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Community => Introductions => Topic started by: BrainStrain on June 20, 2012, 10:51:00 PM
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I'm Brian and I'm a quitter. I've dipped at least a can a day of Kodiak/Grizzly for approx the last 25 years. Its time. It's time to quit being that guy.
It been approximately 50 hours now since my last dip. I already feel weird and different. My wife says I look strange, keeps asking me if I'm ok. Going to be a strange ride I'm sure.
Here goes nothing! (actually not nothing... just my life! :))
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I'm Brian and I'm a quitter. I've dipped at least a can a day of Kodiak/Grizzly for approx the last 25 years. Its time. It's time to quit being that guy.
It been approximately 50 hours now since my last dip. I already feel weird and different. My wife says I look strange, keeps asking me if I'm ok. Going to be a strange ride I'm sure.
Here goes nothing! (actually not nothing... just my life! :))
Welcome to the jungle! Do you know the drill?
Go post roll,
Keep your quit promise
Repeat.
If you aren't familiar with the process, Pm me and I can explain.
Otherwise post roll in Your group September. Introduce yourself as the new quitter and get to meet your life support. Oh, and tell those foggy numb nuts that no nicotine means that it's still a cave if they put dip in their ass!
Again, welcome to hell. It sucks but I love being quit. You fight for your freedom from vice and it becomes a blast to beat the nic bicthes ass!
No nic site. No gum, no patches, no cigars! Anything with nicotine and you are not quit. 'na na'
Quitting is a choice. Caving in a choice. You succeed or fail by choice. Chance, luck? Not here. Save those words for the lottery.
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Brian my wife has been saying I look strange for 32 yrs. it may not be quit related! Seriously relax, prepare for a whole lot of SUCK and embrace every last bit of it and remember how bad it is compared to the freedom that will come along with it.
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I'm Brian and I'm a quitter. I've dipped at least a can a day of Kodiak/Grizzly for approx the last 25 years. Its time. It's time to quit being that guy.Â
It been approximately 50 hours now since my last dip. I already feel weird and different. My wife says I look strange, keeps asking me if I'm ok. Going to be a strange ride I'm sure.
Here goes nothing! (actually not nothing... just my life! :))
Welcome to the jungle! Do you know the drill?
Go post roll,
Keep your quit promise
Repeat.
If you aren't familiar with the process, Pm me and I can explain.
Otherwise post roll in Your group September. Introduce yourself as the new quitter and get to meet your life support. Oh, and tell those foggy numb nuts that no nicotine means that it's still a cave if they put dip in their ass!
Again, welcome to hell. It sucks but I love being quit. You fight for your freedom from vice and it becomes a blast to beat the nic bicthes ass!
No nic site. No gum, no patches, no cigars! Anything with nicotine and you are not quit. 'na na'
Quitting is a choice. Caving in a choice. You succeed or fail by choice. Chance, luck? Not here. Save those words for the lottery.
Welcome to the freak show brother!!!
Drink the quit kool-aid and dont turn back!
I would say what your wife is telling you is well you probably look and seem a bit off from who your normally nicotene addicted self acted like or looked like!
Either way it is a good sign when you can get the really bad suck stuff out and gone quickly and start to enjoy the freedom!
PM me if you need any help brother
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I'm Brian and I'm a quitter. I've dipped at least a can a day of Kodiak/Grizzly for approx the last 25 years. Its time. It's time to quit being that guy.Â
It been approximately 50 hours now since my last dip. I already feel weird and different. My wife says I look strange, keeps asking me if I'm ok. Going to be a strange ride I'm sure.
Here goes nothing! (actually not nothing... just my life! :))
Welcome to the jungle! Do you know the drill?
Go post roll,
Keep your quit promise
Repeat.
If you aren't familiar with the process, Pm me and I can explain.
Otherwise post roll in Your group September. Introduce yourself as the new quitter and get to meet your life support. Oh, and tell those foggy numb nuts that no nicotine means that it's still a cave if they put dip in their ass!
Again, welcome to hell. It sucks but I love being quit. You fight for your freedom from vice and it becomes a blast to beat the nic bicthes ass!
No nic site. No gum, no patches, no cigars! Anything with nicotine and you are not quit. 'na na'
Quitting is a choice. Caving in a choice. You succeed or fail by choice. Chance, luck? Not here. Save those words for the lottery.
Welcome to the freak show brother!!!
Drink the quit kool-aid and dont turn back!
I would say what your wife is telling you is well you probably look and seem a bit off from who your normally nicotene addicted self acted like or looked like!
Either way it is a good sign when you can get the really bad suck stuff out and gone quickly and start to enjoy the freedom!
