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Re: Hello, I'm Bill
« Reply #8 on: April 28, 2015, 08:12:00 PM »
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Step one is throwing all the cans away and not using.

Step two is posting roll daily and being accountable to yourself and others. Are you in?
Bogey golfer - Are you another guy that cries out for help or are you really gonna do this?

Time will tell and the clocks ticking. Your call on taking the easy road. Back to the can and packing your lip. Word of advice. That easy road will quickly shift on you to a painful as fuck road. You said you watched Roger Ebert's strugles in the documentary. Keep on keeping on and that'll be you.

Or you can take the hard road that's tough as a mother but ton's easier than rearranging your face.

Bean dropped this quit nugget in one of you're future quit bro's intro (if you get off the pot and post roll). Take a peak.

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Re: Hello, I'm Bill
« Reply #7 on: April 28, 2015, 10:26:00 AM »
Step one is throwing all the cans away and not using.

Step two is posting roll daily and being accountable to yourself and others. Are you in?
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Re: Hello, I'm Bill
« Reply #6 on: April 28, 2015, 09:42:00 AM »
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Hi, I'm Bill. I'll give you my story. I started late in life (35). Golfing got me into cigars. I'd smoke five Cohibas a day. My wife hated the smell. I started dipping Cope Wintergreen to conceal my tobacco addiction. It was so easy to put a dip in and spit into a Coke can or whatever. Fast forward 6 years, I was up to a can and a half. I was dipping at work. When there was no way to spit in a bottle or a can, I'd spit in my hat or down a sleeve. It's gross but I did it. I needed the fix so bad. I'd wake up at three just to put another dip in. My 5 year old son watches me and I get embarrassed.

Anyhow, I feel pretty hopeless. I feel need to dip all of the time. The urges are always there. I saw the Roger Ebert documentary and saw what cancer did to him. Watching it, I felt that that will be me in five years if I don't stop now.

I'm so afraid about the damage I've done. But This is the first step.
Hey Bill, welcome to the group.
I hid my addiction for 20 years, you have made the important first step in coming here and admitting you have a problem.

Now stick around and get the support and help you need to stay off tobacco for ever.
Stopped posting after 100 days, but I'm still quit.

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Re: Hello, I'm Bill
« Reply #5 on: April 28, 2015, 09:15:00 AM »
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Hi, I'm Bill. I'll give you my story. I started late in life (35). Golfing got me into cigars. I'd smoke five Cohibas a day. My wife hated the smell. I started dipping Cope Wintergreen to conceal my tobacco addiction. It was so easy to put a dip in and spit into a Coke can or whatever. Fast forward 6 years, I was up to a can and a half. I was dipping at work. When there was no way to spit in a bottle or a can, I'd spit in my hat or down a sleeve. It's gross but I did it. I needed the fix so bad. I'd wake up at three just to put another dip in. My 5 year old son watches me and I get embarrassed.

Anyhow, I feel pretty hopeless. I feel need to dip all of the time. The urges are always there. I saw the Roger Ebert documentary and saw what cancer did to him. Watching it, I felt that that will be me in five years if I don't stop now.

I'm so afraid about the damage I've done. But This is the first step.
Bogey, fear is good, but useless unless you do something about it. You have to get in here post roll in august and get this quit rolling. Understand you're an addict and so am I! We need each other. Next moves your's!
We did all that Bill. Hell the wind blew my spit on my wife's leg while we were going to a wedding. It's a wonder she didn't shoot me right there in the parking lot...I might be a redneck.
In all honesty, We are here, we were in your shoes, You can do this ODAAT (one day at a time) the KTC way.
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Re: Hello, I'm Bill
« Reply #4 on: April 28, 2015, 08:23:00 AM »
What these guys said! Posting roll is our daily promise not to use nicotine. We have all been exactly where you are, scared of the withdrawal and removing our crutch. Well, if i can do it, anyone can. Give your word each day first thing, you can be a man of your word for 24 hours right? Lets get this quit going! Join the guys in August 2015 who've just made the decision to take back control!

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Re: Hello, I'm Bill
« Reply #3 on: April 28, 2015, 08:05:00 AM »
Bill, welcome to the fight. I did the same as you on my first day - I posted my intro at night and went to bed. When I woke up, I had a slew of messages and emails reminding me to post roll call for the day. In the event this is the first place you look (as opposed to your messages/emails), allow me to be the first to remind you to post your first roll call.

instructions are here: topic/1003072/1/#new
your quit group is here: topic/11112756/15/#new

Let's get after it, man. I KNOW the shame you felt when your boy watched you disgustingly dribbling, spilling, drooling, spitting, syrupy cliffhanger spitting, wiping, etc etc...we were lesser men because of our habit. All past tense, because you won't do that anymore, right?

Post your roll call, Bill.

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Re: Hello, I'm Bill
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2015, 10:23:00 PM »
Quote from: Bogey
Hi, I'm Bill. I'll give you my story. I started late in life (35). Golfing got me into cigars. I'd smoke five Cohibas a day. My wife hated the smell. I started dipping Cope Wintergreen to conceal my tobacco addiction. It was so easy to put a dip in and spit into a Coke can or whatever. Fast forward 6 years, I was up to a can and a half. I was dipping at work. When there was no way to spit in a bottle or a can, I'd spit in my hat or down a sleeve. It's gross but I did it. I needed the fix so bad. I'd wake up at three just to put another dip in. My 5 year old son watches me and I get embarrassed.

Anyhow, I feel pretty hopeless. I feel need to dip all of the time. The urges are always there. I saw the Roger Ebert documentary and saw what cancer did to him. Watching it, I felt that that will be me in five years if I don't stop now.

I'm so afraid about the damage I've done. But This is the first step.
Bogey, fear is good, but useless unless you do something about it. You have to get in here post roll in august and get this quit rolling. Understand you're an addict and so am I! We need each other. Next moves your's!
Tobacco is so addictive it took me a year after a massive heart attack, in which doctor confirmed caused from dipping to finally put a lid on the bitch! ODAAT EDD

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Hello, I'm Bill
« on: April 27, 2015, 10:16:00 PM »
Hi, I'm Bill. I'll give you my story. I started late in life (35). Golfing got me into cigars. I'd smoke five Cohibas a day. My wife hated the smell. I started dipping Cope Wintergreen to conceal my tobacco addiction. It was so easy to put a dip in and spit into a Coke can or whatever. Fast forward 6 years, I was up to a can and a half. I was dipping at work. When there was no way to spit in a bottle or a can, I'd spit in my hat or down a sleeve. It's gross but I did it. I needed the fix so bad. I'd wake up at three just to put another dip in. My 5 year old son watches me and I get embarrassed.

Anyhow, I feel pretty hopeless. I feel need to dip all of the time. The urges are always there. I saw the Roger Ebert documentary and saw what cancer did to him. Watching it, I felt that that will be me in five years if I don't stop now.

I'm so afraid about the damage I've done. But This is the first step.