Day 5

[Ron_Cross]

Bobbarker - The Killer express makes its way back up to the top of the US of A to Vermontville, Michigan to pick up Bobbarker, a married dude(8 years) with 2 kids(and a beautiful wife, go figure). He started dipping at age 13 and continued for about 15 years, during which he munched on Skoal, Kodiak Ice, and finally Grizzy Wintergreen, before he gave up all of the lies and quit on 10/12/13. Â…Â…Â…..Hold on a minute! I have to do a study on his avatar. Interesting, very interesting! ( open in new tab, OOH, VERY INTERESTING!!!, I gotta go)... Ok IÂ’m back again. He is bringing honey from his own beehives on the train today. He assures us we wonÂ’t be having toast or biscuits, but special cocktails like whiskey honeys or mohoneyos for everyone. If there is an accident he asked us to call Greenbay and tell them they just lost a shareholder in their little club. Aside from doing donuts in a F150, in a parking lot with a 747, he engages in no odd behaviors at all as he is looking to score a job in the teaching profession(canÂ’t act like you are dumber than a fifth grader).

His words for us today are: Never give up quitting. There's a lot of shitty days, and if you wait for a good time to quit when there's less stress, your first day quit will be the day they stick your cold ass in the ground. His favorite avatar? PLEASE!! In BobbarkerÂ’s book, the most inspiring dudes here are Evil_Won and ThisIsIt. Also, people that appreciated his avatars helped motivate him to come here often and post and hearing that he motivated them has motivated him as well. He is celebrating his 100 days by cracking a cool one and enjoying the evening with the motivators of his quit, his beautiful wife and 2 amazing boys. Will he be around after 100? In and out he says, but we all hope he brings his avatars back in to inspire us from time to time!!! Congratulations Bobbarker!!!

[Bobbarker]

Congrats on hitting the double digits!

Thanks guys. I've been busy as shit and just kept forgetting to come back and check on my intro page.

I've been feeling good, in a weird way. I've been sick, along with the rest of my household. Maybe in part because of that, the physical cravings have been nil. I've been eating mints and cough drops like crazy, but I don't have a clue. I'm no expert on quitting.

SO hey, thanks for the encouragements and the warnings. I'm loving being quit.

NO Nicotine, NO Excuses.

[Picker.of.Strings]

Congrats on hitting the double digits!

[ParadigmDawg]

Yep, don't get to confident that the physical part is over, my worst days were day 31-38. I am not trying to scare you, just want to make sure you are prepared.

I also thought the oral fixation was going to be the bad part for me. I had a dip in my mouth every waking moment for 25 years. I purchased 4 cans of Smokey Mountain the day of my quit, went through those 4 in about 4 days and never bothered to get anymore.

I went to beef jerky after that and burned through about 6 large bags of that.

Since that point I have kept gum and mints handy but never really use them. It is just nice to have an empty mouth.

[Punkin]

Howdy Bob! Nice job on posting roll today. 6 days quit is awesome. Check your inbox

[Mike from AB]

Hey folks,

I'm Bob, and I'm on day 5 of my quit, as of 10/17/13. I quit on 10/12/13. I have quit twice in the past and fallen back into addiction. Both times that I fell back I had quit for someone else, so the first chance I had, I went back to my same bad habits. This time is for me though. I can't look at my sons and wonder if chewing tobacco will keep me from seeing them have children, or get married, or graduate high school, or get their driver's license. I can't look at my wife and wonder if chewing tobacco will tear her away from me, or force her to watch the love of her life waste away into an early, cancerous grave. It might sound like I'm doing it for them, but I'm scared to death of having to confront them some day and tell them that I'll be checking out early, and they will have to go it without me. Maybe that makes me a coward, but it's the best cowardly decision I've ever made in my life, and it's one that I will proudly stand behind.

I think it has been easier this time because I'm doing this for me. The cravings went away after 2-3 days, and I'm left with the oral fixation, which is very difficult. After 15 years of having something in my mouth constantly, I can't seem to get used to it, but I will. And until I do, I've got a big bag of lifesavers with me everywhere I go. I realized this morning, I never have to dip again. Now that the physical cravings are gone, even if I have this oral fixation my entire life, I can buy candy anywhere I can buy tobacco. I know this is a one day at a time kind of deal, but, looking ahead a little bit helps me too.

It's incredibly how therapeutic it is to write all of this stuff, after I've spent the last decade and a half quietly denying any use of tobacco, hiding it from friends and family, and denying that it had any grip on me. It sounds cliche`, but I could quit whenever I wanted to. I've also come to realize that that very cliche` line is true for me, at least. I could quit whenever I wanted to, but my addiction was keeping me from really wanting to, until I found something much more important to me.

I'm a quitter now. I was a quitter yesterday, and I'll be a quitter tomorrow. And that will be true for every remaining day of (what I'm hoping will be) a much longer life.

Congrats on getting to day 5! Your intro doesn't sound cowardly at all! It sounds like a guy who's thought this out  is ready to get this done! PM me if you want some numbers.

[Dougie]

Well Bob make you sure you spay or neuter your animals.

Trauma has been watching The Price is Right again...

oh MAN I just got this... I read his intro five times to figure out what the heck trauma meant.

:unsure: :D

QLF

[Minny]

Well Bob make you sure you spay or neuter your animals.

Trauma has been watching The Price is Right again...

oh MAN I just got this... I read his intro five times to figure out what the heck trauma meant.

