It Has to Be You.

[Rawls]

Congrats on your 1 year quit Sacksyboy. 3/18.

Just read your intro and your timeline. I would love to hear how you are doing today! Great write ups!

Congrats on your 1 year! I appreciate you leading the way!

bokie

One year is huge.
Keep throwing the sword.
I quit with you.
Rawls 852

[Bokie]

Congrats on your 1 year quit Sacksyboy. 3/18.

Just read your intro and your timeline. I would love to hear how you are doing today! Great write ups!

Congrats on your 1 year! I appreciate you leading the way!

bokie

[ChickDip]

Congrats on your 1 year quit Sacksyboy. 3/18.

[pky1520]

Congrats on 200 sacksy love setting you around these halls every day.

Most. Excellent!

Congrats on your 200 Sacksy!

[AppleJack]

Congrats on 200 sacksy love setting you around these halls every day.

Most. Excellent!

[ChickDip]

Congrats on 200 sacksy love setting you around these halls every day.

[Sacksyboy]

Post in June just now, figured I'd share here too..

We had some folks with some majority shitty weeks in here. I'm hoping the weekend had a bright spot or two, but its “funk” territory for us so its possible the weekend for those with rough weeks sucked a ton too. Just trying to remind myself of two things constantly.

1. Nicotine will not solve our problems. For years and even decades we consciously or subconsciously would grab a can when pissed or disappointed. Did it ever solve our problem? Of course not. When we finished a massive cat turd and removed it, our problem stayed. Nicotine fixes NOTHING. In a sense we were almost cowardly for all those years. Instead of facing our issues or working on the problems, we would dive into a can and try to ignore the world. We are all now learning how to get through life's curveballs and gut punches without the can. And while I'm no where near a vet, I have realized that the majority of caves come with excuses involving problems in our lives. Sure—some are intoxicated camping trips or bachelor parties where it “just happened”. But I would bet that over 50% of caves have some tie back to a problem or issue in our life that we think the can will make better. And it never works. All that ends up happening is a shitty feeling after breaking your word, realizing you’re back on Day 1, and the can did nothing to solve your problem. You wake up the next morning realizing you have to answer the three questions and the pit in your stomach grows when you realize the shit you though the can would help is still there and now must be dealt with while trying to start a new quit. Nicotine can’t make your problems go away.

Bringing me to the second thing IÂ’ve been constantly reminding myself..

2. You will never regret quitting. You will always regret caving. So many of us have attempted a quit and failed. That feeling when you realize you were a loser and screwed up another attempted quit is the worst. Whether you get the feeling 5 minutes after inserting the first lip, or you get it 3 years after you caved—you will always regret that decision to go back to being a slave. However, there also probably is not a single quitter here who hasn’t faced a BAD crave, and somehow beat the nic bitch on the brow as said “no thank you”. The feeling after a bad cave passes and you realize you beat it, you are still on “day _”, same quit group family, another strand of slavery broken.. damn that feels great.

Anyway, those are two pillars of truth that I’ve seen around here a bunch that have really resonated with me. I have tried to drill them into my brain every chance I get. And as we creep closer to the HOF train leaving the station—I felt like sharing.

Digits are a PM away for anyone who doesnÂ’t have them. (Not just June, but any KTC quitter!) Love yÂ’all.

Quit on!

[Sacksyboy]

Some news:

1. I have not yet received my first dip dream. And when I say received, well.. you know what I mean.

2. I watched the HBO documentary on Scientology this weekend. Uhh...woof. All I can say. W-O-O-F.

3. I tried fake for the first time.

I had some anxiety that somehow it would turn my brain off and I would "Walking Dead" my way to the gas station and have a dip in my mouth faster than you can say KAZOO.

Fortunately that didn't happen. All that happened is I tried some fake.. It was fine. I took it out. I haven't had another. Boring..like the June Platoon.

Oh, and I'm a tortured Capitals fan. So if you see me bite a head or two off this week, it is because of the fact that the Lord (though He loves me unconditionally) does not see fit that I see a team get past the second round of the playoffs. He has a plan.. it just currently involved me softly sobbing in the corner on my bedroom closet with Coldplay playing in the background.

[Rawls]

Been a while since I posted much. Wanted to a couple of times but have really tried to invest in the folks in our June Platoon and so most of my mental energy and time have gone to our group..

