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Re: The Funk
« Reply #48 on: January 31, 2015, 02:46:00 PM »
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'party2' CONGRATS ON 300 DAYS OF BADASSERY JOSH! 'party2'
Nice 3 hundo man!
YEAH JOSH!!!
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Re: The Funk
« Reply #47 on: January 29, 2015, 02:59:00 PM »
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'party2' CONGRATS ON 300 DAYS OF BADASSERY JOSH! 'party2'
Nice 3 hundo man!
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Re: The Funk
« Reply #46 on: January 29, 2015, 08:21:00 AM »
'party2' CONGRATS ON 300 DAYS OF BADASSERY JOSH! 'party2'
My personality is who I am, my attitude depends on who you are.

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Re: The Funk
« Reply #45 on: October 21, 2014, 07:20:00 AM »
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Congrats on the 2nd floor Josh ... proud as hell to quit with you EDD as a July DD!
Hell yeah! 2 - 0 - 0 days! Well done!

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Re: The Funk
« Reply #44 on: October 21, 2014, 07:17:00 AM »
Congrats on the 2nd floor Josh ... proud as hell to quit with you EDD as a July DD!
My personality is who I am, my attitude depends on who you are.

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Re: The Funk
« Reply #43 on: September 08, 2014, 12:50:00 PM »
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So it's been a long while since I have written in here and I thought it was about time.

I am now post Hall of Fame, all the "glory" is gone, the parades, the pomp and circumstance, all of it is over for me and my group of brothers. Now we face a new battle, well one that is new to us at least, complacency.

After 150 days of quit it's very easy to sit back and think, "I don't really need to post today, I've been quit this long and I know I'm not going back". Well let me tell you from experience, a brother with over 150 days of quit just caved. This comes shortly after a vet with 1800 days of quit. I could go on, but it'll just get depressing.

It is important to realize that at no point during this journey are you "cured" nor are you exempt from the callings of the nic bitch. She is a crafty whore who has many ways of drawing you back in, and as soon as you let your guard slip she'll be finding a way back in.

I guess I say this to pose a question to anyone that has caved and come back to KTC;

Is the price of dipping cheaper than the cost of quitting?
You're the man Josh! I too am curious what others who have caved have to say about this. Although I'm 100% sure of the answer.

I'm quit with you EDD brother!
Well said Josh... Well said.

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Re: The Funk
« Reply #42 on: September 08, 2014, 12:46:00 PM »
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So it's been a long while since I have written in here and I thought it was about time.

I am now post Hall of Fame, all the "glory" is gone, the parades, the pomp and circumstance, all of it is over for me and my group of brothers. Now we face a new battle, well one that is new to us at least, complacency.

After 150 days of quit it's very easy to sit back and think, "I don't really need to post today, I've been quit this long and I know I'm not going back". Well let me tell you from experience, a brother with over 150 days of quit just caved. This comes shortly after a vet with 1800 days of quit. I could go on, but it'll just get depressing.

It is important to realize that at no point during this journey are you "cured" nor are you exempt from the callings of the nic bitch. She is a crafty whore who has many ways of drawing you back in, and as soon as you let your guard slip she'll be finding a way back in.

I guess I say this to pose a question to anyone that has caved and come back to KTC;

Is the price of dipping cheaper than the cost of quitting?
You're the man Josh! I too am curious what others who have caved have to say about this. Although I'm 100% sure of the answer.

I'm quit with you EDD brother!
My personality is who I am, my attitude depends on who you are.

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Re: The Funk
« Reply #41 on: September 08, 2014, 10:22:00 AM »
So it's been a long while since I have written in here and I thought it was about time.

I am now post Hall of Fame, all the "glory" is gone, the parades, the pomp and circumstance, all of it is over for me and my group of brothers. Now we face a new battle, well one that is new to us at least, complacency.

After 150 days of quit it's very easy to sit back and think, "I don't really need to post today, I've been quit this long and I know I'm not going back". Well let me tell you from experience, a brother with over 150 days of quit just caved. This comes shortly after a vet with 1800 days of quit. I could go on, but it'll just get depressing.

