4weeks in need help

[OSAGE]

Hey bro, HUGE congrats on the 2nd floor! You've had an interesting run since HOF ... people shitting on your forestry equipment just an example. Through that, rock solid in your quit! Proud to call you my July DD brother!

200, already??? Dang Big B, your killing this shit.

Congrats and keep it rolling!!!

Quit on...

You have come so far since the beginning Big Bob! Your quit is an inspiration. From hell to a semblance of peace. Congrats!

Bigbob - Good to be quit with you. It is great to see you confront all the shit you have in the past and still be quit.

[rdad]

Hey bro, HUGE congrats on the 2nd floor! You've had an interesting run since HOF ... people shitting on your forestry equipment just an example. Through that, rock solid in your quit! Proud to call you my July DD brother!

200, already??? Dang Big B, your killing this shit.

Congrats and keep it rolling!!!

Quit on...

You have come so far since the beginning Big Bob! Your quit is an inspiration. From hell to a semblance of peace. Congrats!

[Diesel2112]

Hey bro, HUGE congrats on the 2nd floor! You've had an interesting run since HOF ... people shitting on your forestry equipment just an example. Through that, rock solid in your quit! Proud to call you my July DD brother!

200, already??? Dang Big B, your killing this shit.

Congrats and keep it rolling!!!

Quit on...

[Smeds]

Hey bro, HUGE congrats on the 2nd floor! You've had an interesting run since HOF ... people shitting on your forestry equipment just an example. Through that, rock solid in your quit! Proud to call you my July DD brother!

[brettlees]

copy and past I put in my group tonight after a guy caved. he was one day before me on the quit calendar and i used him to remember my day, what an inconsiderate prick.

Quick story for you guys semi relatedÂ… I have been super cravey lately. I have a new employee who just started today. He fired up a smoke while we drove to the job. as soon as the smoke hit my nose it was like the movie finding Nemo when the shark smells blood haha. usually makes me sick but for some reason i wanted a smoke, a chew, a cigar and id lube up a hookah and sit on the bitch. I stuck to my guns and we fired up a convo on quitting. he told me a story about his dad having a hole in his throat and him having to clean it out. also a few other family members dieing of cancer. he literally told me the next sentence that he knew it was fucked up, but that was not enough to motivate him. I just shook my head an laughed. I try not to mount my high horse of quit to much because its usually a waste of breathÂ… but i dropped knowledge on homeboy. talking about he was gonna do this and gonna do that and maybe one day. i explained why patches don't work, how addiction works, and why he was a pussy, and what a twat he sounded like. he wasn't offended but i think he was embarrassed for the fact that he smoked/chewedÂ… until about 15 minutes later when he lit up another. at this point i realized that everything i had just said wasn't for him, it was for myself to hear it. what ever the case. another day in the books fellas. glad to be quit with you for another day. see ya in the morning.

Fuck that guy.

There's a TON of assholes out there smoking, dipping, hookaing, vaping, etc...Hell, we used to be a part of that group.

I remember I was dipping once at a home poker game in my buddy's basement. One of the guys there said to me, "you should quit that shit, I heard it has fiberglass in it. That stuff will kill you".

My response..."fuck it, what won't kill you nowadays"

I didn't want to hear any lecture from that asshole. All I cared about was ME. I chewed and fuck anybody who didn't.

Now that I'm quit, I feel the same way. I'm quit and fuck anybody who's not.

I saw two Dads dipping today at my sons football practice. Fuck em. They could live to be 100 and I could stroke out at 50...I still wouldn't care because I didn't quit because of them or for them. I quit because I wanted to.

Anything anyone else does, does not affect me.

Fuck em.

Quit on...

Caveats suck. At this point, you don't do that to brothers, much less to yourself and your family. Proud to quit with you Bob.

As for the smoker... Until you are ready to quit, you don't quit. We all did that shit. Justified... Something's gonna kill us. Well, Bob, nicotine took a lot from everyone of us. And you and I are DONE giving!

