My Quit

[ChickDip]

7 years and counting, that is impressive!
Live Chat buddy at times, July Brother and all around solid quitter.
Thanks Mark !

[Pinched]

Mark,
5 years is awesome no doubt! But, facing the tough work schedule you have had lately and still making 5 years is inspirational. I am proud to quit with you each day.

P

[srans]

Day 1625

Today is Sept 11 2013, 12 years ago there were some cowards that attacked our country. They killed thousands of innocent people. They killed 343 fellow Firefighters that day I will never forget that. Late that afternoon on 9/11/01 I received a phone call and was put on standby to go to New York to help with the rescue effort. I was teaching a CPR class that day in another town about 50 miles away. I will never forget that day. On the way home every exit on the interstate was packed with vehicles trying to get fuel. The 4 lane around Indianapolis looked like a ghost town. When I pasted the airport and saw armed guards at the exit it really hit me this was a huge deal. My cell phone rang and it was my fire chief letting me know that several of us that had been certified in heavy rescue had been put on a standby list to go to NY. I didn't really want to go but would have left to go in a heart beat. I was never called to go help but my thoughts and prayers were with those who did.

I decided to post today in my intro because fire runs were always a big trigger for me. I have been quit for over 4 years now and 99% of the days pass by with no thought of a dip. But the thought came to me today so I posted here to let you know that even after 4 years you ain't cure totally.
Take time today to thank your local Fire and Police departments those guys are out there every day trying to help and protect you and they will make the ultimate sacrifice to help you. Thank all the troops past and present that fight to protect this great country.

Stay Quit

Mark,
Very well recalled and stated. Thank you for everything you have done, continue to do and for being a great example on here.

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Good for us all to remember that day. I have been watching the memories all morning. Thanks for the post and what you did that day...

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Day 1625

Today is Sept 11 2013, 12 years ago there were some cowards that attacked our country. They killed thousands of innocent people. They killed 343 fellow Firefighters that day I will never forget that. Late that afternoon on 9/11/01 I received a phone call and was put on standby to go to New York to help with the rescue effort. I was teaching a CPR class that day in another town about 50 miles away. I will never forget that day. On the way home every exit on the interstate was packed with vehicles trying to get fuel. The 4 lane around Indianapolis looked like a ghost town. When I pasted the airport and saw armed guards at the exit it really hit me this was a huge deal. My cell phone rang and it was my fire chief letting me know that several of us that had been certified in heavy rescue had been put on a standby list to go to NY. I didn't really want to go but would have left to go in a heart beat. I was never called to go help but my thoughts and prayers were with those who did.

I decided to post today in my intro because fire runs were always a big trigger for me. I have been quit for over 4 years now and 99% of the days pass by with no thought of a dip. But the thought came to me today so I posted here to let you know that even after 4 years you ain't cure totally.
Take time today to thank your local Fire and Police departments those guys are out there every day trying to help and protect you and they will make the ultimate sacrifice to help you. Thank all the troops past and present that fight to protect this great country.

Stay Quit

Mark,
Very well recalled and stated. Thank you for everything you have done, continue to do and for being a great example on here.

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[markr]

Day 1625

Today is Sept 11 2013, 12 years ago there were some cowards that attacked our country. They killed thousands of innocent people. They killed 343 fellow Firefighters that day I will never forget that. Late that afternoon on 9/11/01 I received a phone call and was put on standby to go to New York to help with the rescue effort. I was teaching a CPR class that day in another town about 50 miles away. I will never forget that day. On the way home every exit on the interstate was packed with vehicles trying to get fuel. The 4 lane around Indianapolis looked like a ghost town. When I pasted the airport and saw armed guards at the exit it really hit me this was a huge deal. My cell phone rang and it was my fire chief letting me know that several of us that had been certified in heavy rescue had been put on a standby list to go to NY. I didn't really want to go but would have left to go in a heart beat. I was never called to go help but my thoughts and prayers were with those who did.

I decided to post today in my intro because fire runs were always a big trigger for me. I have been quit for over 4 years now and 99% of the days pass by with no thought of a dip. But the thought came to me today so I posted here to let you know that even after 4 years you ain't cure totally.
Take time today to thank your local Fire and Police departments those guys are out there every day trying to help and protect you and they will make the ultimate sacrifice to help you. Thank all the troops past and present that fight to protect this great country.

Stay Quit

[markr]

Day 1,014 Still here removed BS sorry

[tarpon17]

Day 372
Today sucked! I wanted to take a dip today 'bang head'   I was craving it I could taste it I wanted it bad. I made my promise this morning I did not do the unthinkable. However to be honest even while I am writing this I am still thinking about a can of Skoal.

