Weifert

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Every stage of quit presents a new and different hurdle. The best thing you can do is be here, post roll daily as that is your promise to yourself and everyone else here that you are quit for that 24 hours. It does get easier but there are still bad days that I have and I am almost at 400 days quit. Remember that there are several little milestones in quit and each one is huge yet they are each very small in the grand scheme of things.

You are doing well at using the tools with the texts and the posts on the site, if you can continue along that path you will be fine. I have talked to you a couple of times and I can hear the conviction in your voice. But as usual we are all addicts and one second of weakness is an opening for nicotine to come right back in and consume our lives.

The more quit I get the madder I get at Nicotine, Big Tobacco and the FDA for allowing such a travesty of targeted audience and mental manipulation as well as product doping. Being an addict sucks.

Oh yeah 'Finger' Big Tobacco

[B-loMatt]

The hardest part of quitting

I'm very proud of myself for a nicotine-week. It's after seven days that I think the honeymoon phase of quitting has worn off. The glory of being strong and bearing down is gone. So.many.sunflower.seeds.

The NEXT seven days, no, the next seven decades have to be the hardest part of quitting. Why? Because the sunflower seeds and fake dip keep you occupied for a few days, but then you have to face a very hellish reality. Nicotine is the only thing that can do what nicotine does. Your body knows that, so it's giving you the absolute business when it comes to craving. It says, "Why are you starving yourself!? Only one thing can help you!" You delve into these ridiculous conversations with the addict mind, arguing logic against very base desires.

So if you're looking for that good ole' dopamine "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh" feeling, you're going to be looking for a long long time. But hey, you've staved it off for a week, and you are still alive.

Slow down big guy. You've been Quit a week, and that is awesome! But for now, you still need to worry about the next 7 minutes, not the next 7 days, and especially the next 7 decades.

Today. Focus on today.

I will say, have a few trips around the sun without nicotine in my system, it does get a LOT easier. Not that I'm cured, but it gets so much easier. You are correct in your assessment of nicotine, and your body will always want it, but I think you are just getting ahead of yourself.

Today. Worry about tomorrow, well...tomorrow.

That "aaah" moment that nicotine gives you is just the trap. Don't fall for it. There's much better and healthier "aaah" feelings to be had. Go for one of those instead.

are you referring to the Bravo Juliet?

Nicotine fills no voids in your life. It creates them.

If you get a chance check out Alan Carr's book "The easy way to quit smoking".

It debunks a lot of the myths about nicotine.

Don't worry about 7 days, 7 years, or 7 decades. Just worry about TODAY.

I know that's easier said than done, but it's how you do this shit.

Quit on...

Listen to these ^^^ guys! Awesome job so far, but you have to stay focused on the right now. The road to Never Again For Any Reason is paved with One Day At A Time. Young quitters will break their minds trying to get their heads around NAFAR, but ODDAT is all you need to worry about.

As for your gung ho attitude wearing off: it is true. The first few days of quit take a huge amount of will, and it is impossible to sustain that forever; therefore, you need a plan. What do you do to fight off craves? What do you do if that doesn't work? Sharpen your tools. Build your accountability. Stay on KTC and keep learning. Build up your list of contacts, and use them if needed. Build your anger for the poison. Print out the contract to quit and wrap all your credit, debit, and cash in it. Punch yourself in the junk! Do not allow yourself to fall back in the trap!

Stay hydrated and exercise. Exercise is so helpful for you right now. Bike, run, walk, do push-ups, whatever you can. The exercise will burn off some stress and help the healing process. You can do this.

[Diesel2112]

The hardest part of quitting

I'm very proud of myself for a nicotine-week. It's after seven days that I think the honeymoon phase of quitting has worn off. The glory of being strong and bearing down is gone. So.many.sunflower.seeds.

The NEXT seven days, no, the next seven decades have to be the hardest part of quitting. Why? Because the sunflower seeds and fake dip keep you occupied for a few days, but then you have to face a very hellish reality. Nicotine is the only thing that can do what nicotine does. Your body knows that, so it's giving you the absolute business when it comes to craving. It says, "Why are you starving yourself!? Only one thing can help you!" You delve into these ridiculous conversations with the addict mind, arguing logic against very base desires.

So if you're looking for that good ole' dopamine "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh" feeling, you're going to be looking for a long long time. But hey, you've staved it off for a week, and you are still alive.

Slow down big guy. You've been Quit a week, and that is awesome! But for now, you still need to worry about the next 7 minutes, not the next 7 days, and especially the next 7 decades.

