I'm in!

[Souliman]

Being quit is not my priority, quit is who I am...I AM QUIT!

Thats a great way to look at it. Thanks for posting!

A state of being. :)

YES

[Scowick65]

Being quit is not my priority, quit is who I am...I AM QUIT!

Thats a great way to look at it. Thanks for posting!

A state of being. :)

[steve1357]

Being quit is not my priority, quit is who I am...I AM QUIT!

Thats a great way to look at it. Thanks for posting!

[tazmed]

210

Ok, so it's been a while since I posted anything here. 200 days came and went without much noise or fanfare...in fact, I had to tell my wife that we were going out to dinner to celebrate 200 days.

I think I've entered the complacency zone...that is, I've grown very comfortable with my quit. That bothers me a bit. I keep reading about guys who have been quit for years showing back up all of a sudden, all because they got comfortable and being quit wasn't in the front of their brains. Over the past couple weeks I've had a time or two that I didn't follow my own advice..."Wake up, pee, post roll, then coffee". I'd sit down, read a bit of the paper, get some breakfast, check Facebook, and then realize that I hadn't posted roll yet. The scary part is that not posting right off didn't really bother me. I was even posting support for someone who fell off and disappeared. Still don't know what happened to him... 'bang head'

I've had a few days when I thought that I'd really like to have a dip, but I tell myself that I don't do that shit anymore. My quit is still solid, but it's not in the front of my brain. One of the things I do at work is run the safety committee and I've been preaching a message to our committee members for the past couple months. "Safety cannot be one of our priorities, it MUST be our core value." Maybe the same should apply to my quit. Being quit is not my priority, quit is who I am...I AM QUIT!

'archer'

[tazmed]

I believe my friend here hit the second floor a week ago.

I want to say thank you for being made of iron in 2011. You have spine and conviction. Congrats bud.

x2

Thanks guys...the steak and shrimp dinner I celebrated with was awesome! Thanks to you two as well for all you've done to help get me (not to mention EVERYONE ELSE) as far as we've gotten.

[Scowick65]

I believe my friend here hit the second floor a week ago.

I want to say thank you for being made of iron in 2011. You have spine and conviction. Congrats bud.

x2

[Souliman]

I believe my friend here hit the second floor a week ago.

I want to say thank you for being made of iron in 2011. You have spine and conviction. Congrats bud.

[Greg5280]

Day 184

Six months ago today, June 22nd, I took my first step toward freedom.  Thank you to my KTC brothers and sisters, what a long, strange trip it's been.

'archer'

Right on Taz.

Six months is huge !!

[Souliman]

Day 184

Six months ago today, June 22nd, I took my first step toward freedom. Thank you to my KTC brothers and sisters, what a long, strange trip it's been.

'archer'

Right on Taz.

[tazmed]

Day 184

Six months ago today, June 22nd, I took my first step toward freedom. Thank you to my KTC brothers and sisters, what a long, strange trip it's been.

'archer'

[MattMan]

2 days into quitting copenhagen pouches after 10 years of a can of a day im in pure hell cant think cant do anything.

Advise please

Get into the welcome center and read!

index.php?showforum=13

Learn about posting roll and go to the March 2012 group and post your Day 2.

I'm getting ready to head out the door to teach a class, otherwise I'd write you a novel about what to do. Hopefully this will round up some good support for you. If nothing else, get into the live chat and talk about what you're going through.

Live Chat

Jeff - You are in the right place. Taz know what he is talking about. Go read everything on this site you can take in.

We are about quiting here. Cold turkey, NO nicotine at all.

Good job on two days. The fog should be lifting in the next day or two. Unless I missed it I have not seen your introduction. Post a little about yourself and why this quit is important TO YOU. You will find a lot of support on this sight.

MattMan

[MattMan]

Taz - I enjoyed reading your post today, especially the part about taking the tools you have learned here and applying them to becoming healty.

I have always struggled with my weight but always been able to find activities that keep me relatively fit. Mountain biking, hiking, and a job that required a bit of physical activity have done the trick.

For the past 3 year I have had a job that keeps me usually in a chair in front of the computer. We had a kid, so getting out for those things that keep me active stopped. This resulted in now being almost 270 pounds!

I recently noticed a small gym open near my work in an old warehouse. Yesterday I went by and did a physical assessment with a personal trainer. My body was so shocked by the amount of physical activity we did I literally dry heaved in the parking lot for 15 minutes when we were done. 'yak'

I found this for motivation www.toughmudder.com but need some sort of accountability. The accountability has made my quit strong. How do you see this working for a quitting being a fat-ass lazy couch potato vs. quiting nicotine?

[tazmed]

2 days into quitting copenhagen pouches after 10 years of a can of a day im in pure hell cant think cant do anything.

Advise please

Get into the welcome center and read!

index.php?showforum=13

Learn about posting roll and go to the March 2012 group and post your Day 2.

I'm getting ready to head out the door to teach a class, otherwise I'd write you a novel about what to do. Hopefully this will round up some good support for you. If nothing else, get into the live chat and talk about what you're going through.

Live Chat

[jeffthompson]

2 days into quitting copenhagen pouches after 10 years of a can of a day im in pure hell cant think cant do anything.

Advise please

[tazmed]

Day 168

As I sit here in my office wondering why Martina McBride won't return my phone calls (I'm really not a stalker...really...) a strange thought hits me. The only time I've thought about having a dip is when I think about not thinking about it.

Does that make any sense? For example, a couple weeks ago I took the family on a little walk around one of our local volcanoes...a nice little five mile stroll that we did in about two hours. The first time I had any thought about dipping was about three miles into it when I realized that I hadn't thought about having one all morning. For me, that was the realization that I HAVE taken my life back from the bitch...she is no longer in control of me.

That's how I feel on most days now; I just do the things I do and the thought of having a dip just don't enter into my mind. This is one of the most liberating feelings I've had in a very long time...and that's very cool. Now I'm about to set out on the next chapter of my quit. In the past 168 days I've switched from stuffing my lips with cancer candy to stuffing my mouth with any food item that isn't still moving (although some of the moving things might be at risk too) and I've put on almost 20 pounds. I'm going to use the tools that I've discovered here to help me get back down to a decent shape. Yeah, I know...I'm in shape because "round" is a shape. The truth is that for the first time in my life, I actually feel fat.

So, starting today, I'm going to be getting off my ass and getting active. I have a Nordic Trac sitting in my living room (had to move it to bring the Christmas tree in) that will no longer sit idle. If I can't get out and get my walk in, I'll at least spend 30 minutes on the skis.

Taz - Day 168 of freedom, Day 1 of no longer being a fat ass sack... 'archer'