I was told that maybe I should change my overall philosophy now that I caved and not talk so much shit about other people being weak in their quit. I became that weak person a few days ago but that doesn't mean I am going to change the way I think. A lot of quitters are still here supporting me after my fuckup and a few even thanked me for keeping them quit. I let a great deal of quitters down and it will take awhile to earn their trust again, but I am ready. I am grateful to them that they even thought to give me a second chance, and to those who want to use my cave as ammunition against me, I'm back to prove you all wrong. I will not dwell on the past because what is done is done. People will continue to call me out and that’s fine. That’s what we are here for right? Accountability is the word and without it we will fail. I can use my past experiences in my new group to help them be successful as well as keep my quit on the right track. I'm back on the saddle motherfuckers so bring it!!
1 dip in 160+ days is sure better than dipping everyday!
You're quit bro and thats all that matters as long as you stay that way.
I do not agree.
Yes. 1 dip in 160+ days is better than dipping everyday, but it means there is a giant chip in your armor.
It is an excuse to use when you just don't feel like quitting (and there are times when that happens). I've been there and I've done that. You know where I ended up? Back at the bottom of the can. It took 4 months to go from "1 once in a while won't hurt" to "chewing all the fucking time".
It's a slippery slope, and we are addicts.
We have proven we can't use "on occasion".
If we could, we wouldn't be here.
Four years ago, before I googled "HOW TO QUIT SMOKELESS TOBACCO", I quit when I got married, quit for like a year. Then one weekend I visited my friends and I had a few dips. Then I went home, and I didn't dip. I thought I was still quit. Well next weekend I found an excuse to hang out with some other friends, and had a few dips. I went back to being quit again. I think it was the third time I did that, when the can followed me home and I became a dipper instead of a quitter. Thank God I have KTC this time, for these reminders to be quit and stay quit.
hey kstampfly,
I'm an addict and you're an addict. You gotta change something, cause something wasn't working....you didn't reach out. You were not quit, you were experiencing a stoppage.
You know the rules and you know it is time to apply these rules to your other addictions. You can be that sober and nic free man! I know that YOU can!
As for talking trash about others...focus on the postitive...take what you need, give what you can and leave the drama for the queens. Postitive trumps negative in every walk of life!
You made it 160 days. that is great. But how do you know if taking one more dip (cave) is not going to give you cancer? Do you really want to be the guy wishing he had some more years instead of dying from a nic related disease?
It isn't easy...I know this for a fact. I have great daze, okay daze and shit daze at day 202. So goes my life as an addict of nicotine. But I'm really living now and not in a stupid haze of a high from nic. I can see and hear life now. I can feel it.
Do what you gotta do Mr. kstampfly to "not" put the poison in your mouth. Learn to dispise/hate nic of all forms. You can and this thought process will be powerful for you.
Accountability and Availability are important. I have Fred, MikeA and Wade available to me if I decide to dip. They are my Angels of Life! They are perfect strangers and perfect saviors to me.
I understand you have some Angels also. Don't take them for granted Mr. kstampfly and they won't take you for granted.
Be Quit every a.m. the earlier the better. keep your word to yourself, get to bed, wake and repeat. 'bang head'