Well here it goes. I'm not even really sure what to put in here. I guess I'll start of on my I found this place. I promised my wife and daughters that I would quit dipping the day of our wedding. That was 6/11/16. I haven't had a dip since I got back to the house early Saturday morning to start getting ready. I have tried to quit before and even made it to about a week or so, but good God it sucks! I found kill the can while looking for dip alternatives. Ha my wife loved the site so much she already ordered several different ones for me to try. I started right before I joined the Marine Corps way bay in 02. After boot camp I really have not gone long without have a dip. Even now that I am out, I work insane hours and train and compete in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and about the only time I wouldn't be reaching for a can was when I was actually on the mats. Still as soon as I got off, a lip went right back in. I'm going to update my profile and everything but this is the start. My 100th day without tobacoo will be Sept 18, 2016. Let's hope I can make it there. Thanks for having this site and this group.
Hey Devildog, I know the Marine Corps didn't get soft after I left. If you learned anything at MCRD it was to take things one day at a time. Your goal then was to make it to graduation. Well now your goal is a lifetime without that Nic-bitch in it. I'm glad you showed your wife this site. I did the same thing although it was a few days later. She has to understand this process. She has to understand the need to post roll every damn day. My wife asks me most days if I posted roll. She asks how my "other family" is at least weekly. Get some digits or emails and reach out when you need a helping hand. No shame in it. We are here to help. Some of us are assholes, some are nurturing. I'll let you guess which one I am. 'arse'
Your quit group is Pre-September 2016. Get in there and post roll.
Check your inbox for digits. Upper Right Corner
Semper Fi, boot. roflmao
Welcome Andy....where's the day 4 post? You need to head on over to September of '16....you can find it
HERE and post up your promise. Writing an into is nice, but that's not how the system here works. And oh, BTW, there's no room in this house for HOPE. (unless there happens to be a female quitter out there by that name!!!) We don't "Hope we can make it there". we MAKE IT THERE by working the system. Wake up, piss, post roll, honor your post (that you won't use nicotine in any form whatsoever for the next 24 hours), then repeat. Simple, yes. Easy, no! You said so yourself.... yes, it SUCKS.
You see, over the years you were sucking on cat turds filled with enough poison to kill a small rodent on a daily basis, your brain built up several million additional dopamine receptors. Now that your off the steady nicotine drip, those little bastards are beginning to die off. Even after the physical removal of all nicotine from the bloodstream (which if you're at day 4 is already over), you will have some serious psychological withdrawals (called craves). Know that even though you might think you're gonna die if you don't get a dip, that feeling will eventually pass. And nicotine withdrawal has never actually killed anyone.
Strap in, son, gonna be a bumpy ride for awhile!! Let's get this quit under way, post up today!!
