The first day...

[Reaper]

Scott i feel your pain with the weight gain i am only on Day 4 and i have started the weight gain. i agree with you i will have to start excercising again and getting back healthy. The main thing is that we both have made the biggest stride to gaining our health back and that is kicking the nicotine addiction.

Phil couldnt have said it best and i havent looked at it like that before. this quit is a garden that needs constant attention to keep it going good and strong. We fight the weeds one day or one moment at a time. i will gladly stand by your side to help if you need me.

[Phil16]

You are plowing up the unbroken ground of addiction. Breaking sod takes the right tools and persistence. You will encounter some large boulders that have been buried inder the surface of your nicotine addiction. Once the sod is broken, it can produce a crop but the work of tending your field is never finished. It's a garden. We must stay attentive to the needs that arise. Pulling weeds as they come up and erecting scarecrows to ward off scavenging birds. Sarge-Keep your family and their needs ever in front off your conscious. You must quit for yourself, yes agreed. But the ultimate purpose for oneself is being willing to serve another. The best way to serve you spouse and children is to set a healthy example. I'm a big fan of your quit, brother.

[Sgt12]

I'm a big dude... An athlete. Always have been. When I started my quit, I was 237 pounds.

I'm 6'5".

Weighed myself this evening and am now 251. That is terrible. I know weight gain is common during a quit, but it's time to start exercising. I need to get back down to the 230s.

But I know, I know... 14 pounds is nothing compared to my quit. I wouldn't change anything. It's just time to focus on my improving health after quitting. I felt in the beginning, it would be too much to watch my weight and quit at the same time, but I think now is a good time to incorporate some exercise.

[Sgt12]

awesome job Sgt12 one day I will be there to but I like how you stated it was pure evil. thank you for showing me what it really is I havent looked at it like that. day 2 almost done ready for day 3

You're doing great, brother! All the tools for us are here at KTC.

Proud to be quit with you.

[Sgt12]

I look at my beautiful wife and her pregnant belly... My two sons, ages 3 and 1... They are more than worth it. They say quit for YOU... I believe I am. I do. But I believe I am quitting as much FOR THEM. They need me. Just as I need my Dad now, but he's gone. They need me to be their daddy, their leader. Damn, they are looking at me all the time. They both mimic me. Now, it's without the dip in my lip.

Again, I am quitting for me, but I am breaking generational curses. Killing vicious cycles. Not in my family. Not while I'm the head of the house.

29 days... Going strong, protecting my quit. ODAAT. I won't say never again. One day at a time. That is good enough for me right now. I am winning this battle. I can honestly say that I have not came close to caving. Not even close. But I still protect my quit because I am only $7 and a short two minute drive away from a bad decision. QLF and never getting too comfortable or confident.

But today, I am quit, and damn that feels great.

[Dougie]

GREAT JOB

[Reaper]

awesome job Sgt12 one day I will be there to but I like how you stated it was pure evil. thank you for showing me what it really is I havent looked at it like that. day 2 almost done ready for day 3

[Sgt12]

27 glorious days.

Keep on keepin' on.

[Radman]

Get it out there, quitter. Fight like nothing else matters in this world. Quit has to come first if we are to succeed. Yes: WE. You are not alone here.

The devils over at big tobacco are indeed murderers. I believe that with everything in my heart. That is part of what keeps me on the path. My children and my wife deserve it.

I'll quit with you every day, sir.

Reach out if you need anything at all.

[srans]

One last thought for today.

People call nicotine the "nic bitch."  I think that's letting it off way too easy.  This isn't some ex-girlfriend who dicked you in over high school.

Nicotine is satanic.  To me, it's one of Satan's tools to keep us from the life that we were meant to live.  It's aim is to kill, steal, and destroy.  It kills us in time.  It steals our time and our money.  Our health.  It destroys everything.  It makes nothing better -- only worse.

It's not a bitch.  It is much, much worse than that. 

I'm coming into the part of my quit where I am HATING it.  I saw what it did to my dad.  I saw what it has done to me in dealing with his death.

I hate it with a passion.

You are right here. I simple bitch does not infiltrate our personal lives, our cultural lives and our international lives with such ease. It takes a larger more evil force to pull that off. Don't be sorry for these posts, they are your salvation and clarity shared with us. They are now part of our salvation and clarity. I thank you for these posts. I fight the power with you rob.

I hate Nictotine also Sgt12.
I hate the poison and all the venues, corporations and greedy basterds who push this legal poison. I hate the fact that it was a "known" poison before my grandaddy was born 1902.
I hate that an entire industry was created and called "American" just to get our $$ and steal our health.
Keep hating this poison Sgt12. Don't let anyone pursuade you any differently.
We were not born with this poison in our mouths.
I quit with YOU today Sgt12!!! All damn day Today!

Read my signature line sgt. I'm hating it right along with you. Here,, let me write all the good things it done for us that I miss about it.






I got nothing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Proud to be quit with you today.

[30isEnuff]

One last thought for today.

People call nicotine the "nic bitch."  I think that's letting it off way too easy.  This isn't some ex-girlfriend who dicked you in over high school.

Nicotine is satanic.  To me, it's one of Satan's tools to keep us from the life that we were meant to live.  It's aim is to kill, steal, and destroy.  It kills us in time.  It steals our time and our money.  Our health.  It destroys everything.  It makes nothing better -- only worse.

