I've been reading everything I can but I just don't know about forever. I don't want to be they that doesn't make it. Everyone seems so successful here.
I joined over 2 weeks and not sure about putting my name there
If you've been reading and lurking for the past two weeks, then you know what this place is all about. What are you waiting for? It's time. You know it and I know it.
Forget about forever. Forever doesn't exist. The reason why we are successful here is because we quit one day at a time. Simple as that.
If you'd justquit when you first came here, you'd be past the absolute worst of it by now. You will never regret quitting. You WILL regret not doing it sooner.
Post up your Day 1 and let's do this.
Tuco is right (as usual). Especially when he says, "you will never regret quitting."
Forever is a crazy thing to think about, you're right. I don't know about forever either. I'm 21. That's a lot of years. I like to think about myself in 30 years, at 51. If I don't quit now, what will I be doing then? Still dipping or smoking at 51? Still addicted? 30 years of my life wasted on finding the next fix and making sure I'm never without a can? That's what gives me the strength now.
Every time I "quit" for 20 minutes and put another dip right back in my lip, I regretted it. I can't stress this enough — there is not a SINGLE day I wake up and say "I regret quitting." So I don't focus on forever. I think about the next 24 hours. Will I regret dipping in the next 24 hours? Yes. Will I regret staying quit? No. Easy as that, amigo.
Post roll. Join us in starving our addiction to nicotine.
Youngblood, listen to these two seasoned quitters ^^^
You are making excuses; forever seems long and website seems hard to work... I used to make tons of excuses and delay quitting; after this can, next week, on this day...
I could come up with million others as could anyone, making excuses and not quitting is easy.
"Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty... I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well."
-- Theodore Roosevelt
Hi there YB - I read that you joined over 2 weeks ago. That is 14 days you could have been free of that drug, that poison. Do you know how may times I "planned" to quit or "thought about quitting".....several birthdays, lots of new year's day, the first of a month was always a good time, so was the days when the prices of a can increased. It never worked. I kept using. 22 years of feeding my lip, poisoning my body and risking my life.
Everything you say is truly an excuse. I understand that. It is underlined in fear. Fear of being without your nicotine. Fear of failing. Fear of how it feels and hurts to go thru withdrawals. I get that. See, what we have in common is addiction. I NEVER thought I could do anything without a dip.....EVER. I was so afraid of how much it would suck. I was even more afraid to jump all in, feel totally determined and give these people my word for today only to fail. This is all what addiction has done to me. The list is long. Thinking about forever just isn't going to work. You can only deal with today. All of us just deal with today. Day counts are just reminders that this place works, and these methods work. Each day is special and precious. Each day, I guard that day and every day that came before it.
Now, how do you overcome that fear? You have to want this. You have to WANT to be quit. Not hope you can do it, not want to try really hard, but truly WANT to be quit. That will be your driving force to keep your word and battle thru all that comes with quitting.
Your addiction is controlling you. Take YOU back. Quit with us. Any single hand that is held out for you is all you need to grab. Pick one. Any single one. We will quit with you.
Do you WANT to be quit? I am going to be here quitting all day like a girl because I gave my word. Give us yours. Find freedom. Eliminate fear. Be quit!
PS - Chicks don't dig dudes with half jaws.
Ginet day 392 LF
