KillTheCan.org Accountability Forum
Community => Introductions => Topic started by: Cancrusher on June 11, 2010, 11:48:00 AM
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I am a young adult, 23 years old to be exact. To the naked eye one would perhaps see in me a smart, motivated, level-headed young man. He has a degree. He has a wife. He's got that shit together. He is in control. Looks can be deceiving. Inside I am a train-wreck. I am a school bus fire. My mind a shattered vase. I am a sick dog on a chain. I am a slave. Have been since I was 15 years old.
I constantly wonder when I'm going to feel inside the way people perceive me on the outside. When was I going to feel like I was the one in the driver seat; not a passenger to my carnal desires. I wanted to mature, to grow, to become a responsible person who does what he wants, when he wants. I know something has to give. I have to quit. Really QUIT. Right now, for good.
I am quit now 24 Days. I am quit because I refuse to not be in control of my own body; my own mind and soul. This drug cuts deep. It gouges the will of the man, rendering his own thoughts and desires useless; second to the desires of the mad cries of the craving brain.
I quit because I have one life to live. A mother to take care of when she can do so no longer. A baby sister to keep an eye on...look out boys, big bro's here. A brother, who'd not know the pangs of addiction to this drug if it weren't for me, who needs to be shown that YOU CAN QUIT. And most of all a Wife. A beautiful women who, for some reason, puts up with MY shit daily, loves me unconditionally, and makes our house a home. The future mother to our children, and rock of our family. I Will NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT subject her to the inevitable fate that awaits me if I continue using the drug. She will not bury me with a can in my pocket.
Cancrusher
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Well alright man tell us how you really feel 'archer'
Kidding of course. Looks like you really tapped the source man.
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I am a young adult, 23 years old to be exact. To the naked eye one would perhaps see in me a smart, motivated, level-headed young man. He has a degree. He has a wife. He's got that shit together. He is in control. Looks can be deceiving. Inside I am a train-wreck. I am a school bus fire. My mind a shattered vase. I am a sick dog on a chain. I am a slave. Have been since I was 15 years old.
I constantly wonder when I'm going to feel inside the way people perceive me on the outside. When was I going to feel like I was the one in the driver seat; not a passenger to my carnal desires. I wanted to mature, to grow, to become a responsible person who does what he wants, when he wants. I know something has to give. I have to quit. Really QUIT. Right now, for good.
I am quit now 24 Days. I am quit because I refuse to not be in control of my own body; my own mind and soul. This drug cuts deep. It gouges the will of the man, rendering his own thoughts and desires useless; second to the desires of the mad cries of the craving brain.
I quit because I have one life to live. A mother to take care of when she can do so no longer. A baby sister to keep an eye on...look out boys, big bro's here. A brother, who'd not know the pangs of addiction to this drug if it weren't for me, who needs to be shown that YOU CAN QUIT. And most of all a Wife. A beautiful women who, for some reason, puts up with MY shit daily, loves me unconditionally, and makes our house a home. The future mother to our children, and rock of our family. I Will NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT subject her to the inevitable fate that awaits me if I continue using the drug. She will not bury me with a can in my pocket.
Cancrusher
Good shit my friend. You can indeed quit. This site and the vets before you are proof of that.
Concentrate on your quit for now. The rest will take care of itself over time. Nothing you will do today is more important than being quit.
Nice work so far. Keep adding 1's
Greg
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My quit plan. It's simple enough.
1. Post Roll every morning
2. Keep my promise all day
Before I chose to cave I must do these 2 things:
1. Call an August quit brother and tell him I am going to cave
2. Sign the copy of the Contract to Give Up in my wallet and give it to my wife
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My quit plan. It's simple enough.
1. Post Roll every morning
2. Keep my promise all day
Before I chose to cave I must do these 2 things:
1. Call an August quit brother and tell him I am going to cave
2. Sign the copy of the Contract to Give Up in my wallet and give it to my wife
Good plan.. simple is best.
Just make sure you use it !!!
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From the people who brought you Skoal Copenhagen...U.S. Smokeless (http://www.ussmokeless.com/en/cms/Products/Smokeless_Tobacco/default.aspx?src=home)
Scroll down and read the first line of "Quitting the use of smokeless tobacco products".
Name another industry where the COMPANY recommends that you discontinue the use of ITS PRODUCT!
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I think I'm addicted to KilltheCan now. At least you guys wont give me cancer.
...........Herpes, now that's another story ;)
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From the people who brought you Skoal Copenhagen...U.S. Smokeless (http://www.ussmokeless.com/en/cms/Products/Smokeless_Tobacco/default.aspx?src=home)
Scroll down and read the first line of "Quitting the use of smokeless tobacco products".
Name another industry where the COMPANY recommends that you discontinue the use of ITS PRODUCT!
Thanks for the site...able to put a face to the names. To think how that interview might go to get a job there!
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Smokeless ingredients: Copenhagen Long-Cut Straight.
USSmokeless.com (http://www.ussmokeless.com/en/cms/Products/Ingredients_Nav/Ingredients/Ingredients_by_Brand/Skoal/Skoal_Long_Cut_Apple_Blend.aspx)
This is only how much they are willing to disclose in order that they may "protect our proprietary brand recipes, including trade secret ingredients, from disclosure to competitors."
1. Water
Ok, we'll let that one slide...
2. Tobacco
There are many species of tobacco, which are encompassed by the genus of herbs Nicotiana. It is part of the nightshade family (Solanaceae) indigenous to North and South America, Australia, south west Africa and the South Pacific.
Many plants contain nicotine, a powerful neurotoxin, that is particularly harmful to insects. However, tobaccos contain a higher concentration of nicotine than most other plants. Unlike many other Solanaceae, they do not contain tropane alkaloids, which are often poisonous to humans and other animals.
3. Salt (Sodium Chloride)
Sodium chloride, also known as salt, common salt, table salt, or halite, is an ionic compound with the formula NaCl. Sodium chloride is the salt most responsible for the salinity of the ocean and of the extracellular fluid of many multicellular organisms. As the major ingredient in edible salt, it is commonly used as a condiment and food preservative.
In humans, a high-salt intake has long been known to generally raise blood pressure. More recently, it was demonstrated to attenuate nitric oxide production. Nitric oxide (NO) contributes to vessel homeostasis by inhibiting vascular smooth muscle contraction and growth, platelet aggregation, and leukocyte adhesion to the endothelium.
4. Natural and Artificial Flavors
Vague much?
5. Binders
6. Sodium Carbonate
Sodium Carbonate (also known as washing soda, soda crystals or soda ash or "Soda Carbonate"), Na2CO3, is a sodium salt of carbonic acid. It most commonly occurs as a crystalline heptahydrate, which readily effloresces to form a white powder, the monohydrate; and is domestically well known for its everyday use as a water softener. It has a cooling alkaline taste, and can be extracted from the ashes of many plants. It is synthetically produced in large quantities from table salt in a process known as the Solvay process.
The manufacture of glass is one of the most important uses of sodium carbonate. When it is combined with sand (SiO2) and calcium carbonate (CaCO3) and heated to very high temperatures, then cooled very rapidly, glass is produced. This type of glass is known as soda lime glass.
Sodium carbonate is used by the brick industry as a wetting agent to reduce the amount of water needed to extrude the clay
Sodium carbonate is used to create the photo process known as reticulation.
Sodium carbonate may be used for safely cleaning silver. First, aluminium foil is added to a glass or ceramic container, and covered with very hot water and some sodium carbonate. Silver items are dipped into this "bath" to clean them, making sure the silver makes contact with the aluminium foil. Finally, the silver is rinsed in water and left to dry.
7. Ammonium Carbonate
is the commercial salt, formerly known as sal volatile or salt of hartshorn. Ammonium carbonate is used when crushed as a smelling salt. It can be crushed when needed in order to revive someone who has fainted. It is also known as "baker's ammonia" and was a forerunner to the more modern leavening agents baking soda and baking powder.
8. Ethyl Alcohol
Ethanol, also called ethyl alcohol, pure alcohol, grain alcohol, or drinking alcohol, is a volatile, flammable, colorless liquid. It is a powerful psychoactive drug, best known as the type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages and in modern thermometers. Ethanol is one of the oldest recreational drugs. In common usage, it is often referred to simply as alcohol or spirits.
9. Sodium Saccharin
An artificial sweetener. The basic substance, benzoic sulfimide, has effectively no food energy and is much sweeter than sucrose, but has an unpleasant bitter or metallic aftertaste, especially at high concentrations. In countries where saccharin is allowed as a food additive, it is used to sweeten products such as drinks, candies, medicines, and toothpaste.
10. Preservatives
A preservative is a naturally occurring or synthetic substance that is added to products such as foods, pharmaceuticals, paints, biological samples, wood, etc. to prevent decomposition by microbial growth or by undesirable chemical changes.
