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Offline duathman

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Re: First time post
« Reply #50 on: February 26, 2014, 05:08:00 PM »
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Just had a bowl of ice cream - cookies and cream to be precise. How wonderful. Here on day three I have had 3-4 strong cravings but they quickly went away. Yes I have to eat seeds or ice cream to keep something in my mouth, but I can see a small light at the end of the tunnel and I don't think it is an oncoming train!
BBS,
Do you have contact info for other quitters to build your network with?
Good advise slug.go. Get with some active guys in your group and start a conversational thread via groupme or kik messanger or something similar so you can get to know each other and have something to do when the craves hit. Trust me I still keep in contact with people in my group everyday still. It helps
Hey guys, guessing this is our "Quit Group". Not sure where/how to post the intro. I've tried to quit a couple times on my own...some success, but tough to do alone and inevitably caved. Found this website, and I'm in as of today....eating carrots of all things as I type this! Not looking forward to going through this, but glad I've got others to go through it with.
'zombie' heeeeeellllllllllpppppppppp. Look up to the salmon colored letters "welcome center." read up. Nice quitting brother!!
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Re: First time post
« Reply #49 on: February 26, 2014, 05:05:00 PM »
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Quote from: slug.go
Quote from: ByeByeSkoal
Just had a bowl of ice cream - cookies and cream to be precise. How wonderful. Here on day three I have had 3-4 strong cravings but they quickly went away. Yes I have to eat seeds or ice cream to keep something in my mouth, but I can see a small light at the end of the tunnel and I don't think it is an oncoming train!
BBS,
Do you have contact info for other quitters to build your network with?
Good advise slug.go. Get with some active guys in your group and start a conversational thread via groupme or kik messanger or something similar so you can get to know each other and have something to do when the craves hit. Trust me I still keep in contact with people in my group everyday still. It helps
Hey guys, guessing this is our "Quit Group". Not sure where/how to post the intro. I've tried to quit a couple times on my own...some success, but tough to do alone and inevitably caved. Found this website, and I'm in as of today....eating carrots of all things as I type this! Not looking forward to going through this, but glad I've got others to go through it with.
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Offline duathman

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Re: First time post
« Reply #48 on: February 26, 2014, 04:58:00 PM »
Quote from: slug.go
Quote from: ByeByeSkoal
Just had a bowl of ice cream - cookies and cream to be precise. How wonderful. Here on day three I have had 3-4 strong cravings but they quickly went away. Yes I have to eat seeds or ice cream to keep something in my mouth, but I can see a small light at the end of the tunnel and I don't think it is an oncoming train!
BBS,
Do you have contact info for other quitters to build your network with?
Good advise slug.go. Get with some active guys in your group and start a conversational thread via groupme or kik messanger or something similar so you can get to know each other and have something to do when the craves hit. Trust me I still keep in contact with people in my group everyday still. It helps
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Re: First time post
« Reply #47 on: February 26, 2014, 04:52:00 PM »
Quote from: ByeByeSkoal
Just had a bowl of ice cream - cookies and cream to be precise. How wonderful. Here on day three I have had 3-4 strong cravings but they quickly went away. Yes I have to eat seeds or ice cream to keep something in my mouth, but I can see a small light at the end of the tunnel and I don't think it is an oncoming train!
BBS,
Do you have contact info for other quitters to build your network with?
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Re: First time post
« Reply #46 on: February 26, 2014, 04:45:00 PM »
Day 2 - 3 was hard for me also... Gets better....I am only on Day 8 and can tell you that day 8 is easy as
Compared to the first 3 days.
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Re: First time post
« Reply #45 on: February 26, 2014, 04:43:00 PM »
Just had a bowl of ice cream - cookies and cream to be precise. How wonderful. Here on day three I have had 3-4 strong cravings but they quickly went away. Yes I have to eat seeds or ice cream to keep something in my mouth, but I can see a small light at the end of the tunnel and I don't think it is an oncoming train!
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Re: First time post
« Reply #44 on: February 26, 2014, 04:40:00 PM »
"The only thing it helped with was filling the void it created."

