Our word is our bond. Our word is all we have. This is how we roll.
Stepped on the scale 4 days ago and it rang up 228 lbs... This is about what I weighed in college. Deep in the fog and suck I was tipping the scales at 270. I was eating everything I had to because all that mattered was staying quit. 2 pints of ice cream was not off the table. Today I pay attention to what I eat because I can.
Somewhere along this process I started to exercise some personal discipline. I have quit dipping for 410 days! Along the way, I also made another decision and it was a personal decision... I also quit drinking. I never counted days but this quit meant a lot to me because I am a bad drinker.
I sit here today at a weird point ... 4 days ago I drank. I went against my word. Nothing bad happened but I got hammered. I went against a promise I made to myself. Quite honestly... I feel awful. If I was at AA I guess I'd have to answer the 3 questions. But this is KTC, so it is not required.
Bottom line... My word means a lot. I am a different guy than I was back on 23 June 2012. Without our word we are nothing. Own it today.
I plan to keep my word today. I am quit all day long.
This is an awesome post. Awesome. Especially to new quitters.
Some of the best, most honorable, hard working men and women I know are from this site. In their professions, they are machines. Work hard, play hard. To the extreme. When we eat, we tend to eat to the extreme. Drink... Same. We are addicts. When we chewed, we chewed to the extreme. We are are addicts not just of nicotine - we are ALL IN on everything we do.
Now you have harnessed how to deal with your addiction and carry the greatness over to other parts of your life. How many of us have done this... Almost everyone that keeps posting every day! Hall of fame was a moment of pride, but more than that it was just the start if a good place. What we learn here will change our lives... If we let it.
I'm proud to quit with you today.