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[Cancrusher]

STA51,

I peeped your roll post in September. This made me happy. Way to take the first steps man. You can do this. I'm your age, I too started when I was around 15 years old. You are not a unique butterfly. You will not be the first person who ever stood up the nic Bitch and said FUCK YOU WHOREMONGER, I'M TAKIN' MY LIFE BACK! I'm here to tell you that it can and has been done! and If I can do this, you sure as hell can. I'm no superhero, just a determined fella who loves to get my Quit on each and every day.

Stay tough my new Quit brother. If you're having a hard time writing a paper, take it to the forums, I'm sure you can get some good direction/ideas from these fellas. Gotta be some psych majors up in here somewheres...

Keep that shit out of your face today mmkay punkin :)

[marjwilliams]

STA51,

Consider going to the Dr and getting on ADHD medication instead of self medicating with dip.

Studying was one of the main things that turned me into a can+ per day addict. And kept me that way for more than a decade.

[AceInTheHole]

Hey guys,

This is day number two for me. My eyeballs feel as if they're melting, my teeth itch, withdrawals suck etc. etc. whine whine.

Thanks for the encouragement. I'll take a closer look at the rest of the site/forum soon.

I don't expect anyone to accept my excuses. I wasn't trying to make excuses, I was just stating what happened... 

Thanks

Yoyo STA-Dropping in as a fellow Sept 2011 quit brother to say congrats on making one of the best decisions of your life and to shed a little light on how this works if you haven't had a chance to cruise the rest of the site yet...which you should do asap because this really works best when you have an understanding of the environment that you're operating in.

It's hard. There's no other way to say it. It's fucking tough. And everyone here knows that, but we all know that this is something that we did to ourselves. We chose to pack our lip full of a chemical substance (for whatever reason) and ended up creating a physical, chemical dependency that required us to feed the beast in order to feel 'normal.'

And as hard as it is to kick the nic bitch to the curb, life is hard too. School, work, family, friends, stress, lack of sleep, finances, parents, siblings, you get the picture. It adds up, and everyone deals with it because that's all that you can do. Caving is not an option here, it's that simple.

Welcome to Sept 2011. I quit with you again today.

AceInTheHole

[rootboyslim]

Remember this: you never know which dip you pop in will cause the cancer to begin. It may be the one you had before tomorrow, right? End it now.

Although I am day 33, what someone wrote below rings true. When you are quit, you worry less about cancer. Or you don't worry at all. I once asked a dentist friend of mine if I were to quit today and I don't have cancer already, what are the odds I get it down the road. His answer: negligible.

Quit, bro, quit.

[jimmykeeper]

How do you expect to help others when you can't even help yourself?

See you in September roll, kid. True quitters and people who hold their word need only apply.

[STA51]

Hey guys,

This is day number two for me. My eyeballs feel as if they're melting, my teeth itch, withdrawals suck etc. etc. whine whine.

Thanks for the encouragement. I'll take a closer look at the rest of the site/forum soon.

I don't expect anyone to accept my excuses. I wasn't trying to make excuses, I was just stating what happened...

Thanks

[nicofiend]

Its time to quit STA. NOW IS THE TIME. No more bullshit brother.

You are clearly a bright guy. You can get through school without it. I've got a half dozen degrees and am finishing one now. I just finished my second semester without nicotine and everything was there...focus, drive, etc. I had the same apprehension. If you are done with the school year get your head straight and you can be clean for the start of fall.

Cancer sucks and all it takes is one dip to start it. So get on board and fight this day by day.

Alternatively you could be a host species for cancer. I bet it is awesome. Your call.

That might be cool...like the extra ventilation you'll get when they remove parts of your face right?

I hear the wired on jaw gives a lot of people something to goggle and stare at you about!!

[Souliman]

Its time to quit STA. NOW IS THE TIME. No more bullshit brother.

You are clearly a bright guy. You can get through school without it. I've got a half dozen degrees and am finishing one now. I just finished my second semester without nicotine and everything was there...focus, drive, etc. I had the same apprehension. If you are done with the school year get your head straight and you can be clean for the start of fall.

Cancer sucks and all it takes is one dip to start it. So get on board and fight this day by day.

Alternatively you could be a host species for cancer. I bet it is awesome. Your call.

That might be cool...like the extra ventilation you'll get when they remove parts of your face right?

[Scowick65]

Its time to quit STA. NOW IS THE TIME. No more bullshit brother.

You are clearly a bright guy. You can get through school without it. I've got a half dozen degrees and am finishing one now. I just finished my second semester without nicotine and everything was there...focus, drive, etc. I had the same apprehension. If you are done with the school year get your head straight and you can be clean for the start of fall.

Cancer sucks and all it takes is one dip to start it. So get on board and fight this day by day.

Alternatively you could be a host species for cancer. I bet it is awesome. Your call.

[Souliman]

Its time to quit STA. NOW IS THE TIME. No more bullshit brother.

You are clearly a bright guy. You can get through school without it. I've got a half dozen degrees and am finishing one now. I just finished my second semester without nicotine and everything was there...focus, drive, etc. I had the same apprehension. If you are done with the school year get your head straight and you can be clean for the start of fall.

Cancer sucks and all it takes is one dip to start it. So get on board and fight this day by day.

[minuteofangle]

Welcome quitter! A word to the wise: XTREME means that we accept nothing but QUIT! I too saw alot of excuses in your intro. You are not the only college student here. We have all walks of life...PHDs included. If you really want to quit you have found the right place...we are all about your word and accountability. If you want someone to cup your nads and accept your excuses....you sir are in the wrong place. I believe that you can do it....now you must believe. See you in the HOF. Oh yea, read everything here and learn about your addiction.

MOA

[jaygib]

Sounds like you've got your excuses all lined up. School is hard, moreso grad school sounds like it'll be a real pain in the ass at your uni. But you can't graduate on day one; heck you can't even take the final on the first day of class. Day by day, lecture by lecture, book by book, exam by exam,paper by paper...well you get the idea you know what school is like.

BTW, I used to have real anxiety almost panic fits at the mention of the big C. Couldn't even say the whole word it was so scary. But when I quit I quit worrying about cancer. Strange. 10 years from now you'll still fear cancer and still will look at the overwhelming challenge of quitting provided you make it 10 years.

Quit with us today. Sep '11 is waiting to support you and can use your support as those folks begin the quit journey.

[Scowick65]

Well, if you want to quit, you can. We have the plan to just do that type of thing. You should join us. I bet a thousand of us quit every single day...1 day at a time.

I sent you a PM. Read it. I am over in chat. Come over and lets talk.

[STA51]

Hello,
I NEED to quit this. I worry all of the time about the risk of cancer and other problems associated with dip. I've been dipping since age 15 (I'm 24 now). I think it is a cultural habit in Tennessee. I played football and was doing construction work, and almost everyone dipped or smoked. Even so, there is no excuse.

I quit in March of 2010 for the entire month. I could deal with most of the symptoms, but when I had a 15 page research paper due for an upper level psychology class I couldn't focus. I literally stared at the computer monitor in the library for 2 hours and could write nothing. I got pissed, walked down the street, and bought a can. When I came back inside, I popped a pinch in my mouth and wrote the entire paper immediately.

I don't know how to deal with this. My university is well known to be hard. I'm about to be in grad school which will cause more problems.

The ironic part of all of this is that my first internship will be working at a center for addicts of any kind who are simultaneously mentally ill. It seems like it is hypocritical to me.

Anyways, I want to quit. I guess I just have to step out again. Thanks for reading.