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Community => Introductions => Topic started by: southtexasman on March 11, 2011, 09:36:00 AM
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Now I'm heading into the darkest hours. The hours where the excitement and gung ho motivation of the quit has worn off long before the cravings and withdrawls have subsided. This is the tough part, these next 48 hours and if I get through to the other side then it should be easier from there on out.
SoTex
Quit Date 3-10-11 8:00 a.m.
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Yes, you're in for a very difficult time now. Stay close to the site, reading every time I had a craving helped me get thru it. Cravings never last longer than a few minutes you just need to grind them out second by second, hour by hour, just worry about today. If you need any help shoot me a PM on this site. Everyone of the vets on here have done it and have proved it can be done. You can do this!
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SoTex,
Welcome to the suck my friend. Embrace these hours and let them serve as a reminder to you that you don't ever want to go through this shit again. Congratulations on your choice to quit like the rest of us. Don't worry the anxiety that you are feeling right now will subside in a few days. All you have to do is keep your word to us that you will not use nicotine in any form for today, that's all you have to worry about, the next 24 hours, or if it helps you out, the next 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 1 hour, 4 hours, etc. Whatever you have to set your goal to in order to honor your word to us. I am happy to be quit with you, don't let me down and I won't let you down. I noticed you posted roll in June 2011, but you didn't post correctly, I am going to chalk it up to "the fog", but just in case nobody sent you the email or you didn't read the "How to Post Roll Thread", here is the information you need to do it right. Good luck to you, read this site over, post often, let us know what you're going through, post roll, and keep your word. If you need anything we're here for you.
How To Post Roll (http://forum.killthecan.org/index.php?showtopic=50)
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How to Post ROLL CALL - Roll Call Instructions
Step 1 - Find the last (MOST RECENT) Roll Call
Step 2 - Hit the "Quote" button in the upper right hand corner.
Step 3 - Click your mouse ANYWHERE in The bottom Box
Step 4 - Hit Ctrl and "A" at the Same time so it looks like THIS
Step 5 - Hit Ctrl and "X" at the same time so there is NOTHING in Either Box
Step 6 - Click your mouse in the TOP BOX
Step 7 - Hit Ctrl and "V" at the same time to Past the info into the top box AND ADD YOUR info to the bottom of the list
Step 8 - Hit ADD REPLY below the bottom box
Step 9 - Go back to the 1st unread post, check to see that the last few people to post are still on your roll call. Keep your word.
-Matt
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Saw you with the June quitters. Glad you're here. Build up that accountability, every day.
Every day there's a new giant to slay, sotex. But each day you're quit, you're stronger.
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You can do this Sotex.
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Right on brother hang in there. Take it one day at a time.
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SoTex,
You got this my friend. I saw you posted up in June. You know what that means right? No poison for you today!! Don't let the fire in your Quit burn out. Celebrate the small victories. You will have them everyday.
Tell us a little more about yourself. How long have you been addicted to Nic? How much did you use daily? Do you like to fish? Favorite NCAA football team? What do you do for a living? Do you like cereal? Where do you stand on gun rights? Ever been in a car accident? Had a threesome? Won a prize of any kind?
....just givin' you some homework to keep your mind busy :)
Hang in there, It's gonna be a wild ride!
Cancrusher
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Tex,
You got this man, Just remember it does get easier. Stick with the seeds, gum, mints, or cinnamon sticks. Just keep busy is the main thing just remember once you cheat the timer starts all over. I have been about 38 days not chew and about 4 days no nic from the patch. You can do this first few hours are rough but if you fuck up you will want to kick yourself in the dick. Just think your a grown man and you dont want that shit controlling you your better than that and you will be victorious. Believe in yourself cause we all beleive in you.
Rsauce74
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SoTex,
You got this my friend. I saw you posted up in June. You know what that means right? No poison for you today!! Don't let the fire in your Quit burn out. Celebrate the small victories. You will have them everyday.
Tell us a little more about yourself. How long have you been addicted to Nic? How much did you use daily? Do you like to fish? Favorite NCAA football team? What do you do for a living? Do you like cereal? Where do you stand on gun rights? Ever been in a car accident? Had a threesome? Won a prize of any kind?
