Gotta give this up

[B-loMatt]

About 74 hours into this quit. Today has been the worst by far. No cave tonight. Got this.

Awesome! But don't lose hope even though it doesn't get better after the magic 72hrs are up. Just take it one day at a time  keep positive! I know because it's all I can do right about now too even after 6 days.

You Bama boys are winning the toughest fight of your lives. I am 91 days quit right now and still fighting this nic addiction every damn day, but it is way better now than it was yesterday. Yes there are days ahead of us that will be harder than yesterday, but overall it gets easier and better every day. I poisoned myself for over 20 years so I cannot expect to heal in 100 days... Read some of the intro threads of the bad asses who are taking the time to post on your intros. These are guys who have been through what we are going through. They helped me and everyone else who quits here. Read the intros from page 1 on, and you will see that the fight can be won. Get the knowledge; get the target for all that rage you boys are feeling... Nicotine and U.S. tobacco should get your rage!

[Mike from AB]

About 74 hours into this quit. Today has been the worst by far. No cave tonight. Got this.

Awesome! But don't lose hope even though it doesn't get better after the magic 72hrs are up. Just take it one day at a time  keep positive! I know because it's all I can do right about now too even after 6 days.

[Mike from AB]

Thanks for sharing that mindset Srans, I'm not anywhere close to the hate yet.  Like you I thought I was about as quit as it got making a can last 4 days on average, longer if I threw a smoke in there, I was a substitution guy with it all under control.  But had to do more if I wanted  expected a clean bill of health.  It still feels like I've lost a best friend as opposed to the hate, so a good thought to think on for a couple days.

AB,, A good way to start hating it is by reading. Learn your enemy. Find everything you can about how nicotine infiltrates your brain and takes over.

Nicotine takes over the same pathways that tell you that your starving. That's why countless times you would would have rather had a dip instead of eat. It's also the same pathways that cause feelings,, like love, hate. That's why you love it more that yourself and family. Learning this enemy is half the battle.

I wrote something in hof speech that I like to point out from time to time. I use to make sure I had enough poison on me that if I broke down on the highway with my wife and family, I would of at least have enough poison for the ordeal. WTF!!! The poison would have helped me through it. How???? It wouldn't have changed a tire for me. It wouldn't have brought any tools to fix the car. It wouldn't have helped one little damn bit!! {Rant},,, sorry..

I made sure I had enough poison for every occasion...

Learning this enemy will help you get ahead in this marathon. Make no mistake ab and bama,, the poison is your ENEMY!!!!! Learn it,,,, live it!!!!!

Thanks for the tips Srans, I'll have to do some more reading. Because I had no idea how it really worked before, but yes Cope became breakfast for me. Who needs to eat before leaving for work? But I guarantee my morning commute wasn't done without a dip.

Funny the way it works though, you really do believe it'll cure what ails ya. It might not change the flat for you or fix the car, but darned if you don't think you're better at dealing with the situation with a dip. But lots of people make lots of car repairs without it. I did my first this week. Granted it was just changing a taillight, but well it is possible LOL So don't be sorry about a rant, to me we're all here to discuss  learn. If I didn't want to hear about other's experiences I'd turn off the computer

[BamaHutch]

About 74 hours into this quit. Today has been the worst by far. No cave tonight. Got this.

[srans]

Thanks for sharing that mindset Srans, I'm not anywhere close to the hate yet. Like you I thought I was about as quit as it got making a can last 4 days on average, longer if I threw a smoke in there, I was a substitution guy with it all under control. But had to do more if I wanted  expected a clean bill of health. It still feels like I've lost a best friend as opposed to the hate, so a good thought to think on for a couple days.

AB,, A good way to start hating it is by reading. Learn your enemy. Find everything you can about how nicotine infiltrates your brain and takes over.

Nicotine takes over the same pathways that tell you that your starving. That's why countless times you would would have rather had a dip instead of eat. It's also the same pathways that cause feelings,, like love, hate. That's why you love it more that yourself and family. Learning this enemy is half the battle.

I wrote something in hof speech that I like to point out from time to time. I use to make sure I had enough poison on me that if I broke down on the highway with my wife and family, I would of at least have enough poison for the ordeal. WTF!!! The poison would have helped me through it. How???? It wouldn't have changed a tire for me. It wouldn't have brought any tools to fix the car. It wouldn't have helped one little damn bit!! {Rant},,, sorry..

I made sure I had enough poison for every occasion...

Learning this enemy will help you get ahead in this marathon. Make no mistake ab and bama,, the poison is your ENEMY!!!!! Learn it,,,, live it!!!!!

[Mike from AB]

Thanks for sharing that mindset Srans, I'm not anywhere close to the hate yet. Like you I thought I was about as quit as it got making a can last 4 days on average, longer if I threw a smoke in there, I was a substitution guy with it all under control. But had to do more if I wanted  expected a clean bill of health. It still feels like I've lost a best friend as opposed to the hate, so a good thought to think on for a couple days.

[srans]

I'm being as strong as I can. I catch myself coming out of a daydream and in that daydream I've convinced myself that just one little dip would be ok. I have to fight that continuously. I mentioned earlier that I hadn't been a dumbass since Thursday. I am a dumbass addict. I know that this ain't gonna be easy. There's a chance that I might have a cave moment everyday. All I can do is fight through it and try not to slip back into my dumbass ways.