It is important to realize that at no point during this journey are you "cured" nor are you exempt from the callings of the nic bitch. She is a crafty whore who has many ways of drawing you back in, and as soon as you let your guard slip she'll be finding a way back in.

I guess I say this to pose a question to anyone that has caved and come back to KTC;

Is the price of dipping cheaper than the cost of quitting?

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Re: The Funk
« Reply #40 on: June 28, 2014, 12:36:00 AM »
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I really found the second and third articles useful. Apparently I'm not alone in my OCD world.
Absolutely not. Someone said on here that many of the same tendencies that feed our addictions can foster OCD.... Gotta go realign the trash cans. See ya later
You mean not everyone aligns the bottles in the medicine cabinet from tallest to shortest? Labels out of course.
That's the way my liquor cabinet is anyway...
Did someone say Funk?
Whoa. Lots of color to the names in this thread. I just happen to like the Braves.

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My medicine and liquor cabinet happen to be tallest to smallest and then alphabetical if there is a tie in height.

I have found that jumping in with a couple guys in both August and September have helped things immensely. I reckon it's time to start reinvesting into the enterprise that saved my ass.

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Re: The Funk
« Reply #39 on: June 27, 2014, 09:22:00 PM »
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I really found the second and third articles useful. Apparently I'm not alone in my OCD world.
Absolutely not. Someone said on here that many of the same tendencies that feed our addictions can foster OCD.... Gotta go realign the trash cans. See ya later
You mean not everyone aligns the bottles in the medicine cabinet from tallest to shortest? Labels out of course.
That's the way my liquor cabinet is anyway...
Did someone say Funk?
Whoa. Lots of color to the names in this thread. I just happen to like the Braves.

'BanDog'
Make Your Decision

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Re: The Funk
« Reply #38 on: June 27, 2014, 01:32:00 PM »
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I really found the second and third articles useful. Apparently I'm not alone in my OCD world.
Absolutely not. Someone said on here that many of the same tendencies that feed our addictions can foster OCD.... Gotta go realign the trash cans. See ya later
You mean not everyone aligns the bottles in the medicine cabinet from tallest to shortest? Labels out of course.
That's the way my liquor cabinet is anyway...
Did someone say Funk?
What is your major malfunction?!?!?!?!

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Re: The Funk
« Reply #37 on: June 27, 2014, 12:51:00 PM »
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I really found the second and third articles useful. Apparently I'm not alone in my OCD world.
Absolutely not. Someone said on here that many of the same tendencies that feed our addictions can foster OCD.... Gotta go realign the trash cans. See ya later
You mean not everyone aligns the bottles in the medicine cabinet from tallest to shortest? Labels out of course.
That's the way my liquor cabinet is anyway...
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Re: The Funk
« Reply #36 on: June 27, 2014, 12:46:00 PM »
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I really found the second and third articles useful. Apparently I'm not alone in my OCD world.
Absolutely not. Someone said on here that many of the same tendencies that feed our addictions can foster OCD.... Gotta go realign the trash cans. See ya later
You mean not everyone aligns the bottles in the medicine cabinet from tallest to shortest? Labels out of course.

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Re: The Funk
« Reply #35 on: June 27, 2014, 12:46:00 PM »
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I really found the second and third articles useful. Apparently I'm not alone in my OCD world.
That would be CDO.

I found the best way to kill complacency is to buy in with the newest quitters. Pick a couple stragglers and trade numbers, start texting with them, help them out. It helps them tremendously, and if nothing else it will make you laugh as they try and post roll and remember how strong the suck and the fog is those first few weeks and the initial experience with heavy triggers.

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Re: The Funk
« Reply #34 on: June 27, 2014, 12:43:00 PM »
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I really found the second and third articles useful. Apparently I'm not alone in my OCD world.
Absolutely not. Someone said on here that many of the same tendencies that feed our addictions can foster OCD.... Gotta go realign the trash cans. See ya later
What's the difference between a liberal and a puppy??? The puppy stops whining and shitting on everything when he grows up.