....just givin' you some homework to keep your mind busy :)
Hang in there, It's gonna be a wild ride!
Cancrusher
Thanks for all the support. First time to quit with a support site like this. I am putting that shit behind me. I'm quitting not so my children will have a dad longer, but so that I will have my children longer. I am quitting not so that my wife will kiss me more, but so that I can kiss my wife more. This quit is all about me and for me.
To answer some of your questions.
I've been dipping for about 23 years or so. Now age 36 it is time to quit this nasty shit.
Started out about 1 can for every 2 or 3 days. Then I went to Aggieland where I learned how to really dip. Moved quickly there to a can to can and a half per day. Graduated and maintained the can per day habit until I finally came to the realization I'm doing myself no favors here, and that it was time to quit.
I like fishing but prefer hunting.
Texas AM is my favorite football team NCAA or otherwise. I live and die by them. Have been doing alot of dieing over the past few years.
Like oatmeal better than cereal.
Firm believer in gun control......thats why I go to the range as often as possible.....tight groupings are my idea of gun control.
So that is just a few, thanks for all the support. I will make it.
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SoTex,
You got this my friend. I saw you posted up in June. You know what that means right? No poison for you today!! Don't let the fire in your Quit burn out. Celebrate the small victories. You will have them everyday.
Tell us a little more about yourself. How long have you been addicted to Nic? How much did you use daily? Do you like to fish? Favorite NCAA football team? What do you do for a living? Do you like cereal? Where do you stand on gun rights? Ever been in a car accident? Had a threesome? Won a prize of any kind?
....just givin' you some homework to keep your mind busy :)
Hang in there, It's gonna be a wild ride!
Cancrusher
Thanks for all the support. First time to quit with a support site like this. I am putting that shit behind me. I'm quitting not so my children will have a dad longer, but so that I will have my children longer. I am quitting not so that my wife will kiss me more, but so that I can kiss my wife more. This quit is all about me and for me.
To answer some of your questions.
I've been dipping for about 23 years or so. Now age 36 it is time to quit this nasty shit.
Started out about 1 can for every 2 or 3 days. Then I went to Aggieland where I learned how to really dip. Moved quickly there to a can to can and a half per day. Graduated and maintained the can per day habit until I finally came to the realization I'm doing myself no favors here, and that it was time to quit.
I like fishing but prefer hunting.
Texas AM is my favorite football team NCAA or otherwise. I live and die by them. Have been doing alot of dieing over the past few years.
Like oatmeal better than cereal.
Firm believer in gun control......thats why I go to the range as often as possible.....tight groupings are my idea of gun control.
So that is just a few, thanks for all the support. I will make it.
sotex, glad you're here. Remember, aggies never fail. Don't let us other aggies down. Just like our hatred of tu, saw the nic bitches horns off every day and you will be a winner.
gig em!
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another ag here quitting with you!
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So here I am on day #9. On the precipace of double digit quit days. The cravings have weakened, the fog has lifted, the irritability....well some things just don't change.
I've seen some suffer. I've heard many complaing. I've seen a few fall off the wagon to be kicked around and then picked up and dusted off and set off down the quit path again.
This site has been a great help thus far. The accountability of posting roll call. The camraderie of your fellow quitees locked in the daily struggle against the forces of tobacco and nicotine.
At times it may seem like I have a long way to go. But then I realize my perspective is all F'd up. I don't have long to go at all, only 24 hours, or maybe 1 hour, or when it gets really hard only 10 secs. Whatever it takes to keep me quit.
Thanks to all of you who I've met thus far. We're gonna keep this mother trucker rolling all the way to infinity....
Until my next post....
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Southtex,
Just remember that!!! You've got it nailed...you don't have a "lifetime"...sometimes you've got 10 seconds...but beat the crap out of that 10 and you keep winning.
Congrats for getting it
Brian May 09
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... I'm quitting not so my children will have a dad longer, but so that I will have my children longer. I am quitting not so that my wife will kiss me more, but so that I can kiss my wife more. This quit is all about me and for me...
