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Community => Introductions => Topic started by: jeremybaseball23 on November 20, 2014, 10:33:00 PM
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Hi Everyone,
My name is Jeremy and I am 4 days quit. I have been dipping everyday for about 4 years and began dipping it during college baseball. I played 4 years of college baseball, just recently graduated. I know I got to quit this habit eventually and decided now is the time. I work in New York City now and I am 23 years old. I just posted my role call in my group.
Really glad I found this site!
--Jeremy
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Hi Everyone,
My name is Jeremy and I am 4 days quit. I have been dipping everyday for about 4 years and began dipping it during college baseball. I played 4 years of college baseball, just recently graduated. I know I got to quit this habit eventually and decided now is the time. I work in New York City now and I am 23 years old. I just posted my role call in my group.
Really glad I found this site!
--Jeremy
Biting ur nails is a habit. This is an addiction. Big difference.
You are in the right place. Post roll EDD and stay focused ODAAT.
You can do this!!
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Welcome Jeremy. Congrats on a good decision. Read all you can on the site. It will help you on your journey. There is no better time to quit than TODAY. Let's do this.
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Hi Everyone,
My name is Jeremy and I am 4 days quit. I have been dipping everyday for about 4 years and began dipping it during college baseball. I played 4 years of college baseball, just recently graduated. I know I got to quit this habit eventually and decided now is the time. I work in New York City now and I am 23 years old. I just posted my role call in my group.
Really glad I found this site!
--Jeremy
Biting ur nails is a habit. This is an addiction. Big difference.
You are in the right place. Post roll EDD and stay focused ODAAT.
You can do this!!
Jeremy,
Congrats on a great decision. I wish I had the smarts to quit when I was your age. Nice job on the 4 days and posting roll. Be sure to post roll every day and read all you can on this site. Immerse yourself in here and you will find quit strength. Knowledge is your secret weapon against nicotine...the more you know the more it blows.
Drink lots of water, exercise and focus. When I feel a crave I focus on it and breath deep. I know it will only last a few minutes and it will go away without using nicotine.
Get to know your quit brethren and use them to help you through this while you help them...strength in numbers.
If I can do this, you can.
Quit with you today.
Also, tell us more about yourself and use this intro to chronicle your journey.
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Nice work with quitting so far. Just win today and get your name on roll early tomorrow. Roll locks in the quit for the day.
Congrats on taking back your freedom.
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Update---Day 8 and I feel amazing...the fog has lifted and I am confident I will beat this!
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Update---Day 8 and I feel amazing...the fog has lifted and I am confident I will beat this!
You are beating it. Just remember it's a daily battle. Wake up each day ready to fight. Be prepared for sneak attacks. And absolutely enjoy that new found freedom. Congrats. I'm glad you're feeling good. Keep the fight. Keep the focus.
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Jeremy, this is a battle that you will fight daily with some days feel like a huge victory (cherish them) and some days you just barely seem to win (Relish those). Bottom line, keeping the cat turd out of your lip is a win no matter the feeling and remember to keep focused on your plan. 8 Days is a a great start (congrats) but be ready for the rough spells and have a plan to stay quit. That is the difference in winning every day or becoming a caver!
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Hi,
I am 23 years old, been dipping for 5 years now. I currently live in New York City where chewing tobacco is extremely frowned upon and also very expensive. I quit in the fall of last year by using this site for about 3 or 4 weeks. I started again because I became confident and thought I didn't have to post roll anymore. I quit using tobacco on September 11, 2015. This is my 4th day now being tobacco free. I know its going to be hard but I will not fail no matter what and look forward to being tobacco free.
Thanks!
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Hey Jeremy, There is a reason why you came back. Just like me. i quit with you. Make THIS the quit. it won't be easy as you know. but you and I can win this battle.
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Hey Jeremy, here is what you posted on your last roll post in November:
Day 14 ...2 fucking whole weeks, so proud of myself
Post roll every day and keep your promise. That simple formula and you'll blow past 2 weeks before you know it, and you can be proud every single day you post because you have beaten nicotine that day.