It's not a bitch.  It is much, much worse than that. 

I'm coming into the part of my quit where I am HATING it.  I saw what it did to my dad.  I saw what it has done to me in dealing with his death.

I hate it with a passion.

You are right here. I simple bitch does not infiltrate our personal lives, our cultural lives and our international lives with such ease. It takes a larger more evil force to pull that off. Don't be sorry for these posts, they are your salvation and clarity shared with us. They are now part of our salvation and clarity. I thank you for these posts. I fight the power with you rob.

I hate Nictotine also Sgt12.
I hate the poison and all the venues, corporations and greedy basterds who push this legal poison. I hate the fact that it was a "known" poison before my grandaddy was born 1902.
I hate that an entire industry was created and called "American" just to get our $$ and steal our health.
Keep hating this poison Sgt12. Don't let anyone pursuade you any differently.
We were not born with this poison in our mouths.
I quit with YOU today Sgt12!!! All damn day Today!

[Funktronic42]

One last thought for today.

People call nicotine the "nic bitch." I think that's letting it off way too easy. This isn't some ex-girlfriend who dicked you in over high school.

Nicotine is satanic. To me, it's one of Satan's tools to keep us from the life that we were meant to live. It's aim is to kill, steal, and destroy. It kills us in time. It steals our time and our money. Our health. It destroys everything. It makes nothing better -- only worse.

It's not a bitch. It is much, much worse than that.

I'm coming into the part of my quit where I am HATING it. I saw what it did to my dad. I saw what it has done to me in dealing with his death.

I hate it with a passion.

You are right here. I simple bitch does not infiltrate our personal lives, our cultural lives and our international lives with such ease. It takes a larger more evil force to pull that off. Don't be sorry for these posts, they are your salvation and clarity shared with us. They are now part of our salvation and clarity. I thank you for these posts. I fight the power with you rob.

[ranger520]

Lot of emotion in the quit today...  That's what is driving me right now and powering me through some minor craves...  Don't blame ya'all for not reading if you choose not to.  The really long post below was lifted from my blog.  It was tough to write.

The poison deserves your hate brother. I woke up this morning hating it. At lunch I'll hate it and continue hating it until dinner. At dinner I'll hate it during and after. I'll hate it at bedtime and mention the the hate for it during prayer. I enjoy hating it so much I'll wake up tomorrow and start all over hating it again. Hatred for the poison will fuel your quit. Glad to be quit with you.

I'm hating it right along with you bro! You don't worry about who reads ur intro or if ur post is long. This intro is yours! You own it just like you own the nic B! Or nic demon! Or nic whatever the heck u want to call it. QLF today my man! I will damn sure be joining you!

I'll be honest, I had a tear run down my face when I read your posts this morning. And I'm not a very emotional guy. Nicotine has stolen something from you that you needed.

The good news is that you recognize this, and you won't let it steal the same thing from your kids. That being said, man, you were lucky to have a dad like the one that you had - and it is clear from your writing that you recognize that. Fathers like that are few and far between. So while I was sad as I read your writings this morning, I was also smiling at the good fortune you had to have a great man as a father.

hang in there.Im on day 36 and it seems to be getting a little easier now.The first 30 were a nightmare.... 'bang head'

[worktowin]

Lot of emotion in the quit today...  That's what is driving me right now and powering me through some minor craves...  Don't blame ya'all for not reading if you choose not to.  The really long post below was lifted from my blog.  It was tough to write.

The poison deserves your hate brother. I woke up this morning hating it. At lunch I'll hate it and continue hating it until dinner. At dinner I'll hate it during and after. I'll hate it at bedtime and mention the the hate for it during prayer. I enjoy hating it so much I'll wake up tomorrow and start all over hating it again. Hatred for the poison will fuel your quit. Glad to be quit with you.

I'm hating it right along with you bro! You don't worry about who reads ur intro or if ur post is long. This intro is yours! You own it just like you own the nic B! Or nic demon! Or nic whatever the heck u want to call it. QLF today my man! I will damn sure be joining you!

I'll be honest, I had a tear run down my face when I read your posts this morning. And I'm not a very emotional guy. Nicotine has stolen something from you that you needed.

The good news is that you recognize this, and you won't let it steal the same thing from your kids. That being said, man, you were lucky to have a dad like the one that you had - and it is clear from your writing that you recognize that. Fathers like that are few and far between. So while I was sad as I read your writings this morning, I was also smiling at the good fortune you had to have a great man as a father.

[Derk40]

Lot of emotion in the quit today...  That's what is driving me right now and powering me through some minor craves...  Don't blame ya'all for not reading if you choose not to.  The really long post below was lifted from my blog.  It was tough to write.

The poison deserves your hate brother. I woke up this morning hating it. At lunch I'll hate it and continue hating it until dinner. At dinner I'll hate it during and after. I'll hate it at bedtime and mention the the hate for it during prayer. I enjoy hating it so much I'll wake up tomorrow and start all over hating it again. Hatred for the poison will fuel your quit. Glad to be quit with you.

I'm hating it right along with you bro! You don't worry about who reads ur intro or if ur post is long. This intro is yours! You own it just like you own the nic B! Or nic demon! Or nic whatever the heck u want to call it. QLF today my man! I will damn sure be joining you!