On that side of things though we had a conversation started up about fake chaw and I mentioned I was actually giving it a try for the first time in my quit. Here is what I said:

What is weird is I'm 39 days quit and I have used seeds and gum only.. So I am not exactly sure why I'm curious NOW about fake chew, but whatever--no tobacco or nic-bitch so we'll see what I think..

Funny story though.. I must have been about 2 weeks in, and had the weirdest out of the blue crave--easily the strongest of my whole quit so far. I texted a few guys and got two responses. 1 real. 1 I suspect was mostly a joke.

The real response? Get outside, walk around for 5 minutes--wash your face and keep us posted.

The 95% joke? Irish responds that if all else fails--dump some coffee grounds in my mouth.

No more than 20 minutes after I had laughed at the hilarious text from Irish I was cutting off the top of a K-cup and attempting to pack a lip of coffee grounds. In a suit. In an office.

It was not my best moment, but fock it--stayed quit.

--Anyway, I can't say enough about the guys and gals in June '16. Might not be the largest group but damn we have some studs. Up and down the line I am so proud of each one.

I honestly think I have more people super invested in my individual quit than I can count on two hands. That kind of accountability and brotherhood is what keeps me focused EDD.

Quit on.

Sacksyboy | 39

Sacks. Congrats on 5.5 weeks quit! That's a bad ass accomplishment. I wanted to share a quick story about the fake because I had an interesting experience. When I first quit, I didn't want anything to do with the fake because it just reminded me that I used to pack the real crap in my face for far too long, and I was also a little scared that it would make me want to go back to putting the real stuff back in my face too.

Around day 175 I really had an urge to try the fake. I don't even know the reason or if it was a trigger. I guess I was just curious. So I stopped and grabbed a can of fake. I bought a couple more cans over the next couple weeks, but eventually I realized it wasn't even worth the stop. I probably chewed a total of 3 cans of fake over about a month of time. Just like the real stuff, it didn't do anything for me, but unlike the real stuff, it was a piece of cake to put it down.

The fake is a tool that got many bad ass quitters through some tough times. I haven't seen a story yet on here where a guy couldn't get off the fake. It's a lot easier without all the addictive poison in it. It's a personal choice for each quitter. I'm glad you guys are talking in your group though, keep it going. It helps everybody, not just the guys commenting directly in the forum.

I really appreciate the advice, KN.

It was honestly a touch concerning to me at first that I wanted to try some fake. But the more I read (and your comments, too) really helped ease some of my worry. Seems like it isn't completely unprecedented for folks to try fake after being quit a bit without it at first.

I don't live anywhere remotely close to somewhere fake is sold..so I had to order it online. There is honestly a 50/50 shot I don't even open it. Might just leave it in my desk for a rainy quit day.

I haven't tried fake chew yet as I absolutely hated having the real thing against my gums when I quit. If I thought about it too much a dip would make me physically gag. This just shows how powerful nicotine addiction really is - I hated my delivery system for the longest time but I still put that crap in my lip for hours at a time each and every day.

I'm not ruling out ever using fake chew. I could see myself using it the next time I am with some of my friends who still dip. It's a tool like KTC. I bet it tastes awful. LOL.

Whatever works for you is what you need to do for now. As long as you're keeping nicotine out of your face, you're winning. Everything else (weight gain, fake, seeds, gum, etc.) will pass. Do whatever you have to do for right now as long as it doesn't involve nicotine. I promise you that freedom is coming. I promise you that in the not so distant future you will have this overwhelming sense of accomplishment for successfully ridding yourself of that poison for ____ number of days. It is truly life changing.

Sparks in HERE....
And a bunch of em.
Iron sharpening Iron.
EDD ODAAT.
Great Intro Sacks.
Made my quit stronger today.
Thank you sir.
Rawls 525

[KingNothing]

Been a while since I posted much. Wanted to a couple of times but have really tried to invest in the folks in our June Platoon and so most of my mental energy and time have gone to our group..

On that side of things though we had a conversation started up about fake chaw and I mentioned I was actually giving it a try for the first time in my quit. Here is what I said:

What is weird is I'm 39 days quit and I have used seeds and gum only.. So I am not exactly sure why I'm curious NOW about fake chew, but whatever--no tobacco or nic-bitch so we'll see what I think..

Funny story though.. I must have been about 2 weeks in, and had the weirdest out of the blue crave--easily the strongest of my whole quit so far. I texted a few guys and got two responses. 1 real. 1 I suspect was mostly a joke.

