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Re: Day 16
« Reply #595 on: November 20, 2017, 01:58:00 AM »
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Re: Day 16
« Reply #594 on: November 10, 2017, 08:29:00 AM »
Quote from: Stranger999
Quote from: worktowin
From my good friend Bicycleptic, who IÂ’ve met in person and text with daily. This may be the best post IÂ’ve ever seen on this site:

For Gods sake can someone please explain to me what is so fucking hard about posting roll every damn day and keeping a promise one day at a time?? Sometimes I swear I have to stop posting in the new groups because I just don't see how someone can be so retarded as to cave. We are not asking for a miracle here. Wake up every morning, take a piss and then get on the desktop, tablet, or phone and post roll. Posting roll is making a promise. Can you keep a promise? If you cannot keep a promise then fuck off, go away and don't post roll. Come back to quit when you become a man. Once you post roll and have made a promise then keep the promise!!! DON'T stuff catshit in your pie hole!! Dammit what is so complicated about it?

I might cave if I quit posting. But I am a man of my word. It is really all you have not only here but everywhere in life. So I awaken every day and post a promise. I still after 665 days face the occasional craving. But then "Nope, I made a promise this morning." Last week I stopped for a tea and for some reason Redman Golden Blend caught my eye. Skoal Long Cut was my regular day to day chew but Redman Golden Blend was my outdoor I can spit all I want chew. My daily vow to keep my promise was all that kept me away from buying a pouch of it. I did not become a worthless piece of shit that went against my word and hated having to answer three questions.

There is no acceptable excuse to cave. You made a promise. If you can't keep that promise then I feel sorry for people in your life. Your wife, mother, boss, electric company, water company, mortgage company, car finance company, etc. Do you say fuck it in keeping a promise to all of them as well? I just don't get it. I pay my bills on time. I get up and go to work every day. All of that is keeping a promise. I don't cheat on my wife, another promise I keep. So keeping a promise one day at a time to not suck on cancerous cat shit is not to complicated to me. Some of you cavers please enlighten me why it is so damned difficult. Everyone says to ask the vets questions. But right now I want to ask cavers the question of how? Why? Personally I really don't give a fuck why you caved. All of the answers are a bunch of weakass sour excuses for being a man who cannot keep his word. What I really want to know is why don't you keep your word? Do you keep your word with your wife? Your creditors? Your work? I wonder because you can't keep your word with yourself or your fellow quitters!!!
Good stuff! In my case I had to be ready to quit. I lived my life as a perpetual caver for way too many years. If I wasn't really ready I doubt I would have posted roll that first time. If I hadn't posted roll that first time I probably wouldn't still be quit today. I can't wait to quit again tomorrow. B)B
It is truly amazing about what we can learn when we keep our word each day.

But it all starts with that promise, to ourselves, to our families, to our brothers and sisters here.

We say use the tools to remain quit, we can also say use the tools to keep your word.

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Re: Day 16
« Reply #593 on: November 10, 2017, 12:40:00 AM »
Quote from: worktowin
From my good friend Bicycleptic, who IÂ’ve met in person and text with daily. This may be the best post IÂ’ve ever seen on this site:

For Gods sake can someone please explain to me what is so fucking hard about posting roll every damn day and keeping a promise one day at a time?? Sometimes I swear I have to stop posting in the new groups because I just don't see how someone can be so retarded as to cave. We are not asking for a miracle here. Wake up every morning, take a piss and then get on the desktop, tablet, or phone and post roll. Posting roll is making a promise. Can you keep a promise? If you cannot keep a promise then fuck off, go away and don't post roll. Come back to quit when you become a man. Once you post roll and have made a promise then keep the promise!!! DON'T stuff catshit in your pie hole!! Dammit what is so complicated about it?

I might cave if I quit posting. But I am a man of my word. It is really all you have not only here but everywhere in life. So I awaken every day and post a promise. I still after 665 days face the occasional craving. But then "Nope, I made a promise this morning." Last week I stopped for a tea and for some reason Redman Golden Blend caught my eye. Skoal Long Cut was my regular day to day chew but Redman Golden Blend was my outdoor I can spit all I want chew. My daily vow to keep my promise was all that kept me away from buying a pouch of it. I did not become a worthless piece of shit that went against my word and hated having to answer three questions.

