Better late than never

[wastepanel]

Some great ideas,,,thanks!
My big fear right now is hunting season.next to drinking beer it's probably the biggest dipping trigger for me! But seeing how I'll be a good 50 something days into my quit I should be able to handle it.

'Remshot'  'Remshot'

I tell you it's still hard for me during hunting season but I bring sunflower seeds with me cuz I KNOW the nic bi**h will come calling the minute I don't prepare myself.

Keep posting roll daily and encouraging these other quitters!

We are a giant quit family and we're all in this together!

Miles - 905 and quit with you!

Seasonal Triggers  Hunting

Just saw your post in the input section, about seasonal triggersÂ…Your archery season trigger is familiar. Many of us hunt, many of us dipped during that timeÂ….Manly men were we.

Battling triggers down the line, triggers you have not faced yet, while being quit can be tricky for some. There are a few ways you can go about dealing with these.

1. Prepare for it.
Get out, shoot some arrows (go bowling before your league starts, whatever) without the dip. Start re-training now.

2. Use the tools you have gained.
When you head out to the hunt, you know you may crave something. But you are smarter than the nic bitch. You are going to go prepared. Gum (they sell scentless gum!), seeds, jerky..Amazing. The same tools you used to get where you are today. The Contract to Quit – you can carry that with your hunting license. Phone numbers…You know you’re gonna have your cell phone. Your hunting buddies….Oh man…I bet at least one of them is a dipper….Be upfront, be strong, be forceful. Make damn sure everyone knows that you have quit and they are not to give you any. Not now, not ever. Not when you are sitting around the campfire after a long day of hunting, maybe tipping a few back….That includes cigars too NEVER. Are these people your friends? Damn well better be. You are going to be stronger than any of them.

3. Prepare (part 2)
Check your hunting backpack, duffle bag, etc. Make sure there is nothing in them to tempt you.

4. Upsides
Deer will not be smelling any mint/wintergreen/tobacco/fake stinky apple, cherry, peach stench coming from your stand.

Your mouth will feel cleaner.

What you have learned, what you know, and knowing in advance that you may be facing some urges will enable you to be ready to come back clean.

I’ll be dove hunting in a couple of weeks with one, if not two dippers. I am not worried. You see, I’m quit. I have closed that door. I’ve been in that situation before though. First time, I’d look sideways at the guys when they would put one in. Now? I look at them and tell them that that shit will kill them. And I realize – Damn, that shit stinks!

YouÂ…YouÂ’re quit too. You donÂ’t do that anymore.

Chewie's thoughts

If you want to be quit and you pursue being quit, then you will be quit. You can do this.

[miles]

Some great ideas,,,thanks!
My big fear right now is hunting season.next to drinking beer it's probably the biggest dipping trigger for me! But seeing how I'll be a good 50 something days into my quit I should be able to handle it.

'Remshot' 'Remshot'

I tell you it's still hard for me during hunting season but I bring sunflower seeds with me cuz I KNOW the nic bi**h will come calling the minute I don't prepare myself.

Keep posting roll daily and encouraging these other quitters!

We are a giant quit family and we're all in this together!

Miles - 905 and quit with you!

[Felcie]

Some great ideas,,,thanks!
My big fear right now is hunting season.next to drinking beer it's probably the biggest dipping trigger for me! But seeing how I'll be a good 50 something days into my quit I should be able to handle it.

'Remshot' 'Remshot'

[KC_Guy]

Generally, I find that cravings are like telemarketers. If you just hang up on them right away, and say, "caving is not an option. I am not caving today," they go away easier. If you let them hang out in your head and play with them, "boy, it sure would be nice to sit on the porch with a beer and big fat lip of chew" They grab hold of your old thinking and the addict brain and are much harder to get past.
Don't get me wrong, they still come, but they don't get to your inner thoughts or emotional connections.
My two cents
Stay quit my brothers

This is an excellent way to look at cravings. The method I use is very similar. Everytime the nic bitch comes around whispering I say outloud or under my breath FUCK NO. Then continue on with my day. Quittin aint easy but it sure is fun.

[CaliforniaSlim]

Generally, I find that cravings are like telemarketers. If you just hang up on them right away, and say, "caving is not an option. I am not caving today," they go away easier. If you let them hang out in your head and play with them, "boy, it sure would be nice to sit on the porch with a beer and big fat lip of chew" They grab hold of your old thinking and the addict brain and are much harder to get past.
Don't get me wrong, they still come, but they don't get to your inner thoughts or emotional connections.
My two cents
Stay quit my brothers

[Mike from AB]

Yes, downtime is where it hits me hardest. I'm thnking that's why they recommend upping exercise during the quit, but I admit I haven't gotten on that yet.

