No stopping for me ..... its Quiting time!

[Coach Steve]

Day 172....

Quit is kicking into some great freedom!

I have crossed a few more hurdles and I think of them as good stepping stones yet also realize they are what was once a very sad and large portion of my life!

I have gotten done coaching my sons baseball team without the use of dip!
The team played great and had an awesome year I could not be prouder of those fine young men!

I have gotten almost all of my hunting gear prepped and ready for the up comming season, this is normally a very heavy dipping time of the year for me....yet this year I find that a small bag of David's original sunflower seeds really makes this far more enjoyable!

We just got done with our youth football draft and again normally a heavy dipping time for me, this I countered with some Smokey Mountain Wintergreen and everything went off without a problem!

I am getting ready to purchase a new truck, it is my own little reward for quitting and well I have been dealing with car dealerships for some time now and havent had a chew and havent even told one of those guys off!

I know these hurdles may seem insignificant to some but they are huge to me, I consider each one a victory and building block for the future. I look forward to the upcomming football and hunting season not with nervousness but with even more excitement than I would normally have, mainly do to the fact that all my hunting choices and coaching choices will not have the "When can I chew some Grizzly.." factor to deal with!!!

Grizzly25....172 days and counting.......out

My how far we've come and how far we have yet to go. I remember the first time we talked, goo stuff. I remember the second time we talked, you were struggling a bit, thinking about going to the store. The person I read today is not the person you were during that second conversation. You are confident and working hard to insure that you stay quit. Above all else, you are enjoying being quit and you realize that you don't need nicotine to enjoy the rest of your life.

I was going to post something in my Intro, but Grizzly, my friend, you've done such a great job summing up your quit that I don't think I need to post in my Intro. Instead, I'll just say that I feel the same way you do on this kickass Quit Like Fuck Friday!!

[Buddy Mac]

Day 172....

Quit is kicking into some great freedom!

I have crossed a few more hurdles and I think of them as good stepping stones yet also realize they are what was once a very sad and large portion of my life!

I have gotten done coaching my sons baseball team without the use of dip!
The team played great and had an awesome year I could not be prouder of those fine young men!

I have gotten almost all of my hunting gear prepped and ready for the up comming season, this is normally a very heavy dipping time of the year for me....yet this year I find that a small bag of David's original sunflower seeds really makes this far more enjoyable!

We just got done with our youth football draft and again normally a heavy dipping time for me, this I countered with some Smokey Mountain Wintergreen and everything went off without a problem!

I am getting ready to purchase a new truck, it is my own little reward for quitting and well I have been dealing with car dealerships for some time now and havent had a chew and havent even told one of those guys off!

I know these hurdles may seem insignificant to some but they are huge to me, I consider each one a victory and building block for the future. I look forward to the upcomming football and hunting season not with nervousness but with even more excitement than I would normally have, mainly do to the fact that all my hunting choices and coaching choices will not have the "When can I chew some Grizzly.." factor to deal with!!!

Grizzly25....172 days and counting.......out

Great post Grizz.. It is amazing the little battles we win feel so good.

[30isEnuff]

Awesome! Awesome! Fucking Awesome Grizzly25! Great Post!
I am with you on the triggers (activities when we dipped like dumbasses).
One at a time and your days are racking up like a RockStar of QUIT!!
I am quit with you Today Grizzly25, see you in the morning and we'll knock another day down! 'bang head'

[Grizzly25]

Day 172....

Quit is kicking into some great freedom!

I have crossed a few more hurdles and I think of them as good stepping stones yet also realize they are what was once a very sad and large portion of my life!

I have gotten done coaching my sons baseball team without the use of dip!
The team played great and had an awesome year I could not be prouder of those fine young men!

I have gotten almost all of my hunting gear prepped and ready for the up comming season, this is normally a very heavy dipping time of the year for me....yet this year I find that a small bag of David's original sunflower seeds really makes this far more enjoyable!

We just got done with our youth football draft and again normally a heavy dipping time for me, this I countered with some Smokey Mountain Wintergreen and everything went off without a problem!

I am getting ready to purchase a new truck, it is my own little reward for quitting and well I have been dealing with car dealerships for some time now and havent had a chew and havent even told one of those guys off!

I know these hurdles may seem insignificant to some but they are huge to me, I consider each one a victory and building block for the future. I look forward to the upcomming football and hunting season not with nervousness but with even more excitement than I would normally have, mainly do to the fact that all my hunting choices and coaching choices will not have the "When can I chew some Grizzly.." factor to deal with!!!

