Day 1

[AppleJack]

Happy Sunday Quitters!

Day 20 here and glad to be quit today.

The last few days of my life really tested my quit for the first time, you can read back for details.  Which is funny because yesterday was going pretty well until a craving hit me like ton of bricks while out shopping with my wife and son.

Cruising Walmart with the family, that was prime time not so long ago.  This craving snuck up on me, felt like day 1 or 2 all over again.  The worst part was in the middle of it my brain was actually telling me I DID NOT need to call someone, I was fine......lies, that was the nic bitch talking.

Well, I made a text and a call...no answer yet.  Got a response just as I was looking down the list to call a couple guys I don't talk to as much, I was ready to keep calling KTC numbers until I got somebody.  Saved my ass yesterday reaching out to another quitter.  I made through a physically debilitating crave, I was almost in tears and shaking like a leaf.

The nic bitch will make you feel like your weaker now, that dip made you stronger, faster, smarter, funnier.....whatever worked.  We are not weak, we will not be slaves anymore, we are quit today and we need to lean on one another to stay strong and keep the nic bitch beat back today!

Proud to be quit another day with all of you!

NOW THATS HOW WE USE OUR TOOLS PEOPLE... AWESOME JOB 007. PROUD TO BE QUIT WITH YOU TODAY

What CD said! Pay attention newbs... That's how it's done. Well done J...

[cdaniels]

Happy Sunday Quitters!

Day 20 here and glad to be quit today.

The last few days of my life really tested my quit for the first time, you can read back for details.  Which is funny because yesterday was going pretty well until a craving hit me like ton of bricks while out shopping with my wife and son.

Cruising Walmart with the family, that was prime time not so long ago.  This craving snuck up on me, felt like day 1 or 2 all over again.  The worst part was in the middle of it my brain was actually telling me I DID NOT need to call someone, I was fine......lies, that was the nic bitch talking.

Well, I made a text and a call...no answer yet.  Got a response just as I was looking down the list to call a couple guys I don't talk to as much, I was ready to keep calling KTC numbers until I got somebody.  Saved my ass yesterday reaching out to another quitter.  I made through a physically debilitating crave, I was almost in tears and shaking like a leaf.

The nic bitch will make you feel like your weaker now, that dip made you stronger, faster, smarter, funnier.....whatever worked.  We are not weak, we will not be slaves anymore, we are quit today and we need to lean on one another to stay strong and keep the nic bitch beat back today!

Proud to be quit another day with all of you!

NOW THATS HOW WE USE OUR TOOLS PEOPLE... AWESOME JOB 007. PROUD TO BE QUIT WITH YOU TODAY

[Jlud007]

Happy Sunday Quitters!

Day 20 here and glad to be quit today.

The last few days of my life really tested my quit for the first time, you can read back for details. Which is funny because yesterday was going pretty well until a craving hit me like ton of bricks while out shopping with my wife and son.

Cruising Walmart with the family, that was prime time not so long ago. This craving snuck up on me, felt like day 1 or 2 all over again. The worst part was in the middle of it my brain was actually telling me I DID NOT need to call someone, I was fine......lies, that was the nic bitch talking.

Well, I made a text and a call...no answer yet. Got a response just as I was looking down the list to call a couple guys I don't talk to as much, I was ready to keep calling KTC numbers until I got somebody. Saved my ass yesterday reaching out to another quitter. I made through a physically debilitating crave, I was almost in tears and shaking like a leaf.

The nic bitch will make you feel like your weaker now, that dip made you stronger, faster, smarter, funnier.....whatever worked. We are not weak, we will not be slaves anymore, we are quit today and we need to lean on one another to stay strong and keep the nic bitch beat back today!

Proud to be quit another day with all of you!

[jrod]

What's up quitters! Damn proud to be quit with all of you today and if your not quit yet and reading this.......wtf are you waiting for....dump that poison in the nearest crapper and jump in the quit is on like donkey kong up in here!!!!!

Seriously though today is day 18 completely free of nicotine and feeling very good because of my experience on day 17 which I just wanted to share today.

