General Discussion - 2010

[chewie]

New blog post: Does It Ever Get Easier?
http://blog.killthecan.org/?p=420

[sensei]

Good morning quitters!

Good moring chewie!!!

buenos días señor

[Kdip]

Good morning quitters!

Good moring chewie!!!

[chewie]

Good morning quitters!

[Mjollnir]

Don't know if this is a good place to post this or not.
I am quite sure now that I have ben quit over 100 days that I have adult ADD.  I cannot focus on a task for too long, have trouble completeing tasks, put off doing long tasks ect.....  When I dipped I would just load up a fatty and go to it.  Now I cant do that and it is starting to bother me.
Has there been anyone in the past with this problem, maybe someone could point me to a post to read.
I fugure it still may be some dip fog so I am not too worried yet.  It is just pissing me off.

Thanks

Mike -

I don't have a "cure" for you, but I can tell you that you're not the only one to experience this "fog" WELL into your quit. In fact I went through foggy periods well past a year. Certainly nothing like the initial fog of quitting, but a day or two here and there where I just couldn't get shit done. All I can tell you is that the periods between the fogs have been getting further and further and the fog itself will eventually become a non issue.

I always told myself to "go back to basics" when I was dealing with it... water, post, etc.

Hang in there dude!

Never thought the day would come when I was ready to give up "my friend" in my pocket. "my friend" has been with me since I was in school and I'm 43 now. My fiance reminded me that I promised to quit before we get married in May 2010. Well time is just about up. Sure hope she is prepared for the Monster.

Congrats on the best decision of your life. (I would say getting married is number one but that would be just silly). Your little friend is no friend at all. That's what we call the Nic Bitch wispering in your ear that she is on your side and that you NEED her to function as a human. I'll tell you right now man, she's a lying, back-stabbing, no-good, rotten, whore that has her hooks in you pretty deep. If you haven't already, post up in the July Group your promise not to dip today. That's all we ask. Today! We worry about tomorrow, tomorrow. You'll get tons of support to get you through the fog and rage of quitting this cancer causing addiction. If you need a number, give me PM and I'll do what I can to help you through. I'd say good luck, but luck has nothing to do with it.

sounds like to me he's already married to the nic bitch.... Throw her to the curb, she only steals form you!

Nicotine increases the thinking process in the brain. This is a fact. When I was using it, I would get some every time I had to solve a problem at work. After many years of using this to help, I suddenly took it away. Now I don't have some little "nitro" button to push when I need to think. Gotta re-learn how to focus and concentrate. I believe the initial fog is a reaction to removing this.

Meditation helps.

[juliejan]

13 days in with my kick ass July group. Just wanted to say hey and share a few observations. Those being=) I look a hell of a lot better,lol. Less like a corpse. I'm lean to begin with and dip replacing food definitely gave me the walking dead look. Well,maybe not that extreme but I felt so. I've gone from hovering below 160 to 168. That may have to do with beginning to take creatine a week before my quit though. Creatine is greedy greedy for water and hoards it in your muscle cells.
My girlfriend is totally loving how I taste now when we kiss. And I can taste her more than I ever did before!

I do feel shame for the 2 years I hid it from her. And I feel like a freaking idiot for not having quit sooner. Both feelings will get me or you nowhere but I want to acknowledge them and move on. Regret is a serious waste of energy. Live and learn and move forward.

~Jay

Stop by 2007 group and wish CJ a happy day he hits 1000 today.

[spiralhoney]

13 days in with my kick ass July group. Just wanted to say hey and share a few observations. Those being=) I look a hell of a lot better,lol. Less like a corpse. I'm lean to begin with and dip replacing food definitely gave me the walking dead look. Well,maybe not that extreme but I felt so. I've gone from hovering below 160 to 168. That may have to do with beginning to take creatine a week before my quit though. Creatine is greedy greedy for water and hoards it in your muscle cells.
My girlfriend is totally loving how I taste now when we kiss. And I can taste her more than I ever did before!

I do feel shame for the 2 years I hid it from her. And I feel like a freaking idiot for not having quit sooner. Both feelings will get me or you nowhere but I want to acknowledge them and move on. Regret is a serious waste of energy. Live and learn and move forward.

