I'm a member of the amazing November 2013 Quit Group. I'm 84 days into my quit, and my reason for posting this message is to tell you how amazing I feel. Like so many others, this was not my first time to quit. Prior to finding this site, I would randomly quit and naturally cave sometimes days, weeks, and in my early twenties, I caved after having about a year under my belt while traveling for work.
When I found this site, the first thing I did was go into the chat room. What was suprising to me was the ferver of the guys in the room with respect to not only their own quits, but their excitement about my day 1. They didn't know me and I didn't know them. There was a natural bond that is formed though when we say we are quit. It is a bond of of those that have been through the pain of the quit that makes us all brothers and sisters to those that are staking a claim on their life that they want to go through that same hell so that they are no longer a slave and this addiction take their own life.
Like the literature on the website suggests, I was miserable for the first week. Things would get better on a daily basis. I think I had the chat room open for the entirety of my first week. Too many individuals to list here were there to support me. The ability to purchase a can is reduced to zero if you are sitting in the chatroom, having a craving and working through it with your brothers and sisters. It did get better.
I sit here 84 days with the train coming my way soon to pick up not only myself, but my new friends who had the nerve to call me out when I was not posting role. Actually, it isn't even nerve. I honestly believe it is because we have a bond in our quit, and we care too much to let people get out of the program and cave. I feel great. No fog, still have cravings everynow and even to the point to where I feel like I can smell it. I still read quit stories, and I still re-read stories like Randy's on the homepage. You have to believe me when I say that the pain goes away; you just have to earn it.
I don't really know why I am posting this message other than I felt the need to say something. You are all making one of the best decisions of your life and we are honored to quit with you today, tomorrow, and for the rest of our lives. I offer any help I can to you. All you have to do is simply PM me your number, and I will check on your every day and be there for you to talk you out of the gas station. Unless you are there to buy cheetos. I love cheetos.
I quit with you today.