Today. Focus on today.

I will say, have a few trips around the sun without nicotine in my system, it does get a LOT easier. Not that I'm cured, but it gets so much easier. You are correct in your assessment of nicotine, and your body will always want it, but I think you are just getting ahead of yourself.

Today. Worry about tomorrow, well...tomorrow.

That "aaah" moment that nicotine gives you is just the trap. Don't fall for it. There's much better and healthier "aaah" feelings to be had. Go for one of those instead.

are you referring to the Bravo Juliet?

Nicotine fills no voids in your life. It creates them.

If you get a chance check out Alan Carr's book "The easy way to quit smoking".

It debunks a lot of the myths about nicotine.

Don't worry about 7 days, 7 years, or 7 decades. Just worry about TODAY.

I know that's easier said than done, but it's how you do this shit.

Quit on...

[Mogul]

The hardest part of quitting

I'm very proud of myself for a nicotine-week. It's after seven days that I think the honeymoon phase of quitting has worn off. The glory of being strong and bearing down is gone. So.many.sunflower.seeds.

The NEXT seven days, no, the next seven decades have to be the hardest part of quitting. Why? Because the sunflower seeds and fake dip keep you occupied for a few days, but then you have to face a very hellish reality. Nicotine is the only thing that can do what nicotine does. Your body knows that, so it's giving you the absolute business when it comes to craving. It says, "Why are you starving yourself!? Only one thing can help you!" You delve into these ridiculous conversations with the addict mind, arguing logic against very base desires.

So if you're looking for that good ole' dopamine "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh" feeling, you're going to be looking for a long long time. But hey, you've staved it off for a week, and you are still alive.

Slow down big guy. You've been Quit a week, and that is awesome! But for now, you still need to worry about the next 7 minutes, not the next 7 days, and especially the next 7 decades.

Today. Focus on today.

I will say, have a few trips around the sun without nicotine in my system, it does get a LOT easier. Not that I'm cured, but it gets so much easier. You are correct in your assessment of nicotine, and your body will always want it, but I think you are just getting ahead of yourself.

Today. Worry about tomorrow, well...tomorrow.

That "aaah" moment that nicotine gives you is just the trap. Don't fall for it. There's much better and healthier "aaah" feelings to be had. Go for one of those instead.

are you referring to the Bravo Juliet?

[Grizzlyhasclaws]

The hardest part of quitting

I'm very proud of myself for a nicotine-week. It's after seven days that I think the honeymoon phase of quitting has worn off. The glory of being strong and bearing down is gone. So.many.sunflower.seeds.

The NEXT seven days, no, the next seven decades have to be the hardest part of quitting. Why? Because the sunflower seeds and fake dip keep you occupied for a few days, but then you have to face a very hellish reality. Nicotine is the only thing that can do what nicotine does. Your body knows that, so it's giving you the absolute business when it comes to craving. It says, "Why are you starving yourself!? Only one thing can help you!" You delve into these ridiculous conversations with the addict mind, arguing logic against very base desires.

So if you're looking for that good ole' dopamine "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh" feeling, you're going to be looking for a long long time. But hey, you've staved it off for a week, and you are still alive.

Slow down big guy. You've been Quit a week, and that is awesome! But for now, you still need to worry about the next 7 minutes, not the next 7 days, and especially the next 7 decades.

Today. Focus on today.

I will say, have a few trips around the sun without nicotine in my system, it does get a LOT easier. Not that I'm cured, but it gets so much easier. You are correct in your assessment of nicotine, and your body will always want it, but I think you are just getting ahead of yourself.

Today. Worry about tomorrow, well...tomorrow.

That "aaah" moment that nicotine gives you is just the trap. Don't fall for it. There's much better and healthier "aaah" feelings to be had. Go for one of those instead.

[Nolaq]

The hardest part of quitting

I'm very proud of myself for a nicotine-week. It's after seven days that I think the honeymoon phase of quitting has worn off. The glory of being strong and bearing down is gone. So.many.sunflower.seeds.

The NEXT seven days, no, the next seven decades have to be the hardest part of quitting. Why? Because the sunflower seeds and fake dip keep you occupied for a few days, but then you have to face a very hellish reality. Nicotine is the only thing that can do what nicotine does. Your body knows that, so it's giving you the absolute business when it comes to craving. It says, "Why are you starving yourself!? Only one thing can help you!" You delve into these ridiculous conversations with the addict mind, arguing logic against very base desires.

