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Re: Day 1 - NO idea how to do this!
« Reply #12 on: February 28, 2014, 04:25:00 PM »
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Go to WELCOME CENTER, learn how to post roll, it's one of the cornerstones of how we quit. Do it today, didn't see you post yesterday. Don't tell me you're back in a can.
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Re: Day 1 - NO idea how to do this!
« Reply #11 on: February 27, 2014, 08:07:00 PM »
Day 1 sucks...no way around that. But if you follow what Sluggo stated, you will succeed. PM if you need anything.

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Re: Day 1 - NO idea how to do this!
« Reply #10 on: February 27, 2014, 06:56:00 PM »
Hi -each day gets easier --- hard to hear on day one but it does .... Day two was my hardest ... Now on day 9..... Similar story to you EXCEPT I started back up again after 40
..... Now 49 ..... Here are some things to try ...

1. Gum - red hot is the best
2. Fake chew -
Smokey mountain -
Sold at Walmart / hooch sold online

3. Stay AWAY from
Nic replacement. - you don't need it

4. Drink lots of water

5, rinse with mouthwash a couple
Times a
Day

6, get a plastic boult and instead of spitting in it put 5 bucks a day

7. Eat some junk food -
For first few days

8. Post roll

9. If you get an urge / crave - go look at some mouth cancer Picture

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Re: Day 1 - NO idea how to do this!
« Reply #9 on: February 27, 2014, 06:54:00 PM »
Three things you can do.....right now:

One, take this minute by minute. Looking too far ahead just messes with you and becomes too overwhelming. Minute by minute. Steady. Focus. Be determined to crush the next two minutes. Then, do it again!

Two, this place works. Allow it to work for you! The biggest problem I've seen is that people get a lot of advice in here from others that have been through this already and continue to fight every day but...... half of the people getting the advice just don't LISTEN. Get your thick skin on. Some of it is going to be hard to hear and harder to take, but you didn't think quitting was going to be flowers, bunnies and rainbows did you?

Three, get your head wrapped around DOING, not trying or hoping or wishing. DO this. You've tried before. You've hoped before. You can't fail with DO.

Jump on in. The quit pool is fantastic!

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Re: Day 1 - NO idea how to do this!
« Reply #8 on: February 27, 2014, 06:51:00 PM »
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Not sure how the hell I'm going to do it.
Love this. The leap of faith. "no plan just a decision to change"

I am quit with you today. It is going to suck. Embrace it. You are going to withdrawl, crave, Detox, crave, get a foggy mind, crave, experience triggers crave, get into a miseralbe funk, crave and then one day...the are will smell fresh, you will be happy for no reason. You will like and enjoy how food tastes.

So here is the plan to get you through it. Know what you want. To be free to choose again. Addiction is slavery and loyalty. To a can of tobacco? A plant? 'Crazy' It is a great lie. All the promises are lies. What you thought it did for you, releaves stress etc...It doesn't. So let the hurt motivate you to fight. Fight and believe that the pain will go and freedom will replace it.

Your job and your plan - Go to the june group. This is your group of quitters. June Group Click here to be linked to your group

This is how you post roll How to post roll

Since you quit today, you must go to your group and be accountable. Posting roll is your promise. You promise not to chew tobacco today. No nicotine what so ever! Don't sniff, smoke chew, or screw it. Not a patch, not a cigar, not a vapor cig, nada. No nic. Don't put it in your nose, ears, mouth our butt. Nada!

Today you would post your name with a day 1. Like this --- Mthomas - 1

You stick to your promise and keep your word. Everyone else on you roll did the same thing and are keep thier word to you. There is power in accountability to a fellow addict.

Never, ever plan your quit past today. You don't know what tomorrow brings or a week or a year. When you wake and its today, you won your match yesterday and that's over. So you post roll. Your name day 2.

Post roll today, be a man of your word and keep your promise. If you go to sleep and wake, well its today again so you post roll and add another notch in your belt.

So that the plan. If you can make a promise to be quit today, Be a man of your word today and only focus and quit on Today's. You will not and can not fail. Stay close to the site, read, write and get to know fellow quitters.

You just started you walk to freedom and are about to realize you are in hell. You want out of hell? Stick with the plan and keep walking. It will get easier. Much easier.

