General Discussion - 2014

[chewie]

Cautiously optimistic...

http://www.whackthepack.com/2014/03/res ... of-cancer/

#FuckCancer

[copingwithoutcopen]

E - Poison

[whacko]

Hi to all you quitters! Just took a moment to come back to KTC as it has been a LOOOOONG time since I posted on this amazing site. My quit date is 12 August 2011 and that puts me at 958 days with out the nic bitch. Why I'm back........had a scare with mouth cancer in the fall of 2013.......turns out it is severe dysplasia on my tongue but had to go through a surgery to remove/anaylize it........worst pain in my life. They basically fileted my tongue from the side......stitches popped out too early and my tongue basically started to turn itself inside out. 2 weeks out of work......unreal. Anyway turned out ok......have to go back for scheduled monitoring but no cancer. All this because I dipped for those years. Even after all this......yesterday was a bitch day at work and I started thinking about picking up a can at the PX during lunch! The fight never ends guys!!!!! Came back to KTC today and posted with all my quit buddies from 2011........almost fell yesterday but thanks to KTC I'll keep myself quit!!!!!

Thanks for listening guys!

[String11]

Just watched a dude get his ass chewed for dipping in the shop today, he doesn't want to quit, and it's the 3rd time he has had his job threatened, all because of a disgusting little shit weed.

DAMN it feels good to be QUIT!

If you like the guy, tell him KTC works. If you can't stand him, tell him KTC works and to go screw himself. lol I figure even my enemies need to quit. I work retail and I agree, it feels awesome not to worry about the lip terd

[Good_ol_boy]

Just watched a dude get his ass chewed for dipping in the shop today, he doesn't want to quit, and it's the 3rd time he has had his job threatened, all because of a disgusting little shit weed.

DAMN it feels good to be QUIT!

[jayd41]

Not sure how to post a link but I found this interesting, see below. This research has shown that the use of e-cigs did NOT improve the success rate of those wishing to quit smoking. Hmmmm. What a shock.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/822 ... ac=50499MY

i actually read the same thing on yahoo...i've posted my 2 cents in the "comments" section. i think some of ya'll would be proud of the quit propaganda i am trying to spread...even dropped a ktc link in there. hopefully we'll get a few new members who don't like being slaves to nic

[Its_Got2Happen]

Not sure how to post a link but I found this interesting, see below. This research has shown that the use of e-cigs did NOT improve the success rate of those wishing to quit smoking. Hmmmm. What a shock.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/822 ... ac=50499MY

[Wt57]

man today has been so fucking hard, i literally dont understand how im gonna make it from 1 second to the next. Everything pisses me off my minds racing and i dont understand anything anymore if i survive till tomorrow i'll be shocked

You a fan of the walking dead man?

Fucking love the turn that show is taking here.

yea i havent watched the past couple episodes because i used to dip while i watched em. i thought by day 8 ( which im on) i would be feeling better but damn its rough. Im probably going to take a visit to the doctors cause i all ready had depression and the stress of this quit on my body and mind is to much.

but yea i love walking dead

You will make it if that's what you want. As far as day 8, my days 8  9 were my worst days by far I went into a flying rage. If you want to talk about anxiety and depression there is a thread in the wildcard section. Your not alone with suffering these symptoms. Many of us self medicated our depression and anxiety with nicotine, or thought it helped. For me the nicotine actually made it worse and it took quite awhile to get to a 'normal' state. Take your quit minute by minute if that's what you need.

[Verachiel]

man today has been so fucking hard, i literally dont understand how im gonna make it from 1 second to the next. Everything pisses me off my minds racing and i dont understand anything anymore if i survive till tomorrow i'll be shocked

You a fan of the walking dead man?

Fucking love the turn that show is taking here.

yea i havent watched the past couple episodes because i used to dip while i watched em. i thought by day 8 ( which im on) i would be feeling better but damn its rough. Im probably going to take a visit to the doctors cause i all ready had depression and the stress of this quit on my body and mind is to much.

but yea i love walking dead

[wastepanel]

man today has been so fucking hard, i literally dont understand how im gonna make it from 1 second to the next. Everything pisses me off my minds racing and i dont understand anything anymore if i survive till tomorrow i'll be shocked

You a fan of the walking dead man?

Fucking love the turn that show is taking here.