Damn that crap is hard to give up even after a year I can't belive it!

Thanks for your support guys!!! I could not let you down today just the thought of you all here helped me get through the day.

THANKS!!!
Stay Quit!!

Are you serious? I'm on day three. I strive to be where you are and you want a frickin' DIP!!?? Have you lost your mind??

What, you want to push that cancer mush back in your face when I'm still trying to free its grasp for a third g-- d--- day!?

Go back to the pictures and see that dude that has his face sliced open. Stare at that bare jaw bone. That's what me sign up here and I think about it every time I hear the friggin word 'Skoal'.

Instigator, Mark is a fine quitter.

However, being quit for a year does not magically make him immune to craves.

Do you understand what separates Mark from the other caving vagins around here?

First and foremost, he is a man of his WORD. Secondly, he has a PLAN for days like today, and he is smart enough to USE HIS PLAN.

just the thought of you all here helped me get through the day.

I'm guessing that part of Mark's plan to keep quit involves reflecting on the brotherhood and bonds he has formed here at KTC.

Are you starting to understand why Mark isn't what you are implying him to be? He is actually a great example of how you stay the fuck quit.

Thank you Mark, for being a fine example for all of us to follow. Stay strong brother, you know the craves will pass. You know a cave would not be worth it.

Instigator, grab your nuts and hang on. Addiction is fucked up, and it's the real deal. You will not be "cured" after some amount of days. You need to get over that concept. Just worry about today, and don't look ahead. Great job on being quit for 3 days, that is huge! Stay strong, and reach out if you need to.

Instigator congrats on your 3 days. Trust me I have seen those pictures I dipped for 38 years I am still not out of the woods yet. One year does not mean you walk away and forget it forever. I am addicted to nicotine and always will be. The only thing that separates me from going back is 1 dip. That's right 1 freekin dip so I come in here and sound off. If you read this whole thread you will see my whole quit outlined. Read me speech it is on my signature line. This crap has hurt me and my family so if me spilling my guts helped you stay quit for even 5 minutes it was worth it.

This is my sounding board it is part of my quit. These guys here have helped me for the past year. Yea today sucked out of the blue I craved the crap. I would not have used there is a big difference between craving and Caving! I commend you on your quit Thank LA for the support. You are right I gave my word and plan to do so tomorrow.
I encourage everyone to sound off it helps get it out of your system.

Caving is not an option!
Stay quit!!

And in honor of Mark's comma, gator bumps the first encounter between he and Mark, featuring a really nice day three rage that Mark calmly pimp-slaps, forging a great relationship for well over 600 days now.

gator tears up

tarp hands gator a tissue and pats him on the arse

[bigbamadan]

1,006 days quit and a new year!!! OK I know there are going to be a flood of new quitters coming on board you are making a resolution to quit chewing or smoking or whatever. You are here for a reason you will read that around here this is not a place for a part time quitter we are serious about quitting. The guys and gals here will help you down the road of your quit but you must do the quitting nobody can quit for you. Will it be easy NO it will be one of the hardest thing you ever do. There will be days that you ease through and think this is easy then the next day you will fight for every minute. You must keep your word we make a promise to our quit group and anyone here that we will not use that day we don't worry about tomorrow just today you may have to worry about staying quit for the next 30 seconds I know some days I fought for every minute to stay quit.

Alright so you look through the pages here and you see guys like me that have 1,000 days behind us and you think why is this guy still here. I and everyone here is a ADDICT that is why we are still here. I have seen guys leave this place with a couple hundred days behind them and they come back posting day 1 some have been quit for longer than me and have come back to start over. So don't think that you will be cured when you hit that 100 day mark. In the words of gunny "sorry cupcake it just don't work that way." You made a choice to use this stuff now you must make a choice to stop using this stuff.

I welcome you to the site now like you will hear many times around here "It is time for you to MAN UP AND QUIT'

damn straight mark. new years's quitters let's get the show on the road. it aint gonna be easy. but i grantee it will be one of the best things you have ever done.

[markr]

1,006 days quit and a new year!!! OK I know there are going to be a flood of new quitters coming on board you are making a resolution to quit chewing or smoking or whatever. You are here for a reason you will read that around here this is not a place for a part time quitter we are serious about quitting. The guys and gals here will help you down the road of your quit but you must do the quitting nobody can quit for you. Will it be easy NO it will be one of the hardest thing you ever do. There will be days that you ease through and think this is easy then the next day you will fight for every minute. You must keep your word we make a promise to our quit group and anyone here that we will not use that day we don't worry about tomorrow just today you may have to worry about staying quit for the next 30 seconds I know some days I fought for every minute to stay quit.

