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Offline ross8yrs

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Re: Hello
« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2013, 11:52:00 AM »
Hey Greg,

I also am fairly new to this site, these guys are awesome. stick close to the site during hard times, read up, it'll get you through.

Ross
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Offline srans

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Re: Hello
« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2013, 11:49:00 AM »
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Yep exercise is/ was a trigger. Was on Team USA Duathlon team in '09. Quit 48 days ago and thought having a dip after a hard workout was cool. Not now. Read the welcome center info in the orange letters at the top. PM me if you need digits or talk cycling.
Congrats brother. I recommend you do some reading on this sight. Learn your enemy. Did you know that nicotine robs your brain of oxygen and causes your blood pressure to be higher.

You riding and keeping your cardio up probably helped regulate that, but nicotine was not helping for sure. I also like riding and jogging. Not going to join any triathlons but i do like to stay in shape. You will be amazed at how different you will feel in time. Exercise and using was not a good combo. You going to kick yourself right in the toosh in a few months when you start seeing the difference.

Need anything give me a pm. Quit with you.
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The poison sucks. I hate it. I hated it this morning, I hated it at noon, I hated it at supper and I hate it tonight. I enjoy hating it so much I'm going to wake up tomorrow and start over hating it. I quit with anyone that wants to hate it with me.

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Re: Hello
« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2013, 11:38:00 AM »
One day at a time. Glad you had the courage to quit AGAIN!. I had once quit for several years after a hospitalization that lasted a month and then out of work for more time. Got started again at son's baseball game. Day 793 on this quit. This Dawg not whipped by Dip!

Offline duathman

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Re: Hello
« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2013, 10:58:00 AM »
Yep exercise is/ was a trigger. Was on Team USA Duathlon team in '09. Quit 48 days ago and thought having a dip after a hard workout was cool. Not now. Read the welcome center info in the orange letters at the top. PM me if you need digits or talk cycling.

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Re: Hello
« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2013, 10:56:00 AM »
Greg,

On this board, the last thing we worry about is punctuation and grammar. We care about 2 things and 2 things only. 1) Posting roll with your promise to not use any form of nicotine for the day and 2) keeping that promise. Everything else is ancillary.

There are two stickied posts at the top of the intro section that have some great information. I created a thread a while back that is pretty much all encompassing on what you need to know and what to expect over the next week or so. Click here and feel free to read through it.

I'm glad to be quit with you today. When you are ready, find your way over to the October 2013 quit group and post roll.

Offline ParadigmDawg

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« on: July 22, 2013, 10:48:00 AM »
Hello,

I have been dipping since age 14 or so. I will turn 49 in September of this year so that's a long time on the can. I did quit about 8 years ago for 262 days but on day 263, I had that "just one dip" and haven't stopped since then.

I was on a road bike ride yesterday morning, doing some threshold training and started thinking how crazy it was that; I was working at 90% of my max, for 1.5 hours and had a dip in my mouth.

I really didn't plan on quitting yesterday but once I got home something was telling me the time was right. My wife and I were headed to her parents house, for her Dad's 87 year B-Day lunch and I told her I had to stop and get Cope. She is used to seeing me get my 4 cans of Cope every 4 days so it was no big deal. She asked me why I wasn't stopping at my regular store as I passed it on the way to Walmart. I told her to hold steady and I would be right back. I ran in, came back with a couple of cans of Smokey Mountain and explained everything to her in the car.

I had my last dip at 11:30am yesterday but I am counting today as day 1 of my quit. Today, I feel pretty bad but I knew I would. I plan on using SM for now and just make it through each day an hour at a time. I'm not sure I can drink anymore water or exercise anymore than I already do.

I am an avid cyclist and spend all my free time on a road or mountain bike. My nutrition is good, my cardio is awesome and I am pretty much a health-nut so I just have to kick this one bad habit and set myself free.

Please excuse any punctuation errors, misspelled words or general poor sentence structure, my brain is not working at all.

Greg
Oh little worm-dirt...you are so scary...F' OFF...!!!