My Intro Post

[Mike1966]

Just a reflection as I pass my 800 days .....


In the summer of 2017, I took over as the "Lay Advisor" for Order of the Arrow Lodge #57. For those not in scouting, the OA can be a little hard to explain, but in a VERY basic sense, it is a sub-group within the Boy Scouts of America Scouting program, and each lodge covers the entire scout council. This basically means I am now the Scoutmaster for some 2,000 boys across South Western PA / Maryland. It is a big task, and I am honored to have been asked. It is also an amazingly rewarding task.

So why do I bring all that up now... This last weekend was the Section Conclave (a gathering of the 4 OA lodges in our region, which covers ALL of western PA.) It is one of the biggest events a lodge will plan for, and our Lodge was the host lodge this year (i.e. it was held at our camp). So I have spent every weekend for the last 6 weekends at camp, working with an AMAZING group of young leaders (  21 yrs old) and advisors (  21 yrs old) to help pull off this giant task. In between these weekends I still had my regular job which includes working for a school - so we are are Graduation season :-D.

All this running around, all this crazy scheduling, etc -- I can remember thinking "Boy I really want a dip" once!!!! I went for those tools, I made my promise, and I kept myself clean. I was able to post a +1 the next day. I may have only had a single craving over this time, but I can't count the number of times it passed my mind that I was NOT hiding one in the lip, or that that I did not have to run off for 30 mins to "enjoy" a dip away from these young leaders. The fact that I was able to enjoy each and every second of the past 40+days was such an amazing thing.

I may not have been a perfect 100% poster during this time (I know I missed a number of days due to the camping wknds) -- I may not have been able to do a lot of discussion on the board over this time -- But I definitely thought of KTC over this time!! The friends I have made, the people I have meet, and those that I have yet to meet, you all have helped me reach my 800 days.... My gratitude runs over -- Thank you to each of you and to KTC!

Congrats on hitting that 8th floor gentgeen!

Congrats on 800 Kevin and congrats on the personal victories during the Scouting events.
Proud to be able to quit with you everyday!

[ChickDip]

Just a reflection as I pass my 800 days .....


In the summer of 2017, I took over as the "Lay Advisor" for Order of the Arrow Lodge #57. For those not in scouting, the OA can be a little hard to explain, but in a VERY basic sense, it is a sub-group within the Boy Scouts of America Scouting program, and each lodge covers the entire scout council. This basically means I am now the Scoutmaster for some 2,000 boys across South Western PA / Maryland. It is a big task, and I am honored to have been asked. It is also an amazingly rewarding task.

So why do I bring all that up now... This last weekend was the Section Conclave (a gathering of the 4 OA lodges in our region, which covers ALL of western PA.) It is one of the biggest events a lodge will plan for, and our Lodge was the host lodge this year (i.e. it was held at our camp). So I have spent every weekend for the last 6 weekends at camp, working with an AMAZING group of young leaders (  21 yrs old) and advisors (  21 yrs old) to help pull off this giant task. In between these weekends I still had my regular job which includes working for a school - so we are are Graduation season :-D.

All this running around, all this crazy scheduling, etc -- I can remember thinking "Boy I really want a dip" once!!!! I went for those tools, I made my promise, and I kept myself clean. I was able to post a +1 the next day. I may have only had a single craving over this time, but I can't count the number of times it passed my mind that I was NOT hiding one in the lip, or that that I did not have to run off for 30 mins to "enjoy" a dip away from these young leaders. The fact that I was able to enjoy each and every second of the past 40+days was such an amazing thing.

I may not have been a perfect 100% poster during this time (I know I missed a number of days due to the camping wknds) -- I may not have been able to do a lot of discussion on the board over this time -- But I definitely thought of KTC over this time!! The friends I have made, the people I have meet, and those that I have yet to meet, you all have helped me reach my 800 days.... My gratitude runs over -- Thank you to each of you and to KTC!

Congrats on hitting that 8th floor gentgeen!

[gentgeen]

Just a reflection as I pass my 800 days .....


In the summer of 2017, I took over as the "Lay Advisor" for Order of the Arrow Lodge #57. For those not in scouting, the OA can be a little hard to explain, but in a VERY basic sense, it is a sub-group within the Boy Scouts of America Scouting program, and each lodge covers the entire scout council. This basically means I am now the Scoutmaster for some 2,000 boys across South Western PA / Maryland. It is a big task, and I am honored to have been asked. It is also an amazingly rewarding task.

So why do I bring all that up now... This last weekend was the Section Conclave (a gathering of the 4 OA lodges in our region, which covers ALL of western PA.) It is one of the biggest events a lodge will plan for, and our Lodge was the host lodge this year (i.e. it was held at our camp). So I have spent every weekend for the last 6 weekends at camp, working with an AMAZING group of young leaders (  21 yrs old) and advisors (  21 yrs old) to help pull off this giant task. In between these weekends I still had my regular job which includes working for a school - so we are are Graduation season :-D.

