Time for a proper introduction

[Scowick65]

733

Cavers find a way to cave. Quitters find a way to quit. ~ 30

[Scowick65]

697

To Kubiak, November 2012, and Others

Kubiak, welcome to day 100. What have you built? A fine frame of a Quit House, and yes, you did build it.

1. Your day 1 was the day you chose to unroll a set of architectural drawings for your House of Quit. The set of instructions were time proven. House after House. Built to stand. Built to shelter.

2. Soon after, you began gathering your tools: Posting roll. Telephone numbers in your cell phone. Words of Wisdom. Hall of Fame Speeches, etc. Threads and posts from others who have built Houses of Quit; many further along than yours.

3. You surrounded yourself with some of the finest subcontractors around. Not Dr. Doucebag, M.D. peddling some nicotine pill, but hard-core quitters that had already built some Quit Houses. Some damn nice Quit Houses. Some Houses were Historic ~ Day 6,000 one house says. Day 1,500 says another. Some Houses were starters in your same neighborhood. All built to stand. All built with a common set of drawings. All built with the same tools and on the same foundation.

Your job now is to take that frame that you buit and make it weather tight. A shelter for you. A shelter for someone else that shows up, knocks on the door and asks, “How can I build a House of Quit”.

I know you can. One day at a time. Great job Kubiak.

[Keddy]

677

Diffusing the Nic BitchÂ’s narrative

You will likely hear whispers from the Nic Bitch. The Nic Bitch is ONLY effective if you do not understand HER. Knowledge crushes HER.

Realize the whispers in your head are not “you”. It is your addiction speaking - the nic bitch. She will disguise herself as “you” because she understands “you” are the decision maker, not her. The only way she gets her hit of nicotine is if she can convince “you”, it is a great idea to plan, obtain, and ingest nicotine. She has no choices available to her.

ONLY YOU HAVE THE POWER OF CHOICE.

The nic bitch must fool you to get nicotine. Therefore, she is cunning. Her whispers will sound like “you”. She will create the illusion that it is your voice speaking. She will exploit. She knows your weaknesses. So, think about your weaknesses and recognize them. She knows if you like to celebrate with nic, drink with nic, drive, mow, relieve stress…whatever. In summary, she is an addiction cloaked as a person.

Next time she whispers, you will understand it is the nic bitch and not you that came up with whatever hair-brained scheme that just floated through your mind. Some stupid internal conversation. Talk back to her and diffuse her narrative. “Yea, bitch, I just heard you. I know it is you and not me that wants nicotine today. I made a promise not to use nicotine today, so fuck you.” Then punch her in the face.

Me, I like to laugh at her. Ridicule is a very effective weapon. :)

This is right on, Sco. I use anger and derision to respond to the whispers.
Thanks for the good words.

[gorilla1]

Thanks for the good words Sco. So true. No believing in the lie for me today. It sounded like such a good idea to post up with a dip and work on some writing that I need to get done, but decided to say no thanks instead. Still writing. No dip. Quit.

[jhaenel23]

677

Diffusing the Nic BitchÂ’s narrative

You will likely hear whispers from the Nic Bitch. The Nic Bitch is ONLY effective if you do not understand HER. Knowledge crushes HER.

Realize the whispers in your head are not “you”. It is your addiction speaking - the nic bitch. She will disguise herself as “you” because she understands “you” are the decision maker, not her. The only way she gets her hit of nicotine is if she can convince “you”, it is a great idea to plan, obtain, and ingest nicotine. She has no choices available to her.

ONLY YOU HAVE THE POWER OF CHOICE.

The nic bitch must fool you to get nicotine. Therefore, she is cunning. Her whispers will sound like “you”. She will create the illusion that it is your voice speaking. She will exploit. She knows your weaknesses. So, think about your weaknesses and recognize them. She knows if you like to celebrate with nic, drink with nic, drive, mow, relieve stress…whatever. In summary, she is an addiction cloaked as a person.

Next time she whispers, you will understand it is the nic bitch and not you that came up with whatever hair-brained scheme that just floated through your mind. Some stupid internal conversation. Talk back to her and diffuse her narrative. “Yea, bitch, I just heard you. I know it is you and not me that wants nicotine today. I made a promise not to use nicotine today, so fuck you.” Then punch her in the face.

Me, I like to laugh at her. Ridicule is a very effective weapon. :)

This is amazing!! Made my day!! 'crackup'

[syndrome]

sco man that rite there is a :Winner:

[Souliman]

683

When you dip, you get irritable.  When you get irritable, you cannot sleep.  When you cannot sleep, your work suffers.  When your work suffers, you accidently staple your thunder monster.  When you accidently staple your thunder monster, you cannot pass through security in the airport.  When you cannot pass through security in the airport, you get felt up by Officer Bender of DFW TSA.  Do not get felt up by Officer Bender; don’t dip.

'crackup'

Wisdom right there.

