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Community => Introductions => Topic started by: Bluetiereign on July 16, 2008, 10:20:00 AM
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Well, the time has come to put it down. I've quit everything else. ... and now it's time for the original habit to go the way of the others.
I have tried to quit numerous times before.. with the first attempt failing after my (first) wife gave me the ultimatum of buying a can or she was leaving my cranky ass. Well, she left anyway.. so I'm still figuring out how I 'won' on that deal.
I have warned my second wife of what is coming.. but I'm not sure she is prepared. I know what I'm getting ready to go through.. and she has never seen my 'mean' side.
Anyway, I have been reading on this all around the net and come to the conclusion that before the quit day, I need start weaning my body off of the nicotine. That has already begun. I am mixing Bac-off and Red Seal. Anyone else tried this method ?
Well, I think my quit day will be within the week. That day, I guess I'll join a quit group. Good luck to everyone else getting ready for that independence day. 100 days will be right about my birthday. Something to look forward to.
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Well, the time has come to put it down. I've quit everything else.. and now its time for the original habit to go the way of the others.
I have tried to quit numerous times before.. with the first attempt failing after my (first) wife gave me the ultimatum of buying a can or she was leaving my cranky ass. Well, she left anyway.. so I'm still figuring out how I 'won' on that deal.
I have warned my second wife of what is coming.. but I'm not sure she is prepared. I know what I'm getting ready to go through.. and she has never seen my 'mean' side.
Anyway, I have been reading on this all around the net and come to the conclusion that before the quit day, I need start weaning my body off of the nicotine. That has already begun. I am mixing Bac-off and Red Seal. Anyone else tried this method ?
Well, I think my quit day will be within the week. That day, I guess I'll join a quit group. Good luck to everyone else getting ready for that independence day. 100 days will be right about my birthday. Something to look forward to.
One small bit of advice. The "weaning" shit aint gonna work. Throw out your cans today and quit! Cold turkey! Just like that! Go ahead and get the hardest days behind you. You are only making it harder on yourself by trying to wean yourself off.
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You are either going to quit or not. Quit fucking around and get to quitting already. Yes it's gonna be hard. There is no way around that.
Right now you are rationalizing and delaying. Fuck that. Just quit. Flush all your stash, join your group, sign roll, keep your word and hang on to your ass.
After a few days, things will start to get better.
Enough talk. Time to man up and quit.
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You are either going to quit or not. Quit fucking around and get to quitting already. Yes it's gonna be hard. There is no way around that.
Right now you are rationalizing and delaying. Fuck that. Just quit. Flush all your stash, join your group, sign roll, keep your word and hang on to your ass.
After a few days, things will start to get better.
Enough talk. Time to man up and quit.
Gotta agree with these guys cold turkey no other way. I am only 11 days off after 20years and believe that is the only way to go. I bought a couple tins of the fake shit a couple days ago . It helps with the habit part, but youve gotta go cold turkey. You can do it.
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Like everyone else said, just up and quit. Weaning doesn't work, it keeps you in the habit. Quit, plain and simple. Come here, ask questions, blow off steam, whatever you need to do to make it work. Read everything you can. There is a ton of information to be found all over this site and through the message board.
Joe
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You are either going to quit or not. Quit fucking around and get to quitting already. Yes it's gonna be hard. There is no way around that.
Right now you are rationalizing and delaying. Fuck that. Just quit. Flush all your stash, join your group, sign roll, keep your word and hang on to your ass.
After a few days, things will start to get better.
Enough talk. Time to man up and quit.
Read these words and heed them, men like Ready and mns36 know what they're talking about. Commit to the quit, we're here to help.
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Well, I managed to stay off the full strength all day.. After reading and debating with this all day, I decided to not wait until Monday. Having made the decision, I also decided to try a 'full strength' on the way home from work. Made me feel sick. Enough said.
Quit day is tomorrow. We'll start the day without one and go from there.
I may be unable to sit down long enough to read, write or anything but pace the floors for a few days..
I will, at the least, join a quit group and go thru roll call.
Until then.. later.
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Well, I managed to stay off the full strength all day.. After reading and debating with this all day, I decided to not wait until Monday. Having made the decision, I also decided to try a 'full strength' on the way home from work. Made me feel sick. Enough said.
Quit day is tomorrow. We'll start the day without one and go from there.
I may be unable to sit down long enough to read, write or anything but pace the floors for a few days..
I will, at the least, join a quit group and go thru roll call.
Until then.. later.
If you get rid of all your shit and take that thing out of your lip, you could quit right now and today would be a fine "day one" for you. I really do understand why you want to wait until tomorrow. I have been where you are now. I wanted that last few dips and the thought that I could look forward to them was very comforting.
I can't force you to stop right now or any other time for that matter. You need to take that first step and give your word. When you do that, and even before, you will find support here.
I look forward to seeing your first post in roll call.
If you have any questions or need anything, P.M. me.
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The wierd part about quitting is that people always get the "fog" even before they quit. How else can you explain how easy it is for us to rationalize why some other time is a better time to quit than right now. Believe me, I know. Read my introduction...
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Glad to see you post roll today Blue. Well done.
P.S. Check you P.M. upper right corner of your screen (Inbox (1))
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If I wake up sweating and actually grabbing my kid again in a nightmare - we're gonna do something different. She had crawled into bed with us after one of her own..
I'm gonna quit, that ain't the prob. What we are sorting out tonight... is whether I'm gonna do it with or without chemical help.
Tonight will tell whether 'cold turkey' is gonna work with me.
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If I wake up sweating and actually grabbing my kid again in a nightmare - we're gonna do something different. She had crawled into bed with us after one of her own..
I'm gonna quit, that ain't the prob. What we are sorting out tonight... is whether I'm gonna do it with or without chemical help.
Tonight will tell whether 'cold turkey' is gonna work with me.
got news for you my man... it only takes 72 hours to get the nic out of your system... if you go through another night and THEN reintroduce nic through gum or a patch you'd be completely silly....
hang in there dude... you CAN do this!
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Only one nightmare - and fortunately at the beginning of night. Slept pretty good the rest of the night.
Midnight tonight - my 72 hours.
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More Incentive...
2 Years ago... I am put on blood pressure medicine.
2 Weeks before quitting, my blood pressure in the morning, at the doctors office, is 150/89. Although this is actually pretty good since at night when I take it I get a reading of 160+/95+ - I discuss with the doctor that it might be time to consider upping the script on the bp medicine....
I've been wondering dipping had anything to do with it... so after ONLY 5 days of being off of nicotine, I decided to just check it out...
Well.. here is what it tells me.. 122/71...130/78...123/71
I've checked several times over the course of the evening - and there is even more to this than I am telling.
Due to my blood pressure creeping up as it has ( and heartburn) , I had all but quit drinking coffee. Well, I've been drinking coffee nearly all day, every day... since quitting. As a matter of fact, I quit drinking it today about noon.
Anyway, just a heads up to those riding the fence and wondering what some of the effects of this habit might be.
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I don't know why my name is not showing as a year quit on Forthcoming Calendar Events within the next 7 days - my quit date was the 17th of July 2008 - and I was actually looking forward to dropping in and seeing that milestone posted.
Either way, I'm still quit. Overall, it has been worth it. So...
Quit and Stay Quit.
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I don't know why my name is not showing as a year quit on Forthcoming Calendar Events within the next 7 days - my quit date was the 17th of July 2008 - and I was actually looking forward to dropping in and seeing that milestone posted.
Either way, I'm still quit. Overall, it has been worth it. So...
Quit and Stay Quit.
dunno....his geekiness the great chewie does all that kinda stuff...
i will pm him this link....
CONGRATULATIONS ON A YEAR!!!!
I dipped for almost 30 years....a year feels goooooooddddd!!!
Great job. post roll in your group and they'll sound off for you too.
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I don't know why my name is not showing as a year quit on Forthcoming Calendar Events within the next 7 days - my quit date was the 17th of July 2008 - and I was actually looking forward to dropping in and seeing that milestone posted.