So if you're looking for that good ole' dopamine "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh" feeling, you're going to be looking for a long long time. But hey, you've staved it off for a week, and you are still alive.

Slow down big guy. You've been Quit a week, and that is awesome! But for now, you still need to worry about the next 7 minutes, not the next 7 days, and especially the next 7 decades.

Today. Focus on today.

I will say, have a few trips around the sun without nicotine in my system, it does get a LOT easier. Not that I'm cured, but it gets so much easier. You are correct in your assessment of nicotine, and your body will always want it, but I think you are just getting ahead of yourself.

Today. Worry about tomorrow, well...tomorrow.

[weifert]

The hardest part of quitting

I'm very proud of myself for a nicotine-week. It's after seven days that I think the honeymoon phase of quitting has worn off. The glory of being strong and bearing down is gone. So.many.sunflower.seeds.

The NEXT seven days, no, the next seven decades have to be the hardest part of quitting. Why? Because the sunflower seeds and fake dip keep you occupied for a few days, but then you have to face a very hellish reality. Nicotine is the only thing that can do what nicotine does. Your body knows that, so it's giving you the absolute business when it comes to craving. It says, "Why are you starving yourself!? Only one thing can help you!" You delve into these ridiculous conversations with the addict mind, arguing logic against very base desires.

So if you're looking for that good ole' dopamine "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh" feeling, you're going to be looking for a long long time. But hey, you've staved it off for a week, and you are still alive.

[B-loMatt]

Last night my coworkers at the job I'm leaving threw me a going-away party for my move to Michigan. It was karakoe night at a bar. I didn't cave in, and I learned a couple of things:

1. Temptation will never end.

I'm in a bar surrounded by people smoking. I'm not going to lie and tell you the thought didn't cross my mind. And I don't see that ending. After studying nicotine and it's effect on us, it's pretty plain that there will always be the memory of nicotine in some corner of our brain. That fact alone causes a bit of anxiety, sine we all know how shitty that little corner of the brain is.

2. Being nicotine-free around other addicts gives me a third-person view of myself.

It's a sad overview. The most shockingly sad - you can see excuses for what they are once you've quit. I can hear in my mind the excuses and lies my friends must be telling themselves - "I only smoke when I drink," "I only smoke socially," "This isn't enough to hurt me." It's all just bullshit, and I feel shame in knowing that for seven years I've been spewing the SAME bullshit. It's enough to make you despair that there are so many people lying to themselves to use something that will kill them.

3. Quitting is one of the most rewarding tasks I've undertaken.

I didn't use nicotine last night, in an environment in which I surely would have under previous circumstances. One of the best parts of doing this is that people who know me are proud. My fiance is proud that I've quit. Everyone I know is supportive. It's a rewarding feeling.

Nice post Weifert. Keep posting roll and making that daily promise to yourself and all of KTC.

Proud to quit with you today.

Spence249

Atta Boy Luther!!!

SFW

Atta Boy X 2 Stare her in the eye werf and tell her to "take a SUCK!
Quit on bro
ES

Be proud as hell every time you beat a crave, and every time you are in a situation where temptation is strong and walk out with your quit intact you should feel great. Yes the early quit sucks, but it also full of victories and your self esteem will grow as you start to realize you are doing something you thought was impossible a week ago! Rage against the poison, take pride in yourself for being a bad assed quitter, and own it!
You are winning. I QLF with you EDD.

[Enough snuff]

Last night my coworkers at the job I'm leaving threw me a going-away party for my move to Michigan. It was karakoe night at a bar. I didn't cave in, and I learned a couple of things:

1. Temptation will never end.

I'm in a bar surrounded by people smoking. I'm not going to lie and tell you the thought didn't cross my mind. And I don't see that ending. After studying nicotine and it's effect on us, it's pretty plain that there will always be the memory of nicotine in some corner of our brain. That fact alone causes a bit of anxiety, sine we all know how shitty that little corner of the brain is.

2. Being nicotine-free around other addicts gives me a third-person view of myself.

It's a sad overview. The most shockingly sad - you can see excuses for what they are once you've quit. I can hear in my mind the excuses and lies my friends must be telling themselves - "I only smoke when I drink," "I only smoke socially," "This isn't enough to hurt me." It's all just bullshit, and I feel shame in knowing that for seven years I've been spewing the SAME bullshit. It's enough to make you despair that there are so many people lying to themselves to use something that will kill them.

3. Quitting is one of the most rewarding tasks I've undertaken.

I didn't use nicotine last night, in an environment in which I surely would have under previous circumstances. One of the best parts of doing this is that people who know me are proud. My fiance is proud that I've quit. Everyone I know is supportive. It's a rewarding feeling.

