I posted this in September '14 Sultans pages....but wanted to make sure everyone who was interested had the chance to read it.... (for whatever it's worth)
Exactly 8,759 hours ago (when I started writing this post), I spit out my last dip of Copenhagen, ending a nearly four decade long sequence of nicotine addiction and snuff abuse. True (for those of you that read my intro), I stopped briefly (about 15 months, from March 1993 to May 1994), only to wind up bumming a dip from a buddy during a fishing trip to Logan Martin, just east of Birmingham. That was a HUGE mistake. I know now what I shoulda known then.....I'm an addict and there's no way in hell I can EVER have 'just one". I finally extracted my head out of my fourth point of contact one year ago this evening. Thanks to the support of the gracious folks here, (and I know I'm going to miss some of them but if I do, please excuse).... Ginet - first quitter to ever text me, JayDubya, L00t, and Evil -- Sultan shepherds in the early days, Cbird -- who wouldn't accept a text, but wanted to actually speak to me on the phone; SandFleasGottaEat -- talked me through some funks even months into my quit, Steakbomb18 -- we had some disagreements early on, but got past it because we both recognized nicotine, not each other, was the enemy; Done4Me -- even though he's from NC, he gets it; my Birmingham quit crew (Gmann -- even IF he roots for Georgia; Duathman -- solid quitter and everyday good guy, plus he's an Auburn grad so you KNOW he's cool; Corn69 -- quit so many damn days ago he's nearly a saint; and FranPro -- only met him once, but he's a great dude as well).... to my Sultan family (damn I wish there was still closer to the 78 of us who crossed the HOF together, but I'm extremely thankful and grateful for the 31 of us who are left).... Medic, DaveKnight, Joe C, Jubs, Jason, Landdon....even though we never met, you're my brothers! And to my fellow quitters in October (Jeeptruck, Bone, SouthPaw, Bam, FMBM), December (Sir Nope, SoxFan, Sajax), January (Jiffy, Jdubs the 2d and the Hardbacks), February (BamaTL, 10harley, Let'sGo, Ross, Rawls, and crew), and finaly September Samurai '15 (Adalbrit, Vision, ODNT, Ashley, BF Adam, MGav17). You don't know it, but you were, and ARE, as much of this quit as me. One year's done, as Gmann says, nothing I can't whup now (except for 29 February :D ). I have enjoyed damn near every minute of my time with my quit family. You guys are truly friggin' awesome! Quit on!
As I told you just the other day, not too proud to admit I love both rainbows AND each and every one of ya.....just not in the way that Medic wants me to!!!