[Verachiel]

man today has been so fucking hard, i literally dont understand how im gonna make it from 1 second to the next. Everything pisses me off my minds racing and i dont understand anything anymore if i survive till tomorrow i'll be shocked

[Evil_Won]

Hey all just wanted to say a quick hi :) well its been 9 days of being free of that devil woman copehagen !!!!! She had me beat for 20 plus years at a tin a day and enough was enough. Im not sure if im even in the correct posting area so I wont say to much . chow 4 now

Get to the Welcome Center (Salmon colored link near the top left) and read those quick points. Then head over to June 14 (day 9 of no nicotine, right?) and add your name and day # to Roll Call. Repeat tomorrow.

Again, read the Welcome Center ASAP. Remember, this is a no nicotine site, not just dip. No cigs, e-cigs, pipes, plugs, cigars, nic-gum, nic-lozenges, etc. None means none.

[DC3272]

Hey all just wanted to say a quick hi :) well its been 9 days of being free of that devil woman copehagen !!!!! She had me beat for 20 plus years at a tin a day and enough was enough. Im not sure if im even in the correct posting area so I wont say to much . chow 4 now

[chewie]

New Blog Post: Rest In Peace WarE2013
http://blog.killthecan.org/2014/03/rest ... -ware2013/

[quitspit]

Thanks so much for the encouragement guys.  Had my first work day without a dip today.  It was tough...the drive into the office to sitting there trying to get stuff done.  One of the things I really relied on chew was the ability to concentrate when I had some sort of document I had to read or edit or deal with in some way.  I have a sort of ADD and I've used nicotine as my ritalin over the years starting in school.  That's probably been the tougher part of this quit so far as my mind races from one thing to the next.  Any of you guys have this issue?  Anyone move over to Aderol or ritalin to help with that?  What were your results with that.

One other really cool thing that happened. I told my daughter I had quit today after reading the Contract to give up.  I could never give that to her.  I could never lie to here like that so I have to finish this race.  She just looked at me and said "good."  That's it.  No excitement no big deal just good.  I thought about it a minute and realized that at this point in time - she just believes in me so much that it's done.  I love that.  She doesn't know i've tried and failed a 100 times.  She doesn't care.  To her - I"m her dad and I can do anything I say I'm going to do.  When was the last time you had someone believe in you so much.

Last discovery today - a guy I don't even know off the board sent me an email with his phone number to encourage me and to call him if I needed to be talked off the ledge.  I gotta tell you it really moved me.  I had just read that contract to give up and I realized that you guys hate chew.  That contract to give up says I love chew more than anything else.  I hate that it is true.  I love that you guys have turned that love to hate.  You hate it so much that you are fighting to make sure that it doesn't harm anyone else ever again.  If there was a criminal that harmed me or someone I loved I too would fight to make sure that guy would never hurt anyone again.  Instead I love the thing that hurts me and that's an awful awful realization.  I love the thing that not only hurts me but that hurt my family and friends directly and indirectly.  I have embraced and learned to love the criminal. How terrible!!!!  You have turned that love to a hate and hate that is so strong that you would fight to protect me - someone you don't even know.  I'm moved beyond words. 

Thank you.

Nicotine doesn't do any of that stuff that you mentioned. I'm no doctor, but I'm a mess and will offer my $0.02.

Maybe you have some issue when you know you to have to read something. You are ADD. I am dyslexic. Reading sucks for me unless it is something that I really want to read and it grabs me. I think when you were put into that situation you immediately got nervous. Ole nicotine was there, wired into your brain, and saw your nervousness as an opportunity to dig her claws into your addiction.

The fact is, nicotine placed those feelings into your brain to get the drug it needed. It was the addicition talking, not the reading and concentration. When those feelings went away, it wasn't the nicotine that fixed it, it was your brain saying "thanks" for topping off the drug levels in your blood.

One more tidbit since we are taking this one step at a time....

You did not or do not love the bitch. Nicotine is one of the most addictive and powerful substances known to man. It created the hole that it filled. It made you believe that you needed it. You do not need it, babies are not born and given nicotine to survive. You really need to turn your attitude around and start getting angry about the lies that you believed for so long.

You can do this.

Simple formula-

1 problem + nicotine = 2 problems.

Post roll early every day and then keep your word. There is no finish line, there is no tomorrow. Quit today and the rest will take care of itself.

Amazing summary, Evil Won

"Simple formula-

1 problem + nicotine = 2 problems."

That's about all you need to know when you start trying to blame/justify your issues
while in the claws of your quit.