PM me if you need any help brother
Welcome
Lots to read
Lots of information
Lots of support
That is KTC
Basics are:
Post roll
Quit for today
Repeat tomorrow
This shit is easy yet it is the hardest thing you will ever do
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Here goes nothing! (actually not nothing... just my life! :))
Brain/Brian,
This comment is the most telling out of your introduction. You will indeed get your health and your life back. It shows the most important issue needed in your quit....that you are doing it for you. Not for anyone else.
I'm glad to be quit with you today. Let me know if I can help you out in ANY way.
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Three weeks! Three m-f'ing weeks!
I know it's nothing in the grand scheme of things and I'll probably be more amazed in three more weeks but I am amazed that I haven't dipped in three weeks. I am a happy camper right now.
So far my weight has been the only casualty! I am 6 lbs heavier than I was just 21 days ago, but so be it right?
Seems my only good craves lately are on my drive into work and after lunch on my way back to work and my drive home from work -- When I'm driving!!!!!!
Holding strong though!
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Three weeks! Three m-f'ing weeks!
I know it's nothing in the grand scheme of things and I'll probably be more amazed in three more weeks but I am amazed that I haven't dipped in three weeks. I am a happy camper right now.
So far my weight has been the only casualty! I am 6 lbs heavier than I was just 21 days ago, but so be it right?
Seems my only good craves lately are on my drive into work and after lunch on my way back to work and my drive home from work -- When I'm driving!!!!!!
Holding strong though!
3 weeks is awesome, just remember you can always lose weight, you can't get your face back.
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three weeks in the grand scheme huge...without those three there could never be a 4. keep on building. take pride in every single day quit. awesome job.
p.s.
at 5 weeks you get a complimentary photo of gmann thumbing nolaq's ass. (full disclose...the print quality of the pic blows...faulty equipment.)
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Three weeks! Three m-f'ing weeks!
I know it's nothing in the grand scheme of things and I'll probably be more amazed in three more weeks but I am amazed that I haven't dipped in three weeks. I am a happy camper right now.
So far my weight has been the only casualty! I am 6 lbs heavier than I was just 21 days ago, but so be it right?
Seems my only good craves lately are on my drive into work and after lunch on my way back to work and my drive home from work -- When I'm driving!!!!!!
Holding strong though!
3 weeks is awesome, just remember you can always lose weight, you can't get your face back.
Brain,
Each day you quit is an accomplishment. However, 3 weeks is nothing to sneeze at. Take a look at your groups spreadsheet and look at all of the people who couldn't make 3 days.
Just keep taking it 1 day at a time and let the days add up as they may. Create your own milestones, but realize that each day you post roll and stay quit is a milestone in and of itself.
Good job sir. I look forward to seeing you quit tonight and tomorrow and I'm proud to be quit with you today. (And each day you post roll with me.)
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Three weeks! Three m-f'ing weeks!
I know it's nothing in the grand scheme of things and I'll probably be more amazed in three more weeks but I am amazed that I haven't dipped in three weeks. I am a happy camper right now.
So far my weight has been the only casualty! I am 6 lbs heavier than I was just 21 days ago, but so be it right?
Seems my only good craves lately are on my drive into work and after lunch on my way back to work and my drive home from work -- When I'm driving!!!!!!
Holding strong though!
3 weeks is awesome, just remember you can always lose weight, you can't get your face back.
Brain,
Each day you quit is an accomplishment. However, 3 weeks is nothing to sneeze at. Take a look at your groups spreadsheet and look at all of the people who couldn't make 3 days.
Just keep taking it 1 day at a time and let the days add up as they may. Create your own milestones, but realize that each day you post roll and stay quit is a milestone in and of itself.
Good job sir. I look forward to seeing you quit tonight and tomorrow and I'm proud to be quit with you today. (And each day you post roll with me.)
Better to be a fat ass than a dead ass. You can fix the weight gain later. I had the same issue for the first several months of my quit. One battle at a time, bro....
Congrats on 3 weeks.
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Three weeks! Three m-f'ing weeks!
I know it's nothing in the grand scheme of things and I'll probably be more amazed in three more weeks but I am amazed that I haven't dipped in three weeks. I am a happy camper right now.
So far my weight has been the only casualty! I am 6 lbs heavier than I was just 21 days ago, but so be it right?
Seems my only good craves lately are on my drive into work and after lunch on my way back to work and my drive home from work -- When I'm driving!!!!!!
Holding strong though!
3 weeks is awesome, just remember you can always lose weight, you can't get your face back.
Brain,
Each day you quit is an accomplishment. However, 3 weeks is nothing to sneeze at. Take a look at your groups spreadsheet and look at all of the people who couldn't make 3 days.