Answer the 3 questions (about your cave) and post your answers in November 2014 and December 2015:
1.) What happened?
2.) Why did it happen?
3.) What are you going to do differently this time?
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Yikes!
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Dude you gotta be serious about quitting or you can get on Facebook and talk about it. This shits hard for everyone here but you gotta reach down grab your nuts, man up and no by Golly you can do this. So you've had your practice run, get your ass on roll while you're young or you may be 51 like me 38 years of killing yourself before you frigging get the balls to quit! I quit with you today!
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Hi,
I am 23 years old, been dipping for 5 years now. I currently live in New York City where chewing tobacco is extremely frowned upon and also very expensive. I quit in the fall of last year by using this site for about 3 or 4 weeks. I started again because I became confident and thought I didn't have to post roll anymore. I quit using tobacco on September 11, 2015. This is my 4th day now being tobacco free. I know its going to be hard but I will not fail no matter what and look forward to being tobacco free.
Thanks!
Agreed...expensive dip is a great reason to quit. (sarcasm) What happens if you hit the Power Ball?
You do realize you never quit? Ever. You just took a little break.
You need to seriously think about that "no matter what" statement. Maybe put an asterisk by it and in the small print write: not to be held liable for my word in extreme, extenuating circumstances such as a friend offering me his dip.
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I think young folks seem to think they don't need to really quit. They can just quit every now and then and there will be no long term issues.
Well I did that sort of thing until I was 49 years old and here I am now posting daily in the KTC December 2015 roll.
Don't kid yourself - this shit is will hold you down and beat you with a baseball bat - and you will pay someone else for it with CASH that entire time. Post your quit here or get yourself some help some other way now.
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Hi,
My name is Jeremy and I originally joined this site a few years ago. I have located my username of my old account as Jeremybaseball23. I do not remember my password for this account and when I hit forget my password it won't send me an email.
I was hoping to reset my password for Jeremybaseball23 and be able to begin under this account. This site is the only thing that has helped me be able to quit for a period of time in the past and I was hoping I could start my quit again after resetting my password. I joined originally in 2014 or 2015 I believe.
Best,
Jeremy
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Hi,
My name is Jeremy and I originally joined this site a few years ago. I have located my username of my old account as Jeremybaseball23. I do not remember my password for this account and when I hit forget my password it won't send me an email.
I was hoping to reset my password for Jeremybaseball23 and be able to begin under this account. This site is the only thing that has helped me be able to quit for a period of time in the past and I was hoping I could start my quit again after resetting my password. I joined originally in 2014 or 2015 I believe.
Best,
Jeremy
Jeremy,
I have notified the admins and someone will get you squared away shortly. They will notify you when complete or if they need any information.
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Hi,
My name is Jeremy and I originally joined this site a few years ago. I have located my username of my old account as Jeremybaseball23. I do not remember my password for this account and when I hit forget my password it won't send me an email.
I was hoping to reset my password for Jeremybaseball23 and be able to begin under this account. This site is the only thing that has helped me be able to quit for a period of time in the past and I was hoping I could start my quit again after resetting my password. I joined originally in 2014 or 2015 I believe.
Best,
Jeremy
Jeremy,
I have notified the admins and someone will get you squared away shortly. They will notify you when complete or if they need any information.
It appears you remembered your old password as you have both accounts logged in. The admins will need to delete the new account and you need to use your old account to begin posting roll in your quit group.
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Chris,
I did get a forget your password email. I then clicked it and it allowed me under my jeremybaseball23 name to generate a new password. This only last for about 5 minutes then when I tried to log in again and enter the password I just created it says invalid password. I figured maybe I spelt the password wrong that I usually use for sites however now when I click forget my password it says invalid code and one time it said this account doesn't exist.
So this account that I am posting on Jeremyoldaccount is the only account I have access to, the only thing that has changed is I am getting emails to my email account I used to register on the jeremybaseball23 account.
