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Community => Introductions => Topic started by: T-Cell on July 19, 2013, 06:56:00 PM
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Day 526
Starting a new intro today, my old one had issues and had to go away. I hadn't been keeping up with it anyway, much prefer to read others. But I will now say this to all newbies thinking about quitting...
DO IT! Absolutely the best decision I've made in many many years. You to can be quit. One day at a time. The recipe here at KTC works, you just have to own it.
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Day 526
Starting a new intro today, my old one had issues and had to go away. I hadn't been keeping up with it anyway, much prefer to read others. But I will now say this to all newbies thinking about quitting...
DO IT! Absolutely the best decision I've made in many many years. You to can be quit. One day at a time. The recipe here at KTC works, you just have to own it.
Thanks for sharing in your new thread T-cell your a bad ass quitter and I really appreciate all the advice I read of yours. Quit today worry about tomorrow then...it isn't easy but it is simple. Thanks T
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I promise, I won't mess with this one...
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Day 534
So quitters, when was the last time you stuck your finger in your eye and got that juicy finger tobacco burn? Or even better, got your tobacco in some else's eye?
Just a couple of addict behaviors I don't have to perform any more...
Or how about spitting on: 1) your shoes, 2) someone else's shoes, or 3) you dick at the urinal.
A couple more addict behaviors I don't do any more...
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Day 534
So quitters, when was the last time you stuck your finger in your eye and got that juicy finger tobacco burn? Or even better, got your tobacco in some else's eye?
Just a couple of addict behaviors I don't have to perform any more...
Or how about spitting on: 1) your shoes, 2) someone else's shoes, or 3) you dick at the urinal.
A couple more addict behaviors I don't do any more...
Yep, me too. May I add that I am very happy I no longer accidentally spit into the good soda, or drink from the spitcan.
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Day 534
So quitters, when was the last time you stuck your finger in your eye and got that juicy finger tobacco burn? Or even better, got your tobacco in some else's eye?
Just a couple of addict behaviors I don't have to perform any more...
Or how about spitting on: 1) your shoes, 2) someone else's shoes, or 3) you dick at the urinal.
A couple more addict behaviors I don't do any more...
Or how about spitting on someone else dic...ummm never mind.
Quit on.
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Day 537
Thought I'd share a little more of my background today so you all know where I come from...
Started chewing at age 13 along with most of the other boys and girls where I grew up in north central Washington state. Grew up rural, on/near the Colville Reservation, chewing was just a major way of life, as were hunting, fishing and drinking (not necessarily in that order).
Firmly addicted by college age, never a ninja dipper. Always out in the open about it. Got married. Got my BS. Had two children with my wonderful wife. Got my MS. Got progressively better jobs. Moved to CO. Wife went through major cancer treatments, gave up smoking. I kept chewing. Kids were militant about trying to get me to quit, but I wasn't ready...
38 years later I no longer enjoyed copenhagen, but I kept stuffing it in my now damaged piehole. Suffered through tooth loss and gum/bone loss. Was a "pusher" at work for other ninja addicts... Started becoming aware at just how much of a slave to the can I really was...
Finally pulled the trigger on quitting Feb 10, 2012 when a pal introduced me to KTC. Thanks DW3 for that.
Now 537 days later, I'm quit and I'm rabid about quitting.
If I can do it, anyone can do it. You just gotta want it and be true to yourself...
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Day 537
Thought I'd share a little more of my background today so you all know where I come from...
Started chewing at age 13 along with most of the other boys and girls where I grew up in north central Washington state. Grew up rural, on/near the Colville Reservation, chewing was just a major way of life, as were hunting, fishing and drinking (not necessarily in that order).
Firmly addicted by college age, never a ninja dipper. Always out in the open about it. Got married. Got my BS. Had two children with my wonderful wife. Got my MS. Got progressively better jobs. Moved to CO. Wife went through major cancer treatments, gave up smoking. I kept chewing. Kids were militant about trying to get me to quit, but I wasn't ready...
38 years later I no longer enjoyed copenhagen, but I kept stuffing it in my now damaged piehole. Suffered through tooth loss and gum/bone loss. Was a "pusher" at work for other ninja addicts... Started becoming aware at just how much of a slave to the can I really was...
Finally pulled the trigger on quitting Feb 10, 2012 when a pal introduced me to KTC. Thanks DW3 for that.
Now 537 days later, I'm quit and I'm rabid about quitting.
If I can do it, anyone can do it. You just gotta want it and be true to yourself...
'clap'
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Day 537
Thought I'd share a little more of my background today so you all know where I come from...
Started chewing at age 13 along with most of the other boys and girls where I grew up in north central Washington state. Grew up rural, on/near the Colville Reservation, chewing was just a major way of life, as were hunting, fishing and drinking (not necessarily in that order).
Firmly addicted by college age, never a ninja dipper. Always out in the open about it. Got married. Got my BS. Had two children with my wonderful wife. Got my MS. Got progressively better jobs. Moved to CO. Wife went through major cancer treatments, gave up smoking. I kept chewing. Kids were militant about trying to get me to quit, but I wasn't ready...
38 years later I no longer enjoyed copenhagen, but I kept stuffing it in my now damaged piehole. Suffered through tooth loss and gum/bone loss. Was a "pusher" at work for other ninja addicts... Started becoming aware at just how much of a slave to the can I really was...
Finally pulled the trigger on quitting Feb 10, 2012 when a pal introduced me to KTC. Thanks DW3 for that.
Now 537 days later, I'm quit and I'm rabid about quitting.
If I can do it, anyone can do it. You just gotta want it and be true to yourself...
'clap'
Thanks for sharing, and thanks for remaining active and helping us noobs along.
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Day 537
Thought I'd share a little more of my background today so you all know where I come from...
Started chewing at age 13 along with most of the other boys and girls where I grew up in north central Washington state. Grew up rural, on/near the Colville Reservation, chewing was just a major way of life, as were hunting, fishing and drinking (not necessarily in that order).
Firmly addicted by college age, never a ninja dipper. Always out in the open about it. Got married. Got my BS. Had two children with my wonderful wife. Got my MS. Got progressively better jobs. Moved to CO. Wife went through major cancer treatments, gave up smoking. I kept chewing. Kids were militant about trying to get me to quit, but I wasn't ready...
38 years later I no longer enjoyed copenhagen, but I kept stuffing it in my now damaged piehole. Suffered through tooth loss and gum/bone loss. Was a "pusher" at work for other ninja addicts... Started becoming aware at just how much of a slave to the can I really was...
Finally pulled the trigger on quitting Feb 10, 2012 when a pal introduced me to KTC. Thanks DW3 for that.
Now 537 days later, I'm quit and I'm rabid about quitting.
If I can do it, anyone can do it. You just gotta want it and be true to yourself...
'clap'
Thanks for sharing, and thanks for remaining active and helping us noobs along.
Quit Gold! Thanks T.
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Day 537
Thought I'd share a little more of my background today so you all know where I come from...
Started chewing at age 13 along with most of the other boys and girls where I grew up in north central Washington state. Grew up rural, on/near the Colville Reservation, chewing was just a major way of life, as were hunting, fishing and drinking (not necessarily in that order).
Firmly addicted by college age, never a ninja dipper. Always out in the open about it. Got married. Got my BS. Had two children with my wonderful wife. Got my MS. Got progressively better jobs. Moved to CO. Wife went through major cancer treatments, gave up smoking. I kept chewing. Kids were militant about trying to get me to quit, but I wasn't ready...
38 years later I no longer enjoyed copenhagen, but I kept stuffing it in my now damaged piehole. Suffered through tooth loss and gum/bone loss. Was a "pusher" at work for other ninja addicts... Started becoming aware at just how much of a slave to the can I really was...
Finally pulled the trigger on quitting Feb 10, 2012 when a pal introduced me to KTC. Thanks DW3 for that.
Now 537 days later, I'm quit and I'm rabid about quitting.
If I can do it, anyone can do it. You just gotta want it and be true to yourself...
'clap'
Thanks for sharing, and thanks for remaining active and helping us noobs along.
Quit Gold! Thanks T.
Glad you are quit today.
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Day 543
Quit life is great, but I did have a little setback recently trying to provide support to a newbie. Dude asked for my help after a cave. Did well for about a dozen days (I posted for him twice in that time after bugging him via text), then he somehow lost his phone in the lake, quit posting and quit responding to PMs. After he asked for my help!
Dude wasn't ready to quit. Even worse, he isn't ready to be honest with himself about what he wants. 'bang head'
Quitting is simple, but it isn't easy. It doesn't just happen because you join KTC, you have to jump all the way in, drink the kool aide and learn how to build a big quit. Not everyone can do it, but there are thousands of ktc quitters around to prove it can be done...
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Day 543
Quit life is great, but I did have a little setback recently trying to provide support to a newbie. Dude asked for my help after a cave. Did well for about a dozen days (I posted for him twice in that time after bugging him via text), then he somehow lost his phone in the lake, quit posting and quit responding to PMs. After he asked for my help!
Dude wasn't ready to quit. Even worse, he isn't ready to be honest with himself about what he wants. 'bang head'
Quitting is simple, but it isn't easy. It doesn't just happen because you join KTC, you have to jump all the way in, drink the kool aide and learn how to build a big quit. Not everyone can do it, but there are thousands of ktc quitters around to prove it can be done...
Indeed.
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Day 543
Quit life is great, but I did have a little setback recently trying to provide support to a newbie. Dude asked for my help after a cave. Did well for about a dozen days (I posted for him twice in that time after bugging him via text), then he somehow lost his phone in the lake, quit posting and quit responding to PMs. After he asked for my help!
Dude wasn't ready to quit. Even worse, he isn't ready to be honest with himself about what he wants. 'bang head'
Quitting is simple, but it isn't easy. It doesn't just happen because you join KTC, you have to jump all the way in, drink the kool aide and learn how to build a big quit. Not everyone can do it, but there are thousands of ktc quitters around to prove it can be done...
T-Cell, Don't get too discouraged. For every person that isn't ready, there is somebody that will soak up the 500+ days of quit knowledge you bring to the table. Guys like me look at that 500 number and say.. He does it one day at a time, Damnit, that must be how it is done. We march along to that same song.
Glad to be quit with you, and glad you are still here bringing inspiration.
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Day 537
Thought I'd share a little more of my background today so you all know where I come from...
Started chewing at age 13 along with most of the other boys and girls where I grew up in north central Washington state. Grew up rural, on/near the Colville Reservation, chewing was just a major way of life, as were hunting, fishing and drinking (not necessarily in that order).
Firmly addicted by college age, never a ninja dipper. Always out in the open about it. Got married. Got my BS. Had two children with my wonderful wife. Got my MS. Got progressively better jobs. Moved to CO. Wife went through major cancer treatments, gave up smoking. I kept chewing. Kids were militant about trying to get me to quit, but I wasn't ready...
38 years later I no longer enjoyed copenhagen, but I kept stuffing it in my now damaged piehole. Suffered through tooth loss and gum/bone loss. Was a "pusher" at work for other ninja addicts... Started becoming aware at just how much of a slave to the can I really was...
Finally pulled the trigger on quitting Feb 10, 2012 when a pal introduced me to KTC. Thanks DW3 for that.
Now 537 days later, I'm quit and I'm rabid about quitting.
If I can do it, anyone can do it. You just gotta want it and be true to yourself...
Epically awesome!!!! Stay strong. You are an inspiration to those around you!!
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Day 537
Thought I'd share a little more of my background today so you all know where I come from...
Started chewing at age 13 along with most of the other boys and girls where I grew up in north central Washington state. Grew up rural, on/near the Colville Reservation, chewing was just a major way of life, as were hunting, fishing and drinking (not necessarily in that order).
Firmly addicted by college age, never a ninja dipper. Always out in the open about it. Got married. Got my BS. Had two children with my wonderful wife. Got my MS. Got progressively better jobs. Moved to CO. Wife went through major cancer treatments, gave up smoking. I kept chewing. Kids were militant about trying to get me to quit, but I wasn't ready...
38 years later I no longer enjoyed copenhagen, but I kept stuffing it in my now damaged piehole. Suffered through tooth loss and gum/bone loss. Was a "pusher" at work for other ninja addicts... Started becoming aware at just how much of a slave to the can I really was...
Finally pulled the trigger on quitting Feb 10, 2012 when a pal introduced me to KTC. Thanks DW3 for that.
Now 537 days later, I'm quit and I'm rabid about quitting.
If I can do it, anyone can do it. You just gotta want it and be true to yourself...
Epically awesome!!!! Stay strong. You are an inspiration to those around you!!
'worship'
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Day 546
The reason I put I'm a slow learner in my title is this. I chewed for 38 years before finally deciding to quit. 38 years. That is probably longer than some of you reading have been alive... I had tons of legitimate reasons to quit during those 38 years, but I just couldn't stop dancing with the bitch. Cope was part of my image and persona, literally part of me.
I had "stopped" only twice before, once accidently when I went to Australia and found they didn't sell the stuff there, the other time I purposely stopped for about 3 weeks during some dentistry issues. Never intended to quit.
Finally, the last year or two of chewing were not enjoyable. My mouth was tore up, and I couldn't put enough crap in there to keep the withdraw symptoms from happening. I started realizing I was exhibiting addict behaviors and became increasingly irritated with myself for being so weak and being a slave. I started to realize my life revolved around securing the next can...
Right about then a pal recommended KTC, and my life changed. I was all in on day 1, I knew I was an addict. I am no longer a slave, I am in charge of my addiction. I own it. It has become my bitch, not the other way around.
Newbies, you have to go all in. I've seen way too many quitters show up here who are special butterflies, half-asses, people who are not committed to their quits. Don't be that person, own your quit. Make it large.
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Day 546
The reason I put I'm a slow learner in my title is this. I chewed for 38 years before finally deciding to quit. 38 years. That is probably longer than some of you reading have been alive... I had tons of legitimate reasons to quit during those 38 years, but I just couldn't stop dancing with the bitch. Cope was part of my image and persona, literally part of me.
I had "stopped" only twice before, once accidently when I went to Australia and found they didn't sell the stuff there, the other time I purposely stopped for about 3 weeks during some dentistry issues. Never intended to quit.
Finally, the last year or two of chewing were not enjoyable. My mouth was tore up, and I couldn't put enough crap in there to keep the withdraw symptoms from happening. I started realizing I was exhibiting addict behaviors and became increasingly irritated with myself for being so weak and being a slave. I started to realize my life revolved around securing the next can...
Right about then a pal recommended KTC, and my life changed. I was all in on day 1, I knew I was an addict. I am no longer a slave, I am in charge of my addiction. I own it. It has become my bitch, not the other way around.
Newbies, you have to go all in. I've seen way too many quitters show up here who are special butterflies, half-asses, people who are not committed to their quits. Don't be that person, own your quit. Make it large.
Wow...well spoken and I like it! I QLF with you today. T-Cell..
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Day 546
The reason I put I'm a slow learner in my title is this. I chewed for 38 years before finally deciding to quit. 38 years. That is probably longer than some of you reading have been alive... I had tons of legitimate reasons to quit during those 38 years, but I just couldn't stop dancing with the bitch. Cope was part of my image and persona, literally part of me.
I had "stopped" only twice before, once accidently when I went to Australia and found they didn't sell the stuff there, the other time I purposely stopped for about 3 weeks during some dentistry issues. Never intended to quit.