The real response? Get outside, walk around for 5 minutes--wash your face and keep us posted.

The 95% joke? Irish responds that if all else fails--dump some coffee grounds in my mouth.

No more than 20 minutes after I had laughed at the hilarious text from Irish I was cutting off the top of a K-cup and attempting to pack a lip of coffee grounds. In a suit. In an office.

It was not my best moment, but fock it--stayed quit.

--Anyway, I can't say enough about the guys and gals in June '16. Might not be the largest group but damn we have some studs. Up and down the line I am so proud of each one.

I honestly think I have more people super invested in my individual quit than I can count on two hands. That kind of accountability and brotherhood is what keeps me focused EDD.

Quit on.

Sacksyboy | 39

Sacks. Congrats on 5.5 weeks quit! That's a bad ass accomplishment. I wanted to share a quick story about the fake because I had an interesting experience. When I first quit, I didn't want anything to do with the fake because it just reminded me that I used to pack the real crap in my face for far too long, and I was also a little scared that it would make me want to go back to putting the real stuff back in my face too.

Around day 175 I really had an urge to try the fake. I don't even know the reason or if it was a trigger. I guess I was just curious. So I stopped and grabbed a can of fake. I bought a couple more cans over the next couple weeks, but eventually I realized it wasn't even worth the stop. I probably chewed a total of 3 cans of fake over about a month of time. Just like the real stuff, it didn't do anything for me, but unlike the real stuff, it was a piece of cake to put it down.

The fake is a tool that got many bad ass quitters through some tough times. I haven't seen a story yet on here where a guy couldn't get off the fake. It's a lot easier without all the addictive poison in it. It's a personal choice for each quitter. I'm glad you guys are talking in your group though, keep it going. It helps everybody, not just the guys commenting directly in the forum.

I really appreciate the advice, KN.

It was honestly a touch concerning to me at first that I wanted to try some fake. But the more I read (and your comments, too) really helped ease some of my worry. Seems like it isn't completely unprecedented for folks to try fake after being quit a bit without it at first.

I don't live anywhere remotely close to somewhere fake is sold..so I had to order it online. There is honestly a 50/50 shot I don't even open it. Might just leave it in my desk for a rainy quit day.

I haven't tried fake chew yet as I absolutely hated having the real thing against my gums when I quit. If I thought about it too much a dip would make me physically gag. This just shows how powerful nicotine addiction really is - I hated my delivery system for the longest time but I still put that crap in my lip for hours at a time each and every day.

I'm not ruling out ever using fake chew. I could see myself using it the next time I am with some of my friends who still dip. It's a tool like KTC. I bet it tastes awful. LOL.

Whatever works for you is what you need to do for now. As long as you're keeping nicotine out of your face, you're winning. Everything else (weight gain, fake, seeds, gum, etc.) will pass. Do whatever you have to do for right now as long as it doesn't involve nicotine. I promise you that freedom is coming. I promise you that in the not so distant future you will have this overwhelming sense of accomplishment for successfully ridding yourself of that poison for ____ number of days. It is truly life changing.

[KingNothing]

bumped a BAMF so I had to pick him up...

[Stranger999]

Been a while since I posted much. Wanted to a couple of times but have really tried to invest in the folks in our June Platoon and so most of my mental energy and time have gone to our group..

On that side of things though we had a conversation started up about fake chaw and I mentioned I was actually giving it a try for the first time in my quit. Here is what I said:

What is weird is I'm 39 days quit and I have used seeds and gum only.. So I am not exactly sure why I'm curious NOW about fake chew, but whatever--no tobacco or nic-bitch so we'll see what I think..

Funny story though.. I must have been about 2 weeks in, and had the weirdest out of the blue crave--easily the strongest of my whole quit so far. I texted a few guys and got two responses. 1 real. 1 I suspect was mostly a joke.

The real response? Get outside, walk around for 5 minutes--wash your face and keep us posted.

The 95% joke? Irish responds that if all else fails--dump some coffee grounds in my mouth.

No more than 20 minutes after I had laughed at the hilarious text from Irish I was cutting off the top of a K-cup and attempting to pack a lip of coffee grounds. In a suit. In an office.

It was not my best moment, but fock it--stayed quit.

--Anyway, I can't say enough about the guys and gals in June '16. Might not be the largest group but damn we have some studs. Up and down the line I am so proud of each one.

I honestly think I have more people super invested in my individual quit than I can count on two hands. That kind of accountability and brotherhood is what keeps me focused EDD.