There is no acceptable excuse to cave. You made a promise. If you can't keep that promise then I feel sorry for people in your life. Your wife, mother, boss, electric company, water company, mortgage company, car finance company, etc. Do you say fuck it in keeping a promise to all of them as well? I just don't get it. I pay my bills on time. I get up and go to work every day. All of that is keeping a promise. I don't cheat on my wife, another promise I keep. So keeping a promise one day at a time to not suck on cancerous cat shit is not to complicated to me. Some of you cavers please enlighten me why it is so damned difficult. Everyone says to ask the vets questions. But right now I want to ask cavers the question of how? Why? Personally I really don't give a fuck why you caved. All of the answers are a bunch of weakass sour excuses for being a man who cannot keep his word. What I really want to know is why don't you keep your word? Do you keep your word with your wife? Your creditors? Your work? I wonder because you can't keep your word with yourself or your fellow quitters!!!
Good stuff! In my case I had to be ready to quit. I lived my life as a perpetual caver for way too many years. If I wasn't really ready I doubt I would have posted roll that first time. If I hadn't posted roll that first time I probably wouldn't still be quit today. I can't wait to quit again tomorrow. B)B

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Re: Day 16
« Reply #592 on: November 09, 2017, 08:36:00 AM »
From my good friend Bicycleptic, who IÂ’ve met in person and text with daily. This may be the best post IÂ’ve ever seen on this site:

For Gods sake can someone please explain to me what is so fucking hard about posting roll every damn day and keeping a promise one day at a time?? Sometimes I swear I have to stop posting in the new groups because I just don't see how someone can be so retarded as to cave. We are not asking for a miracle here. Wake up every morning, take a piss and then get on the desktop, tablet, or phone and post roll. Posting roll is making a promise. Can you keep a promise? If you cannot keep a promise then fuck off, go away and don't post roll. Come back to quit when you become a man. Once you post roll and have made a promise then keep the promise!!! DON'T stuff catshit in your pie hole!! Dammit what is so complicated about it?

I might cave if I quit posting. But I am a man of my word. It is really all you have not only here but everywhere in life. So I awaken every day and post a promise. I still after 665 days face the occasional craving. But then "Nope, I made a promise this morning." Last week I stopped for a tea and for some reason Redman Golden Blend caught my eye. Skoal Long Cut was my regular day to day chew but Redman Golden Blend was my outdoor I can spit all I want chew. My daily vow to keep my promise was all that kept me away from buying a pouch of it. I did not become a worthless piece of shit that went against my word and hated having to answer three questions.

There is no acceptable excuse to cave. You made a promise. If you can't keep that promise then I feel sorry for people in your life. Your wife, mother, boss, electric company, water company, mortgage company, car finance company, etc. Do you say fuck it in keeping a promise to all of them as well? I just don't get it. I pay my bills on time. I get up and go to work every day. All of that is keeping a promise. I don't cheat on my wife, another promise I keep. So keeping a promise one day at a time to not suck on cancerous cat shit is not to complicated to me. Some of you cavers please enlighten me why it is so damned difficult. Everyone says to ask the vets questions. But right now I want to ask cavers the question of how? Why? Personally I really don't give a fuck why you caved. All of the answers are a bunch of weakass sour excuses for being a man who cannot keep his word. What I really want to know is why don't you keep your word? Do you keep your word with your wife? Your creditors? Your work? I wonder because you can't keep your word with yourself or your fellow quitters!!!

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Re: Day 16
« Reply #591 on: September 24, 2017, 01:00:00 PM »
F*cking inspiring...thanks!!!