Finally, the last year or two of chewing were not enjoyable. My mouth was tore up, and I couldn't put enough crap in there to keep the withdraw symptoms from happening. I started realizing I was exhibiting addict behaviors and became increasingly irritated with myself for being so weak and being a slave. I started to realize my life revolved around securing the next can...
Right about then a pal recommended KTC, and my life changed. I was all in on day 1, I knew I was an addict. I am no longer a slave, I am in charge of my addiction. I own it. It has become my bitch, not the other way around.
Newbies, you have to go all in. I've seen way too many quitters show up here who are special butterflies, half-asses, people who are not committed to their quits. Don't be that person, own your quit. Make it large.
Wow...well spoken and I like it! I QLF with you today. T-Cell..
Agree you got to want it more than anything...more than life itself because its the same thing. Thank you for posting this I concur this is a great read for a newbie to read.
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day 554
Another great day in quitsville...
I am both amused and irritated every time I see new quitters show up here to the KTC forum expecting us all to appreciate and adapt to their own special way of quitting.
Here is a news flash, YOUR WAY DOESN'T WORK! If it worked, you would be quit and wouldn't need KTC! Pretty linear logic there that seems to get by a lot of people in their fog and/or self-absorption...
The KTC recipe does work, but only if you go all in for yourself. Challenge yourself to increase your accountability! Read, learn, and apply your knowledge to build a quit fortress of massive proportions. Come post with the BOMB, May2013! We'd appreciate the support.
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day 554
Another great day in quitsville...
I am both amused and irritated every time I see new quitters show up here to the KTC forum expecting us all to appreciate and adapt to their own special way of quitting.
Here is a news flash, YOUR WAY DOESN'T WORK! If it worked, you would be quit and wouldn't need KTC! Pretty linear logic there that seems to get by a lot of people in their fog and/or self-absorption...
The KTC recipe does work, but only if you go all in for yourself. Challenge yourself to increase your accountability! Read, learn, and apply your knowledge to build a quit fortress of massive proportions. Come post with the BOMB, May2013! We'd appreciate the support.
bingo.
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day 554
Another great day in quitsville...
I am both amused and irritated every time I see new quitters show up here to the KTC forum expecting us all to appreciate and adapt to their own special way of quitting.
Here is a news flash, YOUR WAY DOESN'T WORK! If it worked, you would be quit and wouldn't need KTC! Pretty linear logic there that seems to get by a lot of people in their fog and/or self-absorption...
The KTC recipe does work, but only if you go all in for yourself. Challenge yourself to increase your accountability! Read, learn, and apply your knowledge to build a quit fortress of massive proportions. Come post with the BOMB, May2013! We'd appreciate the support.
bingo.
This reminds me of those Firehouse Subs commercials...'if your way beats our way...'
The KTC way worked for me and countless others. Quitting alone didn't work for me.
Keep it going T-Cell!
Miles - +1 with you
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day 554
Another great day in quitsville...
I am both amused and irritated every time I see new quitters show up here to the KTC forum expecting us all to appreciate and adapt to their own special way of quitting.
Here is a news flash, YOUR WAY DOESN'T WORK! If it worked, you would be quit and wouldn't need KTC! Pretty linear logic there that seems to get by a lot of people in their fog and/or self-absorption...
The KTC recipe does work, but only if you go all in for yourself. Challenge yourself to increase your accountability! Read, learn, and apply your knowledge to build a quit fortress of massive proportions. Come post with the BOMB, May2013! We'd appreciate the support.
bingo.
This reminds me of those Firehouse Subs commercials...'if your way beats our way...'
The KTC way worked for me and countless others. Quitting alone didn't work for me.
Keep it going T-Cell!
Miles - +1 with you
Tcell hit it.. after 30+ years of dipping, trying to quit every which way. Nothing worked, until I came to KTC. Quit!
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day 554
Another great day in quitsville...
I am both amused and irritated every time I see new quitters show up here to the KTC forum expecting us all to appreciate and adapt to their own special way of quitting.
Here is a news flash, YOUR WAY DOESN'T WORK! If it worked, you would be quit and wouldn't need KTC! Pretty linear logic there that seems to get by a lot of people in their fog and/or self-absorption...
The KTC recipe does work, but only if you go all in for yourself. Challenge yourself to increase your accountability! Read, learn, and apply your knowledge to build a quit fortress of massive proportions. Come post with the BOMB, May2013! We'd appreciate the support.
bingo.
This reminds me of those Firehouse Subs commercials...'if your way beats our way...'
The KTC way worked for me and countless others. Quitting alone didn't work for me.
Keep it going T-Cell!
Miles - +1 with you
Tcell hit it.. after 30+ years of dipping, trying to quit every which way. Nothing worked, until I came to KTC. Quit!
Yep, me too!
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day 554
Another great day in quitsville...
I am both amused and irritated every time I see new quitters show up here to the KTC forum expecting us all to appreciate and adapt to their own special way of quitting.
Here is a news flash, YOUR WAY DOESN'T WORK! If it worked, you would be quit and wouldn't need KTC! Pretty linear logic there that seems to get by a lot of people in their fog and/or self-absorption...
The KTC recipe does work, but only if you go all in for yourself. Challenge yourself to increase your accountability! Read, learn, and apply your knowledge to build a quit fortress of massive proportions. Come post with the BOMB, May2013! We'd appreciate the support.
bingo.
This reminds me of those Firehouse Subs commercials...'if your way beats our way...'
The KTC way worked for me and countless others. Quitting alone didn't work for me.
Keep it going T-Cell!
Miles - +1 with you
Tcell hit it.. after 30+ years of dipping, trying to quit every which way. Nothing worked, until I came to KTC. Quit!
Yep, me too!
My favorite intros are when someone new makes statements like,, I done this and it worked. I also did this for a while and it worked. Oh yea,,, my favorite of all time. I tried the ecigg(patch, other methods) and it really worked for a while. 'bang head' WTF... Wake up people,, it didn't work at all. Not even for a second.
KTC works. If you follow its methods you will not go wrong.
Glad to be quit with you all today.
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day 554
Another great day in quitsville...
I am both amused and irritated every time I see new quitters show up here to the KTC forum expecting us all to appreciate and adapt to their own special way of quitting.
Here is a news flash, YOUR WAY DOESN'T WORK! If it worked, you would be quit and wouldn't need KTC! Pretty linear logic there that seems to get by a lot of people in their fog and/or self-absorption...
The KTC recipe does work, but only if you go all in for yourself. Challenge yourself to increase your accountability! Read, learn, and apply your knowledge to build a quit fortress of massive proportions. Come post with the BOMB, May2013! We'd appreciate the support.
bingo.
This reminds me of those Firehouse Subs commercials...'if your way beats our way...'
The KTC way worked for me and countless others. Quitting alone didn't work for me.
Keep it going T-Cell!
Miles - +1 with you
Tcell hit it.. after 30+ years of dipping, trying to quit every which way. Nothing worked, until I came to KTC. Quit!
Yep, me too!
My favorite intros are when someone new makes statements like,, I done this and it worked. I also did this for a while and it worked. Oh yea,,, my favorite of all time. I tried the ecigg(patch, other methods) and it really worked for a while. 'bang head' WTF... Wake up people,, it didn't work at all. Not even for a second.
KTC works. If you follow its methods you will not go wrong.
Glad to be quit with you all today.
Did i mention that i have a man-crush on T-cell? Statements like ^^^^^are why.
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day 554
Another great day in quitsville...
I am both amused and irritated every time I see new quitters show up here to the KTC forum expecting us all to appreciate and adapt to their own special way of quitting.
Here is a news flash, YOUR WAY DOESN'T WORK! If it worked, you would be quit and wouldn't need KTC! Pretty linear logic there that seems to get by a lot of people in their fog and/or self-absorption...
The KTC recipe does work, but only if you go all in for yourself. Challenge yourself to increase your accountability! Read, learn, and apply your knowledge to build a quit fortress of massive proportions. Come post with the BOMB, May2013! We'd appreciate the support.
bingo.
This reminds me of those Firehouse Subs commercials...'if your way beats our way...'
The KTC way worked for me and countless others. Quitting alone didn't work for me.
Keep it going T-Cell!
Miles - +1 with you
Tcell hit it.. after 30+ years of dipping, trying to quit every which way. Nothing worked, until I came to KTC. Quit!
Yep, me too!
My favorite intros are when someone new makes statements like,, I done this and it worked. I also did this for a while and it worked. Oh yea,,, my favorite of all time. I tried the ecigg(patch, other methods) and it really worked for a while. 'bang head' WTF... Wake up people,, it didn't work at all. Not even for a second.
KTC works. If you follow its methods you will not go wrong.
Glad to be quit with you all today.
Did i mention that i have a man-crush on T-cell? Statements like ^^^^^are why.
Guys, I know I am a newb to the site and being quit. I also know there is nothing special about me compared to 10, 000's who have joined. I see some of my fellow DUCKS drinking the kool-aid and many who are not. The ones who are choosing not to do so are puzzling me.
Grant it, I know some of us are self-centered, scared, weak, shy, uninformed, etc...but why join a site if you don't agree with the methods, rules, expectations, standards, or foundation of it? How can people so blatantly refuse/deny the success of this site and its methods when you have vets explaining why it works? Vets with 300, 400, 500, 1000, 2000 plus days of kickin the weed!! There are so many examples of quitters failing and succeeding on this site. Why do so many people appear to ignore the evidence right in front of them of what works? Whether people fail or succeed the details of the stories within each category are extremely similar. Those who fail make similar if not the same choices. Those who are winning make very similar to the same choices as well.
Accountability is a major component of quitting. If you don't want it then your screwed in the long run whether you want to hear it or not. YOU ARE SCREWED because the individual addict will always need support from a system around them to remain clean. Most often, those who have been there but remain clean are the most influential in the most difficult times. Little accountability means little resolve, piss poor commitment, weak ability to persevere which is needed to remain quit Daily and for life.
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day 554
Another great day in quitsville...
I am both amused and irritated every time I see new quitters show up here to the KTC forum expecting us all to appreciate and adapt to their own special way of quitting.
Here is a news flash, YOUR WAY DOESN'T WORK! If it worked, you would be quit and wouldn't need KTC! Pretty linear logic there that seems to get by a lot of people in their fog and/or self-absorption...
The KTC recipe does work, but only if you go all in for yourself. Challenge yourself to increase your accountability! Read, learn, and apply your knowledge to build a quit fortress of massive proportions. Come post with the BOMB, May2013! We'd appreciate the support.
bingo.
This reminds me of those Firehouse Subs commercials...'if your way beats our way...'
The KTC way worked for me and countless others. Quitting alone didn't work for me.
Keep it going T-Cell!
Miles - +1 with you
Tcell hit it.. after 30+ years of dipping, trying to quit every which way. Nothing worked, until I came to KTC. Quit!
Yep, me too!
My favorite intros are when someone new makes statements like,, I done this and it worked. I also did this for a while and it worked. Oh yea,,, my favorite of all time. I tried the ecigg(patch, other methods) and it really worked for a while. 'bang head' WTF... Wake up people,, it didn't work at all. Not even for a second.
KTC works. If you follow its methods you will not go wrong.
Glad to be quit with you all today.
Did i mention that i have a man-crush on T-cell? Statements like ^^^^^are why.
Guys, I know I am a newb to the site and being quit. I also know there is nothing special about me compared to 10, 000's who have joined. I see some of my fellow DUCKS drinking the kool-aid and many who are not. The ones who are choosing not to do so are puzzling me.
Grant it, I know some of us are self-centered, scared, weak, shy, uninformed, etc...but why join a site if you don't agree with the methods, rules, expectations, standards, or foundation of it? How can people so blatantly refuse/deny the success of this site and its methods when you have vets explaining why it works? Vets with 300, 400, 500, 1000, 2000 plus days of kickin the weed!! There are so many examples of quitters failing and succeeding on this site. Why do so many people appear to ignore the evidence right in front of them of what works? Whether people fail or succeed the details of the stories within each category are extremely similar. Those who fail make similar if not the same choices. Those who are winning make very similar to the same choices as well.
Accountability is a major component of quitting. If you don't want it then your screwed in the long run whether you want to hear it or not. YOU ARE SCREWED because the individual addict will always need support from a system around them to remain clean. Most often, those who have been there but remain clean are the most influential in the most difficult times. Little accountability means little resolve, piss poor commitment, weak ability to persevere which is needed to remain quit Daily and for life.
Addicts tend to not make good decisions, especially when it involves removing their drug of choice. I see three broad categories of quitters here at KTC:
1. The special butterflies - they don't last long because they refuse to drink the koolaide and for some strange reason think they have the easy secret to quitting, if only the rest of us would listen. Unfortunately there is no magic pill, quitting takes dedication and work.
2. The sort-of quitters - These folks "hope" to remain quit and they post roll and say the right stuff. But they are not taking on all the accountability that they could because they are purposely leaving a few doors cracked open. Just in case this quit thing doesn't work out... You know how this story ends...
3. The quitters - These folks are done with nicotine when they showed up here. They take every opportunity to strengthen their own quit, to reach out to others. They learn what they are up against by reading, they have other quitters they communicate with frequently, they own their quits.
Unfortunately most people who show up here are in category 2. Some of those do become quitters as they learn, but many will fade away thinking they are cured because they posted roll for 50 or 100 days...
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day 554
Another great day in quitsville...
I am both amused and irritated every time I see new quitters show up here to the KTC forum expecting us all to appreciate and adapt to their own special way of quitting.
Here is a news flash, YOUR WAY DOESN'T WORK! If it worked, you would be quit and wouldn't need KTC! Pretty linear logic there that seems to get by a lot of people in their fog and/or self-absorption...
The KTC recipe does work, but only if you go all in for yourself. Challenge yourself to increase your accountability! Read, learn, and apply your knowledge to build a quit fortress of massive proportions. Come post with the BOMB, May2013! We'd appreciate the support.
bingo.
This reminds me of those Firehouse Subs commercials...'if your way beats our way...'
The KTC way worked for me and countless others. Quitting alone didn't work for me.
Keep it going T-Cell!
Miles - +1 with you
Tcell hit it.. after 30+ years of dipping, trying to quit every which way. Nothing worked, until I came to KTC. Quit!
Yep, me too!
My favorite intros are when someone new makes statements like,, I done this and it worked. I also did this for a while and it worked. Oh yea,,, my favorite of all time. I tried the ecigg(patch, other methods) and it really worked for a while. 'bang head' WTF... Wake up people,, it didn't work at all. Not even for a second.
KTC works. If you follow its methods you will not go wrong.
Glad to be quit with you all today.
Did i mention that i have a man-crush on T-cell? Statements like ^^^^^are why.
Guys, I know I am a newb to the site and being quit. I also know there is nothing special about me compared to 10, 000's who have joined. I see some of my fellow DUCKS drinking the kool-aid and many who are not. The ones who are choosing not to do so are puzzling me.
Grant it, I know some of us are self-centered, scared, weak, shy, uninformed, etc...but why join a site if you don't agree with the methods, rules, expectations, standards, or foundation of it? How can people so blatantly refuse/deny the success of this site and its methods when you have vets explaining why it works? Vets with 300, 400, 500, 1000, 2000 plus days of kickin the weed!! There are so many examples of quitters failing and succeeding on this site. Why do so many people appear to ignore the evidence right in front of them of what works? Whether people fail or succeed the details of the stories within each category are extremely similar. Those who fail make similar if not the same choices. Those who are winning make very similar to the same choices as well.
