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Community => Introductions => Topic started by: weifert on July 20, 2014, 06:16:00 PM
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Hi All,
My name is Will. I'm really glad to have a community like this, as it's become pretty evident to me that only other dippers/past dippers can really understand what this addiction is all about. And I'm going to need the help, because I'm quitting, starting today.
I started dipping when I was 18 in high school with a bunch of my baseball/basketball buddies. We thought we were doing grown up shit, and in reality we were getting ourselves hooked. For seven years I've been dipping away, and I'm tired of being beholden to can of tobacco. Really when I read the "Top 100 Benefits of Quitting Dip" I can't decide whether to laugh or cry, because it's sad but at the same time funny that we could be so pathetic. I've done it all, from the hiding dip cans and spitters from my parents in the desk drawer, to the ever-popular two hour "I need to take a shit" dip.
So here I am. I'm going to kick this shit.
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Hi All,
My name is Will. I'm really glad to have a community like this, as it's become pretty evident to me that only other dippers/past dippers can really understand what this addiction is all about. And I'm going to need the help, because I'm quitting, starting today.
I started dipping when I was 18 in high school with a bunch of my baseball/basketball buddies. We thought we were doing grown up shit, and in reality we were getting ourselves hooked. For seven years I've been dipping away, and I'm tired of being beholden to can of tobacco. Really when I read the "Top 100 Benefits of Quitting Dip" I can't decide whether to laugh or cry, because it's sad but at the same time funny that we could be so pathetic. I've done it all, from the hiding dip cans and spitters from my parents in the desk drawer, to the ever-popular two hour "I need to take a shit" dip.
So here I am. I'm going to kick this shit.
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Hi All,
My name is Will. I'm really glad to have a community like this, as it's become pretty evident to me that only other dippers/past dippers can really understand what this addiction is all about. And I'm going to need the help, because I'm quitting, starting today.
I started dipping when I was 18 in high school with a bunch of my baseball/basketball buddies. We thought we were doing grown up shit, and in reality we were getting ourselves hooked. For seven years I've been dipping away, and I'm tired of being beholden to can of tobacco. Really when I read the "Top 100 Benefits of Quitting Dip" I can't decide whether to laugh or cry, because it's sad but at the same time funny that we could be so pathetic. I've done it all, from the hiding dip cans and spitters from my parents in the desk drawer, to the ever-popular two hour "I need to take a shit" dip.
So here I am. I'm going to kick this shit.
welcome and nice meeting you in chat Will, quit hard and pm me if you need anything
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Hi All,
My name is Will. I'm really glad to have a community like this, as it's become pretty evident to me that only other dippers/past dippers can really understand what this addiction is all about. And I'm going to need the help, because I'm quitting, starting today.
I started dipping when I was 18 in high school with a bunch of my baseball/basketball buddies. We thought we were doing grown up shit, and in reality we were getting ourselves hooked. For seven years I've been dipping away, and I'm tired of being beholden to can of tobacco. Really when I read the "Top 100 Benefits of Quitting Dip" I can't decide whether to laugh or cry, because it's sad but at the same time funny that we could be so pathetic. I've done it all, from the hiding dip cans and spitters from my parents in the desk drawer, to the ever-popular two hour "I need to take a shit" dip.
So here I am. I'm going to kick this shit.
welcome and nice meeting you in chat Will, quit hard and pm me if you need anything
Congrats on quitting. Go all in here at Ktc. This placing is saving thousands of lives. Let it save yours too. I quit with you today.
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Will,
I quit with you also today.
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So...I'm on day 2. For the many of you who have been through day 2 - you know how it is. I spent from 7:00 am to 9:00 am alternating between feeling amazing and feeling as though I could pick up my desk and split it over my head. This sets up my day 2....at work.
It's 8:30 am. My coworkers are still waking up. Meanwhile, I'm sitting on the edge of my desk chair, back straight ready to snap off my keyboard at a moment's notice. One of my coworkers mentions he's going to listen to "Rage Against the Machine" to get him in the mood to work.
I do the same. I start piping in "Killing in the Name of" by rage against the machine into my noise cancelling headphones. While my co-workers begin their day, I'm envisioning standing on my desk screaming "FUCK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME!!!!!!!!". Happy Monday :).
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So...I'm on day 2. For the many of you who have been through day 2 - you know how it is. I spent from 7:00 am to 9:00 am alternating between feeling amazing and feeling as though I could pick up my desk and split it over my head. This sets up my day 2....at work.
It's 8:30 am. My coworkers are still waking up. Meanwhile, I'm sitting on the edge of my desk chair, back straight ready to snap off my keyboard at a moment's notice. One of my coworkers mentions he's going to listen to "Rage Against the Machine" to get him in the mood to work.
I do the same. I start piping in "Killing in the Name of" by rage against the machine into my noise cancelling headphones. While my co-workers begin their day, I'm envisioning standing on my desk screaming "FUCK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME!!!!!!!!". Happy Monday :).
Classic! Bulls on Parade came on via random shuffle today and I lost it as well.
Keep it up man, you're doing it right. Expand that web of accountability now. PM some folks from your October group, as they will be going through the same shit and will be your greatest resource in this quit.
I quit with you today bud.
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Keep it going Weifert. Each day will suck a little bit less - but right now you are flushing the nic bitch out of your system. It takes some time (and it is different from everyone else)...but it gets better. Stay connected to this board and read up on everything you can. Join the chat groups. Just don't give in. Send me a PM if you want my number - you can text me anytime you want - and we can pull you through. Get on and post roll - every day - no excuses. For some strange reason - it works in keeping your commit to quit top of mind.
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So...I'm on day 2. For the many of you who have been through day 2 - you know how it is. I spent from 7:00 am to 9:00 am alternating between feeling amazing and feeling as though I could pick up my desk and split it over my head. This sets up my day 2....at work.
It's 8:30 am. My coworkers are still waking up. Meanwhile, I'm sitting on the edge of my desk chair, back straight ready to snap off my keyboard at a moment's notice. One of my coworkers mentions he's going to listen to "Rage Against the Machine" to get him in the mood to work.
I do the same. I start piping in "Killing in the Name of" by rage against the machine into my noise cancelling headphones. While my co-workers begin their day, I'm envisioning standing on my desk screaming "FUCK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME!!!!!!!!". Happy Monday :).
Love it! Music like that is just what you need. Just keep that rage focused on the poison and the soul-less bastards who use it to rob people of their money and health. You are winning! PM me if you need anything.
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Hi all. I hate to tell you this but I caved today. On Day 3. Almost past the first few days and I got weak and fucked it up. And I want to try again, once and for all.
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Damn, I hate seeing people cave especially three days in, just the tip just for a minute. Let's try it for real this time, but first answer these (not for me but for yourself):
- 1 - what happened?