[LLCope]

683

When you dip, you get irritable. When you get irritable, you cannot sleep. When you cannot sleep, your work suffers. When your work suffers, you accidently staple your thunder monster. When you accidently staple your thunder monster, you cannot pass through security in the airport. When you cannot pass through security in the airport, you get felt up by Officer Bender of DFW TSA. Do not get felt up by Officer Bender; donÂ’t dip.

'crackup'

[Scowick65]

683

When you dip, you get irritable. When you get irritable, you cannot sleep. When you cannot sleep, your work suffers. When your work suffers, you accidently staple your thunder monster. When you accidently staple your thunder monster, you cannot pass through security in the airport. When you cannot pass through security in the airport, you get felt up by Officer Bender of DFW TSA. Do not get felt up by Officer Bender; donÂ’t dip.

[Scowick65]

677

Diffusing the Nic BitchÂ’s narrative

You will likely hear whispers from the Nic Bitch. The Nic Bitch is ONLY effective if you do not understand HER. Knowledge crushes HER.

Realize the whispers in your head are not “you”. It is your addiction speaking - the nic bitch. She will disguise herself as “you” because she understands “you” are the decision maker, not her. The only way she gets her hit of nicotine is if she can convince “you”, it is a great idea to plan, obtain, and ingest nicotine. She has no choices available to her.

ONLY YOU HAVE THE POWER OF CHOICE.

The nic bitch must fool you to get nicotine. Therefore, she is cunning. Her whispers will sound like “you”. She will create the illusion that it is your voice speaking. She will exploit. She knows your weaknesses. So, think about your weaknesses and recognize them. She knows if you like to celebrate with nic, drink with nic, drive, mow, relieve stress…whatever. In summary, she is an addiction cloaked as a person.

Next time she whispers, you will understand it is the nic bitch and not you that came up with whatever hair-brained scheme that just floated through your mind. Some stupid internal conversation. Talk back to her and diffuse her narrative. “Yea, bitch, I just heard you. I know it is you and not me that wants nicotine today. I made a promise not to use nicotine today, so fuck you.” Then punch her in the face.

Me, I like to laugh at her. Ridicule is a very effective weapon. :)

[per034]

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Q: Why are KTC quitters so damn inflexible?

It usually goes something like this:  “Hey guys, Scowick here, just had a 2nd kid and I promised my wife I would quit with my first child.  I really need to do this.  I am going to try this time.  Try for me, my kids, my wife.  Any advice on trying to quit this time?  Thanks in advance.  Sco.”

Kaaabooom!  The flames of hell burn.  Poor Scodaddy.  And on his very first post.

Q: Why are KTC quitters so damn inflexible?
A: Addiction is inflexible.

The Law of Addiction States, “The administration of a drug to a drug addict will reestablish dependence on that drug.”  We did not write the law. We do not execute the law.  We simply know the law.  This means, by using nicotine once, the user either reverts to full-fledged use or must go through the full withdrawal process associated with quitting.  Most do not opt for the withdrawal.   Withdrawal sux.

I know, this inflexibility is incongruent with our American culture ~ “I'd like the pie heated and I don't want the ice cream on top, I want it on the side, and I'd like strawberry instead of vanilla if you have it, if not then no ice cream just whipped cream but only if it's real; if it's out of the can then nothing.” 
“Not even the pie”? 
“No, I want the pie, just not heated”.

Here, at KTC, the quit plan is not tweaked for unique and special butterflies.  We butterflies conform to the plan.  Why?  Because our addiction will not conform.  Our addiction is unyielding.

In the immortal words of Kevin Beacon -

"thank you sir, may I have another?"

Bring that all day long!

And we shall not conform to our addiction.

One fucking day at a time. Shit, my grandma's good for one day and she's 91. Finally got her to hop off the nic train she's been riding since she was 16. Like I said, if she can do it at her age, you all have no fucking excuse.

Brilliant. flames of hell indeed! :lol:

[eric71]

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Q: Why are KTC quitters so damn inflexible?

It usually goes something like this:  “Hey guys, Scowick here, just had a 2nd kid and I promised my wife I would quit with my first child.  I really need to do this.  I am going to try this time.  Try for me, my kids, my wife.  Any advice on trying to quit this time?  Thanks in advance.  Sco.”

Kaaabooom!  The flames of hell burn.  Poor Scodaddy.  And on his very first post.

Q: Why are KTC quitters so damn inflexible?
A: Addiction is inflexible.

The Law of Addiction States, “The administration of a drug to a drug addict will reestablish dependence on that drug.”  We did not write the law. We do not execute the law.  We simply know the law.  This means, by using nicotine once, the user either reverts to full-fledged use or must go through the full withdrawal process associated with quitting.  Most do not opt for the withdrawal.  Withdrawal sux.

