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Offline dante

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Re: Quit 3 weeks ago, just found you guys
« Reply #31 on: July 30, 2011, 08:59:00 AM »
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I will be away attending some training for the next two weeks.  This type of training was usually very much associated with dipping in my recent past.  Here' my plan:

1) Post roll early via the quithead text network or from my phone which I just discovered updated its OS and can now do that.  That is my word and it means everything to me, and I will not cave.  But...just in case the craves get out of control...

2) I have numbers of a ton of quit brothers and sisters to use as needed.

3) I have two unopened cans of smokey mountain with me, which I intend to return with...still unopened.

4) I will be seeking out a computer in the evening to jump on chat.

I will be successful because I AM quit.  Stay quit everyone!
Update...Day 82

Returning from training...and I followed my plan successfully. It was a good thing that I brought that Smokey Mountain with me. Turns out that the 70-80s funk hit me pretty hard and everyone in training was a dipper, including the instructors.

Nevertheless, I am quit today, thanks to this site, HAVING A PLAN in place before the craves, and all of you. Looking forward to getting back home and back involved on the site. See you all bright and early tomorrow.

Stay Quit,

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Re: Quit 3 weeks ago, just found you guys
« Reply #30 on: July 17, 2011, 10:00:00 AM »
All things are created twice. Meaning, before there is a cave, there is a plan to cave. In Dante's world, before there is quit, there is a plan. Cookie for Dante. Very, very well done. Very cool. I quit with you brother.
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Re: Quit 3 weeks ago, just found you guys
« Reply #29 on: July 17, 2011, 09:29:00 AM »
Dante I applaud you. You are a man of your word and a man of conviction.

I had thought this prior to your last post as well.
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Re: Quit 3 weeks ago, just found you guys
« Reply #28 on: July 17, 2011, 09:17:00 AM »
All:

I will be away attending some training for the next two weeks. This type of training was usually very much associated with dipping in my recent past. Here' my plan:

1) Post roll early via the quithead text network or from my phone which I just discovered updated its OS and can now do that. That is my word and it means everything to me, and I will not cave. But...just in case the craves get out of control...

2) I have numbers of a ton of quit brothers and sisters to use as needed.

3) I have two unopened cans of smokey mountain with me, which I intend to return with...still unopened.

4) I will be seeking out a computer in the evening to jump on chat.

I will be successful because I AM quit. Stay quit everyone!
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Re: Quit 3 weeks ago, just found you guys
« Reply #27 on: July 05, 2011, 09:57:00 AM »
d, great to be quit with you.

awesome post!
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"He which hath no stomach to this fight let him depart. But we in it shall be remembered. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers! For he today, that sheds his blood with me, shall always be my brother." (Wm. Shakespeare). For August '11.

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Stay quit... it is life or death and that is the undeniable truth.

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Re: Quit 3 weeks ago, just found you guys
« Reply #26 on: July 05, 2011, 08:51:00 AM »
I'm glad you're here and glad to be quit with you.
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Re: Quit 3 weeks ago, just found you guys
« Reply #25 on: July 05, 2011, 08:43:00 AM »
Dante,

I am so glad you found us. You add a lot to this site. Keep it up. PM me if you ever need something.
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Re: Quit 3 weeks ago, just found you guys
« Reply #24 on: July 05, 2011, 07:10:00 AM »
Dante,

You are doing great. Thanks for your inspiration!

I am also discovering who I am without nicotine. I am discovering it is an opportunity to remake who I am and improve.


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Re: Quit 3 weeks ago, just found you guys
« Reply #23 on: July 04, 2011, 08:18:00 PM »
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5) This site is saving my life daily: the help, support and advice.. Hope I'm helping some of you as well.
This site is saving me too, Dante. And so are you.

Proud to be quit with you.
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Re: Quit 3 weeks ago, just found you guys
« Reply #22 on: July 04, 2011, 05:03:00 PM »
56 Days...

Couple of things I've learned in 56 days:

1) Dip is messy. Finally got around to detailing my car this weekend and there was dried tobacco worked into every crack and crevice, not to mention the dried spit in the door jambs from emergency spitting at traffic lights without a good spitter. Gross. Really...how could I not see how nasty and unsanitary that was? The car is finally clean now, and so is it's driver, after 17 years.