Yesterday was a pretty normal day, since my quit started anyway. I got to work, posted roll, texting some with some of my quit brothers, busy day at work but was feeling very good. My mother in law called me around 1:30 PM to tell me that she had picked up Mrs. 007 and taken her to the emergency room for abdominal pain. I finished my work day while they checked her out and I could feel the nic bitch sneaking in already....challenging me almost.

"What you gonna do now big boy? Even with your fancy quitter website you can't manage a stressful situation like this without me"

Well, I texted my KTC buddies and showed her that she wasn't gonna make me a slave again today, I was gonna wake up and post my +1 tomorrow. So Mrs. 007 is ok for now, she needs to make an appointment with a specialist to check out the abdominal pain she is having sporadically and I stayed up all night with her in the ER. I also made it work, albeit late, and managed to stay quit as well. All in all it has been a pretty good 24 hours and feels very good to still be quit, I can't imagine the guilt of breaking my word and shame of caving in to the poison would feel as good......I know how that feels.....feels like hiding, feels weak.

So any new fellas or gals...get some numbers you'll need them. Its not just accountability and integrity that makes this work, its the connection to another addict that understands how you feel. Someone that can reassure you that falling back into the clutches of nicotine is not the answer to whatever problem your facing.

Two quotes from vets here at the site stick with me always:

"Caving is not an option, do something else."

"A dip and a problem, equals two problems."

Forgive me I can't remember who I picked those up from at them moment.

Quit on quitters! Hey Nic Bitch! 'Finger'

I love it. Smart. Simply sending a text, even if you don't get a quick reply, can transform a situation immediately. It brings you back to earth, back to the moment rather than allowing yourself to be swept away by her lies.

Stay strong 007. You're killing it.

[Jlud007]

What's up quitters! Damn proud to be quit with all of you today and if your not quit yet and reading this.......wtf are you waiting for....dump that poison in the nearest crapper and jump in the quit is on like donkey kong up in here!!!!!

Seriously though today is day 18 completely free of nicotine and feeling very good because of my experience on day 17 which I just wanted to share today.

Yesterday was a pretty normal day, since my quit started anyway. I got to work, posted roll, texting some with some of my quit brothers, busy day at work but was feeling very good. My mother in law called me around 1:30 PM to tell me that she had picked up Mrs. 007 and taken her to the emergency room for abdominal pain. I finished my work day while they checked her out and I could feel the nic bitch sneaking in already....challenging me almost.

"What you gonna do now big boy? Even with your fancy quitter website you can't manage a stressful situation like this without me"

Well, I texted my KTC buddies and showed her that she wasn't gonna make me a slave again today, I was gonna wake up and post my +1 tomorrow. So Mrs. 007 is ok for now, she needs to make an appointment with a specialist to check out the abdominal pain she is having sporadically and I stayed up all night with her in the ER. I also made it work, albeit late, and managed to stay quit as well. All in all it has been a pretty good 24 hours and feels very good to still be quit, I can't imagine the guilt of breaking my word and shame of caving in to the poison would feel as good......I know how that feels.....feels like hiding, feels weak.

So any new fellas or gals...get some numbers you'll need them. Its not just accountability and integrity that makes this work, its the connection to another addict that understands how you feel. Someone that can reassure you that falling back into the clutches of nicotine is not the answer to whatever problem your facing.

Two quotes from vets here at the site stick with me always:

"Caving is not an option, do something else."

"A dip and a problem, equals two problems."

Forgive me I can't remember who I picked those up from at them moment.

Quit on quitters! Hey Nic Bitch! 'Finger'

[Jlud007]

Day 10... How is it going? Lets have an update jlud!

Hey quitters!

Day 11 and have been laying low a bit this week. Still have no computer at home so have not been posting much outside of roll call. Hoping to resolve that situation soon. My quit is becoming part of my routine now. I wake up thinking about posting roll and less about stuffing my lip full of poison in morning. Craves still come and come hard at times but I am starting to have longer periods of time without thinking about it, an hour here, couple hours there....starts to add up and feels really good.

