D-Day was Feb 28/Mar 01, 2010

[Greg5280]

July 29, 2010 - DAY 152

When someone has been here awhile ( 100 days) and updates their introduction page frequently, it is a pretty good sign that there is a funk going on. I am going through a funk, but the tools and support of this site help me get through it. Writing about my quit and related items are helpful. I am confident I will come out of this funk the same way I came in - quit. And I do it one day at a time.

One of the things that scares me that is totally out of my control is my risk of health problems down the road from my two decades of dipping. The risk of heart disease, the biggest killer of nicotine users, decreases over a relatively short period of time. My cholesterol is way down, and I am taking serious steps to lose 20 lbs I have gained over the past year pre (15 lbs) and post (5 lbs) quit.

However, the risk of head and neck cancers decreases at a slower rate - maybe 15 years to reduce risk to that of a non-user.

I read a story today over in the words of wisdom about a non-tobacco using teetotaler who has about 2 - 12 months left because of oral cancer. That story haunts me.

I ask myself if I will "lose" the cancer lottery we all entered when we started dipping. The odds are I won't have a "losing" number, and my odds certainly won't increase by staying quit. But at the back of my mind is always the question - did my two decade dipping habit plant the seeds for my early death?

Our lives are the sum of the little decisions we have made over time. All of these decisions we can control. I know I made the right decision to quit, and I can only hope and pray that my decision decades ago to begin dipping does not cause any more damage than it already has.

Charley

Hi Allec,

Just caught this and wanted to tell you to hang in there and let us June brothers know if we can help.

I break it down to this:

You can't do anything about the past and now that you are quit, you will definitely and absolutely not do any further damage provided you stay quit.

If you cave and put another dip in your mouth, that single dip MAY WELL BE THE TRIGGER TO CANCER that did not the moment before you put it in your mouth.

Remember the story of news anchor, Peter Jennings. He quit smoking for 30 years. Was screened for cancer every year after that and was clean. On September 11, 2001, he got stressed and broke his 30 year quit and started smoking again. In March, 2005, he was diagnosed with lung cancer. On August 10, 2005, he was dead from lung cancer.

Moral of the story, DON'T CAVE.

We are all here for you bro...use your tools.

Every one of us!!

Even us new guys are here for you, anything you need

Allec / Charley,

This is what I think about every day. My dad died of Cancer last year. My mom is dying of cancer today. Did I do enough damage to plant the seed? Will my kids watch cancer eat me alive like I watched it eat my parents?

I can't control that now. All I can control is my quit. I sure as Hell am not going to he taking any more risk any time soon.

Stay quit dude. I'm quit with you.

Charley, you know we got your back. I'm quit with you whichever one of us is in a funk at any given time. Like you say in your post, you WILL come out of this funk, and you WILL still be quit. All of us who have gone into and come out of funks know how great that feels. Meanwhile, you are one of the most conscientious quitters on this site when it comes to staying quit with the tools we've gained here, no matter what is going on. I know you'll make it through this because you don't play games with the system that works. You post every day and you participate in our badass group.

Regarding the cancer issue, we'll all have that hanging over our heads for some time, but compared to the sheer insanity of adding to that risk by caving, it's something we can deal with. Worry and stress are killers too, so while it may be easier said than done sometimes, I'm trying to spend much less energy on worry and regret and much more energy living right today. Ultimately, that's all we can do. Regret is only good as lesson, and once that lesson is learned and applied, I'm doing my best to cut it loose.

Like Tabasco, Lost, NOLAQ and many other quitters here, I'm quit with you.

Allec,
I have the same fears, I think we all do. I read the same story and it scared the shit outta me. Every time I hear about someone getting cancer I worry for a time if that will be me. The good news is I worry much less today than I did at 150, and I am hoping as time passes I will continue to worry less.

It has already been said but there is nothing we can do about our choices we made when we were young. I choose each day to remain quit, I work out now, I spend time with my family, I am a better person quit !!

Wake up each day and stay quit. Go to the doc and get checked each year. Enjoy your family and your life....

