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Community => Introductions => Topic started by: Galls93 on December 02, 2014, 09:59:00 AM
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This is my first real attempt to quit after a long 10+ years dipping. Started when I got into sales after occasional dip on golf course and fishing with buddies once I got on the road it helped pass the time. Led me to the last 6 months where I was a tin a day Grizzly WinterGreen habit. Sneaking around for long trips to "get gas" or pick up 2 things from grocery store so my wife wouldn't know. OF course she did.
I am the proud father of 3 amazing, insane kids. I have a beautiful, incredible wife of 11 years and other than dip live damn healthy. I am former college football player who eats paleo, trains on corssfit and for triathlons. I still play hockey and occasional other sports. I am too damn lucky and smart to waste life and money with dip. I konw I am an addict, I know it will be a fight every day. The first couple have been good but tough. Everytime I step into my car I want to reach for the center console and pack a mouthpiece and just release. I have many othe rways I know to do that. I have stress we all do but the worry of losing my life to cancer that I have seen touch my mother and father and take my mother in law is a risk I cannot take. I have a live to live and want to be healthy and arond for a long time to try and help my fmaily.
I was pumped to find place like this that I hope can help me on my journey. I have no idea what is in store and surely it will get draker before it gets light but I am in this to win. I only know how to win and I wont lose this battle. ITs too damn important.
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This is my first real attempt to quit after a long 10+ years dipping. Started when I got into sales after occasional dip on golf course and fishing with buddies once I got on the road it helped pass the time. Led me to the last 6 months where I was a tin a day Grizzly WinterGreen habit. Sneaking around for long trips to "get gas" or pick up 2 things from grocery store so my wife wouldn't know. OF course she did.
I am the proud father of 3 amazing, insane kids. I have a beautiful, incredible wife of 11 years and other than dip live damn healthy. I am former college football player who eats paleo, trains on corssfit and for triathlons. I still play hockey and occasional other sports. I am too damn lucky and smart to waste life and money with dip. I konw I am an addict, I know it will be a fight every day. The first couple have been good but tough. Everytime I step into my car I want to reach for the center console and pack a mouthpiece and just release. I have many othe rways I know to do that. I have stress we all do but the worry of losing my life to cancer that I have seen touch my mother and father and take my mother in law is a risk I cannot take. I have a live to live and want to be healthy and arond for a long time to try and help my fmaily.
I was pumped to find place like this that I hope can help me on my journey. I have no idea what is in store and surely it will get draker before it gets light but I am in this to win. I only know how to win and I wont lose this battle. ITs too damn important.
I can tell you what's in store, but I can't do it as well as Mr. T can:
What's your prediction for tonight's fight? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSPNQ82Sq4E)
These first few days suck and they suck hard core. Your body is physically addicted to nicotine and it will be in withdrawals for the next 3-7 days. You can hurry that process along by drinking tons of water and exercising. You need to get the poison out of your system before you begin healing. (Also, limit your caffeine right now. You'll be jittery enough already and it's quite potent at this stage in your quit.)
After this initial period, your body is "free"...but your brain is not. Nicotine makes your brain think that every action, thought, emotion, and EVERYTHING begins and ends with nicotine. Luckily, you just have to do tasks a few times before you break this "train of thought".
Now, one of the best things that we do here is that we don't worry about what to do to stay quit on day 30/300/3000. Let's focus on today.
(1) Post roll. That is your promise to stay quit today. You make that for yourself, but we have your back in this battle. We can help. When you're strong, you can help too. When you're weak, lean.
(2) Make some friends. It's easier to brandish a weapon if you know how to use it. Don't try to figure out roll while craving or try to get numbers or even just stack up on basic supplies like seeds, gums, and herbal snuffs. Be proactive.
(3) Keep your word man. You can do this because we are.
You got any questions? We're here. Welcome to the asylum.