Mthomas Day 716 and quit with you.
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Re: Day 1 - NO idea how to do this!
« Reply #7 on: February 27, 2014, 06:41:00 PM »
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Quote from: RaliPaul
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Day 1- Literally. Just threw the can out this morning. Not sure how the hell I'm going to do it. 38. Been dipping since 16. Took a two year hiatus when my first child was born. She turns 7 this Sunday.  I've been blessed with two more since and am scared to death to not be around to see THEIR children born. No pride here. Asking for all the help I can get. Tried everything I know.
Welcome! We all have similar dipping histories, 33 years of that crap here. You're at the right place. Top Left is WELCOME CENTER. Read everything in there, not a whole lot but a lot of information. You'll be posting roll in June2014. Do it every damn day. Read all you can all over this site. Find your emergency/stash cans and flush that poison. Check for cans at work, in truck, golf bag...everywhere! Drink a metric ton of water, eat a lot of fruit. Stay away from booze for a few days. You're going to get a lot of advice in the next 72 hours from a lot of experienced quitters, listen to them and use it! You're doing a fantastic and difficult thing. One Day At A Time.
Follow sluggo, new quitter brother, he was just like you . Each day is a battle. Just worry about today's battle today. The days will gradually get better. Good news is you are a free man today!!
Get some phone numbers of fellow KTC quitters by PMing them. You might need to vent sooner or later. Get some gum, seeds, candy, lots of water. Read intros and articles about the fog and funk when quitting dip. I also have three young kids and have taken breaks from dipping for months or even years. I also thought that I had tried everything but really it was mostly just me trying harder by myself or maybe one other person each time. Posting everyday is often a pain but it works to commit to yourself and others each day. I'm on day 29 and I'm surprised, again, at how quitting can really mess with your head - but it's worth it. WELCOME!
One day at a time, that's how. One minute at a time if you need to. It's not rocket science my friend. The longer you go without the poison the better you'll feel. Your reward today,, dignity and freedom. May not feel like much now, but it's more precious than silver or gold.

The road map has been given. One day at a time and you can have back a lot of what the poison has stolen. Never again for any reason and you can keep it. Quit with you today.
I'll say this, for a intro heading of No idea how to do this, then starting off with stating you just threw out your can...that's a pretty solid start. That's how you do it. Then you came here. That's how you do it. You asked for advice and guidance, with no ego. That's how you do it.

Keep it up, Sluggo laid it all out there for you. Read, post roll, create a network, be active. In other words, keep doing what your doing...and just do more of it. Shoot me a PM if you need anything or need a number.
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Re: Day 1 - NO idea how to do this!
« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2014, 06:28:00 PM »
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Quote from: grizzlyhasclaws
Quote from: slug.go
Quote from: Docwick
Day 1- Literally. Just threw the can out this morning. Not sure how the hell I'm going to do it. 38. Been dipping since 16. Took a two year hiatus when my first child was born. She turns 7 this Sunday.  I've been blessed with two more since and am scared to death to not be around to see THEIR children born. No pride here. Asking for all the help I can get. Tried everything I know.
Welcome! We all have similar dipping histories, 33 years of that crap here. You're at the right place. Top Left is WELCOME CENTER. Read everything in there, not a whole lot but a lot of information. You'll be posting roll in June2014. Do it every damn day. Read all you can all over this site. Find your emergency/stash cans and flush that poison. Check for cans at work, in truck, golf bag...everywhere! Drink a metric ton of water, eat a lot of fruit. Stay away from booze for a few days. You're going to get a lot of advice in the next 72 hours from a lot of experienced quitters, listen to them and use it! You're doing a fantastic and difficult thing. One Day At A Time.
Follow sluggo, new quitter brother, he was just like you . Each day is a battle. Just worry about today's battle today. The days will gradually get better. Good news is you are a free man today!!
Get some phone numbers of fellow KTC quitters by PMing them. You might need to vent sooner or later. Get some gum, seeds, candy, lots of water. Read intros and articles about the fog and funk when quitting dip. I also have three young kids and have taken breaks from dipping for months or even years. I also thought that I had tried everything but really it was mostly just me trying harder by myself or maybe one other person each time. Posting everyday is often a pain but it works to commit to yourself and others each day. I'm on day 29 and I'm surprised, again, at how quitting can really mess with your head - but it's worth it. WELCOME!
One day at a time, that's how. One minute at a time if you need to. It's not rocket science my friend. The longer you go without the poison the better you'll feel. Your reward today,, dignity and freedom. May not feel like much now, but it's more precious than silver or gold.

The road map has been given. One day at a time and you can have back a lot of what the poison has stolen. Never again for any reason and you can keep it. Quit with you today.
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The poison sucks. I hate it. I hated it this morning, I hated it at noon, I hated it at supper and I hate it tonight. I enjoy hating it so much I'm going to wake up tomorrow and start over hating it. I quit with anyone that wants to hate it with me.