STAY QUIT

[teamgreen]

July 29, 2010 - DAY 152

When someone has been here awhile ( 100 days) and updates their introduction page frequently, it is a pretty good sign that there is a funk going on. I am going through a funk, but the tools and support of this site help me get through it. Writing about my quit and related items are helpful. I am confident I will come out of this funk the same way I came in - quit. And I do it one day at a time.

One of the things that scares me that is totally out of my control is my risk of health problems down the road from my two decades of dipping. The risk of heart disease, the biggest killer of nicotine users, decreases over a relatively short period of time. My cholesterol is way down, and I am taking serious steps to lose 20 lbs I have gained over the past year pre (15 lbs) and post (5 lbs) quit.

However, the risk of head and neck cancers decreases at a slower rate - maybe 15 years to reduce risk to that of a non-user.

I read a story today over in the words of wisdom about a non-tobacco using teetotaler who has about 2 - 12 months left because of oral cancer. That story haunts me.

I ask myself if I will "lose" the cancer lottery we all entered when we started dipping. The odds are I won't have a "losing" number, and my odds certainly won't increase by staying quit. But at the back of my mind is always the question - did my two decade dipping habit plant the seeds for my early death?

Our lives are the sum of the little decisions we have made over time. All of these decisions we can control. I know I made the right decision to quit, and I can only hope and pray that my decision decades ago to begin dipping does not cause any more damage than it already has.

Charley

Hi Allec,

Just caught this and wanted to tell you to hang in there and let us June brothers know if we can help.

I break it down to this:

You can't do anything about the past and now that you are quit, you will definitely and absolutely not do any further damage provided you stay quit.

If you cave and put another dip in your mouth, that single dip MAY WELL BE THE TRIGGER TO CANCER that did not the moment before you put it in your mouth.

Remember the story of news anchor, Peter Jennings. He quit smoking for 30 years. Was screened for cancer every year after that and was clean. On September 11, 2001, he got stressed and broke his 30 year quit and started smoking again. In March, 2005, he was diagnosed with lung cancer. On August 10, 2005, he was dead from lung cancer.

Moral of the story, DON'T CAVE.

We are all here for you bro...use your tools.

Every one of us!!

Even us new guys are here for you, anything you need

Allec / Charley,

This is what I think about every day. My dad died of Cancer last year. My mom is dying of cancer today. Did I do enough damage to plant the seed? Will my kids watch cancer eat me alive like I watched it eat my parents?

I can't control that now. All I can control is my quit. I sure as Hell am not going to he taking any more risk any time soon.

Stay quit dude. I'm quit with you.

Charley, you know we got your back. I'm quit with you whichever one of us is in a funk at any given time. Like you say in your post, you WILL come out of this funk, and you WILL still be quit. All of us who have gone into and come out of funks know how great that feels. Meanwhile, you are one of the most conscientious quitters on this site when it comes to staying quit with the tools we've gained here, no matter what is going on. I know you'll make it through this because you don't play games with the system that works. You post every day and you participate in our badass group.

Regarding the cancer issue, we'll all have that hanging over our heads for some time, but compared to the sheer insanity of adding to that risk by caving, it's something we can deal with. Worry and stress are killers too, so while it may be easier said than done sometimes, I'm trying to spend much less energy on worry and regret and much more energy living right today. Ultimately, that's all we can do. Regret is only good as lesson, and once that lesson is learned and applied, I'm doing my best to cut it loose.

Like Tabasco, Lost, NOLAQ and many other quitters here, I'm quit with you.

[Nolaq]

July 29, 2010 - DAY 152

When someone has been here awhile ( 100 days) and updates their introduction page frequently, it is a pretty good sign that there is a funk going on. I am going through a funk, but the tools and support of this site help me get through it. Writing about my quit and related items are helpful. I am confident I will come out of this funk the same way I came in - quit. And I do it one day at a time.

One of the things that scares me that is totally out of my control is my risk of health problems down the road from my two decades of dipping. The risk of heart disease, the biggest killer of nicotine users, decreases over a relatively short period of time. My cholesterol is way down, and I am taking serious steps to lose 20 lbs I have gained over the past year pre (15 lbs) and post (5 lbs) quit.

