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Re: I not only want to but I have to quit
« Reply #65 on: September 11, 2025, 02:29:45 AM »
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Re: I not only want to but I have to quit
« Reply #64 on: September 10, 2025, 05:02:29 AM »
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Re: I not only want to but I have to quit
« Reply #63 on: September 09, 2025, 12:07:24 PM »
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Re: I not only want to but I have to quit
« Reply #62 on: September 08, 2025, 10:31:24 PM »
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Re: I not only want to but I have to quit
« Reply #61 on: September 08, 2025, 10:29:32 PM »
I hadn't seen this thread in a few years. I stumbled across it scrolling these old forums. It kind of embarrasses me even more that I ever left here. I wanted to see if I could stay quit on my own. At the time quitting to me was quitting chewing and quitting promising every day to do what I wanted to just do. Now I look back and regret leaving. I don't regret leaving because I caved and chewed like many others. However I like many others have more then one addiction. I might always wonder if I had stayed here and active would I have ever caved during covid and began a two year drinking binge. I think probably not. When I began trying to sober up in 23 I first joined a site called Sober Recovery. What a joke. They offer a pat on the ass and try again every time one caves and they quickly got mad at me for calling it out. I finally decided it was time for me to hang my head and come back. Discord still sucks by the way. At least at KTC if I cave I have to answer for it instead of a pat and try again you'll do better. Did I mention discord sucks?

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Re: I not only want to but I have to quit
« Reply #60 on: August 24, 2018, 11:21:00 AM »
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Re: I not only want to but I have to quit
« Reply #59 on: August 24, 2018, 09:51:00 AM »
I should have quit sooner. But at least I can say I have turned fifty without being a dipper.

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Re: I not only want to but I have to quit
« Reply #58 on: May 25, 2018, 06:41:00 PM »
I'm not talking about any one person. I am talking about everyone in every new group. In every group there are people who want to make excuses for not posting before they even try to post. We all see the same people day to day in life. We all know someone who goes to the boss at least every other week and says something like, "There is a chance I might be late one day next week. The left rear tire on my wifes car was low three days ago and I took it to the C-store and put air in it. If it goes flat this weekend I will have to give her a ride to work next week and then take the tire to get it fixed." Then they show up late next Thursday and when you ask them why and mark it unexcused they say "Well, I told you last week I would be late." Some bosses coddle people enough that they would console the guy and excuse him for being late. I am the asshole who would have told him in the first place, "Look, the tire store is open until noon on Saturday. I suggest you get your ass out of bed and take the car there and have the tires rotated and checked so you can be to work on time next week. Because if you think I am going to excuse your tardiness so you can focus on your X-box Saturday morning you have another think coming."

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Re: I not only want to but I have to quit
« Reply #57 on: May 09, 2018, 03:09:00 PM »
Poof, it just wasn't worth it.

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Re: I not only want to but I have to quit
« Reply #56 on: March 26, 2018, 10:35:00 PM »
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Re: I not only want to but I have to quit
« Reply #55 on: March 25, 2018, 07:22:00 PM »
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Re: I not only want to but I have to quit
« Reply #54 on: March 25, 2018, 04:07:00 PM »
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Re: I not only want to but I have to quit
« Reply #53 on: March 25, 2018, 11:15:00 AM »
Congrats on 800 Bike!
Way to crush it!
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Re: I not only want to but I have to quit
« Reply #52 on: February 06, 2018, 11:43:00 PM »
Realized I hit another stage of quit recently. It has been quite some time since I had a dip of Smokey Mountain or even a temptation to do so. Well, yesterday I was driving my wives car and had to open the center console. There was a pretty full can of Smokey Mountain I did not even realize was there. I was not even tempted to take a dip of it. The last time I did dip it I spit it out in a matter of minutes. I took that can and littered as I drove. I don't even have a craving for fake dip any more.

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Re: I not only want to but I have to quit
« Reply #51 on: January 15, 2018, 07:46:00 PM »
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Congrats on 2 years quit Bike!!
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2 years, way to go!
Just another good day to be quit is all today is. My middle daughter is done with her extended Christmas break from college and I get to drive her back to college in a few hours. It snowed here last night and the temperature is 14 degrees so it will be a long drive there and back. Two years ago a 200 mile drive on snow and ice would have led to many dips. Now, no chance of that. I can't even remember the last time I seriously craved a dip. The last time I stuck Smokey Mountain in my mouth I found that disgusting and was spitting that up within a matter of minutes. Nowadays the only thing that stays in my mouth any length of time is gum, breath mints and a toothbrush. I can now laugh at the fools sneaking a smoke or dip at work instead of being one of them. Some think I am cold blooded because I have no sympathy when they get caught and terminated. Thanks for all of the support and I will be here again tomorrow morning to make another promise.
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