All this running around, all this crazy scheduling, etc -- I can remember thinking "Boy I really want a dip" once!!!! I went for those tools, I made my promise, and I kept myself clean. I was able to post a +1 the next day. I may have only had a single craving over this time, but I can't count the number of times it passed my mind that I was NOT hiding one in the lip, or that that I did not have to run off for 30 mins to "enjoy" a dip away from these young leaders. The fact that I was able to enjoy each and every second of the past 40+days was such an amazing thing.

I may not have been a perfect 100% poster during this time (I know I missed a number of days due to the camping wknds) -- I may not have been able to do a lot of discussion on the board over this time -- But I definitely thought of KTC over this time!! The friends I have made, the people I have meet, and those that I have yet to meet, you all have helped me reach my 800 days.... My gratitude runs over -- Thank you to each of you and to KTC!

[gentgeen]

Happened to read this post because it was at top of list. Both you and ChickDip are much further along in your quits....what stood out was "2 tins a week, maybe 3"....lol, I was 2 to 3 TINS PER DAY!!! Addiction comes on all packages. Happy Easter, proud to quit with you today. ODAAT.

During my time here, I have seen a number of "X cans per DAY" people (where X = 1) -- that has always blown me away. That is a LOT of stuff for an approx. 16 hour period (assume you sleep for ~8hrs a day). Then again, maybe what "saved me" (well, at least saved my wallet) was that I would drop in a dip and keep it for 45mins or more. I used to teach in the classroom, and before that I taught at a summer camp, or was partaking in college classes / HS classes ... So I got really used to putting one in that little 'side pocket' all us chewers seem to have, and leaving it there for the full class/45 min time. I would then go about 1hr/45 mins without one, and then right back again. So I guess I would do around 8-10 dips a day.

[Doofus]

Happened to read this post because it was at top of list. Both you and ChickDip are much further along in your quits....what stood out was "2 tins a week, maybe 3"....lol, I was 2 to 3 TINS PER DAY!!! Addiction comes on all packages. Happy Easter, proud to quit with you today. ODAAT.

[ChickDip]

Congrats on 2 years quit gentgeen!

[Richard K]

Late List

5:00pm EST

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(I PMed "user" but I don't have digits for "poster")

By the way, forgot to tell you. Congrats on the trip around the sun brother. Go Steelers and Pens!!

[gentgeen]

Late List

5:00pm EST

Where are you ...
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(I PMed "user" but I don't have digits for "poster")

[gentgeen]

poof

[gentgeen]

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[Candoit]

Congrats on the 3rd floor Kevin! Glad to Quit with you everyday in July. I really enjoy that sense of humor you bring to the group. Awesome job jumping into march 2017 and helping those guys out too! Hope you have a great day today!

IQWYinz all day today!

Bump

BOY O BOY... don't you think your important... Bumping your own post?!?! :P

Thanks brother... glad PROUD to have you as one of my quit brothers :D

Nice 300! Well earned.

[gentgeen]

Congrats on the 3rd floor Kevin! Glad to Quit with you everyday in July. I really enjoy that sense of humor you bring to the group. Awesome job jumping into march 2017 and helping those guys out too! Hope you have a great day today!

IQWYinz all day today!

Bump

BOY O BOY... don't you think your important... Bumping your own post?!?! :P

Thanks brother... glad PROUD to have you as one of my quit brothers :D

[Mike1966]

Congrats on the 3rd floor Kevin! Glad to Quit with you everyday in July. I really enjoy that sense of humor you bring to the group. Awesome job jumping into march 2017 and helping those guys out too! Hope you have a great day today!

IQWYinz all day today!

Bump

[Thumblewort]

So I was not very good at documenting my quit... I am not good at documenting much of anything really :D .... SO IDK, just gonna start dropping some 'gems' and such in here.


So I just wrote a post directed as someone who has little access to a computer, and no cell. Just prior to this I was having a discussing with the group about what to do when you are out enjoying life, and have little to no cell service. Although I did not recognize it RIGHT away, I see that both really lead to the same thing. It is one of those important things this place as taught me.

So in both cases, and really - for your over all quit - you need to have a support plan. Here at KTC we assume you have a cell, and you other quitters digits. So the assumed plan is "I will post my promise each day, I will get on the board and bitch when I feel crappy, I will 'phone a friend' should I need help with my quit" . But what is the back-up plan.

So here are the key questions I think you/me/anyone needs to answer when building their own "Support Plan" -

• "What do I do when I can't post on KTC?"
• "How can I make my Daily Promise?"
• "What do I do when I start to feel a cave?"
• "Who do bitch at when I feel like ripping the world a new one?"

If you can answer these questions, then you got a great plan in place, and you are gonna have a successful quit. Just remember that times change... so your answers on day 5 of your quit may be different than the answers for day 78 and different again for day 279 (my current day).


-- Gentgeen - Day 200+79 IQWYinz all day and every day !

Anyone can bitch at me anytime - I kinda like it!

Good to know you cock sucking little turd :P (was that good enough for today? )

Ha, I missed this! Keep bringing it, and keep killing the quit!

[Mike1966]

Congrats on the 3rd floor Kevin! Glad to Quit with you everyday in July. I really enjoy that sense of humor you bring to the group. Awesome job jumping into march 2017 and helping those guys out too! Hope you have a great day today!

IQWYinz all day today!