YUMMY!!! ...This is what they are willing to disclose. They are O.K. with you knowing this much. Makes you wonder what makes up the laundry list that is the "proprietary brand recipe."
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Smokeless ingredients: Copenhagen Long-Cut Straight.
USSmokeless.com (http://www.ussmokeless.com/en/cms/Products/Ingredients_Nav/Ingredients/Ingredients_by_Brand/Skoal/Skoal_Long_Cut_Apple_Blend.aspx)
This is only how much they are willing to disclose in order that they may "protect our proprietary brand recipes, including trade secret ingredients, from disclosure to competitors."
1. Water
Ok, we'll let that one slide...
2. Tobacco
There are many species of tobacco, which are encompassed by the genus of herbs Nicotiana. It is part of the nightshade family (Solanaceae) indigenous to North and South America, Australia, south west Africa and the South Pacific.
Many plants contain nicotine, a powerful neurotoxin, that is particularly harmful to insects. However, tobaccos contain a higher concentration of nicotine than most other plants. Unlike many other Solanaceae, they do not contain tropane alkaloids, which are often poisonous to humans and other animals.
3. Salt (Sodium Chloride)
Sodium chloride, also known as salt, common salt, table salt, or halite, is an ionic compound with the formula NaCl. Sodium chloride is the salt most responsible for the salinity of the ocean and of the extracellular fluid of many multicellular organisms. As the major ingredient in edible salt, it is commonly used as a condiment and food preservative.
In humans, a high-salt intake has long been known to generally raise blood pressure. More recently, it was demonstrated to attenuate nitric oxide production. Nitric oxide (NO) contributes to vessel homeostasis by inhibiting vascular smooth muscle contraction and growth, platelet aggregation, and leukocyte adhesion to the endothelium.
4. Natural and Artificial Flavors
Vague much?
5. Binders
6. Sodium Carbonate
Sodium Carbonate (also known as washing soda, soda crystals or soda ash or "Soda Carbonate"), Na2CO3, is a sodium salt of carbonic acid. It most commonly occurs as a crystalline heptahydrate, which readily effloresces to form a white powder, the monohydrate; and is domestically well known for its everyday use as a water softener. It has a cooling alkaline taste, and can be extracted from the ashes of many plants. It is synthetically produced in large quantities from table salt in a process known as the Solvay process.
The manufacture of glass is one of the most important uses of sodium carbonate. When it is combined with sand (SiO2) and calcium carbonate (CaCO3) and heated to very high temperatures, then cooled very rapidly, glass is produced. This type of glass is known as soda lime glass.
Sodium carbonate is used by the brick industry as a wetting agent to reduce the amount of water needed to extrude the clay
Sodium carbonate is used to create the photo process known as reticulation.
Sodium carbonate may be used for safely cleaning silver. First, aluminium foil is added to a glass or ceramic container, and covered with very hot water and some sodium carbonate. Silver items are dipped into this "bath" to clean them, making sure the silver makes contact with the aluminium foil. Finally, the silver is rinsed in water and left to dry.
7. Ammonium Carbonate
is the commercial salt, formerly known as sal volatile or salt of hartshorn. Ammonium carbonate is used when crushed as a smelling salt. It can be crushed when needed in order to revive someone who has fainted. It is also known as "baker's ammonia" and was a forerunner to the more modern leavening agents baking soda and baking powder.
8. Ethyl Alcohol
Ethanol, also called ethyl alcohol, pure alcohol, grain alcohol, or drinking alcohol, is a volatile, flammable, colorless liquid. It is a powerful psychoactive drug, best known as the type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages and in modern thermometers. Ethanol is one of the oldest recreational drugs. In common usage, it is often referred to simply as alcohol or spirits.
9. Sodium Saccharin
An artificial sweetener. The basic substance, benzoic sulfimide, has effectively no food energy and is much sweeter than sucrose, but has an unpleasant bitter or metallic aftertaste, especially at high concentrations. In countries where saccharin is allowed as a food additive, it is used to sweeten products such as drinks, candies, medicines, and toothpaste.
10. Preservatives
A preservative is a naturally occurring or synthetic substance that is added to products such as foods, pharmaceuticals, paints, biological samples, wood, etc. to prevent decomposition by microbial growth or by undesirable chemical changes.
YUMMY!!! ...This is what they are willing to disclose. They are O.K. with you knowing this much. Makes you wonder what makes up the laundry list that is the "proprietary brand recipe."
How about the Value system...Integrity, Trust, and Respect
Passion to Suceed
Executing with quality
Driving creativity into everything they do
Sharing with others
Here all this time I thought they were out to just make a buck and help us die faster....I def feel better after knowing their Value system
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Thoughts at 100 Posts:
For my 100th post I thought I would recap my experience here at KillTheCan.
Finding the site: May 19, 2010 was turning out to be just like May 18, and everyday before. Sitting at my desk, checking my email, I begin packing my morning dip. Grizzly Wintergreen as usual. I hesitate and put the can back in the bottom drawer of my desk. I was basically just sick of the routine of having to put this shit in my face before I could even be considered a fully functional human being! I google "quitting dip", hoping to stumble across some nasty picture of some dudes jaw falling off. Yes, I needed to be inspired. This was not the first time I'd pulled this little passive aggressive maneuver. What made this time different was that I stumbled into the arms of KTC. I've never even looked back.
Lesson #1 - NO TROPHY CAN!: At this point I may have been 1-2 days into my quit. I'm reading as much as I can on the site, not getting shit done at work. Hey, I still do this! Anyway, I decided I was going to post up some of my feelings/thoughts in my August group. In said blurb I mentioned that I was proud to still have my can of pouches in my desk. I was beating this thing my way! I was staring it in the face and saying, "I'm choosing not to use you". WRONG. Immediately the posts started flooding the page. "THROW THAT SHIT AWAY" "ARE YOU FUCKING RETARTED?" "WE WOULDN'T BE HERE IF WE HAD THAT KIND OF SELF CONTROL"! I immediately flushed it. Good thing too, I most definitely would have caved. The KTC way is the only way to quit!
Lesson #2 - My Quit Plan: I'd never had one of these. Imagine that, a PLAN to stay quit. Friggin' genius.
1. Post Roll every morning
2. Keep my promise all day
Before I chose to cave I must do these 2 things:
1. Call an August quit brother and tell him I am going to cave
2. Sign the copy of the Contract to Give Up in my wallet and give it to my wife
Lesson #3 - Flirtin' with Dudes: Just kidding. Got about 7 numbers in my phone, mostly my August brothers. Haven't had to call yet, but have texted a couple of times. The idea of exchanging numbers with internet people creeped me out at first. Then I got it. These people aren't trying to butt rape me. They are there to keep me from butt raping myself with chew!
Live Chitty Chat: Live chat has been pivotal, especially when at work and just need to vent. Supportive and most of the time quite entertaining.
My Goal: Besides remaining quit my goal is to make it onto at least 1 "Thank you" section in someones HOF speech. I want to help others quit. I want to make an impact and keep KTC going strong. I want to be iuchewie, Skoal Monster, SamCat!!!, Loot, MylilSecret, QuitinTime...+ many more. These guys rock!
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Great post !!! Being active and helping others has certainly strengthened my quit.
One of these days one of your brothers will call you and be having a very bad time, you will get to talk to them and help them remain quit. They will wake up the next morning and post a +1.
Then my friend you will most certainly feel like a bad ass !!!
Keep doing what you are doing....
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These people aren't trying to butt rape me.
Have you ever met greg40? He would butt rape you in a heartbeat.
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Give CHEW the big...
'Finger' 'Finger' 'Finger' 'Finger' 'Finger' 'Finger' 'Finger' 'Finger' 'Finger' 'Finger'
'Finger' 'Finger' 'Finger' FUCK YOU 'Finger' 'Finger' 'Finger'
'Finger' 'Finger' 'Finger' 'Finger' 'Finger' 'Finger' 'Finger' 'Finger' 'Finger' 'Finger'
Before it FUCKS YOU BIG!
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Quittin's scary. It's like lookin' the nic-bitch right in the fuckin' eyes and sayin "FUCK YOU, I'm takin' my nuts back!" And she's all like "MUAaaahhaaa! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAivJzbaokI&feature=related), Your nuts are MINE Biooootch!"
Then you take out a shank and stick it in her face like WHaaam! Then she's all like bleeding her poison everywhere, but you got your shit-stompin' boots on so you just dance around in it...and then you piss on her.
So yeah, quittin' can be scary...just make sure you have your shank on you.
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Quittin's scary. It's like lookin' the nic-bitch right in the fuckin' eyes and sayin "FUCK YOU, I'm takin' my nuts back!" And she's all like "MUAaaahhaaa! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAivJzbaokI&feature=related), Your nuts are MINE Biooootch!"
