I have been free from nicotine for over a year now and have never felt better! In the beginning I wondered how in the world I could continue to not smoke simply by promising a bunch of Internet strangers that I would not use nicotine. I meanÂ… what about when I drink? What about when I have a bad day? What am I supposed to do when someone has one in front of me and IÂ’m too weak to fight the craves? Through this site, I quickly learned that all we have to do is quit one day at a time. Once you make your promise not to useÂ… you donÂ’t use that day. Worrying about anything other than today can cause you to fail. That can be enough for some people but for me it just was not enough. I can keep a promise, but I did not have to make it every day. What keeps me coming back first thing every morning to make my promise are the relationships I have formed with the good people within this community.
I have met so many great people through KTC. Getting to know them and actually becoming friends has made the difference between quitting and stopping for me. These quitters are a part of my daily life. We connect and share with each other about our worlds. When I am excited about something great that has happened in my life, my quitter friends are usually the first to know. When something bad has happened and IÂ’m angry or sad, once again, my quitter friends are the first to know. They are the backbone of my quit. Without them IÂ’d probably find other things to do than post roll every morning and eventually I would not remember or wouldnÂ’t care that IÂ’m an addict. I would be tempted by the bitch and instead of reaching out to a quit brother or sister I would have that one drag that would turn me into a full time smoker again.
Making friends with quitters (vets, people in my group as well as new quitters still in the fog) has made my quit what it is todayÂ…378 days and going strong. So many things have happened in my life over the last year. I have come full circle in my quit. I have made it through every holiday and special occasion without nicotine. I have dealt with grief, death, sadness, anger, hurt, disappointment and any other negative feeling you can imagine without nicotine. I have also experienced many good things over the last year and I did it all without nicotine. I am not saying that there will never be a crave or another bad day in my future. I am saying that I am confident that with the tools IÂ’ve obtained from KTC I will be able to get through them just fine without nicotine as long as I promise daily to quit with you all. I have armed myself with the greatest weapons to fight the bitchÂ…Other badass quitters!
Whether on day 2 or 2,000 remember....ItÂ’s not the size of your quit that matters rather the desire and devotion you have to do whatever it takes to maintain it!
