March Madness

[ccauley86]

Hey Randy,

I'm looking for you in roll tomorrow morning, the thing that stuck out to me about your intro was when you talk about all your co-workers who dip.

Bro, I grew up around/worked with LEOs and I know your pain, but for real man, that is a bitch excuse. I work in an office with a ton of women who think I am totally disgusting for doing it. It doesn't make it easier to quit.

I get that you have temptation all around you, but I've got a gas station on every corner, all I've got to do is pull over, buy a can, and toss it before I get home so my wife won't know.

Instead lets both do it ODAAT starting by posting roll tomorrow.

Chris

[Smokeyg]

Welcome Randy.

Is there really anything special about 100 days? I guess it's a round number and this site designates it as the HOF. But in terms of handling your addiction, focus on making it through this day only. Your roll call is only good for one day. It makes no guarantees further into the future. Make posting roll before eating breakfast the first priority in your life; honoring your roll post the second priority; helping others a third priority.

You're all set.

Skip a roll post and you're already slipping back towards complacency. All in copper.

[wmcatty]

Welcome aboard Randy and nice job of posting roll. Since you have been looking in from the outside for a fairly long time now, you know how things work around here. Check your inbox(1) and open it. There is a pm from me with my telephone number. Call me if you need to vent, rage or just shoot the shit about KTC. Nice job of taking back control of your life. Wayne

[luby]

I work with a lot of guys who dip, hell my 2 best friends at work are always dipping, what I did when I first quit was tell them I was quit, that it was important to me, and I finally told them that if I ever try to bum a dip from them I wanted them to punch me right in the face. Hopefully your buddies are like mine and understand. Quit with you today.

[Menace]

Randy, you hit it on the head my friend, the monster crave 70-100-150-610 days after my quit is my fear as well. This is the reason I keep drilling into my head the KTC way. ODAAT nothing more, nothing less. You need anything give me a shout. Proud to quit with you today!

[Erussell]

Hello All,
My name is Randy, and I will no longer use ANY form of Nicotine..

I'm 37, in Law Enforcement, and a member of the National Guard. (Basically I have 2 jobs where everyone around me dips. ) I tried "shadowing" this site before. I guess I was too embarassed to post. I joined in 2011, never posted, just read along with a group, but managed to keep the bitch off of me for almost a year. I was just fooling myself. I did everything wrong. I used the patch for several weeks, would smoke an occasional cig when I had a couple of beers, to the point when I was never 72 hours without some nic in my system. As soon as I had some stress in my life, around a year ago, i fell right off the wagon and started chewing again.

Now that I've done it the wrong way - this time I'm going to do it the right way -
No Cheating - no smokes - no patches - no gum - if I have to go without beer for a few weeks, or avoid my buddies who smoke/dip, fuck em. And I will post roll here every day.

Things I've learned - The first few days isnt the hardest - because your ready for it, you know its going to suck. The really hard thing is the monster crave that comes out of nowhere after your a long time into your quit.
My plan this time is to have a few tins of smokey mountain strategically hidden - office/ car/ patrol car/ etc. to deal with the surprise crave later in my quit.

Anyway - looking forward to taking this journey with all of you. And remember - What do you call the guy who graduated last in his class in medical school? "Doctor". Same thing here. I want the whole team to be with me 100 days from now, the people (like myself) who probably may need some remedial help, there with the people who breezed through it. Take care - Randy

Randy,
Add to your arsenal things like phone numbers along with relationships that will hold you accountable. Mine is in your inbox. Also pay it forward and backward to some folks. Make it difficult to lie to us by becoming a big piece of the brotherhood. When I post roll, and I never miss, I realize I am making a promise to people who count and matter, thus I refuse to let them down. I quit with you.

[randy2134]

Hello All,
My name is Randy, and I will no longer use ANY form of Nicotine..

I'm 37, in Law Enforcement, and a member of the National Guard. (Basically I have 2 jobs where everyone around me dips. ) I tried "shadowing" this site before. I guess I was too embarassed to post. I joined in 2011, never posted, just read along with a group, but managed to keep the bitch off of me for almost a year. I was just fooling myself. I did everything wrong. I used the patch for several weeks, would smoke an occasional cig when I had a couple of beers, to the point when I was never 72 hours without some nic in my system. As soon as I had some stress in my life, around a year ago, i fell right off the wagon and started chewing again.

Now that I've done it the wrong way - this time I'm going to do it the right way -
No Cheating - no smokes - no patches - no gum - if I have to go without beer for a few weeks, or avoid my buddies who smoke/dip, fuck em. And I will post roll here every day.

Things I've learned - The first few days isnt the hardest - because your ready for it, you know its going to suck. The really hard thing is the monster crave that comes out of nowhere after your a long time into your quit.
My plan this time is to have a few tins of smokey mountain strategically hidden - office/ car/ patrol car/ etc. to deal with the surprise crave later in my quit.

Anyway - looking forward to taking this journey with all of you. And remember - What do you call the guy who graduated last in his class in medical school? "Doctor". Same thing here. I want the whole team to be with me 100 days from now, the people (like myself) who probably may need some remedial help, there with the people who breezed through it. Take care - Randy