Grizzly25....172 days and counting.......out

[Grizzly25]

Day 151....

Enjoying the freedom and still trying to figure out how in the hell I am at 151 days!

I had chewed for so long I never really thought I would quit, not I cant seem to figure out why I started except for the fact I was a dumb stupid insecure kid wanting to fit in....

I have wrote on my page here before of some of the small but huge victories I have encountered since my quit day and well the list continues to grow.

This weekend I will participate in the first softball tournament I have ever played without my old good friends Grizzly or Copenhagen!

I am so looking forward to this it seems kind of strange.

I wonder if I will continue to be the calm cool one on the field when everyone else is getting and bent cause the umpire simply made a bad call???
I say yes!

I wonder if I will be able to still hit really well without having to adjust my chew while in the batters box .....?
I say yes!

I think this will be another small but huge victory for me this weekend and I will continue to keep the Grizzly25 life upgrade in full swing, the re-wiring of my head has been a much funner challenge than I thought it would be considering I have almost no memory of any aspect of my life without chew!

Anyway on to better things and hopefully a Softball tournament winning weekend!

Grizzly25...151 days and counting......out

Grizz,

You are an awesome quitter! I sure hope you are the MVP of the tourney.

Knock the shit out of that ball!

Freedom is an amazing thing! Enjoy it

Good for you Grizz...bring some seeds anyway!!

I have eaten so many seeds in the past month I am sprouting a sunflower out of my ass!!!

:D

Just wanted to say thanks for picking Jag and I up everyday along with you in the quit. Have a good weekend.

Grizz you have been one of my most trusted and dependable advocates in my quit you just keep knocking it out of the field

Thanks guys and the tournament went well.

The team I was on lost but played well  I can honestly say crossing that hurdle was fun, intense, somewhat nerve racking but most of all accomplished!

Some fun stats for those out there

I went 7 for 8 at the plate 2 doubles and 5 singles
Pitched 4 innings gave up 7 runs...
Played 2 innings of right center and had one assist at second base!
The team only played to games and we lost both but still was awesome!

[Wt57]

Day 151....

Enjoying the freedom and still trying to figure out how in the hell I am at 151 days!

I had chewed for so long I never really thought I would quit, not I cant seem to figure out why I started except for the fact I was a dumb stupid insecure kid wanting to fit in....

I have wrote on my page here before of some of the small but huge victories I have encountered since my quit day and well the list continues to grow.

This weekend I will participate in the first softball tournament I have ever played without my old good friends Grizzly or Copenhagen!

I am so looking forward to this it seems kind of strange.

I wonder if I will continue to be the calm cool one on the field when everyone else is getting and bent cause the umpire simply made a bad call???
I say yes!

I wonder if I will be able to still hit really well without having to adjust my chew while in the batters box .....?
I say yes!

I think this will be another small but huge victory for me this weekend and I will continue to keep the Grizzly25 life upgrade in full swing, the re-wiring of my head has been a much funner challenge than I thought it would be considering I have almost no memory of any aspect of my life without chew!

Anyway on to better things and hopefully a Softball tournament winning weekend!

Grizzly25...151 days and counting......out

Grizz,

You are an awesome quitter! I sure hope you are the MVP of the tourney.

Knock the shit out of that ball!

Freedom is an amazing thing! Enjoy it

Good for you Grizz...bring some seeds anyway!!

I have eaten so many seeds in the past month I am sprouting a sunflower out of my ass!!!

:D

Just wanted to say thanks for picking Jag and I up everyday along with you in the quit. Have a good weekend.

Grizz you have been one of my most trusted and dependable advocates in my quit you just keep knocking it out of the field

[eric71]

Day 151....

Enjoying the freedom and still trying to figure out how in the hell I am at 151 days!

I had chewed for so long I never really thought I would quit, not I cant seem to figure out why I started except for the fact I was a dumb stupid insecure kid wanting to fit in....

I have wrote on my page here before of some of the small but huge victories I have encountered since my quit day and well the list continues to grow.

This weekend I will participate in the first softball tournament I have ever played without my old good friends Grizzly or Copenhagen!

I am so looking forward to this it seems kind of strange.

I wonder if I will continue to be the calm cool one on the field when everyone else is getting and bent cause the umpire simply made a bad call???
I say yes!

