Starting Day 5...I got this shit!!!

[SirDerek]

1000 days for this slut. Congrats billy

Awesome work slut-slayer. Bad assed quit machine! Love having you one day behind me, drives my quit big time brother! Proud to be QLF with you EDD?

Huge congrats on your comma, well done!

Well done Billy.....damn good to see you hit this. Hope you celebrated

[Pinched]

1000 days for this slut. Congrats billy

Awesome work slut-slayer. Bad assed quit machine! Love having you one day behind me, drives my quit big time brother! Proud to be QLF with you EDD?

Huge congrats on your comma, well done!

[B-loMatt]

1000 days for this slut. Congrats billy

Awesome work slut-slayer. Bad assed quit machine! Love having you one day behind me, drives my quit big time brother! Proud to be QLF with you EDD?

[duathman]

1000 days for this slut. Congrats billy

[duathman]

Billy, I was looking for a little bit of inspiration tonight, and I started re-reading your intro/HOF speech... Inspired I am brother! You are a BAQ and I just wanted to bump you so newbs would read!

I will post on here so mr Billybill will see my name and think how important quit brothers (virtual or not) are. EDD from here on is how we will roll. Dawn the lights on this joint and I want to be standing by you, Blo and all the sluts. Damn proud of you Billy. We have come along way together from our first go at this thing called quit.

[B-loMatt]

Billy, I was looking for a little bit of inspiration tonight, and I started re-reading your intro/HOF speech... Inspired I am brother! You are a BAQ and I just wanted to bump you so newbs would read!

[30isEnuff]

One of many reminders of why I quit every day

On my 105th day quit I am met with the news that my coworker and friend of the last 4 years has two days to live. Kevin has been dipping since he was 15 and his choice of poison is Copenhagen snuff. A year ago he started having back pains and was losing weight rapidly so he got checked out by a doctor. The first diagnosis was diabetes and they put him on meds to counteract the disease. His condition didnÃ,’t get much better and his back was still hurting so he went in for a second opinion. The new Dr. decided to do a full body x-ray and the result was a mass on the back side of his pancreas, biopsy turned out positive for cancer. The cancer tumor was also the reason for his diabetes.
Pancreatic cancer is the fourth most common cause of cancer related deaths in the United States. The median survival rate of pancreatic cancer is 9.5% and Kevin was on the low end because he was at stage 3 when they caught the tumor. Immediate sessions of high dose chemotherapy started that week. He kept a great attitude and stuck it out at work four days a week for the first 10 months, the pancreatic cancer was responding to the chemo and he was actually winning the battle or so we thought. About a month ago he stopped coming to work and I found out that the cancer spread to his brain and is inoperable.
Kevin dipped up until the last day I saw him at work and no one knows for sure but there is a high chance that the many years of dipping and gutting the spit played a large role in the formation of the pancreatic cancer. I told him all about my quit and the support group that has helped me break the bond with the poison we have been slaves to for so long. He told me that he wants to quit but couldnÃ,’t handle it with everything else that was going on. I told him that the dip wasnÃ,’t helping in any way and all he needs to do is make the decision to quit and we (KTC) will be with him every step of the way. The old saying you can lead a horse to water but you canÃ,’t make him drink rang true like it does so often with us addicts. He is dipping on his death bed today and it is a disturbing reminder to me and hopefully many others that this deadly poison is just that, DEADLY!
Kevin will be survived by his wife, 19 year old daughter, and 4 year old son. My deepest sorrow and prayers go out to his family.

Holy God, that's just gruesome.
I hate it but I need to see stuff like this now and then so I don't get complacent.

This is fuel for the Quit Fire.
Hang tough bro...

Shit gets REAL very quickly when you read something like that. Just awful but I agree sometimes the "Quit system" in all of us needs a little jolt. That certainly gave me one.

The poison is real, so is cancer. We cannot forget this.
Tons of nic is dipped daily. Billions of cigs are smoked. Cancer is everywhere in my family, except in those who do not smoke/dip and drink. Those who smoked/dipped and drank are dead. Gone for good. Missed dearly.
So sorry for your loss Billy. Keep posting early. Keep doing it...ODAAT. You got this brother.
Remember: 1 problem + the poison = 2 problems.

[lighty7]

One of many reminders of why I quit every day

On my 105th day quit I am met with the news that my coworker and friend of the last 4 years has two days to live. Kevin has been dipping since he was 15 and his choice of poison is Copenhagen snuff. A year ago he started having back pains and was losing weight rapidly so he got checked out by a doctor. The first diagnosis was diabetes and they put him on meds to counteract the disease. His condition didnÃ,’t get much better and his back was still hurting so he went in for a second opinion. The new Dr. decided to do a full body x-ray and the result was a mass on the back side of his pancreas, biopsy turned out positive for cancer. The cancer tumor was also the reason for his diabetes.
Pancreatic cancer is the fourth most common cause of cancer related deaths in the United States. The median survival rate of pancreatic cancer is 9.5% and Kevin was on the low end because he was at stage 3 when they caught the tumor. Immediate sessions of high dose chemotherapy started that week. He kept a great attitude and stuck it out at work four days a week for the first 10 months, the pancreatic cancer was responding to the chemo and he was actually winning the battle or so we thought. About a month ago he stopped coming to work and I found out that the cancer spread to his brain and is inoperable.
Kevin dipped up until the last day I saw him at work and no one knows for sure but there is a high chance that the many years of dipping and gutting the spit played a large role in the formation of the pancreatic cancer. I told him all about my quit and the support group that has helped me break the bond with the poison we have been slaves to for so long. He told me that he wants to quit but couldnÃ,’t handle it with everything else that was going on. I told him that the dip wasnÃ,’t helping in any way and all he needs to do is make the decision to quit and we (KTC) will be with him every step of the way. The old saying you can lead a horse to water but you canÃ,’t make him drink rang true like it does so often with us addicts. He is dipping on his death bed today and it is a disturbing reminder to me and hopefully many others that this deadly poison is just that, DEADLY!
Kevin will be survived by his wife, 19 year old daughter, and 4 year old son. My deepest sorrow and prayers go out to his family.