Then you take out a shank and stick it in her face like WHaaam! Then she's all like bleeding her poison everywhere, but you got your shit-stompin' boots on so you just dance around in it...and then you piss on her.
So yeah, quittin' can be scary...just make sure you have your shank on you.
each victory over the bitch makes you stronger and her muhaaaahaaaaa gets quieter
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These people aren't trying to butt rape me.
Have you ever met greg40? He would butt rape you in a heartbeat.
LMAO
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These people aren't trying to butt rape me.
Have you ever met greg40? He would butt rape you in a heartbeat.
LMAO
So, exactly how did you come across that information?
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These people aren't trying to butt rape me.
Have you ever met greg40? He would butt rape you in a heartbeat.
LMAO
So, exactly how did you come across that information?
Its every-damn-where on this site. Proves to me that you haven't been doing enough of your reading assignments.
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These people aren't trying to butt rape me.
Have you ever met greg40? He would butt rape you in a heartbeat.
LMAO
So, exactly how did you come across that information?
Its every-damn-where on this site. Proves to me that you haven't been doing enough of your reading assignments.
Shit.
Fine. I'll search the site out for surprise Butt-Sex stories involving Greg40.
I pray I don't find any.
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These people aren't trying to butt rape me.
Have you ever met greg40? He would butt rape you in a heartbeat.
LMAO
So, exactly how did you come across that information?
Its every-damn-where on this site. Proves to me that you haven't been doing enough of your reading assignments.
Shit.
Fine. I'll search the site out for surprise Butt-Sex stories involving Greg40.
I pray I don't find any.
RJ,
You might find a couple of references....
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These people aren't trying to butt rape me.
Have you ever met greg40? He would butt rape you in a heartbeat.
LMAO
So, exactly how did you come across that information?
Its every-damn-where on this site. Proves to me that you haven't been doing enough of your reading assignments.
Shit.
Fine. I'll search the site out for surprise Butt-Sex stories involving Greg40.
I pray I don't find any.
RJ,
You might find a couple of references....
It never gets less disgusting, but after a while, it ceases to be a surprise.
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These people aren't trying to butt rape me.
Have you ever met greg40? He would butt rape you in a heartbeat.
LMAO
So, exactly how did you come across that information?
Its every-damn-where on this site. Proves to me that you haven't been doing enough of your reading assignments.
Shit.
Fine. I'll search the site out for surprise Butt-Sex stories involving Greg40.
I pray I don't find any.
RJ,
You might find a couple of references....
It never gets less disgusting, but after a while, it ceases to be a surprise.
So, I love how my introduction page, my blog if you will, has become a corner to hang out and discuss Greg40's sex-capades! You make one tiny little reference to butt sex and it's all down-hill. let this be a lesson to everyone.
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These people aren't trying to butt rape me.
Have you ever met greg40? He would butt rape you in a heartbeat.
LMAO
So, exactly how did you come across that information?
Its every-damn-where on this site. Proves to me that you haven't been doing enough of your reading assignments.
Shit.
Fine. I'll search the site out for surprise Butt-Sex stories involving Greg40.
I pray I don't find any.
RJ,
You might find a couple of references....
It never gets less disgusting, but after a while, it ceases to be a surprise.
So, I love how my introduction page, my blog if you will, has become a corner to hang out and discuss Greg40's sex-capades! You make one tiny little reference to butt sex and it's all down-hill. let this be a lesson to everyone.
...a lesson about butt-sex?
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Happy Father's Day dad!! I love you and miss you so much. You would have been so proud of Connor today he pitched a good game, and Tori has a good tournament yesterday too, but I know you were there in spirit! I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kenzi Kern
Hutch, MN - Sunday, June 21, 2009 8:29 PM CDTÂ
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......Tom Kerns Daughter....Taken from the Caring Bridge Site
I will never put that shit in my mouth again..
Stay quit , the alternative ...........................isnt worth it
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Happy Father's Day dad!! I love you and miss you so much. You would have been so proud of Connor today he pitched a good game, and Tori has a good tournament yesterday too, but I know you were there in spirit! I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kenzi Kern
Hutch, MN - Sunday, June 21, 2009 8:29 PM CDTÂ
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......Tom Kerns Daughter....Taken from the Caring Bridge Site
I will never put that shit in my mouth again..
Stay quit , the alternative ...........................isnt worth it
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That is powerful stuff. If that story does not motivate you to quit and stay that way... nothing will.
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THE DECISION
Quitting dip comes down to one thing... a decision to quit. I can't spell it out any simpler than that. Sure, it's much easier for me to say that today now that I've quit than it would have been on day 1 or day 10, but every day that goes by, I believe it more and more.
I'm not here to tell you that the decision is easy to make because it's certainly not. There are some days when the decision is downright nearly impossible to make. But it's a decision that needs to be made on a daily basis.
There are many things in our lives and in our quits that we have no control over. We can't control the weather, we can't control how people view us, we can't control what happens at the office, we can't control whether we are sick. In our quits, we can't control the withdrawal that we go through, we can't control WHAT symptoms we'll experience nor can we control how long those symptoms persist.
To look at it that way doesn't look good. But remember... the decision.
You can DECIDE to put a dip in.
You can DECIDE to NOT put a dip in.
You can DECIDE whether you want to continue to be a slave to the can.
You can DECIDE to LIVE your life WITHOUT dip.
I've had conversations with other quitters and cavers. I've been asked what makes me different (than someone who's struggling). The answer is simple... I made my decision. I'm not any stronger, I'm not any better and quite frankly I'm not any different. I'm an addict just like all of you... I made my decision. I made my decision this morning just like I have every morning since July 24th, 2006. I'll make a decision tomorrow as well.
When you're thinking that quitting isn't possible... when you're thinking that everything is out of your control and you NEED your dip... make a decision.
You're in a place where people can help you once you're made your decision but we can't make it for you. We're here to help.
DECIDE to let us help.
DECIDE to not dip today.
DECIDE to live life WITHOUT dip or chew.
DECIDE to live.
This thing is simple -- it's decision time my friend...
chewie
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Poetry Corner ..... ( found post from Cliff in 06 )
T'was the day before my quit date
and all through my room
cans of chew and crusty spitters
signaled my doom
The spitters were stank
along with my breath
The thing I love most
was causing my death
Tomorrow I quit
so tonight let's get merry,
One more for the road
before things get hairy
I look at the tin
all silver and shiny
give it a shake and a twist
and clench up my hiny
For tonight my lip's
way too mangled for chew
So I poke it into my crack
From whence I go poo
Let this be a lesson
To those who are lurking
Get in here now
Before your anus starts perking !!!
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Note to self: Read Sept 05, April 06, May 06.
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GMS - November 22, 2006 : May 2006 'Drama Queens'
"My 100th QSX post:
I've obviously gone off the deep end to have spent so much of my precious time on this today.
I'm a little extra-POed, though because I need to get away from the computer and I feel really slighted since the only thing I have ever done is question the authority of someone whose authority, at this point, clearly needs to be questioned.
Oh yeah, and I'm lobbying for Killthecan. It's extreme."
Well, almost 4 years have passed and I must say that this QUIT is still Xtreme!
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Fishforsale - May 2006 'Drama Queens'
NO OBSCENE LANGUAGE: This board is intended for family use. Please refrain from using any vulgar, profane or obscene language that would offend someone else. Inappropriate words will be edited. This also applies to User Names. Accounts with inappropriate user names may be deleted.
I just want to chime in...
This board is not intended for family use. Not in the least bit. We're all trying to overcome an addiction, that's a very personal thing and it's well documented that the only person you can quit for and make it work is yourself.
Would you bring your kids to an AA meeting? If you did, how in the world can you expect the people there to not do what they need to do to beat thier addictions? Isn't it selfish and self centered to expect people to act in a way that you want them to act, in the confines of a community in which people aren't just discussing politics, religion and day to day nonsense? They are fighting for thier lives and if posting vulgarities is a means by which it helps them overcome thier addiction- then what of it?
This site isn't about family and kids. It's about beating an addiction. And as a community, we do it together. As a conservative Christian, I look past the vulgar langauge and all the other nonsense and see this site for what it is. And that is, anything but intended for family use. It's a way for us to beat nicotine, by any means nessecary.
Yeah, there's a thing called respect for others, but in the road of life, that's a two way street.
That's my 2 cents.
Bump to June 2010.
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'B.S.'
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On Sunday, I decided to quit. For some reason I started thinking about what life for my family would be like without me and I decided to quit. I looked at my wife and my two little boys and I decided to stop this habit that I have enjoyed for the last 13 years. I also decided to write down some of the things that I was thinking, and I want to put them here - Maybe for my own reasons, but also maybe because they might help someone else.