Nice post Weifert. Keep posting roll and making that daily promise to yourself and all of KTC.

Proud to quit with you today.

Spence249

Atta Boy Luther!!!

SFW

Atta Boy X 2 Stare her in the eye werf and tell her to "take a SUCK!
Quit on bro
ES

[RAZD611]

Last night my coworkers at the job I'm leaving threw me a going-away party for my move to Michigan. It was karakoe night at a bar. I didn't cave in, and I learned a couple of things:

1. Temptation will never end.

I'm in a bar surrounded by people smoking. I'm not going to lie and tell you the thought didn't cross my mind. And I don't see that ending. After studying nicotine and it's effect on us, it's pretty plain that there will always be the memory of nicotine in some corner of our brain. That fact alone causes a bit of anxiety, sine we all know how shitty that little corner of the brain is.

2. Being nicotine-free around other addicts gives me a third-person view of myself.

It's a sad overview. The most shockingly sad - you can see excuses for what they are once you've quit. I can hear in my mind the excuses and lies my friends must be telling themselves - "I only smoke when I drink," "I only smoke socially," "This isn't enough to hurt me." It's all just bullshit, and I feel shame in knowing that for seven years I've been spewing the SAME bullshit. It's enough to make you despair that there are so many people lying to themselves to use something that will kill them.

3. Quitting is one of the most rewarding tasks I've undertaken.

I didn't use nicotine last night, in an environment in which I surely would have under previous circumstances. One of the best parts of doing this is that people who know me are proud. My fiance is proud that I've quit. Everyone I know is supportive. It's a rewarding feeling.

Nice post Weifert. Keep posting roll and making that daily promise to yourself and all of KTC.

Proud to quit with you today.

Spence249

Atta Boy Luther!!!

SFW

[Spence249]

Last night my coworkers at the job I'm leaving threw me a going-away party for my move to Michigan. It was karakoe night at a bar. I didn't cave in, and I learned a couple of things:

1. Temptation will never end.

I'm in a bar surrounded by people smoking. I'm not going to lie and tell you the thought didn't cross my mind. And I don't see that ending. After studying nicotine and it's effect on us, it's pretty plain that there will always be the memory of nicotine in some corner of our brain. That fact alone causes a bit of anxiety, sine we all know how shitty that little corner of the brain is.

2. Being nicotine-free around other addicts gives me a third-person view of myself.

It's a sad overview. The most shockingly sad - you can see excuses for what they are once you've quit. I can hear in my mind the excuses and lies my friends must be telling themselves - "I only smoke when I drink," "I only smoke socially," "This isn't enough to hurt me." It's all just bullshit, and I feel shame in knowing that for seven years I've been spewing the SAME bullshit. It's enough to make you despair that there are so many people lying to themselves to use something that will kill them.

3. Quitting is one of the most rewarding tasks I've undertaken.

I didn't use nicotine last night, in an environment in which I surely would have under previous circumstances. One of the best parts of doing this is that people who know me are proud. My fiance is proud that I've quit. Everyone I know is supportive. It's a rewarding feeling.

Nice post Weifert. Keep posting roll and making that daily promise to yourself and all of KTC.

Proud to quit with you today.

Spence249

[weifert]

Last night my coworkers at the job I'm leaving threw me a going-away party for my move to Michigan. It was karakoe night at a bar. I didn't cave in, and I learned a couple of things:

1. Temptation will never end.

I'm in a bar surrounded by people smoking. I'm not going to lie and tell you the thought didn't cross my mind. And I don't see that ending. After studying nicotine and it's effect on us, it's pretty plain that there will always be the memory of nicotine in some corner of our brain. That fact alone causes a bit of anxiety, sine we all know how shitty that little corner of the brain is.

2. Being nicotine-free around other addicts gives me a third-person view of myself.

It's a sad overview. The most shockingly sad - you can see excuses for what they are once you've quit. I can hear in my mind the excuses and lies my friends must be telling themselves - "I only smoke when I drink," "I only smoke socially," "This isn't enough to hurt me." It's all just bullshit, and I feel shame in knowing that for seven years I've been spewing the SAME bullshit. It's enough to make you despair that there are so many people lying to themselves to use something that will kill them.

3. Quitting is one of the most rewarding tasks I've undertaken.

I didn't use nicotine last night, in an environment in which I surely would have under previous circumstances. One of the best parts of doing this is that people who know me are proud. My fiance is proud that I've quit. Everyone I know is supportive. It's a rewarding feeling.

