Introduction

[Trainerjesse]

Thanks for the support fam. I've kicked alcohol, pain pills, weed, and religion but that doesn't mean shit if I couldnt keep a dead plant out of my lip. Weak.

Like the questionably literate :P drome says, I'm going to keep this as my "jernel" to document wins and thoughts.

Day 2- stupid sexy Flanders roll call made a lot of sense this morning. Mornings are the worst for me and instead of reaching for a can that doesn't exist, I posted roll. It's still early but I can tell that this accountability is something I have really missed in past "stops" that fell off after a month. Special thanks to dr. b for reaching out and motivating.

I'm not here by accident. I'm not alone. I'm here to drink the koolaid with my fellowly flawed February Fluffers.

Good work buddy.

It feels good to be around a bunch of people that know exactly how you feel, right? It's been an epic 10 days for me. I feel free. It's funny how I've broken promise after promise to quit to my wife, friends, and myself...but I've been able to keep a promise to a bunch of addicted strangers everyday. haha

Quitting With You Today!

[OverandOut]

Thanks for the support fam. I've kicked alcohol, pain pills, weed, and religion but that doesn't mean shit if I couldnt keep a dead plant out of my lip. Weak.

Like the questionably literate :P drome says, I'm going to keep this as my "jernel" to document wins and thoughts.

Day 2- stupid sexy Flanders roll call made a lot of sense this morning. Mornings are the worst for me and instead of reaching for a can that doesn't exist, I posted roll. It's still early but I can tell that this accountability is something I have really missed in past "stops" that fell off after a month. Special thanks to dr. b for reaching out and motivating.

I'm not here by accident. I'm not alone. I'm here to drink the koolaid with my fellowly flawed February Fluffers.

[Jeff W]

Great Job posting roll as soon as you got up this AM! That is the recipe for success. I sent you my digits via PM. Click on Inbox upper right hand corner! Get some Quit!

[syndrome]

man quit cuz you wanna quit and you are tired of bein a lyin sack whats all ways sneekin round to get a nuther dip and dont wanna be that guy any more.

the sergery came at the rite time to push you in to quittin. but if its the reeson your quittin you mite disside after its done and your all heeled up. 'i deserve a reward' will come in to your head and the next thing will be 'and that shood be a dip' and if the sergerys why you quit theres no more reeson to be quit.

dont be a stopper. be a quiterer. and to be a quiterer your reesons for bein quit need to be reesons to stay quit a year from now or 9 years from now or 90 years from now.

[RDB]

Wow. I've got to tell you - of all the stories I've read here over the past almost two years - yours is most similar to mine. Except you're stopping being an idiot about 14 years before I did.

Post roll every day. Every. Day. That's the difference. You're making a promise to a bunch of internet strangers who will soon become your brothers.

Right now you can stay quit on will power alone. But there will be a day when you think you've got this quit by the balls. Then a crave will come out of nowhere, and smack you hard right between the eyes. Then, the only thing you will have to fall back on is your promise. Honor it, and stay quit.

Proud to quit with you.

[Thumblewort]

We are all addicts here, we know your story. Post roll daily, the system works.

[OverandOut]

You may know me. I'm the idiot at the party willing to try anything once. I'm the idiot that convinced myself that dip was safer than smoking cigarettes. I'm the idiot who put more effort into successfully hiding my habit from my wife than I put into actually quitting. I'm the idiot that has gotten pretty good at adorning mental earmuffs whenever confronted with the consequences of my favorite crutch. I'm the idiot that figured he was invincible.

I'm now the idiot that has to quit so I don't further complicate a risky surgery.

It was 10 years ago when I agreed to try dip from someone at a frat party that I didn't even know, and would never see again. It's crazy how impressionable I was. Of all the things I tried that first year of college, dip was the only thing that stuck around. It hid in my drawer. It hid in my car. It even hid in my suitcase on my honeymoon. Weak.

However, today is the day I give up on being an idiot. It takes too much energy to be this stupid. I look forward to interacting with others like me, others that decided enough is enough. Over and out.