However, the risk of head and neck cancers decreases at a slower rate - maybe 15 years to reduce risk to that of a non-user.

I read a story today over in the words of wisdom about a non-tobacco using teetotaler who has about 2 - 12 months left because of oral cancer. That story haunts me.

I ask myself if I will "lose" the cancer lottery we all entered when we started dipping. The odds are I won't have a "losing" number, and my odds certainly won't increase by staying quit. But at the back of my mind is always the question - did my two decade dipping habit plant the seeds for my early death?

Our lives are the sum of the little decisions we have made over time. All of these decisions we can control. I know I made the right decision to quit, and I can only hope and pray that my decision decades ago to begin dipping does not cause any more damage than it already has.

Charley

Hi Allec,

Just caught this and wanted to tell you to hang in there and let us June brothers know if we can help.

I break it down to this:

You can't do anything about the past and now that you are quit, you will definitely and absolutely not do any further damage provided you stay quit.

If you cave and put another dip in your mouth, that single dip MAY WELL BE THE TRIGGER TO CANCER that did not the moment before you put it in your mouth.

Remember the story of news anchor, Peter Jennings. He quit smoking for 30 years. Was screened for cancer every year after that and was clean. On September 11, 2001, he got stressed and broke his 30 year quit and started smoking again. In March, 2005, he was diagnosed with lung cancer. On August 10, 2005, he was dead from lung cancer.

Moral of the story, DON'T CAVE.

We are all here for you bro...use your tools.

Every one of us!!

Even us new guys are here for you, anything you need

Allec / Charley,

This is what I think about every day. My dad died of Cancer last year. My mom is dying of cancer today. Did I do enough damage to plant the seed? Will my kids watch cancer eat me alive like I watched it eat my parents?

I can't control that now. All I can control is my quit. I sure as Hell am not going to he taking any more risk any time soon.

Stay quit dude. I'm quit with you.

[Lost]

July 29, 2010 - DAY 152

When someone has been here awhile ( 100 days) and updates their introduction page frequently, it is a pretty good sign that there is a funk going on. I am going through a funk, but the tools and support of this site help me get through it. Writing about my quit and related items are helpful. I am confident I will come out of this funk the same way I came in - quit. And I do it one day at a time.

One of the things that scares me that is totally out of my control is my risk of health problems down the road from my two decades of dipping. The risk of heart disease, the biggest killer of nicotine users, decreases over a relatively short period of time. My cholesterol is way down, and I am taking serious steps to lose 20 lbs I have gained over the past year pre (15 lbs) and post (5 lbs) quit.

However, the risk of head and neck cancers decreases at a slower rate - maybe 15 years to reduce risk to that of a non-user.

I read a story today over in the words of wisdom about a non-tobacco using teetotaler who has about 2 - 12 months left because of oral cancer. That story haunts me.

I ask myself if I will "lose" the cancer lottery we all entered when we started dipping. The odds are I won't have a "losing" number, and my odds certainly won't increase by staying quit. But at the back of my mind is always the question - did my two decade dipping habit plant the seeds for my early death?

Our lives are the sum of the little decisions we have made over time. All of these decisions we can control. I know I made the right decision to quit, and I can only hope and pray that my decision decades ago to begin dipping does not cause any more damage than it already has.

Charley

Hi Allec,

Just caught this and wanted to tell you to hang in there and let us June brothers know if we can help.

I break it down to this:

You can't do anything about the past and now that you are quit, you will definitely and absolutely not do any further damage provided you stay quit.

If you cave and put another dip in your mouth, that single dip MAY WELL BE THE TRIGGER TO CANCER that did not the moment before you put it in your mouth.

Remember the story of news anchor, Peter Jennings. He quit smoking for 30 years. Was screened for cancer every year after that and was clean. On September 11, 2001, he got stressed and broke his 30 year quit and started smoking again. In March, 2005, he was diagnosed with lung cancer. On August 10, 2005, he was dead from lung cancer.

Moral of the story, DON'T CAVE.

We are all here for you bro...use your tools.

Every one of us!!

