Wow....not exactly the warm welcome I was expecting. People offering to ransack my house and telling me to get the fuck out of here because I haven't quit yet. Very Nice. Maybe I should have just posted tomorrow on Day 1 or maybe this isn't the right community for me to join as I begin my Quit Tomorrow.
Other people are mocking the steps I have taken as I have been preparing for my Quit. I have attempted to Quit numerous times in the past and it has never worked for me. I have never taken any Past Quit Attempt seriously though. (AKA - I have never joined a Quit Group and posted roll, never wrote down triggers or planned for them, never kept a craving log, never seriously thought about and wrote down reasons to quit, never made a relapse prevention plan or bought a wall calender to check off the days, never prepared a daily quit schedule to follow, never prepared a tapering off schedule over 2 weeks leading up to the quit and I have been down to 1 a day now, never thought of ways to involve my spouse, etc.). This time, I have meticulously done all these things over the past 2 weeks in preparation for tomorrow's quit because I want "This Time" to be the last time. I want "This Time" to work.
It sounds like most of you woke-up one day, randomly decided to quit, threw out your stash and never looked back. My most sincere congratulations to you! You are better and stronger men than I. I'm sure you have bigger dicks than me too. Why don't you come to my house and kick my ass and fuck my wife? I have tried the wake-up and quit approach and failed too many times. This time, I am over-thinking it and over-preparing because my family deserves my best effort and my full concentration and focus on this task.Â
I apologize if I offended anyone. I will leave if that is what people want because I posted too soon or if my over-thinking it and too cute approach is not acceptable.
And yes, I am from Chicago where the Blackhawks reign supreme.
You sound very serious and committed. Now just give your word. I've heard it said many times that it is simple. You are scared of failing. You are planning way ahead. Just post roll and promise for TODAY. Just today.
No one wants you to leave. This is life and death. Just make your promise.
So your not quitting today?
I am sure your previous attempts included a planned quit date. Looks like your way does not work. You came here for help now take the help and advice given and do it our way. What do you have to loose?
don't get all butt hurt - we're all addicts here and being on this side of the argument, we see you not taking a definitive stand against nicotine. The nic bitch made us lie, cheat and steal from everyone we know so we're trying to get you to step up and start today -
like several have said today - what if that dip you're taking today is the one that ends your life?
Flush it and post already
You have done everything you can to avoid actually quitting.
What is holding you back? You clearly have made up your mind that you WANT to quit, but you are afraid of what you will be without your crutch.
Let me assure you, we ALL were right where you are. That next dip will not be any better than the last one. You will not be missing that magical dip that makes the whites whiter and the colors more colorful.
Let me guarantee you a few things that will happen if you decide to sack up, post roll, and quit NOW:
1) It will suck and you will hate life, but that wont change if you quit now or tomorrow or next month.
2) you will be that much closer to having the poison out of your system (~36 hours)
3) You will stop worrying about how to try quitting. You will be quit because you are a man of your word, and that is ALL you need to be quit once you put your name on the line.
4) you will be able to look your kids and wife in the eyes and tell them you dont do that shit anymore and mean it.
5) You will see more support in this quit than you could ever imagine.
6) You will have access to a support network of 14000+ quitters with hundreds of thousands of days of experience.
7) You will get numbers from folks with 1000's of days and 2 minutes of quit, who will text, call and email you to support each other.
8) You will realize you are not some special butterfly with a unique relationship to tobacco, but just another nicotine junkie breaking the bond of slavery.
Most importantly I guarantee you will NEVER regret putting the can down RIGHT NOW, flushing every nicotine product, and posting roll. Anything other than that is just talk. You asked for input, here it is.
1) flush.
2) post.
3) embrace the suck.
Do yourself a favor and stop putting off to tomorrow what should be done today. If you arent ready, go read the Jenny Kern or Randy White stories in our Words of Wisdom section then come back and see steps 1-3 above.
