One Day At A Time

[QuitConstruct]

You said it well in your first intro post when you started to talk about being invested in your brothers/sisters and most of all your own Quit. I have just started to realize, I have way too much to lose if I caved now. Just to have a couple minute relaxation from poison, I cant even fathom it now. Hop over to May '16 and post some support, glad to quit with you!

[worktowin]

Day 50.

Been really thinking about the word accountability today. This quit and this site has changed me in so many ways...the best of which is being accountable on a daily basis for my own actions.

Worktowin you are right: "You quit for yourself, but the relationships and honestly the feeling that you cannot fail others will strengthen you more than you know."

Each day I quit for myself when I post role, but the accountability and feeling of not wanting to fail other carries me through the craves and challenges of the day...

50 days is huge man. One day at a time, life gets better.

I haven't and won't miss a day of posting on my group. After HOF, the only people that fail are those who don't post role. One day at a time.

Honored to quit with you.

[CB81]

Day 50.

Been really thinking about the word accountability today. This quit and this site has changed me in so many ways...the best of which is being accountable on a daily basis for my own actions.

Worktowin you are right: "You quit for yourself, but the relationships and honestly the feeling that you cannot fail others will strengthen you more than you know."

Each day I quit for myself when I post role, but the accountability and feeling of not wanting to fail other carries me through the craves and challenges of the day...

[JB65]

".. Accountability and brotherhood to keep us honest.."

KTC in 7 words! Love it W2W.

Get to know your group members. Funny, a bunch of us have had 'dip dreams', you know. Dreaming that we were dipping.

And our reactions were all the same when we woke up, it was sheer terror that we would have to go face the brethren in our group and tell them we caved... Then once you realized it was a dream, total relief.

You got a great start. Keep it up, and before you know if you will be reaching out to the newbies. Nothing strengthens your own quit like helping a newbie!

Proud to be quit with you today! See you in roll tomorrow!

[worktowin]

You've got a great start.

You've also gotten some great advice.

Here's some food for thought... Here, we quit for ourselves, but we have accountability and brotherhood to keep us honest to ourselves. How many times did you let yourself down? Years... Decades... Did you play football? Were you in the military? Can you imagine giving your team your word and then turning your back on them? No. Way.

You quit for yourself, but the relatuonships and honestly the feeling that you cannot fail others will strengthen you more than you know. Man if I can help or you need another number, pm me. If Rawls and I can do this, I know you can.

[Rawls]

Thanks for listening?
Your welcome.... thanks for sharing.
It is at first odd... To be fearful of those you have never met.
How can one actually loose their integrity to a stranger?
But we are not strangers, are we?
We are more like family.
We are the same...
All at one point in time in love with a chemical lie.
Outsiders cant and won't understand.
We continue to exist because of our common ground.
We are addicts... With a disease that is not curable alone.
You have taken another step towards freedom with your intro!
Use it as a journal.
In time, the truth and advice here.
Will be a treasure of wisdom.
I quit with you today.
EDD ODAAT!
Congrats on 46
Rawls 512

[CB81]

It has been 46 days of being quit and it is time for me to put myself out there. Why would I wait so long to post my intro, one word, fear. It started out as being afraid of the unknown world of posting and conversing with strangers on the internet, what if all of you were just luring me in with promises of being quit from nicotine for good, only to catfish me into selling the stuff to my kids. Why would anyone really care if I was off this crap, there had to be a hook. Having just turned 40 I still feel like a dinosaur when it comes to the internetÂ…facebook, twitter, the idea of sharing my life with anyone outside of my immediate family seemed bizarre, I feel like the only one I know who doesnÂ’t use those sites (hell even my 93 yr old grandmother does).

So I lurked around in the background as a guest checking out all aspects of the KTC site I could access, looking for the scam, wanting to find it so I could talk myself out of quitting. The funny thing is the more I read the more this site just felt right, then I saw “ODAAT” at bottom of someoneÂ’s post (sorry wish I could remember the brother it was)  I had to know what it stood for (Acronyms fascinate me) . Reading further I discovered it was One Day At A Time. This simple phase, changed everything for me. It made sense this was doable. For the first time in my life I felt a calm come over me and knew with the help of KTC I could tackle giving up my 22 year addiction to dip by changing my outlook on itÂ…One Day At A TimeÂ…. For the first time in my life I really quit.

This was it. As a started posting roll, one day at a time, quietly I became invested in my and my June Platoon brothers quits, still not being brave enough to reach out to a stranger, I became fearful that if I caved I would let them down, so every time I drafted an introduction (yes I have about 6 versions of this), I talked myself out of posting it because it figured it best that nobody knew me, just in case I caved.

Problem is by not sharing and getting involved I know now I am setting myself up for failure. I want this quit, and to be honest I want everyone on this site to stay quit. I really donÂ’t know any of you but I feel we have all walked down similar paths. I have quietly watched WildIrish317, WalterWhite, Chewie, Suthern_gntlman, and other members inspire me with their quits and words on this site and there is no doubt that I have taken much more from this site than I have given. I have decided this has to change if I am really going to own this quit. One day at a time, I going to stay quit, post roll and conquer my fear of the unknownÂ…

Thanks for listening.