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Offline Parputt

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Re: Help
« Reply #33 on: July 21, 2011, 10:50:00 AM »
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Keep it up Seaman, you got this!
Thanks for the encouragement guys, another thing that seems to help so far is reading stories of cancer survivors, and those not so fortunate. Particularly Jenny Kern's story, it literally brings tears to my eyes. And that poor guy Gruen with half a jaw, scares me shitless because he only dipped for like 7 years, but that's just 4 shy of myself. Granted, I don't think I dipped to the extreme of these guys, but, just knowing that I was once on that path, and seeing what happened to them, is enough to make me validate my quit to myself. That and forcing myself to look at pictures of oral cancer.
I just wanted to call you Seaman 'crackup'

Just ribbing you, my dad was at sea during WWII and I have a niece fixing to retire. Thanks for your service and STAY QUIT!
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Re: Help
« Reply #32 on: July 21, 2011, 10:00:00 AM »
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Keep it up Seaman, you got this!
Thanks for the encouragement guys, another thing that seems to help so far is reading stories of cancer survivors, and those not so fortunate. Particularly Jenny Kern's story, it literally brings tears to my eyes. And that poor guy Gruen with half a jaw, scares me shitless because he only dipped for like 7 years, but that's just 4 shy of myself. Granted, I don't think I dipped to the extreme of these guys, but, just knowing that I was once on that path, and seeing what happened to them, is enough to make me validate my quit to myself. That and forcing myself to look at pictures of oral cancer.
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Re: Help
« Reply #31 on: July 21, 2011, 09:33:00 AM »
Keep it up Seaman, you got this!
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Re: Help
« Reply #30 on: July 21, 2011, 09:24:00 AM »
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OH YES! OH HELL YES! LISTEN UP YOU ITALIAN FASHIONISTA...you and I will skip through the woods carrying our sickles of quit. At every turn the lying nic bitch will nip at our heels but you will deliver a clean slice across the heathen's throat. With pleasure, you'll skin that bitch, leaving the devil's carcass at the side of the road. With those pelts you'll build your ultimate bitch boots of quit with the your motto "I QUIT ON YOU" on their soles. Welcome to the quit.
Dude...whatever you're on, you gotta share. 'crackup'

Great job Prada!!!
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Re: Help
« Reply #29 on: July 21, 2011, 08:45:00 AM »
OH YES! OH HELL YES! LISTEN UP YOU ITALIAN FASHIONISTA...you and I will skip through the woods carrying our sickles of quit. At every turn the lying nic bitch will nip at our heels but you will deliver a clean slice across the heathen's throat. With pleasure, you'll skin that bitch, leaving the devil's carcass at the side of the road. With those pelts you'll build your ultimate bitch boots of quit with the your motto "I QUIT ON YOU" on their soles. Welcome to the quit.
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Re: Help
« Reply #28 on: July 21, 2011, 08:35:00 AM »
one day at a time is the only way to do this. hell, i can't even wrap my brain around next week right now (real life or my quit). baby steps to freedom...
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Re: Help
« Reply #27 on: July 21, 2011, 07:52:00 AM »
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Nice work sister. At this point I would offer a "borderline psychotic" welcome. Its usually filled with imagery about a "nic bitch" but I feel that may be offensive. Can I offer a label of "nic prick" for an enemy?

Glad you are quit. Welcome aboard. Read read read. Everything. Post roll every freakin' day. No excuses. Make it happen. And keep to your word.

Reach out. Get involved.

-Soul
Hahahaha, the word bitch is hardly offensive, I hear it literally everyday [not always directed at me of course, lmao]

Just posted 2nd day of roll, yesterday [as predicted] I had a mini freak out but these mint snuff packets are literally saving my life, everybody thinks I'm chewing gum cause they smell so strong.

Day 5 bring it!!! So far its too much for my brain to handle the forever thing, so I'm really trying to think of it in terms of day by day... that and anxiously awaiting that NiP shit I ordered.