- 2 - why did it happen?
- 3 - what are you going to do differently to stop it from happening again?
'Popcorn'
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Damn, I hate seeing people cave especially three days in, just the tip just for a minute. Let's try it for real this time, but first answer these (not for me but for yourself):
- 1 - what happened?
- 2 - why did it happen?
- 3 - what are you going to do differently to stop it from happening again?
'Popcorn'
Speaking of stepping on your crank.... 'bang head' 'bang head' 'bang head' 'bang head'
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Answer the questions and get your ass back in October.
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Unreal. Talked to you for almost an hour last night, and gave you digits to contact if you were struggling. Did you use the outstretched hand? No, you'd rather fall off the cliff. "I can't believe how stupid I was, I had no idea how much of a hold it had on me". --your words
Quit is not easy. It's now or never Will, STEP IT UP.
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Damn, I hate seeing people cave especially three days in, just the tip just for a minute. Let's try it for real this time, but first answer these (not for me but for yourself):
- 1 - what happened? I hadn't slept for the first two nights. I'm packing a house to move but still working at my old job, where this week I'm trying to save $50,000 in business. I felt like the walking dead this afternoon before I was scheduled to meet with them and I just caved.
- 2 - why did it happen? I think that my failure is that I didn't set myself up for a good quit. I probably didn't do the best that I could to exercise and get good sleep, which would definitely help prevent me from getting stressed out enough to look for trouble. I know that there will always be temptation, but you've got to give yourself a fighting chance.
- 3 - what are you going to do differently to stop it from happening again? I'm going to correct the above. Make sure to get a lot of water, do some running to get tired and go to bed at a decent hour.
'Popcorn'
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Hi all. I hate to tell you this but I caved today. On Day 3. Almost past the first few days and I got weak and fucked it up. And I want to try again, once and for all.
Personal experience on a cave here bud, take a can as I did and stuff your face until your hearts content and hate your self with evry second that dips eating your upper/bottom lip.then you'll be throwing one dip in here and there just throw five bucks of a full can away saying your quit until the next hour or so back at store to buy a can just to throw one dip in to just throw it away once more...then your going to have this masterful custom made QUIT plan tailored to you..and then come back to KTC WHEN YOULL see brothers with 2-300+ days of quit and just kill u inside that that could of been u if u had manned up and kept your WORD!!! But I saved the best for last and that's while your figuring all the excuses and bull shit out your body is still going to be taking a pounding then before or after u come back god forbid bit u may notice sores,lesions,ulcers,canker sores etc.. Things that aren't there today why today u can be quit!! I goth my thus far and am god blessed a healthy man but even then if I could do it again I rather be 200+ days quit instead of playing rush and roulette!! So u can take my path and play the lottery and go to Vegas and have unprotected sex as well because I know you'll be as lucky as I was thus far and not one of the 40k people who get diagnosed with oral cancer annually.. And I got to say 50 but could be easily creeping on day 250!! And I guarantee u if not now for sure later those 200 days in between I spent with the nic bitch!!! I lost a few if not more years of life if not now for sure later..so take my beautiful wise path!!! Or if u so choose make your own path holding hand in hand with your is Ktc brothers!! And I'll be your brother who caved and took months to get back on the wagon and you'll be my brother who caved but jumped right back on IMMEDIATELY!!! Your call bro 'oh yeah'
Let's knock the nic bitch out the park together tomorrow!! Day by day!!
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Hi all. I hate to tell you this but I caved today. On Day 3. Almost past the first few days and I got weak and fucked it up. And I want to try again, once and for all.
Personal experience on a cave here bud, take a can as I did and stuff your face until your hearts content and hate your self with evry second that dips eating your upper/bottom lip.then you'll be throwing one dip in here and there just throw five bucks of a full can away saying your quit until the next hour or so back at store to buy a can just to throw one dip in to just throw it away once more...then your going to have this masterful custom made QUIT plan tailored to you..and then come back to KTC WHEN YOULL see brothers with 2-300+ days of quit and just kill u inside that that could of been u if u had manned up and kept your WORD!!! But I saved the best for last and that's while your figuring all the excuses and bull shit out your body is still going to be taking a pounding then before or after u come back god forbid bit u may notice sores,lesions,ulcers,canker sores etc.. Things that aren't there today why today u can be quit!! I goth my thus far and am god blessed a healthy man but even then if I could do it again I rather be 200+ days quit instead of playing rush and roulette!! So u can take my path and play the lottery and go to Vegas and have unprotected sex as well because I know you'll be as lucky as I was thus far and not one of the 40k people who get diagnosed with oral cancer annually.. And I got to say 50 but could be easily creeping on day 250!! And I guarantee u if not now for sure later those 200 days in between I spent with the nic bitch!!! I lost a few if not more years of life if not now for sure later..so take my beautiful wise path!!! Or if u so choose make your own path holding hand in hand with your is Ktc brothers!! And I'll be your brother who caved and took months to get back on the wagon and you'll be my brother who caved but jumped right back on IMMEDIATELY!!! Your call bro 'oh yeah'
Let's knock the nic bitch out the park together tomorrow!! Day by day!!
'I'm with stupid' You still have something to answer for me, sir.
Now for mister I couldn't even make it 3 fukin days.
How about you quit fucking trying, and totally eliminate the words try, hope, and wish out of your vocabulary.
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Will,
Thanks for reaching out tonight. You know what I think and I know that you have one hell of a coach in your corner so let's do this bud.
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Damn, I hate seeing people cave especially three days in, just the tip just for a minute. Let's try it for real this time, but first answer these (not for me but for yourself):
- 1 - what happened? I hadn't slept for the first two nights. I'm packing a house to move but still working at my old job, where this week I'm trying to save $50,000 in business. I felt like the walking dead this afternoon before I was scheduled to meet with them and I just caved.
- 2 - why did it happen? I think that my failure is that I didn't set myself up for a good quit. I probably didn't do the best that I could to exercise and get good sleep, which would definitely help prevent me from getting stressed out enough to look for trouble. I know that there will always be temptation, but you've got to give yourself a fighting chance.
- 3 - what are you going to do differently to stop it from happening again? I'm going to correct the above. Make sure to get a lot of water, do some running to get tired and go to bed at a decent hour.
'Popcorn'
For #3. Some ideas.... Post roll EDD and keep your word. Develop a quit plan. Get some things to use as a substitute.... Seeds, candy, etc. whatever you need. Use the brotherhood... Get numbers and if you need to ... Reach out and txt, call. This could save your ass. Print out a copy of the quit contract. If you feel the urge and all above don't work then read it and sign it.
ODAAT. You can do this bro. You need digits shoot me a PM with ur number.
