I am a nicotine addict.

[georgehayduke]

The hours will turn into days. From my experience, you are past the worst in terms of physical pain, but mentally will still be a trying experience. I am only day 60 and dip is still calling my name. I feel better rejecting her, but she is persistent. Still, I feel so much better kicking the can to the curb than facing the regret and shame from a cave. Quit is forever and I am glad to be quit and would be glad to help you be quit!

[pbrain04]

So I have made it past 72 hours and am now at 81 hours.  I somehow thought I would level out after the first 72 due to the lack of nicotine in the blood stream but only it seems that I have had more extreme highs and lows.  I quit and am quit and will quit everyday despite highs and lows.

Sorry dude. The nic is out of your system but now the fun really starts. For me it was like a drunkin constipated anxious angry lazy sleepy hungry out of body experience. It sucks. I'm 32 days and it still sucks.

But you know what? I've learned to like it. I embrace it. It means I am winning.

Embrace your suck man. You are doing great. Stay quit.

Pb
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[SirDerek]

So I have made it past 72 hours and am now at 81 hours. I somehow thought I would level out after the first 72 due to the lack of nicotine in the blood stream but only it seems that I have had more extreme highs and lows. I quit and am quit and will quit everyday despite highs and lows.

the whole process is a roller coaster. so yes you will get the highs and lows as you keep the poison out of your body and let it heal.

you got this so hang in there and hang on.

and reach out to your brothers here when you do get into that low time.

[ASowles]

So I have made it past 72 hours and am now at 81 hours. I somehow thought I would level out after the first 72 due to the lack of nicotine in the blood stream but only it seems that I have had more extreme highs and lows. I quit and am quit and will quit everyday despite highs and lows.

[30isEnuff]

So here I am like the rest of you addicted to nicotine. My name is Aaron and for 15 years or half my life I have been using it in one form or another.  What I am most ashamed of is I have quit for 2 years and still fallen back to the drug.  I have lost relationships over the drug, along with who knows how much time and money.  I want to be free from it but love it none the less  36 hours in and here I am.  I quit.

Welcome Aaron
You are in the right place. I am just in the month ahead of you. I am feeling good about you already as you have acknowledged you are a nicotine addict. Know one thing. Nicotine did NOTHING for you! All it did is ease the withdrawals you were going through since your last dip. Get through 3 days of withdrawals and the nic will be out of your system. Stay with us, learn how to post roll. Post your promise not to use nicotine one day at a time (ODAAT) keep you word everyday. There are people here that are posting roll everyday for more than six years. WHY? They are STILL quitting ODAAT.They are still quit, so it must work. Read and learn about our addiction. Then kill it. If you STOPPED for two years you know how to do this. You obviously did not quit. Now you are quit.

You're doing the right thing brother. Read everything on KTC, follow the program, and make some friends. It works. Congrats on making a great decision. I quit with you today.

Aaron as you proceed into this adventure the fog will gradually begin to lift and you will see this nasty evil addiction for what it is and you will realize how you have been deceived into believing you enjoyed killing yourself. For now follow the advise you've been given
And quit with the thousands of us one day at a time!

Welcome to the best of your life...I mean it.
You've stopped before but never have been quit.
Stoppages are for cavers. Don't be a caver. Be a quitter. Live to quit. Quit to Live...ODAAT and NAFAR.
You, my friend will need to see nicotine for what it really is...POISON.
Your change will be a process and not an event....Let's get this process moving!
1. Post roll with your group every a.m. that your feet hit the floor. No excuses.
2. Keep your word all day. Is your word good?
3. Wake and repeat.
This site and brotherhood has all the quitting tools you need...Take what you need, give what you can and leave the bitching to the bitches.
You can really "be quit" the KTC way...I promise you that.
If I can do this, so can YOU!
Cheers.

[brettlees]

he was spinning the can on the table in front of me and I tossed it in the trash. What was crazy was the look on his face....it was like someone just shot his puppy!

Yes! way to set it straight! If he ever wants to quit, you'll be able to show him the ropes here. But in the meantime people around you need to know you are damned serious about this and not even try to f*ck with you about it. You're smelling like a quitter today ASowles!

[ASowles]

"Don't worry bro I brought an extra can for you today!"

What a fantastic friend. There are protocols for work place douchebaggery:

1. Honest Approach - explain to "friend" how after 15 years you have decided to unshackle your soul. You have decided to be a grown up now. No longer will a can of poison control your life. Please "friend" respect my quit and don't offer me any today.

2. The Syndrome - take can, open, and dump on floor. Watch "friend" scramble to salvage spilled cancer dirt.

3. The Texas Panhandle Suds-style Margarita - take offered can, pull scrotum out of front tighty whities pocket, open can, run scrotum over lip of can, close can and hand back to "friend". Then say "lip that, señorita ".

*i personally like #3.
Fuck Cancer.

Lmao! That is great! I felt bad cause he was spinning the can on the table in front of me and I tossed it in the trash. What was crazy was the look on his face....it was like someone just shot his puppy!

I must say that today's quit is going well for being day 3. Having the forums has really been a great distraction/challenge. I know I'm still a newbie but quiting everyday seems like it's gonna stick! Thanks for the continued encouragement.

[Pinched]

"Don't worry bro I brought an extra can for you today!"

What a fantastic friend. There are protocols for work place douchebaggery:

1. Honest Approach - explain to "friend" how after 15 years you have decided to unshackle your soul. You have decided to be a grown up now. No longer will a can of poison control your life. Please "friend" respect my quit and don't offer me any today.