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Re: Day 16
« Reply #590 on: August 29, 2017, 03:44:00 PM »
Quote from: GDubya
Quote from: Steakbomb18
Quote from: worktowin
Quote from: rdad
Quote from: tjschu
Quote from: Rawls
Quote from: AppleJack
Quote from: pab1964
Quote from: Stranger999
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Michael congrats on 17th floor - thank you. you are the reason I made it this far, and a lot of others can say the same. one of these days were going to meet up.
Congrats Michael on 1700 days quit. Thank you for your support and all you do around here for the sake of the quit and choosing health and life. ❤
Michael I hope I'm not too late to join the party on the 17th floor. No one has done more to reach out to me and let me know that this site is a brotherhood....or sisterhood, with real people offering real support. Like a lot of long time posters the thought of stopping posting has crossed my mind from time to time, and a big reason I don't think I could answer the text I'm sure I would get from you.....that is real accountability. Thank you.
As long as we both stay quit you will always be about 1000 days ahead of me. I can't thank you enough for helping me brother. :)

Congrats on 17x HOF!
Well you damned ole millennial hope you have a great eclipse weekend! Congratulations on the 17 floor
Yeah buddy! A most excellent number m'man!
Well done brother!
Congrats to one of the BAQs on this site! Thank you for all you do here!
Way to lead Michael. Thank you for all your support. You are a fucking BADASS!
Worktowin 1,700!!!

Killer great day. Like, perfection! Napster, my basset hound that rules this house, decided to wake up early this morning. So at 530am I let him out and sat on the couch and logged in to Facebook for a quick stroll through other people's lives. What do I see... a quitter that I text with almost daily, Weedsta, checked into a hotel 3 blocks from my house last night! So, I reach out to him, and he was meeting 2 other quitters from April 17 (4 years behind my own group) for breakfast at 700, and I met up with them. Weedsta, KitKat, RandyH and I spent about an hour and a half together. What a great experience... and how rewarding to spend some time with guys that are on a journey to greatness. Thanks for the invite guys... you are really gonna like where you are headed.

From there, I went to the gym and kicked and punched some bags for a while, then came home and picked up Mrs. Worktowin and Mom of Worktowin at her place and took them to a cool botanical garden tour, then for some BBQ. And I'm not talking about North Carolina, or Memphis, or Texas (yeah, GDubya... that dig is for you) BBQ. I'm talking about real, salt of the earth, Kansas City kick ass BBQ. The kind that makes your eyes roll back in your head good. That stuff.

Came home, and Mrs. Worktowin decided to thank me for my tenacity at 1,700 (video is for sale on several internet sites for $5.95...) and tonight we are headed out to a nice dinner. When we get home, I have several 200mLs of JW Blue that I've been saving from work, and I think one of them will get cracked open. Yum.

Guys... 1,700 days ago I was a complete mess. A basket case. Just like some of you guys reading this right now. I found KTC 16 days later, at the lowest point of my entire life. This place keeps me accountable to everyone of you, every day. I have not missed one day of posting, and I will not. Winning is so sweet after 25 years of losing. I remember seeing people with 500 days... 1,000 days... and thinking - how did they do this? How is it possible? I remember feeling like bursting out in tears or wanting to lock myself into a room alone. How are these people doing this? Well, we do it one day at a time. We post our promise, and we keep it. I did it today, and I'll do it tomorrow.

If you'd told me what life would be like at 1,700 days, I would have called you a liar. I wouldn't have believed it. When people said "it gets better" I would have stared blankly and nodded, just like those 3 awesome quitters this morning kind of did when I said it. But it is true. Greatness does exist without nicotine, but I don't believe it is possible to achieve with nicotine.

