Did you know Tony Gwynn had mouth cancer? Check this out:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1067 ... co-chewers
The most haunting/sad part is toward the end of the article:
""I’m thinking it’s related to dipping,” said Gwynn, who resumed the practice of using chewing tobacco after the first two surgeries."
I’m thinking it’s related to dipping,”
Ya think? :blink:
hmmmm, possibly a connection?????? That's hard to imagine! _
The true horror is that he went back after two surgeries. That has always been a great fear of mine. It shows the power of the addiction.
It is for this reason that I do not agree with "one day at a time" or ODAAT. This concept terrifies me. I have made a decision not to use nicotine again, in any form for the rest of my life. This is my will.
Many of us have the fear that we will fall back. It expresses itself in dip dreams. Like any other addict, the fear of being "struck high" is always present early on and often later in recovery. For me, making a firm decision that I will not use nicotine again, ever, and knowing that it is my will to do so is far more comforting than the idea that I should do things one day at a time.
Many people think it is dangerous to say things like "I will never use it again" because we are addicts, and the addiction is strong. I say my will refuses to use it again and I don't have to worry about it, after all, in the end, it is my decision.
A cave is a decision made in the mind. No outside source or force can manifest the nicotine in my body. Only a decision made by me.
I realize I sound like a hard ass on this. But for me in this case and another it has been a life or death decision. I don't play games with it, I don't negotiate with it, and I take no prisoners with it.
I don't take a position that ODAAT is wrong, or should not be used. On the contrary if it works for you then use it. Anything to beat this addiction. I do think it is important however to present as many tools as possible.
The Hammer.
