General Discussion - 2014

[chewie]

My first Post. I am 26 yrs old, Woke up yesterday morning and said enough is enough 11yrs the can has controlled me!!! I have 3 kids. Today is my 2nd full day without the can and nicotine. I have drank lots of water and powerade. My eating has been crazy seems like all i have done the last 48!!!! Any Advice????

you're right on track - don't wory about eating / weight gain at the beginnning... it happens to the best of us. the amount of weight you'd need to gain to be as unhealthy as you were when you were dipping is staggering.

drinking lots of water will help you flush your system so you're doing good there too. it takes 72 hours for nicotine to work its way out of your body.

advice? post roll every day. its your promise you won't dip that day. repeat tomorrow.

it's not easy, but it's simple.

head on over to february 2015 which is your quit group, introduce yourself and post roll

topic/10685990/

let us know how we can help - welcome aboard!

chewie

[Jdaley25]

My first Post. I am 26 yrs old, Woke up yesterday morning and said enough is enough 11yrs the can has controlled me!!! I have 3 kids. Today is my 2nd full day without the can and nicotine. I have drank lots of water and powerade. My eating has been crazy seems like all i have done the last 48!!!! Any Advice????

[chewie]

Quit one week ago today, holy crap is this hard!!!

congrats on a week of freedom!

yes, it's hard, but it's also 100% doable (as you're proving). head on over to february 2015 which is your quit group, introduce yourself and post roll

topic/10685990/

let us know how we can help!

chewie

[dogbite310]

Quit one week ago today, holy crap is this hard!!!

[waylonsmithers]

Day 99 is today! November 10, 2014. Tomorrow will be 100 days for me and falls on Remembrance Day in Canada. I din't plan it this way it came about as my family took a trip on August 4th and I said to myself, why not start now seeing as I will get a week's head start since I don't chew in front of the family. When I got back from that trip I found this website and it helped me tremendously. Thank you.

My first chew was when I was 16 and I puked. I became almost an everyday user at 22. It got worse from there. The last year I would say I had 4-6 chews a day, big pinches of skoal. I'm 38 years old and a father of 3. I'm done with chewing.

You can do it too.

[waylonsmithers]

Day 99 is today! November 10, 2014. Tomorrow will be 100 days for me and falls on Remembrance Day in Canada. I din't plan it this way it came about as my family took a trip on August 4th and I said to myself, why not start now seeing as I will get a week's head start since I don't chew in front of the family. When I got back from that trip I found this website and it helped me tremendously. Thank you.

My first chew was when I was 16 and I puked. I became almost an everyday user at 22. It got worse from there. The last year I would say I had 4-6 chews a day, big pinches of skoal. I'm 38 years old and a father of 3. I'm done with chewing.

You can do it too.

[jeeptruck]

Just wanted to put this up here, in case we some people lurking, wondering why they should join, and what they'll get if they do. This question was asked in our Member's area, and sparked a quick little discussion. As I was adding to it, the numbers really struck me.

I'm no whiz, and we can argue the math all we want, but let's face it folks, it takes people to make posts. It takes lots of people to make 2.9 Million posts. It takes lots of people to make 600,000 posts in 12 months.

You want to know how many people are active on KTC? Not enough. We always have room for one more!

I know that KTC has over 21,000 registered users but exactly how many of them are active?

last month we had north of 11,000 unique visitors to the forums. that's about the best i can do in terms of "active" users.

I don't know how many active members we have, but we're sprinting twoards a total of 3 Million posts. That's 3,000,000. All I know is it takes more than a 150 guys to make that many comments. Even if there were all J2B's, and 30's. The post heuers that they are.

I realize this is over a 7 year period, but this time last year, we had 2.3M posts. Right now we're 2.9M. That's 600K posts in a year. Let's do some math. Divide 600,000 by 11,000 and you get a little over 54. Now, take into account how many guys here are post and ghost, and how many are here with 30, 40 posts daily, 11,000 active members seems like a good, fair number to me.

Show me another support system with those types of numbers!

Math is for nerds. and Marines.

[Nolaq]

Just wanted to put this up here, in case we some people lurking, wondering why they should join, and what they'll get if they do. This question was asked in our Member's area, and sparked a quick little discussion. As I was adding to it, the numbers really struck me.

I'm no whiz, and we can argue the math all we want, but let's face it folks, it takes people to make posts. It takes lots of people to make 2.9 Million posts. It takes lots of people to make 600,000 posts in 12 months.

You want to know how many people are active on KTC? Not enough. We always have room for one more!

I know that KTC has over 21,000 registered users but exactly how many of them are active?

last month we had north of 11,000 unique visitors to the forums. that's about the best i can do in terms of "active" users.

I don't know how many active members we have, but we're sprinting twoards a total of 3 Million posts. That's 3,000,000. All I know is it takes more than a 150 guys to make that many comments. Even if there were all J2B's, and 30's. The post heuers that they are.

I realize this is over a 7 year period, but this time last year, we had 2.3M posts. Right now we're 2.9M. That's 600K posts in a year. Let's do some math. Divide 600,000 by 11,000 and you get a little over 54. Now, take into account how many guys here are post and ghost, and how many are here with 30, 40 posts daily, 11,000 active members seems like a good, fair number to me.