One day at a time- it keeps getting better. Eventually the enemy becomes thinking you have it licked. Good to get these little challenges along the way, win over them, and take some time to feel the "ahh" of victory. That is actually reprogramming your mind to that of a healthy perspective. Way to go!

[worktowin]

copy and past I put in my group tonight after a guy caved. he was one day before me on the quit calendar and i used him to remember my day, what an inconsiderate prick.

Quick story for you guys semi relatedÂ… I have been super cravey lately. I have a new employee who just started today. He fired up a smoke while we drove to the job. as soon as the smoke hit my nose it was like the movie finding Nemo when the shark smells blood haha. usually makes me sick but for some reason i wanted a smoke, a chew, a cigar and id lube up a hookah and sit on the bitch. I stuck to my guns and we fired up a convo on quitting. he told me a story about his dad having a hole in his throat and him having to clean it out. also a few other family members dieing of cancer. he literally told me the next sentence that he knew it was fucked up, but that was not enough to motivate him. I just shook my head an laughed. I try not to mount my high horse of quit to much because its usually a waste of breathÂ… but i dropped knowledge on homeboy. talking about he was gonna do this and gonna do that and maybe one day. i explained why patches don't work, how addiction works, and why he was a pussy, and what a twat he sounded like. he wasn't offended but i think he was embarrassed for the fact that he smoked/chewedÂ… until about 15 minutes later when he lit up another. at this point i realized that everything i had just said wasn't for him, it was for myself to hear it. what ever the case. another day in the books fellas. glad to be quit with you for another day. see ya in the morning.

Fuck that guy.

There's a TON of assholes out there smoking, dipping, hookaing, vaping, etc...Hell, we used to be a part of that group.

I remember I was dipping once at a home poker game in my buddy's basement. One of the guys there said to me, "you should quit that shit, I heard it has fiberglass in it. That stuff will kill you".

My response..."fuck it, what won't kill you nowadays"

I didn't want to hear any lecture from that asshole. All I cared about was ME. I chewed and fuck anybody who didn't.

Now that I'm quit, I feel the same way. I'm quit and fuck anybody who's not.

I saw two Dads dipping today at my sons football practice. Fuck em. They could live to be 100 and I could stroke out at 50...I still wouldn't care because I didn't quit because of them or for them. I quit because I wanted to.

Anything anyone else does, does not affect me.

Fuck em.

Quit on...

Caveats suck. At this point, you don't do that to brothers, much less to yourself and your family. Proud to quit with you Bob.

As for the smoker... Until you are ready to quit, you don't quit. We all did that shit. Justified... Something's gonna kill us. Well, Bob, nicotine took a lot from everyone of us. And you and I are DONE giving!

[Heisenberg]

Thanks for the intro and inspiration. Much Respect Bigbob!

[Diesel2112]

copy and past I put in my group tonight after a guy caved. he was one day before me on the quit calendar and i used him to remember my day, what an inconsiderate prick.

Quick story for you guys semi relatedÂ… I have been super cravey lately. I have a new employee who just started today. He fired up a smoke while we drove to the job. as soon as the smoke hit my nose it was like the movie finding Nemo when the shark smells blood haha. usually makes me sick but for some reason i wanted a smoke, a chew, a cigar and id lube up a hookah and sit on the bitch. I stuck to my guns and we fired up a convo on quitting. he told me a story about his dad having a hole in his throat and him having to clean it out. also a few other family members dieing of cancer. he literally told me the next sentence that he knew it was fucked up, but that was not enough to motivate him. I just shook my head an laughed. I try not to mount my high horse of quit to much because its usually a waste of breathÂ… but i dropped knowledge on homeboy. talking about he was gonna do this and gonna do that and maybe one day. i explained why patches don't work, how addiction works, and why he was a pussy, and what a twat he sounded like. he wasn't offended but i think he was embarrassed for the fact that he smoked/chewedÂ… until about 15 minutes later when he lit up another. at this point i realized that everything i had just said wasn't for him, it was for myself to hear it. what ever the case. another day in the books fellas. glad to be quit with you for another day. see ya in the morning.