That's what I'm talking about! Keep that attitude and nic's ass is kicked.
PM everyone on here if you have to to get help in tough times.
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Today is my day #21. Three weeks seemed like quite the milestone at the beginning of my quit. But after being here and being in it I realize it is nothing more than my 21st renewal of a promise I make on a daily basis. That is the secret to it all, take everything in manageable increments.
When you first quit, and the nic bitch is tearing you limb from limb inside your head and you wonder how you're gonna survive the first few days. Then you realize you don't have to survive the first few days, you just have to survive the next few moments and so on and so on. As my quit has progressed those moments have gotten larger, but will never expand beyond the present day.
You see it all the time, when a team gets beat by an inferior team because they got caught looking ahead. I am determined that that won't be me.
Rage is still my secret weapon, but I'm finding I need it less as the cravings are decreasing in severity, and frequency. Its a good feeling to have made it this far, but the truth is, its all for nothing if I fail today. So each day I renew my promise and prepare myself for whats headed my way.
Those are my thoughts, observations, and ramblings from 3 weeks in.
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Today is my day #21. Three weeks seemed like quite the milestone at the beginning of my quit. But after being here and being in it I realize it is nothing more than my 21st renewal of a promise I make on a daily basis. That is the secret to it all, take everything in manageable increments.
When you first quit, and the nic bitch is tearing you limb from limb inside your head and you wonder how you're gonna survive the first few days. Then you realize you don't have to survive the first few days, you just have to survive the next few moments and so on and so on. As my quit has progressed those moments have gotten larger, but will never expand beyond the present day.
You see it all the time, when a team gets beat by an inferior team because they got caught looking ahead. I am determined that that won't be me.
Rage is still my secret weapon, but I'm finding I need it less as the cravings are decreasing in severity, and frequency. Its a good feeling to have made it this far, but the truth is, its all for nothing if I fail today. So each day I renew my promise and prepare myself for whats headed my way.
Those are my thoughts, observations, and ramblings from 3 weeks in.
Congrats on what you have accomplished to date.
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Today is my day #21. Three weeks seemed like quite the milestone at the beginning of my quit. But after being here and being in it I realize it is nothing more than my 21st renewal of a promise I make on a daily basis. That is the secret to it all, take everything in manageable increments.
When you first quit, and the nic bitch is tearing you limb from limb inside your head and you wonder how you're gonna survive the first few days. Then you realize you don't have to survive the first few days, you just have to survive the next few moments and so on and so on. As my quit has progressed those moments have gotten larger, but will never expand beyond the present day.
You see it all the time, when a team gets beat by an inferior team because they got caught looking ahead. I am determined that that won't be me.
Rage is still my secret weapon, but I'm finding I need it less as the cravings are decreasing in severity, and frequency. Its a good feeling to have made it this far, but the truth is, its all for nothing if I fail today. So each day I renew my promise and prepare myself for whats headed my way.
Those are my thoughts, observations, and ramblings from 3 weeks in.
Being at 3 weeks is awesome! However you are still in for one of the wildest rides of your life so hang on! Always remember these times and don't forget the war that has been raging even when it seems like the cannons have gone silent. You are the master of your own quit not the nic bitch. Stay quit.
Dave
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30 days passed me by over the weekend. I have heard that there are going to be several more funks on the way so I stay ever ready to take them on.
I have moments where I think a dip sure would feel good, or one little dip can't hurt. But then I remember the words from this site. "For an addict there is no such thing as just one more".
All of the work put in and the support from this site can not be allowed to be undone by one moment of weakness. Which is really all a cave boils down to. A moment of weakness when the guard was let down and that nic bitch got her claws back into you.
Trust me brothers and sisters I plan on beating my addiction on a daily basis. And with the accountability and support I find here I know I can do it.
Today is day 33, which is one third of the way to the HOF goal. Not the ultimate goal just another step in the journey. Until then though I still have 67 more day 1's to get through.
How does a man eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
SOTEX
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30 days passed me by over the weekend. I have heard that there are going to be several more funks on the way so I stay ever ready to take them on.