Show me another support system with those types of numbers!

[Tuco]

Dear Abbey letter from a wife whose husband is a secrete chewer.
http://news.yahoo.com/womans-childhood- ... 08035.html

I sent Abby my own letter. Told her where the Quit really happens - KTC!

I encourage all of you to do the same. Don't cost nothing. If she's going to give advice about Quitting, she might as well have the proper tools.

I sent a letter to her as well. I haven't heard of the other site but I told her about KTC.
I also told her that it is an addiction and while you have to want to quit, you need to right tools to be successful.
I hope at least a few other people read it and quit chewing.

TheQuit.org

huh.

Pretty much a verbatim rip-off of KTC, minus the # of active posters.

[Nolaq]

Yo...again a big thank you to all here who are doing a great service to so many. I'm about 7 weeks into my quit, and this place has been a big help. I will say to anyone who is early in the process, it's a total beast. I had panic attacks for like a month. I still don't sleep right, and my brain is still going haywire craving something. I don't even think it knows what it wants anymore. It just wants a drug. But this is just my reality for now. The good thing is, while dipping, I didn't feel all that much better... I slept well and didn't feel panicky and have weird, constant cravings...but I was in another type of pain. I felt suicidal sometimes. Like a total worthless addict. So I'll take this pain every day over that pain. And I know that one day my brain will get back to the way it was meant to be, and I'll feel good.

It's funny how online how they tell you that nicotine cravings will last 2 or 3 minutes and all you have to do is breath deeply or or chew gum...I don't know about you guys but mine last all day. Nonstop. Still, after like 50 days. But I'm more comfortable dealing with it now. Sooner or later the addiction will get bored with me and ease up. It's a law of nature. So anyway, thanks again, gentlemen. Talk with you soon.

Hey Rob. 50 days is awesome. Glad you could get something by reading here. I gotta coerect you though. Your addiction will never be bored of you. Contrary. You will become complacent in your Quit. That is when she will strike hard.

If what you see here is so helpful, I HIGHLY recommend you take the complete program and run with it. Post roll. Engage with other Quitters. Make yourself accountable to another Quitter. It will add one more brick to your Quit foundation, and help you succeed more than you can know.

I'm begging you. Don't do this alone. Post Roll. Keep your word. Repeat.

[Roboquit]

Yo...again a big thank you to all here who are doing a great service to so many. I'm about 7 weeks into my quit, and this place has been a big help. I will say to anyone who is early in the process, it's a total beast. I had panic attacks for like a month. I still don't sleep right, and my brain is still going haywire craving something. I don't even think it knows what it wants anymore. It just wants a drug. But this is just my reality for now. The good thing is, while dipping, I didn't feel all that much better... I slept well and didn't feel panicky and have weird, constant cravings...but I was in another type of pain. I felt suicidal sometimes. Like a total worthless addict. So I'll take this pain every day over that pain. And I know that one day my brain will get back to the way it was meant to be, and I'll feel good.

It's funny how online how they tell you that nicotine cravings will last 2 or 3 minutes and all you have to do is breath deeply or or chew gum...I don't know about you guys but mine last all day. Nonstop. Still, after like 50 days. But I'm more comfortable dealing with it now. Sooner or later the addiction will get bored with me and ease up. It's a law of nature. So anyway, thanks again, gentlemen. Talk with you soon.

[Idaho Spuds]

Dear Abbey letter from a wife whose husband is a secrete chewer.
http://news.yahoo.com/womans-childhood- ... 08035.html

I sent Abby my own letter. Told her where the Quit really happens - KTC!

I encourage all of you to do the same. Don't cost nothing. If she's going to give advice about Quitting, she might as well have the proper tools.

I sent a letter to her as well. I haven't heard of the other site but I told her about KTC.
I also told her that it is an addiction and while you have to want to quit, you need to right tools to be successful.
I hope at least a few other people read it and quit chewing.

[Nolaq]

Dear Abbey letter from a wife whose husband is a secrete chewer.
http://news.yahoo.com/womans-childhood- ... 08035.html

I sent Abby my own letter. Told her where the Quit really happens - KTC!

I encourage all of you to do the same. Don't cost nothing. If she's going to give advice about Quitting, she might as well have the proper tools.

[Idaho Spuds]

Dear Abbey letter from a wife whose husband is a secrete chewer.
http://news.yahoo.com/womans-childhood- ... 08035.html

[Nolaq]

Anybody else having Problems with Live Chat??? I haven't been able to get in Yesterday or still today???

yes, there have been a couple of reported issues. working through it with our chat host.

Thank you Chewie :wub:

I still cant get into chat either. does this mean I have to do real work now? 'bang head'

Guys - We really need chat working for the new guys in fog/rage mode. What's the current status?

It's back. DOS attack. They're monitoring.

I'm sooo Sad...I STILL can not get in. Not on any of my Devices.

I could for like 3 minutes this morning and now I cant. 'bang head'

I'm in there Jeep Truck...can you come in there now???

I'm not able to get in. Jan and Feb both have had some grumbling. Chat is a life line for early quits.

Still no live chat....booo

It was full last night.

What error are you getting? You may need to clear your cache.

Got on at 10ish last night.

Shoulda updated this post, my bad.

Sounds like Operator Error.