KillTheCan.org Accountability Forum
Community => Introductions => Topic started by: dmontanagrizzlies on April 22, 2012, 01:28:00 PM
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I want to say hello....My name is Dan. I'm 16 year FORMER (ONLY 5 Days Now...I need your support) user of chewing tobacco. Baseball was my life when I was younger. Between my grandfather and friends from my baseball team, it was easy to start learning how to dip. I quit 2 years ago for 6 months but at a Montana Grizzly football game hooked up with some other friends who are dips and had just "1"...course that one became get my own can and only have 1 or 2 more.
First off, I was a closet dipper, my wife thought I was still quit....she finally came across a can I was hiding and I promised her I would quit. SO I called the 1-800-quit line for Montana. I started on Wednesday...so far 5 days of honest no dipping. Very very tough....But I'm using losenges, fake dip...coffee grounds and am staying true...the first day, I was so miserable.....Its slowly getting better. I'm sorry but I'm new to this site and not sure of all the rules...all I know is that I'm 37 have 2 young children...I don't want them to discover tobacco and I want to live. I know the odds are very tough when over 30, but I'm stronger....Do I love the juice and the dip...yep...am I embarrassed in the car when someone says whats that smell, you bet!
I'm done this time...anyone out there please let me know what the rules of this site are...a little cumbersome to a newbie.....thanks for the support all...
Dan from Montana
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Good decision on kicking your nicotine habit to the curb. This site can help. There are no short cuts, but here are some links that will help you navigate this site. Rule number one, this is a no nicotine site, period, end of story.
Biggest thing to do is get acquainted with this site. Highly recommend you go here: WELCOME CENTER (http://forum.killthecan.org/index.php?showforum=13)
What to Expect When You Quit Dipping (http://www.killthecan.org/yourquit/what.asp)
This a a NO NICOTINE SITE, period, no discussion.
We "Post Roll Call" daily ( our promise to ourselves and to our brothers not to use nicotine today)- We DO THIS DAILY
Make posting roll the first step of your daily proactive quit.
Where to post roll call: PRE JULY HOF 2012 (http://forum.killthecan.org/index.php?showtopic=6205)
How to post roll (http://forum.killthecan.org/index.php?showtopic=50)
Read, read, read: Read for knowledge, to fight a crave, combat a cave or sheer entertainment
Intros (http://forum.killthecan.org/index.php?showforum=25)
Hall of Fame Speeches (http://forum.killthecan.org/index.php?showforum=9)
Words of Wisdom (http://forum.killthecan.org/index.php?showforum=41)
Need to CHAT (http://chat.killthecan.org/)
PM if I can help
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this is a no nicotine site, period, end of story.
CBird, Thank you. I assume that means also no lozenges (nicotine)....Okay....I'll dump those as well.
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Okay Dan. I'll give you a crash course on the do's and don'ts around this place. There is no better spot on the interweb-thing to get this done. We quit and that's it.
1. Hit the warm, inviting, salmon colored link in the upper left called "Welcome Center". This will give you a quick set of what/how/where things go on here.
2. Up there you'll find a little called Roll Call. We consider this out pledge each day to quit for 24 hours. That's it. We quit one day at a time. Any longer than that I start talking to the walls and they often tell me dirty things that the nic bitch wants. We post roll every day. Don't fuck with the program. No excuses. No "I couldn't get to" or "my grandma was ill" kind of bullshit.
How to post roll: Posting roll for smart folks (http://forum.killthecan.org/index.php?showtopic=50)
How to post roll: Video format for us slow folks. (http://www.killthecan.org/roll/)
Where you ask? Here:
July 2012 (http://forum.killthecan.org/index.php?showtopic=6205)
You're in the July '12 group. Good folks in there. Strong quitters.
3. Get to know folks here. This is simple but ain't easy. Folks here will help you through the shit. Folks here will be looking to YOU to help them through the shit. Get involved. Surrounding yourself with success and a framework of support will only make your quit safer. And that's our goal: to protect your quit. You'll have folks here willing to fight with you 24 hours a day. You tell me where you can find support like that?
4. Read. Read every damn thing on this site. Its a "how-to" guide on getting quit and staying quit. Lots on knowledge. Lots of wisdom. Lots of dumb shit too just to keep you occupied during tough times.
5. Numbers. Get some numbers of folks going through the same shit you are going through. They got your back and you'll have theirs.
6. Get some support on the outside in the real world. Only solidifies what you're doing here.
7. Reach out. Anyone here will help if they can. But no one can help until you ask. All we want is to stay quit. Helping folks helps a quitter on the path.
My name is Soul. I love quitting. I hate UST.
Welcome aboard.
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Having, a tough time today. Head is foggy, eyes watery type. Do I want a dip, NO! But I am hurting and worried about going to the dentist soon.
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Having, a tough time today. Head is foggy, eyes watery type. Do I want a dip, NO! But I am hurting and worried about going to the dentist soon.
Quitting sucks at first.
What you are experiencing is the physical withdrawals of letting the poison disappear from your bloodstream. This causes discomfort and fogginess, but it lasts only a short time (5-7 days).
After that, your brain will begin to rewire itself to survive without nicotine.
Quitting is a process.
You can do this man.