Best,
Jeremy
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I also see your personal message you sent to jeremybaseball23 on my phone saying it looks like you remembered your old password yet I can't log in under the jeremybaseball23 name
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I also see your personal message you sent to jeremybaseball23 on my phone saying it looks like you remembered your old password yet I can't log in under the jeremybaseball23 name
OK,
I'll get the admins to get it sorted out. Stand by for them to contact you.
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I also see your personal message you sent to jeremybaseball23 on my phone saying it looks like you remembered your old password yet I can't log in under the jeremybaseball23 name
OK,
I'll get the admins to get it sorted out. Stand by for them to contact you.
@Jeremyoldaccount (https://ktcforum.org/index.php?action=profile;u=19447) I reset your password on your old account. Check your PM's on this account for info. Once we get you back onto your old account, I will merge your intros.
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@jeremybaseball23 (https://ktcforum.org/index.php?action=profile;u=10970) use this as your intro. I merged your intro from yesterday with your original one.
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Dude you gotta be serious about quitting or you can get on Facebook and talk about it. This shits hard for everyone here but you gotta reach down grab your nuts, man up and no by Golly you can do this. So you've had your practice run, get your ass on roll while you're young or you may be 51 like me 38 years of killing yourself before you frigging get the balls to quit! I quit with you today!
this is saddening! @pab1964 (https://ktcforum.org/index.php?action=profile;u=49) , pab was spot on you went from 5 years to 10-11 years! they stack up fast you washed away your quit to be the nic bitch slave! how do you feel about this? is it another day another dollar for you? A , ill do it until i tire and come back in 2025 15 year addict. When are you going to get it through your thick skull your way wont work? Glad you made your way back man , but i damn hope you take a look at your life and make this your last quit. before it really is your last quit and your covered in dirt! Be the first in that June 21 group and lead it and commit to it! only way is today now get your ass after it!
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@jeremybaseball23 (https://ktcforum.org/index.php?action=profile;u=10970) here are the answers you gave back in 2015 to the three questions I pm'd you about. What happened to this quit? Did you get cocky again, thinking just one wouldn't hurt, again?
You really need to take your quit more seriously if you want any chance of staying quit. This was 5 1/2 years ago, you were 23 then. Now you are 28 going on 29, has it sunk in yet what a fucked up addiction this is that we all have here? If I start to sound like a mean keyboard warrior, tough shit, suck it up buttercup because you obviously need to hear it. Get your head out of your ass, go post roll in the new June 2021 Group (https://ktcforum.org/index.php?topic=16943.45) and keep your promise for 24 hours. Come back tomorrow morning first thing after you wake up and post your promise again and keep that promise for the next 24 hours. Keep doing that every damn day. The next thing you need to do is exchange phone numbers with other quitters. How can you expect us to keep you accountable if we can't get ahold of you. My number is always available for the asking but I damn sure expect yours in return. The added benefit of exchanging phone numbers is now you have instant access to support when you and you're buddy are standing at the 7-11 counter and you are contemplating bumming a pouch out of the can of cat shit he just bought. Instead, you can call a better buddy, one that wants you to live a nicotine free life. I'll be that buddy for you, but you have to take the first step.
So what's it going to be Jeremy or are you going to Quit or are you going to continue to be a slave do a dead weed in a can?
Hi All,
I apologize for my first attempt at answering these three questions yesterday. It was weak and I didn't take the time to really think about my quit. As some of you know I was originally a member of the FEB 2015 Feb Fog Fighters. I made the mistake of thinking I would not be addicted if I had just one pouch of Skoal after being quit for 3 weeks. I will answer the following three questions and post them in this group to try to help you all not make the same mistake as I did. A brief introduction, I am 23 years old and my goal was to originally quit on my 24th birthday which is on September 25th. I decided that if I waited I would never actually quit and I decided to throw out the rest of my tin on September 11th after having walked past the 9/11 memorial to get on the train to take me back home to New Jersey. I want to quit for myself. Every time I use to put in a dip I would feel extreme guilt. I also had anxiety about health issues that dipping could cause me. Also, I became very ashamed and embarrassed that I was still a dipper and work in a professional finance environment. I originally picked up the habit as a college baseball player about 5 years ago.
