Hi Ross.
Welcome, and congratulations on quitting. Most of us here quit in our 30s or 40s or later and look at guys like you with admiration and respect. See, quitting is hard as you know. It is probably the hardest thing most of us have ever done. You have to have your whole mind in this. And you have to adjust your whole life, at the beginning, to win. Nicotine is as addictive as heroin. We picked a substance to dabble in that is seriously tough to beat.
It is Friday. You have friends that dip all around. You like to drink. A lot. As someone that has stacked up a few days of win, this is a recipe for a failure this weekend. Drinking lowers inhibitions and makes us do foolish things. Like have just one when our asshat buddy gets trashed too and waves his can (or a cigarette) under our nose tauntingly. It happens. Ive read dozens of these stories. Ive lived these stories. And I ended up quitting when I was 41. You need to lay off the booze for a while. Layoff = no booze this weekend. If you want to win, if you want it like you want nothing else, you will take my advice. Im in the booze biz in a big way - guys like you make my house payment. Im asking you to take some $$ out of my pocket dude. That's how serious this is...
So, Ross, I want to support you and I want you to win badly. Because im mad competitive and I like to win more than almost anyone ive ever met. But im concerned with placing a bet on you right now. I so want you to win, and you are close, but man there's a lot of risk. You sound a lot like me at your age in a lot of ways. But you also sound a little stronger and smarter than me. What do you think?