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Community => Introductions => Topic started by: Phone man on October 23, 2011, 11:19:00 PM
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Hello all, tomorrow is the day I have set forth as my quit day. Like most everyone else this will not be my first quit day. I have been dipping Cope and Grizzly for the past 15 years and lately I mow through 1 1/2 to 2 cans a day. I have stopped using a few times in the past with my longest stretch being about 3 months. I am finally at the point where I am fed up with living the life of a dipper. The deceit, the money aspect, and the health risks have been weighing on my mind heavily lately. I work as a repair technician for a huge telecom company and my work environment has been part of my enabling. No office, not around other people very often, and most of my coworkers chew, dip, or smoke. I work a lot of hours and there always seems to be a wad in my mouth as long as I'm on the clock. Then I go home, eat with the family and as soon as dinner is over I dip again. Once that one runs it's course and the rest of the house goes to bed I tend to stay up a few more hours to channel surf and squeeze in one more dip. From about 7am until midnight there are not many minutes I do not have a bulge in my lip and a nasty cup in my hand. But tomorrow, October 24, 2011 I will leave that life behind. I have the day off from work and my wife will be at work and my kids at school. I plan on staying home armed with gum, breath mints, and nicotine gum and a mindset that this time is not a joke. My family has quit pestering me to quit some time ago and there are no outside influences on me this time. This go round is all my doing. I have stashed my cash and debit cards in my wife's purse so in the event of a total melt down I will not have the means to buy any more. As I type this, my last half a can of Grizzly Snuff is being flush down the toilet and all my spit cups are being thrown in the trash. And I have printed some photos of oral cancer patients and posted them on my bathroom mirror, in my car, and in my work truck. See you guys tomorrow.
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Hello all, tomorrow is the day I have set forth as my quit day. Like most everyone else this will not be my first quit day. I have been dipping Cope and Grizzly for the past 15 years and lately I mow through 1 1/2 to 2 cans a day. I have stopped using a few times in the past with my longest stretch being about 3 months. I am finally at the point where I am fed up with living the life of a dipper. The deceit, the money aspect, and the health risks have been weighing on my mind heavily lately. I work as a repair technician for a huge telecom company and my work environment has been part of my enabling. No office, not around other people very often, and most of my coworkers chew, dip, or smoke. I work a lot of hours and there always seems to be a wad in my mouth as long as I'm on the clock. Then I go home, eat with the family and as soon as dinner is over I dip again. Once that one runs it's course and the rest of the house goes to bed I tend to stay up a few more hours to channel surf and squeeze in one more dip. From about 7am until midnight there are not many minutes I do not have a bulge in my lip and a nasty cup in my hand. But tomorrow, October 24, 2011 I will leave that life behind. I have the day off from work and my wife will be at work and my kids at school. I plan on staying home armed with gum, breath mints, and nicotine gum and a mindset that this time is not a joke. My family has quit pestering me to quit some time ago and there are no outside influences on me this time. This go round is all my doing. I have stashed my cash and debit cards in my wife's purse so in the event of a total melt down I will not have the means to buy any more. As I type this, my last half a can of Grizzly Snuff is being flush down the toilet and all my spit cups are being thrown in the trash. And I have printed some photos of oral cancer patients and posted them on my bathroom mirror, in my car, and in my work truck. See you guys tomorrow.
Rock it. This is yours.
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Phone man,
Congratulations on taking your quit. Please be sure to read through each and every post on KTC as it will only support your quit. I am also a new quitter (10 days). I can share with you my experience through PM or you can read my page. Find everything to take your mind off dipping with your day off tomorrow. Aside from probing other KTC members with questions and going through the pages, hit the gym, rake the yard, meditate, learn to sew/knit/crochet/ or underwater basket weave.
I'm proud to quit with you and hope to see you on roll from here on out!
Best,
JMAC
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Skrrrr...hold up there. Gum: Check...Breath Mints: Check...Nicotine Gum: HELL NO! In order to be quit you need to not have ANY nicotine flowing into your veins. By using a nicotine replacement you are merely changing your nicotine delivery method, not ridding your body of a terrible addiction.
I quit dipping in January, 2008...but I just replaced it with the lozenge for 3 years until I realized that I wasn't really getting anywhere with my addiction.
You want to quit? Rid yourself of all nicotine and begin the healing process that will leave you free from the shackles of nicotine addiction.
NO NICOTINE EVER AGAIN.
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I couldn't agree more with wo1miles. The whole point is to break the addiction to NICOTINE. I still think you should have quit tonight, but I am glad you are taking this step to be quit. I will be proud to be quit with you. But we take quitting pretty seriously around here. By posting roll, you are giving your word that you will not use NICOTINE in any form for the whole day.
Post Roll.
Keep your word.
Wake up the next day and do it all over again.
Simple as that.
Now, flush the rest of that shit down the toilet and get rid of that bullshit gum.
You are so much stronger than Nicotine.
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Phone Man....
I used for 30+ years, I am also a field tech for a major telecom company, and I quit all forms of nicotine 254 days ago, cold turkey. If I can do this- so can you. The program is simple:
1. Post Roll each day first thing, this is your promise to all of us that you will not use nicotine, just for today.
2. Honor that promise
3. Repeat
These first 3 days are going to be intense as nicotine leaves your body...remember them and know that you never have to repeat them again.