[Felcie]

Thanks Diesel, Mike, Fighting. Radman........
It is just nice to know I'm not alone with them afternoon cravings and that they WILL fade away in time. I find if I keep myself extra busy with something,,,anything they are not as bad but if I have too much downtime they can really screw with my head! Soooo I will keep busy and kick um to the curb!

[Diesel2112]

Thanks Bean, The quit is not in danger, just getting annoyed with the afternoon cravings. Kinda figured they would be gone by now, but I will outlast them!

30 days is not enough time to erase 30 years of use.

You're gonna crave for awhile, but every time you beat the crave and don't give in, you gain a small victory.

Over time those little victories add up and that's when things start to get easier.

Don't worry about "when" the craves will fade. Simply worry about today. Nothing more.

Quit on...

[Mike from AB]

Thanks Bean, The quit is not in danger, just getting annoyed with the afternoon cravings. Kinda figured they would be gone by now, but I will outlast them!

Good to know I'm not the only one  can expect it for awhile yet. Because I can power through the morning on willpower  hope, but yeah by the afternoon, I'm thinking about having a dip until I grab some hooch, then I'm just thinking about going for a smoke. Ugh. At some point the thoughts have to stop, even if it's more annoying than physical.

[FIGHTIN-IGNORANCE]

Thanks for all the kind words and encouragement!

Soooo whats up with these afternoon cravings that keep popping up?
I know I need to re-train my brain anyone have any pointers on how to shake these late day cravings? Hitting the gum seems to help some.....

For me...Breathsavers and logging on to KTC on my iphone to encourage someone else. Encouraging other quitters really helped me stay quit.

They say it takes 20 days to develope a new routine. It took me waaay longer than that...guess I'm a slow learner? But it did get better.

You got this, brother!

I agree with Bean.... it takes a long time to retrain your brain and alter the habits. Honestly, the afternoon cravings were one of my worst issues. Come back to the office after lunch, and I'd have an awful time about an hour later. I kept a desk drawer full of seeds here, but it still gave me a fit. Something that worked well for me was excercise. It didn't have to be extreme. I work on the ground floor of a 4-story building. When one of those rough spots hit me, I'd go climb the stairs to the roof, look out over the town, get a little fresh air, then come back to my desk. Problem solved, every time.

May not fit into your routine, but it sure worked for me.

Felcie..I am right there with you. The cravings keep coming for me as well. mine seem to be constant. I am not sure why but I have the urge for dip of an on all day long. Gum helps some but seeds and smokey have helped me the most. Getting on KTC has helped me out every time as well.

[Radman]

Thanks for all the kind words and encouragement!

Soooo whats up with these afternoon cravings that keep popping up?
I know I need to re-train my brain anyone have any pointers on how to shake these late day cravings? Hitting the gum seems to help some.....

For me...Breathsavers and logging on to KTC on my iphone to encourage someone else. Encouraging other quitters really helped me stay quit.

They say it takes 20 days to develope a new routine. It took me waaay longer than that...guess I'm a slow learner? But it did get better.

You got this, brother!

I agree with Bean.... it takes a long time to retrain your brain and alter the habits. Honestly, the afternoon cravings were one of my worst issues. Come back to the office after lunch, and I'd have an awful time about an hour later. I kept a desk drawer full of seeds here, but it still gave me a fit. Something that worked well for me was excercise. It didn't have to be extreme. I work on the ground floor of a 4-story building. When one of those rough spots hit me, I'd go climb the stairs to the roof, look out over the town, get a little fresh air, then come back to my desk. Problem solved, every time.

May not fit into your routine, but it sure worked for me.

[Felcie]

Thanks Bean, The quit is not in danger, just getting annoyed with the afternoon cravings. Kinda figured they would be gone by now, but I will outlast them!

[Bean]

Thanks for all the kind words and encouragement!

Soooo whats up with these afternoon cravings that keep popping up?
I know I need to re-train my brain anyone have any pointers on how to shake these late day cravings? Hitting the gum seems to help some.....

For me...Breathsavers and logging on to KTC on my iphone to encourage someone else. Encouraging other quitters really helped me stay quit.

They say it takes 20 days to develope a new routine. It took me waaay longer than that...guess I'm a slow learner? But it did get better.

You got this, brother!

[Felcie]

Thanks for all the kind words and encouragement!

Soooo whats up with these afternoon cravings that keep popping up?
I know I need to re-train my brain anyone have any pointers on how to shake these late day cravings? Hitting the gum seems to help some.....

[Mike from AB]

Welcome Felcie! Glad you made it through the physical withdrawl stages  kept it up to 30 days now. Congrats!