[Nolaq]

Why I need you all

Day two-three has brought about some of the harder hitting craves. I've had one or two moments that were powerful. Chills. That sly addict voice whispering that one dip will take it away. I walk it off in the parking garage, sucking on a wad of jalapeno ranch seeds.

While I was walking around the garage today, I thought back to a night in 2011 on a friend's front yard in Kentucky. We had all been drinking in that sneaky way high school juniors and seniors do. My best friend, my inseparable friend, I'll call him "J," walked out towards the curb where I was standing with some others. He offered up a pack of cigarettes to us.

Up until this night, I had hated the thought of smoking cigarettes. My parents smoked, and I wasn't going to end up like them. Though I was intoxicated, as I looked at the pack in J's outstretched hand there was a moment in which I realized I was walking towards a very dangerous step.

I lit up. And with what I thought was a harmless smoke with my friends, I sealed tight my relationship with Nicotine. From there on my story was more or less the same as all of ours.

What "I quit with you"means to me

The decision was mine, but I was far from alone. My friend, a man whom I trusted, had offered me poison as a gesture of our friendship. Later that year he'd be the same friend with which I'd share my first can of dip, and countless dips thereafter. We chose to kill ourselves together.

While I'm not taking the burden off of myself for making my choice, it's obvious to me that because I made the choice to become an addict together with my friends, it will take friends to pull me away from it.

With that in mind, I want to thank all of you who are quitting with me. I need it.

Keep at it brother. You can stay quit today. I'm quit with you today!

Dude. Great post. Totes agreebs.

[Derk40]

Why I need you all

Day two-three has brought about some of the harder hitting craves. I've had one or two moments that were powerful. Chills. That sly addict voice whispering that one dip will take it away. I walk it off in the parking garage, sucking on a wad of jalapeno ranch seeds.

While I was walking around the garage today, I thought back to a night in 2011 on a friend's front yard in Kentucky. We had all been drinking in that sneaky way high school juniors and seniors do. My best friend, my inseparable friend, I'll call him "J," walked out towards the curb where I was standing with some others. He offered up a pack of cigarettes to us.

Up until this night, I had hated the thought of smoking cigarettes. My parents smoked, and I wasn't going to end up like them. Though I was intoxicated, as I looked at the pack in J's outstretched hand there was a moment in which I realized I was walking towards a very dangerous step.

I lit up. And with what I thought was a harmless smoke with my friends, I sealed tight my relationship with Nicotine. From there on my story was more or less the same as all of ours.

What "I quit with you"means to me

The decision was mine, but I was far from alone. My friend, a man whom I trusted, had offered me poison as a gesture of our friendship. Later that year he'd be the same friend with which I'd share my first can of dip, and countless dips thereafter. We chose to kill ourselves together.

While I'm not taking the burden off of myself for making my choice, it's obvious to me that because I made the choice to become an addict together with my friends, it will take friends to pull me away from it.

With that in mind, I want to thank all of you who are quitting with me. I need it.

Keep at it brother. You can stay quit today. I'm quit with you today!

[weifert]

Why I need you all

Day two-three has brought about some of the harder hitting craves. I've had one or two moments that were powerful. Chills. That sly addict voice whispering that one dip will take it away. I walk it off in the parking garage, sucking on a wad of jalapeno ranch seeds.

While I was walking around the garage today, I thought back to a night in 2011 on a friend's front yard in Kentucky. We had all been drinking in that sneaky way high school juniors and seniors do. My best friend, my inseparable friend, I'll call him "J," walked out towards the curb where I was standing with some others. He offered up a pack of cigarettes to us.

Up until this night, I had hated the thought of smoking cigarettes. My parents smoked, and I wasn't going to end up like them. Though I was intoxicated, as I looked at the pack in J's outstretched hand there was a moment in which I realized I was walking towards a very dangerous step.

I lit up. And with what I thought was a harmless smoke with my friends, I sealed tight my relationship with Nicotine. From there on my story was more or less the same as all of ours.

What "I quit with you"means to me

The decision was mine, but I was far from alone. My friend, a man whom I trusted, had offered me poison as a gesture of our friendship. Later that year he'd be the same friend with which I'd share my first can of dip, and countless dips thereafter. We chose to kill ourselves together.

While I'm not taking the burden off of myself for making my choice, it's obvious to me that because I made the choice to become an addict together with my friends, it will take friends to pull me away from it.

With that in mind, I want to thank all of you who are quitting with me. I need it.