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Re: this time is for real
« Reply #144 on: July 22, 2015, 10:22:00 AM »
Thanks for everything you do for the newbies, Cando. It goes a long way and is much appreciated. Hope all is well with your new biz. Proud to quit with you today.
"Fuck nicotine dude. You don't need it. And you don't want it. It didn't do a thing for you and you know it." - worktowin
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Re: this time is for real
« Reply #143 on: July 22, 2015, 09:38:00 AM »
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Congratulations on 1 year!
1 year 10 years just keep doing what you're doing its needed! Congratulations my friend!
Congrats Cando!!!
Candi on a sweetride to quitsville!
Congratulations on your milestone of 1 year!
Enjoy it and here's to quitting with you today!
You have helped so many... but I thank you for helping me.

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Re: this time is for real
« Reply #142 on: July 22, 2015, 09:36:00 AM »
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Congratulations on 1 year!
1 year 10 years just keep doing what you're doing its needed! Congratulations my friend!
Congrats Cando!!!

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Re: this time is for real
« Reply #141 on: July 22, 2015, 08:41:00 AM »
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Congratulations on 1 year!
1 year 10 years just keep doing what you're doing its needed! Congratulations my friend!
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Re: this time is for real
« Reply #140 on: July 22, 2015, 08:39:00 AM »
Congratulations on 1 year!

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Re: this time is for real
« Reply #139 on: July 22, 2015, 08:32:00 AM »
Congrats on one stellar trip around the sun. That is good stuff and a fine example. Thank you.

Best of fortune with your new life, clarity and endeavors.

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Re: this time is for real
« Reply #138 on: July 21, 2015, 12:24:00 AM »
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Quote from: Candoit
363 days... The same forwards and backwards, a palindromeic number.

My life is almost palindromeic.

The stress, the same as a year ago.
The pressures from life, the same as a year ago.
The way I deal with the pressures and stress, not the same as a year ago.

I was under the false pretense that I needed to have nicotine in my system to cope and overcome those stressors.

I this last 363 days I have:
- Saved my marriage
- Lost control of my career
- Fought anxiety
- Developed tools and strategies to overcome
- Fought to keep my job
- Realized that it is a job and not who I am
- Began to regain control by no longer changing who I am fo the sake of others
- Resigned from my job
- Sued my former employer
- Won a 4 month paid vacation.
- Got blacklisted in education
- Realized that my children pay more than any job
- Dad is a better title than principal
- Concluded that one does not need 30 desks and 4 walls to be a teacher. Just an opportunity.
- Choose to start my own business

That choice brought back the stressors on the marriage. But I am 100% nicotine free, through out all of this. I haven't focused on a set amount of days, just get to tomorrow. Today is doable, beyond that is too much.

I quit for today.
Dad is better title than principal. That is awesome! There will always be job opportunities but you only have your chance to be a dad once in life. You will get through this you very smart man and strong willed! Good luck on your business. Damn proud to be quit with you today my friend!
Thanks for posting this Candoit. Some ring true already, others I look forward to experiencing. Good way to jump off this week. Quit with you today.

King
Keep killing it every day man.

Proud of you.
Glad I caught on to your shirt-tail.
Strong quit to follow. Sincere Thx.
Today is what we control. The more support we have the easier today is. Thank you all.
I've learned plenty from you Cando and I want to thank you for that. I know that if you put the kind of passion you have for quitting into a business, or just about anything for that matter, you will succeed. Women are another matter completely.

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Re: this time is for real
« Reply #137 on: July 20, 2015, 04:29:00 PM »
Quote from: ChickDip
Quote from: wastepanel
Quote from: KingNothing
Quote from: Pab194
Quote from: Candoit
363 days... The same forwards and backwards, a palindromeic number.

My life is almost palindromeic.

The stress, the same as a year ago.
The pressures from life, the same as a year ago.
The way I deal with the pressures and stress, not the same as a year ago.

I was under the false pretense that I needed to have nicotine in my system to cope and overcome those stressors.

I this last 363 days I have:
- Saved my marriage
- Lost control of my career
- Fought anxiety
- Developed tools and strategies to overcome
- Fought to keep my job
- Realized that it is a job and not who I am
- Began to regain control by no longer changing who I am fo the sake of others
- Resigned from my job
- Sued my former employer
- Won a 4 month paid vacation.
- Got blacklisted in education
- Realized that my children pay more than any job
- Dad is a better title than principal
- Concluded that one does not need 30 desks and 4 walls to be a teacher. Just an opportunity.
- Choose to start my own business

That choice brought back the stressors on the marriage. But I am 100% nicotine free, through out all of this. I haven't focused on a set amount of days, just get to tomorrow. Today is doable, beyond that is too much.