Thanks for the kind words today. You guys saved my life. See you tomorrow.
Legend.
Always living life to the fullest. You've set an example in so many ways. My greatest wish for you is to finally experience the greatness that is Texas BBQ. But until then, looks like you'll be staying busy as an awesome husband, son, and Quit trail blazer. Congrats Micheal on a job well done !!!
G speaks the truth ... I've been to Lockhart, and you are a badass quitter. Belated congrats on 1,700!
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Re: Day 16
« Reply #589 on: August 29, 2017, 09:48:00 AM »
Quote from: Steakbomb18
Quote from: worktowin
Quote from: rdad
Quote from: tjschu
Quote from: Rawls
Quote from: AppleJack
Quote from: pab1964
Quote from: Stranger999
Quote from: Dagranger
Quote from: ChickDip
Quote from: sportsfan231
Michael congrats on 17th floor - thank you. you are the reason I made it this far, and a lot of others can say the same. one of these days were going to meet up.
Congrats Michael on 1700 days quit. Thank you for your support and all you do around here for the sake of the quit and choosing health and life. ❤
Michael I hope I'm not too late to join the party on the 17th floor. No one has done more to reach out to me and let me know that this site is a brotherhood....or sisterhood, with real people offering real support. Like a lot of long time posters the thought of stopping posting has crossed my mind from time to time, and a big reason I don't think I could answer the text I'm sure I would get from you.....that is real accountability. Thank you.
As long as we both stay quit you will always be about 1000 days ahead of me. I can't thank you enough for helping me brother. :)

Congrats on 17x HOF!
Well you damned ole millennial hope you have a great eclipse weekend! Congratulations on the 17 floor
Yeah buddy! A most excellent number m'man!
Well done brother!
Congrats to one of the BAQs on this site! Thank you for all you do here!
Way to lead Michael. Thank you for all your support. You are a fucking BADASS!
Worktowin 1,700!!!

Killer great day. Like, perfection! Napster, my basset hound that rules this house, decided to wake up early this morning. So at 530am I let him out and sat on the couch and logged in to Facebook for a quick stroll through other people's lives. What do I see... a quitter that I text with almost daily, Weedsta, checked into a hotel 3 blocks from my house last night! So, I reach out to him, and he was meeting 2 other quitters from April 17 (4 years behind my own group) for breakfast at 700, and I met up with them. Weedsta, KitKat, RandyH and I spent about an hour and a half together. What a great experience... and how rewarding to spend some time with guys that are on a journey to greatness. Thanks for the invite guys... you are really gonna like where you are headed.

From there, I went to the gym and kicked and punched some bags for a while, then came home and picked up Mrs. Worktowin and Mom of Worktowin at her place and took them to a cool botanical garden tour, then for some BBQ. And I'm not talking about North Carolina, or Memphis, or Texas (yeah, GDubya... that dig is for you) BBQ. I'm talking about real, salt of the earth, Kansas City kick ass BBQ. The kind that makes your eyes roll back in your head good. That stuff.

Came home, and Mrs. Worktowin decided to thank me for my tenacity at 1,700 (video is for sale on several internet sites for $5.95...) and tonight we are headed out to a nice dinner. When we get home, I have several 200mLs of JW Blue that I've been saving from work, and I think one of them will get cracked open. Yum.

Guys... 1,700 days ago I was a complete mess. A basket case. Just like some of you guys reading this right now. I found KTC 16 days later, at the lowest point of my entire life. This place keeps me accountable to everyone of you, every day. I have not missed one day of posting, and I will not. Winning is so sweet after 25 years of losing. I remember seeing people with 500 days... 1,000 days... and thinking - how did they do this? How is it possible? I remember feeling like bursting out in tears or wanting to lock myself into a room alone. How are these people doing this? Well, we do it one day at a time. We post our promise, and we keep it. I did it today, and I'll do it tomorrow.

If you'd told me what life would be like at 1,700 days, I would have called you a liar. I wouldn't have believed it. When people said "it gets better" I would have stared blankly and nodded, just like those 3 awesome quitters this morning kind of did when I said it. But it is true. Greatness does exist without nicotine, but I don't believe it is possible to achieve with nicotine.

Thanks for the kind words today. You guys saved my life. See you tomorrow.
Legend.
Always living life to the fullest. You've set an example in so many ways. My greatest wish for you is to finally experience the greatness that is Texas BBQ. But until then, looks like you'll be staying busy as an awesome husband, son, and Quit trail blazer. Congrats Micheal on a job well done !!!

