After 31 years I am going for it and quitting. Up until now I have had an
excuse but my jaw bone is fading away and I'm scared shitless. I have no idea
how I will make it past this first week. I stumbled on this website and to me
is a last chance to free myself of the dip shit mentallity! So if you can show me
the ropes and put up with the profanity that is soon to come. 'bang head'
Thanks Greg
Klark is right...post roll and keep your word. We all have your back now.
As for "how you are going to make it through the first week?" You are going to do it just like everyone here is doing it...one day at a time. (Early on, it was one minute/hour at a time.) Post roll then read all you can. Stay glued to this website. Water, excersize, seeds, fake stuff, cussing, ranting, raving...do anything you have to do to stay nic free. Fight like your life depends on it...because it does!
Look all of the quitters in the "Quit Groups"...not just your group, but click on a few more. That is proof that YOU CAN DO THIS!!! 31 years is a long time, but that number doesn't really matter. You're an addict. Addicts lie, cheat, hide and do just about anything to get their fix. But we're addicts too...and we're staying quit...YOU CAN TOO.
It is as simple as posting your promise. Don't think about "quitting forever." That is too hard, too overwhelming. So don't do it...don't even say you are quitting forever. You are just quitting for today. And anyone, even weak pussies, can go one day without dip. That's all any of us are doing...just quitting for today.
You can't change the past, can't know the future...so don't worry about them. All you need to focus on is right now, today, this five minutes. YOU CAN DO THIS. Also, embrace the suck. It is going to get way worse before it gets better. But train yourself to see that as your body healing. It is the suck, but it is also a wonderful feeling to know that you are getting better with each passing moment. And when it really gets bad, get on this site and just ask for help. Explaining what you are going through will help you see it for what it is...the nicotine mind fuck. You will start to laugh at yourself for all the different ways the Nic Bitch will try to make you rationalize "just one more." If you post roll, and your word is worth anything, you'll keep your promise and defeat the Nic Bitch one day at a time.