I know, this inflexibility is incongruent with our American culture ~ “I'd like the pie heated and I don't want the ice cream on top, I want it on the side, and I'd like strawberry instead of vanilla if you have it, if not then no ice cream just whipped cream but only if it's real; if it's out of the can then nothing.” 
“Not even the pie”? 
“No, I want the pie, just not heated”.

Here, at KTC, the quit plan is not tweaked for unique and special butterflies.  We butterflies conform to the plan.  Why?  Because our addiction will not conform.  Our addiction is unyielding.

In the immortal words of Kevin Beacon -

"thank you sir, may I have another?"

Bring that all day long!

And we shall not conform to our addiction.

One fucking day at a time. Shit, my grandma's good for one day and she's 91. Finally got her to hop off the nic train she's been riding since she was 16. Like I said, if she can do it at her age, you all have no fucking excuse.

[cbird65]

671

Q: Why are KTC quitters so damn inflexible?

It usually goes something like this: “Hey guys, Scowick here, just had a 2nd kid and I promised my wife I would quit with my first child. I really need to do this. I am going to try this time. Try for me, my kids, my wife. Any advice on trying to quit this time? Thanks in advance. Sco.”

Kaaabooom! The flames of hell burn. Poor Scodaddy. And on his very first post.

Q: Why are KTC quitters so damn inflexible?
A: Addiction is inflexible.

The Law of Addiction States, “The administration of a drug to a drug addict will reestablish dependence on that drug.” We did not write the law. We do not execute the law. We simply know the law. This means, by using nicotine once, the user either reverts to full-fledged use or must go through the full withdrawal process associated with quitting. Most do not opt for the withdrawal. Withdrawal sux.

I know, this inflexibility is incongruent with our American culture ~ “I'd like the pie heated and I don't want the ice cream on top, I want it on the side, and I'd like strawberry instead of vanilla if you have it, if not then no ice cream just whipped cream but only if it's real; if it's out of the can then nothing.”
“Not even the pie”?
“No, I want the pie, just not heated”.

Here, at KTC, the quit plan is not tweaked for unique and special butterflies. We butterflies conform to the plan. Why? Because our addiction will not conform. Our addiction is unyielding.

In the immortal words of Kevin Beacon -

"thank you sir, may I have another?"

Bring that all day long!

[Scowick65]

671

Q: Why are KTC quitters so damn inflexible?

It usually goes something like this: “Hey guys, Scowick here, just had a 2nd kid and I promised my wife I would quit with my first child. I really need to do this. I am going to try this time. Try for me, my kids, my wife. Any advice on trying to quit this time? Thanks in advance. Sco.”

Kaaabooom! The flames of hell burn. Poor Scodaddy. And on his very first post.

Q: Why are KTC quitters so damn inflexible?
A: Addiction is inflexible.

The Law of Addiction States, “The administration of a drug to a drug addict will reestablish dependence on that drug.” We did not write the law. We do not execute the law. We simply know the law. This means, by using nicotine once, the user either reverts to full-fledged use or must go through the full withdrawal process associated with quitting. Most do not opt for the withdrawal. Withdrawal sux.

I know, this inflexibility is incongruent with our American culture ~ “I'd like the pie heated and I don't want the ice cream on top, I want it on the side, and I'd like strawberry instead of vanilla if you have it, if not then no ice cream just whipped cream but only if it's real; if it's out of the can then nothing.”
“Not even the pie”?
“No, I want the pie, just not heated”.

Here, at KTC, the quit plan is not tweaked for unique and special butterflies. We butterflies conform to the plan. Why? Because our addiction will not conform. Our addiction is unyielding.

[Leahy16]

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Dear Potential Quitter,

I see your name at the bottom of the page. My quit brothers see you too. We see you all the time. We see you every single day. Know this, we were once you. Enslaved, but with enough motivation to surf the internet to find an answer.

I have the answer. Like so many things, the answer is simple but its execution is difficult. Difficult? Yes, but so worth it. What is the answer? Join this site and post a promise to not use nicotine today. Then you honor the promise. 1 day at a time. We quit just 1 day at a time. You can quit for a day can't you?

The day I posted roll for first time a burden was lifted from my shoulders. I quit says Scowick, I quit. Relief.

There were many times afterwards when I struggled, but there was always someone to reach out to. Something to read and learn from. Someone here that inspired me. I realized I was not alone. Better yet, I met so many people like me that were willing to do so much to help me gain myself back. Slowly, I transformed myself from a drug user to a recovering addict. I am so much happier.

Join me? You were meant to read this. You belong here. Now.

Yes YOU reading this right now. Sco is talking to you
.

At first I thought you were talking to me, but it must be the other guy reading this post....I am no potential quitter...

I AM FUCKING QUIT!!

Proud to be quit with you all today!!

Solid advice.

Don't piss Scowick off. You heard him. NOW is the time. No more fucking around.

Wise words. I am here. I am quit. What are you waiting for, potential quitter?

Well said, Scowick.

I've taped together my broken glasses and now I am quit with you today Sco.

One day at a time brother