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Re: Day 16
« Reply #588 on: August 22, 2017, 08:52:00 PM »
Quote from: worktowin
Quote from: rdad
Quote from: tjschu
Quote from: Rawls
Quote from: AppleJack
Quote from: pab1964
Quote from: Stranger999
Quote from: Dagranger
Quote from: ChickDip
Quote from: sportsfan231
Michael congrats on 17th floor - thank you. you are the reason I made it this far, and a lot of others can say the same. one of these days were going to meet up.
Congrats Michael on 1700 days quit. Thank you for your support and all you do around here for the sake of the quit and choosing health and life. ❤
Michael I hope I'm not too late to join the party on the 17th floor. No one has done more to reach out to me and let me know that this site is a brotherhood....or sisterhood, with real people offering real support. Like a lot of long time posters the thought of stopping posting has crossed my mind from time to time, and a big reason I don't think I could answer the text I'm sure I would get from you.....that is real accountability. Thank you.
As long as we both stay quit you will always be about 1000 days ahead of me. I can't thank you enough for helping me brother. :)

Congrats on 17x HOF!
Well you damned ole millennial hope you have a great eclipse weekend! Congratulations on the 17 floor
Yeah buddy! A most excellent number m'man!
Well done brother!
Congrats to one of the BAQs on this site! Thank you for all you do here!
Way to lead Michael. Thank you for all your support. You are a fucking BADASS!
Worktowin 1,700!!!

Killer great day. Like, perfection! Napster, my basset hound that rules this house, decided to wake up early this morning. So at 530am I let him out and sat on the couch and logged in to Facebook for a quick stroll through other people's lives. What do I see... a quitter that I text with almost daily, Weedsta, checked into a hotel 3 blocks from my house last night! So, I reach out to him, and he was meeting 2 other quitters from April 17 (4 years behind my own group) for breakfast at 700, and I met up with them. Weedsta, KitKat, RandyH and I spent about an hour and a half together. What a great experience... and how rewarding to spend some time with guys that are on a journey to greatness. Thanks for the invite guys... you are really gonna like where you are headed.

From there, I went to the gym and kicked and punched some bags for a while, then came home and picked up Mrs. Worktowin and Mom of Worktowin at her place and took them to a cool botanical garden tour, then for some BBQ. And I'm not talking about North Carolina, or Memphis, or Texas (yeah, GDubya... that dig is for you) BBQ. I'm talking about real, salt of the earth, Kansas City kick ass BBQ. The kind that makes your eyes roll back in your head good. That stuff.

Came home, and Mrs. Worktowin decided to thank me for my tenacity at 1,700 (video is for sale on several internet sites for $5.95...) and tonight we are headed out to a nice dinner. When we get home, I have several 200mLs of JW Blue that I've been saving from work, and I think one of them will get cracked open. Yum.

Guys... 1,700 days ago I was a complete mess. A basket case. Just like some of you guys reading this right now. I found KTC 16 days later, at the lowest point of my entire life. This place keeps me accountable to everyone of you, every day. I have not missed one day of posting, and I will not. Winning is so sweet after 25 years of losing. I remember seeing people with 500 days... 1,000 days... and thinking - how did they do this? How is it possible? I remember feeling like bursting out in tears or wanting to lock myself into a room alone. How are these people doing this? Well, we do it one day at a time. We post our promise, and we keep it. I did it today, and I'll do it tomorrow.

If you'd told me what life would be like at 1,700 days, I would have called you a liar. I wouldn't have believed it. When people said "it gets better" I would have stared blankly and nodded, just like those 3 awesome quitters this morning kind of did when I said it. But it is true. Greatness does exist without nicotine, but I don't believe it is possible to achieve with nicotine.

