Done with it for good

[Grizzly25]

OK, so this is different.  I'm on day 3 of quitting.  I'm starring down being 42 at the beginning of August and I want to turn 42, nicotine free.   I started using dip in college, my freshman year to stay awake to study.  Then picked up cigs on the weekend to get “high” faster when we would go out drinking.

You all know the story from here.  What was once a night/weekend thing became an everyday all day/night thing.  I smoked say half a pack of cigs daily, sometime less for the better part of 15 years.  Through college, work life and even getting married to a non-smoker and having kids.  I got off cigarettes only to get on dip instead about 5 years ago (Aug 2008).  It didn’t smell, I could be much more discrete in doing it, etc.  Nicotine helped me (or I thought it helped) cope with all the usual stresses including losing both of my parents within a 5 year timeframe.  My father passed from Parkinson’s 8 years ago yesterday (July 7th, 2005) and we lost my mother on December 8th, 2010 to Pulmonary Fibrosis, although it had been 40 years since she last smoked a cigarette.  So for basically 5 years I was on half a can of Kodiak each day, sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less.

I’ve wanted to quite so many times and once a couple years ago I quit for an entire week, then fell off the train, thinking I could stop again at a more “convenient” time later on.  I guess I’ve come to learn there is no convenient time, so I arbitrarily pitched the tin of Kodiak last Saturday while standing in the middle of Costco.  I was done with it.  I wanted to take the long July 4th holiday weekend to start quitting.  So here I am today, actually working from home since I went in to see the Urgent Care Doc yesterday for a sore throat to find out that I have Strep.  Yeah, I freaked thinking it might be throat cancer.  Freaked so much that I’ve got a follow up visit tomorrow AM with my ENT to make sure there’s nothing else going on.  I’ve become totally paranoid.  Too bad I couldn’t have gotten this way a long time ago and quit very early on like when I was 30-ish….

I counted up to see where day 100 hits.  If I stay on my plan (and I GOD DAM WILL!!!!), that day will be on my son’s 11th Birthday on October 14th.  Quitting will the best gift I can give my son EVER!

Welcome aboard Dom,
You are on your road to a quit but we have to tighten up your game a bit. One you gotta quit for YOU everything else and one else is just a motivator. Problem with motivation is that it is short lived. The quit has to be because you want it not because you are scared or doing it for someone else.

Problem two mentioned above quiting because you are scared from throat issues. The scare is also short lived. I have seen it here time and time again as soon as the person gets the clean bill of health they let the nic bitch whisper sweet nothings in their ear and say I can still dip. you have got to burn the bridges and the piers too.

If I stay on my plan
Key word is the use of if. YOU have got to want this there is no "if" that word leaves the door open.

Now listen learn read read read. Post roll give us your word that you will not use and repeat. Read everything this site has to offer you are off today so start reading HOF speeches, horror stories, find posts by the vets find your own group and meet them swap numbers BURN THE BRIDGE.
PM me if you need help

Welcome Bro. Traumagnet is right! Read, read and read some more. I saw that you posted roll today. That is awesome. Make some friends with some of the guys in your October group and hang close to them. Get their numbers (digits) and use them often. Be accountable to your quit brothers. This will help also as you will start bonding with those who are trying to achieve the same goal of being quit.

Post roll everyday no matter what. I don't care if you don't feel like it or it takes too much time or you are going on vacation. Find a way to do it or use the digits that you have acquired and have someone post for you if need. I would be hard pressed to actually know of anyone who has caved after posting everyday for 100 days. I'm sure it's possible but the possibilities of a cave go down with every day that you post roll and promise not to use nicotine.

PM me also if you need help or my digits! Stay quit!

Welcome to the start of the ride brother!

You have the right frame of mind but here is another small bit of advise.... quit for you! I know that sounds very simple but trust me as long as your quitting for you .... you have noone else to hold a grudge against or get angry with if and when things get very tough!!

Anyway good to see your mind is going in the right direction, now just post your promise early in the day keep your promise and repeat daily!

QUIT on QUITER!

[jeff24]

OK, so this is different.  I'm on day 3 of quitting.  I'm starring down being 42 at the beginning of August and I want to turn 42, nicotine free.  I started using dip in college, my freshman year to stay awake to study.  Then picked up cigs on the weekend to get “high” faster when we would go out drinking.

You all know the story from here.  What was once a night/weekend thing became an everyday all day/night thing.  I smoked say half a pack of cigs daily, sometime less for the better part of 15 years.  Through college, work life and even getting married to a non-smoker and having kids.  I got off cigarettes only to get on dip instead about 5 years ago (Aug 2008).  It didn’t smell, I could be much more discrete in doing it, etc.  Nicotine helped me (or I thought it helped) cope with all the usual stresses including losing both of my parents within a 5 year timeframe.  My father passed from Parkinson’s 8 years ago yesterday (July 7th, 2005) and we lost my mother on December 8th, 2010 to Pulmonary Fibrosis, although it had been 40 years since she last smoked a cigarette.  So for basically 5 years I was on half a can of Kodiak each day, sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less.

