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Community => Introductions => Topic started by: hypothesaurus_rex on January 17, 2014, 01:21:00 AM
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Hi everyone,
First started the habit addiction when I was 19 and in the Marine Corps. It's been 8 years now? Holy shit... Don't have anything motivational to say... Most likely due to the close quit proximity. Just needed to intro myself. Semper Fidelis to all you that are clean and are getting clean at this very moment.
Edit: change of words
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Hi everyone,
First started the habit when I was 19 and in the Marine Corps. It's been 8 years now? Holy shit... Don't have anything motivational to say... Most likely due to the close quit proximity. Just needed to intro myself. Semper Fidelis to all you that are clean and are getting clean at this very moment.
Welcome to KTC. The fact that you have quit is pure motivation
Post roll every day. I quit with you today.
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Hey Hypo. Nice to have you joining our little band of quit maniacs. Besides posting an introduction, you need to take it a step further and post roll in your new group...April 2014! I just wanted to tell you a little about roll call and why we do it, so that you can get started on your quit. Roll is your daily promise to yourself and all of your new brothers and sisters that you will not use tobacco in any form that day. You will post your name and the number of days you are quit each day in the April, 2014 quit group. Each and every day you will post your promise. No exceptions. That is the price of admission to KTC. Nothing more and nothing less. If your electricity quits working, your internet provider goes bankrupt or you are on vacation and will not have internet access, call or text a quit brother and tell the brother to post for you. Simple and easyÂ…and therefore, no reason for not posting roll. The reason you are put in April is that will be the month that you will celebrate being 100 days free of nicotineÂ…your Hall of Fame date. Congratulations on making the best decision of your life.
Now that you know the basics, it is time to read all you can on this site. Go to the welcome center and that will get you started. Post roll and look up at your inbox (1). That is a personal message from me with my telephone number. Lets get your quit started today. Wayne
How to post roll.
index.php?showtopic=50 (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 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 a solid blue box.
Step 5 - Hit Ctrl and "X" at the same time so there is NOTHING in Either Box.
Step 6 - Click your mouse anywhere in the TOP BOX
Step 7 - Hit Ctrl and "V" at the same time to Paste 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
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Hi everyone,
First started the habit when I was 19 and in the Marine Corps. It's been 8 years now? Holy shit... Don't have anything motivational to say... Most likely due to the close quit proximity. Just needed to intro myself. Semper Fidelis to all you that are clean and are getting clean at this very moment.
Welcome hypo. Great choice to be quit, it is so worth the freedom.
Time to also start the education. This might have been a habit the first time or 3 you dipped, but for the vast majority of us it rapidly became an addiction that we now manage as non-users. A habit isn't difficult to change if you want to change it, an addiction is much harder. A habit doesn't kill you, an addiction can. Read and learn about it on this site, it makes being a quitter easier if you understand what you are up against.
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Hope things are going well for you. Yelp if you need ..
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Great choice Rex! Quitting is very simple, but it's not easy. You can do it by following the program here though. If I can do it, you certainly can too. You are in some of the harder days right now. Stay close to the site here if you can, and when you can check in and let us all know how you are doing. Also share some more about you and why you decided to quit. Quit on!
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Sorry I haven't updated what's been happening lately, as school semester started during my first week of quit. That was pretty rough since in the past I made an effort to have a constant lipper while in lecture. I've been quit for ten days now. Ordered some of that new hooch rough since I had been a Copenhagen long cut guy. A couple days ago I had a dip dream and woke up thinking and feeling depressed that I had lost the battle. Fortunately, I had read a lot of topics here from other guys and new about the dreams so the feelings of failure only lasted a couple hours. When I have a bit more time this evening I'll come back on and share why I decided to quit with you all.
Stay strong brothers!
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Sorry I haven't updated what's been happening lately, as school semester started during my first week of quit. That was pretty rough since in the past I made an effort to have a constant lipper while in lecture. I've been quit for ten days now. Ordered some of that new hooch rough since I had been a Copenhagen long cut guy. A couple days ago I had a dip dream and woke up thinking and feeling depressed that I had lost the battle. Fortunately, I had read a lot of topics here from other guys and new about the dreams so the feelings of failure only lasted a couple hours. When I have a bit more time this evening I'll come back on and share why I decided to quit with you all.
Stay strong brothers!
Looking forward to reading more. Sounds like you're doing well.
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Sorry I haven't updated what's been happening lately, as school semester started during my first week of quit. That was pretty rough since in the past I made an effort to have a constant lipper while in lecture. I've been quit for ten days now. Ordered some of that new hooch rough since I had been a Copenhagen long cut guy. A couple days ago I had a dip dream and woke up thinking and feeling depressed that I had lost the battle. Fortunately, I had read a lot of topics here from other guys and new about the dreams so the feelings of failure only lasted a couple hours. When I have a bit more time this evening I'll come back on and share why I decided to quit with you all.
Stay strong brothers!
A year and a half later I still have an occassional cave dream. The farther down this rabbit hole you go, the more welcome cave dreams become (in a wierd way). They're nice glimpses into how badly betraying your group and your own quit can fuck you up. Treat them like a simulator where you get to experience the guilt and shame of failure without the actual failure. Each day gets better man. Soon enough being in lecture without a dip will be your normal instead of having that poison in your mouth. One day at a time. It sounds like you have a good understanding of what this is all about. PM me if you need a new number.