Accountability is a major component of quitting. If you don't want it then your screwed in the long run whether you want to hear it or not. YOU ARE SCREWED because the individual addict will always need support from a system around them to remain clean. Most often, those who have been there but remain clean are the most influential in the most difficult times. Little accountability means little resolve, piss poor commitment, weak ability to persevere which is needed to remain quit Daily and for life.
Addicts tend to not make good decisions, especially when it involves removing their drug of choice. I see three broad categories of quitters here at KTC:
1. The special butterflies - they don't last long because they refuse to drink the koolaide and for some strange reason think they have the easy secret to quitting, if only the rest of us would listen. Unfortunately there is no magic pill, quitting takes dedication and work.
2. The sort-of quitters - These folks "hope" to remain quit and they post roll and say the right stuff. But they are not taking on all the accountability that they could because they are purposely leaving a few doors cracked open. Just in case this quit thing doesn't work out... You know how this story ends...
3. The quitters - These folks are done with nicotine when they showed up here. They take every opportunity to strengthen their own quit, to reach out to others. They learn what they are up against by reading, they have other quitters they communicate with frequently, they own their quits.
Unfortunately most people who show up here are in category 2. Some of those do become quitters as they learn, but many will fade away thinking they are cured because they posted roll for 50 or 100 days...
A DAMN MEN... folks just drink the Kool-Aid help others to get there too!
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day 554
Another great day in quitsville...
I am both amused and irritated every time I see new quitters show up here to the KTC forum expecting us all to appreciate and adapt to their own special way of quitting.
Here is a news flash, YOUR WAY DOESN'T WORK! If it worked, you would be quit and wouldn't need KTC! Pretty linear logic there that seems to get by a lot of people in their fog and/or self-absorption...
The KTC recipe does work, but only if you go all in for yourself. Challenge yourself to increase your accountability! Read, learn, and apply your knowledge to build a quit fortress of massive proportions. Come post with the BOMB, May2013! We'd appreciate the support.
bingo.
This reminds me of those Firehouse Subs commercials...'if your way beats our way...'
The KTC way worked for me and countless others. Quitting alone didn't work for me.
Keep it going T-Cell!
Miles - +1 with you
Tcell hit it.. after 30+ years of dipping, trying to quit every which way. Nothing worked, until I came to KTC. Quit!
Yep, me too!
My favorite intros are when someone new makes statements like,, I done this and it worked. I also did this for a while and it worked. Oh yea,,, my favorite of all time. I tried the ecigg(patch, other methods) and it really worked for a while. 'bang head' WTF... Wake up people,, it didn't work at all. Not even for a second.
KTC works. If you follow its methods you will not go wrong.
Glad to be quit with you all today.
Did i mention that i have a man-crush on T-cell? Statements like ^^^^^are why.
Guys, I know I am a newb to the site and being quit. I also know there is nothing special about me compared to 10, 000's who have joined. I see some of my fellow DUCKS drinking the kool-aid and many who are not. The ones who are choosing not to do so are puzzling me.
Grant it, I know some of us are self-centered, scared, weak, shy, uninformed, etc...but why join a site if you don't agree with the methods, rules, expectations, standards, or foundation of it? How can people so blatantly refuse/deny the success of this site and its methods when you have vets explaining why it works? Vets with 300, 400, 500, 1000, 2000 plus days of kickin the weed!! There are so many examples of quitters failing and succeeding on this site. Why do so many people appear to ignore the evidence right in front of them of what works? Whether people fail or succeed the details of the stories within each category are extremely similar. Those who fail make similar if not the same choices. Those who are winning make very similar to the same choices as well.
Accountability is a major component of quitting. If you don't want it then your screwed in the long run whether you want to hear it or not. YOU ARE SCREWED because the individual addict will always need support from a system around them to remain clean. Most often, those who have been there but remain clean are the most influential in the most difficult times. Little accountability means little resolve, piss poor commitment, weak ability to persevere which is needed to remain quit Daily and for life.
Addicts tend to not make good decisions, especially when it involves removing their drug of choice. I see three broad categories of quitters here at KTC:
1. The special butterflies - they don't last long because they refuse to drink the koolaide and for some strange reason think they have the easy secret to quitting, if only the rest of us would listen. Unfortunately there is no magic pill, quitting takes dedication and work.
2. The sort-of quitters - These folks "hope" to remain quit and they post roll and say the right stuff. But they are not taking on all the accountability that they could because they are purposely leaving a few doors cracked open. Just in case this quit thing doesn't work out... You know how this story ends...
3. The quitters - These folks are done with nicotine when they showed up here. They take every opportunity to strengthen their own quit, to reach out to others. They learn what they are up against by reading, they have other quitters they communicate with frequently, they own their quits.
Unfortunately most people who show up here are in category 2. Some of those do become quitters as they learn, but many will fade away thinking they are cured because they posted roll for 50 or 100 days...
A DAMN MEN... folks just drink the Kool-Aid help others to get there too!
Pass the kool- aid please i take another glass
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Day 557
Thanks to Trauma for pointing out my home group isn't May2013!
Right you are, I'm a BOMB from May 2012. Apparently the alzheimers must be acting up again...
Feel free to post with us (and May13 too, for that matter)!
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day 554
Another great day in quitsville...
I am both amused and irritated every time I see new quitters show up here to the KTC forum expecting us all to appreciate and adapt to their own special way of quitting.
Here is a news flash, YOUR WAY DOESN'T WORK! If it worked, you would be quit and wouldn't need KTC! Pretty linear logic there that seems to get by a lot of people in their fog and/or self-absorption...
The KTC recipe does work, but only if you go all in for yourself. Challenge yourself to increase your accountability! Read, learn, and apply your knowledge to build a quit fortress of massive proportions. Come post with the BOMB, May2013! We'd appreciate the support.
bingo.
This reminds me of those Firehouse Subs commercials...'if your way beats our way...'
The KTC way worked for me and countless others. Quitting alone didn't work for me.
Keep it going T-Cell!
Miles - +1 with you
Tcell hit it.. after 30+ years of dipping, trying to quit every which way. Nothing worked, until I came to KTC. Quit!
Yep, me too!
My favorite intros are when someone new makes statements like,, I done this and it worked. I also did this for a while and it worked. Oh yea,,, my favorite of all time. I tried the ecigg(patch, other methods) and it really worked for a while. 'bang head' WTF... Wake up people,, it didn't work at all. Not even for a second.
KTC works. If you follow its methods you will not go wrong.
Glad to be quit with you all today.
Did i mention that i have a man-crush on T-cell? Statements like ^^^^^are why.
Guys, I know I am a newb to the site and being quit. I also know there is nothing special about me compared to 10, 000's who have joined. I see some of my fellow DUCKS drinking the kool-aid and many who are not. The ones who are choosing not to do so are puzzling me.
Grant it, I know some of us are self-centered, scared, weak, shy, uninformed, etc...but why join a site if you don't agree with the methods, rules, expectations, standards, or foundation of it? How can people so blatantly refuse/deny the success of this site and its methods when you have vets explaining why it works? Vets with 300, 400, 500, 1000, 2000 plus days of kickin the weed!! There are so many examples of quitters failing and succeeding on this site. Why do so many people appear to ignore the evidence right in front of them of what works? Whether people fail or succeed the details of the stories within each category are extremely similar. Those who fail make similar if not the same choices. Those who are winning make very similar to the same choices as well.
Accountability is a major component of quitting. If you don't want it then your screwed in the long run whether you want to hear it or not. YOU ARE SCREWED because the individual addict will always need support from a system around them to remain clean. Most often, those who have been there but remain clean are the most influential in the most difficult times. Little accountability means little resolve, piss poor commitment, weak ability to persevere which is needed to remain quit Daily and for life.
Addicts tend to not make good decisions, especially when it involves removing their drug of choice. I see three broad categories of quitters here at KTC:
1. The special butterflies - they don't last long because they refuse to drink the koolaide and for some strange reason think they have the easy secret to quitting, if only the rest of us would listen. Unfortunately there is no magic pill, quitting takes dedication and work.
2. The sort-of quitters - These folks "hope" to remain quit and they post roll and say the right stuff. But they are not taking on all the accountability that they could because they are purposely leaving a few doors cracked open. Just in case this quit thing doesn't work out... You know how this story ends...
3. The quitters - These folks are done with nicotine when they showed up here. They take every opportunity to strengthen their own quit, to reach out to others. They learn what they are up against by reading, they have other quitters they communicate with frequently, they own their quits.
Unfortunately most people who show up here are in category 2. Some of those do become quitters as they learn, but many will fade away thinking they are cured because they posted roll for 50 or 100 days...
A DAMN MEN... folks just drink the Kool-Aid help others to get there too!
Pass the kool- aid please i take another glass
Nice call Tony!
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Day 573
Missed a couple days posting a week ago. Was out in Oregon helping my mom. She is recovering from baterial pneumonia that basically went septic. Unfortunately she was a smoker for most of her life, so there was already a lot of damage to the lungs before. She is now on oxygen for 24/7 for at least a month. We are hoping this isn't a forever thing as this is her first serious illness in her life...
Nicotine is one nasty customer. I can't believe I (and all of us) played russian roulette with that particular drug for so long. Thanks to KTC, I'm done with all of that. Never again for any reason...
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Day 578
Found this article today.
http://www.nbcnews.com/health/graphic-a ... 8C11111432 (http://www.nbcnews.com/health/graphic-anti-smoking-ads-helped-100-000-kick-habit-good-8C11111432)
It basically describes a good ad campaign against nicotine use (primarily smoking). Unfortunately it also contains positive promotion of e-cigarettes "as effective as the patch for quitting OR reducing tobacco use"
Oddly enough, cold turkey with social accountability quitting wasn't mentioned...
A shame, since that is the recipe that seems to work the most consistently for many people I know 'oh yeah'
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Congrats on 578 days!!
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Congrats on 578 days!!
Thanks Mike :D
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Day 580
September 11, 2001 Never forget. 'usflag'
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Day 585
This last week has reminded me to recognize the things I have control over and the things I don't...
I live outside of Erie, CO which has been pretty close to ground zero for the Colorado floods. We weathered the weather quite well all week, and were congratulating ourselves for having a rural place on a small hill on the prairie. We don't live in a flood plain or close to a stream, so almost impossible to flood. However yesterday we got so much rainfall so fast (on top of the 12+ inches we got earlier in the week) that we had overland flow of 6" to 1 foot for a few hours after a culvert above my property jammed up and created a 6 foot deep lake against an abandoned railroad grade in a matter of less than 1 hour. Rushing water carving channels where none existed before on either side of my house and barn. Pretty sureal to see a lake appear where none has ever been before...
Fortunately no house damage and very little other damage (just lost some roadbase on the road and sand out of the horse arena)...
The point of this story is this: I can only control certain things in my life, like my quit. I can post roll every day, I can read and check in on some of my favorite quitters. What I can't do is control the weather or quit for someone else. At best I can monitor and try to mitigate. Choose to concentrate on the things you can do to make a difference, do not get wrapped around the axle when someone else make a poor choice or when things outside of your control happen.
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Day 585
This last week has reminded me to recognize the things I have control over and the things I don't...
I live outside of Erie, CO which has been pretty close to ground zero for the Colorado floods. We weathered the weather quite well all week, and were congratulating ourselves for having a rural place on a small hill on the prairie. We don't live in a flood plain or close to a stream, so almost impossible to flood. However yesterday we got so much rainfall so fast (on top of the 12+ inches we got earlier in the week) that we had overland flow of 6" to 1 foot for a few hours after a culvert above my property jammed up and created a 6 foot deep lake against an abandoned railroad grade in a matter of less than 1 hour. Rushing water carving channels where none existed before on either side of my house and barn. Pretty sureal to see a lake appear where none has ever been before...
Fortunately no house damage and very little other damage (just lost some roadbase on the road and sand out of the horse arena)...
The point of this story is this: I can only control certain things in my life, like my quit. I can post roll every day, I can read and check in on some of my favorite quitters. What I can't do is control the weather or quit for someone else. At best I can monitor and try to mitigate. Choose to concentrate on the things you can do to make a difference, do not get wrapped around the axle when someone else make a poor choice or when things outside of your control happen.
Here is a quote I love, "God bless me to control the things I can, accept the things I can't and have the wisdom to know the difference"
Sounds like things are bad but could have been worse. Quit with ya today.
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CONGRATS ON 6 BILLS TCELL
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Yeah, you wear 600 nicely!
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Yeah, you wear 600 nicely!
Thanks Arfy and Trauma-
The days do stack up, just live your quit every day.
My schedule has changed a lot recently, I haven't been posting early every day as I have to hit the ground running much earlier than normal. But I remain quit, and staying quit remains a high priority to me. Thankfully after 600 days it just isn't that difficult for me to be a quitter, so long as I remember I'm an addict and tobacco no longer is an option for me...
Tony
day 602
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Yeah, you wear 600 nicely!
Thanks Arfy and Trauma-
The days do stack up, just live your quit every day.
My schedule has changed a lot recently, I haven't been posting early every day as I have to hit the ground running much earlier than normal. But I remain quit, and staying quit remains a high priority to me. Thankfully after 600 days it just isn't that difficult for me to be a quitter, so long as I remember I'm an addict and tobacco no longer is an option for me...
Tony
day 602
Awesome work on 600!
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Day 650
650 beautiful days of quit! After more than 35 years of stuffing poison into my pie hole...
I came to KTC 647 days ago to quit. Forever. Period. Anything else was not acceptable. Along the way I came to make a few friends, learn the nature of my addiction and how to apply the tools offered here. My home group has dwindled to a handful of dedicated posters after this much time, but I have gained other supporters from many different groups. It truely is a community if you accept it for one. Bottom line, the KTC way really does work, and for that I am thankful.
For all you new quitters, drink the koolaid, follow the few rules. Reach out and participate.
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Day 650
650 beautiful days of quit! After more than 35 years of stuffing poison into my pie hole...
I came to KTC 647 days ago to quit. Forever. Period. Anything else was not acceptable. Along the way I came to make a few friends, learn the nature of my addiction and how to apply the tools offered here. My home group has dwindled to a handful of dedicated posters after this much time, but I have gained other supporters from many different groups. It truely is a community if you accept it for one. Bottom line, the KTC way really does work, and for that I am thankful.
For all you new quitters, drink the koolaid, follow the few rules. Reach out and participate.
Congratulations on 650 days brother! You sir are a badass of quitness.
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Day 650
650 beautiful days of quit! After more than 35 years of stuffing poison into my pie hole...
I came to KTC 647 days ago to quit. Forever. Period. Anything else was not acceptable. Along the way I came to make a few friends, learn the nature of my addiction and how to apply the tools offered here. My home group has dwindled to a handful of dedicated posters after this much time, but I have gained other supporters from many different groups. It truely is a community if you accept it for one. Bottom line, the KTC way really does work, and for that I am thankful.
For all you new quitters, drink the koolaid, follow the few rules. Reach out and participate.
Congratulations on 650 days brother! You sir are a badass of quitness.
Nice work Tcell keep it up
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Day 650
650 beautiful days of quit! After more than 35 years of stuffing poison into my pie hole...