I’ve wanted to quite so many times and once a couple years ago I quit for an entire week, then fell off the train, thinking I could stop again at a more “convenient” time later on.  I guess I’ve come to learn there is no convenient time, so I arbitrarily pitched the tin of Kodiak last Saturday while standing in the middle of Costco.  I was done with it.  I wanted to take the long July 4th holiday weekend to start quitting.  So here I am today, actually working from home since I went in to see the Urgent Care Doc yesterday for a sore throat to find out that I have Strep.  Yeah, I freaked thinking it might be throat cancer.  Freaked so much that I’ve got a follow up visit tomorrow AM with my ENT to make sure there’s nothing else going on.  I’ve become totally paranoid.  Too bad I couldn’t have gotten this way a long time ago and quit very early on like when I was 30-ish….

I counted up to see where day 100 hits.  If I stay on my plan (and I GOD DAM WILL!!!!), that day will be on my son’s 11th Birthday on October 14th.  Quitting will the best gift I can give my son EVER!

Awesome stuff, Dom! I can totally relate to the thinking of "putting it off for a more convenient time." It sounds like you figured that was just a mental delay dark jedi mind trick.

Keep up the good fight man! I'm quit with you today.

[Sand_Fleas_Gotta_Eat]

OK, so this is different.  I'm on day 3 of quitting.  I'm starring down being 42 at the beginning of August and I want to turn 42, nicotine free.  I started using dip in college, my freshman year to stay awake to study.  Then picked up cigs on the weekend to get “high” faster when we would go out drinking.

You all know the story from here.  What was once a night/weekend thing became an everyday all day/night thing.  I smoked say half a pack of cigs daily, sometime less for the better part of 15 years.  Through college, work life and even getting married to a non-smoker and having kids.  I got off cigarettes only to get on dip instead about 5 years ago (Aug 2008).  It didn’t smell, I could be much more discrete in doing it, etc.  Nicotine helped me (or I thought it helped) cope with all the usual stresses including losing both of my parents within a 5 year timeframe.  My father passed from Parkinson’s 8 years ago yesterday (July 7th, 2005) and we lost my mother on December 8th, 2010 to Pulmonary Fibrosis, although it had been 40 years since she last smoked a cigarette.  So for basically 5 years I was on half a can of Kodiak each day, sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less.

I’ve wanted to quite so many times and once a couple years ago I quit for an entire week, then fell off the train, thinking I could stop again at a more “convenient” time later on.  I guess I’ve come to learn there is no convenient time, so I arbitrarily pitched the tin of Kodiak last Saturday while standing in the middle of Costco.  I was done with it.  I wanted to take the long July 4th holiday weekend to start quitting.  So here I am today, actually working from home since I went in to see the Urgent Care Doc yesterday for a sore throat to find out that I have Strep.  Yeah, I freaked thinking it might be throat cancer.  Freaked so much that I’ve got a follow up visit tomorrow AM with my ENT to make sure there’s nothing else going on.  I’ve become totally paranoid.  Too bad I couldn’t have gotten this way a long time ago and quit very early on like when I was 30-ish….

I counted up to see where day 100 hits.  If I stay on my plan (and I GOD DAM WILL!!!!), that day will be on my son’s 11th Birthday on October 14th.  Quitting will the best gift I can give my son EVER!

Welcome aboard Dom,
You are on your road to a quit but we have to tighten up your game a bit. One you gotta quit for YOU everything else and one else is just a motivator. Problem with motivation is that it is short lived. The quit has to be because you want it not because you are scared or doing it for someone else.

Problem two mentioned above quiting because you are scared from throat issues. The scare is also short lived. I have seen it here time and time again as soon as the person gets the clean bill of health they let the nic bitch whisper sweet nothings in their ear and say I can still dip. you have got to burn the bridges and the piers too.

If I stay on my plan
Key word is the use of if. YOU have got to want this there is no "if" that word leaves the door open.

Now listen learn read read read. Post roll give us your word that you will not use and repeat. Read everything this site has to offer you are off today so start reading HOF speeches, horror stories, find posts by the vets find your own group and meet them swap numbers BURN THE BRIDGE.
PM me if you need help

Welcome Bro. Traumagnet is right! Read, read and read some more. I saw that you posted roll today. That is awesome. Make some friends with some of the guys in your October group and hang close to them. Get their numbers (digits) and use them often. Be accountable to your quit brothers. This will help also as you will start bonding with those who are trying to achieve the same goal of being quit.

Post roll everyday no matter what. I don't care if you don't feel like it or it takes too much time or you are going on vacation. Find a way to do it or use the digits that you have acquired and have someone post for you if need. I would be hard pressed to actually know of anyone who has caved after posting everyday for 100 days. I'm sure it's possible but the possibilities of a cave go down with every day that you post roll and promise not to use nicotine.