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Re: Day 1 - NO idea how to do this!
« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2014, 06:08:00 PM »
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Day 1- Literally. Just threw the can out this morning. Not sure how the hell I'm going to do it. 38. Been dipping since 16. Took a two year hiatus when my first child was born. She turns 7 this Sunday.  I've been blessed with two more since and am scared to death to not be around to see THEIR children born. No pride here. Asking for all the help I can get. Tried everything I know.
Welcome! We all have similar dipping histories, 33 years of that crap here. You're at the right place. Top Left is WELCOME CENTER. Read everything in there, not a whole lot but a lot of information. You'll be posting roll in June2014. Do it every damn day. Read all you can all over this site. Find your emergency/stash cans and flush that poison. Check for cans at work, in truck, golf bag...everywhere! Drink a metric ton of water, eat a lot of fruit. Stay away from booze for a few days. You're going to get a lot of advice in the next 72 hours from a lot of experienced quitters, listen to them and use it! You're doing a fantastic and difficult thing. One Day At A Time.
Follow sluggo, new quitter brother, he was just like you . Each day is a battle. Just worry about today's battle today. The days will gradually get better. Good news is you are a free man today!!
Get some phone numbers of fellow KTC quitters by PMing them. You might need to vent sooner or later. Get some gum, seeds, candy, lots of water. Read intros and articles about the fog and funk when quitting dip. I also have three young kids and have taken breaks from dipping for months or even years. I also thought that I had tried everything but really it was mostly just me trying harder by myself or maybe one other person each time. Posting everyday is often a pain but it works to commit to yourself and others each day. I'm on day 29 and I'm surprised, again, at how quitting can really mess with your head - but it's worth it. WELCOME!

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Re: Day 1 - NO idea how to do this!
« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2014, 05:33:00 PM »
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Day 1- Literally. Just threw the can out this morning. Not sure how the hell I'm going to do it. 38. Been dipping since 16. Took a two year hiatus when my first child was born. She turns 7 this Sunday.  I've been blessed with two more since and am scared to death to not be around to see THEIR children born. No pride here. Asking for all the help I can get. Tried everything I know.
Welcome! We all have similar dipping histories, 33 years of that crap here. You're at the right place. Top Left is WELCOME CENTER. Read everything in there, not a whole lot but a lot of information. You'll be posting roll in June2014. Do it every damn day. Read all you can all over this site. Find your emergency/stash cans and flush that poison. Check for cans at work, in truck, golf bag...everywhere! Drink a metric ton of water, eat a lot of fruit. Stay away from booze for a few days. You're going to get a lot of advice in the next 72 hours from a lot of experienced quitters, listen to them and use it! You're doing a fantastic and difficult thing. One Day At A Time.
Follow sluggo, new quitter brother, he was just like you . Each day is a battle. Just worry about today's battle today. The days will gradually get better. Good news is you are a free man today!!
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Re: Day 1 - NO idea how to do this!
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2014, 05:26:00 PM »
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Day 1- Literally. Just threw the can out this morning. Not sure how the hell I'm going to do it. 38. Been dipping since 16. Took a two year hiatus when my first child was born. She turns 7 this Sunday. I've been blessed with two more since and am scared to death to not be around to see THEIR children born. No pride here. Asking for all the help I can get. Tried everything I know.
Welcome! We all have similar dipping histories, 33 years of that crap here. You're at the right place. Top Left is WELCOME CENTER. Read everything in there, not a whole lot but a lot of information. You'll be posting roll in June2014. Do it every damn day. Read all you can all over this site. Find your emergency/stash cans and flush that poison. Check for cans at work, in truck, golf bag...everywhere! Drink a metric ton of water, eat a lot of fruit. Stay away from booze for a few days. You're going to get a lot of advice in the next 72 hours from a lot of experienced quitters, listen to them and use it! You're doing a fantastic and difficult thing. One Day At A Time.
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Re: Day 1 - NO idea how to do this!
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2014, 05:19:00 PM »
Day 1- Literally. Just threw the can out this morning. Not sure how the hell I'm going to do it. 38. Been dipping since 16. Took a two year hiatus when my first child was born. She turns 7 this Sunday. I've been blessed with two more since and am scared to death to not be around to see THEIR children born. No pride here. Asking for all the help I can get. Tried everything I know.

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Day 1 - NO idea how to do this!
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