Even us new guys are here for you, anything you need

[Tabasco]

July 29, 2010 - DAY 152

When someone has been here awhile ( 100 days) and updates their introduction page frequently, it is a pretty good sign that there is a funk going on. I am going through a funk, but the tools and support of this site help me get through it. Writing about my quit and related items are helpful. I am confident I will come out of this funk the same way I came in - quit. And I do it one day at a time.

One of the things that scares me that is totally out of my control is my risk of health problems down the road from my two decades of dipping. The risk of heart disease, the biggest killer of nicotine users, decreases over a relatively short period of time. My cholesterol is way down, and I am taking serious steps to lose 20 lbs I have gained over the past year pre (15 lbs) and post (5 lbs) quit.

However, the risk of head and neck cancers decreases at a slower rate - maybe 15 years to reduce risk to that of a non-user.

I read a story today over in the words of wisdom about a non-tobacco using teetotaler who has about 2 - 12 months left because of oral cancer. That story haunts me.

I ask myself if I will "lose" the cancer lottery we all entered when we started dipping. The odds are I won't have a "losing" number, and my odds certainly won't increase by staying quit. But at the back of my mind is always the question - did my two decade dipping habit plant the seeds for my early death?

Our lives are the sum of the little decisions we have made over time. All of these decisions we can control. I know I made the right decision to quit, and I can only hope and pray that my decision decades ago to begin dipping does not cause any more damage than it already has.

Charley

Hi Allec,

Just caught this and wanted to tell you to hang in there and let us June brothers know if we can help.

I break it down to this:

You can't do anything about the past and now that you are quit, you will definitely and absolutely not do any further damage provided you stay quit.

If you cave and put another dip in your mouth, that single dip MAY WELL BE THE TRIGGER TO CANCER that did not the moment before you put it in your mouth.

Remember the story of news anchor, Peter Jennings. He quit smoking for 30 years. Was screened for cancer every year after that and was clean. On September 11, 2001, he got stressed and broke his 30 year quit and started smoking again. In March, 2005, he was diagnosed with lung cancer. On August 10, 2005, he was dead from lung cancer.

Moral of the story, DON'T CAVE.

We are all here for you bro...use your tools.

[allec]

July 29, 2010 - DAY 152

When someone has been here awhile ( 100 days) and updates their introduction page frequently, it is a pretty good sign that there is a funk going on. I am going through a funk, but the tools and support of this site help me get through it. Writing about my quit and related items are helpful. I am confident I will come out of this funk the same way I came in - quit. And I do it one day at a time.

One of the things that scares me that is totally out of my control is my risk of health problems down the road from my two decades of dipping. The risk of heart disease, the biggest killer of nicotine users, decreases over a relatively short period of time. My cholesterol is way down, and I am taking serious steps to lose 20 lbs I have gained over the past year pre (15 lbs) and post (5 lbs) quit.

However, the risk of head and neck cancers decreases at a slower rate - maybe 15 years to reduce risk to that of a non-user.

I read a story today over in the words of wisdom about a non-tobacco using teetotaler who has about 2 - 12 months left because of oral cancer. That story haunts me.

I ask myself if I will "lose" the cancer lottery we all entered when we started dipping. The odds are I won't have a "losing" number, and my odds certainly won't increase by staying quit. But at the back of my mind is always the question - did my two decade dipping habit plant the seeds for my early death?

Our lives are the sum of the little decisions we have made over time. All of these decisions we can control. I know I made the right decision to quit, and I can only hope and pray that my decision decades ago to begin dipping does not cause any more damage than it already has.

Charley

[Greg5280]

July 28, 2010 - DAY 150

I have been here for more than 21 weeks; a little bit less than half a year.

I do not have any quit wisdom to share with you on Day 150, but I will share with you how I make this crazy and insane home in KTC we have work for me. You may not like everything here, and you can make this work for you even if a part of the community offends you.

Before you read on and think I am complaining, I am not. I am simply sharing how I manage things for me. KTC is free and it works. I take much more from here than I can give, and as a result, I am quit.

Quite simply, none of us would send our mothers here. Some are offended by questionable images, some are offended by innuendo, and some by the rough treatment and tough love we hand out. Here is how I deal with it.