Either way, I'm still quit. Overall, it has been worth it. So...
Quit and Stay Quit.
dunno....his geekiness the great chewie does all that kinda stuff...
i will pm him this link....
CONGRATULATIONS ON A YEAR!!!!
I dipped for almost 30 years....a year feels goooooooddddd!!!
Great job. post roll in your group and they'll sound off for you too.
Hey Blue. Good to see you. Even better to see you are still quit.
Well done Sir.
Life is good without the nic, isn't it.
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Thanks Mule... Thanks Ready... good to see you guys.
Yes, it is good to have stayed quit a year. There must be something to this quitting. My life insurance drops to half as of the 17th. :D Since they are gambling on my living, I take that as a good sign..
I'll post in my quit group.
Quit and Stay Quit. It is a good thing to do. You won't be disappointed.
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Thanks Mule... Thanks Ready... good to see you guys.
Yes, it is good to have stayed quit a year. There must be something to this quitting. My life insurance drops to half as of the 17th. :D Since they are gambling on my living, I take that as a good sign..
I'll post in my quit group.Â
Quit and Stay Quit. It is a good thing to do. You won't be disappointed.
I actually find that a little amusing. I surmise you have been gone quite some time and not a very active poster (84 posts in a year), yet you come here looking for recognition? Hmmmm, interesting. Congrats on a year quit. See you next July.
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I don't know why my name is not showing as a year quit on Forthcoming Calendar Events within the next 7 days - my quit date was the 17th of July 2008 - and I was actually looking forward to dropping in and seeing that milestone posted.
Either way, I'm still quit. Overall, it has been worth it. So...
Quit and Stay Quit.
Sorry about that... it's been taken care of.
(I only post milestones of people who've been on the site in the last 6 months - where ya been?)
Damn glad to see you back on the site and still quit! Congrats on a HUGE accomplishment!
chewie
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Sorry about that... it's been taken care of.
(I only post milestones of people who've been on the site in the last 6 months - where ya been?)
Damn glad to see you back on the site and still quit! Congrats on a HUGE accomplishment!
chewie
Sorry Chewie.. I have had a rather busy year. Still running multiple sites, fixing multiple puters and getting absolutely no ME time on the net. And personally, I don't come around much because of post pumping trolls posting things like what preceded your post.
In addition, the little one is still in pull-ups and we have another addition on the way in January - and the new house needs a yard, so... it never ends.
Putting a year between me and nicotine was a major goal of mine. I really didn't want the public recognition as much as the affirmation that I made it.. Seeing it posted up there makes it real. Even if I was the only one who had seen it, that would have been enough.
Anyway, thanks again Chewie - you were a major factor in my quitting. IOU one... and many more.
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Sorry about that... it's been taken care of.
(I only post milestones of people who've been on the site in the last 6 months - where ya been?)
Damn glad to see you back on the site and still quit! Congrats on a HUGE accomplishment!
chewie
Sorry Chewie.. I have had a rather busy year. Still running multiple sites, fixing multiple puters and getting absolutely no ME time on the net. And personally, I don't come around much because of post pumping trolls posting things like what preceded your post.
In addition, the little one is still in pull-ups and we have another addition on the way in January - and the new house needs a yard, so... it never ends.
Putting a year between me and nicotine was a major goal of mine. I really didn't want the public recognition as much as the affirmation that I made it.. Seeing it posted up there makes it real. Even if I was the only one who had seen it, that would have been enough.
Anyway, thanks again Chewie - you were a major factor in my quitting. IOU one... and many more.
LOL.
What a sorry, self-loathing sack of shit u are.
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Actually Troll... ah, nevermind.
I dipped longer than you. And - despite not having as many posts - I'm just as, if not more quit than you. I can see that bothers you - but it will always be.
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Sorry about that... it's been taken care of.
(I only post milestones of people who've been on the site in the last 6 months - where ya been?)
Damn glad to see you back on the site and still quit! Congrats on a HUGE accomplishment!
chewie
Sorry Chewie.. I have had a rather busy year. Still running multiple sites, fixing multiple puters and getting absolutely no ME time on the net. And personally, I don't come around much because of post pumping trolls posting things like what preceded your post.
In addition, the little one is still in pull-ups and we have another addition on the way in January - and the new house needs a yard, so... it never ends.
Putting a year between me and nicotine was a major goal of mine. I really didn't want the public recognition as much as the affirmation that I made it.. Seeing it posted up there makes it real. Even if I was the only one who had seen it, that would have been enough.
Anyway, thanks again Chewie - you were a major factor in my quitting. IOU one... and many more.
LOL.
What a sorry, self-loathing sack of shit u are.
FtheKodiak: I gotta chime in here. Bluetiereign was a regular when I quit, about a year ago. Then he, like 90% of the quitters who find this site, faded away. Some of them have indeed caved, to be sure. But others used the site to get quit, and then for a variety of reasons, didn't maintain a regular presence.
Personally, when I saw him post again to publicly recognize his year quit, I was happy about it. Sorta like having one of your POW MIA buddies turn up alive. That's a good thing, not a bad one. It seems like Chewie, Ready, and Mule took it the same way.
So, for you to call him a, "self-loathing sack of shit"...well. Hmmmm. Let's just say that's a bit beyond the pale for my taste.
I could conclude with a healthy, "go fuck yourself, FtheKodiak", but I won't. We got all kinds in here, and you certainly qualify as one of 'em, based on a post like that.
Good day.
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Actually Troll... ah, nevermind.
I dipped longer than you. And - despite not having as many posts - I'm just as, if not more quit than you. I can see that bothers you - but it will always be.
ooohh u dipped longer than me? first of all, how do you know, and second of all, that only makes you a bigger loser. this was never a pissing contest about who dipped longer or who was quit longer. Are you 2 years old?
You are apparently in need of recognition, and apparently too good, or, sigh much too busy to post roll or give back. That's the only thing that bothers me, plus your whining about not being listed. What a fag.
Funny how you call me a troll, yet you are the perfect example of what one is.
Way too funny.
Are we done yet? I could keep this going forever.
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Sorry about that... it's been taken care of.
(I only post milestones of people who've been on the site in the last 6 months - where ya been?)
Damn glad to see you back on the site and still quit! Congrats on a HUGE accomplishment!
chewie
Sorry Chewie.. I have had a rather busy year. Still running multiple sites, fixing multiple puters and getting absolutely no ME time on the net. And personally, I don't come around much because of post pumping trolls posting things like what preceded your post.
In addition, the little one is still in pull-ups and we have another addition on the way in January - and the new house needs a yard, so... it never ends.
Putting a year between me and nicotine was a major goal of mine. I really didn't want the public recognition as much as the affirmation that I made it.. Seeing it posted up there makes it real. Even if I was the only one who had seen it, that would have been enough.
Anyway, thanks again Chewie - you were a major factor in my quitting. IOU one... and many more.
LOL.
What a sorry, self-loathing sack of shit u are.
FtheKodiak: I gotta chime in here. Bluetiereign was a regular when I quit, about a year ago. Then he, like 90% of the quitters who find this site, faded away. Some of them have indeed caved, to be sure. But others used the site to get quit, and then for a variety of reasons, didn't maintain a regular presence.
Personally, when I saw him post again to publicly recognize his year quit, I was happy about it. Sorta like having one of your POW MIA buddies turn up alive. That's a good thing, not a bad one. It seems like Chewie, Ready, and Mule took it the same way.
So, for you to call him a, "self-loathing sack of shit"...well. Hmmmm. Let's just say that's a bit beyond the pale for my taste.
I could conclude with a healthy, "go fuck yourself, FtheKodiak", but I won't. We got all kinds in here, and you certainly qualify as one of 'em, based on a post like that.
Good day.
Sounds a bit hypocritical, Theo. I wasn't clear that's how we rolled on here. Thanks though for clearing that up.
As far as contemplating telling me to "go fuck myself" sounds a bit dramatic.
