Quitting for real

[Smeds]

600 days of being an honest bad ass quitter! Congratulations on another huge milestone,and for bringing a lot of us along for the ride! You are a great leader for quitters to follow!!

Cograts on 6 Hundred brother! Proud to be quit with you today!

Congrats bro, best of the best right here.

Nice 6 hundo! Keep killing it!

Congrats on 600 days of freedom and accountability, glad to have you as a feathered brother!

Congrats brother! Thanks for being in my corner, and walking around with big quit all the time!

[Pinched]

600 days of being an honest bad ass quitter! Congratulations on another huge milestone,and for bringing a lot of us along for the ride! You are a great leader for quitters to follow!!

Cograts on 6 Hundred brother! Proud to be quit with you today!

Congrats bro, best of the best right here.

Nice 6 hundo! Keep killing it!

Congrats on 600 days of freedom and accountability, glad to have you as a feathered brother!

[Thumblewort]

600 days of being an honest bad ass quitter! Congratulations on another huge milestone,and for bringing a lot of us along for the ride! You are a great leader for quitters to follow!!

Cograts on 6 Hundred brother! Proud to be quit with you today!

Congrats bro, best of the best right here.

Nice 6 hundo! Keep killing it!

[Steakbomb18]

600 days of being an honest bad ass quitter! Congratulations on another huge milestone,and for bringing a lot of us along for the ride! You are a great leader for quitters to follow!!

Cograts on 6 Hundred brother! Proud to be quit with you today!

Congrats bro, best of the best right here.

[Derk40]

600 days of being an honest bad ass quitter! Congratulations on another huge milestone,and for bringing a lot of us along for the ride! You are a great leader for quitters to follow!!

Cograts on 6 Hundred brother! Proud to be quit with you today!

[Grady]

Congrats D on the next milestone in this lifetime journey.

[worktowin]

600 days of being an honest bad ass quitter! Congratulations on another huge milestone,and for bringing a lot of us along for the ride! You are a great leader for quitters to follow!!

[rdad]

Being honest and being clean is the only way to go. Proudly quit with everyone today.

Amazing how that shit works huh? Keep it up!

Bad ass man, proud to be quit with you today Dagranger!

This past summer, I was cleaning out my shed and found a couple of stashed tins that I had forgot to throw out. I didn't even bother to open them, not at all interested in re-introducing myself to that stench. Anyhow, I threw them away, being careful to hide them among the trash. I paused for a second, snickered to myself thinking...I used to hide my tins in the trash so my wife wouldn't find them but this time I hid them because I didn't want her to think I caved. I then told her this story; because I'm free and I can tell her that shit now.

Quit with you today brotha

This whole topic is hilarious to me. I am still findind cans all over the place and my wife does not miss the opportunity to tell me what a fool I WAS! Way to be Dagranger! It is so awesome that you can look your sweetie in the face and tell her the truth. Beautiful!

[Steakbomb18]

Being honest and being clean is the only way to go. Proudly quit with everyone today.

Amazing how that shit works huh? Keep it up!

Bad ass man, proud to be quit with you today Dagranger!

This past summer, I was cleaning out my shed and found a couple of stashed tins that I had forgot to throw out. I didn't even bother to open them, not at all interested in re-introducing myself to that stench. Anyhow, I threw them away, being careful to hide them among the trash. I paused for a second, snickered to myself thinking...I used to hide my tins in the trash so my wife wouldn't find them but this time I hid them because I didn't want her to think I caved. I then told her this story; because I'm free and I can tell her that shit now.

Quit with you today brotha

[Thumblewort]

Being honest and being clean is the only way to go. Proudly quit with everyone today.

Amazing how that shit works huh? Keep it up!

Bad ass man, proud to be quit with you today Dagranger!

[WS101214]

Being honest and being clean is the only way to go. Proudly quit with everyone today.

Amazing how that shit works huh? Keep it up!

[Dagranger]

Day 556.
My wife was helping me look for something today and came across an empty tin of Kodiak in my desk drawers. She thought that since I quit dipping she has reorganized my desk, and therefore the can can only mean I caved. I have had this confrontation with her dozens of times over our last 15 years of marriage. Each and every time I would look her in the eye and lie. To the person I love and adore more than any in world.

Today I looked her in the face and told her that I have not caved and that must be an old tin from before my quit started. And although she was skeptical from years of being lied to...Everything I told her was true. Fuck yeah!!!

Being honest and being clean is the only way to go. Proudly quit with everyone today.

[Pinched]

I was lost in the early hours of the morning, but after a flurry of texts I was back up and feeling secure in my quit that day.

[B-loMatt]

Good stuff here^^^! Keep quit people!

[wastepanel]

Bazooka Joe posted something about this as well but with the computer glitch going on I debated with myself about the need to post roll. I feel I am firmly anchored in my quit, and believe that without posting roll I could stay quit. But within a few hours of thinking that I had a crave....not a huge one, but a crave none the less. My first tool to fight off the crave is the first tool I have used time and time again. I made a promise to all the quitters today and I am not going to break that promise. The crave went away and I went on with my day. Just reaffirmed everything I know about this site. Maybe I can quit on my own, but I know I can quit today when I've posted roll. Keep it simple stupid. See you on roll post tomorrow morning.

Am I quit without roll?

I don't think so.

Without roll, I am just "not using". Being quit and "not using" are not the same thing.

You see, when I was using, I actively sought nicotine. I pre-planned to have cans on me. I packed extra for vacation. I had a schedule while out to stuff my face. If I started running low, I bought a new can before I was out. Hell, we're not even going to talk about the desperation "can't get a can right now" moments because they still make me gag as to how pathetic I was. In fact, the only time I wasn't chewing before was when I was eating or sleeping and I can't tell you how many times I swallowed a plug in embarrassment or necessity (because I couldn't sneak it out). I can't tell you how many times I fell asleep with one in my mouth and woke up with it all over my face. Ugh.

Being quit means that I actively fight to not do that. It sounds silly some days as I'm very comfortable in my quit, but it needs to be done. Being quit means that I do everything in my power to keep it there. I've been on the other end of the complacency post and it's no fucking fun. I had a comma once before, but I wasn't quit. Nope. I was not using and I didn't realize that until I was back into the can. Your tools go rusty without sharpening them, and your skills diminish.

Am I quit without roll? Nope. I probably wouldn't use, but I wouldn't be quit. It would be silly to think otherwise. Don't compromise your quit with your strength. It's what makes you a badass quitter, but it's also the weak point of your armor.