1. Images - do not click on anything questionable.

2. Avatars and images - go to my controls up on the top right, go to board settings under options on the bottom left, and click on board settings. You will see a series of questions. Click NO on the following questions:

Do you wish to view images in posts, such as smilies and posted images?
Do you wish to view members avatars when reading topics?

Click on Change my Account Options to save.

3. Interaction with others - treat others as you wish to be treated, post roll, keep your word, and you're good to go.

4. Personal attacks - ignore the attack but answer the question

5. If worse comes to worse, you can always text your roll into a friend on the board for awhile without logging in.

6. Although there is a lot of wisdom here, one can make a choice not to read something offensive.

The odds of staying quit are much, much higher with a support group. If you don't like KTC, there are ways to manage around and filter what does not work for you. Those are my ideas above

Despite the craziness and chaos of our community, being associated with the men and women here has been richly rewarding for me.

Charley Allen

Sounds like some damn fine quit wisdom to me.

I look at it more as management. People use the excesses of this site as an excuse to leave. Below is the ways and means to turn off those excesses and participate.

Solid advice right here. I say it often. Take what you need and leave the rest.

Allec... good shit !!

[allec]

July 28, 2010 - DAY 150

I have been here for more than 21 weeks; a little bit less than half a year.

I do not have any quit wisdom to share with you on Day 150, but I will share with you how I make this crazy and insane home in KTC we have work for me. You may not like everything here, and you can make this work for you even if a part of the community offends you.

Before you read on and think I am complaining, I am not. I am simply sharing how I manage things for me. KTC is free and it works. I take much more from here than I can give, and as a result, I am quit.

Quite simply, none of us would send our mothers here. Some are offended by questionable images, some are offended by innuendo, and some by the rough treatment and tough love we hand out. Here is how I deal with it.

1. Images - do not click on anything questionable.

2. Avatars and images - go to my controls up on the top right, go to board settings under options on the bottom left, and click on board settings. You will see a series of questions. Click NO on the following questions:

Do you wish to view images in posts, such as smilies and posted images?
Do you wish to view members avatars when reading topics?

Click on Change my Account Options to save.

3. Interaction with others - treat others as you wish to be treated, post roll, keep your word, and you're good to go.

4. Personal attacks - ignore the attack but answer the question

5. If worse comes to worse, you can always text your roll into a friend on the board for awhile without logging in.

6. Although there is a lot of wisdom here, one can make a choice not to read something offensive.

The odds of staying quit are much, much higher with a support group. If you don't like KTC, there are ways to manage around and filter what does not work for you. Those are my ideas above

Despite the craziness and chaos of our community, being associated with the men and women here has been richly rewarding for me.

Charley Allen

Sounds like some damn fine quit wisdom to me.

I look at it more as management. People use the excesses of this site as an excuse to leave. Below is the ways and means to turn off those excesses and participate.

[Ready]

July 28, 2010 - DAY 150

I have been here for more than 21 weeks; a little bit less than half a year.

I do not have any quit wisdom to share with you on Day 150, but I will share with you how I make this crazy and insane home in KTC we have work for me. You may not like everything here, and you can make this work for you even if a part of the community offends you.

Before you read on and think I am complaining, I am not. I am simply sharing how I manage things for me. KTC is free and it works. I take much more from here than I can give, and as a result, I am quit.

Quite simply, none of us would send our mothers here. Some are offended by questionable images, some are offended by innuendo, and some by the rough treatment and tough love we hand out. Here is how I deal with it.

1. Images - do not click on anything questionable.

2. Avatars and images - go to my controls up on the top right, go to board settings under options on the bottom left, and click on board settings. You will see a series of questions. Click NO on the following questions:

Do you wish to view images in posts, such as smilies and posted images?
Do you wish to view members avatars when reading topics?

Click on Change my Account Options to save.

3. Interaction with others - treat others as you wish to be treated, post roll, keep your word, and you're good to go.

4. Personal attacks - ignore the attack but answer the question

5. If worse comes to worse, you can always text your roll into a friend on the board for awhile without logging in.

6. Although there is a lot of wisdom here, one can make a choice not to read something offensive.

The odds of staying quit are much, much higher with a support group. If you don't like KTC, there are ways to manage around and filter what does not work for you. Those are my ideas above

Despite the craziness and chaos of our community, being associated with the men and women here has been richly rewarding for me.