I am damn proud to be quit with all of you bad ass quitters here today!

Quit on brothers!



Hey Nic Bitch.... 'Finger'

[worktowin]

Well jolly damn Tuesday quitters!

Day 8 today and my attitude has not been very good these last few days.  What I can glean from others that have quit before me is that I am right where I should expect to be right now.

Craves are tough but I continue to use the tools set before me, talking to people from here and keeping my roll call promise.  My crazy addict mind really worked me over thru the weekend though. 

My computer died on Saturday which really pissed me off and kept me from being on the site as much as I had wanted to be this weekend. Trying to read and navigate to much on my phone just annoyed me further and gave me a head ache....the addict brain was trying to wiggle in there.

I got bumped from roll call THREE TIMES on Monday! On top of trying to post it on my phone.  Really damn annoyed....and the nic bitch whispers. 

I stayed quit though and that's the biggest thing!  I had no idea what a fight this would be early on.  Don't get me wrong I had no illusions that once the poison was out of my body that things would magically get better, but this shit really keeps working on you.  Like I said my attitude has not been very positive the last few days but I stay quit and put my faith in my quit brothers that have gone before me that if I continue on this difficult journey that things will get better....much better.....and I believe them.  So for that I keep moving forward, faith in the road ahead and the memory that for every shitty day I have, staying quit no matter what ensures that I don't have to repeat them.

Thanks for listening, proud to be quit with all of you today!



Hey Nicotine!   'Finger'

Awesome 007. It takes balls to get through that first week. Thrilled to be quit with you.

Getting bumped = some kind of hazing ritual it seems on this site. In any event, glad you are doing well. Hang in there - there are some bumps ahead, but nothing like the Niagara Falls cliff you were on last week!

Day 10... How is it going? Lets have an update jlud!

[worktowin]

Well jolly damn Tuesday quitters!

Day 8 today and my attitude has not been very good these last few days.  What I can glean from others that have quit before me is that I am right where I should expect to be right now.

Craves are tough but I continue to use the tools set before me, talking to people from here and keeping my roll call promise.  My crazy addict mind really worked me over thru the weekend though. 

My computer died on Saturday which really pissed me off and kept me from being on the site as much as I had wanted to be this weekend. Trying to read and navigate to much on my phone just annoyed me further and gave me a head ache....the addict brain was trying to wiggle in there.

I got bumped from roll call THREE TIMES on Monday! On top of trying to post it on my phone.  Really damn annoyed....and the nic bitch whispers. 

I stayed quit though and that's the biggest thing!  I had no idea what a fight this would be early on.  Don't get me wrong I had no illusions that once the poison was out of my body that things would magically get better, but this shit really keeps working on you.  Like I said my attitude has not been very positive the last few days but I stay quit and put my faith in my quit brothers that have gone before me that if I continue on this difficult journey that things will get better....much better.....and I believe them.  So for that I keep moving forward, faith in the road ahead and the memory that for every shitty day I have, staying quit no matter what ensures that I don't have to repeat them.

Thanks for listening, proud to be quit with all of you today!



Hey Nicotine!  'Finger'

Awesome 007. It takes balls to get through that first week. Thrilled to be quit with you.

Getting bumped = some kind of hazing ritual it seems on this site. In any event, glad you are doing well. Hang in there - there are some bumps ahead, but nothing like the Niagara Falls cliff you were on last week!

[jrod]

Well jolly damn Tuesday quitters!

Day 8 today and my attitude has not been very good these last few days. What I can glean from others that have quit before me is that I am right where I should expect to be right now.

Craves are tough but I continue to use the tools set before me, talking to people from here and keeping my roll call promise. My crazy addict mind really worked me over thru the weekend though.

My computer died on Saturday which really pissed me off and kept me from being on the site as much as I had wanted to be this weekend. Trying to read and navigate to much on my phone just annoyed me further and gave me a head ache....the addict brain was trying to wiggle in there.

I got bumped from roll call THREE TIMES on Monday! On top of trying to post it on my phone. Really damn annoyed....and the nic bitch whispers.