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Damn, I hate seeing people cave especially three days in, just the tip just for a minute. Let's try it for real this time, but first answer these (not for me but for yourself):
- 1 - what happened? I hadn't slept for the first two nights. I'm packing a house to move but still working at my old job, where this week I'm trying to save $50,000 in business. I felt like the walking dead this afternoon before I was scheduled to meet with them and I just caved.
- 2 - why did it happen? I think that my failure is that I didn't set myself up for a good quit. I probably didn't do the best that I could to exercise and get good sleep, which would definitely help prevent me from getting stressed out enough to look for trouble. I know that there will always be temptation, but you've got to give yourself a fighting chance.
- 3 - what are you going to do differently to stop it from happening again? I'm going to correct the above. Make sure to get a lot of water, do some running to get tired and go to bed at a decent hour.
'Popcorn'
For #3. Some ideas.... Post roll EDD and keep your word. Develop a quit plan. Get some things to use as a substitute.... Seeds, candy, etc. whatever you need. Use the brotherhood... Get numbers and if you need to ... Reach out and txt, call. This could save your ass. Print out a copy of the quit contract. If you feel the urge and all above don't work then read it and sign it.
ODAAT. You can do this bro. You need digits shoot me a PM with ur number.
Damn! Gotta give you credit for being honest (sort of honest even though you caved...)... Bummed out, but glad you are determined. Just a heads up though, lots of B.A.Q. in your corner right now, but another cave is gonna change all that. I won't waste my time with a quick serial caver... Reach out before you cave again. I will kick you in the junk repeatedly if you need it, but you need to own your quit. Don't be a pussy, this shit only sucks donkey for a little while I promise...
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Take it from someone that just quit a month ago. The first few days really really blow. Don't allow yourself to cave. One of the things that really helped me when i was craving in the early days was to drop and do as many pushups or pullups before absolute failure. By the end of it the cravings were mainly gone.
If i can do it, you can do it. Stick in there man, don't give up again.
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Take it from someone that just quit a month ago. The first few days really really blow. Don't allow yourself to cave. One of the things that really helped me when i was craving in the early days was to drop and do as many pushups or pullups before absolute failure. By the end of it the cravings were mainly gone.
If i can do it, you can do it. Stick in there man, don't give up again.
zabba nailed it. you gave up. this is about you man, not stresses or pushups or sandy vaginas. you. You need the mindset that you will do ANYTHING to keep that crap out of your mouth. Where do you draw that line?
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I probably didn't do the best that I could to exercise and get good sleep.....
Your sleep pattern will be messed up for a while. It's normal. I slept sporadically for the first month at least before I got into a regular sleep pattern. The nice thing is I no longer stay up until 1-2am just to stuff some more dip in my maw. Nowdays, 11pm and I'm out like a light.
You can do this if you want to, but you better get some contact numbers of folks in your group and anyone else who offers. Get some seeds, coffee grounds, fake dip, atomic fireballs, etc to stuff in your face instead of dip. Hang out on the site when you can and read, read read. It's really important to stay close to the site, and to your quit brothers (and sisters) for the first part of your quit.
Take it one day at a time, one minute at a time, one second at a time.
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Will,
As we discussed lastnight depression and anxiety are all compounded early in your quit. In other words it really sucks, meds can help if it truly comes to that as a solution. Once you get some days quit under your belt it does get better. There are several other areas in the KTC Forum that can help you with other facets of life that you would like to change as well. Just use babysteps and prepare for each day.
So, let us see your promise on Roll Call and let's move on into another quit with a full head of steam. You know that I am here for you and that I can talk to you anytime.
I faced many demons during my quit and each time I was tempted/lured by nicotine and her little tricks. Break the chains brother, if I did it you can too.
P
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Thanks for the motivation you guys. I've posted my Day 2 roll today. THere's nothing that can stop me, and I"m not falling back into the trap again.
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Will,
I'm only seven days quit. I get up M-F at 4 a.m. to start my 80 mile commute to work. All this week my sleep has been jacked up. I wake up three, four times a night and head off to work feeling like shit. All I have to do is pop some of that shit in my lip and everything will return to normal, right? No. Not right. I made a promise to not only the people on this site and my family, but a promise to myself that I would not let them down. I will fight like hell to make sure that doesn't happen. And if I can do it, there is no reason why you can't do it. I'm was disappointed to see you cave, but I'm proud your jumping right back into the mix. Just own your quit and let's get this done.
As for anxiety and stress, go see a doctor. There is absolutely no shame in picking up some wellbutrin or other such medication to help with the anxiety. If that's not your thing, dive into a hobby or find a new one. I've found that spending more time on the grills this week, working up new sauces and rubs, has helped tremendously. Just find something that occupies both your hands and your mind. Stay busy. Stay focused. When the mind starts to wander, trouble is not far away.
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Last night, my first night quit (again) after caving, I slept like a baby. But before that I was angry. There were a lot of things said about me and my actions. Really, I think a lot of people in the same position would have just fucked off and gone back to dipping full time, which would be a shame. But I'm still here.
Don't hit the quote button to light me up just yet. I've got more to say.
At first I was like a man possessed, now driven to quit because I felt given up on. And I went to bed with more motivation to quit than I have ever had before. And I slept like a fucking baby. But when I woke up, and the storm had blown over, I had a very different attitude.
For a minute I stopped thinking about myself. I asked myself what I would say if I wanted to convince my friend M. to stop dipping. M. is about my age (25), just got married. We used to work as an ambulance crew together for a couple of years. He dips as much as myself. I imagined what I would tell him if this were down the road and I had been through with nicotine for a long time, and he were still dipping. And when I thought of it this way, I believe that I've actually found my true motivation to quit.
Here's what I would tell him:
1. This is your life. I'm not being dramatic or over-the-top. We are talking today about life or death. And I'm not making this up - if you continue to poison your body you are going to die. And it's a painful death.
2. You just got married. Is Lacey going to keep the family afloat while you're out because you had to get your face sawed open? How long will it take your firstborn to understand that you slowly killed YOURSELF, knowing that he or she would be left behind. You aren't the only person affected by your dipping habit. In fact, you might as well make your wife dip when you dip. That's how closely your habits affect her.
3. Don't tell me it's too hard. I did it. I went through a few days of pure hell and I did it. And I got through it by being so fucking angry that I was ever in this position in the first place, and I'll be damned if I let you give up because you can't get mad enough about that.
I'm more ready to quit now than I ever was before. What's they key? Anger. Not anger at anyone for calling you out, etc. You have to be angry, and I mean enraged to the core, that you took that FIRST dip, and that you've been poisoning yourself. Why?
In the end, anger is the only thing strong enough to overcome your lies. Rage contains the power needed to dissolve that conversation the addict within you has with the good person within you. I don't know if I have ever been angrier in my life, and I'm going to use it to put an end to this poison day by God-given day.
Thank you guys for being here to watch me make it happen, and aid me when I falter.
