a great time for you Sam! On top of all the warm feelings, you don't have to worry about finding a place to dip or something to spit in!
Quitting with you!
AA
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Happy Easter KTC!
I never had kids of my own. My 17 year old step-daughter declared "quality family time weekend"earlier this week. Her mother and her moved in with me 3 years ago from about an hour away. Now that she is driving she heads back to see her friends most weekends, but has spent the 3 dayer with us. Friday she asked if we could go to the Pirate game this afternoon. In her mind the family outing makes Easter even more special and make her part of a family. I was able to grab some tickets on the first base line so we have a little family outing to see the Pirates game this afternoon. It's been a really good week QLF at 105 today and my step-daughter's suggestion has me feeling warm and fuzzy. Looking forward to family day at the ballpark. Happy Easter my KTC family!
Sounds like a great time for you Sam! On top of all the warm feelings, you don't have to worry about finding a place to dip or something to spit in!
Quitting with you!
AA
Happy Easter and enjoy the game. GO BUCS!!
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Quite honestly, when I joined KTC I did not fully understand the 100% nic free expectations. In my mind cigars where different from chew and even cigarettes. I quickly realized after joining that cigars would constitute a cave.l and agreed to those terms. Tonight I am sitting with 7 guys I ride with (good guys all but only see them on rides) and 5 of 7 are smoking stoggies...after 3 martinis each, we are 4 bottles of cakebread into a true bender....if not for my commitment here I would be the 6th guy smoking a stanky cock..,truth of matter is....the relationships here made the difference tonight. There is no romanricing this shit...smells good but I know what this would lead back to..... So I am sitting here typing this instead of sucking the poison. Thank you for reading this and being part of the reason I will keep my word posted this morning. D40, kdip, peters, ExNuke, zc, kcm, Josey, SD, ben., cbird, bronc, sapper, tarp ,,slug, ko, ...shit to many to mention...I am hammered.... Will miss someone....thanks, never met one of you....but I will not back slide because of you. I remain a resolute bastard!!!
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Quite honestly, when I joined KTC I did not fully understand the 100% nic free expectations. In my mind cigars where different from chew and even cigarettes. I quickly realized after joining that cigars would constitute a cave.l and agreed to those terms. Tonight I am sitting with 7 guys I ride with (good guys all but only see them on rides) and 5 of 7 are smoking stoggies...after 3 martinis each, we are 4 bottles of cakebread into a true bender....if not for my commitment here I would be the 6th guy smoking a stanky cock..,truth of matter is....the relationships here made the difference tonight. There is no romanricing this shit...smells good but I know what this would lead back to..... So I am sitting here typing this instead of sucking the poison. Thank you for reading this and being part of the reason I will keep my word posted this morning. D40, kdip, peters, ExNuke, zc, kcm, Josey, SD, ben., cbird, bronc, sapper, tarp ,,slug, ko, ...shit to many to mention...I am hammered.... Will miss someone....thanks, never met one of you....but I will not back slide because of you. I remain a resolute bastard!!!
Good! That's what the resolute means, bastard! You got this! Way to keep your promise. If you are up at midnight make the promise for tomorrow so the bitch doesn't have a window of time to try a trick. Quit on Sam, few can do it but you are!
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Congrats on 150 days! We are winning one day at a time. Proud to be quit w/ you brother!
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Congrats on 150 days! We are winning one day at a time. Proud to be quit w/ you brother!
^^^^another badass Bastard who posts EDD. Congrats on 150 Chris, proud of you and your commitment to the quit.
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ODAAT....Good to be clean with you guys.
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ODAAT....Good to be clean with you guys.
A belated congrats on the 150 milestone yesterday. Nice work! It's great to be quit with all the badass RB's of April. Yeah, let's continue to kick ass one freakin' day at a time. ZC.
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ODAAT....Good to be clean with you guys.
A belated congrats on the 150 milestone yesterday. Nice work! It's great to be quit with all the badass RB's of April. Yeah, let's continue to kick ass one freakin' day at a time. ZC.
Same here SAM83!! I think you are one stand up guy and I appreciate all that you have done for me. you encouragement is unwavering. I hope thing go well for you in the future you are truly a trusted friend even though I have never met you..........Emulator
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Brotherhood: feelings of friendship, support and understanding between people.
Those who know where I have come from know me best. We lay it out there every day. Proud to quit with all of you!
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Brotherhood: feelings of friendship, support and understanding between people.
Those who know where I have come from know me best. We lay it out there every day. Proud to quit with all of you!
Proud of you for going 150 days without Nic!!!!!
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Brotherhood: feelings of friendship, support and understanding between people.
Those who know where I have come from know me best. We lay it out there every day. Proud to quit with all of you!
Proud of you for going 150 days without Nic!!!!!
Sweetness! Nice work!!!
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Brotherhood: feelings of friendship, support and understanding between people.
Those who know where I have come from know me best. We lay it out there every day. Proud to quit with all of you!