I stayed quit though and that's the biggest thing! I had no idea what a fight this would be early on. Don't get me wrong I had no illusions that once the poison was out of my body that things would magically get better, but this shit really keeps working on you. Like I said my attitude has not been very positive the last few days but I stay quit and put my faith in my quit brothers that have gone before me that if I continue on this difficult journey that things will get better....much better.....and I believe them. So for that I keep moving forward, faith in the road ahead and the memory that for every shitty day I have, staying quit no matter what ensures that I don't have to repeat them.

Thanks for listening, proud to be quit with all of you today!



Hey Nicotine! 'Finger'

Awesome 007. It takes balls to get through that first week. Thrilled to be quit with you.

[Jlud007]

Well jolly damn Tuesday quitters!

Day 8 today and my attitude has not been very good these last few days. What I can glean from others that have quit before me is that I am right where I should expect to be right now.

Craves are tough but I continue to use the tools set before me, talking to people from here and keeping my roll call promise. My crazy addict mind really worked me over thru the weekend though.

My computer died on Saturday which really pissed me off and kept me from being on the site as much as I had wanted to be this weekend. Trying to read and navigate to much on my phone just annoyed me further and gave me a head ache....the addict brain was trying to wiggle in there.

I got bumped from roll call THREE TIMES on Monday! On top of trying to post it on my phone. Really damn annoyed....and the nic bitch whispers.

I stayed quit though and that's the biggest thing! I had no idea what a fight this would be early on. Don't get me wrong I had no illusions that once the poison was out of my body that things would magically get better, but this shit really keeps working on you. Like I said my attitude has not been very positive the last few days but I stay quit and put my faith in my quit brothers that have gone before me that if I continue on this difficult journey that things will get better....much better.....and I believe them. So for that I keep moving forward, faith in the road ahead and the memory that for every shitty day I have, staying quit no matter what ensures that I don't have to repeat them.

Thanks for listening, proud to be quit with all of you today!



Hey Nicotine! 'Finger'

[CaliforniaSlim]

Well day 7 now and have not been posting much this weekend. I was having some rough moments and felt like posting some of what I felt might be harmful to other newer quitters. Well a friend from herer pointed me to another an intro thread that helped me a lot.

It has been suggesfed to keep posting my thoughts so i will. I did not anticipate the mental battle that the nic puts up after that first few days. I have had some crappy moments the last few days but my resolve to stay quit is stronger than ever. 20+ years of poisoning myself cannot be "cured" in a week.

I had moments the last few days where I craved so bad I was almost in tears. My quit brothers have taught me 2 valuable tools though

1. Simple, keep that roll promise. ODAAT

2. Remember that nicotine is the "cause" of all of this crap, so going back will only set me back to the beginning. Day 1 sucked, not going back. Not gonna call my supporters and tell them I'm not stong enough to quit today with them and keep my word.

The nic bitch is my enemy, she is the reason I must go through all of this.  I choose not to listen to her lies and empty promises today......today......I am quit!

ODAAT, NAFAR

I am so very thankful for all of you today, I could not be quit without you!

Remember that you are posting to your intro thread to chronicle your battle to kick this poison to the curb. You want to post the bad times so you can look back and see how difficult the battle was and why you don't want to do it again. Other quitters read your stuff and know they aren't the only ones going thru issues. I can tell you that I read my entire intro thread the other day ... I just posted day 30 this morning ... There is no way I want to go thru the first week again. I was miserable, but i feel better and better EDD. Stay quit bro - ODAAT!

Nice job. Every victory over a day like that is armor to wear into the next battle. Awesome job. When it gets tough, get on here. For me, just reading about other's similar struggles, or writing about my own, sets them apart from the real me, and they can be more easily seen as what they are... the nicbitch clawing at the door you locked her behind.
Glad to be quit with you.

[Derk40]

Well day 7 now and have not been posting much this weekend. I was having some rough moments and felt like posting some of what I felt might be harmful to other newer quitters. Well a friend from herer pointed me to another an intro thread that helped me a lot.