I think I've earned the right to question one's motives especially in a public forum. Your buddy could have PM'd Chewie directly or posted in your quit group.
Anyway, I don't really care too much what you have to say. I'm all about guys who are with me. If you're not, fuck it.
Good day.
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I think I've earned the right to question one's motives especially in a public forum.
Anyway, I don't really care too much what you have to say.
FtheKodiak: I was going to respond in my own words, but couldn't come up with anything that more aptly pointed out the obvious than these two gems of yours. These two statements sum up your on-line personna better than I could ever hope to. Priceless!
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Sorry about that... it's been taken care of.
(I only post milestones of people who've been on the site in the last 6 months - where ya been?)
Damn glad to see you back on the site and still quit! Congrats on a HUGE accomplishment!
chewie
Sorry Chewie.. I have had a rather busy year. Still running multiple sites, fixing multiple puters and getting absolutely no ME time on the net. And personally, I don't come around much because of post pumping trolls posting things like what preceded your post.
In addition, the little one is still in pull-ups and we have another addition on the way in January - and the new house needs a yard, so... it never ends.
Putting a year between me and nicotine was a major goal of mine. I really didn't want the public recognition as much as the affirmation that I made it.. Seeing it posted up there makes it real. Even if I was the only one who had seen it, that would have been enough.
Anyway, thanks again Chewie - you were a major factor in my quitting. IOU one... and many more.
LOL.
What a sorry, self-loathing sack of shit u are.
FtheKodiak: I gotta chime in here. Bluetiereign was a regular when I quit, about a year ago. Then he, like 90% of the quitters who find this site, faded away. Some of them have indeed caved, to be sure. But others used the site to get quit, and then for a variety of reasons, didn't maintain a regular presence.
Personally, when I saw him post again to publicly recognize his year quit, I was happy about it. Sorta like having one of your POW MIA buddies turn up alive. That's a good thing, not a bad one. It seems like Chewie, Ready, and Mule took it the same way.
So, for you to call him a, "self-loathing sack of shit"...well. Hmmmm. Let's just say that's a bit beyond the pale for my taste.
I could conclude with a healthy, "go fuck yourself, FtheKodiak", but I won't. We got all kinds in here, and you certainly qualify as one of 'em, based on a post like that.
Good day.
Sounds a bit hypocritical, Theo. I wasn't clear that's how we rolled on here. Thanks though for clearing that up.
As far as contemplating telling me to "go fuck myself" sounds a bit dramatic.
I think I've earned the right to question one's motives especially in a public forum. Your buddy could have PM'd Chewie directly or posted in your quit group.
Anyway, I don't really care too much what you have to say. I'm all about guys who are with me. If you're not, fuck it.
Good day.
I tend to agree with FthKodiak here. Bluetiereign, you must be a very very busy man over the last year. You are saying you did not have the time to log onto KTC and post a roll......once in a fucking while? Gimme a break. Don't get me wrong......a year is quite the accomplishment of being quit and I congratulate you on that milestone, but don't give me that shit that you did not have a couple minutes, during one day in the last year to log on and post roll with your quit brothers. Bullshit.
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Sorry about that... it's been taken care of.
(I only post milestones of people who've been on the site in the last 6 months - where ya been?)
Damn glad to see you back on the site and still quit! Congrats on a HUGE accomplishment!
chewie
Sorry Chewie.. I have had a rather busy year. Still running multiple sites, fixing multiple puters and getting absolutely no ME time on the net. And personally, I don't come around much because of post pumping trolls posting things like what preceded your post.
In addition, the little one is still in pull-ups and we have another addition on the way in January - and the new house needs a yard, so... it never ends.
Putting a year between me and nicotine was a major goal of mine. I really didn't want the public recognition as much as the affirmation that I made it.. Seeing it posted up there makes it real. Even if I was the only one who had seen it, that would have been enough.
Anyway, thanks again Chewie - you were a major factor in my quitting. IOU one... and many more.
LOL.
What a sorry, self-loathing sack of shit u are.
FtheKodiak: I gotta chime in here. Bluetiereign was a regular when I quit, about a year ago. Then he, like 90% of the quitters who find this site, faded away. Some of them have indeed caved, to be sure. But others used the site to get quit, and then for a variety of reasons, didn't maintain a regular presence.
Personally, when I saw him post again to publicly recognize his year quit, I was happy about it. Sorta like having one of your POW MIA buddies turn up alive. That's a good thing, not a bad one. It seems like Chewie, Ready, and Mule took it the same way.
So, for you to call him a, "self-loathing sack of shit"...well. Hmmmm. Let's just say that's a bit beyond the pale for my taste.
I could conclude with a healthy, "go fuck yourself, FtheKodiak", but I won't. We got all kinds in here, and you certainly qualify as one of 'em, based on a post like that.
Good day.
Sounds a bit hypocritical, Theo. I wasn't clear that's how we rolled on here. Thanks though for clearing that up.
As far as contemplating telling me to "go fuck myself" sounds a bit dramatic.
I think I've earned the right to question one's motives especially in a public forum. Your buddy could have PM'd Chewie directly or posted in your quit group.
Anyway, I don't really care too much what you have to say. I'm all about guys who are with me. If you're not, fuck it.
Good day.
I tend to agree with FthKodiak here. Bluetiereign, you must be a very very busy man over the last year. You are saying you did not have the time to log onto KTC and post a roll......once in a fucking while? Gimme a break. Don't get me wrong......a year is quite the accomplishment of being quit and I congratulate you on that milestone, but don't give me that shit that you did not have a couple minutes, during one day in the last year to log on and post roll with your quit brothers. Bullshit.
I dunno, Larry, apparently the rules change for some, and we are not to question it.
LIKE I SAID, I no longer give a fuck who is against me.
We are the new generation of quitters on here, brought up I say, by those like you Theo who have come before us. Don't set a bad example for us.
As for now, I will soldier on with my solid quit brothers, like Larry, for instance, who I barely know, yet understands just exactly what I am talking about.
You, Larry are a fine American.
Good day, Theo.
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Sorry about that... it's been taken care of.
(I only post milestones of people who've been on the site in the last 6 months - where ya been?)
Damn glad to see you back on the site and still quit! Congrats on a HUGE accomplishment!
chewie
Sorry Chewie.. I have had a rather busy year. Still running multiple sites, fixing multiple puters and getting absolutely no ME time on the net. And personally, I don't come around much because of post pumping trolls posting things like what preceded your post.
In addition, the little one is still in pull-ups and we have another addition on the way in January - and the new house needs a yard, so... it never ends.
Putting a year between me and nicotine was a major goal of mine. I really didn't want the public recognition as much as the affirmation that I made it.. Seeing it posted up there makes it real. Even if I was the only one who had seen it, that would have been enough.
Anyway, thanks again Chewie - you were a major factor in my quitting. IOU one... and many more.
LOL.
What a sorry, self-loathing sack of shit u are.
FtheKodiak: I gotta chime in here. Bluetiereign was a regular when I quit, about a year ago. Then he, like 90% of the quitters who find this site, faded away. Some of them have indeed caved, to be sure. But others used the site to get quit, and then for a variety of reasons, didn't maintain a regular presence.
Personally, when I saw him post again to publicly recognize his year quit, I was happy about it. Sorta like having one of your POW MIA buddies turn up alive. That's a good thing, not a bad one. It seems like Chewie, Ready, and Mule took it the same way.
So, for you to call him a, "self-loathing sack of shit"...well. Hmmmm. Let's just say that's a bit beyond the pale for my taste.
I could conclude with a healthy, "go fuck yourself, FtheKodiak", but I won't. We got all kinds in here, and you certainly qualify as one of 'em, based on a post like that.
Good day.
Sounds a bit hypocritical, Theo. I wasn't clear that's how we rolled on here. Thanks though for clearing that up.
As far as contemplating telling me to "go fuck myself" sounds a bit dramatic.