I have moments where I think a dip sure would feel good, or one little dip can't hurt. But then I remember the words from this site. "For an addict there is no such thing as just one more".
All of the work put in and the support from this site can not be allowed to be undone by one moment of weakness. Which is really all a cave boils down to. A moment of weakness when the guard was let down and that nic bitch got her claws back into you.
Trust me brothers and sisters I plan on beating my addiction on a daily basis. And with the accountability and support I find here I know I can do it.
Today is day 33, which is one third of the way to the HOF goal. Not the ultimate goal just another step in the journey. Until then though I still have 67 more day 1's to get through.
How does a man eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
SOTEX
SOTEX,
Good stuff there. Always vigilant. Congrats on double threes. I quit with you!
30
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SOTEX- I am in the home stretch of what has been a pretty horrible Day 2. I grew up in the Rio Grande Valley and was drawn to your name. Wow, I really needed to hear what you had to say. I'll fight this 10 seconds at a time if I have to, if that's what it takes to get through today. Today I posted Roll Call and today I am Quit. Peace
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6 Weeks. Seems like a long time when I say it like that. Day 42 in an infinite number of days quit that I will only count one at a time. Keep on pressing on. Craves are pretty much all but gone, fog gone, irritability gone, all the symptoms of withdrawl are either gone, or so much less severe that I hardly notice them. I played a round of golf earlier this week and didn't even crave it once and I was really worried about that. I felt great after that.
My life seems so much more full now that it is empty of all these other things brought on by nicotine.
Chin up, big smile, and move forward
Keep up the quit folks
SoTex
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6 Weeks. Seems like a long time when I say it like that. Day 42 in an infinite number of days quit that I will only count one at a time. Keep on pressing on. Craves are pretty much all but gone, fog gone, irritability gone, all the symptoms of withdrawl are either gone, or so much less severe that I hardly notice them. I played a round of golf earlier this week and didn't even crave it once and I was really worried about that. I felt great after that.
My life seems so much more full now that it is empty of all these other things brought on by nicotine.
Chin up, big smile, and move forward
Keep up the quit folks
SoTex
Well done bro. Life is better without that shit. Just stay vigilant, a common funk occurs around day 50, but sounds like you got it goin on!
tarp
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Day 50
Milestone? Or just another day in the battle with nic? Both probably but the most important thing is that I am winning like Charlie Sheen. Still have some funks, still have some craves, but I'm am starting to get where I don't think about it for a whole day. That is something because for 23 years I woke up with it on my mind and it stayed in the forefront of my mind during most of my waking hours.
My decision to break free has really made a huge difference. This battle has proven more to me about myself than I have been able to in a long time.
Thanks again to everyone for all the support, and with the continued support of the great quitters here and the grace of God I will celebrate my quit victory daily.
Thanks
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Day 54 today.
Bin Laden dead, fuck yeah.
Still quit, fuck yeah.
Best thing about the weekend though is I went through Fri. night, all Saturday, all Sunday without a single crave. Didn't use seeds or anything. I think my quit is really starting to kick in.
Thanks again to this site and all who are here.
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Day 100 today.
Figured I'd let ya'll see my first rough draft HOF speech.
I made it. Fuck you all very much. Kiss my brown eye. Hugs and Kisses from Sotex.
But decided it was too short.
Thanks for all your support in the past, present, and future.
I remain
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Day 100 today.
Figured I'd let ya'll see my first rough draft HOF speech.
I made it. Fuck you all very much. Kiss my brown eye. Hugs and Kisses from Sotex.
But decided it was too short.
Thanks for all your support in the past, present, and future.
I remain
Good job quit Sherpa
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Day 100 today.
Figured I'd let ya'll see my first rough draft HOF speech.
I made it. Fuck you all very much. Kiss my brown eye. Hugs and Kisses from Sotex.
But decided it was too short.
Thanks for all your support in the past, present, and future.
I remain
I kind of like that. Add in a few "lick my grundle" and "bunch of caving homos" and I think its gold.
Congrats brother.