1) I don't want my wife to ever marry someone else because I'm not around anymore
2)Â I don't want some other man living in my house with my family one day because I'm not around anymore
3)Â It hurts my heart to think about someone sitting in my place at the supper table
4) I don't want someone else trying to "win over" my seven year old little boy. Only I know how to love him with all my heart
5) My twelve year old needs me to be his dad. When he was very small, I made him a promise that I would be around for him for a long, long time
6) My wife deserves more. She has always been honest and giving with me, and I have not done the same for her. I am ashamed of myself and am determined to be the husband she deserves to have
7)Â I shudder at the thought of another man one day making jokes and talking to his friends about dating my wife
8)Â My wife and I built our family together - Without the two of us, there would not be four of us and I want to continue to be a part of how special that is
9) I love my family they love me. I have been selfish and hurtful and the three most important people in my life have loved me anyway
10)Â If I wasn't around anymore...eventually my wife and our boys would find another husband and dad to take my place...and for what...?
11) My family needs me. Nothing is as important as that except righting the wrongs I have done and making my wife and our boys proud of me.
I don't know if any of this makes sense, but I am determined to make this work. I have never tried to quit before, but am convinced that I can do it on the first try...
...Well put SWJ.
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Thoughts at 200 Posts:
Lovin' life at 42 days clean. My wife LOVES the new me. I'm no longer a straight up ass at night when I can't get away from her to chew. What a thought! I used to want to get away from her so I could poison myself. Is that the definition of insane. Anyways, Really feelin' this quit.
I'm going to go out on a limb here. KTC makes quitting fun. There, I said it. Fun. KTC gives your quit a name and a little blue collar. It turns your quit from a thing you used to fear to a thing to be nurtured, respected, and celebrated. I know this is fluffy stuff, but hey, this is the mood I've been in.
fuckthenicbitch
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--(SWJ)--
I Had A Gerbil
I had this gerbil once named Bear.
Bear was a black gerbil - Like all gangster and shit.
And he was huge. He probably weighed like a pound or something.
I only ever had one gerbil because if I had gotten another one and put him in the cage with Bear, he would have made the other gerbil his bitch.
Bear was nasty.
He even got out one time and the cat didn't even eat him.
Bear apparently schooled the cat on how he would get his shit stomped if he tried chewing on him, because the next day I found Bear, safe and sound, sleeping in an old box of Star Wars toys.
Anyway, Bear got wicked old. I think I had this fucking gerbil for like 10 years and I'm pretty sure that's like 102 in people years or something.
And he just got fatter and meaner.
Plus I got tired of taking care of his ass.
So I decided to let him go. Outside.
I took him outside and put him down right next to the wood line.
Bear waddled off into the woods, and I felt sure that some owl was going to be able to eat for a week once he peeped that fat fuck wandering around.
I slept like a baby that night.
The next morning I woke up and went into the kitchen to make coffee.
When I looked out the window, and I swear I'm not making this up, that fat bastard was sitting on a rock with a chipmunk.
Staring at me.
You little turd, I thought. Went out and pimped a chipmunk and brought her back here so you could both give me the stink eye.
Fuck you, Bear, I told him through the window, and gave him the stink eye right back.
He didn't scare me.
Well, that little fucker showed up every day after that with his chipmunk bitch.
Every morning I'd have to look out there and see their dumb asses sitting on that rock, laughing together and eating deer shit.
One morning, about a week later, I looked out the window and Bear was sitting by himself on the steps to the back door.
And he didn't look so good.
He was kind of staring off into space and his whiskers were all scraggled.
He looked like a little firecracker had gone off in his fat face.
I taunted him about his little chipmunk friend having left him for a squirrel.
Then I decided then to give him a pick-me-up by peeing on him.
That'll scare him off, I thought because animals generally don't like to get peed on.
So I let fly with a morning squirt that would have knocked over a small child.
I even shot it up in the air first so that it would come down on his head with more force.
That stupid gerbil just sat there and let me pee on his head. Never moved.
And instead of thinking about what a rotten thing it is to pee on someone, I thought to myself, That gerbil is really fucked up.
So there we stood.
Me with my stuff out and Bear sitting on the step with a little bald spot on the top of his head where my pee had parted his hair.
Whiskers all gnarled up and dripping - Pathetic.
So I got an oven mitt out of the kitchen and scooped him up.
I felt a little bit bad about what I had done to him but he stunk so I didn't worry about it too much.
The two of us walked together into the woods, said our goodbyes, and I dropped him down a hole next to a maple tree.
Fuck him.
I hate gerbils.
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Thoughts at 400 posts 76 Days:
Hmm...Rough couple of weeks in August 2010. Lost two solid quitters. Blackbear and Captain. It would appear that Captain is back though. I wish him the best. I realize now how real the 70s Funk really is. I used to think, "there is no way that after 70+ days I could still fall prey to the nic0_Bitch." I watched her fuck up two SOLID quits.
Anyways, rather than dwell on their failures, I am trying to use them as a lesson strengthen my own resolve. I must stay vigilant.
All in all, the quittin' is good. Still incredibly thankful that I stumbled across this amazing community. 24 Days until I join my brothers in the Hall Of Freaking Fame! And that, my friend, you can not buy in any store.
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You Go CC!
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Thoughts at 84 Days:
Well, I'm 16 days away from the Hall of Fame. I'm pretty psyched about that. Where did all that time go? Seems like yesterday I was sitting at my desk with a fatty in my lip continuing on with my life as an addict. All that hiding, shame, and anxiety...it's all gone. I feel like I'm living on a higher level than I've ever lived before. My awareness of things. My energy. My passion for life. If you didn't know, you'd think I was on drugs.
My Quit has brought forth so many unexpected results beyond the obvious benefits of quitting dip. Most notable is the increase in confidence in all areas of my life. Nothing is out of reach, now that I've got the nic-bitch under control. (I hesitate to say I've "beat" it completely, I will always be an addict.) But never-the-less, I have her under my thumb and I can do anything now that I am dip free. I've Quit the un-Quitable.
An integral part of my quit has been helping others. That is probably why I love hanging out in Live Chat so much. Nothing makes me happier than to answer the cries for help from an addict who's reached the point where they are finding themselves in a chat room dedicated to quitting dip. You know they've reached rock-bottom when they find themselves there. When you can get someone to post up their last Day 1, you know you've just helped them change their life forever.
Well, I'm going to keep doing what I've been doing. In the past 84 days I've laughed in the face of many a crave. I've seen some tough quitters fail. I've read more about my addiction, myself, than ever thought possible. The mere fact that there are others out there who a basically in the exact same boat I am has been pivotal to my Quit.
Quit.
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Thoughts at 94 Days:
Something that has strengthened my Quit tremendously recently is this notion, and I wish I would have caught on to this earlier in my Quit/Life:
God will not present me with temptations that are too strong for me to handle. He walks with me, therefore, I can not fail.
I have recently picked up the Bible after a 12 year hiatus from the church. I have been working daily on my personal relationship with God. I believe with my whole being that he will continue to walk with me and guide me well beyond the HOF.
He is my personal lord and savior and I hope you have accepted him into your life. INHO, you haven't lived until you do.
Glad to be Quit with you guys and I'm lookin' forward to hoppin' on that HOF Train!!!
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Amazing how once you remove the addict thought process from your mind, other important things come into focus. During the hardest parts of my quit, the two things that have got me through it have been KTC and prayer. You're right, He will not give us anything more than we can handle at a given time. Additionally, if you need additional strength, He will help you if only you ask. He's a bit like a KTC brother, but on steroids.
I'm glad to be quit with you Cancrusher, and doing my best to walk with Him next to you.
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Thoughts at 94 Days:
Something that has strengthened my Quit tremendously recently is this notion, and I wish I would have caught on to this earlier in my Quit/Life:
God will not present me with temptations that are too strong for me to handle. He walks with me, therefore, I can not fail.
I have recently picked up the Bible after a 12 year hiatus from the church. I have been working daily on my personal relationship with God. I believe with my whole being that he will continue to walk with me and guide me well beyond the HOF.
He is my personal lord and savior and I hope you have accepted him into your life. INHO, you haven't lived until you do.
Glad to be Quit with you guys and I'm lookin' forward to hoppin' on that HOF Train!!!
Crusha: You just made my day, son. Sittin here with morning coffee on Sunday. And I read that you've suddenly realized that HE DOESN'T GIVE YOU MORE OF A LOAD THAN YOU CAN CARRY. Sometimes its just a little; sometimes its a shitload. When it feels like too much, just ask and he's always happy to tote it for awhile.
You've got this. I can feel it.
....theo - 753
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Thoughts at 94 Days:
Something that has strengthened my Quit tremendously recently is this notion, and I wish I would have caught on to this earlier in my Quit/Life:
God will not present me with temptations that are too strong for me to handle. He walks with me, therefore, I can not fail.