I wonder if I will be able to still hit really well without having to adjust my chew while in the batters box .....?
I say yes!

I think this will be another small but huge victory for me this weekend and I will continue to keep the Grizzly25 life upgrade in full swing, the re-wiring of my head has been a much funner challenge than I thought it would be considering I have almost no memory of any aspect of my life without chew!

Anyway on to better things and hopefully a Softball tournament winning weekend!

Grizzly25...151 days and counting......out

Grizz,

You are an awesome quitter! I sure hope you are the MVP of the tourney.

Knock the shit out of that ball!

Freedom is an amazing thing! Enjoy it

Good for you Grizz...bring some seeds anyway!!

I have eaten so many seeds in the past month I am sprouting a sunflower out of my ass!!!

:D

Just wanted to say thanks for picking Jag and I up everyday along with you in the quit. Have a good weekend.

[Scowick65]

Day 151....

Enjoying the freedom and still trying to figure out how in the hell I am at 151 days!

I had chewed for so long I never really thought I would quit, not I cant seem to figure out why I started except for the fact I was a dumb stupid insecure kid wanting to fit in....

I have wrote on my page here before of some of the small but huge victories I have encountered since my quit day and well the list continues to grow.

This weekend I will participate in the first softball tournament I have ever played without my old good friends Grizzly or Copenhagen!

I am so looking forward to this it seems kind of strange.

I wonder if I will continue to be the calm cool one on the field when everyone else is getting and bent cause the umpire simply made a bad call???
I say yes!

I wonder if I will be able to still hit really well without having to adjust my chew while in the batters box .....?
I say yes!

I think this will be another small but huge victory for me this weekend and I will continue to keep the Grizzly25 life upgrade in full swing, the re-wiring of my head has been a much funner challenge than I thought it would be considering I have almost no memory of any aspect of my life without chew!

Anyway on to better things and hopefully a Softball tournament winning weekend!

Grizzly25...151 days and counting......out

Grizz,

You are an awesome quitter! I sure hope you are the MVP of the tourney.

Knock the shit out of that ball!

Freedom is an amazing thing! Enjoy it

Good for you Grizz...bring some seeds anyway!!

I have eaten so many seeds in the past month I am sprouting a sunflower out of my ass!!!

:D

[tinman]

Day 151....

Enjoying the freedom and still trying to figure out how in the hell I am at 151 days!

I had chewed for so long I never really thought I would quit, not I cant seem to figure out why I started except for the fact I was a dumb stupid insecure kid wanting to fit in....

I have wrote on my page here before of some of the small but huge victories I have encountered since my quit day and well the list continues to grow.

This weekend I will participate in the first softball tournament I have ever played without my old good friends Grizzly or Copenhagen!

I am so looking forward to this it seems kind of strange.

I wonder if I will continue to be the calm cool one on the field when everyone else is getting and bent cause the umpire simply made a bad call???
I say yes!

I wonder if I will be able to still hit really well without having to adjust my chew while in the batters box .....?
I say yes!

I think this will be another small but huge victory for me this weekend and I will continue to keep the Grizzly25 life upgrade in full swing, the re-wiring of my head has been a much funner challenge than I thought it would be considering I have almost no memory of any aspect of my life without chew!

Anyway on to better things and hopefully a Softball tournament winning weekend!

Grizzly25...151 days and counting......out

Grizz,

You are an awesome quitter! I sure hope you are the MVP of the tourney.

Knock the shit out of that ball!

Freedom is an amazing thing! Enjoy it

Good for you Grizz...bring some seeds anyway!!

I have eaten so many seeds in the past month I am sprouting a sunflower out of my ass!!!

[Greg5280]

Day 151....

Enjoying the freedom and still trying to figure out how in the hell I am at 151 days!

I had chewed for so long I never really thought I would quit, not I cant seem to figure out why I started except for the fact I was a dumb stupid insecure kid wanting to fit in....

I have wrote on my page here before of some of the small but huge victories I have encountered since my quit day and well the list continues to grow.

This weekend I will participate in the first softball tournament I have ever played without my old good friends Grizzly or Copenhagen!

I am so looking forward to this it seems kind of strange.

I wonder if I will continue to be the calm cool one on the field when everyone else is getting and bent cause the umpire simply made a bad call???
I say yes!

I wonder if I will be able to still hit really well without having to adjust my chew while in the batters box .....?
I say yes!

