Day 8 is here. I can say that I have one week under my belt. I also have a few observations...
1. This site is a fucking awesome crutch. I've been in chat, posted roll, and got some 911 help numbers. KTC will definitely be STAYING as part of my quit plan. I'm a retread that didn't get posting roll. I do now. I fucking almost broke my neck posting roll Sat. am. The accountability aspect is helping me greatly. Wished I 'd used it YEARS ago.
2. This goes to anybody out there who is reading this as a guest...you've still got your can of dip, and you're maybe thinking, "This looks pretty cool. I'm going to finish this can tonight, and come back here tomorrow, and quit."
FUCK THAT BULLSHIT. QUIT RIGHT FUCKING NOW. RIGHT. THEFUCK. NOW. I planned many, many, many extravagant, ceremonial future quits over the 30 plus years that I dipped. None of them made it 8 days. Some of them didn't make it 8 minutes.
Monday 2/24. I was blindsided with my quit. I didn't expect to. One minute I was looking forward to the MondayMorningDip, and as soon as I realized I wanted to quit, I flushed that shit, and I got my ass back here for redemption. It's working.
3. I've read "quit for yourself" many times on here. It is so fucking true. The only reason that I'm not dipping this week is because I chose not to. God forbid if my wife and kids were abducted by aliens today, I still wouldn't fucking dip. Mulder and Scully could show up with a can of Copenhagen at my door and tell me that the Martians got 'em, and I would tell them to go fuck themselves. QUIT FOR YOU.
4. Gum and mints really fucking work. So does drinking the shit out of water.
5. If you don't exercise. Start. If you do exercise. Do it more. I have used racquetball, running, and swimming as a crutch this week. It has helped.
6. I'm documenting everything that I feel this week every day. I never want to forget how hard this first part of quitting is.
Whenever a hard crave comes on, I say..."This feels pretty fucking bad right now. And the only thing that a dip will do right now is GUARANTHEFUCKTEE that I will have to feel the exact same way again." I've been able to get through some serious craves like that.
That's all I've got for now. Thanks for the air time.