I quit for today.
Dad is better title than principal. That is awesome! There will always be job opportunities but you only have your chance to be a dad once in life. You will get through this you very smart man and strong willed! Good luck on your business. Damn proud to be quit with you today my friend!
Thanks for posting this Candoit. Some ring true already, others I look forward to experiencing. Good way to jump off this week. Quit with you today.

King
Keep killing it every day man.

Proud of you.
Glad I caught on to your shirt-tail.
Strong quit to follow. Sincere Thx.
Today is what we control. The more support we have the easier today is. Thank you all.
There are no circumstances in which using nicotine will improve the outcome.

My journey. The best part it is not over yet.

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Re: this time is for real
« Reply #136 on: July 20, 2015, 12:49:00 PM »
Quote from: wastepanel
Quote from: KingNothing
Quote from: Candoit
363 days... The same forwards and backwards, a palindromeic number.

My life is almost palindromeic.

The stress, the same as a year ago.
The pressures from life, the same as a year ago.
The way I deal with the pressures and stress, not the same as a year ago.

I was under the false pretense that I needed to have nicotine in my system to cope and overcome those stressors.

I this last 363 days I have:
- Saved my marriage
- Lost control of my career
- Fought anxiety
- Developed tools and strategies to overcome
- Fought to keep my job
- Realized that it is a job and not who I am
- Began to regain control by no longer changing who I am fo the sake of others
- Resigned from my job
- Sued my former employer
- Won a 4 month paid vacation.
- Got blacklisted in education
- Realized that my children pay more than any job
- Dad is a better title than principal
- Concluded that one does not need 30 desks and 4 walls to be a teacher. Just an opportunity.
- Choose to start my own business

That choice brought back the stressors on the marriage. But I am 100% nicotine free, through out all of this. I haven't focused on a set amount of days, just get to tomorrow. Today is doable, beyond that is too much.

I quit for today.
Thanks for posting this Candoit. Some ring true already, others I look forward to experiencing. Good way to jump off this week. Quit with you today.

King
Keep killing it every day man.

Proud of you.
Glad I caught on to your shirt-tail.
Strong quit to follow. Sincere Thx.
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Try to believe that you are worth more than you think, and others are worth more than you think.
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Re: this time is for real
« Reply #135 on: July 20, 2015, 12:37:00 PM »
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Quote from: Candoit
363 days... The same forwards and backwards, a palindromeic number.

My life is almost palindromeic.

The stress, the same as a year ago.
The pressures from life, the same as a year ago.
The way I deal with the pressures and stress, not the same as a year ago.

I was under the false pretense that I needed to have nicotine in my system to cope and overcome those stressors.

I this last 363 days I have:
- Saved my marriage
- Lost control of my career
- Fought anxiety
- Developed tools and strategies to overcome
- Fought to keep my job
- Realized that it is a job and not who I am
- Began to regain control by no longer changing who I am fo the sake of others
- Resigned from my job
- Sued my former employer
- Won a 4 month paid vacation.
- Got blacklisted in education
- Realized that my children pay more than any job
- Dad is a better title than principal
- Concluded that one does not need 30 desks and 4 walls to be a teacher. Just an opportunity.
- Choose to start my own business

That choice brought back the stressors on the marriage. But I am 100% nicotine free, through out all of this. I haven't focused on a set amount of days, just get to tomorrow. Today is doable, beyond that is too much.

I quit for today.
Thanks for posting this Candoit. Some ring true already, others I look forward to experiencing. Good way to jump off this week. Quit with you today.

King
Keep killing it every day man.

Proud of you.
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Re: this time is for real
« Reply #134 on: July 20, 2015, 11:10:00 AM »
Quote from: Candoit
363 days... The same forwards and backwards, a palindromeic number.

My life is almost palindromeic.

The stress, the same as a year ago.
The pressures from life, the same as a year ago.
The way I deal with the pressures and stress, not the same as a year ago.

I was under the false pretense that I needed to have nicotine in my system to cope and overcome those stressors.

I this last 363 days I have:
- Saved my marriage
- Lost control of my career
- Fought anxiety
- Developed tools and strategies to overcome
- Fought to keep my job
- Realized that it is a job and not who I am
- Began to regain control by no longer changing who I am fo the sake of others
- Resigned from my job
- Sued my former employer
- Won a 4 month paid vacation.
- Got blacklisted in education
- Realized that my children pay more than any job
- Dad is a better title than principal
- Concluded that one does not need 30 desks and 4 walls to be a teacher. Just an opportunity.
- Choose to start my own business

That choice brought back the stressors on the marriage. But I am 100% nicotine free, through out all of this. I haven't focused on a set amount of days, just get to tomorrow. Today is doable, beyond that is too much.

I quit for today.
Thanks for posting this Candoit. Some ring true already, others I look forward to experiencing. Good way to jump off this week. Quit with you today.