Quit on.

Sacksyboy | 39

Sacks. Congrats on 5.5 weeks quit! That's a bad ass accomplishment. I wanted to share a quick story about the fake because I had an interesting experience. When I first quit, I didn't want anything to do with the fake because it just reminded me that I used to pack the real crap in my face for far too long, and I was also a little scared that it would make me want to go back to putting the real stuff back in my face too.

Around day 175 I really had an urge to try the fake. I don't even know the reason or if it was a trigger. I guess I was just curious. So I stopped and grabbed a can of fake. I bought a couple more cans over the next couple weeks, but eventually I realized it wasn't even worth the stop. I probably chewed a total of 3 cans of fake over about a month of time. Just like the real stuff, it didn't do anything for me, but unlike the real stuff, it was a piece of cake to put it down.

The fake is a tool that got many bad ass quitters through some tough times. I haven't seen a story yet on here where a guy couldn't get off the fake. It's a lot easier without all the addictive poison in it. It's a personal choice for each quitter. I'm glad you guys are talking in your group though, keep it going. It helps everybody, not just the guys commenting directly in the forum.

I really appreciate the advice, KN.

It was honestly a touch concerning to me at first that I wanted to try some fake. But the more I read (and your comments, too) really helped ease some of my worry. Seems like it isn't completely unprecedented for folks to try fake after being quit a bit without it at first.

I don't live anywhere remotely close to somewhere fake is sold..so I had to order it online. There is honestly a 50/50 shot I don't even open it. Might just leave it in my desk for a rainy quit day.

I haven't tried fake chew yet as I absolutely hated having the real thing against my gums when I quit. If I thought about it too much a dip would make me physically gag. This just shows how powerful nicotine addiction really is - I hated my delivery system for the longest time but I still put that crap in my lip for hours at a time each and every day.

I'm not ruling out ever using fake chew. I could see myself using it the next time I am with some of my friends who still dip. It's a tool like KTC. I bet it tastes awful. LOL.

[Sacksyboy]

Been a while since I posted much. Wanted to a couple of times but have really tried to invest in the folks in our June Platoon and so most of my mental energy and time have gone to our group..

On that side of things though we had a conversation started up about fake chaw and I mentioned I was actually giving it a try for the first time in my quit. Here is what I said:

What is weird is I'm 39 days quit and I have used seeds and gum only.. So I am not exactly sure why I'm curious NOW about fake chew, but whatever--no tobacco or nic-bitch so we'll see what I think..

Funny story though.. I must have been about 2 weeks in, and had the weirdest out of the blue crave--easily the strongest of my whole quit so far. I texted a few guys and got two responses. 1 real. 1 I suspect was mostly a joke.

The real response? Get outside, walk around for 5 minutes--wash your face and keep us posted.

The 95% joke? Irish responds that if all else fails--dump some coffee grounds in my mouth.

No more than 20 minutes after I had laughed at the hilarious text from Irish I was cutting off the top of a K-cup and attempting to pack a lip of coffee grounds. In a suit. In an office.

It was not my best moment, but fock it--stayed quit.

--Anyway, I can't say enough about the guys and gals in June '16. Might not be the largest group but damn we have some studs. Up and down the line I am so proud of each one.

I honestly think I have more people super invested in my individual quit than I can count on two hands. That kind of accountability and brotherhood is what keeps me focused EDD.

Quit on.

Sacksyboy | 39

Sacks. Congrats on 5.5 weeks quit! That's a bad ass accomplishment. I wanted to share a quick story about the fake because I had an interesting experience. When I first quit, I didn't want anything to do with the fake because it just reminded me that I used to pack the real crap in my face for far too long, and I was also a little scared that it would make me want to go back to putting the real stuff back in my face too.

Around day 175 I really had an urge to try the fake. I don't even know the reason or if it was a trigger. I guess I was just curious. So I stopped and grabbed a can of fake. I bought a couple more cans over the next couple weeks, but eventually I realized it wasn't even worth the stop. I probably chewed a total of 3 cans of fake over about a month of time. Just like the real stuff, it didn't do anything for me, but unlike the real stuff, it was a piece of cake to put it down.

The fake is a tool that got many bad ass quitters through some tough times. I haven't seen a story yet on here where a guy couldn't get off the fake. It's a lot easier without all the addictive poison in it. It's a personal choice for each quitter. I'm glad you guys are talking in your group though, keep it going. It helps everybody, not just the guys commenting directly in the forum.