I think this will be another small but huge victory for me this weekend and I will continue to keep the Grizzly25 life upgrade in full swing, the re-wiring of my head has been a much funner challenge than I thought it would be considering I have almost no memory of any aspect of my life without chew!

Anyway on to better things and hopefully a Softball tournament winning weekend!

Grizzly25...151 days and counting......out

Grizz,

You are an awesome quitter! I sure hope you are the MVP of the tourney.

Knock the shit out of that ball!

Freedom is an amazing thing! Enjoy it

[Mthomas3824]

Day 151....

Enjoying the freedom and still trying to figure out how in the hell I am at 151 days!

I had chewed for so long I never really thought I would quit, not I cant seem to figure out why I started except for the fact I was a dumb stupid insecure kid wanting to fit in....

I have wrote on my page here before of some of the small but huge victories I have encountered since my quit day and well the list continues to grow.

This weekend I will participate in the first softball tournament I have ever played without my old good friends Grizzly or Copenhagen!

I am so looking forward to this it seems kind of strange.

I wonder if I will continue to be the calm cool one on the field when everyone else is getting and bent cause the umpire simply made a bad call???
I say yes!

I wonder if I will be able to still hit really well without having to adjust my chew while in the batters box .....?
I say yes!

I think this will be another small but huge victory for me this weekend and I will continue to keep the Grizzly25 life upgrade in full swing, the re-wiring of my head has been a much funner challenge than I thought it would be considering I have almost no memory of any aspect of my life without chew!

Anyway on to better things and hopefully a Softball tournament winning weekend!

Grizzly25...151 days and counting......out

Grizz,

You are an awesome quitter! I sure hope you are the MVP of the tourney.

Knock the shit out of that ball!

[Grizzly25]

Day 151....

Enjoying the freedom and still trying to figure out how in the hell I am at 151 days!

I had chewed for so long I never really thought I would quit, not I cant seem to figure out why I started except for the fact I was a dumb stupid insecure kid wanting to fit in....

I have wrote on my page here before of some of the small but huge victories I have encountered since my quit day and well the list continues to grow.

This weekend I will participate in the first softball tournament I have ever played without my old good friends Grizzly or Copenhagen!

I am so looking forward to this it seems kind of strange.

I wonder if I will continue to be the calm cool one on the field when everyone else is getting and bent cause the umpire simply made a bad call???
I say yes!

I wonder if I will be able to still hit really well without having to adjust my chew while in the batters box .....?
I say yes!

I think this will be another small but huge victory for me this weekend and I will continue to keep the Grizzly25 life upgrade in full swing, the re-wiring of my head has been a much funner challenge than I thought it would be considering I have almost no memory of any aspect of my life without chew!

Anyway on to better things and hopefully a Softball tournament winning weekend!

Grizzly25...151 days and counting......out

[Mthomas3824]

Day 136.....

Well this quiting thing is getting better, the fog and funk have lifted  I am starting to find myself all over again!

The best part is I truly have no desire to chew.....at all!

I have avoided quite a few things that I used to do quite often when I chewed one of them being fishing..... I have always loved fishing and well I have been avoiding it like the plague since I started getting all this funk and fog and testyness....I plan on doing alot of fishing in the next couple of weeks, it should be a great time!

I will continue to keep writing on this page mainly cause I like to keep myself accountable and continue to follow my progress in both victories and well the not-so-victorious moments....

I will keep powering thru the low moments which are fading fast and really enjoying the highs all the while sharing the victories with my journal!

Here are some awesome victories that I focus on:
-Coaching my sons baseball team to a 23-1 record has been quite a bit more relaxing than I thought it could ever be!
-Swimming at the neighbors where I would normally have a chew is tremendously easy without chew, I really thought that would be a tough hurdle to cross!
-Holidays with the in-laws....these are becomming much easier.

Those are just a few of the acivities I once enjoyed with chew ... now I enjoy them without and I actually enjoy them more!

Grizzly25/Lou...136 days and counting ....bitches....out

Right on! Good post as usual.

Keep inspiring me. You have a talent for it.

[Grizzly25]

Day 136.....

Well this quiting thing is getting better, the fog and funk have lifted  I am starting to find myself all over again!

The best part is I truly have no desire to chew.....at all!