PM me if you need anything
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Hello, it's tomorrow...wait, tomorrow is tomorrow. So are you still quitting tomorrow?
Bunch of bad ass quitters waiting for you here.
Always quit today, tomorrow never comes.
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Hello, it's tomorrow...wait, tomorrow is tomorrow. So are you still quitting tomorrow?
Bunch of bad ass quitters waiting for you here.
Always quit today, tomorrow never comes.
sure is a lot easier to plan to quit tomorrow than actually quit today.
pman, step up to the plate and make this happen. or your tomorrow will keep rolling on forever.
oh and another thing....no nic gum. just a quick news flash for you:
YOU ARE ADDICTED TO NICOTINE.
if you are really fed up with your current way of life, well then toss all the nic and start doing things to make a positive change.
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Here I am on day 1. Bout ready to take a nap to bring the edge down.
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Here I am on day 1. Bout ready to take a nap to bring the edge down.
Great. Congratulations.
Did you read that nicotine gum is off the table in this quit?
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Here I am on day 1. Bout ready to take a nap to bring the edge down.
Great. Congratulations.
Did you read that nicotine gum is off the table in this quit?
If you are really ready then this is the place for you. Find your quit group and post your word.
The other quitters are right, the only way to quit nicotine is to quit. You can't patch, pill, gum, candy, suppository your way off of nicotine. Anything with nicotine in it continues to feed your addiction.
Toss all that shit, if you have any. Post your day 1 and lets get you quit.
Greg
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Here I am on day 1. Bout ready to take a nap to bring the edge down.
Take a nap? You still got a couple issues to handle before you are quit! Two particular things, in fact:
1. It seems that you haven't posted a promise in the January group yet. That = not quit.
2. You haven't acknowledge that nic gum is not allowed here. That also = not quit.
The fellows below have stated it clearly enough. Come on, man... ditch the nicotine and let's do this. You got plenty of support. You've made up your mind. You know you have to do this.
This is far simpler than tip ring, but it damn sure ain't easy. We are here to support you, but the ball's in your court.
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Here I am on day 1. Bout ready to take a nap to bring the edge down.
Take a nap? You still got a couple issues to handle before you are quit! Two particular things, in fact:
1. It seems that you haven't posted a promise in the January group yet. That = not quit.
2. You haven't acknowledge that nic gum is not allowed here. That also = not quit.
The fellows below have stated it clearly enough. Come on, man... ditch the nicotine and let's do this. You got plenty of support. You've made up your mind. You know you have to do this.
This is far simpler than tip ring, but it damn sure ain't easy. We are here to support you, but the ball's in your court.
Waiting for that post. 'Popcorn'
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Here I am on day 1. Bout ready to take a nap to bring the edge down.
Take a nap? You still got a couple issues to handle before you are quit! Two particular things, in fact:
1. It seems that you haven't posted a promise in the January group yet. That = not quit.
2. You haven't acknowledge that nic gum is not allowed here. That also = not quit.
The fellows below have stated it clearly enough. Come on, man... ditch the nicotine and let's do this. You got plenty of support. You've made up your mind. You know you have to do this.
This is far simpler than tip ring, but it damn sure ain't easy. We are here to support you, but the ball's in your court.
Waiting for that post. 'Popcorn'
Get in here and post roll. It will be the best decision you've made in 15 yrs.
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Ok, just woke up, feeling pretty crappy. The nicotine gum has been trashed. Unwrapped the cellophane wrapper on the packaging and that is as far as I got. On my 2nd pack of Stride gum and a couple packs of shredded jerky snuff. What is this January group thing and what doe y'all mean by post roll? Still new to this site.
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Ok, just woke up, feeling pretty crappy. The nicotine gum has been trashed. Unwrapped the cellophane wrapper on the packaging and that is as far as I got. On my 2nd pack of Stride gum and a couple packs of shredded jerky snuff. What is this January group thing and what doe y'all mean by post roll? Still new to this site.
Click on the Welcome Center link on the top left corner. It will tell you how and why we post roll.
PM me if you have any questions.
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Ok, just woke up, feeling pretty crappy. The nicotine gum has been trashed. Unwrapped the cellophane wrapper on the packaging and that is as far as I got. On my 2nd pack of Stride gum and a couple packs of shredded jerky snuff. What is this January group thing and what doe y'all mean by post roll? Still new to this site.
Click on the Welcome Center link on the top left corner. It will tell you how and why we post roll.
PM me if you have any questions.
Go to Welcome Center, Read exactly How to Post Roll. Then Post your day one in January. Get it going. It's easy.
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Ok, just woke up, feeling pretty crappy. The nicotine gum has been trashed. Unwrapped the cellophane wrapper on the packaging and that is as far as I got. On my 2nd pack of Stride gum and a couple packs of shredded jerky snuff. What is this January group thing and what doe y'all mean by post roll? Still new to this site.
Click on the Welcome Center link on the top left corner. It will tell you how and why we post roll.
PM me if you have any questions.
Go to Welcome Center, Read exactly How to Post Roll. Then Post your day one in January. Get it going. It's easy.
Congrats on getting rid of the gum. You can move on with your life now.
Aside from the technicalities of actually posting roll, there is one thing that should stand out to you. It's not just you name on a list. It's a PROMISE. By signing that list, we each give our word to be nicotine-free for today. I can keep my word for 24 hours with 100% certainty. We'll deal with tomorrow when it gets here.