King
"Fuck nicotine dude. You don't need it. And you don't want it. It didn't do a thing for you and you know it." - worktowin
"today you dissided that shit wont control your life. and it wont. unless you let it." - drome
"Not thinking about nicotine is for people who've never used nicotine. We threw that option away with the first dip or drag on a cigarette. We are addicts, and cannot become un-addicted." - wildirish317
"You need to decide how much you really want to be quit." - pky1520
We are always at risk. And probably always will be. That is why I will never get "too quit" to post my +1. Every. Damn. Day. - geis2597

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Re: this time is for real
« Reply #133 on: July 20, 2015, 09:47:00 AM »
Quote from: Candoit
363 days... The same forwards and backwards, a palindromeic number.

My life is almost palindromeic.

The stress, the same as a year ago.
The pressures from life, the same as a year ago.
The way I deal with the pressures and stress, not the same as a year ago.

I was under the false pretense that I needed to have nicotine in my system to cope and overcome those stressors.

I this last 363 days I have:
- Saved my marriage
- Lost control of my career
- Fought anxiety
- Developed tools and strategies to overcome
- Fought to keep my job
- Realized that it is a job and not who I am
- Began to regain control by no longer changing who I am fo the sake of others
- Resigned from my job
- Sued my former employer
- Won a 4 month paid vacation.
- Got blacklisted in education
- Realized that my children pay more than any job
- Dad is a better title than principal
- Concluded that one does not need 30 desks and 4 walls to be a teacher. Just an opportunity.
- Choose to start my own business

That choice brought back the stressors on the marriage. But I am 100% nicotine free, through out all of this. I haven't focused on a set amount of days, just get to tomorrow. Today is doable, beyond that is too much.

I quit for today.
Dad is better title than principal. That is awesome! There will always be job opportunities but you only have your chance to be a dad once in life. You will get through this you very smart man and strong willed! Good luck on your business. Damn proud to be quit with you today my friend!
Tobacco is so addictive it took me a year after a massive heart attack, in which doctor confirmed caused from dipping to finally put a lid on the bitch! ODAAT EDD

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Re: this time is for real
« Reply #132 on: July 20, 2015, 07:28:00 AM »
363 days... The same forwards and backwards, a palindromeic number.

My life is almost palindromeic.

The stress, the same as a year ago.
The pressures from life, the same as a year ago.
The way I deal with the pressures and stress, not the same as a year ago.

I was under the false pretense that I needed to have nicotine in my system to cope and overcome those stressors.

I this last 363 days I have:
- Saved my marriage
- Lost control of my career
- Fought anxiety
- Developed tools and strategies to overcome
- Fought to keep my job
- Realized that it is a job and not who I am
- Began to regain control by no longer changing who I am fo the sake of others
- Resigned from my job
- Sued my former employer
- Won a 4 month paid vacation.
- Got blacklisted in education
- Realized that my children pay more than any job
- Dad is a better title than principal
- Concluded that one does not need 30 desks and 4 walls to be a teacher. Just an opportunity.
- Choose to start my own business

That choice brought back the stressors on the marriage. But I am 100% nicotine free, through out all of this. I haven't focused on a set amount of days, just get to tomorrow. Today is doable, beyond that is too much.

I quit for today.
There are no circumstances in which using nicotine will improve the outcome.

My journey. The best part it is not over yet.

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Re: this time is for real
« Reply #131 on: May 23, 2015, 02:41:00 PM »
Dropkick Murphys Boys on the Docks....

Say hey Johnny boy, the battle call.
United we stand, divided we fall.
Together we are what we can't be alone,
We came to this country, you made it our home.

This man so humble, this man so brave.
A legend to many, he fought to his grave.
Saved family and friends from the hardship and horror,
in a land of depression he gave hope for tomorrow.

Say Johnny me boy, this ones for you.
With the strength of many and the courage of few.
To what do we owe this man who's fight
was for the masses, he gave his life.

Say hey Johnny boy, the battle call
United we stand, divided we fall.
Together we are what we can't be alone,
We came to this country, you made it our home.

A friend to the locals who dabbled in crime.
He'd give you a job and he'd give you his time.
He wasn't a crook, but he couldn't be conned.
John knew the difference between right and wrong.

Say Johnny me boy, you live no longer,
Others forgotten, your memory's stronger.
Lets drink to the causes in your life:
Your family, your friends, the union, your wife.

Say hey Johnny boy, the battle call.
United we stand, divided we fall.
Together we are what we can't be alone.
We came to this country, you made it our home.
[x2]

And the boys on the docks needed John for sure.
When they came to this country he opened the door.
He said "Man I'll tell ya, they don't like our kind.
Though it starts with a fist it must end with your mind."

Say hey Johnny boy, the battle call.
United we stand, divided we fall.
Together we are what we can't be alone.
We came to this country you made it our home.
There are no circumstances in which using nicotine will improve the outcome.

My journey. The best part it is not over yet.