Fuck that guy.

There's a TON of assholes out there smoking, dipping, hookaing, vaping, etc...Hell, we used to be a part of that group.

I remember I was dipping once at a home poker game in my buddy's basement. One of the guys there said to me, "you should quit that shit, I heard it has fiberglass in it. That stuff will kill you".

My response..."fuck it, what won't kill you nowadays"

I didn't want to hear any lecture from that asshole. All I cared about was ME. I chewed and fuck anybody who didn't.

Now that I'm quit, I feel the same way. I'm quit and fuck anybody who's not.

I saw two Dads dipping today at my sons football practice. Fuck em. They could live to be 100 and I could stroke out at 50...I still wouldn't care because I didn't quit because of them or for them. I quit because I wanted to.

Anything anyone else does, does not affect me.

Fuck em.

Quit on...

[Bigbob]

copy and past I put in my group tonight after a guy caved. he was one day before me on the quit calendar and i used him to remember my day, what an inconsiderate prick.

Quick story for you guys semi relatedÂ… I have been super cravey lately. I have a new employee who just started today. He fired up a smoke while we drove to the job. as soon as the smoke hit my nose it was like the movie finding Nemo when the shark smells blood haha. usually makes me sick but for some reason i wanted a smoke, a chew, a cigar and id lube up a hookah and sit on the bitch. I stuck to my guns and we fired up a convo on quitting. he told me a story about his dad having a hole in his throat and him having to clean it out. also a few other family members dieing of cancer. he literally told me the next sentence that he knew it was fucked up, but that was not enough to motivate him. I just shook my head an laughed. I try not to mount my high horse of quit to much because its usually a waste of breathÂ… but i dropped knowledge on homeboy. talking about he was gonna do this and gonna do that and maybe one day. i explained why patches don't work, how addiction works, and why he was a pussy, and what a twat he sounded like. he wasn't offended but i think he was embarrassed for the fact that he smoked/chewedÂ… until about 15 minutes later when he lit up another. at this point i realized that everything i had just said wasn't for him, it was for myself to hear it. what ever the case. another day in the books fellas. glad to be quit with you for another day. see ya in the morning.

[Bigbob]

Hope your feeling better EnoughSnuff! this quit business is no joke. day 136 right now. Good days and bad days but i could never imagine this point in my quite 100 days ago. Life is good, my family is healthy and my bills are paid. hope everyone still following along had a good weekend. No real update to give other than its getting easier and easier. everyday new challenges, some i barely notice and some quite difficult but i keep on keeping on. have a good one guys!

[Enough snuff]

congrats on the new little one and way to go on keeping the quit. I am on day six and have tried many times in the past 30 yrs to quit but never made it. I think what made it easier for me this time is that I gave up drinking soda about a week and a half before I started to cut back on the amount I chewed daily. I was a can a day grizzley long cut strait a lot less than my 2 cans a day cope many years ago. I am still soda free and still keeping the quit going. I seemed to have more bad days when I was cutting back than now when actually quit. with the exception of yesterday bad headache and stomach turning. Other days not to bad, slurred speech blurred vision and shakes for a few minutes. But I found a way to beat all that right away when I feel it coming I have several cans of jerky chew all just shredded jerky and I put in a pinch of that and in a few minutes I have tricked the mind. Now I know that eventually I will have to quit doing that also and get used to having nothing in the lip, but for now it really helps and since I love jerky (who doesn't) it keeps me from snacking so much which helps cause I'm sure I am like everyone else who is quit got the major munchies going on. I have tried the imitation stuff before and it didn't work. So if you are drinking soda's try stopping that and see if it helps any. I read it some where maybe even here not sure that drinking soda while trying to quit is not good. Keep it up and enjoy the new little one, wish mine were still small.