I have recently picked up the Bible after a 12 year hiatus from the church. I have been working daily on my personal relationship with God. I believe with my whole being that he will continue to walk with me and guide me well beyond the HOF.
He is my personal lord and savior and I hope you have accepted him into your life. INHO, you haven't lived until you do.
Glad to be Quit with you guys and I'm lookin' forward to hoppin' on that HOF Train!!!
Crusha: You just made my day, son. Sittin here with morning coffee on Sunday. And I read that you've suddenly realized that HE DOESN'T GIVE YOU MORE OF A LOAD THAN YOU CAN CARRY. Sometimes its just a little; sometimes its a shitload. When it feels like too much, just ask and he's always happy to tote it for awhile.
You've got this. I can feel it.
....theo - 753
This is one of the best poems I have ever read and been a favorite for many many years. It also goes in line with what you are saying here.
One night a man had a dream. He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the LORD.
Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand: one belonging to him, and the other to the LORD.
When the last scene of his life flashed before him, he looked back at the footprints in the sand.
He noticed that many times along the path of his life there was only one set of footprints.
He also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times in his life.
This really bothered him and he questioned the LORD about it: "LORD, you said that once I decided to follow you, you'd walk with me all the way. But I have noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life, there is only one set of footprints. I don't understand why when I needed you most you would leave me."
The LORD replied: "My son, my precious child, I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you."
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Thoughts at Day 122 -
Must....write....HOF....Speech!
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Thoughts at 94 Days:
Something that has strengthened my Quit tremendously recently is this notion, and I wish I would have caught on to this earlier in my Quit/Life:
God will not present me with temptations that are too strong for me to handle. He walks with me, therefore, I can not fail.
I have recently picked up the Bible after a 12 year hiatus from the church. I have been working daily on my personal relationship with God. I believe with my whole being that he will continue to walk with me and guide me well beyond the HOF.
He is my personal lord and savior and I hope you have accepted him into your life. INHO, you haven't lived until you do.
Glad to be Quit with you guys and I'm lookin' forward to hoppin' on that HOF Train!!!
Crusha: You just made my day, son. Sittin here with morning coffee on Sunday. And I read that you've suddenly realized that HE DOESN'T GIVE YOU MORE OF A LOAD THAN YOU CAN CARRY. Sometimes its just a little; sometimes its a shitload. When it feels like too much, just ask and he's always happy to tote it for awhile.
You've got this. I can feel it.
....theo - 753
This is one of the best poems I have ever read and been a favorite for many many years. It also goes in line with what you are saying here.
One night a man had a dream. He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the LORD.
Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand: one belonging to him, and the other to the LORD.
When the last scene of his life flashed before him, he looked back at the footprints in the sand.
He noticed that many times along the path of his life there was only one set of footprints.
He also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times in his life.
This really bothered him and he questioned the LORD about it: "LORD, you said that once I decided to follow you, you'd walk with me all the way. But I have noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life, there is only one set of footprints. I don't understand why when I needed you most you would leave me."
The LORD replied: "My son, my precious child, I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you."
I first heard that poem when I was in boot camp. That's also when I found God and was Baptized the day before graduation.
I know God walks with me, and I am thankful he walks with you all too.
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My response to a friends email inquiring about Killthecan.
Glad you're interested. All I can do is point you in the right direction, you're the one that will have to man up and fight through the suck. Warning though bud, this is not the "easy" way. Not by any measure. But it does work. I too failed countless times before now and I can see now that it was because I didn't have any accountability. I would tend to not tell anyone that I was Quitting, that way when I inevitably failed I didn't have to put my tail between my legs and admit that I'd started back up again.
That is where Killthecan came into the picture. These are guys that are going through the same shit as you. When you Post Roll for the day, you are making a promise to them that you will not put that shit in your mouth today. Again, you are not promising to "Never" use it again, just that you wont for that particular day. That is why posting roll early in the morning is crutial. It takes the option off of the table. That is, if your Word is worth anything to you. Because ultimately that is what you are offering up to your quit bros.
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My response to a friends email inquiring about Killthecan.
Glad you're interested. All I can do is point you in the right direction, you're the one that will have to man up and fight through the suck. Warning though bud, this is not the "easy" way. Not by any measure. But it does work. I too failed countless times before now and I can see now that it was because I didn't have any accountability. I would tend to not tell anyone that I was Quitting, that way when I inevitably failed I didn't have to put my tail between my legs and admit that I'd started back up again.
That is where Killthecan came into the picture. These are guys that are going through the same shit as you. When you Post Roll for the day, you are making a promise to them that you will not put that shit in your mouth today. Again, you are not promising to "Never" use it again, just that you wont for that particular day. That is why posting roll early in the morning is crutial. It takes the option off of the table. That is, if your Word is worth anything to you. Because ultimately that is what you are offering up to your quit bros.
this needs to be in Words of Wisdom.......period!
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Looking for good workout support? This site is amazing! The dude is hilarious and will lead you in the right direction. He is a no-gimmicks kind of guy and shares all of his information for free.
I thought this would be good in light of quitting dip and getting healthier in general.
http://www.scoobysworkshop.com/ (http://www.scoobysworkshop.com/)
Enjoy :)
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Beginner Work-out Plan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx9ahNFV ... r_embedded# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx9ahNFVulA&feature=player_embedded#)!
Again, from Scooby's Workshop.
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The holidays are upon us. The air is crisp and cool, the stores are packed, and the sweets are abundant. My mind has been on the subject of Gift Giving lately. It never fails that when I begin to explore gift ideas for others I inevitably start looking for new toys for me. I'm very easily side-tracked in this way...
This year I've decided to stay firm and not purchase myself anything during the season of giving. I have, as a matter of fact, already given myself the most amazing gift of all this year...My Freedom! The gift of Quit has continued to give in the following ways:
-I'm healthier than I've ever been.
-My wife now has an honest husband who does not keep dark secrets.
-I'm no longer throwing money down UST's pockets.
-I have gained some great friendships on this site.
-I now do what I want, when I want.... without the worry of getting my fix.
-I have an incredible amount of self control now that has gone beyond my Quit into other areas of my life.
-I am a slave to nothing.
-I have given myself a new lease on life!!
The list goes on. I challenge you to name 1 single gift that could compare to this...exept of course 2 chicks at the same time...that's not even fair :)
Merry Christmas my quit brethren!
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Memories from Day 1:
Day 1 (1:20p): Drove home for lunch...didn't take the 'long' route home to have time for a roadie chew. Pork chop tasted great! That is one of the quickest wins of quiting...FOOD TASTES GREAT! Back at work now.
My work is kind of boring at the moment, not really helping the situation. I keep getting these really odd pains in my head. Well, odd is a nice way of putting it.
A little background on my addiction: Started smoking cigs when I was 15....did this until 18. Started dipping at 18 and have been ever since (im 23). I've tried quitting countless times, my most recent was a solid 3 months this past Dec-March. I've tried every product out there, gum, lozenges, patches...(patches were the worst! Always tore my cheeks up when I tried to take 'em off! Haha, j/k:)
Anyways, I recently married (June 6, 2009) my high school sweetheart Stephanie and I am sick and tired of hiding this horrible part of my life from her. I'm tired of ducking out when I can, just to do my evil little deeds. Tired of not enjoying my time with her because I'm cravin' like a mofo. 8 years of this is ENOUGH! I'm sick and Tired of being Sick and Tired!
LET'S TAKE OUR LIVES BACK AUGUST 2010!
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A good crave destraction:
THE WAKING LIFE: Full Movie. Enjoy 'archer'
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 0854515095# (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7583894250854515095#)
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Cancrusher's Guide to Dealing with Symptoms of Nicotine Withdrawal
Step 1: Face
Face the fact that this is going to suck...bad.
Step 2: Accept
Accept that there is little you can do to make the pain subside completely.
Step 3: Float
Float through the fog and headaches, paying little attention to the severity of the pain because you know it will eventually pass.
Step 4: Let time pass
In the world of Quitting, Time is the ultimate healer. Simply allow the time to pass. It is going to with or without your constant supervision.
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HOW TO STRENGTHEN YOUR RESOLVE
“Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.” These simple words of advice are from Benjamin Franklin and apply to anyone who needs to take action.
To explore what it takes to strengthen resolve, we must first determine what resolve is, why itÂ’s important, where it resides, what will weaken it and then focus on what makes it stronger.
What is resolve? To clarify the meaning of resolve, the dictionary describes it as “making a firm decision.” Other words that define resolve include purposefulness, commitment, determination, firmness, and decidedness. In practical terms, who and what you are today is a reflection of your resolve in the past. Who and what you are to become will be a manifestation of your resolve today.
Why is resolve important? Resolve is our steering mechanism that keeps us committed to staying on course to our desired objective. It makes us do things, accomplish goals, achieve objectives and it is resolve that puts us into action. Without it weÂ’d be like a ship without a rudder, drifting aimlessly on the ocean of life.