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Last night, my first night quit (again) after caving, I slept like a baby. But before that I was angry. There were a lot of things said about me and my actions. Really, I think a lot of people in the same position would have just fucked off and gone back to dipping full time, which would be a shame. But I'm still here.
Don't hit the quote button to light me up just yet. I've got more to say.
At first I was like a man possessed, now driven to quit because I felt given up on. And I went to bed with more motivation to quit than I have ever had before. And I slept like a fucking baby. But when I woke up, and the storm had blown over, I had a very different attitude.
For a minute I stopped thinking about myself. I asked myself what I would say if I wanted to convince my friend M. to stop dipping. M. is about my age (25), just got married. We used to work as an ambulance crew together for a couple of years. He dips as much as myself. I imagined what I would tell him if this were down the road and I had been through with nicotine for a long time, and he were still dipping. And when I thought of it this way, I believe that I've actually found my true motivation to quit.
Here's what I would tell him:
1. This is your life. I'm not being dramatic or over-the-top. We are talking today about life or death. And I'm not making this up - if you continue to poison your body you are going to die. And it's a painful death.
2. You just got married. Is Lacey going to keep the family afloat while you're out because you had to get your face sawed open? How long will it take your firstborn to understand that you slowly killed YOURSELF, knowing that he or she would be left behind. You aren't the only person affected by your dipping habit. In fact, you might as well make your wife dip when you dip. That's how closely your habits affect her.
3. Don't tell me it's too hard. I did it. I went through a few days of pure hell and I did it. And I got through it by being so fucking angry that I was ever in this position in the first place, and I'll be damned if I let you give up because you can't get mad enough about that.
I'm more ready to quit now than I ever was before. What's they key? Anger. Not anger at anyone for calling you out, etc. You have to be angry, and I mean enraged to the core, that you took that FIRST dip, and that you've been poisoning yourself. Why?
In the end, anger is the only thing strong enough to overcome your lies. Rage contains the power needed to dissolve that conversation the addict within you has with the good person within you. I don't know if I have ever been angrier in my life, and I'm going to use it to put an end to this poison day by God-given day.
Thank you guys for being here to watch me make it happen, and aid me when I falter.
Oh man, I fucking love this so much! Dude - you are totally on your way to being the badass that you are. Seeing you on chat today made my morning but this makes my frickin' week! So so so very proud of you Will! I'm in your corner every damn day.
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Last night, my first night quit (again) after caving, I slept like a baby. But before that I was angry. There were a lot of things said about me and my actions. Really, I think a lot of people in the same position would have just fucked off and gone back to dipping full time, which would be a shame. But I'm still here.
Don't hit the quote button to light me up just yet. I've got more to say.
At first I was like a man possessed, now driven to quit because I felt given up on. And I went to bed with more motivation to quit than I have ever had before. And I slept like a fucking baby. But when I woke up, and the storm had blown over, I had a very different attitude.
For a minute I stopped thinking about myself. I asked myself what I would say if I wanted to convince my friend M. to stop dipping. M. is about my age (25), just got married. We used to work as an ambulance crew together for a couple of years. He dips as much as myself. I imagined what I would tell him if this were down the road and I had been through with nicotine for a long time, and he were still dipping. And when I thought of it this way, I believe that I've actually found my true motivation to quit.
Here's what I would tell him:
1. This is your life. I'm not being dramatic or over-the-top. We are talking today about life or death. And I'm not making this up - if you continue to poison your body you are going to die. And it's a painful death.
2. You just got married. Is Lacey going to keep the family afloat while you're out because you had to get your face sawed open? How long will it take your firstborn to understand that you slowly killed YOURSELF, knowing that he or she would be left behind. You aren't the only person affected by your dipping habit. In fact, you might as well make your wife dip when you dip. That's how closely your habits affect her.
3. Don't tell me it's too hard. I did it. I went through a few days of pure hell and I did it. And I got through it by being so fucking angry that I was ever in this position in the first place, and I'll be damned if I let you give up because you can't get mad enough about that.
I'm more ready to quit now than I ever was before. What's they key? Anger. Not anger at anyone for calling you out, etc. You have to be angry, and I mean enraged to the core, that you took that FIRST dip, and that you've been poisoning yourself. Why?
In the end, anger is the only thing strong enough to overcome your lies. Rage contains the power needed to dissolve that conversation the addict within you has with the good person within you. I don't know if I have ever been angrier in my life, and I'm going to use it to put an end to this poison day by God-given day.
Thank you guys for being here to watch me make it happen, and aid me when I falter.
This is almost as awesome as your quit! Ill quit every damn day with you!
Congrats keep up the great quit!!!!!
ODAAT!
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Last night, my first night quit (again) after caving, I slept like a baby. But before that I was angry. There were a lot of things said about me and my actions. Really, I think a lot of people in the same position would have just fucked off and gone back to dipping full time, which would be a shame. But I'm still here.
Don't hit the quote button to light me up just yet. I've got more to say.
At first I was like a man possessed, now driven to quit because I felt given up on. And I went to bed with more motivation to quit than I have ever had before. And I slept like a fucking baby. But when I woke up, and the storm had blown over, I had a very different attitude.
For a minute I stopped thinking about myself. I asked myself what I would say if I wanted to convince my friend M. to stop dipping. M. is about my age (25), just got married. We used to work as an ambulance crew together for a couple of years. He dips as much as myself. I imagined what I would tell him if this were down the road and I had been through with nicotine for a long time, and he were still dipping. And when I thought of it this way, I believe that I've actually found my true motivation to quit.
Here's what I would tell him:
1. This is your life. I'm not being dramatic or over-the-top. We are talking today about life or death. And I'm not making this up - if you continue to poison your body you are going to die. And it's a painful death.
2. You just got married. Is Lacey going to keep the family afloat while you're out because you had to get your face sawed open? How long will it take your firstborn to understand that you slowly killed YOURSELF, knowing that he or she would be left behind. You aren't the only person affected by your dipping habit. In fact, you might as well make your wife dip when you dip. That's how closely your habits affect her.
3. Don't tell me it's too hard. I did it. I went through a few days of pure hell and I did it. And I got through it by being so fucking angry that I was ever in this position in the first place, and I'll be damned if I let you give up because you can't get mad enough about that.
I'm more ready to quit now than I ever was before. What's they key? Anger. Not anger at anyone for calling you out, etc. You have to be angry, and I mean enraged to the core, that you took that FIRST dip, and that you've been poisoning yourself. Why?
In the end, anger is the only thing strong enough to overcome your lies. Rage contains the power needed to dissolve that conversation the addict within you has with the good person within you. I don't know if I have ever been angrier in my life, and I'm going to use it to put an end to this poison day by God-given day.
Thank you guys for being here to watch me make it happen, and aid me when I falter.