Proud of you for going 150 days without Nic!!!!!
Sweetness! Nice work!!!
Well done brother! Proud to be quit with you today.
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Brotherhood: feelings of friendship, support and understanding between people.
Those who know where I have come from know me best. We lay it out there every day. Proud to quit with all of you!
Proud of you for going 150 days without Nic!!!!!
Sweetness! Nice work!!!
Well done brother! Proud to be quit with you today.
150 was a good number as i remember it. 150 + is where a lot changes took place. Keep going, the marathon of quit is many miles my friend. We'll keep knocking them down 1 mile at a time. Glad to be quit with you.
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Awesome job brother, here's to 200 days of freedom together. Looking forward to 201.
Celebrating?
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Awesome job brother, here's to 200 days of freedom together. Looking forward to 201.
Celebrating?
Well done brother! Proud to be quit with you today!
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Awesome job brother, here's to 200 days of freedom together. Looking forward to 201.
Celebrating?
Well done brother! Proud to be quit with you today!
Congrats. Looking forward to this myself
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Awesome job brother, here's to 200 days of freedom together. Looking forward to 201.
Celebrating?
Well done brother! Proud to be quit with you today!
Congrats. Looking forward to this myself
Thanks guys...glad to be sitting here at 201 this morning. Celebrating....ya I did pretty hard....headed to Jimmy Buffet show Wednesday night and wasted away in Margaritaville. The party continued when I arrived home to discover my hot water heater had shit the bed and was leaking....spent day 200 hung over, watching the plumber and late for work:-) Feeling normal this morning and loving 201!
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Awesome job brother, here's to 200 days of freedom together. Looking forward to 201.
Celebrating?
Well done brother! Proud to be quit with you today!
Congrats. Looking forward to this myself
Thanks guys...glad to be sitting here at 201 this morning. Celebrating....ya I did pretty hard....headed to Jimmy Buffet show Wednesday night and wasted away in Margaritaville. The party continued when I arrived home to discover my hot water heater had shit the bed and was leaking....spent day 200 hung over, watching the plumber and late for work:-) Feeling normal this morning and loving 201!
Chris, I just read your intro for the first time, and I am fired up now! Great quit going on here. Welcome to the 2nd floor. It gets even better...
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Awesome job brother, here's to 200 days of freedom together. Looking forward to 201.
Celebrating?
Well done brother! Proud to be quit with you today!
Congrats. Looking forward to this myself
Thanks guys...glad to be sitting here at 201 this morning. Celebrating....ya I did pretty hard....headed to Jimmy Buffet show Wednesday night and wasted away in Margaritaville. The party continued when I arrived home to discover my hot water heater had shit the bed and was leaking....spent day 200 hung over, watching the plumber and late for work:-) Feeling normal this morning and loving 201!
Chris, I just read your intro for the first time, and I am fired up now! Great quit going on here. Welcome to the 2nd floor. It gets even better...
Congrats!
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It's January 1, 2015, you've been thinking about quitting for a while now and even made a resolution. As the fog from New Year's Eve is clearing the reality of wanting to quit started to set in and you just did a search on "how to quit smokeless tobacco", "how to live without nicotine" or something similar. Same search hundreds of us did 3 months, a year or two years ago. You landed on Kill The Can, you did some reading and clicked on the forums. You are reading around here looking for how to make quitting easy, looking for something that will make this time successful. I was you almost a year ago.
You can quit nicotine. Be clear, you are not quitting snuff, cigarettes or any other delivery system, you are quitting nicotine. There is one proven way to achieve that goal. It's cold turkey. Forget about the patches, the vapors, the e-cigs, gum or any other form of that bullshit. Cold turkey is the most successful method for long-term success. Your success rate increases with a support group, with accountability. KTC provides that and literally hundreds of us have quit one day at a time by making a daily promise (posting roll daily) with our groups. Here you are not quitting for the rest of your life, you are quitting for today. You just take care of today. Your body will clear itself of nicotine in about 72 hours and each day will get better after that. You can do this!
It's simple, flush any nicotine down the toilet, register if you are here as a Guest, find your quit group (your group is the month in which you will hit 100 days quit) and post your day one right now! Tomorrow, repeat. Welcome!
Click here for even more information: forum/55560/ (http://forum.killthecan.org/forum/55560/)
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It's January 1, 2015, you've been thinking about quitting for a while now and even made a resolution. As the fog from New Year's Eve is clearing the reality of wanting to quit started to set in and you just did a search on "how to quit smokeless tobacco", "how to live without nicotine" or something similar. Same search hundreds of us did 3 months, a year or two years ago. You landed on Kill The Can, you did some reading and clicked on the forums. You are reading around here looking for how to make quitting easy, looking for something that will make this time successful. I was you almost a year ago.
