General Discussion - 2013

[mattyf118]

Are there no more discussions or discussion groups in the HOF groups?  All I see is roll call and no discussion....boring.

You talking in new groups?

We did an experiment last month with breaking out discussion / roll and it didn't take. Any suggestions?

I just thought I was missing something when I scrolled through page after page of just roll call in the quit groups and no discussion.

So what happened to all that Dec 13 stuff? Did you merge all that?

Yep. The 2 December threads (one for roll and one for discussion) have been merged into the current December 2013 thread.

This is something that we've been dealing with / struggling with for quite some time now.

Don't get me wrong... it's a GREAT problem to have. But the struggle has been with SO many people on roll on a daily basis, sometimes the "discussion" does get missed.

Comments? Suggestions? I'd love to have an open discussion about it. As we continue to grow it's going to become more and more of an issue.

Again... this is a great thing. And it's what sets us apart. We'll soon be hitting the 20,000 members mark (sometime in 2014 I'm guessing). And there's no reason to think we'll slow down anytime soon.

But that size does come with issues (TWSS). :)

Honestly... I love it.

Thanks in advance for your discussion...

I would suggest creating 2 groups for each month. They are huge which is good but it would be real hard to follow in the quit fog.

I can agree, having a seperate discussion group was great. I could post roll and then pop over to see what was going on. Didn't have to filter through pages and pages of roll before finding a post of a brother that needed help.

[luhrique]

Hello fellow brothers and sisters.

I know it can be very hard at times to stay quit and not give in, I know you think "just one pinch, or just one puff", i know your brain will evaluate situations and try to put itself in one that would be an excuse to dip.

But your brain = your bitch.

I'm only on my 5th day, but have already been put through some tests.

Believe it or not, the day I decided to quit my gf brought me a can from the grocery store (obviously, she didn't know I had quit), but the first thing I did was thank her and tell her how I didn't need it anymore, and I think it was the first time I saw her happily wasting 5 dollars. She cheered as I flushed it all down the toilet.

This past weekend we were at her father's house and he is a heavy smoker (I used to smoke and quit over a month ago), although cigs were always available throughout the weekend, I did not give in. He even offered me to smoke his eCig (which is supposedly "healthier") and I, proudly, said no. Nicotine is nicotine, i dont want to be dip free, or cigs free, i want to be addiction free. I want to depend on nothing but myself and take full control of my life.

I dont quit for anybody, but myself, my life. And I'm loving it!


Just remember, a puff or a pinch, dont feel as good as saying NO. Not even close.


Loving life, day 5 and going strong.

Y'all take care, and stay quit! There is no excuse! Believe in yourself, a minute at a time, you can do it, you DONT need it!!!!!

This is a guy who "gets it" and he's on day 5.

My quit wood just went off the charts.

Well done sir!!!

I am on day 1 not sure how all of this works but reading some of these stories of what some of you have gone through gives me great hope I can do this to. 17 year smoker and dipper and today I decided to quit it all. I know its gonna suck but I know I can do this. The hard part is when I put on the uniform (US Army) I instantly feel the need for it but I will overcome it eventually.

You may "feel" the need for it, but you don't NEED it.

You said it right on yourself, the "feel" and the "need" are two different things.

Everything you feel is brain controlled and you, as a soldier, should know this better than anybody. Every feeling is triggered by the brain, therefore, the feel for the need is irrelevant when you make your brain your bitch.

You don't need it at all. I know it's hard and I know it sucks, but you are from the military, you know things can get hard, but it's not about how hard things get, it's about how hard you can be to those things.

[Punkin]

I am on day 1 not sure how all of this works but reading some of these stories of what some of you have gone through gives me great hope I can do this to. 17 year smoker and dipper and today I decided to quit it all. I know its gonna suck but I know I can do this. The hard part is when I put on the uniform (US Army) I instantly feel the need for it but I will overcome it eventually.

First off, Let me say thanks for serving. Second, Welcome and congrats on the decision to quit. Im not gonna lie, it aint easy but this place offers lots of support from people who has walked this road ahead of you. Id say the best thing to do would be to go to the WELCOME CENTER tab at the top left and read everything there. Then post roll. You will be in the PRE HOF January 2014 group. Post roll early everyday and keep your word all day by remaining NIC free all day. We quit one day at a time here and it works. Read all you can here on the site and in the forums. Get drunk on the quit Kool-Aid

[Reaper]

Hello fellow brothers and sisters.

I know it can be very hard at times to stay quit and not give in, I know you think "just one pinch, or just one puff", i know your brain will evaluate situations and try to put itself in one that would be an excuse to dip.

But your brain = your bitch.

I'm only on my 5th day, but have already been put through some tests.