Oh man, I fucking love this so much! Dude - you are totally on your way to being the badass that you are. Seeing you on chat today made my morning but this makes my frickin' week! So so so very proud of you Will! I'm in your corner every damn day.
Powerful.
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Last night, my first night quit (again) after caving, I slept like a baby. But before that I was angry. There were a lot of things said about me and my actions. Really, I think a lot of people in the same position would have just fucked off and gone back to dipping full time, which would be a shame. But I'm still here.
Don't hit the quote button to light me up just yet. I've got more to say.
At first I was like a man possessed, now driven to quit because I felt given up on. And I went to bed with more motivation to quit than I have ever had before. And I slept like a fucking baby. But when I woke up, and the storm had blown over, I had a very different attitude.
For a minute I stopped thinking about myself. I asked myself what I would say if I wanted to convince my friend M. to stop dipping. M. is about my age (25), just got married. We used to work as an ambulance crew together for a couple of years. He dips as much as myself. I imagined what I would tell him if this were down the road and I had been through with nicotine for a long time, and he were still dipping. And when I thought of it this way, I believe that I've actually found my true motivation to quit.
Here's what I would tell him:
1. This is your life. I'm not being dramatic or over-the-top. We are talking today about life or death. And I'm not making this up - if you continue to poison your body you are going to die. And it's a painful death.
2. You just got married. Is Lacey going to keep the family afloat while you're out because you had to get your face sawed open? How long will it take your firstborn to understand that you slowly killed YOURSELF, knowing that he or she would be left behind. You aren't the only person affected by your dipping habit. In fact, you might as well make your wife dip when you dip. That's how closely your habits affect her.
3. Don't tell me it's too hard. I did it. I went through a few days of pure hell and I did it. And I got through it by being so fucking angry that I was ever in this position in the first place, and I'll be damned if I let you give up because you can't get mad enough about that.
I'm more ready to quit now than I ever was before. What's they key? Anger. Not anger at anyone for calling you out, etc. You have to be angry, and I mean enraged to the core, that you took that FIRST dip, and that you've been poisoning yourself. Why?
In the end, anger is the only thing strong enough to overcome your lies. Rage contains the power needed to dissolve that conversation the addict within you has with the good person within you. I don't know if I have ever been angrier in my life, and I'm going to use it to put an end to this poison day by God-given day.
Thank you guys for being here to watch me make it happen, and aid me when I falter.
Oh man, I fucking love this so much! Dude - you are totally on your way to being the badass that you are. Seeing you on chat today made my morning but this makes my frickin' week! So so so very proud of you Will! I'm in your corner every damn day.
Powerful.
Well said man. Glad to see you had some deep reflection.
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Anger is a gift if you use it right, but don't let it consume you either.
Think on this.
What price would you pay to go a month or a year without dip ever crossing your mind?
What are you willing to endure to have that kind of freedom?
When you truly DECIDE that your ready to accept the TEMPORARY discomfort of withdrawl in order to free yourself from a life of addiction, you'll find quitting alot easier.
The hardest shit is sometimes the simplest. Pay the price weifert, earn your freedom.
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Don't hit the quote button to light me up just yet. I've got more to say.
If you hadn't put that right where you did..........
;)
And, btw, right-the fuck-on.
Quit with you today, Billy Joel. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJf7_5vH1WE)
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I'm sorry... but I'm still calling BS... The whole introspective "convince M" write-up...
I imagined what I would tell him if this were down the road and I had been through with nicotine for a long time
Your ass made it 2 days. Remove M and insert Weifert... That's what you should be saying to yourself.
It's called "The Suck" because it fucking sucks... It's not called "Three days at Hedonism II". Man up and get it done. Hell women up and get it done. Ginet and her Louboutin's is one of the most bad ass quiters on this site, so hell ya quit like a girl!
I also have an issue with you claiming to be on Day 2. You caved yesterday brother... AFTER making a promise to not use at 8:45 am... You can't turn around at 5pm and post day 1. F that, you still had grains in your teeth from the cave...
You seem to be at a pretty hectic, fast paced, and stressful time in your life. We have all been there. The single most important duh moment I've had on this site is realizing that dip/chew doesn't do a damn thing to help. The stressor is still going to be there after the dip. Even now 36 days into my quit when the wife, or kids, or work start to beat me down I have to step back breathe deep and remember that fact...
I will quit with you today brother, but just a heads up... This isn't baseball. You won't get three strikes...
Oh and one last thing... Anger can get you started, but it will fade and fade quickly. Strengthen your quit with more than just anger.
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I think you miss my point. My point is understanding the shittiness that comes with fucking up, and using that to not fuck up anymore. I don't give a fuck if it were 3 or 3000 days after I caved, I'd have to have the same attitude to make a change.
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I think you miss my point. My point is understanding the shittiness that comes with fucking up, and using that to not fuck up anymore. I don't give a fuck if it were 3 or 3000 days after I caved, I'd have to have the same attitude to make a change.
Correct. your head must be in the right place.
Either you choose to quit or you choose to fail.
Either way it is a choice.
What will you choose moving forward............
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Why I need you all
Day two-three has brought about some of the harder hitting craves. I've had one or two moments that were powerful. Chills. That sly addict voice whispering that one dip will take it away. I walk it off in the parking garage, sucking on a wad of jalapeno ranch seeds.
While I was walking around the garage today, I thought back to a night in 2011 on a friend's front yard in Kentucky. We had all been drinking in that sneaky way high school juniors and seniors do. My best friend, my inseparable friend, I'll call him "J," walked out towards the curb where I was standing with some others. He offered up a pack of cigarettes to us.
Up until this night, I had hated the thought of smoking cigarettes. My parents smoked, and I wasn't going to end up like them. Though I was intoxicated, as I looked at the pack in J's outstretched hand there was a moment in which I realized I was walking towards a very dangerous step.
I lit up. And with what I thought was a harmless smoke with my friends, I sealed tight my relationship with Nicotine. From there on my story was more or less the same as all of ours.
What "I quit with you"means to me
The decision was mine, but I was far from alone. My friend, a man whom I trusted, had offered me poison as a gesture of our friendship. Later that year he'd be the same friend with which I'd share my first can of dip, and countless dips thereafter. We chose to kill ourselves together.
While I'm not taking the burden off of myself for making my choice, it's obvious to me that because I made the choice to become an addict together with my friends, it will take friends to pull me away from it.
With that in mind, I want to thank all of you who are quitting with me. I need it.
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Why I need you all
Day two-three has brought about some of the harder hitting craves. I've had one or two moments that were powerful. Chills. That sly addict voice whispering that one dip will take it away. I walk it off in the parking garage, sucking on a wad of jalapeno ranch seeds.
While I was walking around the garage today, I thought back to a night in 2011 on a friend's front yard in Kentucky. We had all been drinking in that sneaky way high school juniors and seniors do. My best friend, my inseparable friend, I'll call him "J," walked out towards the curb where I was standing with some others. He offered up a pack of cigarettes to us.