Thanks for the kind words today. You guys saved my life. See you tomorrow.
Legend.
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Re: Day 16
« Reply #587 on: August 19, 2017, 08:31:00 PM »
It is amazing what happens when you let go of the illusion of control. Keep the path clear, my friend.
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Re: Day 16
« Reply #586 on: August 19, 2017, 06:40:00 PM »
Sounds like a perfect day to hit the 17th floor Michael. Proud to be quit with you!
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Re: Day 16
« Reply #585 on: August 19, 2017, 05:43:00 PM »
Quote from: rdad
Quote from: tjschu
Quote from: Rawls
Quote from: AppleJack
Quote from: pab1964
Quote from: Stranger999
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Quote from: ChickDip
Quote from: sportsfan231
Michael congrats on 17th floor - thank you. you are the reason I made it this far, and a lot of others can say the same. one of these days were going to meet up.
Congrats Michael on 1700 days quit. Thank you for your support and all you do around here for the sake of the quit and choosing health and life. ❤
Michael I hope I'm not too late to join the party on the 17th floor. No one has done more to reach out to me and let me know that this site is a brotherhood....or sisterhood, with real people offering real support. Like a lot of long time posters the thought of stopping posting has crossed my mind from time to time, and a big reason I don't think I could answer the text I'm sure I would get from you.....that is real accountability. Thank you.
As long as we both stay quit you will always be about 1000 days ahead of me. I can't thank you enough for helping me brother. :)

Congrats on 17x HOF!
Well you damned ole millennial hope you have a great eclipse weekend! Congratulations on the 17 floor
Yeah buddy! A most excellent number m'man!
Well done brother!
Congrats to one of the BAQs on this site! Thank you for all you do here!
Way to lead Michael. Thank you for all your support. You are a fucking BADASS!
Worktowin 1,700!!!

Killer great day. Like, perfection! Napster, my basset hound that rules this house, decided to wake up early this morning. So at 530am I let him out and sat on the couch and logged in to Facebook for a quick stroll through other people's lives. What do I see... a quitter that I text with almost daily, Weedsta, checked into a hotel 3 blocks from my house last night! So, I reach out to him, and he was meeting 2 other quitters from April 17 (4 years behind my own group) for breakfast at 700, and I met up with them. Weedsta, KitKat, RandyH and I spent about an hour and a half together. What a great experience... and how rewarding to spend some time with guys that are on a journey to greatness. Thanks for the invite guys... you are really gonna like where you are headed.

From there, I went to the gym and kicked and punched some bags for a while, then came home and picked up Mrs. Worktowin and Mom of Worktowin at her place and took them to a cool botanical garden tour, then for some BBQ. And I'm not talking about North Carolina, or Memphis, or Texas (yeah, GDubya... that dig is for you) BBQ. I'm talking about real, salt of the earth, Kansas City kick ass BBQ. The kind that makes your eyes roll back in your head good. That stuff.

Came home, and Mrs. Worktowin decided to thank me for my tenacity at 1,700 (video is for sale on several internet sites for $5.95...) and tonight we are headed out to a nice dinner. When we get home, I have several 200mLs of JW Blue that I've been saving from work, and I think one of them will get cracked open. Yum.

Guys... 1,700 days ago I was a complete mess. A basket case. Just like some of you guys reading this right now. I found KTC 16 days later, at the lowest point of my entire life. This place keeps me accountable to everyone of you, every day. I have not missed one day of posting, and I will not. Winning is so sweet after 25 years of losing. I remember seeing people with 500 days... 1,000 days... and thinking - how did they do this? How is it possible? I remember feeling like bursting out in tears or wanting to lock myself into a room alone. How are these people doing this? Well, we do it one day at a time. We post our promise, and we keep it. I did it today, and I'll do it tomorrow.

If you'd told me what life would be like at 1,700 days, I would have called you a liar. I wouldn't have believed it. When people said "it gets better" I would have stared blankly and nodded, just like those 3 awesome quitters this morning kind of did when I said it. But it is true. Greatness does exist without nicotine, but I don't believe it is possible to achieve with nicotine.

Thanks for the kind words today. You guys saved my life. See you tomorrow.