I know that feeling, I've been fighting that continually today  I don't have half the mindset you do on this. But here I still have 1/2 hr to go on my promise for today so tomorrow I can choose to fight through  try again for another day. But like Evil put out there, I posted roll today, now to live up to that promise. Cause there's more guys than I would've thought possible who believe I can  who have been there before.

First off,, give yourself A quitting pat on the back. You deserve it. I know what your going through and wouldn't do it again for anything. That's why this quit is so precious to me. I know I wouldn't go through the initial quit again. I'm not strong enough. Took me 25 years to even consider quitting. I wish I found the site earlier in life, but if i'm being truthful,, I never even looked for it. Never even gave quitting a serious thought until February 14, at 130 am,, 192 days ago,, but who's counting.

I thought I was man enough to quit a few times and thought I did good by making it a half day. Went through a few periods when I would only dip a can every couple days. Yea,,,, I was really doing good. What an idiot i was. The poison had me bound gagged and tied for 25 years and it took me that long to figure it out. Now looking back just pisses me off so bad. What an idiot!!!! Read my hof speech if you get time. It's in my signature line. It might help you through another day...

I'm moving forward now and you can bet it won't be with the poison. I hate the poison,,, It fuels my quit. Try it,,, You might like it!!!

I know your healing brain is still having trouble grasping the hate concept,,, so let me help you.

You loved the poison more than anything. You loved it more than your wife, kids, family and friends. Hell, you loved it more than yourself. Why??? It gave you nothing in return. THINK ABOUT IT!!! I have a lot more I can list, but I think it would be good for you to think on this a while. I can write pretty much a whole page of stuff that the poison has taken from me. I can also add some stuff that the poison could possibly take, but I don't like to think about that. One day at a time is where I live now....

Quitting comes from deep. Start telling your brain how to think,,, its turn was over days ago. SAY IT WITH ME.. I HATE THE POISON!!!!!!

[Mike from AB]

I'm being as strong as I can. I catch myself coming out of a daydream and in that daydream I've convinced myself that just one little dip would be ok. I have to fight that continuously. I mentioned earlier that I hadn't been a dumbass since Thursday. I am a dumbass addict. I know that this ain't gonna be easy. There's a chance that I might have a cave moment everyday. All I can do is fight through it and try not to slip back into my dumbass ways.

I know that feeling, I've been fighting that continually today  I don't have half the mindset you do on this. But here I still have 1/2 hr to go on my promise for today so tomorrow I can choose to fight through  try again for another day. But like Evil put out there, I posted roll today, now to live up to that promise. Cause there's more guys than I would've thought possible who believe I can  who have been there before.

[Evil_Won]

I'm being as strong as I can. I catch myself coming out of a daydream and in that daydream I've convinced myself that just one little dip would be ok. I have to fight that continuously. I mentioned earlier that I hadn't been a dumbass since Thursday. I am a dumbass addict. I know that this ain't gonna be easy. There's a chance that I might have a cave moment everyday. All I can do is fight through it and try not to slip back into my dumbass ways.

If quitting was easy there wouldn't be addicts. Use every victory over a crave as a tool (reminder) that you can conquer the next one.

Caving is a choice.
Choose to post roll first thing everyday to take caving off of the table for the day. Choose to keep your word every day. Craves will come. When they do, say outloud, "Sorry. I posted roll and I am quit today". Choose to repeat tomorrow.

[BamaHutch]

I'm being as strong as I can. I catch myself coming out of a daydream and in that daydream I've convinced myself that just one little dip would be ok. I have to fight that continuously. I mentioned earlier that I hadn't been a dumbass since Thursday. I am a dumbass addict. I know that this ain't gonna be easy. There's a chance that I might have a cave moment everyday. All I can do is fight through it and try not to slip back into my dumbass ways.

[Mike from AB]

I haven't been a dumbass since Thursday. It's a good feeling.

Hope that good feeling is continuing on tonight. I'm discovering there are plenty of guys walked down this road before  come out the better for it. Be strong, you're doing it!

[BamaHutch]

I haven't been a dumbass since Thursday. It's a good feeling.

[Derk40]

I'm sucking on this fake stuff as much as I did the real stuff. Maybe soon I'll get to the point to where I'm chewing gum or whatever instead of this.

I did the fake stuff for 6 months. Some folks don't believe in it, but it was my crutch and, if it will keep the real stuff out of your mouth, I say go for it. Eventually, I got tired of it.

Use the fake stuff as long as it takes. U can do that stuff all day  it aint gonna kill ya. Don't worry about it. The only thing you need to worry about is not using nicotine today. Keep it simple. You are doing great bro! Keep at it! Stay quit!

[flash]

I'm sucking on this fake stuff as much as I did the real stuff. Maybe soon I'll get to the point to where I'm chewing gum or whatever instead of this.

I did the fake stuff for 6 months. Some folks don't believe in it, but it was my crutch and, if it will keep the real stuff out of your mouth, I say go for it. Eventually, I got tired of it.

[BamaHutch]

I'm sucking on this fake stuff as much as I did the real stuff. Maybe soon I'll get to the point to where I'm chewing gum or whatever instead of this.