I have avoided quite a few things that I used to do quite often when I chewed one of them being fishing..... I have always loved fishing and well I have been avoiding it like the plague since I started getting all this funk and fog and testyness....I plan on doing alot of fishing in the next couple of weeks, it should be a great time!

I will continue to keep writing on this page mainly cause I like to keep myself accountable and continue to follow my progress in both victories and well the not-so-victorious moments....

I will keep powering thru the low moments which are fading fast and really enjoying the highs all the while sharing the victories with my journal!

Here are some awesome victories that I focus on:
-Coaching my sons baseball team to a 23-1 record has been quite a bit more relaxing than I thought it could ever be!
-Swimming at the neighbors where I would normally have a chew is tremendously easy without chew, I really thought that would be a tough hurdle to cross!
-Holidays with the in-laws....these are becomming much easier.

Those are just a few of the acivities I once enjoyed with chew ... now I enjoy them without and I actually enjoy them more!

Grizzly25/Lou...136 days and counting ....bitches....out

[Grizzly25]

Day 126......

Well lets see where to begin.....
I had the worst weekend I could have ever imagined and honestly was as close to giving into the nic-whore more so this past Saturday than I have been at any time during my quit.....

I would say the only thing that made me not get the Grizzly was the fact that if I bought it chewed it and got everything else I could get from that shit it still would have made nothing better!

I would have just gotten back into being a slave to the shit again, it wouldn't have hurt anyone except for myself, it certainly would have not gotten rid of the issues at hand!!!!

I made it thru the weekend and that is a victory, I will not go back to that shit no matter what the cost!!!!

I will try to build on the victory of making it thru the weekend to help the other aspects of my life.

I am having issues with the fact I drove to a store to buy a can and was still able to stop myself before giving in, I can only think that without this site and the accountability it brings I surely would have caved.

While at the store I had these thoughts:

What the hell would my group say to me....
I would go from HOF'er to fucking -0- just like that......
How could I even try to face any of the people who had caved knowing I was just like them....
Would Wastepanel try to eat me?........
Would NOLAQ try to Private Pyle me to the whole group and site?......
Would Jon Rivers, thomas, gross, jameso, suckit, or any of my badass quit brothers actually come to my house and kick my ass??......


Lastly I am still an addict and still have the cravings even at day 126, they wont go away quick enough, I say thanks to my quit bro's and this site for keeping my ass in line even when no one knew they were doing it.........

Grizzly25......out...

Grizzly,

I live 20 minutes from you.

Of course I would eat you if you caved.

I would also swallow you whole as you would have to sit in my stomach and be slowly digested while you beat yourself up over your cave. Then, I would shit you out before you were fully digested and berate you further.

Don't fucking tempt me.

Just fucking call me next time

Use the tools that have helped you be successful so far, and press on. No fucking excuses. You can do this.

I'm with Waste - Call me next time. Live by the rule that before you put that dip in - you have to call all the people you just listed and get permission to cave. Easier said than done I know because I have done the same thing and you were one of those who saved me - right around my infamous day 76. Great job winning the battle, great job not giving in, be proud of what you accomplished and build on it.

And just as important, thanks for sharing - you are leading the way and now I know what to expect as I get closer to the 120's. I am prepared for the major crave.

Great job - I am proud to be quit with you brother!!!

Grizz let me throw in my 2 pennies. I look up to you and the other quitters that you mentioned as my mentors. If any of you caved my entire quit would be shaken. I had better never pass one of you in days! I know for me thinking about all the shit I have dished out to cavers is enough to make me think 10 or 20 times before I could cave ( oh the shit that would come back). It is the same for all of us. I am proud to be quit with all of you.

Thanks guys the support is truly appreciated!!!

I will say the funk and fog that happen after the hall is a sneaky sneaky bitch but staying close to this place and interacting with all these bad asses truly has had the effect I would have hoped!

Thanks again guys!

Grizzlywillkillmeandleavemyfamilyfatherless,

You left your door open. You escaped by a narrow margin. It's time to shut the door. You don't dip anymore. It does not define who you are. It's time to get pissed. I mean like someone raped your sister pissed. Big tobacco is knocking at your door looking for their due. Question is: are you gonna follow their siren song- or tell them to piss off?

No More- Not for any reason.

30

I am with my quit brothers and for me!!!!!

NEVER AGAIN NEVER A REASON THE DOOR IS CLOSED AND THE BOAT IS BURNED!!!!!!!


QUIT LIKE FUCK!!!!