Just keep taking it 1 day at a time and let the days add up as they may. Create your own milestones, but realize that each day you post roll and stay quit is a milestone in and of itself.
Good job sir. I look forward to seeing you quit tonight and tomorrow and I'm proud to be quit with you today. (And each day you post roll with me.)
Better to be a fat ass than a dead ass. You can fix the weight gain later. I had the same issue for the first several months of my quit. One battle at a time, bro....
Congrats on 3 weeks.
3 weeks is awesome take credit for all of your accomplishment just Like you own your addiction!
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Five weeks down, and something just dawned on me. I leave tomorrow night for my two weeks in the bush.... (Army reserve!). Don't write me off as a caver because I seriously doubt that I will be posting for two weeks. I will if I get access to the internet, but can't make any promises. No I won't be texting either... I think I'll be OK as long as we don't get dropped into the desert or something lol. As long as I don't pack any dip, I will stay quit. At last time I checked there were only 2 other guys in the unit that dipped that I know of and as long as I tell them I quit, they should be pretty solid in not letting me bum from them too.
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Five weeks down, and something just dawned on me. I leave tomorrow night for my two weeks in the bush.... (Army reserve!). Don't write me off as a caver because I seriously doubt that I will be posting for two weeks. I will if I get access to the internet, but can't make any promises. No I won't be texting either... I think I'll be OK as long as we don't get dropped into the desert or something lol. As long as I don't pack any dip, I will stay quit. At last time I checked there were only 2 other guys in the unit that dipped that I know of and as long as I tell them I quit, they should be pretty solid in not letting me bum from them too.
Here is the deal, "packing dip" is not even an option. I would seriously suggest finding any way possible to post roll each and every day. I realize military obligations are serious but I would find some way if you can.. If you can text, PM me and I will give you my number and I will post for you everyday if you text me...
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Five weeks down, and something just dawned on me. I leave tomorrow night for my two weeks in the bush.... (Army reserve!). Don't write me off as a caver because I seriously doubt that I will be posting for two weeks. I will if I get access to the internet, but can't make any promises. No I won't be texting either... I think I'll be OK as long as we don't get dropped into the desert or something lol. As long as I don't pack any dip, I will stay quit. At last time I checked there were only 2 other guys in the unit that dipped that I know of and as long as I tell them I quit, they should be pretty solid in not letting me bum from them too.
As long as I don't pack any dip, I will stay quit.
Umm seriously ?
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Five weeks down, and something just dawned on me. I leave tomorrow night for my two weeks in the bush.... (Army reserve!). Don't write me off as a caver because I seriously doubt that I will be posting for two weeks. I will if I get access to the internet, but can't make any promises. No I won't be texting either... I think I'll be OK as long as we don't get dropped into the desert or something lol. As long as I don't pack any dip, I will stay quit. At last time I checked there were only 2 other guys in the unit that dipped that I know of and as long as I tell them I quit, they should be pretty solid in not letting me bum from them too.
As long as I don't pack any dip, I will stay quit.
Umm seriously ?
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You willing to toss away a 5 week quit on some weak shit like this? What you need is a solid plan, not a hope that one of your buddies who is still a user will see the error of his ways and support you. How many times in the past have your " friends" lured you back to the can?
Think about this before you end up in a bad situation. I have seen numbers offered. Use the tools...
STAY QUIT
Greg
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Five weeks down, and something just dawned on me. I leave tomorrow night for my two weeks in the bush.... (Army reserve!). Don't write me off as a caver because I seriously doubt that I will be posting for two weeks. I will if I get access to the internet, but can't make any promises. No I won't be texting either... I think I'll be OK as long as we don't get dropped into the desert or something lol. As long as I don't pack any dip, I will stay quit. At last time I checked there were only 2 other guys in the unit that dipped that I know of and as long as I tell them I quit, they should be pretty solid in not letting me bum from them too.
As long as I don't pack any dip, I will stay quit.
Umm seriously ?
That is in response to me saying that since I won't be posting roll... that I'm not to be written as caving. Unless I physically purchase and pack the shit, it will be impossible for me to cave because the United States Army isn't going to let me make a run to the store. So yes SERIOUSLY.
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Five weeks down, and something just dawned on me. I leave tomorrow night for my two weeks in the bush.... (Army reserve!). Don't write me off as a caver because I seriously doubt that I will be posting for two weeks. I will if I get access to the internet, but can't make any promises. No I won't be texting either... I think I'll be OK as long as we don't get dropped into the desert or something lol. As long as I don't pack any dip, I will stay quit. At last time I checked there were only 2 other guys in the unit that dipped that I know of and as long as I tell them I quit, they should be pretty solid in not letting me bum from them too.