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This is my first real attempt to quit after a long 10+ years dipping. Started when I got into sales after occasional dip on golf course and fishing with buddies once I got on the road it helped pass the time. Led me to the last 6 months where I was a tin a day Grizzly WinterGreen habit. Sneaking around for long trips to "get gas" or pick up 2 things from grocery store so my wife wouldn't know. OF course she did.
I am the proud father of 3 amazing, insane kids. I have a beautiful, incredible wife of 11 years and other than dip live damn healthy. I am former college football player who eats paleo, trains on corssfit and for triathlons. I still play hockey and occasional other sports. I am too damn lucky and smart to waste life and money with dip. I konw I am an addict, I know it will be a fight every day. The first couple have been good but tough. Everytime I step into my car I want to reach for the center console and pack a mouthpiece and just release. I have many othe rways I know to do that. I have stress we all do but the worry of losing my life to cancer that I have seen touch my mother and father and take my mother in law is a risk I cannot take. I have a live to live and want to be healthy and arond for a long time to try and help my fmaily.
I was pumped to find place like this that I hope can help me on my journey. I have no idea what is in store and surely it will get draker before it gets light but I am in this to win. I only know how to win and I wont lose this battle. ITs too damn important.
I can tell you what's in store, but I can't do it as well as Mr. T can:
What's your prediction for tonight's fight? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSPNQ82Sq4E)
These first few days suck and they suck hard core. Your body is physically addicted to nicotine and it will be in withdrawals for the next 3-7 days. You can hurry that process along by drinking tons of water and exercising. You need to get the poison out of your system before you begin healing. (Also, limit your caffeine right now. You'll be jittery enough already and it's quite potent at this stage in your quit.)
After this initial period, your body is "free"...but your brain is not. Nicotine makes your brain think that every action, thought, emotion, and EVERYTHING begins and ends with nicotine. Luckily, you just have to do tasks a few times before you break this "train of thought".
Now, one of the best things that we do here is that we don't worry about what to do to stay quit on day 30/300/3000. Let's focus on today.
(1) Post roll. That is your promise to stay quit today. You make that for yourself, but we have your back in this battle. We can help. When you're strong, you can help too. When you're weak, lean.
(2) Make some friends. It's easier to brandish a weapon if you know how to use it. Don't try to figure out roll while craving or try to get numbers or even just stack up on basic supplies like seeds, gums, and herbal snuffs. Be proactive.
(3) Keep your word man. You can do this because we are.
You got any questions? We're here. Welcome to the asylum.
Good to see another former college athlete put this shit down. You know how to work hard. The amount of dedication you put into your football career is the same amount of dedication you need to put into this quit. This site needs to become a part of everything you do just like football was. Eat, sleep, and breathe this quit.
Sounds like you became somewhat of an unskilled ninja dipper. You can NOT be a ninja quitter. Make it known that you don't do that shit anymore.
Get after this thing man and I promise you will learn how to win at quitting.
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im ready to go all in. Thanks for the posts and info guys. I am going to try and ifgure out how to post roll...although college educated this tech shit is not my forte.
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im ready to go all in. Thanks for the posts and info guys. I am going to try and ifgure out how to post roll...although college educated this tech shit is not my forte.
Great decision to quit. Get active on the the site and build a network of support.
Quit one day at a time.
Idaho
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Glad to have you here Galls, and I liked your intro. You have everything to gain by quitting.
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Giddy up. All in is the only way to be Brutha. You are facing a really steep climb, but if you take it one day at a time, post roll every day, and believe that by posting you are making a daily promise to quit to thousands of us, you can kick your addiction square in the balls and take back your life. The system here works, follow it as closely as you can. Good luck.
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Welcome aboard, very smart choice! The following statement you made strikes me as a addict statement. Not being critical just wanted to point out that we all justified our actions one way or another.
other than dip live damn healthy.
That statement sticks out to me that you did everything else right so you were justified one pleasure. Recognizing the need to abandon this vise is a huge step.