Alright so you look through the pages here and you see guys like me that have 1,000 days behind us and you think why is this guy still here. I and everyone here is a ADDICT that is why we are still here. I have seen guys leave this place with a couple hundred days behind them and they come back posting day 1 some have been quit for longer than me and have come back to start over. So don't think that you will be cured when you hit that 100 day mark. In the words of gunny "sorry cupcake it just don't work that way." You made a choice to use this stuff now you must make a choice to stop using this stuff.

I welcome you to the site now like you will hear many times around here "It is time for you to MAN UP AND QUIT'

[30yraddict]

Congrats Mark! Good on you, sir!

[redtrain14]

Congrats on the comma markr!

[Cornholio]

This is good stuff. When I quit on my own last year, I caved after 13months. I now truely understand Once an addict, always an addict. I hope everyone else is smarter than I am and believes that BEFORE caving.

1,000 days free. It's guys like you that show me what I need to do....NEVER FORGET I'm an addict. How can I forget, if I post call every day? I know what's worked for the last 36 days, why would I want to stop?

WTG man. Thank you for leading by example for us Newbs.

[Timeless117]

Awesome job on the comma, Mark. Been great getting to know you these last few months

[markr]

All I can say is this is what this site is about!! Thanks Ready and Gator for the kind words like I said some ahead and some behind we all work like spokes in a wheel!

God bless you all it has been a honor to quit with all you guys!!!

[Instigator]

Day 372
Today sucked! I wanted to take a dip today 'bang head'   I was craving it I could taste it I wanted it bad. I made my promise this morning I did not do the unthinkable. However to be honest even while I am writing this I am still thinking about a can of Skoal.

Damn that crap is hard to give up even after a year I can't belive it!

Thanks for your support guys!!! I could not let you down today just the thought of you all here helped me get through the day.

THANKS!!!
Stay Quit!!

Are you serious? I'm on day three. I strive to be where you are and you want a frickin' DIP!!?? Have you lost your mind??

What, you want to push that cancer mush back in your face when I'm still trying to free its grasp for a third g-- d--- day!?

Go back to the pictures and see that dude that has his face sliced open. Stare at that bare jaw bone. That's what me sign up here and I think about it every time I hear the friggin word 'Skoal'.

Instigator, Mark is a fine quitter.

However, being quit for a year does not magically make him immune to craves.

Do you understand what separates Mark from the other caving vagins around here?

First and foremost, he is a man of his WORD. Secondly, he has a PLAN for days like today, and he is smart enough to USE HIS PLAN.

just the thought of you all here helped me get through the day.

I'm guessing that part of Mark's plan to keep quit involves reflecting on the brotherhood and bonds he has formed here at KTC.

Are you starting to understand why Mark isn't what you are implying him to be? He is actually a great example of how you stay the fuck quit.

Thank you Mark, for being a fine example for all of us to follow. Stay strong brother, you know the craves will pass. You know a cave would not be worth it.

Instigator, grab your nuts and hang on. Addiction is fucked up, and it's the real deal. You will not be "cured" after some amount of days. You need to get over that concept. Just worry about today, and don't look ahead. Great job on being quit for 3 days, that is huge! Stay strong, and reach out if you need to.

Instigator congrats on your 3 days. Trust me I have seen those pictures I dipped for 38 years I am still not out of the woods yet. One year does not mean you walk away and forget it forever. I am addicted to nicotine and always will be. The only thing that separates me from going back is 1 dip. That's right 1 freekin dip so I come in here and sound off. If you read this whole thread you will see my whole quit outlined. Read me speech it is on my signature line. This crap has hurt me and my family so if me spilling my guts helped you stay quit for even 5 minutes it was worth it.

This is my sounding board it is part of my quit. These guys here have helped me for the past year. Yea today sucked out of the blue I craved the crap. I would not have used there is a big difference between craving and Caving! I commend you on your quit Thank LA for the support. You are right I gave my word and plan to do so tomorrow.
I encourage everyone to sound off it helps get it out of your system.

Caving is not an option!
Stay quit!!

And in honor of Mark's comma, gator bumps the first encounter between he and Mark, featuring a really nice day three rage that Mark calmly pimp-slaps, forging a great relationship for well over 600 days now.

gator tears up