I think I've earned the right to question one's motives especially in a public forum. Your buddy could have PM'd Chewie directly or posted in your quit group.
Anyway, I don't really care too much what you have to say. I'm all about guys who are with me. If you're not, fuck it.
Good day.
I tend to agree with FthKodiak here. Bluetiereign, you must be a very very busy man over the last year. You are saying you did not have the time to log onto KTC and post a roll......once in a fucking while? Gimme a break. Don't get me wrong......a year is quite the accomplishment of being quit and I congratulate you on that milestone, but don't give me that shit that you did not have a couple minutes, during one day in the last year to log on and post roll with your quit brothers. Bullshit.
Not that it matters but I was thinking the same thing Larry.
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Sorry about that... it's been taken care of.
(I only post milestones of people who've been on the site in the last 6 months - where ya been?)
Damn glad to see you back on the site and still quit! Congrats on a HUGE accomplishment!
chewie
Sorry Chewie.. I have had a rather busy year. Still running multiple sites, fixing multiple puters and getting absolutely no ME time on the net. And personally, I don't come around much because of post pumping trolls posting things like what preceded your post.
In addition, the little one is still in pull-ups and we have another addition on the way in January - and the new house needs a yard, so... it never ends.
Putting a year between me and nicotine was a major goal of mine. I really didn't want the public recognition as much as the affirmation that I made it.. Seeing it posted up there makes it real. Even if I was the only one who had seen it, that would have been enough.
Anyway, thanks again Chewie - you were a major factor in my quitting. IOU one... and many more.
LOL.
What a sorry, self-loathing sack of shit u are.
FtheKodiak: I gotta chime in here. Bluetiereign was a regular when I quit, about a year ago. Then he, like 90% of the quitters who find this site, faded away. Some of them have indeed caved, to be sure. But others used the site to get quit, and then for a variety of reasons, didn't maintain a regular presence.
Personally, when I saw him post again to publicly recognize his year quit, I was happy about it. Sorta like having one of your POW MIA buddies turn up alive. That's a good thing, not a bad one. It seems like Chewie, Ready, and Mule took it the same way.
So, for you to call him a, "self-loathing sack of shit"...well. Hmmmm. Let's just say that's a bit beyond the pale for my taste.
I could conclude with a healthy, "go fuck yourself, FtheKodiak", but I won't. We got all kinds in here, and you certainly qualify as one of 'em, based on a post like that.
Good day.
Sounds a bit hypocritical, Theo. I wasn't clear that's how we rolled on here. Thanks though for clearing that up.
As far as contemplating telling me to "go fuck myself" sounds a bit dramatic.
I think I've earned the right to question one's motives especially in a public forum. Your buddy could have PM'd Chewie directly or posted in your quit group.
Anyway, I don't really care too much what you have to say. I'm all about guys who are with me. If you're not, fuck it.
Good day.
I tend to agree with FthKodiak here. Bluetiereign, you must be a very very busy man over the last year. You are saying you did not have the time to log onto KTC and post a roll......once in a fucking while? Gimme a break. Don't get me wrong......a year is quite the accomplishment of being quit and I congratulate you on that milestone, but don't give me that shit that you did not have a couple minutes, during one day in the last year to log on and post roll with your quit brothers. Bullshit.
Not that it matters but I was thinking the same thing Larry.
Oh it matters, DD!
Thanks.
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Sorry about that... it's been taken care of.
(I only post milestones of people who've been on the site in the last 6 months - where ya been?)
Damn glad to see you back on the site and still quit! Congrats on a HUGE accomplishment!
chewie
Sorry Chewie.. I have had a rather busy year. Still running multiple sites, fixing multiple puters and getting absolutely no ME time on the net. And personally, I don't come around much because of post pumping trolls posting things like what preceded your post.
In addition, the little one is still in pull-ups and we have another addition on the way in January - and the new house needs a yard, so... it never ends.
Putting a year between me and nicotine was a major goal of mine. I really didn't want the public recognition as much as the affirmation that I made it.. Seeing it posted up there makes it real. Even if I was the only one who had seen it, that would have been enough.
Anyway, thanks again Chewie - you were a major factor in my quitting. IOU one... and many more.
LOL.
What a sorry, self-loathing sack of shit u are.
FtheKodiak: I gotta chime in here. Bluetiereign was a regular when I quit, about a year ago. Then he, like 90% of the quitters who find this site, faded away. Some of them have indeed caved, to be sure. But others used the site to get quit, and then for a variety of reasons, didn't maintain a regular presence.
Personally, when I saw him post again to publicly recognize his year quit, I was happy about it. Sorta like having one of your POW MIA buddies turn up alive. That's a good thing, not a bad one. It seems like Chewie, Ready, and Mule took it the same way.
So, for you to call him a, "self-loathing sack of shit"...well. Hmmmm. Let's just say that's a bit beyond the pale for my taste.
I could conclude with a healthy, "go fuck yourself, FtheKodiak", but I won't. We got all kinds in here, and you certainly qualify as one of 'em, based on a post like that.
Good day.
Sounds a bit hypocritical, Theo. I wasn't clear that's how we rolled on here. Thanks though for clearing that up.
As far as contemplating telling me to "go fuck myself" sounds a bit dramatic.
I think I've earned the right to question one's motives especially in a public forum. Your buddy could have PM'd Chewie directly or posted in your quit group.
Anyway, I don't really care too much what you have to say. I'm all about guys who are with me. If you're not, fuck it.
Good day.
I tend to agree with FthKodiak here. Bluetiereign, you must be a very very busy man over the last year. You are saying you did not have the time to log onto KTC and post a roll......once in a fucking while? Gimme a break. Don't get me wrong......a year is quite the accomplishment of being quit and I congratulate you on that milestone, but don't give me that shit that you did not have a couple minutes, during one day in the last year to log on and post roll with your quit brothers. Bullshit.
Not that it matters but I was thinking the same thing Larry.
Oh it matters, DD!
Thanks.
BTR: how is it that you show up after being awol and expect that any of these guys show you any kind of love?
You are a parasite for trying to suck support and recognition out of these guys while not contributing. Where were you when your quit brothers each hit their milestones?
And "my head has been jammed up my ass" doesn't qualify as a response because that is already evident.
Man, I love fresh quittin blood. Good man Justin.
BTW, Theo, I was thinking about this further today. You and I have talked many times in chat, maybe not for long, or not about anything too important, but I've gotten to know you somewhat.
So to come on here with the "I almost told you to fuck off" attitude like you don't even know me, cause I dared question one of your lame ass former quit brothers, is really kinda an insult and low blow.
Not that I care sweetheart, but it did get me thinking.
And again, quite hypocritical....way to set an example. I think I am going to post in October or September that it's OK to post whenever you feel like it and disappear for 6 months. I will tell them you said so.
god I can do this all day, its way too easy.
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Sorry about that... it's been taken care of.
(I only post milestones of people who've been on the site in the last 6 months - where ya been?)
Damn glad to see you back on the site and still quit! Congrats on a HUGE accomplishment!
chewie
Sorry Chewie.. I have had a rather busy year. Still running multiple sites, fixing multiple puters and getting absolutely no ME time on the net. And personally, I don't come around much because of post pumping trolls posting things like what preceded your post.
In addition, the little one is still in pull-ups and we have another addition on the way in January - and the new house needs a yard, so... it never ends.
Putting a year between me and nicotine was a major goal of mine. I really didn't want the public recognition as much as the affirmation that I made it.. Seeing it posted up there makes it real. Even if I was the only one who had seen it, that would have been enough.
Anyway, thanks again Chewie - you were a major factor in my quitting. IOU one... and many more.
LOL.
What a sorry, self-loathing sack of shit u are.
FtheKodiak: I gotta chime in here. Bluetiereign was a regular when I quit, about a year ago. Then he, like 90% of the quitters who find this site, faded away. Some of them have indeed caved, to be sure. But others used the site to get quit, and then for a variety of reasons, didn't maintain a regular presence.
