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Offline The Al man

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Re: Howdy
« Reply #12 on: October 21, 2011, 01:36:00 AM »
My name is al, I'm 26 and I make my home in the great white north, Surrey BC to be exact. Chew in my region is pricey, 20 bucks a tin. I had been a tin a day chewer for the past few years. As you can imagine, I was spending a small fortune on killin myself. I am quit.

I started dipping when I was 18. It wasn't very common to chew in my hometown. I had only really seen it done on tv. Nonetheless I started and I got hooked. In the seven years of chewing I only was able to stop for any length of time once for aboot a year. I thought back then that I had control, I thought I had quit. I wanted to think that I was strong enough to choose when I chewed. Obviously this wasn't true. I ended up chewing more than ever. That was over three years ago. I've wanted to quit since then. Most of the time I would tell myself one more chew, actually every time I would tell myself one more chew. As so many of you know, this is very maddening.

I'm writing this at the end of day 2. Tomorrow is pay day Friday. I will crave but no way will I cave.
I will post roll everyday. I will never use any tobacco product ever again. I am here for me and I am here for you.
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Offline nicofiend

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Re: Howdy
« Reply #11 on: October 20, 2011, 10:07:00 AM »
Al, I quit with you today!
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Offline Tsmith17

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Re: Howdy
« Reply #10 on: October 20, 2011, 02:25:00 AM »
Welcome Al. Take it one day at a time. It sucks now, but it WILL get easier. Post that roll everyday. Make yourself accountable. You have all the support in the world here, make good use of it.
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Re: Howdy
« Reply #9 on: October 20, 2011, 02:11:00 AM »
This is a good quit. I like this quit. I can feel the power behind this quit. I have confidence in this quit.

Welcome to the suck Al. You have the right attitude. Stay stong and stay involved.
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Offline Souliman

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Re: Howdy
« Reply #8 on: October 19, 2011, 11:03:00 PM »
A believer...excellent. I like where you are coming from Al and definitely applaud where you're going. You reach out and be smart. Don't do stupid shit like drinking a whole bunch of beers in the next few weeks or buying a can as a trophy. Things get hard...you get on this site and ask for help. You see how many fruitcakes come out of the woodwork to help you.
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Offline davo

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Re: Howdy
« Reply #7 on: October 19, 2011, 09:10:00 PM »
Al man,

I quit with you - glad you're here. I need all the support I can get and I get it from people like you and your stories. I need to hear your stories and I need you to hear mine.

I will see you on roll.
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Offline Scowick65

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Re: Howdy
« Reply #6 on: October 19, 2011, 08:34:00 PM »
Nice day 1 brother! 1 day at a time.
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Offline Bean

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Re: Howdy
« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2011, 07:51:00 PM »
Freedom is yours if you commit to it. Post roll, read all you can, and be free. The suck is the feeling of recovery.
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Offline Greg5280

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Re: Howdy
« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2011, 06:56:00 PM »
Knowledge is power ! Read everything you can on the site. Keeping your mind busy early on is huge.

Read all of the intro posts. Move onto the HOF speeches. Then pick a group ahead of you and read their posts from the beginning. I would suggest Feb 2010 but any group ahead of you will work.

Glad you are here. Post your promise daily and keep your word.

STAY QUIT
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Offline AgLawyer

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Re: Howdy
« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2011, 06:54:00 PM »
Friend -

On my iPhone so limited in what I can type now. But here we do not "stop" - we "QUIT!"

Welcome. Shout if you need anything. I will look for you on the roll.
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Offline steve1357

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Re: Howdy
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2011, 06:37:00 PM »
Al man,

Welcome aboard and congrats on quitting

Check out the welcome center (pink link up top). Once you get an idea of what KTC is, go to the January 2012 quit group and post roll call. Roll call is our daily promise to not use nicotine. We make this promise each day, for only one day at a time.

I am pumped up by your enthusisam to quit. PM me if you have any questions.

Proud to quit with you.

Steve
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Offline The Al man

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Howdy
« on: October 19, 2011, 06:31:00 PM »
Hello, glad i found you guys. Ive been fighting with chew for way too lOng and I'm quit. So far so good. I've been reading a ton of posts and I am very enthused by so many of you. I look forward to getting more involved. I didn't know how dumb a choice it was to start chewing but I know how smart of a choice it is to stop
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