I came to KTC 647 days ago to quit. Forever. Period. Anything else was not acceptable. Along the way I came to make a few friends, learn the nature of my addiction and how to apply the tools offered here. My home group has dwindled to a handful of dedicated posters after this much time, but I have gained other supporters from many different groups. It truely is a community if you accept it for one. Bottom line, the KTC way really does work, and for that I am thankful.
For all you new quitters, drink the koolaid, follow the few rules. Reach out and participate.
Congratulations on 650 days brother! You sir are a badass of quitness.
Nice work Tcell keep it up
Very Awesome T!!!
No worm dirt needed!
Cheers Brother.
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Props to a quitter with purpose.
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Day 650
650 beautiful days of quit! After more than 35 years of stuffing poison into my pie hole...
I came to KTC 647 days ago to quit. Forever. Period. Anything else was not acceptable. Along the way I came to make a few friends, learn the nature of my addiction and how to apply the tools offered here. My home group has dwindled to a handful of dedicated posters after this much time, but I have gained other supporters from many different groups. It truely is a community if you accept it for one. Bottom line, the KTC way really does work, and for that I am thankful.
For all you new quitters, drink the koolaid, follow the few rules. Reach out and participate.
Congratulations on 650 days brother! You sir are a badass of quitness.
Nice work Tcell keep it up
Very Awesome T!!!
No worm dirt needed!
Cheers Brother.
Well said
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Day 650
650 beautiful days of quit! After more than 35 years of stuffing poison into my pie hole...
I came to KTC 647 days ago to quit. Forever. Period. Anything else was not acceptable. Along the way I came to make a few friends, learn the nature of my addiction and how to apply the tools offered here. My home group has dwindled to a handful of dedicated posters after this much time, but I have gained other supporters from many different groups. It truely is a community if you accept it for one. Bottom line, the KTC way really does work, and for that I am thankful.
For all you new quitters, drink the koolaid, follow the few rules. Reach out and participate.
Congratulations on 650 days brother! You sir are a badass of quitness.
Nice work Tcell keep it up
Very Awesome T!!!
No worm dirt needed!
Cheers Brother.
Well said
congrats T!
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Day 650
650 beautiful days of quit! After more than 35 years of stuffing poison into my pie hole...
I came to KTC 647 days ago to quit. Forever. Period. Anything else was not acceptable. Along the way I came to make a few friends, learn the nature of my addiction and how to apply the tools offered here. My home group has dwindled to a handful of dedicated posters after this much time, but I have gained other supporters from many different groups. It truely is a community if you accept it for one. Bottom line, the KTC way really does work, and for that I am thankful.
For all you new quitters, drink the koolaid, follow the few rules. Reach out and participate.
Congratulations on 650 days brother! You sir are a badass of quitness.
Nice work Tcell keep it up
Very Awesome T!!!
No worm dirt needed!
Cheers Brother.
Well said
congrats T!
Excellent accomplishment T...now think about how much more time you will have to get in a little fly fishing! See you on the upper Rio Grande this summer.
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Day 652
I'm in a foul mood today, home with the flu and then reading about the current rash of caves in several groups. Stop reading now if you don't want to be accountable
NOTICE TO ALL QUITTERS (especially those of you under 100 days).
1. Caving is not inevidable. Quit acting like it is. Grow a pair, and maintain some dignity and self-respect! Do not give yourself permission to be weak! If you feel weak, take strength from your quit brothers. They will gladly share it until your strength returns.
2. There is no magic pill and there is no cure to being a nic addict. It takes dedicated, continuous effort to remain quit. Forever. It doesn't just go away. How hard is that to understand?
3. Yes, we all engaged in addict behavior that we are not proud of. But to excuse a cave with "we are all addicts and therefore liars.." is assinine. The key to maintaining your quit is to live your quit. Don't lie to yourself especially, but don't lie to your brothers, sisters and family either. Don't easily excuse your brothers and sisters when they crap on you and the rest of us quitters. You can not expect a change in outcome if you are unwilling to change your behaviors and lifestyle...
4. Yes, I believe in second chances. Some of the most kickass quitters on this board are retreads. But cavers who won't own their cave or assess their failure are doomed to repeat it, and that pisses me off. Learn from your mistakes and move forward, or slink off, cuddle up with the can and quit wasting our time.
5. The keys to being a sucessful quitter can all be found here on the KTC site. But you have to seek it out, invest the time to read, learn and build a serious quit foundation. Without that, you are just pretending you are like the rest of the badass quitters here.
End of rant.
Quit like you mean it.
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Day 652
I'm in a foul mood today, home with the flu and then reading about the current rash of caves in several groups. Stop reading now if you don't want to be accountable
NOTICE TO ALL QUITTERS (especially those of you under 100 days).
1. Caving is not inevidable. Quit acting like it is. Grow a pair, and maintain some dignity and self-respect! Do not give yourself permission to be weak! If you feel weak, take strength from your quit brothers. They will gladly share it until your strength returns.
2. There is no magic pill and there is no cure to being a nic addict. It takes dedicated, continuous effort to remain quit. Forever. It doesn't just go away. How hard is that to understand?
3. Yes, we all engaged in addict behavior that we are not proud of. But to excuse a cave with "we are all addicts and therefore liars.." is assinine. The key to maintaining your quit is to live your quit. Don't lie to yourself especially, but don't lie to your brothers, sisters and family either. Don't easily excuse your brothers and sisters when they crap on you and the rest of us quitters. You can not expect a change in outcome if you are unwilling to change your behaviors and lifestyle...
4. Yes, I believe in second chances. Some of the most kickass quitters on this board are retreads. But cavers who won't own their cave or assess their failure are doomed to repeat it, and that pisses me off. Learn from your mistakes and move forward, or slink off, cuddle up with the can and quit wasting our time.
5. The keys to being a sucessful quitter can all be found here on the KTC site. But you have to seek it out, invest the time to read, learn and build a serious quit foundation. Without that, you are just pretending you are like the rest of the badass quitters here.
End of rant.
Quit like you mean it.
A-Fucking-Men!
'worship'
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Day 652
I'm in a foul mood today, home with the flu and then reading about the current rash of caves in several groups. Stop reading now if you don't want to be accountable
NOTICE TO ALL QUITTERS (especially those of you under 100 days).
1. Caving is not inevidable. Quit acting like it is. Grow a pair, and maintain some dignity and self-respect! Do not give yourself permission to be weak! If you feel weak, take strength from your quit brothers. They will gladly share it until your strength returns.
2. There is no magic pill and there is no cure to being a nic addict. It takes dedicated, continuous effort to remain quit. Forever. It doesn't just go away. How hard is that to understand?
3. Yes, we all engaged in addict behavior that we are not proud of. But to excuse a cave with "we are all addicts and therefore liars.." is assinine. The key to maintaining your quit is to live your quit. Don't lie to yourself especially, but don't lie to your brothers, sisters and family either. Don't easily excuse your brothers and sisters when they crap on you and the rest of us quitters. You can not expect a change in outcome if you are unwilling to change your behaviors and lifestyle...
4. Yes, I believe in second chances. Some of the most kickass quitters on this board are retreads. But cavers who won't own their cave or assess their failure are doomed to repeat it, and that pisses me off. Learn from your mistakes and move forward, or slink off, cuddle up with the can and quit wasting our time.
5. The keys to being a sucessful quitter can all be found here on the KTC site. But you have to seek it out, invest the time to read, learn and build a serious quit foundation. Without that, you are just pretending you are like the rest of the badass quitters here.
End of rant.
Quit like you mean it.
A-Fucking-Men!
'worship'
I quit Today with T-cell cause he's an addict too.
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Day 652
I'm in a foul mood today, home with the flu and then reading about the current rash of caves in several groups. Stop reading now if you don't want to be accountable
NOTICE TO ALL QUITTERS (especially those of you under 100 days).
1. Caving is not inevidable. Quit acting like it is. Grow a pair, and maintain some dignity and self-respect! Do not give yourself permission to be weak! If you feel weak, take strength from your quit brothers. They will gladly share it until your strength returns.
2. There is no magic pill and there is no cure to being a nic addict. It takes dedicated, continuous effort to remain quit. Forever. It doesn't just go away. How hard is that to understand?
3. Yes, we all engaged in addict behavior that we are not proud of. But to excuse a cave with "we are all addicts and therefore liars.." is assinine. The key to maintaining your quit is to live your quit. Don't lie to yourself especially, but don't lie to your brothers, sisters and family either. Don't easily excuse your brothers and sisters when they crap on you and the rest of us quitters. You can not expect a change in outcome if you are unwilling to change your behaviors and lifestyle...
4. Yes, I believe in second chances. Some of the most kickass quitters on this board are retreads. But cavers who won't own their cave or assess their failure are doomed to repeat it, and that pisses me off. Learn from your mistakes and move forward, or slink off, cuddle up with the can and quit wasting our time.
5. The keys to being a sucessful quitter can all be found here on the KTC site. But you have to seek it out, invest the time to read, learn and build a serious quit foundation. Without that, you are just pretending you are like the rest of the badass quitters here.
End of rant.
Quit like you mean it.
A-Fucking-Men!
'worship'
I quit Today with T-cell cause he's an addict too.
Loot says that any one dip can cause cancer. Put that way, everyday you post roll and stay quit is a second chance. Going back to the can is a death sentence.
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Day 652
I'm in a foul mood today, home with the flu and then reading about the current rash of caves in several groups. Stop reading now if you don't want to be accountable
NOTICE TO ALL QUITTERS (especially those of you under 100 days).
1. Caving is not inevidable. Quit acting like it is. Grow a pair, and maintain some dignity and self-respect! Do not give yourself permission to be weak! If you feel weak, take strength from your quit brothers. They will gladly share it until your strength returns.
2. There is no magic pill and there is no cure to being a nic addict. It takes dedicated, continuous effort to remain quit. Forever. It doesn't just go away. How hard is that to understand?
3. Yes, we all engaged in addict behavior that we are not proud of. But to excuse a cave with "we are all addicts and therefore liars.." is assinine. The key to maintaining your quit is to live your quit. Don't lie to yourself especially, but don't lie to your brothers, sisters and family either. Don't easily excuse your brothers and sisters when they crap on you and the rest of us quitters. You can not expect a change in outcome if you are unwilling to change your behaviors and lifestyle...
4. Yes, I believe in second chances. Some of the most kickass quitters on this board are retreads. But cavers who won't own their cave or assess their failure are doomed to repeat it, and that pisses me off. Learn from your mistakes and move forward, or slink off, cuddle up with the can and quit wasting our time.
5. The keys to being a sucessful quitter can all be found here on the KTC site. But you have to seek it out, invest the time to read, learn and build a serious quit foundation. Without that, you are just pretending you are like the rest of the badass quitters here.
End of rant.
Quit like you mean it.
A-Fucking-Men!
'worship'
I quit Today with T-cell cause he's an addict too.
Loot says that any one dip can cause cancer. Put that way, everyday you post roll and stay quit is a second chance. Going back to the can is a death sentence.
All it takes is one cell to flip the cancer gene on then you know what from there.
Well said T!!!
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day 667
Here is my HOF speech, just got it posted today.
I didnÂ’t write a HOF speech at 100 days for the simple reason that I didnÂ’t feel I had accomplished anything significant yet. You see I was a slave to the can for over 35 years. 100 days of quit just didnÂ’t seem to stack up well against 35 years of use.
I grew up in a rural area where almost everyone chewed, kind of a way of life. I was never a ninja dipper, it was as much a part of me as the way I dress or the way I talk. Firmly hooked by age 14 or so, I chewed almost non-stop through college, marriage, two children, a career. For 35 years. I was pretty much a serial user all day, every day only taking it out to sleep at night (most nights). I stayed with it despite my children begging me to quit. Despite having some tooth and gum issues. Despite becoming the office pusher for other ninja dippers. Despite having silly-assed events like accidently dropping cope into my then young daughterÂ’s eye as she was trying to hug me and I was trying to load up on my drug of choice. Despite being a primary caretaker as my wife went through cancer treatment. Despite panicking every time I got an unusual sore in my mouth. I convinced myself I was a good guy with a minor vice.
I had never seriously even tried to quit before. I had 1 planned stoppage of a month or so on my own a decade or more ago, but even then I considered it a stop rather than a quit. And then 2 weeks when I discovered they donÂ’t sell that crap in Austrailia and failed to plan ahead. Bought cope at the first gas station in the US I came to.
By the start of 2012 I was coming to the end. My mouth was trashed, constantly sore and raw. I could no longer put enough cope in my face to eliminate the withdrawal symptoms, and couldnÂ’t keep the stuff in there long because my mouth hurt. The warm fuzzy buzz was long gone. I started to realize I was running my entire life around cope. Making sure I didnÂ’t run out. Making sure it was always accessible. Trying to do it discretely in places where it rightfully would have been frowned upon. Not kissing my wife or kids. I started to realize I wasnÂ’t in control, that I was exhibiting the behaviors of an addict. It was a sickening feeling as I began to understand just how weak and out of control I had become. I knew I needed to quit, for all the same reasons you all showed up here for. But I also knew before I came to KTC that I had to quit to simply gain my own self-respect back. I quit on Feb 10, 2012 by myself.
Fortunately my pal DW3 recommended KTC to me, I looked around and joined on Feb 13, 2012. It was exactly the tonic I needed to actually learn how to be a quitter. So what I have learned here at KTC is this: the KTC recipe for quitting works. But you have to buy in all the way and actually want it. There is no magic pill to make quitting easy, and there is no date by which you will be cured. We are addicts, we will always be addicts. But that doesnÂ’t mean we are doomed to fail or that it is ok to fail. I am a quit addict, but I am in control and I can easily choose to NOT fail today. And I can make that same choice every day. And so can all of you.
There are tons of people who have helped me on my quit journey so far and deserve thanks. DW3 for the initial suggestion and support, Keddy as the first person to contact me when I joined to help me navigate this place. My Brothers of May (Bitch!) 2012, the BOMB. Vadge and CS for timely support and harassment. And the many others I got advice or just inspiration from. And there are a number of newer (than me) quitters who continue to boost my quit today, WT, dkite, sportsfan, trauma, wmcatty to name just a few. Thanks to you all who have support or just interacted with me.
New or potential quitters, you can do this. You can be free from the slave-like behaviors that being an active using addict brings. You can reclaim your self-respect, your life. It is simple, but it isnÂ’t easy. But you can do it, and it is so worth the effort.
Tony (T-Cell)
Day 666
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day 667
Here is my HOF speech, just got it posted today.
I didnÂ’t write a HOF speech at 100 days for the simple reason that I didnÂ’t feel I had accomplished anything significant yet. You see I was a slave to the can for over 35 years. 100 days of quit just didnÂ’t seem to stack up well against 35 years of use.
I grew up in a rural area where almost everyone chewed, kind of a way of life. I was never a ninja dipper, it was as much a part of me as the way I dress or the way I talk. Firmly hooked by age 14 or so, I chewed almost non-stop through college, marriage, two children, a career. For 35 years. I was pretty much a serial user all day, every day only taking it out to sleep at night (most nights). I stayed with it despite my children begging me to quit. Despite having some tooth and gum issues. Despite becoming the office pusher for other ninja dippers. Despite having silly-assed events like accidently dropping cope into my then young daughter’s eye as she was trying to hug me and I was trying to load up on my drug of choice. Despite being a primary caretaker as my wife went through cancer treatment. Despite panicking every time I got an unusual sore in my mouth. I convinced myself I was a good guy with a minor vice.