Personally, when I saw him post again to publicly recognize his year quit, I was happy about it. Sorta like having one of your POW MIA buddies turn up alive. That's a good thing, not a bad one. It seems like Chewie, Ready, and Mule took it the same way.
So, for you to call him a, "self-loathing sack of shit"...well. Hmmmm. Let's just say that's a bit beyond the pale for my taste.
I could conclude with a healthy, "go fuck yourself, FtheKodiak", but I won't. We got all kinds in here, and you certainly qualify as one of 'em, based on a post like that.
Good day.
Sounds a bit hypocritical, Theo. I wasn't clear that's how we rolled on here. Thanks though for clearing that up.
As far as contemplating telling me to "go fuck myself" sounds a bit dramatic.
I think I've earned the right to question one's motives especially in a public forum. Your buddy could have PM'd Chewie directly or posted in your quit group.
Anyway, I don't really care too much what you have to say. I'm all about guys who are with me. If you're not, fuck it.
Good day.
I tend to agree with FthKodiak here. Bluetiereign, you must be a very very busy man over the last year. You are saying you did not have the time to log onto KTC and post a roll......once in a fucking while? Gimme a break. Don't get me wrong......a year is quite the accomplishment of being quit and I congratulate you on that milestone, but don't give me that shit that you did not have a couple minutes, during one day in the last year to log on and post roll with your quit brothers. Bullshit.
Not that it matters but I was thinking the same thing Larry.
Oh it matters, DD!
Thanks.
BTR: how is it that you show up after being awol and expect that any of these guys show you any kind of love?
You are a parasite for trying to suck support and recognition out of these guys while not contributing. Where were you when your quit brothers each hit their milestones?
And "my head has been jammed up my ass" doesn't qualify as a response because that is already evident.
Man, I love fresh quittin blood. Good man Justin.
BTW, Theo, I was thinking about this further today. You and I have talked many times in chat, maybe not for long, or not about anything too important, but I've gotten to know you somewhat.
So to come on here with the "I almost told you to fuck off" attitude like you don't even know me, cause I dared question one of your lame ass former quit brothers, is really kinda an insult and low blow.
Not that I care sweetheart, but it did get me thinking.
And again, quite hypocritical....way to set an example. I think I am going to post in October or September that it's OK to post whenever you feel like it and disappear for 6 months. I will tell them you said so.
god I can do this all day, its way too easy.
I kinda hate to piss all over BTR's intro page, but I guess this is where this discussion belongs. So here goes...
Over the past year, I've definitely been one to go balistic on anybody who caves and tries to slink back into quitdom without coming clean on what happened, and what plan they have to make it stick this time. Accountability is what this place is built on. So I have absolutely no problem with hard-ass-dom. I actually think that immature rage has a profound deterrent effect, and has kept many folks quit during the difficult first couple months. BUT...
This is not one of those cases. This is the case of a guy who stayed quit, but didn't do it here. Then he showed up to say, "hey, y'all ...I'm still quit. How's everybody doin?" Very different.
So there seems to be a school of thought who condemn BTR for even showing up to post at this late date. To further apply this logic, it seems that we're classifying quitters as either a) continuously involved, 'pay it forward', heavy posters, or B) non-contributing, "self-loathing pieces of shit". That's a tough dichotomy.
By this logic, you should expect to be villified if you quit in any way other than as a regular poster. If that's the case, perhaps we should post some sort of Admin guideline that says "if you don't post for a few months, you won't be welcome back...even if you ARE still quit."
Look, FtheKodiak, and all of you other Rambo quitters...I'm glad you're quit. I'm glad you continue to pay it forward like you do (even if it's a little medieval sometimes). But when you skewer real quitters, just because they've come back for a victory lap, I just can't help but wonder how that helps anybody...and it's with no small bit of irony that I point out that you're main complaint with BTR is that he wasn't helping others. So you calling him names is somehow helpful?
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Sorry about that... it's been taken care of.
(I only post milestones of people who've been on the site in the last 6 months - where ya been?)
Damn glad to see you back on the site and still quit! Congrats on a HUGE accomplishment!
chewie
Sorry Chewie.. I have had a rather busy year. Still running multiple sites, fixing multiple puters and getting absolutely no ME time on the net. And personally, I don't come around much because of post pumping trolls posting things like what preceded your post.
In addition, the little one is still in pull-ups and we have another addition on the way in January - and the new house needs a yard, so... it never ends.
Putting a year between me and nicotine was a major goal of mine. I really didn't want the public recognition as much as the affirmation that I made it.. Seeing it posted up there makes it real. Even if I was the only one who had seen it, that would have been enough.
Anyway, thanks again Chewie - you were a major factor in my quitting. IOU one... and many more.
LOL.
What a sorry, self-loathing sack of shit u are.
FtheKodiak: I gotta chime in here. Bluetiereign was a regular when I quit, about a year ago. Then he, like 90% of the quitters who find this site, faded away. Some of them have indeed caved, to be sure. But others used the site to get quit, and then for a variety of reasons, didn't maintain a regular presence.
Personally, when I saw him post again to publicly recognize his year quit, I was happy about it. Sorta like having one of your POW MIA buddies turn up alive. That's a good thing, not a bad one. It seems like Chewie, Ready, and Mule took it the same way.
So, for you to call him a, "self-loathing sack of shit"...well. Hmmmm. Let's just say that's a bit beyond the pale for my taste.
I could conclude with a healthy, "go fuck yourself, FtheKodiak", but I won't. We got all kinds in here, and you certainly qualify as one of 'em, based on a post like that.
Good day.
Sounds a bit hypocritical, Theo. I wasn't clear that's how we rolled on here. Thanks though for clearing that up.
As far as contemplating telling me to "go fuck myself" sounds a bit dramatic.
I think I've earned the right to question one's motives especially in a public forum. Your buddy could have PM'd Chewie directly or posted in your quit group.
Anyway, I don't really care too much what you have to say. I'm all about guys who are with me. If you're not, fuck it.
Good day.
I tend to agree with FthKodiak here. Bluetiereign, you must be a very very busy man over the last year. You are saying you did not have the time to log onto KTC and post a roll......once in a fucking while? Gimme a break. Don't get me wrong......a year is quite the accomplishment of being quit and I congratulate you on that milestone, but don't give me that shit that you did not have a couple minutes, during one day in the last year to log on and post roll with your quit brothers. Bullshit.
Not that it matters but I was thinking the same thing Larry.
Oh it matters, DD!
Thanks.
BTR: how is it that you show up after being awol and expect that any of these guys show you any kind of love?
You are a parasite for trying to suck support and recognition out of these guys while not contributing. Where were you when your quit brothers each hit their milestones?
And "my head has been jammed up my ass" doesn't qualify as a response because that is already evident.
Man, I love fresh quittin blood. Good man Justin.
BTW, Theo, I was thinking about this further today. You and I have talked many times in chat, maybe not for long, or not about anything too important, but I've gotten to know you somewhat.
So to come on here with the "I almost told you to fuck off" attitude like you don't even know me, cause I dared question one of your lame ass former quit brothers, is really kinda an insult and low blow.
Not that I care sweetheart, but it did get me thinking.
And again, quite hypocritical....way to set an example. I think I am going to post in October or September that it's OK to post whenever you feel like it and disappear for 6 months. I will tell them you said so.
god I can do this all day, its way too easy.
I kinda hate to piss all over BTR's intro page, but I guess this is where this discussion belongs. So here goes...
Over the past year, I've definitely been one to go balistic on anybody who caves and tries to slink back into quitdom without coming clean on what happened, and what plan they have to make it stick this time. Accountability is what this place is built on. So I have absolutely no problem with hard-ass-dom. I actually think that immature rage has a profound deterrent effect, and has kept many folks quit during the difficult first couple months. BUT...
This is not one of those cases. This is the case of a guy who stayed quit, but didn't do it here. Then he showed up to say, "hey, y'all ...I'm still quit. How's everybody doin?" Very different.