Where is resolve to be found? Some believe that resolve is solely an intellectual process that it resides only in the mind. While itÂ’s true that without the mind, resolve could not be activated, the real power of resolve is located much deeper than the mind. Is resides in the intuition, in the heart, in the spirit and in every cell of our being. We donÂ’t think about resolve Â… we feel resolve ... we are resolved! Resolve is also a constantly renewing resource. Every day, we awaken with renewed resolve. Even a conscious moment is an opportunity to renew our resolve. So the true power of resolve also resides in the present moment.
What diminishes or weakens our resolve? Victim behaviors, such as blaming, criticizing, negatively judging, complaining and making excuses will all serve to weaken or diminish our resolve. If we stop engaging in any or all of these behaviors, it will serve to strengthen our resolve. What else will diminish our resolve? Well, if the power of our resolve can be accessed in the present moment, any time we are invested in the future by being fearful, worrying or attached to expectation our resolve will be weakened. Furthermore, if we are dwelling in the past on issues such as guilt, anger or disappointment, these too will serve to diminish our resolve.
What strengthens our resolve? As mentioned earlier, when we cease engaging in victim behaviors, when we let go of the negative influences of the past or the future, when are focused in the present moment, our resolve is at its strongest and most powerful.
What else strengthens our resolve? When we are confident and feel good about ourselves, when we have the courage of our convictions, when we doubtless know that our actions are steering us towards our goal, when we are unhesitating, focused and fearless, our resolve will perform it dutiful tasks, guiding us to our objectives, goals and achievements.
Motivational speaker, Anthony Robbins said “I believe life is constantly testing us for our level of commitment, and life's greatest rewards are reserved for those who demonstrate a never-ending commitment to act until they achieve. This level of resolve can move mountains, but it must be constant and consistent. As simplistic as this may sound, it is still the common denominator separating those who live their dreams from those who live in regret.”
Finally, it is only with a pure, strong and unwavering resolve we have the necessary power to achieve our greatest goals, accomplish our boldest objectives and realize our grandest dreams!
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He want's your DIP! (http://media.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/1430838/81362387.gif)
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He want's your DIP! (http://media.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/1430838/81362387.gif)
THAT
IS
AWESOME!!!!!!
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The Nic-O-Dick! (http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/81542511/)
The ONLY KTC approved Nicotine Replacement Therapy!
...safe for work 'crackup'
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The Nic-O-Dick! (http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/81542511/)
The ONLY KTC approved Nicotine Replacement Therapy!
...safe for work 'crackup'
Now THAT's funny...
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Crave Reduction Music:
Bon Iver (http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=136855313&m=136831439)
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The story of how Cancrusher finally got his big-boy Weber:
Once upon a time Cancrusher got married to the beautiful Mrs. Cancrusher (6-6-09). All of their friends went in on a gift for the newly weds. In their infinite wisdom they decided to get them a large, 4-burner Brinkman propane grill. What they didn't know was that Mr. Cancrusher was a charcoal purist and that the grill they just purchased him was going to collect dust in the garage while he continued to grill on his little Weber Smokey Joe.
Then one day a light bulb went off! Sell the Propane imposter and get a big-boy Weber! This idea met with much resistance as Mrs. Cancrusher had somehow become emotionally attached to the hunk of metal that was rotting in the garage. "IT'S FROM OUR FRIENDS!", she would chant. "FRIENDS! THEY BOUGHT US A GAS GRILL! THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW US!", he'd reply. This went on for some time before Cancrusher wised up. "I must think of a way to fix this situation", he thought to himself over a bowl of cheerios one morning. He went on to convince Mrs. Cancrusher that the Brinkman would live on vicariously through the Weber, and that the Weber would actually get used. He's wielded his words with the swiftness of an arrow, raining down upon her a wave of logic the likes of which she'd never heard.
6/14/2011 -- Cancrusher sold the pile of trash in his garage and was able to get his Weber 22.5" One-Touch Gold and still have enough money for the grill cover. He is anxiously awaiting the end of the work week when he will be able to crack open a few cold ones, throw some thick cut, hickory seasoned pork chops on that sparkly new rack, and enjoy all that is GRILLING!
Cancrusher and his newly assembled Weber :) (http://i.picasion.com/pic41/dfa888278ac16b6441b7dc362417f398.gif)
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The story of how Cancrusher finally got his big-boy Weber:
Once upon a time Cancrusher got married to the beautiful Mrs. Cancrusher (6-6-09). All of their friends went in on a gift for the newly weds. In their infinite wisdom they decided to get them a large, 4-burner Brinkman propane grill. What they didn't know was that Mr. Cancrusher was a charcoal purist and that the grill they just purchased him was going to collect dust in the garage while he continued to grill on his little Weber Smokey Joe.
Then one day a light bulb went off! Sell the Propane imposter and get a big-boy Weber! This idea met with much resistance as Mrs. Cancrusher had somehow become emotionally attached to the hunk of metal that was rotting in the garage. "IT'S FROM OUR FRIENDS!", she would chant. "FRIENDS! THEY BOUGHT US A GAS GRILL! THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW US!", he'd reply. This went on for some time before Cancrusher wised up. "I must think of a way to fix this situation", he thought to himself over a bowl of cheerios one morning. He went on to convince Mrs. Cancrusher that the Brinkman would live on vicariously through the Weber, and that the Weber would actually get used. He's wielded his words with the swiftness of an arrow, raining down upon her a wave of logic the likes of which she'd never heard.
6/14/2011 -- Cancrusher sold the pile of trash in his garage and was able to get his Weber 22.5" One-Touch Gold and still have enough money for the grill cover. He is anxiously awaiting the end of the work week when he will be able to crack open a few cold ones, throw some thick cut, hickory seasoned pork chops on that sparkly new rack, and enjoy all that is GRILLING!
Cancrusher and his newly assembled Weber :) (http://i.picasion.com/pic41/dfa888278ac16b6441b7dc362417f398.gif)
I'm not sure how into grilling you are, but I just wanted to let you know that you shouldn't use it in the house. It might stain the draperies.
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The story of how Cancrusher finally got his big-boy Weber:
Once upon a time Cancrusher got married to the beautiful Mrs. Cancrusher (6-6-09). All of their friends went in on a gift for the newly weds. In their infinite wisdom they decided to get them a large, 4-burner Brinkman propane grill. What they didn't know was that Mr. Cancrusher was a charcoal purist and that the grill they just purchased him was going to collect dust in the garage while he continued to grill on his little Weber Smokey Joe.
Then one day a light bulb went off! Sell the Propane imposter and get a big-boy Weber! This idea met with much resistance as Mrs. Cancrusher had somehow become emotionally attached to the hunk of metal that was rotting in the garage. "IT'S FROM OUR FRIENDS!", she would chant. "FRIENDS! THEY BOUGHT US A GAS GRILL! THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW US!", he'd reply. This went on for some time before Cancrusher wised up. "I must think of a way to fix this situation", he thought to himself over a bowl of cheerios one morning. He went on to convince Mrs. Cancrusher that the Brinkman would live on vicariously through the Weber, and that the Weber would actually get used. He's wielded his words with the swiftness of an arrow, raining down upon her a wave of logic the likes of which she'd never heard.
6/14/2011 -- Cancrusher sold the pile of trash in his garage and was able to get his Weber 22.5" One-Touch Gold and still have enough money for the grill cover. He is anxiously awaiting the end of the work week when he will be able to crack open a few cold ones, throw some thick cut, hickory seasoned pork chops on that sparkly new rack, and enjoy all that is GRILLING!
Cancrusher and his newly assembled Weber :) (http://i.picasion.com/pic41/dfa888278ac16b6441b7dc362417f398.gif)
I'm not sure how into grilling you are, but I just wanted to let you know that you shouldn't use it in the house. It might stain the draperies.
And I am living vicariously through you cancrusher.
Actually, I have a 22.5 Silver that works fine for me.
Now go make some Cheesy Bacon Wings!
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The story of how Cancrusher finally got his big-boy Weber:
Once upon a time Cancrusher got married to the beautiful Mrs. Cancrusher (6-6-09). All of their friends went in on a gift for the newly weds. In their infinite wisdom they decided to get them a large, 4-burner Brinkman propane grill. What they didn't know was that Mr. Cancrusher was a charcoal purist and that the grill they just purchased him was going to collect dust in the garage while he continued to grill on his little Weber Smokey Joe.