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Thanks Waste. I literally have my phone on my knee just looking at this site. God I feel like crap. I've got 6 days in. I'm not giving up but head and body hurts Sooo bad
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this is my day 4 i know how u feel i am on here hours at a time just reading it helps me . but you can do this we all can
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Thanks Waste. I literally have my phone on my knee just looking at this site. God I feel like crap. I've got 6 days in. I'm not giving up but head and body hurts Sooo bad
this is my day 4 i know how u feel i am on here hours at a time just reading it helps me . but you can do this we all can
Misery loves company brothers. I would suggesting exchanging phone numbers with each other. I never would have posted day 300 today if it weren't for my quit brothers having my back early in my quit. I was so afraid of letting them down, I texted all the time to somebody.
Both of you can do this.
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Answer, officially, here, the three questions. Give better answers than the brief jabs you are spewing out in Sept. 14.
1) What happened?
2) How did it happen?
3) What are you going to do differently this time?
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That didn't last long.
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Dude caved after 2 years? I and funky and confused today.
UPDATE, I found it, nevermind. This one just makes me sad. That kind of week I guess.
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Dude caved after 2 years? I and funky and confused today.
UPDATE, I found it, nevermind. This one just makes me sad. That kind of week I guess.
If I remember correctly, he stopped posting roll not long after reaching the HOF. My guess, is the lack of accountability did him in. This is why it's a smart idea to keep posting roll just like everyone did for the first 100 days.
But what do I know? I've just been doing it for 829 days or so and have still managed to not put that stuff back in my maw. Posting roll is not a meaningless waste of time. If you think otherwise, just look at the cavers.
dmontana, please feel free to post with us in July '12. Do it every day.
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Dude caved after 2 years? I and funky and confused today.
UPDATE, I found it, nevermind. This one just makes me sad. That kind of week I guess.
If I remember correctly, he stopped posting roll not long after reaching the HOF. My guess, is the lack of accountability did him in. This is why it's a smart idea to keep posting roll just like everyone did for the first 100 days.
But what do I know? I've just been doing it for 829 days or so and have still managed to not put that stuff back in my maw. Posting roll is not a meaningless waste of time. If you think otherwise, just look at the cavers.
dmontana, please feel free to post with us in July '12. Do it every day.
Dmontanta, sounds like Kubrick has your back 100%. Offers like that don't come every day brother.
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Dude caved after 2 years? I and funky and confused today.
UPDATE, I found it, nevermind. This one just makes me sad. That kind of week I guess.
If I remember correctly, he stopped posting roll not long after reaching the HOF. My guess, is the lack of accountability did him in. This is why it's a smart idea to keep posting roll just like everyone did for the first 100 days.
But what do I know? I've just been doing it for 829 days or so and have still managed to not put that stuff back in my maw. Posting roll is not a meaningless waste of time. If you think otherwise, just look at the cavers.
dmontana, please feel free to post with us in July '12. Do it every day.
I was confused as well, and just went through the post history.
Dude hit HOF and walked away. Had up to 2 numbers stored in his phone (that he may have kept in contact with), but lost those when it fell in the lake. Caved around 2 years with a 1 year coin in his pocket. He came back, talked some shit, and posted roll for a few days saying his plan before "worked".
Sigh.
I wasted words towards him too. I hope he grows up and mans up. I know he can do this.
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Dude caved after 2 years? I and funky and confused today.
UPDATE, I found it, nevermind. This one just makes me sad. That kind of week I guess.
If I remember correctly, he stopped posting roll not long after reaching the HOF. My guess, is the lack of accountability did him in. This is why it's a smart idea to keep posting roll just like everyone did for the first 100 days.
But what do I know? I've just been doing it for 829 days or so and have still managed to not put that stuff back in my maw. Posting roll is not a meaningless waste of time. If you think otherwise, just look at the cavers.
dmontana, please feel free to post with us in July '12. Do it every day.
I was confused as well, and just went through the post history.
Dude hit HOF and walked away. Had up to 2 numbers stored in his phone (that he may have kept in contact with), but lost those when it fell in the lake. Caved around 2 years with a 1 year coin in his pocket. He came back, talked some shit, and posted roll for a few days saying his plan before "worked".
Sigh.
I wasted words towards him too. I hope he grows up and mans up. I know he can do this.
I actually don't know if he can do this. But I can. I post EDD. No breaks. No sabbaticals.
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Dude caved after 2 years? I and funky and confused today.
UPDATE, I found it, nevermind. This one just makes me sad. That kind of week I guess.
If I remember correctly, he stopped posting roll not long after reaching the HOF. My guess, is the lack of accountability did him in. This is why it's a smart idea to keep posting roll just like everyone did for the first 100 days.
But what do I know? I've just been doing it for 829 days or so and have still managed to not put that stuff back in my maw. Posting roll is not a meaningless waste of time. If you think otherwise, just look at the cavers.
dmontana, please feel free to post with us in July '12. Do it every day.
I was confused as well, and just went through the post history.
Dude hit HOF and walked away. Had up to 2 numbers stored in his phone (that he may have kept in contact with), but lost those when it fell in the lake. Caved around 2 years with a 1 year coin in his pocket. He came back, talked some shit, and posted roll for a few days saying his plan before "worked".
Sigh.
I wasted words towards him too. I hope he grows up and mans up. I know he can do this.
I actually don't know if he can do this. But I can. I post EDD. No breaks. No sabbaticals.
Quitters find a way to quit. Cavers find a way to cave. ~ 30