So there seems to be a school of thought who condemn BTR for even showing up to post at this late date. To further apply this logic, it seems that we're classifying quitters as either a) continuously involved, 'pay it forward', heavy posters, or B) non-contributing, "self-loathing pieces of shit". That's a tough dichotomy.
By this logic, you should expect to be villified if you quit in any way other than as a regular poster. If that's the case, perhaps we should post some sort of Admin guideline that says "if you don't post for a few months, you won't be welcome back...even if you ARE still quit."
Look, FtheKodiak, and all of you other Rambo quitters...I'm glad you're quit. I'm glad you continue to pay it forward like you do (even if it's a little medieval sometimes). But when you skewer real quitters, just because they've come back for a victory lap, I just can't help but wonder how that helps anybody...and it's with no small bit of irony that I point out that you're main complaint with BTR is that he wasn't helping others. So you calling him names is somehow helpful?
Theo, I think I am back in love with you.
However, my friend, as smart as you are, and you seem to be slightly more eloquent than me, you sort of missed the point.
I merely said at the beginning, "i find this interesting..."
I only became belligerent when your boyfriend went around me and called me a "troll", and pretended to be all smarty and mighty. Read it again my friend.
I didn't go Rambo on him until provoked. sorry you missed it.
Nobody said nobody wasn't welcomed back. I found it odd, however, that someone who hasn't been around, and appears to have never been very active was fishing for a compliment. The "welcome back" seemed contradictory to me. maybe I haven't been around long enough to understand, but again it surely seems to violate everything I have been taught on here. Take that as a compliment, Theo ur one of the teachers.
And yes, think back to a year ago for you, Theo, I'm sure you were all piss and vinegar too...so try not to fuck w us Newbs. We are strong and we are proud, and we are mean.
xoxoxoxoxo
As for Bluetiger or whatever ur name is, fuck you.
bye.
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I was actually not going to visit before tomorrow's roll call. I had no idea that F.. and friends were going to hang out in here all day and trash my introduction page with their endless arguing and pointless drival.
The reason I quit posting here was because of people like F.. I didn't want or need a shoulder to cry on ( 'I'm tired of this... I can't take it anymore.... blah blah blah...' ) - so I don't really understand the need for it. Some people do, but will have to have someone else babysit them - I'm no good at it.
In then end, you either own up and quit or you don't. While you are here, you can either take the pain, or you can't - and - you either cry, or you don't. I don't much fault a man for crying like these boys have on my page today. However, I can't really appreciate it - nor have I ever done it.
As I stated before, I was just passing through and was looking forward to seeing my name at a year. I really didn't want anything else. Nor did I want anyone else to see it.
Stay quit. And if you want. Stay quit quietly.
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As for you F... the reason I know I dipped longer than you is that read about you and your 6 month quit and skin graft. If you think that makes me a bigger loser - ok - if it helps. But I quit for a year - after dipping twice as long as you ---- with less than 1/7 of the bitching, moaning and trolling in these forums.
And yes, you are a common forum troll. I run quite a few sites, and trolls are not hard to recognize. Here is a definition - since you are in denial.
An "Internet troll" or "Forum Troll" is a person who posts a message to bait people to answer. Forum Troll delights in sowing discord on the forums. A troll is someone who inspires flaming rhetoric, someone who is purposely provoking and pulling people into flaming discussion. Flaming discussions usually end with name calling and a flame war.
and another
A member of an internet forum who continually harangues and harasses others. Someone with nothing worthwhile to add to a certain conversation, but rather continually threadjacks or changes the subject, as well as thinks every member of the forum is talking about them and only them. Trolls often go by multiple names to circumvent getting banned.
You really want to tell everyone - including your fanboys - that you came to my thread telling me you were amused at the fact that I wanted recognition after being gone for a year wasn't baiting me ? You want to say my thread is still mine and has not be threadjacked ? ROFL.. catty.
So, as for your offer to F.. you . No thanks. I'm into women - not men who fight like them.
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Blue, congrats on a year brother!. That is a lot of quitting!
Looks like you caught some flack in here for not being as "Active" or for "Not Contributing", and I can respect those stances, but I personally have a different view.
You not being here for quite some tells me something. That you have moved on and you have made nicotine such a non-factor in your life that you simply don't need to be here that often. That is awesome. I have seen several amazing quitters move on and not become as active, only posting role once in awhile. They still have great success on their own. I also hope to do that someday. That is amazing that it has happened so early and that you have been so successful.
I also think it is awesome that you checked in. Great to hear that you are quit.
This is such a nasty addiction and even though all of us are quit, nicotine is still and will always be in our lives. Just by coming after xxx days we acknowledge that. Ultimately though, we all have to decide what role it will play in our lives. Looks like you are to a point where it only plays a small role. Good for you brother!
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I was actually not going to visit before tomorrow's roll call. I had no idea that F.. and friends were going to hang out in here all day and trash my introduction page with their endless arguing and pointless drival.
The reason I quit posting here was because of people like F.. I didn't want or need a shoulder to cry on ( 'I'm tired of this... I can't take it anymore.... blah blah blah...' ) - so I don't really understand the need for it. Some people do, but will have to have someone else babysit them - I'm no good at it.
In then end, you either own up and quit or you don't. While you are here, you can either take the pain, or you can't - and - you either cry, or you don't. I don't much fault a man for crying like these boys have on my page today. However, I can't really appreciate it - nor have I ever done it.
As I stated before, I was just passing through and was looking forward to seeing my name at a year. I really didn't want anything else. Nor did I want anyone else to see it.
Stay quit. And if you want. Stay quit quietly.
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As for you F... the reason I know I dipped longer than you is that read about you and your 6 month quit and skin graft. If you think that makes me a bigger loser - ok - if it helps. But I quit for a year - after dipping twice as long as you ---- with less than 1/7 of the bitching, moaning and trolling in these forums.
And yes, you are a common forum troll. I run quite a few sites, and trolls are not hard to recognize. Here is a definition - since you are in denial.
An "Internet troll" or "Forum Troll" is a person who posts a message to bait people to answer. Forum Troll delights in sowing discord on the forums. A troll is someone who inspires flaming rhetoric, someone who is purposely provoking and pulling people into flaming discussion. Flaming discussions usually end with name calling and a flame war.
and another
A member of an internet forum who continually harangues and harasses others. Someone with nothing worthwhile to add to a certain conversation, but rather continually threadjacks or changes the subject, as well as thinks every member of the forum is talking about them and only them. Trolls often go by multiple names to circumvent getting banned.
You really want to tell everyone - including your fanboys - that you came to my thread telling me you were amused at the fact that I wanted recognition after being gone for a year wasn't baiting me ? You want to say my thread is still mine and has not be threadjacked ? ROFL.. catty.
So, as for your offer to F.. you . No thanks. I'm into women - not men who fight like them.
Then I must be a fine troll, cause I have truly enjoyed this!
It was fun. Thanks for taking the bait.
See you next year buddy!
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Thanks bman. You actually nailed it. I have moved on. People like ready, mule, outdoortexan and chewie (just to name a very small few) - and people who posted in the roll call of my quit group - are far from forgotten though.
There are people here that are better equipped than myself for support because I can't really understand all of the drama associated with some quitters - even if it is simply 'blowing off steam'.
I think that the closest I came to drama or 'caving' was almost going to gum or a patch, because my nightmares had me waking up shaking my baby, thinking she was dying. Anyway, I debated doing this and chewie simply said:
... if you go through another night and THEN reintroduce nic through gum or a patch you'd be completely silly....
hang in there dude... you CAN do this!
Granted, probably no one but chewie carried the weight enough for me to give it a chance, but for me, that was it. No bothering anyone. No cussing. No bitching. No moaning. The next night - no nightmares - and it was over.
All this to say, I guess I can't really understand what the big deal is about not being here - and therefore can't see their point. I guess I'm also left wondering why people like myself are 'expected' to apologize. Anyway.