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Re: Day 16
« Reply #584 on: August 19, 2017, 12:22:00 PM »
Quote from: tjschu
Quote from: Rawls
Quote from: AppleJack
Quote from: pab1964
Quote from: Stranger999
Quote from: Dagranger
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Michael congrats on 17th floor - thank you. you are the reason I made it this far, and a lot of others can say the same. one of these days were going to meet up.
Congrats Michael on 1700 days quit. Thank you for your support and all you do around here for the sake of the quit and choosing health and life. ❤
Michael I hope I'm not too late to join the party on the 17th floor. No one has done more to reach out to me and let me know that this site is a brotherhood....or sisterhood, with real people offering real support. Like a lot of long time posters the thought of stopping posting has crossed my mind from time to time, and a big reason I don't think I could answer the text I'm sure I would get from you.....that is real accountability. Thank you.
As long as we both stay quit you will always be about 1000 days ahead of me. I can't thank you enough for helping me brother. :)

Congrats on 17x HOF!
Well you damned ole millennial hope you have a great eclipse weekend! Congratulations on the 17 floor
Yeah buddy! A most excellent number m'man!
Well done brother!
Congrats to one of the BAQs on this site! Thank you for all you do here!
Way to lead Michael. Thank you for all your support. You are a fucking BADASS!

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Re: Day 16
« Reply #583 on: August 19, 2017, 11:19:00 AM »
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Michael congrats on 17th floor - thank you. you are the reason I made it this far, and a lot of others can say the same. one of these days were going to meet up.
Congrats Michael on 1700 days quit. Thank you for your support and all you do around here for the sake of the quit and choosing health and life. ❤
Michael I hope I'm not too late to join the party on the 17th floor. No one has done more to reach out to me and let me know that this site is a brotherhood....or sisterhood, with real people offering real support. Like a lot of long time posters the thought of stopping posting has crossed my mind from time to time, and a big reason I don't think I could answer the text I'm sure I would get from you.....that is real accountability. Thank you.
As long as we both stay quit you will always be about 1000 days ahead of me. I can't thank you enough for helping me brother. :)

Congrats on 17x HOF!
Well you damned ole millennial hope you have a great eclipse weekend! Congratulations on the 17 floor
Yeah buddy! A most excellent number m'man!
Well done brother!
Congrats to one of the BAQs on this site! Thank you for all you do here!

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Re: Day 16
« Reply #582 on: August 19, 2017, 10:02:00 AM »
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Michael congrats on 17th floor - thank you. you are the reason I made it this far, and a lot of others can say the same. one of these days were going to meet up.
Congrats Michael on 1700 days quit. Thank you for your support and all you do around here for the sake of the quit and choosing health and life. ❤
Michael I hope I'm not too late to join the party on the 17th floor. No one has done more to reach out to me and let me know that this site is a brotherhood....or sisterhood, with real people offering real support. Like a lot of long time posters the thought of stopping posting has crossed my mind from time to time, and a big reason I don't think I could answer the text I'm sure I would get from you.....that is real accountability. Thank you.
As long as we both stay quit you will always be about 1000 days ahead of me. I can't thank you enough for helping me brother. :)

Congrats on 17x HOF!
Well you damned ole millennial hope you have a great eclipse weekend! Congratulations on the 17 floor
Yeah buddy! A most excellent number m'man!
Well done brother!
I believe.....

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Re: Day 16
« Reply #581 on: August 19, 2017, 07:18:00 AM »
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Michael congrats on 17th floor - thank you. you are the reason I made it this far, and a lot of others can say the same. one of these days were going to meet up.
Congrats Michael on 1700 days quit. Thank you for your support and all you do around here for the sake of the quit and choosing health and life. ❤
Michael I hope I'm not too late to join the party on the 17th floor. No one has done more to reach out to me and let me know that this site is a brotherhood....or sisterhood, with real people offering real support. Like a lot of long time posters the thought of stopping posting has crossed my mind from time to time, and a big reason I don't think I could answer the text I'm sure I would get from you.....that is real accountability. Thank you.
As long as we both stay quit you will always be about 1000 days ahead of me. I can't thank you enough for helping me brother. :)

Congrats on 17x HOF!
Well you damned ole millennial hope you have a great eclipse weekend! Congratulations on the 17 floor
Yeah buddy! A most excellent number m'man!
Well, it’s one louder, isn’t it? It’s not ten.