I had never seriously even tried to quit before. I had 1 planned stoppage of a month or so on my own a decade or more ago, but even then I considered it a stop rather than a quit. And then 2 weeks when I discovered they donÂ’t sell that crap in Austrailia and failed to plan ahead. Bought cope at the first gas station in the US I came to.
By the start of 2012 I was coming to the end. My mouth was trashed, constantly sore and raw. I could no longer put enough cope in my face to eliminate the withdrawal symptoms, and couldnÂ’t keep the stuff in there long because my mouth hurt. The warm fuzzy buzz was long gone. I started to realize I was running my entire life around cope. Making sure I didnÂ’t run out. Making sure it was always accessible. Trying to do it discretely in places where it rightfully would have been frowned upon. Not kissing my wife or kids. I started to realize I wasnÂ’t in control, that I was exhibiting the behaviors of an addict. It was a sickening feeling as I began to understand just how weak and out of control I had become. I knew I needed to quit, for all the same reasons you all showed up here for. But I also knew before I came to KTC that I had to quit to simply gain my own self-respect back. I quit on Feb 10, 2012 by myself.
Fortunately my pal DW3 recommended KTC to me, I looked around and joined on Feb 13, 2012. It was exactly the tonic I needed to actually learn how to be a quitter. So what I have learned here at KTC is this: the KTC recipe for quitting works. But you have to buy in all the way and actually want it. There is no magic pill to make quitting easy, and there is no date by which you will be cured. We are addicts, we will always be addicts. But that doesn’t mean we are doomed to fail or that it is ok to fail. I am a quit addict, but I am in control and I can easily choose to NOT fail today. And I can make that same choice every day. And so can all of you.
There are tons of people who have helped me on my quit journey so far and deserve thanks. DW3 for the initial suggestion and support, Keddy as the first person to contact me when I joined to help me navigate this place. My Brothers of May (Bitch!) 2012, the BOMB. Vadge and CS for timely support and harassment. And the many others I got advice or just inspiration from. And there are a number of newer (than me) quitters who continue to boost my quit today, WT, dkite, sportsfan, trauma, wmcatty to name just a few. Thanks to you all who have support or just interacted with me.
New or potential quitters, you can do this. You can be free from the slave-like behaviors that being an active using addict brings. You can reclaim your self-respect, your life. It is simple, but it isnÂ’t easy. But you can do it, and it is so worth the effort.
Tony (T-Cell)
Day 666
'Cheers'
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Well Done Sir!!!
Stay on the path.
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Well Done Sir!!!
Stay on the path.
X2 sir its great to have big number guys posting in threads
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Well Done Sir!!!
Stay on the path.
X2 sir its great to have big number guys posting in threads
Great read tcell. It was unreal how much of that i related to. Thanks for the Saturday read.
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Well Done Sir!!!
Stay on the path.
X2 sir its great to have big number guys posting in threads
Great read tcell. It was unreal how much of that i related to. Thanks for the Saturday read.
T-Cell that is one hell of an evil number today but one hell of a quit. Thank you for sharing and opening up to all of us. I hope to never catch up to you on days quit but I promise to add a plus one with you today.
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Well Done Sir!!!
Stay on the path.
X2 sir its great to have big number guys posting in threads
Great read tcell. It was unreal how much of that i related to. Thanks for the Saturday read.
T-Cell that is one hell of an evil number today but one hell of a quit. Thank you for sharing and opening up to all of us. I hope to never catch up to you on days quit but I promise to add a plus one with you today.
Thanks for the speech brother! Proud to be quit with you today!
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day 667
Here is my HOF speech, just got it posted today.
I didnÂ’t write a HOF speech at 100 days for the simple reason that I didnÂ’t feel I had accomplished anything significant yet. You see I was a slave to the can for over 35 years. 100 days of quit just didnÂ’t seem to stack up well against 35 years of use.
I grew up in a rural area where almost everyone chewed, kind of a way of life. I was never a ninja dipper, it was as much a part of me as the way I dress or the way I talk. Firmly hooked by age 14 or so, I chewed almost non-stop through college, marriage, two children, a career. For 35 years. I was pretty much a serial user all day, every day only taking it out to sleep at night (most nights). I stayed with it despite my children begging me to quit. Despite having some tooth and gum issues. Despite becoming the office pusher for other ninja dippers. Despite having silly-assed events like accidently dropping cope into my then young daughter’s eye as she was trying to hug me and I was trying to load up on my drug of choice. Despite being a primary caretaker as my wife went through cancer treatment. Despite panicking every time I got an unusual sore in my mouth. I convinced myself I was a good guy with a minor vice.
I had never seriously even tried to quit before. I had 1 planned stoppage of a month or so on my own a decade or more ago, but even then I considered it a stop rather than a quit. And then 2 weeks when I discovered they donÂ’t sell that crap in Austrailia and failed to plan ahead. Bought cope at the first gas station in the US I came to.
By the start of 2012 I was coming to the end. My mouth was trashed, constantly sore and raw. I could no longer put enough cope in my face to eliminate the withdrawal symptoms, and couldnÂ’t keep the stuff in there long because my mouth hurt. The warm fuzzy buzz was long gone. I started to realize I was running my entire life around cope. Making sure I didnÂ’t run out. Making sure it was always accessible. Trying to do it discretely in places where it rightfully would have been frowned upon. Not kissing my wife or kids. I started to realize I wasnÂ’t in control, that I was exhibiting the behaviors of an addict. It was a sickening feeling as I began to understand just how weak and out of control I had become. I knew I needed to quit, for all the same reasons you all showed up here for. But I also knew before I came to KTC that I had to quit to simply gain my own self-respect back. I quit on Feb 10, 2012 by myself.
Fortunately my pal DW3 recommended KTC to me, I looked around and joined on Feb 13, 2012. It was exactly the tonic I needed to actually learn how to be a quitter. So what I have learned here at KTC is this: the KTC recipe for quitting works. But you have to buy in all the way and actually want it. There is no magic pill to make quitting easy, and there is no date by which you will be cured. We are addicts, we will always be addicts. But that doesn’t mean we are doomed to fail or that it is ok to fail. I am a quit addict, but I am in control and I can easily choose to NOT fail today. And I can make that same choice every day. And so can all of you.
There are tons of people who have helped me on my quit journey so far and deserve thanks. DW3 for the initial suggestion and support, Keddy as the first person to contact me when I joined to help me navigate this place. My Brothers of May (Bitch!) 2012, the BOMB. Vadge and CS for timely support and harassment. And the many others I got advice or just inspiration from. And there are a number of newer (than me) quitters who continue to boost my quit today, WT, dkite, sportsfan, trauma, wmcatty to name just a few. Thanks to you all who have support or just interacted with me.
New or potential quitters, you can do this. You can be free from the slave-like behaviors that being an active using addict brings. You can reclaim your self-respect, your life. It is simple, but it isnÂ’t easy. But you can do it, and it is so worth the effort.
Tony (T-Cell)
Day 666
'Cheers'
This was a great way to end my night sat T-Cell! Great HOF speech sir. Quit on!
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day 667
Here is my HOF speech, just got it posted today.
I didnÂ’t write a HOF speech at 100 days for the simple reason that I didnÂ’t feel I had accomplished anything significant yet. You see I was a slave to the can for over 35 years. 100 days of quit just didnÂ’t seem to stack up well against 35 years of use.
I grew up in a rural area where almost everyone chewed, kind of a way of life. I was never a ninja dipper, it was as much a part of me as the way I dress or the way I talk. Firmly hooked by age 14 or so, I chewed almost non-stop through college, marriage, two children, a career. For 35 years. I was pretty much a serial user all day, every day only taking it out to sleep at night (most nights). I stayed with it despite my children begging me to quit. Despite having some tooth and gum issues. Despite becoming the office pusher for other ninja dippers. Despite having silly-assed events like accidently dropping cope into my then young daughter’s eye as she was trying to hug me and I was trying to load up on my drug of choice. Despite being a primary caretaker as my wife went through cancer treatment. Despite panicking every time I got an unusual sore in my mouth. I convinced myself I was a good guy with a minor vice.
I had never seriously even tried to quit before. I had 1 planned stoppage of a month or so on my own a decade or more ago, but even then I considered it a stop rather than a quit. And then 2 weeks when I discovered they donÂ’t sell that crap in Austrailia and failed to plan ahead. Bought cope at the first gas station in the US I came to.
By the start of 2012 I was coming to the end. My mouth was trashed, constantly sore and raw. I could no longer put enough cope in my face to eliminate the withdrawal symptoms, and couldnÂ’t keep the stuff in there long because my mouth hurt. The warm fuzzy buzz was long gone. I started to realize I was running my entire life around cope. Making sure I didnÂ’t run out. Making sure it was always accessible. Trying to do it discretely in places where it rightfully would have been frowned upon. Not kissing my wife or kids. I started to realize I wasnÂ’t in control, that I was exhibiting the behaviors of an addict. It was a sickening feeling as I began to understand just how weak and out of control I had become. I knew I needed to quit, for all the same reasons you all showed up here for. But I also knew before I came to KTC that I had to quit to simply gain my own self-respect back. I quit on Feb 10, 2012 by myself.
Fortunately my pal DW3 recommended KTC to me, I looked around and joined on Feb 13, 2012. It was exactly the tonic I needed to actually learn how to be a quitter. So what I have learned here at KTC is this: the KTC recipe for quitting works. But you have to buy in all the way and actually want it. There is no magic pill to make quitting easy, and there is no date by which you will be cured. We are addicts, we will always be addicts. But that doesn’t mean we are doomed to fail or that it is ok to fail. I am a quit addict, but I am in control and I can easily choose to NOT fail today. And I can make that same choice every day. And so can all of you.
There are tons of people who have helped me on my quit journey so far and deserve thanks. DW3 for the initial suggestion and support, Keddy as the first person to contact me when I joined to help me navigate this place. My Brothers of May (Bitch!) 2012, the BOMB. Vadge and CS for timely support and harassment. And the many others I got advice or just inspiration from. And there are a number of newer (than me) quitters who continue to boost my quit today, WT, dkite, sportsfan, trauma, wmcatty to name just a few. Thanks to you all who have support or just interacted with me.
New or potential quitters, you can do this. You can be free from the slave-like behaviors that being an active using addict brings. You can reclaim your self-respect, your life. It is simple, but it isnÂ’t easy. But you can do it, and it is so worth the effort.
Tony (T-Cell)
Day 666
'Cheers'
This was a great way to end my night sat T-Cell! Great HOF speech sir. Quit on!
from a fellow BOMBer thank you for your strength!
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day 667
Here is my HOF speech, just got it posted today.
I didnÂ’t write a HOF speech at 100 days for the simple reason that I didnÂ’t feel I had accomplished anything significant yet. You see I was a slave to the can for over 35 years. 100 days of quit just didnÂ’t seem to stack up well against 35 years of use.
I grew up in a rural area where almost everyone chewed, kind of a way of life. I was never a ninja dipper, it was as much a part of me as the way I dress or the way I talk. Firmly hooked by age 14 or so, I chewed almost non-stop through college, marriage, two children, a career. For 35 years. I was pretty much a serial user all day, every day only taking it out to sleep at night (most nights). I stayed with it despite my children begging me to quit. Despite having some tooth and gum issues. Despite becoming the office pusher for other ninja dippers. Despite having silly-assed events like accidently dropping cope into my then young daughter’s eye as she was trying to hug me and I was trying to load up on my drug of choice. Despite being a primary caretaker as my wife went through cancer treatment. Despite panicking every time I got an unusual sore in my mouth. I convinced myself I was a good guy with a minor vice.
I had never seriously even tried to quit before. I had 1 planned stoppage of a month or so on my own a decade or more ago, but even then I considered it a stop rather than a quit. And then 2 weeks when I discovered they donÂ’t sell that crap in Austrailia and failed to plan ahead. Bought cope at the first gas station in the US I came to.
By the start of 2012 I was coming to the end. My mouth was trashed, constantly sore and raw. I could no longer put enough cope in my face to eliminate the withdrawal symptoms, and couldnÂ’t keep the stuff in there long because my mouth hurt. The warm fuzzy buzz was long gone. I started to realize I was running my entire life around cope. Making sure I didnÂ’t run out. Making sure it was always accessible. Trying to do it discretely in places where it rightfully would have been frowned upon. Not kissing my wife or kids. I started to realize I wasnÂ’t in control, that I was exhibiting the behaviors of an addict. It was a sickening feeling as I began to understand just how weak and out of control I had become. I knew I needed to quit, for all the same reasons you all showed up here for. But I also knew before I came to KTC that I had to quit to simply gain my own self-respect back. I quit on Feb 10, 2012 by myself.
Fortunately my pal DW3 recommended KTC to me, I looked around and joined on Feb 13, 2012. It was exactly the tonic I needed to actually learn how to be a quitter. So what I have learned here at KTC is this: the KTC recipe for quitting works. But you have to buy in all the way and actually want it. There is no magic pill to make quitting easy, and there is no date by which you will be cured. We are addicts, we will always be addicts. But that doesn’t mean we are doomed to fail or that it is ok to fail. I am a quit addict, but I am in control and I can easily choose to NOT fail today. And I can make that same choice every day. And so can all of you.
There are tons of people who have helped me on my quit journey so far and deserve thanks. DW3 for the initial suggestion and support, Keddy as the first person to contact me when I joined to help me navigate this place. My Brothers of May (Bitch!) 2012, the BOMB. Vadge and CS for timely support and harassment. And the many others I got advice or just inspiration from. And there are a number of newer (than me) quitters who continue to boost my quit today, WT, dkite, sportsfan, trauma, wmcatty to name just a few. Thanks to you all who have support or just interacted with me.
New or potential quitters, you can do this. You can be free from the slave-like behaviors that being an active using addict brings. You can reclaim your self-respect, your life. It is simple, but it isnÂ’t easy. But you can do it, and it is so worth the effort.
Tony (T-Cell)
Day 666
'Cheers'
This was a great way to end my night sat T-Cell! Great HOF speech sir. Quit on!
from a fellow BOMBer thank you for your strength!
good words brother...thanks.
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day 667
Here is my HOF speech, just got it posted today.
I didnÂ’t write a HOF speech at 100 days for the simple reason that I didnÂ’t feel I had accomplished anything significant yet. You see I was a slave to the can for over 35 years. 100 days of quit just didnÂ’t seem to stack up well against 35 years of use.
I grew up in a rural area where almost everyone chewed, kind of a way of life. I was never a ninja dipper, it was as much a part of me as the way I dress or the way I talk. Firmly hooked by age 14 or so, I chewed almost non-stop through college, marriage, two children, a career. For 35 years. I was pretty much a serial user all day, every day only taking it out to sleep at night (most nights). I stayed with it despite my children begging me to quit. Despite having some tooth and gum issues. Despite becoming the office pusher for other ninja dippers. Despite having silly-assed events like accidently dropping cope into my then young daughter’s eye as she was trying to hug me and I was trying to load up on my drug of choice. Despite being a primary caretaker as my wife went through cancer treatment. Despite panicking every time I got an unusual sore in my mouth. I convinced myself I was a good guy with a minor vice.