1.) What happened?
I stopped chewing for about a 3 weeks period. I was very proud of myself. I went out with two buddies of mine who dip. I had a few beers and allowed myself to go to a 7-11 with one of them while they bought a tin of skoal pouches. I then allowed myself to have just one pouch of skoal. I can certainly say that one pouch of skoal was not worth failing myself and everyone on this site.
2.) Why did it happen?
I did not have discipline. I did stray from this site. I became cocky and thought I had already beat the addiction. I thought I could just have one pouch and easily stop again the next day. I want everyone to know that even after you start to overcome the withdrawal symptoms, you are still an addict. If you have just one dip or cigarette you will fall right back into the place you were before you quit. Nicotine tells you lies and plays tricks on you to try to get you to start again. You have to block nicotine completely out.
3.) What are you going to do differently this time?
I will not give in to the addiction. I know am going to crave it when I see my friends doing it, but I have to stand strong that I will not do it. A few minutes of discomfort is better than having to go through these withdrawal symptoms again. No one has ever died from quitting dipping. People have certainly died from continuing to dip. Withdrawal symptoms are temporary, last night I read a bunch of 100 day Hall of Famers posts and have fully come to the realization that withdrawal is temporary. As many of them had dipped 30+ years and were able to make it through the withdrawals. If they can, I certainly can make it as well. What is different about this quit in comparison to last time's stoppage is that I truly have found my reason for quitting. I don't want to be still dipping when I am older. I don't want to be forced to keep buying these stupid little tins of shit just to feel normal everyday. I want to be free.
I am on Day 6 currently and something that has helped me so far is exercise. I have been running every single day since I quit. I am in the process of switching jobs so I actually have two weeks off from work. I have a lot of down time on my hands and it is making the quit tougher. However, it doesn't matter I have to quit dipping. Another lie Nicotine told me was that I have to be busy in order to quit this habit. I know if I waited to when I start my new job, it would be telling me now you are to stressed to quit the addiction. Nicotine has a funny way of trying to convince you, that you can't live without it and that the withdrawal symptoms last forever. I know that it is just the addiction speaking. I want to be free from my addiction and be a happy, healthy 24 year old. I don't want to be 35 years old and still be dipping in my office like some of the guys I work with do. I want to have complete control over my life and be free from nicotine.
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Tomorrow morning I will post roll and answers to the questions below.
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Tomorrow morning I will post roll and answers to the questions below.
Screw tomorrow morning. Flush everything you have left and post that Day 1 right now.
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Tomorrow morning I will post roll and answers to the questions below.
Screw tomorrow morning. Flush everything you have left and post that Day 1 right now.
I second that!! Dump it all and go post brother
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Day 1 - 2/23/2021
1.) What happened?
After following this site religiously for a period of a few weeks I thought I had the habit beat. I stopped answering texts from other members and posting on this site as I got lazy and thought I had the habit beat. I was feeling really good and it all ended with one bad decision. After taking an exam for work I decided to have a few drinks with a friend, I ended up buying just one tin and I was full blown hooked again. I then ended up braking up with a serious girlfriend a few weeks later and lost all hope to restart. Next minute you know it is 6 years later and I am 29 years old. I haven't picked up a baseball since college yet this habit still follows me.
2.) Why did it happen?
I let my guard down, and let my emotions get the best of me. I need to stay active on this site and engage with the community. It happened because I let the voice in my head take control of me that it was ok to purchase a tin and give in to my addiction. Also, it is important to remember you have an addiction during bad times but also during milestones as I have noticed sometimes you ease up when you have just had an accomplishments in your life.
3.) What are you going to do differently this time?