Believe it or not, the day I decided to quit my gf brought me a can from the grocery store (obviously, she didn't know I had quit), but the first thing I did was thank her and tell her how I didn't need it anymore, and I think it was the first time I saw her happily wasting 5 dollars. She cheered as I flushed it all down the toilet.

This past weekend we were at her father's house and he is a heavy smoker (I used to smoke and quit over a month ago), although cigs were always available throughout the weekend, I did not give in. He even offered me to smoke his eCig (which is supposedly "healthier") and I, proudly, said no. Nicotine is nicotine, i dont want to be dip free, or cigs free, i want to be addiction free. I want to depend on nothing but myself and take full control of my life.

I dont quit for anybody, but myself, my life. And I'm loving it!


Just remember, a puff or a pinch, dont feel as good as saying NO. Not even close.


Loving life, day 5 and going strong.

Y'all take care, and stay quit! There is no excuse! Believe in yourself, a minute at a time, you can do it, you DONT need it!!!!!

This is a guy who "gets it" and he's on day 5.

My quit wood just went off the charts.

Well done sir!!!

I am on day 1 not sure how all of this works but reading some of these stories of what some of you have gone through gives me great hope I can do this to. 17 year smoker and dipper and today I decided to quit it all. I know its gonna suck but I know I can do this. The hard part is when I put on the uniform (US Army) I instantly feel the need for it but I will overcome it eventually.

[Punkin]

Are there no more discussions or discussion groups in the HOF groups?  All I see is roll call and no discussion....boring.

You talking in new groups?

We did an experiment last month with breaking out discussion / roll and it didn't take. Any suggestions?

I just thought I was missing something when I scrolled through page after page of just roll call in the quit groups and no discussion.

So what happened to all that Dec 13 stuff? Did you merge all that?

Yep. The 2 December threads (one for roll and one for discussion) have been merged into the current December 2013 thread.

This is something that we've been dealing with / struggling with for quite some time now.

Don't get me wrong... it's a GREAT problem to have. But the struggle has been with SO many people on roll on a daily basis, sometimes the "discussion" does get missed.

Comments? Suggestions? I'd love to have an open discussion about it. As we continue to grow it's going to become more and more of an issue.

Again... this is a great thing. And it's what sets us apart. We'll soon be hitting the 20,000 members mark (sometime in 2014 I'm guessing). And there's no reason to think we'll slow down anytime soon.

But that size does come with issues (TWSS). :)

Honestly... I love it.

Thanks in advance for your discussion...

I would suggest creating 2 groups for each month. They are huge which is good but it would be real hard to follow in the quit fog.

I like the idea of 2 quit groups a month. I agree that having lots of people quitting is a great problem to have but trying to keep up with the constant influx of quitters is a pretty big job and, as witnessed in the Jan 2014 group, some people fall through the cracks. I think that a smaller group would be easier to reach out to each other and be able to help hold each other accountable.

All of this is new for me but being involved has helped my quit tremendously.

[Evil_Won]

Is it possible to close my account myself or do I need to message an admin/mod?

Why would you want to do that?

[TheNevadanStig]

Is it possible to close my account myself or do I need to message an admin/mod?

[chewie]

Hello fellow brothers and sisters.

I know it can be very hard at times to stay quit and not give in, I know you think "just one pinch, or just one puff", i know your brain will evaluate situations and try to put itself in one that would be an excuse to dip.

But your brain = your bitch.

I'm only on my 5th day, but have already been put through some tests.

Believe it or not, the day I decided to quit my gf brought me a can from the grocery store (obviously, she didn't know I had quit), but the first thing I did was thank her and tell her how I didn't need it anymore, and I think it was the first time I saw her happily wasting 5 dollars. She cheered as I flushed it all down the toilet.

This past weekend we were at her father's house and he is a heavy smoker (I used to smoke and quit over a month ago), although cigs were always available throughout the weekend, I did not give in. He even offered me to smoke his eCig (which is supposedly "healthier") and I, proudly, said no. Nicotine is nicotine, i dont want to be dip free, or cigs free, i want to be addiction free. I want to depend on nothing but myself and take full control of my life.

I dont quit for anybody, but myself, my life. And I'm loving it!


Just remember, a puff or a pinch, dont feel as good as saying NO. Not even close.


Loving life, day 5 and going strong.

Y'all take care, and stay quit! There is no excuse! Believe in yourself, a minute at a time, you can do it, you DONT need it!!!!!

This is a guy who "gets it" and he's on day 5.

My quit wood just went off the charts.

Well done sir!!!

[MikeA]

Are there no more discussions or discussion groups in the HOF groups?  All I see is roll call and no discussion....boring.

You talking in new groups?

We did an experiment last month with breaking out discussion / roll and it didn't take. Any suggestions?