Holy God, that's just gruesome.
I hate it but I need to see stuff like this now and then so I don't get complacent.

This is fuel for the Quit Fire.
Hang tough bro...

Shit gets REAL very quickly when you read something like that. Just awful but I agree sometimes the "Quit system" in all of us needs a little jolt. That certainly gave me one.

[AppleJack]

One of many reminders of why I quit every day

On my 105th day quit I am met with the news that my coworker and friend of the last 4 years has two days to live. Kevin has been dipping since he was 15 and his choice of poison is Copenhagen snuff. A year ago he started having back pains and was losing weight rapidly so he got checked out by a doctor. The first diagnosis was diabetes and they put him on meds to counteract the disease. His condition didnÃ,’t get much better and his back was still hurting so he went in for a second opinion. The new Dr. decided to do a full body x-ray and the result was a mass on the back side of his pancreas, biopsy turned out positive for cancer. The cancer tumor was also the reason for his diabetes.
Pancreatic cancer is the fourth most common cause of cancer related deaths in the United States. The median survival rate of pancreatic cancer is 9.5% and Kevin was on the low end because he was at stage 3 when they caught the tumor. Immediate sessions of high dose chemotherapy started that week. He kept a great attitude and stuck it out at work four days a week for the first 10 months, the pancreatic cancer was responding to the chemo and he was actually winning the battle or so we thought. About a month ago he stopped coming to work and I found out that the cancer spread to his brain and is inoperable.
Kevin dipped up until the last day I saw him at work and no one knows for sure but there is a high chance that the many years of dipping and gutting the spit played a large role in the formation of the pancreatic cancer. I told him all about my quit and the support group that has helped me break the bond with the poison we have been slaves to for so long. He told me that he wants to quit but couldnÃ,’t handle it with everything else that was going on. I told him that the dip wasnÃ,’t helping in any way and all he needs to do is make the decision to quit and we (KTC) will be with him every step of the way. The old saying you can lead a horse to water but you canÃ,’t make him drink rang true like it does so often with us addicts. He is dipping on his death bed today and it is a disturbing reminder to me and hopefully many others that this deadly poison is just that, DEADLY!
Kevin will be survived by his wife, 19 year old daughter, and 4 year old son. My deepest sorrow and prayers go out to his family.

Holy God, that's just gruesome.
I hate it but I need to see stuff like this now and then so I don't get complacent.

This is fuel for the Quit Fire.
Hang tough bro...

[billybill3934]

One of many reminders of why I quit every day

On my 105th day quit I am met with the news that my coworker and friend of the last 4 years has two days to live. Kevin has been dipping since he was 15 and his choice of poison is Copenhagen snuff. A year ago he started having back pains and was losing weight rapidly so he got checked out by a doctor. The first diagnosis was diabetes and they put him on meds to counteract the disease. His condition didnÃ,’t get much better and his back was still hurting so he went in for a second opinion. The new Dr. decided to do a full body x-ray and the result was a mass on the back side of his pancreas, biopsy turned out positive for cancer. The cancer tumor was also the reason for his diabetes.
Pancreatic cancer is the fourth most common cause of cancer related deaths in the United States. The median survival rate of pancreatic cancer is 9.5% and Kevin was on the low end because he was at stage 3 when they caught the tumor. Immediate sessions of high dose chemotherapy started that week. He kept a great attitude and stuck it out at work four days a week for the first 10 months, the pancreatic cancer was responding to the chemo and he was actually winning the battle or so we thought. About a month ago he stopped coming to work and I found out that the cancer spread to his brain and is inoperable.
Kevin dipped up until the last day I saw him at work and no one knows for sure but there is a high chance that the many years of dipping and gutting the spit played a large role in the formation of the pancreatic cancer. I told him all about my quit and the support group that has helped me break the bond with the poison we have been slaves to for so long. He told me that he wants to quit but couldnÃ,’t handle it with everything else that was going on. I told him that the dip wasnÃ,’t helping in any way and all he needs to do is make the decision to quit and we (KTC) will be with him every step of the way. The old saying you can lead a horse to water but you canÃ,’t make him drink rang true like it does so often with us addicts. He is dipping on his death bed today and it is a disturbing reminder to me and hopefully many others that this deadly poison is just that, DEADLY!
Kevin will be survived by his wife, 19 year old daughter, and 4 year old son. My deepest sorrow and prayers go out to his family.

[billybill3934]

520 days in and it still takes a solid commitment every waking moment to stay quit! I am so thankful for everyone on KTC for all they do. Everyone has the will power in them to quit and stay quit, you need to find that power and make it a part of your everyday life. Quit 24/7 365

[G]

Nice job on the year bro! Well done!

Congrats Billy! 365 days. Well done!

There ain't a single day on the calendar you can't stay quit. Nice work.

[Derk40]

Nice job on the year bro! Well done!

Congrats Billy! 365 days. Well done!

[AppleJack]

Nice job on the year bro! Well done!

[Thumblewort]

I just read this thread for the first time front to back. It is a chronicle of quit. Gratz on the year, and proud to be quit with you today.