KillTheCan.org Accountability Forum
Community => Introductions => Topic started by: clwilki on September 21, 2014, 09:45:00 PM
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Hey everyone, name is Clay and I'm from kansas. I have chewed off and on since I was 12. Quit from time to time (buying anyways, I'd bum one every chance I got) but this time I don't wanna ever start again.
So here is what I am experiencing and I need some advice. After 2 weeks now I am extremely irritable. Sure that is normal but here is the real kicker... I seem to be depressed and cry quite often. There are other factors to this I think (woman/stress/loneliness) but I seem to be pretty down and staying down.
What I am curious about is if this something that anyone else has experienced how long can I assume I will feel so down?
Heck of a way to start off my time on this forum! :) Any advice is appreciated.
Clay
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Welcome, Clay! First off, you made an excellent choice to quit the dip. I'm not sure how much lurking you've done on here, but we ask that folks post roll in their quit groups (yours is December 2014) to get the ball rolling and keep it rolling. Two weeks is huge, but by posting roll, participating on KTC, and building your network, your likelihood of making this quit THE QUIT goes up exponentially. Every single one of us will be quit right there with you.
The "glass case of emotions" you're feeling? Yeah, that's the nic bitch royally fucking with your mind. She has had you under her thumb for so long, it has literally worn you down to a nub emotionally now that you have kicked her to the curb. Depression, irritability, crying - all par for the course and all perfectly normal as you go through the process of exercising that demon from your daily life.
The best advice I can give you today is to tell you that you are an addict and you will always be an addict. There is no "just one" or "I'll quit next week" or "shit, I'm too stressed not to dip". The only way for an active addict to be a recovering addict is to not use at all. One day at a time. Regardless of where your travels take you, remember those words. You are an addict and you will always be an addict. Everything else is up to you.
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Hey everyone, name is Clay and I'm from kansas. I have chewed off and on since I was 12. Quit from time to time (buying anyways, I'd bum one every chance I got) but this time I don't wanna ever start again.
So here is what I am experiencing and I need some advice. After 2 weeks now I am extremely irritable. Sure that is normal but here is the real kicker... I seem to be depressed and cry quite often. There are other factors to this I think (woman/stress/loneliness) but I seem to be pretty down and staying down.
What I am curious about is if this something that anyone else has experienced how long can I assume I will feel so down?
Heck of a way to start off my time on this forum! :) Any advice is appreciated.
Clay
Are you quit? You mentioned 2 weeks in your intro but your quit date is Oct 5th or something like that. What's the deal?
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Hey everyone, name is Clay and I'm from kansas. I have chewed off and on since I was 12. Quit from time to time (buying anyways, I'd bum one every chance I got) but this time I don't wanna ever start again.
So here is what I am experiencing and I need some advice. After 2 weeks now I am extremely irritable. Sure that is normal but here is the real kicker... I seem to be depressed and cry quite often. There are other factors to this I think (woman/stress/loneliness) but I seem to be pretty down and staying down.
What I am curious about is if this something that anyone else has experienced how long can I assume I will feel so down?
Heck of a way to start off my time on this forum! :) Any advice is appreciated.
Clay
Are you quit? You mentioned 2 weeks in your intro but your quit date is Oct 5th or something like that. What's the deal?
Righttt, love to help, but we need a roll call and a clarification on your quit date please.
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Hey everyone, name is Clay and I'm from kansas. I have chewed off and on since I was 12. Quit from time to time (buying anyways, I'd bum one every chance I got) but this time I don't wanna ever start again.
So here is what I am experiencing and I need some advice. After 2 weeks now I am extremely irritable. Sure that is normal but here is the real kicker... I seem to be depressed and cry quite often. There are other factors to this I think (woman/stress/loneliness) but I seem to be pretty down and staying down.
What I am curious about is if this something that anyone else has experienced how long can I assume I will feel so down?
Heck of a way to start off my time on this forum! :) Any advice is appreciated.
Clay
Are you quit? You mentioned 2 weeks in your intro but your quit date is Oct 5th or something like that. What's the deal?
Righttt, love to help, but we need a roll call and a clarification on your quit date please.
Guess we don't get one....hmmmm
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Sorry guys. I'm not around/use the Internet real regular. I quit September 5th.
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December 2014 will be your quit group. Be sure to read everything in the Welcome Center (http://forum.killthecan.org/forum/55560/) and then post roll as soon as possible!
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Hey everyone, name is Clay and I'm from kansas. I have chewed off and on since I was 12. Quit from time to time (buying anyways, I'd bum one every chance I got) but this time I don't wanna ever start again.
So here is what I am experiencing and I need some advice. After 2 weeks now I am extremely irritable. Sure that is normal but here is the real kicker... I seem to be depressed and cry quite often. There are other factors to this I think (woman/stress/loneliness) but I seem to be pretty down and staying down.
What I am curious about is if this something that anyone else has experienced how long can I assume I will feel so down?
Heck of a way to start off my time on this forum! :) Any advice is appreciated.
Clay
Are you quit? You mentioned 2 weeks in your intro but your quit date is Oct 5th or something like that. What's the deal?
Righttt, love to help, but we need a roll call and a clarification on your quit date please.
Guess we don't get one....hmmmm
Clay I don't know if you'll see this since you aren't using the resources here to quit.seem to be depressed and cry quite often. There are other factors to this I think (woman/stress/loneliness) but I seem to be pretty down and staying down.
More than likely you have issues that have been part of your life for sometime that you used nicotine to avoid facing. I did that and quitting brought these character weaknesses into the forefront needing to be dealt with after my quit became more secure. I predict that without daily posting roll and the accountability that comes with it you will very soon be back on the nicotine tit in order to cope or hide from you problems. I lived the vicious cycle for decades before taking my life back. If you really are serious about wanting to be nicotine free you will exert as much effort into getting online and posting roll as you put into having your can of dip handy. How bad do you want it? We'll see!