This was my thread about my quit. I would have preferred it stayed that way. Aside from really going nowhere - this 'quoting and bloating' a thread makes it hard to read. Facts matter to some people. Try finding them in here now.
Anyway, thanks again. Stay quit brother. It is a good thing to be quit.
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I was actually not going to visit before tomorrow's roll call. I had no idea that F.. and friends were going to hang out in here all day and trash my introduction page with their endless arguing and pointless drival.
The reason I quit posting here was because of people like F.. I didn't want or need a shoulder to cry on ( 'I'm tired of this... I can't take it anymore.... blah blah blah...' ) - so I don't really understand the need for it. Some people do, but will have to have someone else babysit them - I'm no good at it.
In then end, you either own up and quit or you don't. While you are here, you can either take the pain, or you can't - and - you either cry, or you don't. I don't much fault a man for crying like these boys have on my page today. However, I can't really appreciate it - nor have I ever done it.
As I stated before, I was just passing through and was looking forward to seeing my name at a year. I really didn't want anything else. Nor did I want anyone else to see it.
Stay quit. And if you want. Stay quit quietly.
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As for you F... the reason I know I dipped longer than you is that read about you and your 6 month quit and skin graft. If you think that makes me a bigger loser - ok - if it helps. But I quit for a year - after dipping twice as long as you ---- with less than 1/7 of the bitching, moaning and trolling in these forums.
And yes, you are a common forum troll. I run quite a few sites, and trolls are not hard to recognize. Here is a definition - since you are in denial.
An "Internet troll" or "Forum Troll" is a person who posts a message to bait people to answer. Forum Troll delights in sowing discord on the forums. A troll is someone who inspires flaming rhetoric, someone who is purposely provoking and pulling people into flaming discussion. Flaming discussions usually end with name calling and a flame war.
and another
A member of an internet forum who continually harangues and harasses others. Someone with nothing worthwhile to add to a certain conversation, but rather continually threadjacks or changes the subject, as well as thinks every member of the forum is talking about them and only them. Trolls often go by multiple names to circumvent getting banned.
You really want to tell everyone - including your fanboys - that you came to my thread telling me you were amused at the fact that I wanted recognition after being gone for a year wasn't baiting me ? You want to say my thread is still mine and has not be threadjacked ? ROFL.. catty.
So, as for your offer to F.. you . No thanks. I'm into women - not men who fight like them.
Yeah man I've got to say congrats to you too. I think a lot of guys get caught up on this site as the only way to stop using dip, regardless of the fact that this site is a toddler in the world of quitting addicition. I respect a quitter that does it on his/her own equally as much as I respect quitters who use support groups--maybe even moreso. Talk about resolve. I don't think you came back on here to gain recognition, but I'll give you all the props you want for staying quit on your own for one year.
On another note, I've never had any cravings or emergency phone calls needed either, but I still post up here just about every day. Why? Because of funny threads like this, of course.
Carry on 'Popcorn' 'Popcorn' 'Popcorn'
Enough with this elitist, perfect candidate quitter BS...just quit, stay quit, and get on with it. Besides, what's it to ya to worry about others?
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It is a good thing to be quit.
How *was* your quit? How did you feel on, let's say, Day 20 or thereabouts? And right after the Hall Of Fame? And how do either of those days compare to Day 370-something?
You mentioned that you've "moved on." I guess what I'm asking is...What the fuck is THAT like? Because I'm not there, but I am very much looking forward to being there.
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retracted
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I don't know why my name is not showing as a year quit on Forthcoming Calendar Events within the next 7 days - my quit date was the 17th of July 2008 - and I was actually looking forward to dropping in and seeing that milestone posted.
Either way, I'm still quit. Overall, it has been worth it. So...
Quit and Stay Quit.
doesn't sound like you moved on.
my question to you:
How is it that chewie or any of the other admins or quit brothers owe you the recognition of posting your anniversary date when you haven't stopped by to show recognition to them for their milestones?
I get that you are the best quitter there has ever been and that noone can come close to matching your accomplishments (i mean you work, and have a family...how do you do it?).
But again I ask you where do you get off acting like you deserve anything form this community when you have done nothing to support it?
clown.
hence, "self-loathing".
but hey, Justin, that might just be "worthless drivel".
or wait, is it whining? not sure, perhaps he can give us the EXACT definition, he's so good at that.
i'm really quite shocked some of these guys like theo and scuba fell for this. I exonerate Chewie cause he is Switzerland.
i am though happy to amuse, Steve. That's my job! 'winker'
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where do you get off acting like you deserve anything form this community when you have done nothing to support it?
Justin, Glenn...
You know me. I go NUTS. But I think this gentleman might merely *represent* the things that, as early quitters and KTC advocates, we despise. Why do I say this?
First, this thread is, after all, Bluetiereign's "Introductions" page. If he wanted to relish his name followed by "One Year" on the home page, this thread was as good a place as any to make the inquiry.
Second of all, while I can't picture myself receding from this site any time soon, I definitely, definitely want to be in a place where I don't NEED it to stay quit. Therefore, I can see how anyone - especially someone not as vocal as I am - could disappear once his quit became manageable.
However, I do agree that Bluetiereign probably would have been the kind of KTCer I deemed useless: 84 posts in a year? That isn't even enough to cover a post per day (to 100) for the HOF.
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Dean,
To answer your first question - my quit was boring and uneventful after the nightmares. At 20 days... I was simply at 20 days - wishing I had 100 days behind me. I honestly felt nothing after the first 3 days.
People talked about hitting some kind of period where you get the ho-hums or something - and all kinds of other stuff, but I never ran into them. Again, I don't see the big deal about it. I felt no rage. I felt nothing worth noting.
As is evidenced here, to some... quitting must be a real bear. However, I don't think it is true for everyone. I had read what to expect, but only about 3% of that happened. To be completely honest - that first full night of nightmares was worse than I had expected - and hence my thoughts about using the gum or patch.
Otherwise, as I posted earlier in this thread, I did start to notice my blood pressure dropping. It was not a billion over a million... so it was really only numbers I noticed.
One more thing Dean. I get a retina scan/blood vessel check annually. Not sure if it was the quitting - but the damage noted to my blood vessels the previous 2 years has healed itself. I can't prove it, but I'm positive that the absence of nicotine (and other chemicals in dip) provided my body the chance it needed to heal itself. This was an unexpected and very pleasant surprise.
So, to answer your second post... I guess I would say... I might be useless to you Dean, if your ride has been rough. However, I am convinced from other conversations I've had that not everyone will have such an unpleasant experience with dipping and quitting. Maybe it is not such a bad thing for people to realize that they MAY NOT have to go through all of the hell that some rant and rave over in here. Maybe it is not such a bad thing for them to hope that many of the things they fear - may never come to pass.
Then again, maybe not.
Stay quit. It is a good thing to stay quit.
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Anyway Dean, I hope that answered your question. If you have anymore questions, feel free to ask.
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6 more posts to 100...you're almost there!
gawd I love that avitar
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I call her Candice.
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Anyway Dean, I hope that answered your question. If you have anymore questions, feel free to ask.
Hate me if you want fuckface, but you've upped your post total by about 12% in a day, and even offered to help someone.
Sigh, mission accomplished. Again.
God, I am good.
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Maybe it is not such a bad thing for people to realize that they MAY NOT have to go through all of the hell that some rant and rave over in here. Maybe it is not such a bad thing for them to hope that many of the things they fear - may never come to pass.
I've been around here for a little while. I am as active as I need to be to stay quit, THIS TIME AROUND. I respect that you have quit without having to lean on this site, but I'm not too crazy about this comment. You are trivializing what most of us have to go through to quit this addiction. I need an 'end of the world' fucking attitude because otherwise, I'd be dipping right now. Guaranteed.
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NowItsTime,
Not at all. I prefaced that with 'As is evidenced here, to some... quitting must be a real bear. However, I don't think it is true for everyone.'