I really appreciate the advice, KN.

It was honestly a touch concerning to me at first that I wanted to try some fake. But the more I read (and your comments, too) really helped ease some of my worry. Seems like it isn't completely unprecedented for folks to try fake after being quit a bit without it at first.

I don't live anywhere remotely close to somewhere fake is sold..so I had to order it online. There is honestly a 50/50 shot I don't even open it. Might just leave it in my desk for a rainy quit day.

[KingNothing]

Been a while since I posted much. Wanted to a couple of times but have really tried to invest in the folks in our June Platoon and so most of my mental energy and time have gone to our group..

On that side of things though we had a conversation started up about fake chaw and I mentioned I was actually giving it a try for the first time in my quit. Here is what I said:

What is weird is I'm 39 days quit and I have used seeds and gum only.. So I am not exactly sure why I'm curious NOW about fake chew, but whatever--no tobacco or nic-bitch so we'll see what I think..

Funny story though.. I must have been about 2 weeks in, and had the weirdest out of the blue crave--easily the strongest of my whole quit so far. I texted a few guys and got two responses. 1 real. 1 I suspect was mostly a joke.

The real response? Get outside, walk around for 5 minutes--wash your face and keep us posted.

The 95% joke? Irish responds that if all else fails--dump some coffee grounds in my mouth.

No more than 20 minutes after I had laughed at the hilarious text from Irish I was cutting off the top of a K-cup and attempting to pack a lip of coffee grounds. In a suit. In an office.

It was not my best moment, but fock it--stayed quit.

--Anyway, I can't say enough about the guys and gals in June '16. Might not be the largest group but damn we have some studs. Up and down the line I am so proud of each one.

I honestly think I have more people super invested in my individual quit than I can count on two hands. That kind of accountability and brotherhood is what keeps me focused EDD.

Quit on.

Sacksyboy | 39

Sacks. Congrats on 5.5 weeks quit! That's a bad ass accomplishment. I wanted to share a quick story about the fake because I had an interesting experience. When I first quit, I didn't want anything to do with the fake because it just reminded me that I used to pack the real crap in my face for far too long, and I was also a little scared that it would make me want to go back to putting the real stuff back in my face too.

Around day 175 I really had an urge to try the fake. I don't even know the reason or if it was a trigger. I guess I was just curious. So I stopped and grabbed a can of fake. I bought a couple more cans over the next couple weeks, but eventually I realized it wasn't even worth the stop. I probably chewed a total of 3 cans of fake over about a month of time. Just like the real stuff, it didn't do anything for me, but unlike the real stuff, it was a piece of cake to put it down.

The fake is a tool that got many bad ass quitters through some tough times. I haven't seen a story yet on here where a guy couldn't get off the fake. It's a lot easier without all the addictive poison in it. It's a personal choice for each quitter. I'm glad you guys are talking in your group though, keep it going. It helps everybody, not just the guys commenting directly in the forum.

[Sacksyboy]

Been a while since I posted much. Wanted to a couple of times but have really tried to invest in the folks in our June Platoon and so most of my mental energy and time have gone to our group..

On that side of things though we had a conversation started up about fake chaw and I mentioned I was actually giving it a try for the first time in my quit. Here is what I said:

What is weird is I'm 39 days quit and I have used seeds and gum only.. So I am not exactly sure why I'm curious NOW about fake chew, but whatever--no tobacco or nic-bitch so we'll see what I think..

Funny story though.. I must have been about 2 weeks in, and had the weirdest out of the blue crave--easily the strongest of my whole quit so far. I texted a few guys and got two responses. 1 real. 1 I suspect was mostly a joke.

The real response? Get outside, walk around for 5 minutes--wash your face and keep us posted.

The 95% joke? Irish responds that if all else fails--dump some coffee grounds in my mouth.

No more than 20 minutes after I had laughed at the hilarious text from Irish I was cutting off the top of a K-cup and attempting to pack a lip of coffee grounds. In a suit. In an office.

It was not my best moment, but fock it--stayed quit.

--Anyway, I can't say enough about the guys and gals in June '16. Might not be the largest group but damn we have some studs. Up and down the line I am so proud of each one.

I honestly think I have more people super invested in my individual quit than I can count on two hands. That kind of accountability and brotherhood is what keeps me focused EDD.

Quit on.

Sacksyboy | 39