Thanks again everyone for helping me do this!!!
Keep thinking 1 day at a time.
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Re: Help
« Reply #26 on: July 21, 2011, 07:47:00 AM »
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Nice work sister. At this point I would offer a "borderline psychotic" welcome. Its usually filled with imagery about a "nic bitch" but I feel that may be offensive. Can I offer a label of "nic prick" for an enemy?

Glad you are quit. Welcome aboard. Read read read. Everything. Post roll every freakin' day. No excuses. Make it happen. And keep to your word.

Reach out. Get involved.

-Soul
Hahahaha, the word bitch is hardly offensive, I hear it literally everyday [not always directed at me of course, lmao]

Just posted 2nd day of roll, yesterday [as predicted] I had a mini freak out but these mint snuff packets are literally saving my life, everybody thinks I'm chewing gum cause they smell so strong.

Day 5 bring it!!! So far its too much for my brain to handle the forever thing, so I'm really trying to think of it in terms of day by day... that and anxiously awaiting that NiP shit I ordered.

Thanks again everyone for helping me do this!!!
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Re: Help
« Reply #25 on: July 20, 2011, 07:31:00 PM »
Nice work sister. At this point I would offer a "borderline psychotic" welcome. Its usually filled with imagery about a "nic bitch" but I feel that may be offensive. Can I offer a label of "nic prick" for an enemy?

Glad you are quit. Welcome aboard. Read read read. Everything. Post roll every freakin' day. No excuses. Make it happen. And keep to your word.

Reach out. Get involved.

-Soul
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Re: Help
« Reply #24 on: July 20, 2011, 03:38:00 PM »
Awesome ! Nice work Prada . One day , one hour , one minute at a time .

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Offline Parputt

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Re: Help
« Reply #23 on: July 20, 2011, 11:11:00 AM »
:) :)
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Re: Help
« Reply #22 on: July 20, 2011, 11:00:00 AM »
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Re: Help
« Reply #21 on: July 20, 2011, 10:04:00 AM »
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i quit.
That's the way to do it. I sent you an email but don't know if you got it yet. Check your inbox here (upper right corner) for a PM. Get more names and numbers to help with your accountability. We've got your back.
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Re: Help
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Re: Help
« Reply #19 on: July 20, 2011, 09:10:00 AM »
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Prada I've been trying communicate to new quitters what the mental fight is. What you are fighting and who you are fighting. Its difficult to do. To me it sounds like you're not on the right page with your planning, and substitutes and whatnot. I put a shit load of time into my quit because it is my priority. I have cultivated it. I own it. One day my quit will be able to talk to God - that's the voodoo magic strength my quit's gonna have.

This is how I picture the fight...

Picture yourself in the room with your co-workers. Everyone of them has a dip in and there are nasty spitters all around. Just standing all around you throughout the room. Another person you don't know is present. You can't really make out who it is at first but that person becomes more visible as the co-workers fade away. The more and more visible this person is the less visible your co-workers until finally the person is completely visible and your co-workers and the room are gone.

When you look at this person, you see that it looks like you. Its a bigger you...stronger...with an expression of pleasureful contempt on her face. She has a giant dip in and spit is dripping down her chin. Her skin is blotchy and her hair a mess. Her fists are clenched. She looks like she would take pleasure in doing you harm. And she definitely intends to harm you.

When you finally realize who she is, she's standing right in front of you. She's Prada Devil or "Pradevil". Nose to nose. Not more than an inch away. You can smell the dip on her breath. If you blink, she's going to rip your throat out and scream when she does. Only one of you can live. This is the fight.

You are already fighting this fight. This Pradevil has been kicking your ass for years. Now, you have to engage in that fight. If you can kick her ass and you are the one left standing, that's quit. Its got nothing to do with substitutes or what day of the week you quit or where you quit or WHEN you quit. That enemy will always be there. Its there now.
That's good shit right there...

At this point we'd tell a guy to go find his balls, "sack up", and go post roll...not sure how to say that to a female...find your ovaries just doesn't quite work. Anyway, you get the point. Flush whatever you have down the toilet and move on, post roll, promise to everyone on this list that you will quit for today...just today. Come back tomorrow and do it again.
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