You do not see me telling anyone it is going to be easy. However, I went into this thinking I was going to be going around like a raging bull for months - getting depressed/feeling better/getting bummed/feeling better - and my life would COMPLETELY change.
None of that happened. My life is still the same chaotic mess that a busy schedule with children hands you. Only now, I'm not handling it with a nic haze.
I'm not the only one like this. I have spoken to many who looked at me like I was crazy when I said I joined a site like this. They would look at me and say " Hell, I just put it down (x) years ago and never turned back." Yeah, well... I had tried before, failed... and was going to succeed. I stacked the cards in my favor, did some research and joined this site ----- knowing I would face the full wrath (just like anyone else here) if I caved.
I've had my differences with people and their rage -- but I stayed quit. I've done the ONE THING this site requires for us to do... and I still catch grief for it. I don't think this site is about your post count. To me, and some others... it is about owning up to having a habit that can killl you and keeping your word to your brothers to stay quit.
I have feelings just like the rest of the men here - they just aren't bouts of rage with moments of elation. I am not oblivious to your pain. I had a taste of it when I attempted to quit at age 30 or so... I just never experienced it this time. Was it because I have a pretty good life anyway and nothing to antagonize me ? Could it be that it was because I quit after 40 ? It might be, because I do have a good life and was 45 when I quit. But I don't think I should apologize for any of that any more than I should apologize for not going through everything that everyone else has.
So, the long and short of it is this. You may have to stay here to hash out what is going through your head with the quit. Some people may not. I think it is very important that people need now that --- it could go either way --- but don't forget who was here in case you needed them. I may not have been here. But I didn't forget either.
Stay quit bro'. It is good to be quit.
Edited to add:
I had also considered that - for me - if I kept this on my mind all of the time, it would be a self-perpetuating cycle. When I left the nic behind - and didn't visit here every day - it did become more of a memory than a current event. Hopefully, everyone here will have nic as only a memory. Good luck bro'.
Quit and Stay Quit
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NowItsTime,
Not at all. I prefaced that with 'As is evidenced here, to some... quitting must be a real bear. However, I don't think it is true for everyone.'
You do not see me telling anyone it is going to be easy. However, I went into this thinking I was going to be going around like a raging bull for months - getting depressed/feeling better/getting bummed/feeling better - and my life would COMPLETELY change.
None of that happened. My life is still the same chaotic mess that a busy schedule with children hands you. Only now, I'm not handling it with a nic haze.
I'm not the only one like this. I have spoken to many who looked at me like I was crazy when I said I joined a site like this. They would look at me and say " Hell, I just put it down (x) years ago and never turned back." Yeah, well... I had tried before, failed... and was going to succeed. I stacked the cards in my favor, did some research and joined this site ----- knowing I would face the full wrath (just like anyone else here) if I caved.
I've had my differences with people and their rage -- but I stayed quit. I've done the ONE THING this site requires for us to do... and I still catch grief for it. I don't think this site is about your post count. To me, and some others... it is about owning up to having a habit that can killl you and keeping your word to your brothers to stay quit.
I have feelings just like the rest of the men here - they just aren't bouts of rage with moments of elation. I am not oblivious to your pain. I had a taste of it when I attempted to quit at age 30 or so... I just never experienced it this time. Was it because I have a pretty good life anyway and nothing to antagonize me ? Could it be that it was because I quit after 40 ? It might be, because I do have a good life and was 45 when I quit. But I don't think I should apologize for any of that any more than I should apologize for not going through everything that everyone else has.
So, the long and short of it is this. You may have to stay here to hash out what is going through your head with the quit. Some people may not. I think it is very important that people need now that --- it could go either way --- but don't forget who was here in case you needed them. I may not have been here. But I didn't forget either.
Stay quit bro'. It is good to be quit.
Edited to add:
I had also considered that - for me - if I kept this on my mind all of the time, it would be a self-perpetuating cycle. When I left the nic behind - and didn't visit here every day - it did become more of a memory than a current event. Hopefully, everyone here will have nic as only a memory. Good luck bro'.
Quit and Stay Quit
LOL just to play devil's advocate for a sec....did your life just get a whole lot less busy in the last 2-3 days??? How difficult has it been to interrupt your presidential-like business to argue with strangers? Haha
On the other hand, nice to have you back..seems like you have some good support to throw out to newbs...so stick around
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NowItsTime,
Not at all. I prefaced that with 'As is evidenced here, to some... quitting must be a real bear. However, I don't think it is true for everyone.'
You do not see me telling anyone it is going to be easy. However, I went into this thinking I was going to be going around like a raging bull for months - getting depressed/feeling better/getting bummed/feeling better - and my life would COMPLETELY change.
None of that happened. My life is still the same chaotic mess that a busy schedule with children hands you. Only now, I'm not handling it with a nic haze.Â
I'm not the only one like this. I have spoken to many who looked at me like I was crazy when I said I joined a site like this. They would look at me and say " Hell, I just put it down (x) years ago and never turned back." Yeah, well... I had tried before, failed... and was going to succeed. I stacked the cards in my favor, did some research and joined this site ----- knowing I would face the full wrath (just like anyone else here) if I caved.
I've had my differences with people and their rage -- but I stayed quit. I've done the ONE THING this site requires for us to do... and I still catch grief for it. I don't think this site is about your post count. To me, and some others... it is about owning up to having a habit that can killl you and keeping your word to your brothers to stay quit.Â
I have feelings just like the rest of the men here - they just aren't bouts of rage with moments of elation. I am not oblivious to your pain. I had a taste of it when I attempted to quit at age 30 or so... I just never experienced it this time. Was it because I have a pretty good life anyway and nothing to antagonize me ? Could it be that it was because I quit after 40 ? It might be, because I do have a good life and was 45 when I quit. But I don't think I should apologize for any of that any more than I should apologize for not going through everything that everyone else has.
So, the long and short of it is this. You may have to stay here to hash out what is going through your head with the quit. Some people may not. I think it is very important that people need now that --- it could go either way --- but don't forget who was here in case you needed them. I may not have been here. But I didn't forget either.
Stay quit bro'. It is good to be quit.
Edited to add:
I had also considered that - for me - if I kept this on my mind all of the time, it would be a self-perpetuating cycle. When I left the nic behind - and didn't visit here every day - it did become more of a memory than a current event. Hopefully, everyone here will have nic as only a memory. Good luck bro'.
Quit and Stay Quit
LOL just to play devil's advocate for a sec....did your life just get a whole lot less busy in the last 2-3 days??? How difficult has it been to interrupt your presidential-like business to argue with strangers? Haha
On the other hand, nice to have you back..seems like you have some good support to throw out to newbs...so stick around
Hey ScubaSteve, I see you are finally figuring this guy out. He has now taken time out of his very busy schedule to banter with us little people after a year of obscurity. He certainly has been noticed though....and I believe that was his goal in the first place. But you know what? Most of us shit bigger than him. Have a nice day Bluetiereign.
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..On that note. Despite the taunting .. I am actually going to be moving on again. I really don't have the time that I've spent here the last couple of days. I have taken the time from my family, work and my forums - to answer your questions - so that I may have MY introduction thread back. Obviously, for whatever reason(s) you don't feel that I should be allowed to have it back, you keep picking a fight.
I didn't go trashing your introduction pages with posts about what a POS any of you were. I stayed in my own thread. I didn't go anywhere to 'get noticed'. I simply posted a question (this is a forum). Chewie explained and answered it. I said thank you, explained why I didn't come around much and that WAS the end of it.
The rest... was provided by people who think differently than I do about things - and have proven my point about why I avoid posting here. It is very simple. I'm not the one complicating it. There is nothing more to 'figure out'. The bottom line is that you have managed to trash my introduction page. You've been very supportive (of each other), but I can't say I really appreciate it.
I'll be sure to remember it and not do it to anyone myself. Especially if they kept their word and stay quit - and then have the audacity to return to publicly acknowledge where they came from - and say thanks.
Stay quit. It is a good thing to be quit.