Okay Jimmy. This is the place to be. No doubt. Here's a great thing to consider: you have quit. You are done my friend. You will not be owned again. For making the decision to do this, I applaud you. This site is extreme. We're about cold turkey and accountability. That means no gum or patches. You are done with nicotine. We build accountability by being involved and posting roll. There are a few secrets that I'll share on getting this done:
1. Read the warm, salmon, quite inviting colored link in upper left called 'Welcome Center' if you haven't already. Then, you read everything on this site. The more you read the more you know what to expect with the different phases of being quit (which you are right?)
2. Post roll. You get up, before you slip off the jammies you run to your computer and post roll saying you will not use nicotine today. This is you putting your word down with the rest of us that you will not use today. You a man of your word Jimmy? We do this early and we do it everyday. Don't fuck with the system. You can't get to a computer? You call or text a quit bro/sis that you are quit that day. We quit one day at a time because quitting forever is impossible. Especially, when you are an addict. Way too many steps on the road to forever so we quit today then get up and quit again tomorrow. Got it? Good. Do it.
3. Get involved. The more you read and contribute, the safer your quit. The more you are involved, the safer your quit. I protect my quit with the passion of a 1000 burning suns. Its my priority. I work hard at it and I suggest you should too.
4. Get to know your quit brothers and sisters. Build up the framework for being successful. This will help when shit hits the fan and believe me it will. Your quit group is January which is here:
January HOF classDon't know how to post roll? Look here:
How to post rollFind yourself being someone that needs a helmet and riding the short bus? Here's a video:
Roll for slow5. Get someone in the real world to support your quit as well. You'll have several thousand junkies in here watching your back. You get someone on the outside as well, you're even more safe.
6. Have a plan. Protect it. Quitting is quitting. Its hard. You've been shoving poison in your body daily. You think your body was excited about that? Fuck no. Quitting is simple but it ain't easy. So have a plan for when the craves hit. Get on the site. Get into chat. Text a brother. Call a brother. Stuff anything in your mouth besides cancer candy because you don't do that anymore. Right?
That's all there is to it. We take it one day at a time. Get up today and quit. Keep your word all day and face tomorrow when its looking you in the mirror. We're all addicts here. This is the framework we live in. You can do this. I know you can. I've done it and do it.
Reach out. And one more thing...don't take the approach that 'you think you can', take the approach that 'you have done it'. You are quit. Revel in that. You're free friend. Let's do this.
-Soul