2. The Syndrome - take can, open, and dump on floor. Watch "friend" scramble to salvage spilled cancer dirt.

3. The Texas Panhandle Suds-style Margarita - take offered can, pull scrotum out of front tighty whities pocket, open can, run scrotum over lip of can, close can and hand back to "friend". Then say "lip that, señorita ".

*i personally like #3.
Fuck Cancer.

Action Item #2 worked really well for me! I recommend having your left or right hand free and capable of swinging just in case.

Typical asshole dipper stuff right there. That "friend" deserves a fat lip from a stiff hook!

[ERDVM]

"Don't worry bro I brought an extra can for you today!"

What a fantastic friend. There are protocols for work place douchebaggery:

1. Honest Approach - explain to "friend" how after 15 years you have decided to unshackle your soul. You have decided to be a grown up now. No longer will a can of poison control your life. Please "friend" respect my quit and don't offer me any today.

2. The Syndrome - take can, open, and dump on floor. Watch "friend" scramble to salvage spilled cancer dirt.

3. The Texas Panhandle Suds-style Margarita - take offered can, pull scrotum out of front tighty whities pocket, open can, run scrotum over lip of can, close can and hand back to "friend". Then say "lip that, señorita ".

*i personally like #3.
Fuck Cancer.

[Steakbomb18]

Once at work I was surrounded by 2 users just beating me up. "Don't worry bro I brought an extra can for you today!" !@#$!!!!! If only everyone was as helpful as you guys. I held strong though and am still QUIT.

Hold onto that quit all day brother. Look at it this way, if you cave we're all going to call you a pussy and question if you're as badass a quitter as any of us. You posted roll (nice) and promised yourself, your April quitters, me, and everyone here at KTC that you would quit today. You've been a badass MF quitter for 2 days; stay quit all day and today I'll consider you just as much a badass as the guy who has quit for 500+ consecutive days. When tomorrow comes, we'll do this all over again.

[jaradm]

Thanks for the encouragement guys!  It is much needed right now.  I have tried to quit in the past so many times that when I tell people I quit, including my wife, they all kinda smirk and move on like nothing happened.  The strange thing is that I REALLY QUIT!  I 100% want it and see that I AM QUIT with your guys support and following the program. 

It was funny how yesterday I studied fake chew like it was a naked female.  The only stuff I could get my hands on was Smokey Mountain wintergreen and classic from Walmart.  I was so excited to throw that fake chew in! Boy was I disappointed!  I mean my lip felt about 50%, not enough burn and pretty fine mix.  But my body new I cheated! That's when I knew that despite the tools to help I still had to sweat this one out.  I got home from work and took a shot of Jameson and went straight to bed.  I figured I would sleep off the immediate urge. 

Woke up this morning to Quit Day 3 feeling OK until i had my coffee and realized something was missing.  That's where the fake chew worked great.  Once at work I was surrounded by 2 users just beating me up. "Don't worry bro I brought an extra can for you today!"  !@#$!!!!!  If only everyone was as helpful as you guys.  I held strong though and am still QUIT.

Welcome aboard! I am on day 2 and feeling better already!

One day at a time! We can do this!

[pbrain04]

nice job posting roll. Enjoy your freedom.

[ASowles]

Thanks for the encouragement guys! It is much needed right now. I have tried to quit in the past so many times that when I tell people I quit, including my wife, they all kinda smirk and move on like nothing happened. The strange thing is that I REALLY QUIT! I 100% want it and see that I AM QUIT with your guys support and following the program.

It was funny how yesterday I studied fake chew like it was a naked female. The only stuff I could get my hands on was Smokey Mountain wintergreen and classic from Walmart. I was so excited to throw that fake chew in! Boy was I disappointed! I mean my lip felt about 50%, not enough burn and pretty fine mix. But my body new I cheated! That's when I knew that despite the tools to help I still had to sweat this one out. I got home from work and took a shot of Jameson and went straight to bed. I figured I would sleep off the immediate urge.

Woke up this morning to Quit Day 3 feeling OK until i had my coffee and realized something was missing. That's where the fake chew worked great. Once at work I was surrounded by 2 users just beating me up. "Don't worry bro I brought an extra can for you today!" !@#$!!!!! If only everyone was as helpful as you guys. I held strong though and am still QUIT.

[Wt57]

So here I am like the rest of you addicted to nicotine. My name is Aaron and for 15 years or half my life I have been using it in one form or another.  What I am most ashamed of is I have quit for 2 years and still fallen back to the drug.  I have lost relationships over the drug, along with who knows how much time and money.  I want to be free from it but love it none the less  36 hours in and here I am.  I quit.

Welcome Aaron
You are in the right place. I am just in the month ahead of you. I am feeling good about you already as you have acknowledged you are a nicotine addict. Know one thing. Nicotine did NOTHING for you! All it did is ease the withdrawals you were going through since your last dip. Get through 3 days of withdrawals and the nic will be out of your system. Stay with us, learn how to post roll. Post your promise not to use nicotine one day at a time (ODAAT) keep you word everyday. There are people here that are posting roll everyday for more than six years. WHY? They are STILL quitting ODAAT.They are still quit, so it must work. Read and learn about our addiction. Then kill it. If you STOPPED for two years you know how to do this. You obviously did not quit. Now you are quit.

You're doing the right thing brother. Read everything on KTC, follow the program, and make some friends. It works. Congrats on making a great decision. I quit with you today.

Aaron as you proceed into this adventure the fog will gradually begin to lift and you will see this nasty evil addiction for what it is and you will realize how you have been deceived into believing you enjoyed killing yourself. For now follow the advise you've been given
And quit with the thousands of us one day at a time!

[copingwithoutcopen]

There are many Asowles here, you're gonna fit right in. 'arse'