~Jay

[Volp]

Hello people. I'm 111 days quit thanks to QSSN, but my buddy Mike suggested that I check out what's going on here. QSSN is great, but lately it's just been posting roll and that's about it. Sooo here I am.

Congrats to staying quit but what exactly are you looking for? More support for yourself? More support for others? More dick jokes? More gay geriatric necrophilia jokes that may or may not include circus midgets and trannies? More overall bad-assedness? We got it all. What are you here for?

All of the above. Mike and I have the same attitude toward serial cavers, and it isn't popular in a lot of the quit groups. Mike had an epic match with one dude who posted a Day Zero, because he was posting roll but still dipping. I mean fuuuuck.

Please welcome Pelican, he is one of us at heart.

MikeA's approval is good enough for me. Welcome brother.

[MikeA]

Hello people. I'm 111 days quit thanks to QSSN, but my buddy Mike suggested that I check out what's going on here. QSSN is great, but lately it's just been posting roll and that's about it. Sooo here I am.

Congrats to staying quit but what exactly are you looking for? More support for yourself? More support for others? More dick jokes? More gay geriatric necrophilia jokes that may or may not include circus midgets and trannies? More overall bad-assedness? We got it all. What are you here for?

All of the above. Mike and I have the same attitude toward serial cavers, and it isn't popular in a lot of the quit groups. Mike had an epic match with one dude who posted a Day Zero, because he was posting roll but still dipping. I mean fuuuuck.

Please welcome Pelican, he is one of us at heart.

[Pelican]

Hello people. I'm 111 days quit thanks to QSSN, but my buddy Mike suggested that I check out what's going on here. QSSN is great, but lately it's just been posting roll and that's about it. Sooo here I am.

Congrats to staying quit but what exactly are you looking for? More support for yourself? More support for others? More dick jokes? More gay geriatric necrophilia jokes that may or may not include circus midgets and trannies? More overall bad-assedness? We got it all. What are you here for?

All of the above. Mike and I have the same attitude toward serial cavers, and it isn't popular in a lot of the quit groups. Mike had an epic match with one dude who posted a Day Zero, because he was posting roll but still dipping. I mean fuuuuck.

[Volp]

Hello people. I'm 111 days quit thanks to QSSN, but my buddy Mike suggested that I check out what's going on here. QSSN is great, but lately it's just been posting roll and that's about it. Sooo here I am.

Congrats to staying quit but what exactly are you looking for? More support for yourself? More support for others? More dick jokes? More gay geriatric necrophilia jokes that may or may not include circus midgets and trannies? More overall bad-assedness? We got it all. What are you here for?

[Pelican]

Hello people. I'm 111 days quit thanks to QSSN, but my buddy Mike suggested that I check out what's going on here. QSSN is great, but lately it's just been posting roll and that's about it. Sooo here I am.

[chewie]

Hi all, I just wanted to stop by and introduce myself. My name is Tom and I've been chewing for almost two years. It's gotten a lot worse lately, pretty much a can a day. Today (Monday) is my quit day. I waited to post this till after midnight. I've tried quitting numerous times but with no real results. I'm hoping this group can help me stay away from chew forever. By the way, is this the new roll call?

Welcome Tom and congrats on a fucking great decision to quit! I won't tell you it'll be easy but TOTALLY worth it! If your quit date is today, then you're part of the August 2010 group: index.php?showtopic=3330 That's where you'll post roll on a daily basis.

See you there!

[TMccord12]

Hi all, I just wanted to stop by and introduce myself. My name is Tom and I've been chewing for almost two years. It's gotten a lot worse lately, pretty much a can a day. Today (Monday) is my quit day. I waited to post this till after midnight. I've tried quitting numerous times but with no real results. I'm hoping this group can help me stay away from chew forever. By the way, is this the new roll call?

[chewie]

Just wanted to introduce myself, I have been quit for 194 days and have had the support from qssn.org throughout. But I still have the cravings and believe that the more support I have, the more support I give, the better, in fighting off that nic bitch. The HOF speeches on this site have also kept me quit and I thank those who have been running it tremendously. Rob

Welcome buccee! Damn glad to have you and congrats on a great start to your quit!