I had never seriously even tried to quit before. I had 1 planned stoppage of a month or so on my own a decade or more ago, but even then I considered it a stop rather than a quit. And then 2 weeks when I discovered they donÂ’t sell that crap in Austrailia and failed to plan ahead. Bought cope at the first gas station in the US I came to.
By the start of 2012 I was coming to the end. My mouth was trashed, constantly sore and raw. I could no longer put enough cope in my face to eliminate the withdrawal symptoms, and couldnÂ’t keep the stuff in there long because my mouth hurt. The warm fuzzy buzz was long gone. I started to realize I was running my entire life around cope. Making sure I didnÂ’t run out. Making sure it was always accessible. Trying to do it discretely in places where it rightfully would have been frowned upon. Not kissing my wife or kids. I started to realize I wasnÂ’t in control, that I was exhibiting the behaviors of an addict. It was a sickening feeling as I began to understand just how weak and out of control I had become. I knew I needed to quit, for all the same reasons you all showed up here for. But I also knew before I came to KTC that I had to quit to simply gain my own self-respect back. I quit on Feb 10, 2012 by myself.
Fortunately my pal DW3 recommended KTC to me, I looked around and joined on Feb 13, 2012. It was exactly the tonic I needed to actually learn how to be a quitter. So what I have learned here at KTC is this: the KTC recipe for quitting works. But you have to buy in all the way and actually want it. There is no magic pill to make quitting easy, and there is no date by which you will be cured. We are addicts, we will always be addicts. But that doesn’t mean we are doomed to fail or that it is ok to fail. I am a quit addict, but I am in control and I can easily choose to NOT fail today. And I can make that same choice every day. And so can all of you.
There are tons of people who have helped me on my quit journey so far and deserve thanks. DW3 for the initial suggestion and support, Keddy as the first person to contact me when I joined to help me navigate this place. My Brothers of May (Bitch!) 2012, the BOMB. Vadge and CS for timely support and harassment. And the many others I got advice or just inspiration from. And there are a number of newer (than me) quitters who continue to boost my quit today, WT, dkite, sportsfan, trauma, wmcatty to name just a few. Thanks to you all who have support or just interacted with me.
New or potential quitters, you can do this. You can be free from the slave-like behaviors that being an active using addict brings. You can reclaim your self-respect, your life. It is simple, but it isnÂ’t easy. But you can do it, and it is so worth the effort.
Tony (T-Cell)
Day 666
'Cheers'
This was a great way to end my night sat T-Cell! Great HOF speech sir. Quit on!
from a fellow BOMBer thank you for your strength!
good words brother...thanks.
On a day where I am feeling like I need some motivation to keep going, I run across you're HOF speech. Thank you Tony. You're HOF speech reads exactly like my life. I am again humbled and thankful for each of you on KTC. You keep the reality of life biting at my heels everyday.
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Day 680
As some of you know, I do post roll in several groups. Kinda my way of both encouraging others and putting some more accountability on myself. I've also gotten into a habit of PMing quitters who bump me without fixing to let them know, but mostly as a way to make a new KTC contact. The results of that have been interesting.
Recently found a newbie with 36 days of quit who had been posting in the wrong group that entire time... Another newbie thought I was some type of serial killer stalking him. Another seemed to think this was a ghey dating site, sent me pics of himself that I really didn't need to see (must have had early contact with gmann or cs). But the basic reaction from the pre-HOFers has tended to initially be suspicious and thinking I was calling them out for some huge transgression despite my best attempt to write the PMs as supportive and non-offensive as I can.
On the other hand, when I've PM'ed a quitter with some quit days behind them (200+) almost all have been extremely welcoming and seem glad for the exchange, glad to meet another KTCer. In fact I "met" DIJ that way this morning.
The point of this ramble is: Sometimes I forget I was that foggy, confused, angry and suspicious newbie 600-some days ago. I did not really get the whole peer support/accountability thing then either. 680 days later, I am not foggy, confused, angry or suspicious, I am in charge of my addiction and I have a bunch of kick ass brothers I can interact with. Newbies, your quit will get easier over time if you read, learn, participate. If you employ all the tools available here. And if you actively build your quit, day by day.
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Another seemed to think this was a ghey dating site, sent me pics of himself that I really didn't need to see (must have had early contact with gmann or cs)
This was very funny to me. You must write some very supportive messages about "bumping" 'crackup'
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Another seemed to think this was a ghey dating site, sent me pics of himself that I really didn't need to see (must have had early contact with gmann or cs)
This was very funny to me. You must write some very supportive messages about "bumping" 'crackup'
'BanDog'
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Day 685
Merry Christmas to all at KTC!
After helping make a great xmas for our daughters boyfriends sons (cool dudes Will and Kai) and making 40 Christmas meals for the homeless, the only thing I've got left to share is this. If you can get your hands on some Oskar Blues G'Knight Imperial Red IPA do it! One of my favorite brews not homemade...
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Day 700
The days are starting to mount up...
Thanks to all of you quitters who make my quit and all quits possible. :D
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Day 700
The days are starting to mount up...
Thanks to all of you quitters who make my quit and all quits possible. :D
2 years is next. Congrats T. Thanks for everything you put into this. We're all getting plenty out as a result.
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Day 700
The days are starting to mount up...
'BanDog' 'ash1'
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Day 711
Reminds me that I use to live in C-Stores. Got to know the clerks, they knew what I was looking for. Had 2-3 "home" C-Stores, knew where every one was within miles of my house and work...
No more. I'm almost never in a C-store any more. It is a weird deal still after all these days when I do walk into one... Did you notice they have this big colorful wall of death they sell right behind the counter?
None for me today.
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Day 711
Reminds me that I use to live in C-Stores. Got to know the clerks, they knew what I was looking for. Had 2-3 "home" C-Stores, knew where every one was within miles of my house and work...
No more. I'm almost never in a C-store any more. It is a weird deal still after all these days when I do walk into one... Did you notice they have this big colorful wall of death they sell right behind the counter?
None for me today.
Your post reminds me of a time long ago. I was balls deep at work and my addiction was screaming. So, I had to run over to the C Store across the street. Because I needed a spitter, I grabbed a bottle of gatorade and requested two cans of Cancer from young Ramdeepa. As he handed them to me, he noticed I was in scrubs and said,
"You know, it kind of makes me feel better when I see you guys using this stuff".
Besides the fact that he mistook me for a "real doctor", and that I was holding my breath because it smelled like BO and curry in there, I remember feeling an inkling of shame. Not enough not to buy $10 of cancer, but an inkling just the same. I don't remember my exact response, but it was nothing more than a grumbling acknowledgement as I began the opening process with my teeth and thumbnail....
Its embarrassing to me even now. What a fucking douchebag to think that I was different. To think I was special. To think that I wasn't a role model. If 20-something Ramdeepa took notice of my addiction, what did my friends and family notice. What did my kids notice?
Im standing with TmfnCell today. Fuck you nicotine and UST.
( v )
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Day 711
Reminds me that I use to live in C-Stores. Got to know the clerks, they knew what I was looking for. Had 2-3 "home" C-Stores, knew where every one was within miles of my house and work...
No more. I'm almost never in a C-store any more. It is a weird deal still after all these days when I do walk into one... Did you notice they have this big colorful wall of death they sell right behind the counter?
None for me today.
Great point. Was in a 7-11 today. Was looking at all the nic options on the wall.
Every flavor under the sun, in varying price ranges too, a can of Husky is $2.00?
Dip, pouches, cigs, snuss, e-cigs, hookah pipes, roll your own, pipes, cigars, etc...
Mint, peach, cherry, vanilla, wintergreen, citrus, apple, bourbon, etc...
A lot of options and flavors to kill yourself with.
Not for this ding dong. I'm done.
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Day 711
Reminds me that I use to live in C-Stores. Got to know the clerks, they knew what I was looking for. Had 2-3 "home" C-Stores, knew where every one was within miles of my house and work...
No more. I'm almost never in a C-store any more. It is a weird deal still after all these days when I do walk into one... Did you notice they have this big colorful wall of death they sell right behind the counter?
None for me today.
Your post reminds me of a time long ago. I was balls deep at work and my addiction was screaming. So, I had to run over to the C Store across the street. Because I needed a spitter, I grabbed a bottle of gatorade and requested two cans of Cancer from young Ramdeepa. As he handed them to me, he noticed I was in scrubs and said,
"You know, it kind of makes me feel better when I see you guys using this stuff".
Besides the fact that he mistook me for a "real doctor", and that I was holding my breath because it smelled like BO and curry in there, I remember feeling an inkling of shame. Not enough not to buy $10 of cancer, but an inkling just the same. I don't remember my exact response, but it was nothing more than a grumbling acknowledgement as I began the opening process with my teeth and thumbnail....
Its embarrassing to me even now. What a fucking douchebag to think that I was different. To think I was special. To think that I wasn't a role model. If 20-something Ramdeepa took notice of my addiction, what did my friends and family notice. What did my kids notice?
Im standing with TmfnCell today. Fuck you nicotine and UST.
( v )
Reminds me of all those times when I would go in the first one and it didn't have my brand so I'd think "Maybe this is a sign from God that I should quit!"
Back in the car, driving to the next place, none there either, "God is really wanting me to quit today!" Followed quickly by "Who is this other CS who has bought all of the Skoal Fine Cut Wintergreen in this town?"
Finally after 5 stores and 20 miles finding a place with my brand and buying all they have in stock and thinking "God, I'm glad they had some!"
Ramdeepa! 'crackup'
I'm glad I'm quittin' with you guys!
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Day 711
Reminds me that I use to live in C-Stores. Got to know the clerks, they knew what I was looking for. Had 2-3 "home" C-Stores, knew where every one was within miles of my house and work...
No more. I'm almost never in a C-store any more. It is a weird deal still after all these days when I do walk into one... Did you notice they have this big colorful wall of death they sell right behind the counter?
None for me today.
Your post reminds me of a time long ago. I was balls deep at work and my addiction was screaming. So, I had to run over to the C Store across the street. Because I needed a spitter, I grabbed a bottle of gatorade and requested two cans of Cancer from young Ramdeepa. As he handed them to me, he noticed I was in scrubs and said,
"You know, it kind of makes me feel better when I see you guys using this stuff".
Besides the fact that he mistook me for a "real doctor", and that I was holding my breath because it smelled like BO and curry in there, I remember feeling an inkling of shame. Not enough not to buy $10 of cancer, but an inkling just the same. I don't remember my exact response, but it was nothing more than a grumbling acknowledgement as I began the opening process with my teeth and thumbnail....
Its embarrassing to me even now. What a fucking douchebag to think that I was different. To think I was special. To think that I wasn't a role model. If 20-something Ramdeepa took notice of my addiction, what did my friends and family notice. What did my kids notice?
Im standing with TmfnCell today. Fuck you nicotine and UST.
( v )
Reminds me of all those times when I would go in the first one and it didn't have my brand so I'd think "Maybe this is a sign from God that I should quit!"
Back in the car, driving to the next place, none there either, "God is really wanting me to quit today!" Followed quickly by "Who is this other CS who has bought all of the Skoal Fine Cut Wintergreen in this town?"
Finally after 5 stores and 20 miles finding a place with my brand and buying all they have in stock and thinking "God, I'm glad they had some!"
Ramdeepa! 'crackup'
I'm glad I'm quittin' with you guys!
Oh god, I don't even want to think about the time and gas $$ spent chasing around to find "my" fix. Thankful I don't do that any more, even more thankful I'm no longer on a first name basis with Ramdeepa and his workmates...
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Day 711
Reminds me that I use to live in C-Stores. Got to know the clerks, they knew what I was looking for. Had 2-3 "home" C-Stores, knew where every one was within miles of my house and work...
No more. I'm almost never in a C-store any more. It is a weird deal still after all these days when I do walk into one... Did you notice they have this big colorful wall of death they sell right behind the counter?
None for me today.
Your post reminds me of a time long ago. I was balls deep at work and my addiction was screaming. So, I had to run over to the C Store across the street. Because I needed a spitter, I grabbed a bottle of gatorade and requested two cans of Cancer from young Ramdeepa. As he handed them to me, he noticed I was in scrubs and said,
"You know, it kind of makes me feel better when I see you guys using this stuff".
Besides the fact that he mistook me for a "real doctor", and that I was holding my breath because it smelled like BO and curry in there, I remember feeling an inkling of shame. Not enough not to buy $10 of cancer, but an inkling just the same. I don't remember my exact response, but it was nothing more than a grumbling acknowledgement as I began the opening process with my teeth and thumbnail....
Its embarrassing to me even now. What a fucking douchebag to think that I was different. To think I was special. To think that I wasn't a role model. If 20-something Ramdeepa took notice of my addiction, what did my friends and family notice. What did my kids notice?
Im standing with TmfnCell today. Fuck you nicotine and UST.
( v )
Reminds me of all those times when I would go in the first one and it didn't have my brand so I'd think "Maybe this is a sign from God that I should quit!"
Back in the car, driving to the next place, none there either, "God is really wanting me to quit today!" Followed quickly by "Who is this other CS who has bought all of the Skoal Fine Cut Wintergreen in this town?"
Finally after 5 stores and 20 miles finding a place with my brand and buying all they have in stock and thinking "God, I'm glad they had some!"
Ramdeepa! 'crackup'
I'm glad I'm quittin' with you guys!
Oh god, I don't even want to think about the time and gas $$ spent chasing around to find "my" fix. Thankful I don't do that any more, even more thankful I'm no longer on a first name basis with Ramdeepa and his workmates...
We went Disney in Orlando back in the day.
Ran out of the poison...I freaked like the addict that I am. I made everyone miserable. We still talk about that today. What a difference a QLFEDD makes!
So fucking glad I am in control of my addiction Today. Just today.
ODAAT and NAFAR.
If I can do this, any dumbass can!
Quit with You today.
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In lieu of calling this T-Cell's quit I believe that this thread should be renamed T-Cell's Enlightenment.
I had the extreme pleasure of meeting T-Cell face to face this evening. He chose to meet up with Brettlees and I as we celebrated our days 100 and 200, add in T's 721 and that was over 1,000 days of quit.
Yeah that is a cool bit of number magic, but what counts is the three of us just met a new friend, connected with a brother and build a bond that typing words on the internet started yet the spoken word went further.
Imagine comparing notes with a couple of quitters about the shit (no pun intended) you didn't discuss during your quit. Imagine laughing out loud, speaking loudly about how we know one another.
T thanks for joining us and I look forward to getting my feet wet in a stream with you this Spring/Summer. You are an awesome quitter but now I know you as a friend (regardless of your owning a dodge) and I thank you for that.
Corey
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In lieu of calling this T-Cell's quit I believe that this thread should be renamed T-Cell's Enlightenment.
I had the extreme pleasure of meeting T-Cell face to face this evening. He chose to meet up with Brettlees and I as we celebrated our days 100 and 200, add in T's 721 and that was over 1,000 days of quit.
Yeah that is a cool bit of number magic, but what counts is the three of us just met a new friend, connected with a brother and build a bond that typing words on the internet started yet the spoken word went further.
Imagine comparing notes with a couple of quitters about the shit (no pun intended) you didn't discuss during your quit. Imagine laughing out loud, speaking loudly about how we know one another.