2) I miss my wife today. She's out at the beach today with her friend. 57 Days ago, this would have been awesome...dip nirvana. A whole day alone to do as I please, uninterrupted. Just me and the NB. But I sit here on my sunny deck with the dog at my feet and a nice tall icy Arnold Palmer and wonder about what was wrong with me? How I could have really enjoyed my wife's absence. GOD DAMN DRUGS... Nic Bitch had me convinced that I'd rather spend time with her, than with the beautiful, selfless and caring woman that I MARRIED. Dumb.

3) I don't really know who I am without Nicotine yet. I know I don't want anymore nicotine, but I still reach for something (now it's gum) every time I'm bored, driving, drinking coffee, at BBQs, yardwork etc. Can I kick the oral fixation...or am I just too set in my ways to be able to move on? I've been drinking more caffeine lately. Wondering if this is my substitution of one substance for another...

4) I'm blaming myself for my little sister's smoking. I recently found out that she smokes. She's 21, 15 years younger than me. When she was a little kid, I still lived at home. She was the cutest, most love-able little kid, my little buddy. I tried to hide my smoking, to shelter her from it. I never did it in front of her. After dinner I would go outside to "check the oil in my car" or to see "what the weather is like". Now she is an adult. She drinks and smokes. I am so disappointed for her. I'm afraid that she is going to go right down the same path that I've been on. I don't want to see her struggle. I'm going to have a long talk with her, and maybe if the stars align...I can get through to her.

5) This site is saving my life daily: the help, support and advice.. Hope I'm helping some of you as well.

Stay Quit,

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Re: Quit 3 weeks ago, just found you guys
« Reply #21 on: June 17, 2011, 06:46:00 PM »
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Thanks to all of you who were looking for me today...guess I got bumped when I posted. Day 39 and feeling fine.

I'm in NC at my fathers place, visiting. He's a smoker, and I'm having nonstop craves. Thankfully...I have plenty of dentyne ice and the power of the promise I made to all of you this morning. No matter what happens...I will NOT use nicotine today.

I know you all won't either. Stay quit and stay strong.

-Dante
You're a fucking champion Dante. Hang in there brother. Fight the NB. I can tell you got "crazy mad huge quitting nuts", you'll be strong.
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Re: Quit 3 weeks ago, just found you guys
« Reply #20 on: June 17, 2011, 03:50:00 PM »
Thanks to all of you who were looking for me today...guess I got bumped when I posted. Day 39 and feeling fine.

I'm in NC at my fathers place, visiting. He's a smoker, and I'm having nonstop craves. Thankfully...I have plenty of dentyne ice and the power of the promise I made to all of you this morning. No matter what happens...I will NOT use nicotine today.

I know you all won't either. Stay quit and stay strong.

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Re: Quit 3 weeks ago, just found you guys
« Reply #19 on: June 04, 2011, 09:02:00 PM »
I'm still getting cranky and get some cases of the blahs, but I would get those in between dips anyway. Lol
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"He which hath no stomach to this fight let him depart. But we in it shall be remembered. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers! For he today, that sheds his blood with me, shall always be my brother." (Wm. Shakespeare). For August '11.

Who dares, wins.

Stay quit... it is life or death and that is the undeniable truth.

"To be driven by our appetites alone is slavery, while to obey a law that we have imposed on ourselves is freedom." Rosseau

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Re: Quit 3 weeks ago, just found you guys
« Reply #18 on: June 04, 2011, 08:20:00 PM »
Got into a really dark mood this afternoon (not a crave, more like low blood sugar), hadn't eaten in a while. My mood improved after dinner. I feel like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. When will my body self adjust to being off the shit? Anybody else still going through this at 3+ weeks?
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Re: Quit 3 weeks ago, just found you guys
« Reply #17 on: May 31, 2011, 07:38:00 PM »
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BBQ conversation yesterday: 

Al: So...when the baby is born, are you gonna buy cigars for everyone?

Me: Nope

Al: You can have one cigar in November...cantcha?

Me: Not for me

Al:  Come on...no big deal...

Me: NO, I CAN NEVER have Nicotine in any form ever again.  I am an addict and will always be an addict.  Nicotine for me is like alcohol for an alcoholic or heroin for a junkie.

Moment of clarity...thank you KTC community!

P.S.  the smoked pulled pork was my best work thus far in my life...maybe it's because I can taste again.
Recognizing you're an addict, smoking pork and a don't tread on me flag. This guy has his shit together. Good to be quit with you.
Amen. Dante is my new quit Hero.

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Thanks...all you quitters are my heroes.
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