To mark what to me is a pretty significant occasion (although I fully recognize it may not hold any meaning at all to others :D ).....
Good morning Sultans,
Not sure why I noticed, but earlier this morning during the round of semi-weekly postings (I have time now as I'm still on break, but during the work week have to limit my postings severely as it just takes entirely too long to cover all the groups nowadays!!)....but I digress. As I was posting support for our brothers and sister in October '14 (gotta love them TITANS!), I noticed my post count was getting really close to a milestone. As I write this, some 933 days removed from June the tenth, 2014 (and by my way of counting 932 days into this quit), this is the NINE-THOUSANDTH, NINE-HUNDREDTH, and NINETY-NINTH post I have entered into these forum pages.
The very next one will be 10,000. //// EDIT: THIS is Post #10,000.... ////
That's a whole lot of time devoted to this quit, but a whole lot less time (and money) than I wasted on that insidious weed in a can. I'm thinking the best way I can "spend" that post is to copy this one and place it in my introduction, as a reminder of how stupid I once was, and how effective this community is. It is truly amazing (once you get past the sophomoric humor and the overall nastiness that some folks bring to these halls) how people can band together to jointly fight an addiction that is nearly impossible to break solo.
I am glad I found this place, and glad for my Sultan family. //// EDIT: I would like to modify and expand this to include not only my Sultans (like my immediate family), but also vets in the F.O.C.K.E.R.S (Sep '05), the GlassHousers (Apr' 12), the resolute Bastards (Apr '14), the madhouse of Project Mayhem (May '14), the DD Destroyers (July '14) and the "newer" groups my TITANS (Oct '14), the RANT (Dec '14), my beloved Hardbacks (Jan '15), my Friends the Fog Fighters of February (Feb '15), them Silverbuttses (Apr '15), the Fn' Misfits (May '15), the Jackals (Jul '15), my Sammies (Samurai, Sep '15), the ZBNski Nation (Nov '15), the fools of Apr '16, the Maysters of the Universe (May '16), the Phalanx (Jul '16), those Trauma=Tizers (Aug '16), my awesome STD's (Sep '16), the Raging Dumpster Fire (Oct '16), the Swarm (Nov '16), the Nameless Ninjas (Dec '16), the League (Jan '17), the Fellowship (Feb '17), the Mavericks (Mar '17), and the yet-to-be-named Hall of Famers of April, 17. This list represents so much more than just a group listing of months. This is a continuum of support stretching back into history and into the future....Each of these has at least one quitter I have come to know and who has helped in some way to get me to this point. And that's what this place is all about....Brother/Sister-hood, Accountability, Honor, Integrity, and QUIT!!! Much love and respect to each of you. ////
May you and your families and friends be blessed through experiences of peace, joy, and prosperity in the New Year.