Up until this night, I had hated the thought of smoking cigarettes. My parents smoked, and I wasn't going to end up like them. Though I was intoxicated, as I looked at the pack in J's outstretched hand there was a moment in which I realized I was walking towards a very dangerous step.
I lit up. And with what I thought was a harmless smoke with my friends, I sealed tight my relationship with Nicotine. From there on my story was more or less the same as all of ours.
What "I quit with you"means to me
The decision was mine, but I was far from alone. My friend, a man whom I trusted, had offered me poison as a gesture of our friendship. Later that year he'd be the same friend with which I'd share my first can of dip, and countless dips thereafter. We chose to kill ourselves together.
While I'm not taking the burden off of myself for making my choice, it's obvious to me that because I made the choice to become an addict together with my friends, it will take friends to pull me away from it.
With that in mind, I want to thank all of you who are quitting with me. I need it.
Keep at it brother. You can stay quit today. I'm quit with you today!
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Why I need you all
Day two-three has brought about some of the harder hitting craves. I've had one or two moments that were powerful. Chills. That sly addict voice whispering that one dip will take it away. I walk it off in the parking garage, sucking on a wad of jalapeno ranch seeds.
While I was walking around the garage today, I thought back to a night in 2011 on a friend's front yard in Kentucky. We had all been drinking in that sneaky way high school juniors and seniors do. My best friend, my inseparable friend, I'll call him "J," walked out towards the curb where I was standing with some others. He offered up a pack of cigarettes to us.
Up until this night, I had hated the thought of smoking cigarettes. My parents smoked, and I wasn't going to end up like them. Though I was intoxicated, as I looked at the pack in J's outstretched hand there was a moment in which I realized I was walking towards a very dangerous step.
I lit up. And with what I thought was a harmless smoke with my friends, I sealed tight my relationship with Nicotine. From there on my story was more or less the same as all of ours.
What "I quit with you"means to me
The decision was mine, but I was far from alone. My friend, a man whom I trusted, had offered me poison as a gesture of our friendship. Later that year he'd be the same friend with which I'd share my first can of dip, and countless dips thereafter. We chose to kill ourselves together.
While I'm not taking the burden off of myself for making my choice, it's obvious to me that because I made the choice to become an addict together with my friends, it will take friends to pull me away from it.
With that in mind, I want to thank all of you who are quitting with me. I need it.
Keep at it brother. You can stay quit today. I'm quit with you today!
Dude. Great post. Totes agreebs.
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Last night my coworkers at the job I'm leaving threw me a going-away party for my move to Michigan. It was karakoe night at a bar. I didn't cave in, and I learned a couple of things:
1. Temptation will never end.
I'm in a bar surrounded by people smoking. I'm not going to lie and tell you the thought didn't cross my mind. And I don't see that ending. After studying nicotine and it's effect on us, it's pretty plain that there will always be the memory of nicotine in some corner of our brain. That fact alone causes a bit of anxiety, sine we all know how shitty that little corner of the brain is.
2. Being nicotine-free around other addicts gives me a third-person view of myself.
It's a sad overview. The most shockingly sad - you can see excuses for what they are once you've quit. I can hear in my mind the excuses and lies my friends must be telling themselves - "I only smoke when I drink," "I only smoke socially," "This isn't enough to hurt me." It's all just bullshit, and I feel shame in knowing that for seven years I've been spewing the SAME bullshit. It's enough to make you despair that there are so many people lying to themselves to use something that will kill them.
3. Quitting is one of the most rewarding tasks I've undertaken.
I didn't use nicotine last night, in an environment in which I surely would have under previous circumstances. One of the best parts of doing this is that people who know me are proud. My fiance is proud that I've quit. Everyone I know is supportive. It's a rewarding feeling.
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Last night my coworkers at the job I'm leaving threw me a going-away party for my move to Michigan. It was karakoe night at a bar. I didn't cave in, and I learned a couple of things:
1. Temptation will never end.
I'm in a bar surrounded by people smoking. I'm not going to lie and tell you the thought didn't cross my mind. And I don't see that ending. After studying nicotine and it's effect on us, it's pretty plain that there will always be the memory of nicotine in some corner of our brain. That fact alone causes a bit of anxiety, sine we all know how shitty that little corner of the brain is.
2. Being nicotine-free around other addicts gives me a third-person view of myself.
It's a sad overview. The most shockingly sad - you can see excuses for what they are once you've quit. I can hear in my mind the excuses and lies my friends must be telling themselves - "I only smoke when I drink," "I only smoke socially," "This isn't enough to hurt me." It's all just bullshit, and I feel shame in knowing that for seven years I've been spewing the SAME bullshit. It's enough to make you despair that there are so many people lying to themselves to use something that will kill them.
3. Quitting is one of the most rewarding tasks I've undertaken.
I didn't use nicotine last night, in an environment in which I surely would have under previous circumstances. One of the best parts of doing this is that people who know me are proud. My fiance is proud that I've quit. Everyone I know is supportive. It's a rewarding feeling.
Nice post Weifert. Keep posting roll and making that daily promise to yourself and all of KTC.
Proud to quit with you today.
Spence249
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Last night my coworkers at the job I'm leaving threw me a going-away party for my move to Michigan. It was karakoe night at a bar. I didn't cave in, and I learned a couple of things:
1. Temptation will never end.
I'm in a bar surrounded by people smoking. I'm not going to lie and tell you the thought didn't cross my mind. And I don't see that ending. After studying nicotine and it's effect on us, it's pretty plain that there will always be the memory of nicotine in some corner of our brain. That fact alone causes a bit of anxiety, sine we all know how shitty that little corner of the brain is.
2. Being nicotine-free around other addicts gives me a third-person view of myself.
It's a sad overview. The most shockingly sad - you can see excuses for what they are once you've quit. I can hear in my mind the excuses and lies my friends must be telling themselves - "I only smoke when I drink," "I only smoke socially," "This isn't enough to hurt me." It's all just bullshit, and I feel shame in knowing that for seven years I've been spewing the SAME bullshit. It's enough to make you despair that there are so many people lying to themselves to use something that will kill them.
3. Quitting is one of the most rewarding tasks I've undertaken.
I didn't use nicotine last night, in an environment in which I surely would have under previous circumstances. One of the best parts of doing this is that people who know me are proud. My fiance is proud that I've quit. Everyone I know is supportive. It's a rewarding feeling.
Nice post Weifert. Keep posting roll and making that daily promise to yourself and all of KTC.
Proud to quit with you today.