You can quit nicotine. Be clear, you are not quitting snuff, cigarettes or any other delivery system, you are quitting nicotine. There is one proven way to achieve that goal. It's cold turkey. Forget about the patches, the vapors, the e-cigs, gum or any other form of that bullshit. Cold turkey is the most successful method for long-term success. Your success rate increases with a support group, with accountability. KTC provides that and literally hundreds of us have quit one day at a time by making a daily promise (posting roll daily) with our groups. Here you are not quitting for the rest of your life, you are quitting for today. You just take care of today. Your body will clear itself of nicotine in about 72 hours and each day will get better after that. You can do this!
It's simple, flush any nicotine down the toilet, register if you are here as a Guest, find your quit group (your group is the month in which you will hit 100 days quit) and post your day one right now! Tomorrow, repeat. Welcome!
Click here for even more information: forum/55560/ (http://forum.killthecan.org/forum/55560/)
I quit every day with this guy. He's got your back. So do I. Let's go!
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Congrats buddy on one bad ass year of quit! Celebrate because you have earned it! I'm gonna quit with you again today!
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Congrats buddy on one bad ass year of quit! Celebrate because you have earned it! I'm gonna quit with you again today!
Nice round trip Sam. You're as solid a quitter as they come. Congratulations on today!
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Congrats buddy on one bad ass year of quit! Celebrate because you have earned it! I'm gonna quit with you again today!
Nice round trip Sam. You're as solid a quitter as they come. Congratulations on today!
Congrats on a year of quit!
HEY NEW GUY Thinking about quitting?? ---- this guy gets it-- follow his example and advice
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Nice 1 year quit Sam. Thanks for sticking it out here day after day with us
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Congrats buddy on one bad ass year of quit! Celebrate because you have earned it! I'm gonna quit with you again today!
Nice round trip Sam. You're as solid a quitter as they come. Congratulations on today!
Congrats on a year of quit!
HEY NEW GUY Thinking about quitting?? ---- this guy gets it-- follow his example and advice
Way to be Sam! Congrats Quitter!
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Congrats buddy on one bad ass year of quit! Celebrate because you have earned it! I'm gonna quit with you again today!
Nice round trip Sam. You're as solid a quitter as they come. Congratulations on today!
Congrats on a year of quit!
HEY NEW GUY Thinking about quitting?? ---- this guy gets it-- follow his example and advice
Way to be Sam! Congrats Quitter!
Thanks all. This site and the people on here have been a huge part of the last year. +1 tomorrow.
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Hey Muppear (that's what we call yinz from the 'burgh n'at) Congrats to you on the 1 year milestone!
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Congrats buddy on one bad ass year of quit! Celebrate because you have earned it! I'm gonna quit with you again today!
Nice round trip Sam. You're as solid a quitter as they come. Congratulations on today!
Congrats on a year of quit!
HEY NEW GUY Thinking about quitting?? ---- this guy gets it-- follow his example and advice
Way to be Sam! Congrats Quitter!
Thanks all. This site and the people on here have been a huge part of the last year. +1 tomorrow.
Congrats on 1 year brother!
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Congrats buddy on one bad ass year of quit! Celebrate because you have earned it! I'm gonna quit with you again today!
Nice round trip Sam. You're as solid a quitter as they come. Congratulations on today!
Congrats on a year of quit!
HEY NEW GUY Thinking about quitting?? ---- this guy gets it-- follow his example and advice
Way to be Sam! Congrats Quitter!
Thanks all. This site and the people on here have been a huge part of the last year. +1 tomorrow.
Congrats on 1 year brother!
Awesome job! 1 year of Freedom. Be proud. Be well. Behave. Cheers.
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Hope you're cherishing 2 years of freedom today buddy. You're dedication to April is rock solid and I think I speak for everyone in thanking you for being such a badass quitter. 'oh yeah'
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2 years badassery! Congratulations!
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Nice job on the 2nd revolution without poisoning yourself!! I'll quit with you any day bro! 'Cheers'
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Thank you all! Who would have thought that the simple action of making a daily promise and keeping your word could have such a profound impact on one's life. .....1001, not today!
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Thank you all! Who would have thought that the simple action of making a daily promise and keeping your word could have such a profound impact on one's life. .....1001, not today!
Congrats man. 1000+ is an awesome accomplishment
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SAM, congrats on your 3 years quit!
Showing all of us the way.
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And now..... 1100 days! nice job stacking the milestones up! The 100 days between 1000 and 1100 are SO different from the first 100 ... but just as important! keep it up SAM!~
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And now..... 1100 days! nice job stacking the milestones up! The 100 days between 1000 and 1100 are SO different from the first 100 ... but just as important! keep it up SAM!~
Gratz bro!
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And now..... 1100 days! nice job stacking the milestones up! The 100 days between 1000 and 1100 are SO different from the first 100 ... but just as important! keep it up SAM!~
Gratz bro!
Congratulations bro! That's frigging awesome. Quit leaning over the 11 floors is a long was down
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Thanks all! Love being quit!!!
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Congrats on your 4 years quit Sam!
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Thanks Chick, quit on!
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If you are looking for a sign to quit.....this is it.