As long as I don't pack any dip, I will stay quit.
Umm seriously ?
That is in response to me saying that since I won't be posting roll... that I'm not to be written as caving. Unless I physically purchase and pack the shit, it will be impossible for me to cave because the United States Army isn't going to let me make a run to the store. So yes SERIOUSLY.
Beware!! July had a quitter in exactly the same situation after 2 weeks he returned posted couple times and left!! Some of us felt like the last few posts were probably post cave posts!! Not that I don't trust you just be very careful, have your plan in place for every possible opportunity to cave!! Thank you for your service!
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I'm not too worried... I got this! Like I said as long as I'm not going back to the desert, its all good!
Thanks WT, its my honor.
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Survived. Wasn't even that hard really. Back to the real world. Hooah.
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Survived. Wasn't even that hard really. Back to the real world. Hooah.
Congratulation, welcome back and
Your quit will be stronger because of this success!
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Here I am a little over 10 weeks in. Thinking I have it whooped. Getting big headed as I have been out for some beers a few times without any slips, or major caves. Went on my AT duty for 2 weeks without any major caves. I've been excited all day for this evening... COLLEGE FOOTBALL STARTS! Had a good day at work... good day at little league practice... came home and got situated for a night of peace and football. Cracked a couple of cold ones... then BAM! BAM BAM BAM. All I could think about for a good half hour was some Grizzly Wintergreen. I went upstairs and stuffed my face with some chips and the baby's fruit snacks. Seemed to squash it for now. Wow. I hadn't had a good crave in quite a while. Kind of a punch in the face from addiction reality!
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Here I am a little over 10 weeks in. Thinking I have it whooped. Getting big headed as I have been out for some beers a few times without any slips, or major caves. Went on my AT duty for 2 weeks without any major caves. I've been excited all day for this evening... COLLEGE FOOTBALL STARTS! Had a good day at work... good day at little league practice... came home and got situated for a night of peace and football. Cracked a couple of cold ones... then BAM! BAM BAM BAM. All I could think about for a good half hour was some Grizzly Wintergreen. I went upstairs and stuffed my face with some chips and the baby's fruit snacks. Seemed to squash it for now. Wow. I hadn't had a good crave in quite a while. Kind of a punch in the face from addiction reality!
Never know when the bitch will strike. Prime example of guarding your quit at all times. It's good that you've shared that here, not only for yourself, but for others to see as well. Constant reminder to all of us that we are addicts. Addicts have to quit EVERYDAY. There is no, "I'm healed! Let's get on with my life!" As addicts we have to bear this cross daily, and fight for our freedom. Some days, no craves and some are down right brutal. We weren't given this burden if it were something we could not handle.
QLAFM
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Here I am a little over 10 weeks in. Thinking I have it whooped. Getting big headed as I have been out for some beers a few times without any slips, or major caves. Went on my AT duty for 2 weeks without any major caves. I've been excited all day for this evening... COLLEGE FOOTBALL STARTS! Had a good day at work... good day at little league practice... came home and got situated for a night of peace and football. Cracked a couple of cold ones... then BAM! BAM BAM BAM. All I could think about for a good half hour was some Grizzly Wintergreen. I went upstairs and stuffed my face with some chips and the baby's fruit snacks. Seemed to squash it for now. Wow. I hadn't had a good crave in quite a while. Kind of a punch in the face from addiction reality!
Never know when the bitch will strike. Prime example of guarding your quit at all times. It's good that you've shared that here, not only for yourself, but for others to see as well. Constant reminder to all of us that we are addicts. Addicts have to quit EVERYDAY. There is no, "I'm healed! Let's get on with my life!" As addicts we have to bear this cross daily, and fight for our freedom. Some days, no craves and some are down right brutal. We weren't given this burden if it were something we could not handle.
QLAFM
Those were the baby's favorite fruit snacks!!!!!!! Collateral damage.....HAHAHAHA.
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Yep... she was pretty cranky once she learned there were no more "MeeMos" (Nemo) this morning. I ate every last one of them!
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In other news, I just bought a PayDay out of a vending machine and it was pretty fucking awesome.
Ok. I'm done. Continue on.
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Three weeks! Three m-f'ing weeks!
I know it's nothing in the grand scheme of things and I'll probably be more amazed in three more weeks but I am amazed that I haven't dipped in three weeks. I am a happy camper right now.
hey man... Nice meeting you on chat. My first time there. So now Im stalking you!! I read your intro. This line stood out big time. I am three weeks. 3 weeks is nothing but I am amazed by it like you where.