T thanks for joining us and I look forward to getting my feet wet in a stream with you this Spring/Summer. You are an awesome quitter but now I know you as a friend (regardless of your owning a dodge) and I thank you for that.
Corey
Damn I gotta meet up with some folks this sounds kewl. Wow 3 quitters at different places in their quits reflection and direction.
I always knew I liked you for a reason Tcell You grab life by the horns
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In lieu of calling this T-Cell's quit I believe that this thread should be renamed T-Cell's Enlightenment.
I had the extreme pleasure of meeting T-Cell face to face this evening. He chose to meet up with Brettlees and I as we celebrated our days 100 and 200, add in T's 721 and that was over 1,000 days of quit.Â
Yeah that is a cool bit of number magic, but what counts is the three of us just met a new friend, connected with a brother and build a bond that typing words on the internet started yet the spoken word went further.
Imagine comparing notes with a couple of quitters about the shit (no pun intended) you didn't discuss during your quit. Imagine laughing out loud, speaking loudly about how we know one another.Â
T thanks for joining us and I look forward to getting my feet wet in a stream with you this Spring/Summer. You are an awesome quitter but now I know you as a friend (regardless of your owning a dodge) and I thank you for that.
Corey
Damn I gotta meet up with some folks this sounds kewl. Wow 3 quitters at different places in their quits reflection and direction.
I always knew I liked you for a reason Tcell You grab life by the horns
It was a pleasure to meet both Brett and Corey, these guys completely get quitting. Funny how many addict behaviors and experiences we all shared without knowing it. Ended up staying out way past my bedtime, given the weather the mrs. wasn't happy. But it was sooo worth it.
Congrats again to you both on you milestones yesterday. Enjoy and be proud of them, you earned them.
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In lieu of calling this T-Cell's quit I believe that this thread should be renamed T-Cell's Enlightenment.
I had the extreme pleasure of meeting T-Cell face to face this evening. He chose to meet up with Brettlees and I as we celebrated our days 100 and 200, add in T's 721 and that was over 1,000 days of quit.Â
Yeah that is a cool bit of number magic, but what counts is the three of us just met a new friend, connected with a brother and build a bond that typing words on the internet started yet the spoken word went further.
Imagine comparing notes with a couple of quitters about the shit (no pun intended) you didn't discuss during your quit. Imagine laughing out loud, speaking loudly about how we know one another.Â
T thanks for joining us and I look forward to getting my feet wet in a stream with you this Spring/Summer. You are an awesome quitter but now I know you as a friend (regardless of your owning a dodge) and I thank you for that.
Corey
Damn I gotta meet up with some folks this sounds kewl. Wow 3 quitters at different places in their quits reflection and direction.
I always knew I liked you for a reason Tcell You grab life by the horns
It was a pleasure to meet both Brett and Corey, these guys completely get quitting. Funny how many addict behaviors and experiences we all shared without knowing it. Ended up staying out way past my bedtime, given the weather the mrs. wasn't happy. But it was sooo worth it.
Congrats again to you both on you milestones yesterday. Enjoy and be proud of them, you earned them.
It was a great time- funny stories, sharing and being heard about quits, advice and reflection for sure-- Thanks T-Cell it was a real pleasure and honor. I'll stay in touch!
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In lieu of calling this T-Cell's quit I believe that this thread should be renamed T-Cell's Enlightenment.
I had the extreme pleasure of meeting T-Cell face to face this evening. He chose to meet up with Brettlees and I as we celebrated our days 100 and 200, add in T's 721 and that was over 1,000 days of quit.Â
Yeah that is a cool bit of number magic, but what counts is the three of us just met a new friend, connected with a brother and build a bond that typing words on the internet started yet the spoken word went further.
Imagine comparing notes with a couple of quitters about the shit (no pun intended) you didn't discuss during your quit. Imagine laughing out loud, speaking loudly about how we know one another.Â
T thanks for joining us and I look forward to getting my feet wet in a stream with you this Spring/Summer. You are an awesome quitter but now I know you as a friend (regardless of your owning a dodge) and I thank you for that.
Corey
Damn I gotta meet up with some folks this sounds kewl. Wow 3 quitters at different places in their quits reflection and direction.
I always knew I liked you for a reason Tcell You grab life by the horns
It was a pleasure to meet both Brett and Corey, these guys completely get quitting. Funny how many addict behaviors and experiences we all shared without knowing it. Ended up staying out way past my bedtime, given the weather the mrs. wasn't happy. But it was sooo worth it.
Congrats again to you both on you milestones yesterday. Enjoy and be proud of them, you earned them.
It was a great time- funny stories, sharing and being heard about quits, advice and reflection for sure-- Thanks T-Cell it was a real pleasure and honor. I'll stay in touch!
That's cool. Good thing I wasn't there. I would have gotten all of us arrested.
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In lieu of calling this T-Cell's quit I believe that this thread should be renamed T-Cell's Enlightenment.
I had the extreme pleasure of meeting T-Cell face to face this evening. He chose to meet up with Brettlees and I as we celebrated our days 100 and 200, add in T's 721 and that was over 1,000 days of quit.Â
Yeah that is a cool bit of number magic, but what counts is the three of us just met a new friend, connected with a brother and build a bond that typing words on the internet started yet the spoken word went further.
Imagine comparing notes with a couple of quitters about the shit (no pun intended) you didn't discuss during your quit. Imagine laughing out loud, speaking loudly about how we know one another.Â
T thanks for joining us and I look forward to getting my feet wet in a stream with you this Spring/Summer. You are an awesome quitter but now I know you as a friend (regardless of your owning a dodge) and I thank you for that.
Corey
Damn I gotta meet up with some folks this sounds kewl. Wow 3 quitters at different places in their quits reflection and direction.
I always knew I liked you for a reason Tcell You grab life by the horns
It was a pleasure to meet both Brett and Corey, these guys completely get quitting. Funny how many addict behaviors and experiences we all shared without knowing it. Ended up staying out way past my bedtime, given the weather the mrs. wasn't happy. But it was sooo worth it.
Congrats again to you both on you milestones yesterday. Enjoy and be proud of them, you earned them.
It was a great time- funny stories, sharing and being heard about quits, advice and reflection for sure-- Thanks T-Cell it was a real pleasure and honor. I'll stay in touch!
That's cool. Good thing I wasn't there. I would have gotten all of us arrested.
Come on out next time. It's officially not a party until at least one of us gets arrested.
Sorry Mrs. Cell was agitated Tony, let her know that I can validate that you called her a Saint last night.
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In lieu of calling this T-Cell's quit I believe that this thread should be renamed T-Cell's Enlightenment.
I had the extreme pleasure of meeting T-Cell face to face this evening. He chose to meet up with Brettlees and I as we celebrated our days 100 and 200, add in T's 721 and that was over 1,000 days of quit.Â
Yeah that is a cool bit of number magic, but what counts is the three of us just met a new friend, connected with a brother and build a bond that typing words on the internet started yet the spoken word went further.
Imagine comparing notes with a couple of quitters about the shit (no pun intended) you didn't discuss during your quit. Imagine laughing out loud, speaking loudly about how we know one another.Â
T thanks for joining us and I look forward to getting my feet wet in a stream with you this Spring/Summer. You are an awesome quitter but now I know you as a friend (regardless of your owning a dodge) and I thank you for that.
Corey
Damn I gotta meet up with some folks this sounds kewl. Wow 3 quitters at different places in their quits reflection and direction.
I always knew I liked you for a reason Tcell You grab life by the horns
It was a pleasure to meet both Brett and Corey, these guys completely get quitting. Funny how many addict behaviors and experiences we all shared without knowing it. Ended up staying out way past my bedtime, given the weather the mrs. wasn't happy. But it was sooo worth it.
Congrats again to you both on you milestones yesterday. Enjoy and be proud of them, you earned them.
It was a great time- funny stories, sharing and being heard about quits, advice and reflection for sure-- Thanks T-Cell it was a real pleasure and honor. I'll stay in touch!
That's cool. Good thing I wasn't there. I would have gotten all of us arrested.
Come on out next time. It's officially not a party until at least one of us gets arrested.
Sorry Mrs. Cell was agitated Tony, let her know that I can validate that you called her a Saint last night.
She is a saint for putting up with me. No damage done, I'm use to being in the dog house :P
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Day 732 - 2 Years
Today marks my 2 year anniversary of quit. I can't thank KTC and the folks that have supported me enough for my freedom.
Only 36 more years of quit and I'll be even with the bitch for the number of years of addicted use...
Quit on quitters, if I can do this anyone can!
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Day 732 - 2 Years
Today marks my 2 year anniversary of quit. I can't thank KTC and the folks that have supported me enough for my freedom.
Only 36 more years of quit and I'll be even with the bitch for the number of years of addicted use...
Quit on quitters, if I can do this anyone can!
Awesome!
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Day 732 - 2 Years
Today marks my 2 year anniversary of quit. I can't thank KTC and the folks that have supported me enough for my freedom.
Only 36 more years of quit and I'll be even with the bitch for the number of years of addicted use...
Quit on quitters, if I can do this anyone can!
Awesome!
Tony,
Congrats on this fantastic milestone. You compiled 2 years of quit by simply deciding to quit 2 years ago, but coming back daily with the mindset that you were quite PERIOD!
Awesome man!
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Day 732 - 2 Years
Today marks my 2 year anniversary of quit. I can't thank KTC and the folks that have supported me enough for my freedom.
Only 36 more years of quit and I'll be even with the bitch for the number of years of addicted use...
Quit on quitters, if I can do this anyone can!
Awesome!
Tony,
Congrats on this fantastic milestone. You compiled 2 years of quit by simply deciding to quit 2 years ago, but coming back daily with the mindset that you were quite PERIOD!
Awesome man!
Awesome man!
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Day 732 - 2 Years
Today marks my 2 year anniversary of quit. I can't thank KTC and the folks that have supported me enough for my freedom.
Only 36 more years of quit and I'll be even with the bitch for the number of years of addicted use...
Quit on quitters, if I can do this anyone can!
Awesome!
Tony,
Congrats on this fantastic milestone. You compiled 2 years of quit by simply deciding to quit 2 years ago, but coming back daily with the mindset that you were quite PERIOD!
Awesome man!
Awesome man!
Way to go TCell! Keep on doing it how you do, helping others change their lives too. Two years of freedom is inspiring!
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Day 732 - 2 Years
Today marks my 2 year anniversary of quit. I can't thank KTC and the folks that have supported me enough for my freedom.
Only 36 more years of quit and I'll be even with the bitch for the number of years of addicted use...
Quit on quitters, if I can do this anyone can!
Awesome!
Tony,
Congrats on this fantastic milestone. You compiled 2 years of quit by simply deciding to quit 2 years ago, but coming back daily with the mindset that you were quite PERIOD!
Awesome man!
Awesome man!
Way to go TCell! Keep on doing it how you do, helping others change their lives too. Two years of freedom is inspiring!
Beautiful T-Cell! Congrats! (My fly of the day is a Higas S.O.S. :rolleyes: )
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Day 732 - 2 Years
Today marks my 2 year anniversary of quit. I can't thank KTC and the folks that have supported me enough for my freedom.
Only 36 more years of quit and I'll be even with the bitch for the number of years of addicted use...
Quit on quitters, if I can do this anyone can!
Awesome!
Tony,
Congrats on this fantastic milestone. You compiled 2 years of quit by simply deciding to quit 2 years ago, but coming back daily with the mindset that you were quite PERIOD!
Awesome man!
Awesome man!
Way to go TCell! Keep on doing it how you do, helping others change their lives too. Two years of freedom is inspiring!
Beautiful T-Cell! Congrats! (My fly of the day is a Higas S.O.S. :rolleyes: )
Well done!
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Day 732 - 2 Years
Today marks my 2 year anniversary of quit. I can't thank KTC and the folks that have supported me enough for my freedom.
Only 36 more years of quit and I'll be even with the bitch for the number of years of addicted use...
Quit on quitters, if I can do this anyone can!
Awesome!
Tony,
Congrats on this fantastic milestone. You compiled 2 years of quit by simply deciding to quit 2 years ago, but coming back daily with the mindset that you were quite PERIOD!
Awesome man!
Awesome man!
Way to go TCell! Keep on doing it how you do, helping others change their lives too. Two years of freedom is inspiring!
Beautiful T-Cell! Congrats! (My fly of the day is a Higas S.O.S. :rolleyes: )
Well done!
Great job....proud of you
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Day 732 - 2 Years
Today marks my 2 year anniversary of quit. I can't thank KTC and the folks that have supported me enough for my freedom.
Only 36 more years of quit and I'll be even with the bitch for the number of years of addicted use...
Quit on quitters, if I can do this anyone can!
Awesome!
Tony,
Congrats on this fantastic milestone. You compiled 2 years of quit by simply deciding to quit 2 years ago, but coming back daily with the mindset that you were quite PERIOD!
Awesome man!
Awesome man!
Way to go TCell! Keep on doing it how you do, helping others change their lives too. Two years of freedom is inspiring!
Beautiful T-Cell! Congrats! (My fly of the day is a Higas S.O.S. :rolleyes: )
Well done!
Great job....proud of you
Totally Awesome T Cell!!!
So glad You are here quittin' like a rock star!
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This needs bumped to the front:
750, Congrats!!!!
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This needs bumped to the front:
750, Congrats!!!!
Congrats!!!! Such a milestone. Keep up the good work!!!!
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look at TCell-- having a lucky day at number 777! Better get off to the casino!
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look at TCell-- having a lucky day at number 777! Better get off to the casino!
see told ya it was a lucky number in a PM....Not the only one that thinks that way get that lottery ticket and remember ol Brett and Trauma....
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look at TCell-- having a lucky day at number 777! Better get off to the casino!
see told ya it was a lucky number in a PM....Not the only one that thinks that way get that lottery ticket and remember ol Brett and Trauma....
My advice stick to the lottery ticket, plus not to pick on my buddy Brett but "getting off" in a casino is illegal.
Congrats on that Holy Quit Number today brother!
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look at TCell-- having a lucky day at number 777! Better get off to the casino!
see told ya it was a lucky number in a PM....Not the only one that thinks that way get that lottery ticket and remember ol Brett and Trauma....
My advice stick to the lottery ticket, plus not to pick on my buddy Brett but "getting off" in a casino is illegal.
Congrats on that Holy Quit Number today brother!
Just go fishing T-Cell. That casino thing sounds like trouble!
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look at TCell-- having a lucky day at number 777! Better get off to the casino!
see told ya it was a lucky number in a PM....Not the only one that thinks that way get that lottery ticket and remember ol Brett and Trauma....
My advice stick to the lottery ticket, plus not to pick on my buddy Brett but "getting off" in a casino is illegal.
Congrats on that Holy Quit Number today brother!
Just go fishing T-Cell. That casino thing sounds like trouble!
Is that why they won't let me back in that one casino?
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look at TCell-- having a lucky day at number 777! Better get off to the casino!
see told ya it was a lucky number in a PM....Not the only one that thinks that way get that lottery ticket and remember ol Brett and Trauma....
My advice stick to the lottery ticket, plus not to pick on my buddy Brett but "getting off" in a casino is illegal.
Congrats on that Holy Quit Number today brother!
Just go fishing T-Cell. That casino thing sounds like trouble!
Is that why they won't let me back in that one casino?
Sticky Slot Machine Handles, Gross!
