So I decided to check out the chat room on the site and got talked into flushing my remaining can of grizzly down the toilet. Was that my plan when I visited this evening? No, but I am glad everyone in the chat room tonight was on me about quitting now.
I have conjured up every excuse possible for putting off my quit. I did that because there was no accountability, now by joining a quit group I will be held accountable.
I started dipping right after Basic Training in 2001. I made it through 2 trips to Iraq, 1 trip to Afghanistan and a divorce and I felt dip was the only thing that was always there for me. Looking back though, dip was the only thing that was slowly killing me. I survived 3 deployments and made it through a divorce while deployed. If I can make it through those times I sure as hell can make it through life without Grizzly.
I know this is going to be hard because I have tried to quit before but this time is different, I am done with looking for excuses to continue dipping. I look forward to getting remarried this year and starting a family. I refuse to continue to let this addiction control me. So here's to day one, one of many.
I like it. No planned quit, dumped the shit on the spot. Awesome. That's just about the only way to do it. Don't look back. Even awesomer is that you protected our country while committing suicide. Makes me feel really, really safe. Just kidding.
Don't take it personally, but other than the soldier part, your story is blah blah. The reason I say that is to get you to read (READ) every other intro for the past five years. We're all basically the same. We stopped for a day, week, or year, but that pretty can of dip always won.
We win here. Post roll every damn day and meet everybody on a personal level, especially those in your quit group. There is no accountability early on if you are only accountable to you. You may never see a face, but you will grow to love these quitters. DO THIS NOW!!! NEVER LOOK BACK!!!
Check your inbox. You'll see my number and you are required to call it if you ever want to cave. That's the rules. I didn't make them. I just follow them.