This threads a good read Bigbob. Congrats on the baby. You mention the horror shit show that was the 1st month of your quit, strikes a chord with me. I'm @ day 44 after a 34 year love affair with the nic bitch, but didn't find this site until the 23 or 24 day into my quit. Doing it solo for those first 20 days was not a pretty site around the Old ES homestead... Mrs Enough was ready to wring my neck more than a few times but ... isn't it amazing how time is healing those wounds. Guard your quit...feeling all proud about the birth of one of my kids is how I fugged up 25 years ago. Sultan Proud to quit with you.

[freebase]

congrats on the new little one and way to go on keeping the quit. I am on day six and have tried many times in the past 30 yrs to quit but never made it. I think what made it easier for me this time is that I gave up drinking soda about a week and a half before I started to cut back on the amount I chewed daily. I was a can a day grizzley long cut strait a lot less than my 2 cans a day cope many years ago. I am still soda free and still keeping the quit going. I seemed to have more bad days when I was cutting back than now when actually quit. with the exception of yesterday bad headache and stomach turning. Other days not to bad, slurred speech blurred vision and shakes for a few minutes. But I found a way to beat all that right away when I feel it coming I have several cans of jerky chew all just shredded jerky and I put in a pinch of that and in a few minutes I have tricked the mind. Now I know that eventually I will have to quit doing that also and get used to having nothing in the lip, but for now it really helps and since I love jerky (who doesn't) it keeps me from snacking so much which helps cause I'm sure I am like everyone else who is quit got the major munchies going on. I have tried the imitation stuff before and it didn't work. So if you are drinking soda's try stopping that and see if it helps any. I read it some where maybe even here not sure that drinking soda while trying to quit is not good. Keep it up and enjoy the new little one, wish mine were still small.

[Bigbob]

Hey guys I am sorry I have been MIA. life is extremely busy! the baby boy is the best thing that ever happened to me. God damn i love that little shit. he is coming up on 3 months old pretty soon! just as good a baby as i could have asked for. lost of friends had babes right at the same time, and its amazing how much better my kid is in every way. I am gonna be that obnoxious and overly proud parent in the hockey stands pretty soon. the one everyone hates. but fuck them haha.

wife started a business out of the house and is rally doing well. she makes vinyl decals and sticks them to things like tumblers, water bottles, t shirts, shit like that. she also wen track to her job outside the house which we are hoping she can quit and do her own business full time pretty soon. law school starts back up in 2-3 weeks and i start a big tree clearing job about the same time.

My quit is strong as ever and gaining power everyday. I am on a cycle of about 7-10 days now were i feel pretty damn good, only thinking about the quit a few times a day and not very long at all. then i will have 2-4 days that kind of suck a bit. little anxious, little dizzy, head and heart ponding type shit but SOOOO much easier than it was.

I look back to the absolute shit show that was the first month or so of my quit and i am amazed. I still can not bring my brain to believe that a person can feel like that. I was barely capable of rational thought at times. the room spun constantly, heart beat through my chest and the anxiety was like that moment when you tilt your chair back and you go to far and you think ur gonna fall on your ass. just the feeling didn't stop for about 2 months. you all helped me through the toughest time in my life fellas and i am forever grateful. I am so much better now. I have accepted that i am going to have bad days and my brain immediately tries to find something good to say when i star to feel like shit. "find the good in the quit" sage advice. I often smile and compare my quite to diesels garden. I don't think I'm in the dozer tearing shit up just yet but I got one hell of a rototiller.

Thanks again guys, when work settles down a bit id like to start greeting the new guys and be a bit more active on the sight. I am posting roll every morning still with no end in sight. I started to become more active in my group and made some more friends. and still shoot text to quite a few guys every few days. I won't let it be so long till my next into update. take it easy guys!

[rdad]

Your intro has gotten a little dusty BB! Belated happy HOF day. That's quite an accomplishment from the total wreck you were in the beginning! Congrats!

[rdad]

How's things BB?

Lets get an update BB. How's the little guy?