Charley Allen

Sounds like some damn fine quit wisdom to me.

[allec]

July 28, 2010 - DAY 150

I have been here for more than 21 weeks; a little bit less than half a year.

I do not have any quit wisdom to share with you on Day 150, but I will share with you how I make this crazy and insane home in KTC we have work for me. You may not like everything here, and you can make this work for you even if a part of the community offends you.

Before you read on and think I am complaining, I am not. I am simply sharing how I manage things for me. KTC is free and it works. I take much more from here than I can give, and as a result, I am quit.

Quite simply, none of us would send our mothers here. Some are offended by questionable images, some are offended by innuendo, and some by the rough treatment and tough love we hand out. Here is how I deal with it.

1. Images - do not click on anything questionable.

2. Avatars and images - go to my controls up on the top right, go to board settings under options on the bottom left, and click on board settings. You will see a series of questions. Click NO on the following questions:

Do you wish to view images in posts, such as smilies and posted images?
Do you wish to view members avatars when reading topics?

Click on Change my Account Options to save.

3. Interaction with others - treat others as you wish to be treated, post roll, keep your word, and you're good to go.

4. Personal attacks - ignore the attack but answer the question

5. If worse comes to worse, you can always text your roll into a friend on the board for awhile without logging in.

6. Although there is a lot of wisdom here, one can make a choice not to read something offensive.

The odds of staying quit are much, much higher with a support group. If you don't like KTC, there are ways to manage around and filter what does not work for you. Those are my ideas above

Despite the craziness and chaos of our community, being associated with the men and women here has been richly rewarding for me.

Charley Allen

[allec]

JULY 27, 2010. Day 149

The only difference between me, a relative newbie less than half a year of nicotine free living, and a new quitter or someone who was here awhile back and is now posting a day one for the second time is......one stupid decision.

That's right - all it takes is one dip, and the whole cycle starts over.

It's a lot easier to stay quit than it is to quit.

I have hit a rough spot in my quit. This will pass, and the act of posting here is going to help it pass. If that does not help entirely, I will make some calls, and I always have the option of ordering some hooch. There are some other things that would need to happen before I could have a dip. Basically, there are numerous (bascially insurmountable) obstacles between me and a dip, and purposely so.

Whether or not you like everything QSX has to offer, the act of making a daily promise here to a group of like minded men and women is powerful. The daily accountability and support makes all the difference.

At the end of the day, the only thing between me now and the three can a week dipper I was is just one stupid decision. And to think I spent $800 per year on it!

[Greg5280]

JULY 8, 2010

1. Posting problem addressed and solved.

2. Benefit of quitting. Cholesterol on March 3, 2010, which was Day 3 - 215. Cholesterol on July 1, 2010, which was Day 122 - 162. For those of us bad at math, that is a 53 point drop or about 25 percent.

No wonder they say this junk causes heart disease.

3. Benefit of KTC - the longer you stick around, the more rewarding and affirming it is for your quit. Besides nuking my cholesterol, the simple act of quitting dip has led to all sorts of positive changes in my life - physically and emotionally.

Have a nice day and eat quit.

Charley Allen

Allec,
I too am kicking my cholesterol in the ass, my BP is dropping, I work out 6 days a week and feel better than I have in a LONG time. I look in the mirror each morning and like who I am becoming. QUITTING ROCKS !!!

[allec]

JULY 8, 2010

1. Posting problem addressed and solved.

2. Benefit of quitting. Cholesterol on March 3, 2010, which was Day 3 - 215. Cholesterol on July 1, 2010, which was Day 122 - 162. For those of us bad at math, that is a 53 point drop or about 25 percent.

No wonder they say this junk causes heart disease.

3. Benefit of KTC - the longer you stick around, the more rewarding and affirming it is for your quit. Besides nuking my cholesterol, the simple act of quitting dip has led to all sorts of positive changes in my life - physically and emotionally.

Have a nice day and eat quit.