PM me also if you need help or my digits! Stay quit!

[traumagnet]

OK, so this is different. I'm on day 3 of quitting. I'm starring down being 42 at the beginning of August and I want to turn 42, nicotine free. I started using dip in college, my freshman year to stay awake to study. Then picked up cigs on the weekend to get “high” faster when we would go out drinking.

You all know the story from here. What was once a night/weekend thing became an everyday all day/night thing. I smoked say half a pack of cigs daily, sometime less for the better part of 15 years. Through college, work life and even getting married to a non-smoker and having kids. I got off cigarettes only to get on dip instead about 5 years ago (Aug 2008). It didnÂ’t smell, I could be much more discrete in doing it, etc. Nicotine helped me (or I thought it helped) cope with all the usual stresses including losing both of my parents within a 5 year timeframe. My father passed from ParkinsonÂ’s 8 years ago yesterday (July 7th, 2005) and we lost my mother on December 8th, 2010 to Pulmonary Fibrosis, although it had been 40 years since she last smoked a cigarette. So for basically 5 years I was on half a can of Kodiak each day, sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less.

I’ve wanted to quite so many times and once a couple years ago I quit for an entire week, then fell off the train, thinking I could stop again at a more “convenient” time later on. I guess I’ve come to learn there is no convenient time, so I arbitrarily pitched the tin of Kodiak last Saturday while standing in the middle of Costco. I was done with it. I wanted to take the long July 4th holiday weekend to start quitting. So here I am today, actually working from home since I went in to see the Urgent Care Doc yesterday for a sore throat to find out that I have Strep. Yeah, I freaked thinking it might be throat cancer. Freaked so much that I’ve got a follow up visit tomorrow AM with my ENT to make sure there’s nothing else going on. I’ve become totally paranoid. Too bad I couldn’t have gotten this way a long time ago and quit very early on like when I was 30-ish….

I counted up to see where day 100 hits. If I stay on my plan (and I GOD DAM WILL!!!!), that day will be on my sonÂ’s 11th Birthday on October 14th. Quitting will the best gift I can give my son EVER!

Welcome aboard Dom,
You are on your road to a quit but we have to tighten up your game a bit. One you gotta quit for YOU everything else and one else is just a motivator. Problem with motivation is that it is short lived. The quit has to be because you want it not because you are scared or doing it for someone else.

Problem two mentioned above quiting because you are scared from throat issues. The scare is also short lived. I have seen it here time and time again as soon as the person gets the clean bill of health they let the nic bitch whisper sweet nothings in their ear and say I can still dip. you have got to burn the bridges and the piers too.

If I stay on my plan
Key word is the use of if. YOU have got to want this there is no "if" that word leaves the door open.

Now listen learn read read read. Post roll give us your word that you will not use and repeat. Read everything this site has to offer you are off today so start reading HOF speeches, horror stories, find posts by the vets find your own group and meet them swap numbers BURN THE BRIDGE.
PM me if you need help

[Dom951434]

OK, so this is different. I'm on day 3 of quitting. I'm starring down being 42 at the beginning of August and I want to turn 42, nicotine free. I started using dip in college, my freshman year to stay awake to study. Then picked up cigs on the weekend to get “high” faster when we would go out drinking.

You all know the story from here. What was once a night/weekend thing became an everyday all day/night thing. I smoked say half a pack of cigs daily, sometime less for the better part of 15 years. Through college, work life and even getting married to a non-smoker and having kids. I got off cigarettes only to get on dip instead about 5 years ago (Aug 2008). It didnÂ’t smell, I could be much more discrete in doing it, etc. Nicotine helped me (or I thought it helped) cope with all the usual stresses including losing both of my parents within a 5 year timeframe. My father passed from ParkinsonÂ’s 8 years ago yesterday (July 7th, 2005) and we lost my mother on December 8th, 2010 to Pulmonary Fibrosis, although it had been 40 years since she last smoked a cigarette. So for basically 5 years I was on half a can of Kodiak each day, sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less.

I’ve wanted to quite so many times and once a couple years ago I quit for an entire week, then fell off the train, thinking I could stop again at a more “convenient” time later on. I guess I’ve come to learn there is no convenient time, so I arbitrarily pitched the tin of Kodiak last Saturday while standing in the middle of Costco. I was done with it. I wanted to take the long July 4th holiday weekend to start quitting. So here I am today, actually working from home since I went in to see the Urgent Care Doc yesterday for a sore throat to find out that I have Strep. Yeah, I freaked thinking it might be throat cancer. Freaked so much that I’ve got a follow up visit tomorrow AM with my ENT to make sure there’s nothing else going on. I’ve become totally paranoid. Too bad I couldn’t have gotten this way a long time ago and quit very early on like when I was 30-ish….

I counted up to see where day 100 hits. If I stay on my plan (and I GOD DAM WILL!!!!), that day will be on my sonÂ’s 11th Birthday on October 14th. Quitting will the best gift I can give my son EVER!