Then one day a light bulb went off! Sell the Propane imposter and get a big-boy Weber! This idea met with much resistance as Mrs. Cancrusher had somehow become emotionally attached to the hunk of metal that was rotting in the garage. "IT'S FROM OUR FRIENDS!", she would chant. "FRIENDS! THEY BOUGHT US A GAS GRILL! THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW US!", he'd reply. This went on for some time before Cancrusher wised up. "I must think of a way to fix this situation", he thought to himself over a bowl of cheerios one morning. He went on to convince Mrs. Cancrusher that the Brinkman would live on vicariously through the Weber, and that the Weber would actually get used. He's wielded his words with the swiftness of an arrow, raining down upon her a wave of logic the likes of which she'd never heard.
6/14/2011 -- Cancrusher sold the pile of trash in his garage and was able to get his Weber 22.5" One-Touch Gold and still have enough money for the grill cover. He is anxiously awaiting the end of the work week when he will be able to crack open a few cold ones, throw some thick cut, hickory seasoned pork chops on that sparkly new rack, and enjoy all that is GRILLING!
Cancrusher and his newly assembled Weber :) (http://i.picasion.com/pic41/dfa888278ac16b6441b7dc362417f398.gif)
I'm not sure how into grilling you are, but I just wanted to let you know that you shouldn't use it in the house. It might stain the draperies.
And I am living vicariously through you cancrusher.
Actually, I have a 22.5 Silver that works fine for me.
Now go make some Cheesy Bacon Wings!
Drapes be damned...we're talking grilling here. I'm surprised, a reaction like that from a man named smokey
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The story of how Cancrusher finally got his big-boy Weber:
Once upon a time Cancrusher got married to the beautiful Mrs. Cancrusher (6-6-09). All of their friends went in on a gift for the newly weds. In their infinite wisdom they decided to get them a large, 4-burner Brinkman propane grill. What they didn't know was that Mr. Cancrusher was a charcoal purist and that the grill they just purchased him was going to collect dust in the garage while he continued to grill on his little Weber Smokey Joe.
Then one day a light bulb went off! Sell the Propane imposter and get a big-boy Weber! This idea met with much resistance as Mrs. Cancrusher had somehow become emotionally attached to the hunk of metal that was rotting in the garage. "IT'S FROM OUR FRIENDS!", she would chant. "FRIENDS! THEY BOUGHT US A GAS GRILL! THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW US!", he'd reply. This went on for some time before Cancrusher wised up. "I must think of a way to fix this situation", he thought to himself over a bowl of cheerios one morning. He went on to convince Mrs. Cancrusher that the Brinkman would live on vicariously through the Weber, and that the Weber would actually get used. He's wielded his words with the swiftness of an arrow, raining down upon her a wave of logic the likes of which she'd never heard.
6/14/2011 -- Cancrusher sold the pile of trash in his garage and was able to get his Weber 22.5" One-Touch Gold and still have enough money for the grill cover. He is anxiously awaiting the end of the work week when he will be able to crack open a few cold ones, throw some thick cut, hickory seasoned pork chops on that sparkly new rack, and enjoy all that is GRILLING!
Cancrusher and his newly assembled Weber :) (http://i.picasion.com/pic41/dfa888278ac16b6441b7dc362417f398.gif)
I'm not sure how into grilling you are, but I just wanted to let you know that you shouldn't use it in the house. It might stain the draperies.
And I am living vicariously through you cancrusher.
Actually, I have a 22.5 Silver that works fine for me.
Now go make some Cheesy Bacon Wings!
Drapes be damned...we're talking grilling here. I'm surprised, a reaction like that from a man named smokey
Hey, Smokey.... I'd love to hear your thoughts on cheesey bacon wings.
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The story of how Cancrusher finally got his big-boy Weber:
Once upon a time Cancrusher got married to the beautiful Mrs. Cancrusher (6-6-09). All of their friends went in on a gift for the newly weds. In their infinite wisdom they decided to get them a large, 4-burner Brinkman propane grill. What they didn't know was that Mr. Cancrusher was a charcoal purist and that the grill they just purchased him was going to collect dust in the garage while he continued to grill on his little Weber Smokey Joe.
Then one day a light bulb went off! Sell the Propane imposter and get a big-boy Weber! This idea met with much resistance as Mrs. Cancrusher had somehow become emotionally attached to the hunk of metal that was rotting in the garage. "IT'S FROM OUR FRIENDS!", she would chant. "FRIENDS! THEY BOUGHT US A GAS GRILL! THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW US!", he'd reply. This went on for some time before Cancrusher wised up. "I must think of a way to fix this situation", he thought to himself over a bowl of cheerios one morning. He went on to convince Mrs. Cancrusher that the Brinkman would live on vicariously through the Weber, and that the Weber would actually get used. He's wielded his words with the swiftness of an arrow, raining down upon her a wave of logic the likes of which she'd never heard.
6/14/2011 -- Cancrusher sold the pile of trash in his garage and was able to get his Weber 22.5" One-Touch Gold and still have enough money for the grill cover. He is anxiously awaiting the end of the work week when he will be able to crack open a few cold ones, throw some thick cut, hickory seasoned pork chops on that sparkly new rack, and enjoy all that is GRILLING!
Cancrusher and his newly assembled Weber :) (http://i.picasion.com/pic41/dfa888278ac16b6441b7dc362417f398.gif)
I'm not sure how into grilling you are, but I just wanted to let you know that you shouldn't use it in the house. It might stain the draperies.
And I am living vicariously through you cancrusher.
Actually, I have a 22.5 Silver that works fine for me.
Now go make some Cheesy Bacon Wings!
Drapes be damned...we're talking grilling here. I'm surprised, a reaction like that from a man named smokey
Hey, Smokey.... I'd love to hear your thoughts on cheesey bacon wings.
Just effin with you CC. I have already scheduled a cheesy bacon wing BBQ with my buddies. Sausage fingers all up in this bitch!
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The story of how Cancrusher finally got his big-boy Weber:
Once upon a time Cancrusher got married to the beautiful Mrs. Cancrusher (6-6-09). All of their friends went in on a gift for the newly weds. In their infinite wisdom they decided to get them a large, 4-burner Brinkman propane grill. What they didn't know was that Mr. Cancrusher was a charcoal purist and that the grill they just purchased him was going to collect dust in the garage while he continued to grill on his little Weber Smokey Joe.
Then one day a light bulb went off! Sell the Propane imposter and get a big-boy Weber! This idea met with much resistance as Mrs. Cancrusher had somehow become emotionally attached to the hunk of metal that was rotting in the garage. "IT'S FROM OUR FRIENDS!", she would chant. "FRIENDS! THEY BOUGHT US A GAS GRILL! THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW US!", he'd reply. This went on for some time before Cancrusher wised up. "I must think of a way to fix this situation", he thought to himself over a bowl of cheerios one morning. He went on to convince Mrs. Cancrusher that the Brinkman would live on vicariously through the Weber, and that the Weber would actually get used. He's wielded his words with the swiftness of an arrow, raining down upon her a wave of logic the likes of which she'd never heard.
6/14/2011 -- Cancrusher sold the pile of trash in his garage and was able to get his Weber 22.5" One-Touch Gold and still have enough money for the grill cover. He is anxiously awaiting the end of the work week when he will be able to crack open a few cold ones, throw some thick cut, hickory seasoned pork chops on that sparkly new rack, and enjoy all that is GRILLING!
Cancrusher and his newly assembled Weber :) (http://i.picasion.com/pic41/dfa888278ac16b6441b7dc362417f398.gif)
I'm not sure how into grilling you are, but I just wanted to let you know that you shouldn't use it in the house. It might stain the draperies.
And I am living vicariously through you cancrusher.
Actually, I have a 22.5 Silver that works fine for me.
Now go make some Cheesy Bacon Wings!
Drapes be damned...we're talking grilling here. I'm surprised, a reaction like that from a man named smokey
Hey, Smokey.... I'd love to hear your thoughts on cheesey bacon wings.
Just effin with you CC. I have already scheduled a cheesy bacon wing BBQ with my buddies. Sausage fingers all up in this bitch!
All goood smokey! Yeah, the wifey might not like it too much if I grilled the curtains.
Do you think my homeowners policy would cover something like that?
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Congrats on the Weber. I also have a 22.5" silver for the past 5 or 6 years and I love it. I recently was oogling the Weber ranch kettle and thinking about how many racks of ribs I could indirectly cook on that bad boy.
Charcoal and wood is the only thing I like to cook on anymore.
This thread is making me hungry.. 'drool'
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True commitment is serious and it is powerful. Commitment is not just saying
you'll do it. Commitment is doing it. True Commitment is not conditional,
for to be committed means to be absolutely committed.
Commitment is more than doing just what is convenient or comfortable.
Commitment is doing what is necessary. Commitment is making the sacrifices
and the tradeoffs that are required to uphold it. Commitment is more than
just wishing for the right conditions. Commitment is working with what you
have.
Commitment is not easy. Commitment does not back down or run away at the
first sign of trouble. Commitment perseveres until the goal is reached.