Spence249
Atta Boy Luther!!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6QlbKt3qcE)
SFW
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Last night my coworkers at the job I'm leaving threw me a going-away party for my move to Michigan. It was karakoe night at a bar. I didn't cave in, and I learned a couple of things:
1. Temptation will never end.
I'm in a bar surrounded by people smoking. I'm not going to lie and tell you the thought didn't cross my mind. And I don't see that ending. After studying nicotine and it's effect on us, it's pretty plain that there will always be the memory of nicotine in some corner of our brain. That fact alone causes a bit of anxiety, sine we all know how shitty that little corner of the brain is.
2. Being nicotine-free around other addicts gives me a third-person view of myself.
It's a sad overview. The most shockingly sad - you can see excuses for what they are once you've quit. I can hear in my mind the excuses and lies my friends must be telling themselves - "I only smoke when I drink," "I only smoke socially," "This isn't enough to hurt me." It's all just bullshit, and I feel shame in knowing that for seven years I've been spewing the SAME bullshit. It's enough to make you despair that there are so many people lying to themselves to use something that will kill them.
3. Quitting is one of the most rewarding tasks I've undertaken.
I didn't use nicotine last night, in an environment in which I surely would have under previous circumstances. One of the best parts of doing this is that people who know me are proud. My fiance is proud that I've quit. Everyone I know is supportive. It's a rewarding feeling.
Nice post Weifert. Keep posting roll and making that daily promise to yourself and all of KTC.
Proud to quit with you today.
Spence249
Atta Boy Luther!!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6QlbKt3qcE)
SFW
Atta Boy X 2 Stare her in the eye werf and tell her to "take a SUCK!
Quit on bro
ES
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Last night my coworkers at the job I'm leaving threw me a going-away party for my move to Michigan. It was karakoe night at a bar. I didn't cave in, and I learned a couple of things:
1. Temptation will never end.
I'm in a bar surrounded by people smoking. I'm not going to lie and tell you the thought didn't cross my mind. And I don't see that ending. After studying nicotine and it's effect on us, it's pretty plain that there will always be the memory of nicotine in some corner of our brain. That fact alone causes a bit of anxiety, sine we all know how shitty that little corner of the brain is.
2. Being nicotine-free around other addicts gives me a third-person view of myself.
It's a sad overview. The most shockingly sad - you can see excuses for what they are once you've quit. I can hear in my mind the excuses and lies my friends must be telling themselves - "I only smoke when I drink," "I only smoke socially," "This isn't enough to hurt me." It's all just bullshit, and I feel shame in knowing that for seven years I've been spewing the SAME bullshit. It's enough to make you despair that there are so many people lying to themselves to use something that will kill them.
3. Quitting is one of the most rewarding tasks I've undertaken.
I didn't use nicotine last night, in an environment in which I surely would have under previous circumstances. One of the best parts of doing this is that people who know me are proud. My fiance is proud that I've quit. Everyone I know is supportive. It's a rewarding feeling.
Nice post Weifert. Keep posting roll and making that daily promise to yourself and all of KTC.
Proud to quit with you today.
Spence249
Atta Boy Luther!!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6QlbKt3qcE)
SFW
Atta Boy X 2 Stare her in the eye werf and tell her to "take a SUCK!
Quit on bro
ES
Be proud as hell every time you beat a crave, and every time you are in a situation where temptation is strong and walk out with your quit intact you should feel great. Yes the early quit sucks, but it also full of victories and your self esteem will grow as you start to realize you are doing something you thought was impossible a week ago! Rage against the poison, take pride in yourself for being a bad assed quitter, and own it!
You are winning. I QLF with you EDD.
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The hardest part of quitting
I'm very proud of myself for a nicotine-week. It's after seven days that I think the honeymoon phase of quitting has worn off. The glory of being strong and bearing down is gone. So.many.sunflower.seeds.
The NEXT seven days, no, the next seven decades have to be the hardest part of quitting. Why? Because the sunflower seeds and fake dip keep you occupied for a few days, but then you have to face a very hellish reality. Nicotine is the only thing that can do what nicotine does. Your body knows that, so it's giving you the absolute business when it comes to craving. It says, "Why are you starving yourself!? Only one thing can help you!" You delve into these ridiculous conversations with the addict mind, arguing logic against very base desires.
So if you're looking for that good ole' dopamine "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh" feeling, you're going to be looking for a long long time. But hey, you've staved it off for a week, and you are still alive.
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The hardest part of quitting
I'm very proud of myself for a nicotine-week. It's after seven days that I think the honeymoon phase of quitting has worn off. The glory of being strong and bearing down is gone. So.many.sunflower.seeds.
The NEXT seven days, no, the next seven decades have to be the hardest part of quitting. Why? Because the sunflower seeds and fake dip keep you occupied for a few days, but then you have to face a very hellish reality. Nicotine is the only thing that can do what nicotine does. Your body knows that, so it's giving you the absolute business when it comes to craving. It says, "Why are you starving yourself!? Only one thing can help you!" You delve into these ridiculous conversations with the addict mind, arguing logic against very base desires.
So if you're looking for that good ole' dopamine "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh" feeling, you're going to be looking for a long long time. But hey, you've staved it off for a week, and you are still alive.
Slow down big guy. You've been Quit a week, and that is awesome! But for now, you still need to worry about the next 7 minutes, not the next 7 days, and especially the next 7 decades.
Today. Focus on today.
I will say, have a few trips around the sun without nicotine in my system, it does get a LOT easier. Not that I'm cured, but it gets so much easier. You are correct in your assessment of nicotine, and your body will always want it, but I think you are just getting ahead of yourself.
Today. Worry about tomorrow, well...tomorrow.
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The hardest part of quitting
I'm very proud of myself for a nicotine-week. It's after seven days that I think the honeymoon phase of quitting has worn off. The glory of being strong and bearing down is gone. So.many.sunflower.seeds.
The NEXT seven days, no, the next seven decades have to be the hardest part of quitting. Why? Because the sunflower seeds and fake dip keep you occupied for a few days, but then you have to face a very hellish reality. Nicotine is the only thing that can do what nicotine does. Your body knows that, so it's giving you the absolute business when it comes to craving. It says, "Why are you starving yourself!? Only one thing can help you!" You delve into these ridiculous conversations with the addict mind, arguing logic against very base desires.
So if you're looking for that good ole' dopamine "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh" feeling, you're going to be looking for a long long time. But hey, you've staved it off for a week, and you are still alive.
Slow down big guy. You've been Quit a week, and that is awesome! But for now, you still need to worry about the next 7 minutes, not the next 7 days, and especially the next 7 decades.
Today. Focus on today.
I will say, have a few trips around the sun without nicotine in my system, it does get a LOT easier. Not that I'm cured, but it gets so much easier. You are correct in your assessment of nicotine, and your body will always want it, but I think you are just getting ahead of yourself.
Today. Worry about tomorrow, well...tomorrow.