It has been suggesfed to keep posting my thoughts so i will. I did not anticipate the mental battle that the nic puts up after that first few days. I have had some crappy moments the last few days but my resolve to stay quit is stronger than ever. 20+ years of poisoning myself cannot be "cured" in a week.

I had moments the last few days where I craved so bad I was almost in tears. My quit brothers have taught me 2 valuable tools though

1. Simple, keep that roll promise. ODAAT

2. Remember that nicotine is the "cause" of all of this crap, so going back will only set me back to the beginning. Day 1 sucked, not going back. Not gonna call my supporters and tell them I'm not stong enough to quit today with them and keep my word.

The nic bitch is my enemy, she is the reason I must go through all of this.  I choose not to listen to her lies and empty promises today......today......I am quit!

ODAAT, NAFAR

I am so very thankful for all of you today, I could not be quit without you!

Remember that you are posting to your intro thread to chronicle your battle to kick this poison to the curb. You want to post the bad times so you can look back and see how difficult the battle was and why you don't want to do it again. Other quitters read your stuff and know they aren't the only ones going thru issues. I can tell you that I read my entire intro thread the other day ... I just posted day 30 this morning ... There is no way I want to go thru the first week again. I was miserable, but i feel better and better EDD. Stay quit bro - ODAAT!

[Jlud007]

Well day 7 now and have not been posting much this weekend. I was having some rough moments and felt like posting some of what I felt might be harmful to other newer quitters. Well a friend from herer pointed me to another an intro thread that helped me a lot.

It has been suggesfed to keep posting my thoughts so i will. I did not anticipate the mental battle that the nic puts up after that first few days. I have had some crappy moments the last few days but my resolve to stay quit is stronger than ever. 20+ years of poisoning myself cannot be "cured" in a week.

I had moments the last few days where I craved so bad I was almost in tears. My quit brothers have taught me 2 valuable tools though

1. Simple, keep that roll promise. ODAAT

2. Remember that nicotine is the "cause" of all of this crap, so going back will only set me back to the beginning. Day 1 sucked, not going back. Not gonna call my supporters and tell them I'm not stong enough to quit today with them and keep my word.

The nic bitch is my enemy, she is the reason I must go through all of this. I choose not to listen to her lies and empty promises today......today......I am quit!

ODAAT, NAFAR

I am so very thankful for all of you today, I could not be quit without you!

[Jlud007]

I am also dealing with all of the usual symptoms listed in the KTC What to expect when quitting section for days 4-20.

But whatever, this too shall pass..... ODAAT EDD


Hey Nicotine! 'Finger'

[Jlud007]

Saturday morning. Day 5 I think. And last night you went to the races, right - something you used to really enjoy - one long date with a can of poison and some fast cars.

Look forward to hearing what it was like without nicotine. What did your eyes see, what did your brain think?  Did anything seem different?

Morning to all! Hey work, yeah it was trip last night. I sit in the same spot most of the time in the grandstands near a couple older guys, they both smoke but that was never much of an issue for me. Funny thing though, some guy I've never seen sitting in "our area" was there last night. So, I see him fondling an empty Pepsi bottle and I know what's coming.....wasn't long and he was finger bangin' that can of Skoal Wintergreen all night. I have to say that while my cravings were nagging at me some, that guy next to me made my quit stronger last night. Had he offered the can to me, I had my phone and my quit support close but I never felt my quit waver. He was probably a few years older than me, early forties, and he looked miserable in the heat and humid North Carolina summer night.

I love your questions worktowin, because my senses were assaulted by so many new things that it almost distracted by the racing action on the track! I cannot tell you how many people I noticed smoking and dipping with bottles of brown poison ooze toting around with them. I feel incredibly blessed by some power greater than myself. I feel like Neo in the Matrix a little, watching these people poisoning themselves, its like the truth has been revealed.

Then my computer took a giant dump this morning and I did not have time to take it apart and try to fix it this morning. Flipping electronic gadget rage.....would have been a prime time for a lipper that's for sure. So, I posted roll when I got here to work and I'm proud to be quit with all of you today!