Charley Allen

[Clampy]

Killthecan.org is free and easy to use. Besides posting roll and keeping oneÂ’s word, there are four basic rules for continued use.

1.IP masking is immediate grounds for expulsion. Administrators can track IP address and if they change from one side of the country to the other...you are gone...period.
2.Multiple aliases will not be tolerated. Violators will be banned immediately.
3.Administrators can and will ban domain names and IP addresses used for spam.
4.The QSX Forums are for quitters age 18 and above.

I joined this site on March 1, 2010, under the name Texas. I decided wrongly after 13 posts to nuke Texas in early March and post as Allec. There was no cave, but if I gave my reasons for the change, it would be insincere. One of the board administrators, since retired, called me on it, and the decision was made in early March to disable Texas and I would post as Allec. I believe Texas is shown as a Troubled Member, and I do not believe I could even log in as such.

I now know my decision was wrong, and I will be paying for it.

I received a message today from the Admin Team –

It has come to our attention that you are currently utilizing more than one member name in your quest to quit. One of the premises upon which this site has been established is both support and accountability. Multiple user names make it easy to violate the trust that is both a sacred and vital part of a successful quit. We will be disabling any subsequent member names after your initial sign-up date in the next 24 hours.

I then read the board guidelines above for the first time this morning.

Irrespective of the grace of an earlier administrative decision, I am in violation of the rules and I am assuming I will be banned in the next day or so. Before my ban takes effect, I have some unfinished business.

1. I apologize to June and everyone on this board for violating your trust, grace and failing to be fully accountable.
2. I alone am responsible for my actions.
3. The consequence of my ill thought decision in March is that I will no longer have the luxury of the support of hundreds of like minded quitters on this board since I cannot be trusted and violated the rules of this board.
4. My quit just became 100 times harder, but I am reaping what I sowed.
5. I am not really sure what sort of penance or restitution I can offer the community. The fact is, I was disingenuous, lied and I have taken much more from this community than I will ever be able to repay.

Your humble servant,

Charles Allen

Bro,

Work with the admins to get this fixed ASAP. Get back to posting. See you in June 2010.

-Clampy

[allec]

Killthecan.org is free and easy to use. Besides posting roll and keeping oneÂ’s word, there are four basic rules for continued use.

1.IP masking is immediate grounds for expulsion. Administrators can track IP address and if they change from one side of the country to the other...you are gone...period.
2.Multiple aliases will not be tolerated. Violators will be banned immediately.
3.Administrators can and will ban domain names and IP addresses used for spam.
4.The QSX Forums are for quitters age 18 and above.

I joined this site on March 1, 2010, under the name Texas. I decided wrongly after 13 posts to nuke Texas in early March and post as Allec. There was no cave, but if I gave my reasons for the change, it would be insincere. One of the board administrators, since retired, called me on it, and the decision was made in early March to disable Texas and I would post as Allec. I believe Texas is shown as a Troubled Member, and I do not believe I could even log in as such.

I now know my decision was wrong, and I will be paying for it.

I received a message today from the Admin Team –

It has come to our attention that you are currently utilizing more than one member name in your quest to quit. One of the premises upon which this site has been established is both support and accountability. Multiple user names make it easy to violate the trust that is both a sacred and vital part of a successful quit. We will be disabling any subsequent member names after your initial sign-up date in the next 24 hours.

I then read the board guidelines above for the first time this morning.

Irrespective of the grace of an earlier administrative decision, I am in violation of the rules and I am assuming I will be banned in the next day or so. Before my ban takes effect, I have some unfinished business.

1. I apologize to June and everyone on this board for violating your trust, grace and failing to be fully accountable.
2. I alone am responsible for my actions.
3. The consequence of my ill thought decision in March is that I will no longer have the luxury of the support of hundreds of like minded quitters on this board since I cannot be trusted and violated the rules of this board.
4. My quit just became 100 times harder, but I am reaping what I sowed.
5. I am not really sure what sort of penance or restitution I can offer the community. The fact is, I was disingenuous, lied and I have taken much more from this community than I will ever be able to repay.

Your humble servant,

Charles Allen