180 days, 6 months, 1/2 a year....
Unbelievable, 181 days ago if you would have told me I could quit for this long I would have told you that you were crazy. To put this in perspective, the last time I could tell you I was 6 months clean would have been when I was about 14. The biggest surprise for me is how I got here, ONE DAY AT A TIME!
Tonight I came clean with everyone in my Boy Scout Troop. Some knew, some didn't. I gave my Scoutmasters minute and talked about the dangers of nicotine, alcohol, and drugs. This would be the first time I have had this talk with Scouts without a ninja dip in, sometimes even a fatty. BTW, the theme was regrets, I have very few regrets in my life and am pretty happy with what I am and who I am. My biggest regret in life was putting that shit in my lip. I have certainly made some bad decisions in my life but regrets in my opinion are in a whole different class.
The only way this could happen is obviously my decision to start this quit. A profound thing has happened over the last 180 days, I have gone from thinking of this site as a silly place where you can drop an f bomb without everyone getting in a tizzy, to a site where there is a brotherhood, there are real people on the other side of the keyboard. They have feelings, but you know what, they care about how I am doing! They check in with me if I haven't posted for the day, they ask how my day is, they tell me about their day too, and you know what? I give a shit too! I ask them about their day, I find out why they haven't posted, sometimes just say hi how are you!
Proud to be a Jackwagin! (I thought that shit was crazy/stupid/embarrassing too when I first started, now I wouldn't change it for anything.)
