Thanks all for the support. This has been my easiest quit yet (although the actual quitting part is a bitch). The concept of this site is great. Other times I've tried to quit, I only had the support of a couple family members that raised hell when I failed (which made it harder to quit the next time).
Posted: Aug 5, 2009, 9:53 am by:
ScooterScum!!!
That's the crazy part about this site cowchip, it makes you accountable to people you have never actually met and probably never will meet! There is a bond that grows between us all because we are all going through the same shit at the same time! If you are on day 3, you can take solace in the fact that I have been through day 3 and survived, If I can you can. If you are on day 200 you can take solace in the fact that I have been through day 200 and survived, and so it goes.... This site has all the tools available to anyone who really, truly wants to kick this habit, unfortunately, there will always be a small percentage that fail to use all the tools available and fail!!!! What tools am I talking about? I will list a few of them but you can find everyone of them yourself on this site if you will take the time.
1. Quit Group/Roll Call - Builds accountability with a group of people who are going through the same shit as you are and share the same ultimate goal, to be nic free!
2. Other Quit Groups - Post up in other groups this extends your accountability to other quiters and helps the quitters ahead of you to get to know you and allows you to help the quitters in groups behind you!
3. Chat - Always go to chat when you are dealing with a tough crave, raging, need to vent or just want to see what's going on with other quitters. The chat room will force you to get to know other quitters and share personal information with each other!
4. Phone Numbers - Always get as many phone numbers as you can, this may save you life if you are thinking about caving and can't get to chat. The most impotant thing to remember about phone numbers is YOU HAVE TO USE THEM!!!!!!!!! Just having them in your phone and not using them always leads to a cave!!! Give your out to as many people as you can, nothing solidifies your own quit as much as talking another brother down off the cliff!
4. HOF Speeches - Read through as many of these as you can, there is very valuable information in a lot of these speaches that you can take with you that will inspire you to stay quit!
5. Wildcard Section - I was too computer illiterate to scroll down and find this section until about day 50! This is a great area to play and goof off in order to get you mind off of the nic bitch!!!! There is everything from comedy corner, hot babes, to funny rants, raves and bitches, so be sure and kill a lot of the fog time in here!
6. The home page - Read, read, read, read, and read some more this page has a ton of valuable information about quitting dip! You can read about things such as chewie's rating of the fake snuff, what to expect when quitting, lot's of facts and figures, cancer and quitter stories, the contract not to quit, etc....
There are a lot of other things that you will find helpful to your quit if you will only take the time to read and absorb the information.
What I am trying to say is that if you are really commited to beating this addiction, you must be commited enough to use every tool available to you!!!! There is no I'll post roll every now and then, or I'll get some numbersmy phone but damned if I'll ever actually call anyone, this is a sure road to failure!!! The more involved you are in this site, the more accountability you gain, thus the harder it is for you to cave. When you build the kind of accountablity needed by getitng to personally know as many quitters as you can, there is no way in hell you could ever imagine posting up in your group "I caved". I PROMISE YOU, ITIS IMPOSSIBLE TO CAVE IF YOU USE THIS SITE FOR WHAT IT WAS INTENDED AND USE ALL THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO YOU!!!!