Commitment does not waste time and effort whining or complaining or seeking
to find blame. Commitment adjusts to reality and moves forward.
Too many people have been deceived for too long, and have come to expect
that they can know fulfillment without the gritty effort of commitment. They
are sadly mistaken. Real, solid commitment is real work. And well worth it.
The evidence is overwhelming -- it gets results like nothing else can.
--Ralph Marston
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The story of how Cancrusher finally got his big-boy Weber:
Once upon a time Cancrusher got married to the beautiful Mrs. Cancrusher (6-6-09). All of their friends went in on a gift for the newly weds. In their infinite wisdom they decided to get them a large, 4-burner Brinkman propane grill. What they didn't know was that Mr. Cancrusher was a charcoal purist and that the grill they just purchased him was going to collect dust in the garage while he continued to grill on his little Weber Smokey Joe.
Then one day a light bulb went off! Sell the Propane imposter and get a big-boy Weber! This idea met with much resistance as Mrs. Cancrusher had somehow become emotionally attached to the hunk of metal that was rotting in the garage. "IT'S FROM OUR FRIENDS!", she would chant. "FRIENDS! THEY BOUGHT US A GAS GRILL! THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW US!", he'd reply. This went on for some time before Cancrusher wised up. "I must think of a way to fix this situation", he thought to himself over a bowl of cheerios one morning. He went on to convince Mrs. Cancrusher that the Brinkman would live on vicariously through the Weber, and that the Weber would actually get used. He's wielded his words with the swiftness of an arrow, raining down upon her a wave of logic the likes of which she'd never heard.
6/14/2011 -- Cancrusher sold the pile of trash in his garage and was able to get his Weber 22.5" One-Touch Gold and still have enough money for the grill cover. He is anxiously awaiting the end of the work week when he will be able to crack open a few cold ones, throw some thick cut, hickory seasoned pork chops on that sparkly new rack, and enjoy all that is GRILLING!
Cancrusher and his newly assembled Weber :) (http://i.picasion.com/pic41/dfa888278ac16b6441b7dc362417f398.gif)
I'm not sure how into grilling you are, but I just wanted to let you know that you shouldn't use it in the house. It might stain the draperies.
And I am living vicariously through you cancrusher.
Actually, I have a 22.5 Silver that works fine for me.
Now go make some Cheesy Bacon Wings!
Drapes be damned...we're talking grilling here. I'm surprised, a reaction like that from a man named smokey
Hey, Smokey.... I'd love to hear your thoughts on cheesey bacon wings.
Just effin with you CC. I have already scheduled a cheesy bacon wing BBQ with my buddies. Sausage fingers all up in this bitch!
All goood smokey! Yeah, the wifey might not like it too much if I grilled the curtains.
Do you think my homeowners policy would cover something like that?
Dude, you also need to get outside, that skin of yours is blinding!
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The story of how Cancrusher finally got his big-boy Weber:
Once upon a time Cancrusher got married to the beautiful Mrs. Cancrusher (6-6-09). All of their friends went in on a gift for the newly weds. In their infinite wisdom they decided to get them a large, 4-burner Brinkman propane grill. What they didn't know was that Mr. Cancrusher was a charcoal purist and that the grill they just purchased him was going to collect dust in the garage while he continued to grill on his little Weber Smokey Joe.
Then one day a light bulb went off! Sell the Propane imposter and get a big-boy Weber! This idea met with much resistance as Mrs. Cancrusher had somehow become emotionally attached to the hunk of metal that was rotting in the garage. "IT'S FROM OUR FRIENDS!", she would chant. "FRIENDS! THEY BOUGHT US A GAS GRILL! THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW US!", he'd reply. This went on for some time before Cancrusher wised up. "I must think of a way to fix this situation", he thought to himself over a bowl of cheerios one morning. He went on to convince Mrs. Cancrusher that the Brinkman would live on vicariously through the Weber, and that the Weber would actually get used. He's wielded his words with the swiftness of an arrow, raining down upon her a wave of logic the likes of which she'd never heard.
6/14/2011 -- Cancrusher sold the pile of trash in his garage and was able to get his Weber 22.5" One-Touch Gold and still have enough money for the grill cover. He is anxiously awaiting the end of the work week when he will be able to crack open a few cold ones, throw some thick cut, hickory seasoned pork chops on that sparkly new rack, and enjoy all that is GRILLING!
Cancrusher and his newly assembled Weber :) (http://i.picasion.com/pic41/dfa888278ac16b6441b7dc362417f398.gif)
I'm not sure how into grilling you are, but I just wanted to let you know that you shouldn't use it in the house. It might stain the draperies.
And I am living vicariously through you cancrusher.
Actually, I have a 22.5 Silver that works fine for me.
Now go make some Cheesy Bacon Wings!
Drapes be damned...we're talking grilling here. I'm surprised, a reaction like that from a man named smokey
Hey, Smokey.... I'd love to hear your thoughts on cheesey bacon wings.
Just effin with you CC. I have already scheduled a cheesy bacon wing BBQ with my buddies. Sausage fingers all up in this bitch!
All goood smokey! Yeah, the wifey might not like it too much if I grilled the curtains.
Do you think my homeowners policy would cover something like that?
Dude, you also need to get outside, that skin of yours is blinding!
Dude! It's the lighting I swear! I mow 3+ lawns regularly, golf, and run outside everyday! I do see what you mean though, lookin' a bit pasty.
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"Trying is ghey, attempts are lame Hope is a fat chick from high school.
Just do it. You'll have support coming out of the woodwork over here. We want you to be successfull. Drink the koolaid brother...yummy
As other said, check out the Welcome Center and jump on in... "
--Miles (In response to a 'hopeful/attempt-filled' intro)
....Brilliant :)
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Yous one ugly sumbitch C²
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Yous one ugly sumbitch C²
That's why I wear THIS (http://i.picasion.com/pic43/a116b7411791d3234659f9c1fddff7cf.gif) everywhere I go.
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Thoughts at Day 445:
I still need this place.
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Thoughts at Day 445:
I still need this place.
That works out pretty well for us, then.
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It's been 99 days since my last 'intro' post so I figured I should update ya'll on my quit.
Today is Day 544. I've had a lot of stress (i.e. new job, new town, wife living about an hour away...) yadda yadda, over the past couple of months. That said, at no point did I come close to caving. Did I randomly want a cigarette here and there, sure. But those cravings were quickly dismissed. I've been having what I can only equate to as the first 15-30 days kind of fog lately. Cant focus like I need to at work. Feels like I have adult freaking ADD. I've been snappy at loved ones here and there. I'm just not sure sure I might not just be an asshole. I can live with that :)
Anyways, just thought I should post up in here. To all you vets that probably feel like I've dropped off the map...my last job allowed me to be on here practically all day. I work in manufacturing now so that's pretty much shot. I haven't forgotten about you fellas.
CC!
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It's been 99 days since my last 'intro' post so I figured I should update ya'll on my quit.
Today is Day 544. I've had a lot of stress (i.e. new job, new town, wife living about an hour away...) yadda yadda, over the past couple of months. That said, at no point did I come close to caving. Did I randomly want a cigarette here and there, sure. But those cravings were quickly dismissed. I've been having what I can only equate to as the first 15-30 days kind of fog lately. Cant focus like I need to at work. Feels like I have adult freaking ADD. I've been snappy at loved ones here and there. I'm just not sure sure I might not just be an asshole. I can live with that :)
Anyways, just thought I should post up in here. To all you vets that probably feel like I've dropped off the map...my last job allowed me to be on here practically all day. I work in manufacturing now so that's pretty much shot. I haven't forgotten about you fellas.
CC!
Goo to hear your quit is strong brudda.
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Thoughts from Day 739: I used to put WHAT in my lip?
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Thoughts from Day 739: I used to put WHAT in my lip?
Congrats on 2 years
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Thoughts from Day 739: I used to put WHAT in my lip?
Congrats on 2 years
X2
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Thoughts from Day 739: I used to put WHAT in my lip?
Congrats on 2 years
X2
x3 Thanks for your support in May 2011!
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Thoughts from Day 739: I used to put WHAT in my lip?
Congrats on 2 years
X2
x3 Thanks for your support in May 2011!
Thanks all!
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Thoughts from Day 870 -
Smelled the faint scent of smoke from a nearby burning barn the other evening.
Thought to myself, "That smells like a ciggy".
Remembered days of long ago, "Hanging round the campfire, smokin' ciggys, drinkin' beer."
Remembered the feeling I had...
...Then I remembered that I DON'T DO THAT SHIT ANYMORE and I certainly don't spend time thinking about it!
Even at 870 days the nic bitch would love to have me back. In fact, the reward for her would be even sweeter knowing she took down a well-rooted Quit.
Stay thirsty for the Quit my Friends.
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Day 1,053 - It gets easier.