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A year and a half later I still have an occassional cave dream. The farther down this rabbit hole you go, the more welcome cave dreams become (in a wierd way). They're nice glimpses into how badly betraying your group and your own quit can fuck you up. Treat them like a simulator where you get to experience the guilt and shame of failure without the actual failure. Each day gets better man. Soon enough being in lecture without a dip will be your normal instead of having that poison in your mouth. One day at a time. It sounds like you have a good understanding of what this is all about. PM me if you need a new number.
Interesting. I can totally understand the reason why it can be beneficial to experience these dreams.
A little about myself and why I joined this alliance of quitters:
I ended my active service in the Marine Corps in 2010 and moved to AZ in order to start college. Shortly after my move I had met my now current girlfriend who was living in northern California. I moved closer to her since I had not yet started school. She knew that I used tobacco in the Marine Corps, and I had stopped several times after moving there, but I had not the conviction nor accountability that I do now. Minny's Hall of Fame speech saved me. That speech echoed my life and relationship with my girlfriend. I was making excuses for myself as to why "I couldn't come over tonight" and why I needed to run to the store, etc.. After intently reading as much as I could here I decided to come clean to her. I picked her up that day and opened up about it. It had been two days of my quit at that point and I about lost it emotionally. It had been 3 years behind her back because of my fucking addiction. I'm here to stay with you guys. Another day down!
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A year and a half later I still have an occassional cave dream. The farther down this rabbit hole you go, the more welcome cave dreams become (in a wierd way). They're nice glimpses into how badly betraying your group and your own quit can fuck you up. Treat them like a simulator where you get to experience the guilt and shame of failure without the actual failure. Each day gets better man. Soon enough being in lecture without a dip will be your normal instead of having that poison in your mouth. One day at a time. It sounds like you have a good understanding of what this is all about. PM me if you need a new number.
Interesting. I can totally understand the reason why it can be beneficial to experience these dreams.
A little about myself and why I joined this alliance of quitters:
I ended my active service in the Marine Corps in 2010 and moved to AZ in order to start college. Shortly after my move I had met my now current girlfriend who was living in northern California. I moved closer to her since I had not yet started school. She knew that I used tobacco in the Marine Corps, and I had stopped several times after moving there, but I had not the conviction nor accountability that I do now. Minny's Hall of Fame speech saved me. That speech echoed my life and relationship with my girlfriend. I was making excuses for myself as to why "I couldn't come over tonight" and why I needed to run to the store, etc.. After intently reading as much as I could here I decided to come clean to her. I picked her up that day and opened up about it. It had been two days of my quit at that point and I about lost it emotionally. It had been 3 years behind her back because of my fucking addiction. I'm here to stay with you guys. Another day down!
It sure is a awesome feeling coming clean about your lying isn't it. I lied to my wife for 33 years, what an ass! Never again for any reason!!
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Woke up this morning after my second consecutive dip dream in the last two days. Havent had em in at least a month. Weird thing is, my girlfriend woke up and told me she had a dream that I told her I had to go get a can of shit and then walked away from her. Crazy awesome that she's having cave dreams for me.
Stay quit, folks.
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Woke up this morning after my second consecutive dip dream in the last two days. Havent had em in at least a month. Weird thing is, my girlfriend woke up and told me she had a dream that I told her I had to go get a can of shit and then walked away from her. Crazy awesome that she's having cave dreams for me.
Stay quit, folks.
Yeah that's great. Hey your avatar is awesome!!!!
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Woke up this morning after my second consecutive dip dream in the last two days. Havent had em in at least a month. Weird thing is, my girlfriend woke up and told me she had a dream that I told her I had to go get a can of shit and then walked away from her. Crazy awesome that she's having cave dreams for me.
Stay quit, folks.
Yeah that's great. Hey your avatar is awesome!!!!
Wow, surrogate cave dreams! Ditto what Grizz said re: your avatar.
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Woke up this morning after my second consecutive dip dream in the last two days. Havent had em in at least a month. Weird thing is, my girlfriend woke up and told me she had a dream that I told her I had to go get a can of shit and then walked away from her. Crazy awesome that she's having cave dreams for me.
Stay quit, folks.
Yeah that's great. Hey your avatar is awesome!!!!
Wow, surrogate cave dreams! Ditto what Grizz said re: your avatar.
Yeah cave dreams the worst....but can you make them pop out of that dress? I keep expecting them too but they never do......lol ( Your Avatar)
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hey how's the quit going?
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hey how's the quit going?
The quit is strong. 60's were a little slow seeming, but the last few days have been really great. I had a few beers the other night and didn't even think about the bitch that I left until the next day Don't really care about her anymore, anyway. 'Finger'
I have been staying busy with work, trying to slowly get back all the money I gave away over the years.
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OK, I want that think to come out just one time. Please??? Just once? I keep watching and it always stays in there. damn.
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hey how's the quit going?
The quit is strong. 60's were a little slow seeming, but the last few days have been really great. I had a few beers the other night and didn't even think about the bitch that I left until the next day Don't really care about her anymore, anyway. 'Finger'
I have been staying busy with work, trying to slowly get back all the money I gave away over the years.
Nice! keep it up! NAFAR!
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Congrats on the Hundy and welcome aboard the HOF train!
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Congrats on the Hundy and welcome aboard the HOF train!
Thank you! I feel as though its been forever since quit, but in a weird timeless sort of way.
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Congrats on 100!
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Congrats Hypo!!! Keep on walking down the no nic road to freedom