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

[B-loMatt]

Well done brother! One year of straight up Bad Assed quit! +1 with you today. 'oh yeah'

[Pinched]

300 days!!!!    Damn bro you keep putting these milestones in the rear view mirror.   Nice to see the little bitch get smaller and smaller.  Quit with you EDD.

Nice Billy! 300 days is great! Keep it up today bro. I'm quit with you all day long.

Nice Billybill enjoy your day!!!

Nicely done brother!

[traumagnet]

300 days!!!!    Damn bro you keep putting these milestones in the rear view mirror.  Nice to see the little bitch get smaller and smaller.  Quit with you EDD.

Nice Billy! 300 days is great! Keep it up today bro. I'm quit with you all day long.

Nice Billybill enjoy your day!!!

[G]

Congrats you silly little duck.

[Derk40]

300 days!!!! Damn bro you keep putting these milestones in the rear view mirror. Nice to see the little bitch get smaller and smaller. Quit with you EDD.

Nice Billy! 300 days is great! Keep it up today bro. I'm quit with you all day long.

[duathman]

300 days!!!! Damn bro you keep putting these milestones in the rear view mirror. Nice to see the little bitch get smaller and smaller. Quit with you EDD.

[Pinched]

Congrats on 200 brother!

[B-loMatt]

Welcome to the second floor Billy! I quit with you EDD.

[Derk40]

Second floor!!! We'll done sir. I quit with you EDD!

[Dougie]

142 days quit and had my first nic-mare or at least first one that I can recall. My nightmare was that I was smoking a cigarette and enjoying it and I was telling myself no and still kept smoking! When I awoke it wasn't a good feeling thinking that I failed myself and my brothers on KTC. It took a few minutes to realize it was all a nightmare and then I was actually happy about the fact that after being 142 days free of nicotine I am still reminded how powerful that mother of a whore is!! Stay vigilant my friends!!!

Stay strong!

[billybill3934]

142 days quit and had my first nic-mare or at least first one that I can recall. My nightmare was that I was smoking a cigarette and enjoying it and I was telling myself no and still kept smoking! When I awoke it wasn't a good feeling thinking that I failed myself and my brothers on KTC. It took a few minutes to realize it was all a nightmare and then I was actually happy about the fact that after being 142 days free of nicotine I am still reminded how powerful that mother of a whore is!! Stay vigilant my friends!!!

[billybill3934]

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 didnÂ’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 weekly 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 couldnÂ’t handle it with everything else that was going on. I told him that the dip wasnÂ’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 canÂ’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.

Reading this is gut and heart wrenching. I don't know what to say except that the only thing that is in my control is to be an example and promise to be quit today. So if it helps, I quit nicotine today and If I wake tomorrow, I plan to repeat.

Sorry you are dealing with this but a good reminder to chose to quit now vs. being forced to quit sometime down the road.

Ugh....I am also at a loss on words.

All I can say is that I quit with you buddy.

Thanks man, I am hoping to save a life with this story or at least wake someone up to a quit. Kevin is still with us today but he is in hospice care at his home surrounded by his family. The Dr. said tonight or tomorrow he will pass on.

Jbob- I hope all is well my friend, you are a bad ass quitter. Keep in touch on here or if you're up to it I want to see you back on kik. Quit on!

Prayers......for the family

Prayers for you and the family.

Prayers brother. I don't know if you read my intro a few weeks ago, but I to have a friend with cancer. He was diagnosed with throat cancer 4the stage. He has been going through the treatments and making it one day at a time. He had quit dipping years ago. Don't know how long ago, but does that really matter??

I quit before his diagnosis and questioned him a lot on his quit. He was instrumental in my decision to quit and was a source of knowledge. He has told me that he is very glad I quit after the diagnosis and acknowledges that it's probably the poison that caused this.

I feel your pain my friend. Prayers for your friend.

Thanks all of you for your prayers. Kevin passed late last night and on this day of mourning not only for him (he was a 20 yr retired AO in the Navy) but for the many who have lost their lives defending this country and for everyone who was affected on this day 9/11.

I see we lost a 100% posting quitter (JMAC11) at 338 days to the NIC Guerilla!!!

He was a Jackwagin so I think one of you should E-mail this story of my friend Kevin to JMAC11 to remind him what happens when you give in.

[DiplessinJax]

I am saddened to hear of your loss.  My thoughts and prayers go out to the lives his loss will affect.
'usflag'

Damn!! Sorry to hear this bro. Stay strong. Prayers for him and you friend.

My prayers and sympathies as well. Thanks for the reminder of just how evil and deadly the poison is...

I am so sorry for your loss, Billy. I do thank you for sharing such a private event in your life. This is good for all of us to read and help fuel our quits.

Thoughts and prayers to you and your friend's family.

[B-loMatt]

I am saddened to hear of your loss.  My thoughts and prayers go out to the lives his loss will affect.
'usflag'

Damn!! Sorry to hear this bro. Stay strong. Prayers for him and you friend.

My prayers and sympathies as well. Thanks for the reminder of just how evil and deadly the poison is...

[srans]

I am saddened to hear of your loss. My thoughts and prayers go out to the lives his loss will affect.
'usflag'

Damn!! Sorry to hear this bro. Stay strong. Prayers for him and you friend.