I just thought I was missing something when I scrolled through page after page of just roll call in the quit groups and no discussion.

So what happened to all that Dec 13 stuff? Did you merge all that?

Yep. The 2 December threads (one for roll and one for discussion) have been merged into the current December 2013 thread.

This is something that we've been dealing with / struggling with for quite some time now.

Don't get me wrong... it's a GREAT problem to have. But the struggle has been with SO many people on roll on a daily basis, sometimes the "discussion" does get missed.

Comments? Suggestions? I'd love to have an open discussion about it. As we continue to grow it's going to become more and more of an issue.

Again... this is a great thing. And it's what sets us apart. We'll soon be hitting the 20,000 members mark (sometime in 2014 I'm guessing). And there's no reason to think we'll slow down anytime soon.

But that size does come with issues (TWSS). :)

Honestly... I love it.

Thanks in advance for your discussion...

I would suggest creating 2 groups for each month. They are huge which is good but it would be real hard to follow in the quit fog.

[luhrique]

Hello fellow brothers and sisters.

I know it can be very hard at times to stay quit and not give in, I know you think "just one pinch, or just one puff", i know your brain will evaluate situations and try to put itself in one that would be an excuse to dip.

But your brain = your bitch.

I'm only on my 5th day, but have already been put through some tests.

Believe it or not, the day I decided to quit my gf brought me a can from the grocery store (obviously, she didn't know I had quit), but the first thing I did was thank her and tell her how I didn't need it anymore, and I think it was the first time I saw her happily wasting 5 dollars. She cheered as I flushed it all down the toilet.

This past weekend we were at her father's house and he is a heavy smoker (I used to smoke and quit over a month ago), although cigs were always available throughout the weekend, I did not give in. He even offered me to smoke his eCig (which is supposedly "healthier") and I, proudly, said no. Nicotine is nicotine, i dont want to be dip free, or cigs free, i want to be addiction free. I want to depend on nothing but myself and take full control of my life.

I dont quit for anybody, but myself, my life. And I'm loving it!


Just remember, a puff or a pinch, dont feel as good as saying NO. Not even close.


Loving life, day 5 and going strong.

Y'all take care, and stay quit! There is no excuse! Believe in yourself, a minute at a time, you can do it, you DONT need it!!!!!

[chewie]

If I had not stumbled onto this site Id be sitting on my bed alone without my family and of course with a big dip in. I would gladly pass out business cards. BTW I need to add as many of my fellow brothers to the good old FB.

Welcome aboard Alan!

Business card templates can be downloaded and printed from here: http://www.killthecan.org/how-can-you-help/

Thanks for spreading the KTC word!!!

[Alan]

If I had not stumbled onto this site Id be sitting on my bed alone without my family and of course with a big dip in. I would gladly pass out business cards. BTW I need to add as many of my fellow brothers to the good old FB.

[wastepanel]

Can you say embarassing, moving to a new corpoate office today, the movers lift up my credenza and out rolls a can of copenhagen dated October 10th, 2005. They looked at me like your a dipper?, no I was a dipper. Told them about the site because one had the cope ring in the back pocket,  we will see.

Nic bitch trying to sneak back in after all these years... Fuck her :)

We had a small leak in our gym. I'm up on a ladder popping ceiling tiles. Found an empty can dated 2009.

My wife was like, "You used to hide your stash up in the ceiling? What the Hell is wrong with you?"

Never again.

For any reason.

My boys had some strong magnets and managed to summon 4 cans from the top of a shelf in my basement.

It's amazing sometimes.

[chewie]

Are there no more discussions or discussion groups in the HOF groups?  All I see is roll call and no discussion....boring.

You talking in new groups?

We did an experiment last month with breaking out discussion / roll and it didn't take. Any suggestions?

I just thought I was missing something when I scrolled through page after page of just roll call in the quit groups and no discussion.

So what happened to all that Dec 13 stuff? Did you merge all that?

Yep. The 2 December threads (one for roll and one for discussion) have been merged into the current December 2013 thread.

This is something that we've been dealing with / struggling with for quite some time now.

Don't get me wrong... it's a GREAT problem to have. But the struggle has been with SO many people on roll on a daily basis, sometimes the "discussion" does get missed.

Comments? Suggestions? I'd love to have an open discussion about it. As we continue to grow it's going to become more and more of an issue.

Again... this is a great thing. And it's what sets us apart. We'll soon be hitting the 20,000 members mark (sometime in 2014 I'm guessing). And there's no reason to think we'll slow down anytime soon.

But that size does come with issues (TWSS). :)

Honestly... I love it.

Thanks in advance for your discussion...

[Nolaq]

What the Hell is wrong with you?"

Tell her we're all wondering, too.

FUG.