I am going to post roll everyday and gather numbers of members. I want to be a leader in the June 2021 quit group and push others as it will push me to stay quit. Also, managing my drinking through this time period. I plan on not drinking until 3 weeks plus. So far this year during the pandemic I have limited my drinking well and quit all other substances. The last problem I need to tackle is nicotine. I will work out and exercise to get through the withdrawals. Now is the time to quit as it is slower at work, I am not going out drinking or doing anything and I am working from home. I am moving to London come September for postgraduate studies and they do not sell dip there. I want to have a full summer with no nicotine and a clear mind to be able to be able to do the move and not be going through the quit during such a major life transition. A big struggle for me has been the mental aspect of the quit, I have a doctor now I talk to on a weekly basis and will continue working with him to help me manage my anxiety with the quit.
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Day 1 - 2/23/2021
1.) What happened?
After following this site religiously for a period of a few weeks I thought I had the habit beat. I stopped answering texts from other members and posting on this site as I got lazy and thought I had the habit beat. I was feeling really good and it all ended with one bad decision. After taking an exam for work I decided to have a few drinks with a friend, I ended up buying just one tin and I was full blown hooked again. I then ended up braking up with a serious girlfriend a few weeks later and lost all hope to restart. Next minute you know it is 6 years later and I am 29 years old. I haven't picked up a baseball since college yet this habit still follows me.
2.) Why did it happen?
I let my guard down, and let my emotions get the best of me. I need to stay active on this site and engage with the community. It happened because I let the voice in my head take control of me that it was ok to purchase a tin and give in to my addiction. Also, it is important to remember you have an addiction during bad times but also during milestones as I have noticed sometimes you ease up when you have just had an accomplishments in your life.
3.) What are you going to do differently this time?
I am going to post roll everyday and gather numbers of members. I want to be a leader in the June 2021 quit group and push others as it will push me to stay quit. Also, managing my drinking through this time period. I plan on not drinking until 3 weeks plus. So far this year during the pandemic I have limited my drinking well and quit all other substances. The last problem I need to tackle is nicotine. I will work out and exercise to get through the withdrawals. Now is the time to quit as it is slower at work, I am not going out drinking or doing anything and I am working from home. I am moving to London come September for postgraduate studies and they do not sell dip there. I want to have a full summer with no nicotine and a clear mind to be able to be able to do the move and not be going through the quit during such a major life transition. A big struggle for me has been the mental aspect of the quit, I have a doctor now I talk to on a weekly basis and will continue working with him to help me manage my anxiety with the quit.
@jeremybaseball23 (https://ktcforum.org/index.php?action=profile;u=10970) it isn’t a habit, it is an addiction. You are a drug addict and nicotine is our drug. You need to come to terms with that. This is your 3rd attempt here on KTC so hopefully you have figured a few things out. Mainly, keep posting. Wake up, piss, and post your promise every single day. Understand that it is you telling everyone that you will stay nicotine free for the day. Make some connections with fellow quitters. These relationships pay huge dividends when you hit a bump in the road. Life will continue to happen and there will be good and shitty days. Are you going to stay quit this time?
You should post the questions and answers in your prior 2 groups as well as the June21 group should you decide to start posting roll. Guess the question is do you really want to quit or is it something you just think you should do and it sounds like a good idea? Don’t wait too long to make your decision. Cancer doesn’t care who it picks.
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@Sajax (https://ktcforum.org/index.php?action=profile;u=10756) has a perfect thread of how addicts can get their fix anytime they want. Just because you go to London does not mean you cant get your fix.
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I think young folks seem to think they don't need to really quit. They can just quit every now and then and there will be no long term issues.
Well I did that sort of thing until I was 49 years old and here I am now posting daily in the KTC December 2015 roll.
Don't kid yourself - this shit is will hold you down and beat you with a baseball bat - and you will pay someone else for it with CASH that entire time. Post your quit here or get yourself some help some other way now.
Not really much else to say other than I am now 55 years old, and still quit ODAAT.