That "aaah" moment that nicotine gives you is just the trap. Don't fall for it. There's much better and healthier "aaah" feelings to be had. Go for one of those instead.
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The hardest part of quitting
I'm very proud of myself for a nicotine-week. It's after seven days that I think the honeymoon phase of quitting has worn off. The glory of being strong and bearing down is gone. So.many.sunflower.seeds.
The NEXT seven days, no, the next seven decades have to be the hardest part of quitting. Why? Because the sunflower seeds and fake dip keep you occupied for a few days, but then you have to face a very hellish reality. Nicotine is the only thing that can do what nicotine does. Your body knows that, so it's giving you the absolute business when it comes to craving. It says, "Why are you starving yourself!? Only one thing can help you!" You delve into these ridiculous conversations with the addict mind, arguing logic against very base desires.
So if you're looking for that good ole' dopamine "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh" feeling, you're going to be looking for a long long time. But hey, you've staved it off for a week, and you are still alive.
Slow down big guy. You've been Quit a week, and that is awesome! But for now, you still need to worry about the next 7 minutes, not the next 7 days, and especially the next 7 decades.
Today. Focus on today.
I will say, have a few trips around the sun without nicotine in my system, it does get a LOT easier. Not that I'm cured, but it gets so much easier. You are correct in your assessment of nicotine, and your body will always want it, but I think you are just getting ahead of yourself.
Today. Worry about tomorrow, well...tomorrow.
That "aaah" moment that nicotine gives you is just the trap. Don't fall for it. There's much better and healthier "aaah" feelings to be had. Go for one of those instead.
are you referring to the Bravo Juliet?
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The hardest part of quitting
I'm very proud of myself for a nicotine-week. It's after seven days that I think the honeymoon phase of quitting has worn off. The glory of being strong and bearing down is gone. So.many.sunflower.seeds.
The NEXT seven days, no, the next seven decades have to be the hardest part of quitting. Why? Because the sunflower seeds and fake dip keep you occupied for a few days, but then you have to face a very hellish reality. Nicotine is the only thing that can do what nicotine does. Your body knows that, so it's giving you the absolute business when it comes to craving. It says, "Why are you starving yourself!? Only one thing can help you!" You delve into these ridiculous conversations with the addict mind, arguing logic against very base desires.
So if you're looking for that good ole' dopamine "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh" feeling, you're going to be looking for a long long time. But hey, you've staved it off for a week, and you are still alive.
Slow down big guy. You've been Quit a week, and that is awesome! But for now, you still need to worry about the next 7 minutes, not the next 7 days, and especially the next 7 decades.
Today. Focus on today.
I will say, have a few trips around the sun without nicotine in my system, it does get a LOT easier. Not that I'm cured, but it gets so much easier. You are correct in your assessment of nicotine, and your body will always want it, but I think you are just getting ahead of yourself.
Today. Worry about tomorrow, well...tomorrow.
That "aaah" moment that nicotine gives you is just the trap. Don't fall for it. There's much better and healthier "aaah" feelings to be had. Go for one of those instead.
are you referring to the Bravo Juliet?
Nicotine fills no voids in your life. It creates them.
If you get a chance check out Alan Carr's book "The easy way to quit smoking".
It debunks a lot of the myths about nicotine.
Don't worry about 7 days, 7 years, or 7 decades. Just worry about TODAY.
I know that's easier said than done, but it's how you do this shit.
Quit on...
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The hardest part of quitting
I'm very proud of myself for a nicotine-week. It's after seven days that I think the honeymoon phase of quitting has worn off. The glory of being strong and bearing down is gone. So.many.sunflower.seeds.
The NEXT seven days, no, the next seven decades have to be the hardest part of quitting. Why? Because the sunflower seeds and fake dip keep you occupied for a few days, but then you have to face a very hellish reality. Nicotine is the only thing that can do what nicotine does. Your body knows that, so it's giving you the absolute business when it comes to craving. It says, "Why are you starving yourself!? Only one thing can help you!" You delve into these ridiculous conversations with the addict mind, arguing logic against very base desires.
So if you're looking for that good ole' dopamine "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh" feeling, you're going to be looking for a long long time. But hey, you've staved it off for a week, and you are still alive.
Slow down big guy. You've been Quit a week, and that is awesome! But for now, you still need to worry about the next 7 minutes, not the next 7 days, and especially the next 7 decades.
Today. Focus on today.
I will say, have a few trips around the sun without nicotine in my system, it does get a LOT easier. Not that I'm cured, but it gets so much easier. You are correct in your assessment of nicotine, and your body will always want it, but I think you are just getting ahead of yourself.
Today. Worry about tomorrow, well...tomorrow.
That "aaah" moment that nicotine gives you is just the trap. Don't fall for it. There's much better and healthier "aaah" feelings to be had. Go for one of those instead.
are you referring to the Bravo Juliet?
Nicotine fills no voids in your life. It creates them.
If you get a chance check out Alan Carr's book "The easy way to quit smoking".
It debunks a lot of the myths about nicotine.
Don't worry about 7 days, 7 years, or 7 decades. Just worry about TODAY.
I know that's easier said than done, but it's how you do this shit.
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Listen to these ^^^ guys! Awesome job so far, but you have to stay focused on the right now. The road to Never Again For Any Reason is paved with One Day At A Time. Young quitters will break their minds trying to get their heads around NAFAR, but ODDAT is all you need to worry about.
As for your gung ho attitude wearing off: it is true. The first few days of quit take a huge amount of will, and it is impossible to sustain that forever; therefore, you need a plan. What do you do to fight off craves? What do you do if that doesn't work? Sharpen your tools. Build your accountability. Stay on KTC and keep learning. Build up your list of contacts, and use them if needed. Build your anger for the poison. Print out the contract to quit and wrap all your credit, debit, and cash in it. Punch yourself in the junk! Do not allow yourself to fall back in the trap!
Stay hydrated and exercise. Exercise is so helpful for you right now. Bike, run, walk, do push-ups, whatever you can. The exercise will burn off some stress and help the healing process. You can do this.
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Every stage of quit presents a new and different hurdle. The best thing you can do is be here, post roll daily as that is your promise to yourself and everyone else here that you are quit for that 24 hours. It does get easier but there are still bad days that I have and I am almost at 400 days quit. Remember that there are several little milestones in quit and each one is huge yet they are each very small in the grand scheme of things.
You are doing well at using the tools with the texts and the posts on the site, if you can continue along that path you will be fine. I have talked to you a couple of times and I can hear the conviction in your voice. But as usual we are all addicts and one second of weakness is an opening for nicotine to come right back in and consume our lives.
The more quit I get the madder I get at Nicotine, Big Tobacco and the FDA for allowing such a travesty of targeted audience and mental manipulation as well as product doping. Being an addict sucks.
Oh yeah 'Finger' Big Tobacco