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look at TCell-- having a lucky day at number 777! Better get off to the casino!
see told ya it was a lucky number in a PM....Not the only one that thinks that way get that lottery ticket and remember ol Brett and Trauma....
My advice stick to the lottery ticket, plus not to pick on my buddy Brett but "getting off" in a casino is illegal.
Congrats on that Holy Quit Number today brother!
Just go fishing T-Cell. That casino thing sounds like trouble!
Is that why they won't let me back in that one casino?
Sticky Slot Machine Handles, Gross!
Never play those machines, the handles and buttons are sticky for some reason...
On the right coast now, fished Jackson River in Virginia on Sunday/Monday, so I took your advice rdad.
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look at TCell-- having a lucky day at number 777! Better get off to the casino!
see told ya it was a lucky number in a PM....Not the only one that thinks that way get that lottery ticket and remember ol Brett and Trauma....
My advice stick to the lottery ticket, plus not to pick on my buddy Brett but "getting off" in a casino is illegal.
Congrats on that Holy Quit Number today brother!
Just go fishing T-Cell. That casino thing sounds like trouble!
Is that why they won't let me back in that one casino?
Sticky Slot Machine Handles, Gross!
Never play those machines, the handles and buttons are sticky for some reason...
On the right coast now, fished Jackson River in Virginia on Sunday/Monday, so I took your advice rdad.
Jackpot!
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8th floor bump!!
'BanDog'
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8th floor bump!!
'BanDog'
Woot woot! Hats off to a KTC pillar!
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8th floor bump!!
'BanDog'
Woot woot! Hats off to a KTC pillar!
T-cell, you take quitting seriously. And I dig that about you! Way to be.
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Day 802
8th floor! Thanks to all those at KTC that help me maintain my quit, and that is almost all of you in some form or another.
Newbies, the quit absolutely does get easier as time goes on. And being quit is what this is all about, right?
Put in the work to build a foundation. At KTC that is mostly:
1. Post roll every day to pledge you won't use today. Keep that promise.
2. Build an accountability network. Get to know other quitters and allow them to help hold you accountable. Look for ways to increase your accountability, don't slack off of it.
Everyone CAN do this, but only a few are WILLING to do it. Be one of the few...
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Day 802
8th floor! Thanks to all those at KTC that help me maintain my quit, and that is almost all of you in some form or another.
Newbies, the quit absolutely does get easier as time goes on. And being quit is what this is all about, right?
Put in the work to build a foundation. At KTC that is mostly:
1. Post roll every day to pledge you won't use today. Keep that promise.
2. Build an accountability network. Get to know other quitters and allow them to help hold you accountable. Look for ways to increase your accountability, don't slack off of it.
Everyone CAN do this, but only a few are WILLING to do it. Be one of the few...
^^Very sage advice from a damn fine quitter!^^
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Day 802
8th floor! Thanks to all those at KTC that help me maintain my quit, and that is almost all of you in some form or another.
Newbies, the quit absolutely does get easier as time goes on. And being quit is what this is all about, right?
Put in the work to build a foundation. At KTC that is mostly:
1. Post roll every day to pledge you won't use today. Keep that promise.
2. Build an accountability network. Get to know other quitters and allow them to help hold you accountable. Look for ways to increase your accountability, don't slack off of it.
Everyone CAN do this, but only a few are WILLING to do it. Be one of the few...
^^Very sage advice from a damn fine quitter!^^
Congrats on 800+! Well done.
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Day 802
8th floor! Thanks to all those at KTC that help me maintain my quit, and that is almost all of you in some form or another.
Newbies, the quit absolutely does get easier as time goes on. And being quit is what this is all about, right?
Put in the work to build a foundation. At KTC that is mostly:
1. Post roll every day to pledge you won't use today. Keep that promise.
2. Build an accountability network. Get to know other quitters and allow them to help hold you accountable. Look for ways to increase your accountability, don't slack off of it.
Everyone CAN do this, but only a few are WILLING to do it. Be one of the few...
^^Very sage advice from a damn fine quitter!^^
Congrats on 800+! Well done.
Glad I chose to drink the kool-aid and be one of the few.
Great post and congrats on the 8th floor.
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Day 815
Heading off grid for a couple days of fishing on the Frying Pan. Hoping for a serious bwo hatch. Staying at a cabin without cell/internet. Would have cell if I drove 4 miles, which I'm not likely to do except in emergency. No problem staying quit, I've done this trip many times now without tobacco. Should be posting sometime later Wed. for those tracking me, thanks and see ya Wed.
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Day 815
Heading off grid for a couple days of fishing on the Frying Pan. Hoping for a serious bwo hatch. Staying at a cabin without cell/internet. Would have cell if I drove 4 miles, which I'm not likely to do except in emergency. No problem staying quit, I've done this trip many times now without tobacco. Should be posting sometime later Wed. for those tracking me, thanks and see ya Wed.
Best of luck T, enjoy the serenity by the stream brother.
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Day 827
I posted this in my HOF group today, thought I'd drop it here as well.
I'll be honest, I simply am not significantly tempted any more. I still have occasional fleeting whispers of "just one" and a "somethings missing" feeling, but those are extremely easy to dismiss. It has been that way since sometime in the 200's of quit. I really don't know why I'm at this stage and others with equal or more time still seem to crave, but here is my guess. I chewed for so long I got to the point where my mouth was constantly tore up and sore, and I simply couldn't put enough cancer dirt in my mouth to stave off withdrawal symptoms. Almost a can a day at the end and nothing but pain and withdrawal for at least a year. In short, by the time I quit I seriously hated the crap. I don't harbor any fond memories, I have no associations of dip and anything good. In fact, my associations are all negative (pain, cost, self-loathing for being so weak).
But I continue to post almost every day, not only here but also in a dozen+ other groups. I feel that is a more than fair price for my freedom, to hopefully help others and to ensure I have the constant reminder in case I start to forget.
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Day 889
Letting you quitters that follow and support me know that I'm stepping away from posting roll. I've basically reached 100% confidence in my quit and am moving on. I will be right back here in a heartbeat if I feel I slip below 100%. KTC and all of you have been the reason I've gotten to this stage, the method works and I've met so many outstanding people. For those of you that have my number, keep it and use it if you need it. I will gladly continue supporting you. Hopefully I have paid it forward in my nearly 900 days here. I will also send any active user to this site if I get a chance, because it works. Thanks to everyone here and congrats as well. My life as a non-chewer is so much better than as an active user it is amazing.
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Day 889
Letting you quitters that follow and support me know that I'm stepping away from posting roll. I've basically reached 100% confidence in my quit and am moving on. I will be right back here in a heartbeat if I feel I slip below 100%. KTC and all of you have been the reason I've gotten to this stage, the method works and I've met so many outstanding people. For those of you that have my number, keep it and use it if you need it. I will gladly continue supporting you. Hopefully I have paid it forward in my nearly 900 days here. I will also send any active user to this site if I get a chance, because it works. Thanks to everyone here and congrats as well. My life as a non-chewer is so much better than as an active user it is amazing.
Tony,
Since I am one of the men that has met you face to face and we have discussed QUIT, I have not a doubt in my mind that your resolve is strong and as you know I will always be here to support you. We will all be having beers together in August again so I have no fear that I will not see t-cell again.
The quit is strong in this one!
P
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Day 889
Letting you quitters that follow and support me know that I'm stepping away from posting roll. I've basically reached 100% confidence in my quit and am moving on. I will be right back here in a heartbeat if I feel I slip below 100%. KTC and all of you have been the reason I've gotten to this stage, the method works and I've met so many outstanding people. For those of you that have my number, keep it and use it if you need it. I will gladly continue supporting you. Hopefully I have paid it forward in my nearly 900 days here. I will also send any active user to this site if I get a chance, because it works. Thanks to everyone here and congrats as well. My life as a non-chewer is so much better than as an active user it is amazing.
Tony,
Since I am one of the men that has met you face to face and we have discussed QUIT, I have not a doubt in my mind that your resolve is strong and as you know I will always be here to support you. We will all be having beers together in August again so I have no fear that I will not see t-cell again.
The quit is strong in this one!
P
Excuse me?
I'm glad you have absolute confidence in your quit, but your last two posts in this intro are complete opposite sentiments. Nobody is infallible in this battle. You, me, anybody...
Look. I've been where you are. In 2006, I used this program to stop. I posted roll (fairly) regularly for about 150 days or so. I was strong, and didn't feel the need to make my promise. I was quit.
When I stopped soiling nicotine's name, she started taking over. It wasn't immediate. It was a second look at a friend packing or smoking. It was getting drunk and considering asking for one. It was forgetting all I had learned in my short time stopped.
I didn't keep my quit tools sharpened, and at a Browns' game in 2009, I failed. I got really drunk and asked for one. My head spun. I may have looked like I was throwing up in a plant outside the stadium (I mean...it is the Browns). But, I didn't even think about for a weeks.
That's when her voice came back and she started telling me I could cheat on my normal life with her. I was better than those addicts because I could use whenever I wanted without repercussions.
In 4 months, I was worse off that before.
Luckily, I found this program again. I owned my quit. I owned my past. I've built a great quit here, and walking away would just be silly. I want to be quit. I WANT to be quit.
You don't need to post in 6000 groups everyday. Post in your own. Take 20 seconds to say "I quit" and walk away if need be. I did that. We all can't spend hours and hours here all the time. That whole saying "Take what you need, leave the rest" applies whole heartedly here. You need roll. Leave the rest. When you need it, it will be here.
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Day 889
Letting you quitters that follow and support me know that I'm stepping away from posting roll. I've basically reached 100% confidence in my quit and am moving on. I will be right back here in a heartbeat if I feel I slip below 100%. KTC and all of you have been the reason I've gotten to this stage, the method works and I've met so many outstanding people. For those of you that have my number, keep it and use it if you need it. I will gladly continue supporting you. Hopefully I have paid it forward in my nearly 900 days here. I will also send any active user to this site if I get a chance, because it works. Thanks to everyone here and congrats as well. My life as a non-chewer is so much better than as an active user it is amazing.
Tony,
Since I am one of the men that has met you face to face and we have discussed QUIT, I have not a doubt in my mind that your resolve is strong and as you know I will always be here to support you. We will all be having beers together in August again so I have no fear that I will not see t-cell again.
The quit is strong in this one!
P
Excuse me?
I'm glad you have absolute confidence in your quit, but your last two posts in this intro are complete opposite sentiments. Nobody is infallible in this battle. You, me, anybody...
Look. I've been where you are. In 2006, I used this program to stop. I posted roll (fairly) regularly for about 150 days or so. I was strong, and didn't feel the need to make my promise. I was quit.
When I stopped soiling nicotine's name, she started taking over. It wasn't immediate. It was a second look at a friend packing or smoking. It was getting drunk and considering asking for one. It was forgetting all I had learned in my short time stopped.
I didn't keep my quit tools sharpened, and at a Browns' game in 2009, I failed. I got really drunk and asked for one. My head spun. I may have looked like I was throwing up in a plant outside the stadium (I mean...it is the Browns). But, I didn't even think about for a weeks.
That's when her voice came back and she started telling me I could cheat on my normal life with her. I was better than those addicts because I could use whenever I wanted without repercussions.
In 4 months, I was worse off that before.
Luckily, I found this program again. I owned my quit. I owned my past. I've built a great quit here, and walking away would just be silly. I want to be quit. I WANT to be quit.
You don't need to post in 6000 groups everyday. Post in your own. Take 20 seconds to say "I quit" and walk away if need be. I did that. We all can't spend hours and hours here all the time. That whole saying "Take what you need, leave the rest" applies whole heartedly here. You need roll. Leave the rest. When you need it, it will be here.
T-cell,
I hope you come back in and see this. As I too tried a little experiment of stepping away, but I realized something.
I realized that the posting of roll, though is VERY important to myself (or ones self), is the feeling I had that others looked to see my name on that roll as well to help them. And if I did not post it was the feeling of letting them down.
So take another day, another thought, as I do believe that the quit may be strong inside yourself, but if it is indeed that, follow through and let others see your name and borrow some of that strength when they need it.
As Wastepanel mentions, keep your word here within your group, let it remind you of the tools you have so that they remain sharp for when you need them.
so think about it, as it is that though and not a reaction that can keep us quit each and every day,
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Day 889
Letting you quitters that follow and support me know that I'm stepping away from posting roll. I've basically reached 100% confidence in my quit and am moving on. I will be right back here in a heartbeat if I feel I slip below 100%. KTC and all of you have been the reason I've gotten to this stage, the method works and I've met so many outstanding people. For those of you that have my number, keep it and use it if you need it. I will gladly continue supporting you. Hopefully I have paid it forward in my nearly 900 days here. I will also send any active user to this site if I get a chance, because it works. Thanks to everyone here and congrats as well. My life as a non-chewer is so much better than as an active user it is amazing.
Tony,
Since I am one of the men that has met you face to face and we have discussed QUIT, I have not a doubt in my mind that your resolve is strong and as you know I will always be here to support you. We will all be having beers together in August again so I have no fear that I will not see t-cell again.
The quit is strong in this one!
P
Excuse me?
I'm glad you have absolute confidence in your quit, but your last two posts in this intro are complete opposite sentiments. Nobody is infallible in this battle. You, me, anybody...
Look. I've been where you are. In 2006, I used this program to stop. I posted roll (fairly) regularly for about 150 days or so. I was strong, and didn't feel the need to make my promise. I was quit.
When I stopped soiling nicotine's name, she started taking over. It wasn't immediate. It was a second look at a friend packing or smoking. It was getting drunk and considering asking for one. It was forgetting all I had learned in my short time stopped.
I didn't keep my quit tools sharpened, and at a Browns' game in 2009, I failed. I got really drunk and asked for one. My head spun. I may have looked like I was throwing up in a plant outside the stadium (I mean...it is the Browns). But, I didn't even think about for a weeks.
That's when her voice came back and she started telling me I could cheat on my normal life with her. I was better than those addicts because I could use whenever I wanted without repercussions.
In 4 months, I was worse off that before.
Luckily, I found this program again. I owned my quit. I owned my past. I've built a great quit here, and walking away would just be silly. I want to be quit. I WANT to be quit.
You don't need to post in 6000 groups everyday. Post in your own. Take 20 seconds to say "I quit" and walk away if need be. I did that. We all can't spend hours and hours here all the time. That whole saying "Take what you need, leave the rest" applies whole heartedly here. You need roll. Leave the rest. When you need it, it will be here.
T-cell,
I hope you come back in and see this. As I too tried a little experiment of stepping away, but I realized something.
I realized that the posting of roll, though is VERY important to myself (or ones self), is the feeling I had that others looked to see my name on that roll as well to help them. And if I did not post it was the feeling of letting them down.
So take another day, another thought, as I do believe that the quit may be strong inside yourself, but if it is indeed that, follow through and let others see your name and borrow some of that strength when they need it.
As Wastepanel mentions, keep your word here within your group, let it remind you of the tools you have so that they remain sharp for when you need them.
so think about it, as it is that though and not a reaction that can keep us quit each and every day,
What's 20 seconds a day to insure/ensure your quit? Seems like a wasted opportunity to quit posting roll. I'm not a licensed financial advisor, but the small investment in the form of a 20 second daily roll post seems to guarantee some huge returns. Why not continue with one measly roll post per day? I guess I don't get it.