Roll Call 2008

[chewless jim]

True...that it did. How come nobody else posts.

Poorboy, you have a personal message from me in your inbox. if you need something i can help.

[QuittinTime]

True...that it did.  How come nobody else posts.

Find your quit group PB......you're missing all the fun. B)

yep... here's the group they're referring to:

index.php?showtopic=1714

You don't have to stay in your own group........roam around, make friends, check out the wildcard section.

[chewie]

True...that it did.  How come nobody else posts.

Find your quit group PB......you're missing all the fun. B)

yep... here's the group they're referring to:

index.php?showtopic=1714

[QuittinTime]

True...that it did. How come nobody else posts.

Find your quit group PB......you're missing all the fun. B)

[Buckfever36]

True...that it did.  How come nobody else posts.

i think thats was because SD pretty much summed it up. chewie, was there the day before to support. i myself am very glad you don't do that anymore. have a dip free camping trip.

poorboy,

Post comments in your quit group you'll get much more response and by persons close to the same place in their quit!

By the way good job getting past one of your major triggers! ;)

[chewless jim]

True...that it did. How come nobody else posts.

i think thats was because SD pretty much summed it up. chewie, was there the day before to support. i myself am very glad you don't do that anymore. have a dip free camping trip.

[POORBOY]

True...that it did. How come nobody else posts.

[Skoaldaddy]

Man this place is freakin dead. Anywho...last night I had my first softball game that was dip free in years...can't say it affected my play one way or the other...I still sucked.

Hope everyone continues to do this thing we call quit!

May not have affected your play, but definately had to make you FEEL better about yourself, didn't it??

[POORBOY]

Man this place is freakin dead. Anywho...last night I had my first softball game that was dip free in years...can't say it affected my play one way or the other...I still sucked.

Hope everyone continues to do this thing we call quit!

[POORBOY]

Thanks Chewie, I have to say that day 6 has actually been a little harder than 1-5.  Not thinking about going out to get a can...but I sure thought the worst was over.

if you're quit is like mine you'll actually have a couple of those "where the hell did this come from" days for quite a while. you'll have a few good days followed by an "oh shit" day and then a couple more good days. you won't realize it, but over time the good days will start to outnumber the bad ones and before you know it you'll get to a point where you haven't craved in quite a while...

like i said, you won't realize it in the moment, but when you look back you'll realize that you're a hell of a lot better off then you were a couple of weeks/days ago.

Understand. Tonight is going to be a test as it's the first time I'm playing ball without a dip. Shouldn't be too bad...since I'm the only dumb ass on our team that is an ex-dipper...what the fuck was I thinkin all these years. :wacko:

[chewie]

Thanks Chewie, I have to say that day 6 has actually been a little harder than 1-5. Not thinking about going out to get a can...but I sure thought the worst was over.

if you're quit is like mine you'll actually have a couple of those "where the hell did this come from" days for quite a while. you'll have a few good days followed by an "oh shit" day and then a couple more good days. you won't realize it, but over time the good days will start to outnumber the bad ones and before you know it you'll get to a point where you haven't craved in quite a while...

like i said, you won't realize it in the moment, but when you look back you'll realize that you're a hell of a lot better off then you were a couple of weeks/days ago.

[POORBOY]

Thanks Chewie, I have to say that day 6 has actually been a little harder than 1-5. Not thinking about going out to get a can...but I sure thought the worst was over.

[chewie]

Hey, just curious...anyone have any data on weight loss or gain when quiting the use of nicotine...I understand that we may start to replace dip with food or snacks but what about metabolic changes that are caused when nic is removed from your system?

here's a good article from killthecan.org about weight gain/loss

http://www.killthecan.org/robs/weight.asp

[POORBOY]

Hey, just curious...anyone have any data on weight loss or gain when quiting the use of nicotine...I understand that we may start to replace dip with food or snacks but what about metabolic changes that are caused when nic is removed from your system?

[chewie]

THE DECISION

Quitting dip comes down to one thing... a decision to quit. I can't spell it out any simpler than that. Sure, it's much easier for me to say that today now that I've quit than it would have been on day 1 or day 10, but every day that goes by, I believe it more and more.

I'm not here to tell you that the decision is easy to make because it's certainly not. There are some days when the decision is downright nearly impossible to make. But it's a decision that needs to be made on a daily basis.

There are many things in our lives and in our quits that we have no control over. We can't control the weather, we can't control how people view us, we can't control what happens at the office, we can't control whether we are sick. In our quits, we can't control the withdrawal that we go through, we can't control WHAT symptoms we'll experience nor can we control how long those symptoms persist.

To look at it that way doesn't look good. But remember... the decision.

You can DECIDE to put a dip in.
You can DECIDE to NOT put a dip in.
You can DECIDE whether you want to continue to be a slave to the can.
You can DECIDE to LIVE your life WITHOUT dip.

I've had conversations with other quitters and cavers. I've been asked what makes me different (than someone who's struggling). The answer is simple... I made my decision. I'm not any stronger, I'm not any better and quite frankly I'm not any different. I'm an addict just like all of you... I made my decision. I made my decision this morning just like I have every morning since July 24th, 2006. I'll make a decision tomorrow as well.

When you're thinking that quitting isn't possible... when you're thinking that everything is out of your control and you NEED your dip... make a decision.

You're in a place where people can help you once you're made your decision but we can't make it for you. We're here to help.

DECIDE to let us help.
DECIDE to not dip today.
DECIDE to live life WITHOUT dip or chew.
DECIDE to live.

This thing is simple -- it's decision time my friend... have you made yours?

chewie