:unsure: :D

[Minny]

Hey folks,

I'm Bob, and I'm on day 5 of my quit, as of 10/17/13. I quit on 10/12/13. I have quit twice in the past and fallen back into addiction. Both times that I fell back I had quit for someone else, so the first chance I had, I went back to my same bad habits. This time is for me though. I can't look at my sons and wonder if chewing tobacco will keep me from seeing them have children, or get married, or graduate high school, or get their driver's license. I can't look at my wife and wonder if chewing tobacco will tear her away from me, or force her to watch the love of her life waste away into an early, cancerous grave. It might sound like I'm doing it for them, but I'm scared to death of having to confront them some day and tell them that I'll be checking out early, and they will have to go it without me. Maybe that makes me a coward, but it's the best cowardly decision I've ever made in my life, and it's one that I will proudly stand behind.

I think it has been easier this time because I'm doing this for me. The cravings went away after 2-3 days, and I'm left with the oral fixation, which is very difficult. After 15 years of having something in my mouth constantly, I can't seem to get used to it, but I will. And until I do, I've got a big bag of lifesavers with me everywhere I go. I realized this morning, I never have to dip again. Now that the physical cravings are gone, even if I have this oral fixation my entire life, I can buy candy anywhere I can buy tobacco. I know this is a one day at a time kind of deal, but, looking ahead a little bit helps me too.

It's incredibly how therapeutic it is to write all of this stuff, after I've spent the last decade and a half quietly denying any use of tobacco, hiding it from friends and family, and denying that it had any grip on me. It sounds cliche`, but I could quit whenever I wanted to. I've also come to realize that that very cliche` line is true for me, at least. I could quit whenever I wanted to, but my addiction was keeping me from really wanting to, until I found something much more important to me.

I'm a quitter now. I was a quitter yesterday, and I'll be a quitter tomorrow. And that will be true for every remaining day of (what I'm hoping will be) a much longer life.

Hey Bob,

Welcome. I used nic for just shy of 20 years and "quit" countless times. Each time I thought, "I really mean it this time" but would end up right back where I started. The "Stopping" cycle ended when I fully immersed myself in the KTC way.

If you REALLY want this, if you don't want to see your sons starting an addiction of their own, then stay close to KTC and just follow the "rules". Then, you'll be free. And man, it is SO worth it.

1. Post roll every day
2. No nic for any reason

Welcome

[Minny]

Well Bob make you sure you spay or neuter your animals.

Trauma has been watching The Price is Right again...

[Derk40]

Welcome Bob. Nice job posting roll for a day 5. So you know... you have not really kicked the craves yet and it is not as simple as the oral fixation being solved. You will expereince craves, mind games and a battle here. The war is not over, but I know you can win this battle. Focus on this ODAAT. Win today, stay quit today - by whatever means. You can do this brother! QLF today!

[traumagnet]

Well Bob make you sure you spay or neuter your animals.

Welcome to the site you will find a huge amount of information located here. Above in the pink salmon colored letters is the WELCOME CENTER go there and begin your journey.

Post roll your group will be the preHOF January group. Posting roll is the cornerstone of what we do here. We hold ourselves accountable and we promise not to use for today only. We quit one day at a time here ODAAT focus on today only.

Other than read read read we need to work on your vocabulary a bit. You have never quit before you had a stoppage. It is not a habit it is an addiction you can never again just have one. You like me are an addict the difference between us and crack whores is the legality of our substances.

Once again welcome PM me if you need anything. You have 16000 people on your side and ready to assist but you have to pull the trigger.
T

[Bobbarker]

Hey folks,

I'm Bob, and I'm on day 5 of my quit, as of 10/17/13. I quit on 10/12/13. I have quit twice in the past and fallen back into addiction. Both times that I fell back I had quit for someone else, so the first chance I had, I went back to my same bad habits. This time is for me though. I can't look at my sons and wonder if chewing tobacco will keep me from seeing them have children, or get married, or graduate high school, or get their driver's license. I can't look at my wife and wonder if chewing tobacco will tear her away from me, or force her to watch the love of her life waste away into an early, cancerous grave. It might sound like I'm doing it for them, but I'm scared to death of having to confront them some day and tell them that I'll be checking out early, and they will have to go it without me. Maybe that makes me a coward, but it's the best cowardly decision I've ever made in my life, and it's one that I will proudly stand behind.

I think it has been easier this time because I'm doing this for me. The cravings went away after 2-3 days, and I'm left with the oral fixation, which is very difficult. After 15 years of having something in my mouth constantly, I can't seem to get used to it, but I will. And until I do, I've got a big bag of lifesavers with me everywhere I go. I realized this morning, I never have to dip again. Now that the physical cravings are gone, even if I have this oral fixation my entire life, I can buy candy anywhere I can buy tobacco. I know this is a one day at a time kind of deal, but, looking ahead a little bit helps me too.

It's incredibly how therapeutic it is to write all of this stuff, after I've spent the last decade and a half quietly denying any use of tobacco, hiding it from friends and family, and denying that it had any grip on me. It sounds cliche`, but I could quit whenever I wanted to. I've also come to realize that that very cliche` line is true for me, at least. I could quit whenever I wanted to, but my addiction was keeping me from really wanting to, until I found something much more important to me.

I'm a quitter now. I was a quitter yesterday, and I'll be a quitter tomorrow. And that will be true for every remaining day of (what I'm hoping will be) a much longer life.