Well said sir!
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Re: First time post
« Reply #43 on: February 26, 2014, 10:01:00 AM »
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Day 3. Treated myself to a dinner out last night as I was having serious cravings and wanted to stay busy. The price of my meal was about what I have saved in snuff over the last few days. Slept long hours but restlessly last night. Dull headache. Getting ready for meetings at work. Mind seems to be super active (so contrasting to yesterday where I could not focus at all). Have some nerves that normally I would calm with some worm dirt. Not going there. Had a text waiting for me from a KTC brother this morning. The support really helps.

Roll call posted.
Drinking lots of water.
Ate a healthy breakfast.

Trying to avoid a rollercoaster type day which to me means starting the day with KTC!

Stay strong today my brothers!
Great job. Nothing like a good meal to kill a crave.To bad finishing a good meal usually ends with a crave early in a quit. 'bang head'

Getting your mind right will help. Realize the poison never helped anything. The only thing it helped with was filling the void it created. When you were dealing with stress, you also had to worry about getting a fix. Stress caused withdraw. I've found that I'm handling stress 10 times better now.

Begin reading everything you can on nicotine/addiction. Knowledge is power. Time to begin learning the truths. Learn your enemy, you can bet it knows you. Quit with you.
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Re: First time post
« Reply #42 on: February 26, 2014, 08:34:00 AM »
Day 3. Treated myself to a dinner out last night as I was having serious cravings and wanted to stay busy. The price of my meal was about what I have saved in snuff over the last few days. Slept long hours but restlessly last night. Dull headache. Getting ready for meetings at work. Mind seems to be super active (so contrasting to yesterday where I could not focus at all). Have some nerves that normally I would calm with some worm dirt. Not going there. Had a text waiting for me from a KTC brother this morning. The support really helps.

Roll call posted.
Drinking lots of water.
Ate a healthy breakfast.

Trying to avoid a rollercoaster type day which to me means starting the day with KTC!

Stay strong today my brothers!
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Re: First time post
« Reply #41 on: February 25, 2014, 03:24:00 PM »
Thank you all! Another half a day in the books. I am Captain POSITIVE right now because I went to the gym rather than pack a lip after lunch. I had to miss work but I am willing to do what it takes to succeed. I can work once I get through these withdrawals. Honestly what I read on here about the cravings only lasting a few minutes is spot on. KTC is getting some cred with me.
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Re: First time post
« Reply #40 on: February 25, 2014, 10:09:00 AM »
Keep close to KTC ByeBye, and read everything here. If you feel like you need help fighting jump on live chat. Awesome job getting through day 1! You are wrong about not getting paid for 24hours of bad assed quit though. Your pay is freedom! Your pay is your health. Your pay is the money you saved not buying poison to kill yourself with! Best days work ever! Keep your word for the rest of the day and you will earn some more of your freedom!
First stretch of quit is so hard, maybe the hardest thing any of us do, but it gets way better. Fight like your life depends upon it, and focus your rage where it belongs: at US tobacco and the poison weed they hooked you with! QLF with you all day. PM me if you need another # or have any questions.
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Re: First time post
« Reply #39 on: February 25, 2014, 09:46:00 AM »
One small victory after another adds up to success. You can do this, I promise.
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Re: First time post
« Reply #38 on: February 25, 2014, 09:39:00 AM »
Alright day 2. It has been about 24 hours since my last dip. Didn't sleep well last night. So restless. Head hurts. Grateful for making it this far. Need to write to stay busy. Right now would be the time I normally take my favorite dip of the day. Kids are off to school. Wife at work. Settling in to work. As it is, I am making friends with David, the sunflower seed maker. He is a salty little bastard! (That is my lame attempt at humor at a time when things are pretty tough).

Thank you to all who are supporting me. Your strength helps me. It has been probably 16 months since I have been able to say I went one FREAKING day without a dip. How angering. Yet I take pride in the accomplishment. I feel like I just worked really hard for 24 hours straight with no pay. Talk about great efforts for a small and silent success. I woke up this morning and told my wife I had stopped dipping. Guess what, there were no balloons. No party. Not even a hug. Just a crazed look that I cant figure out. This is not her problem so I am just letting that go and trying to get through these dog days.

My stash is completely gone. Trash man has come and gone. Check.

I have come clean to my wife. Makes me feel good and accountable. Check.

Posted roll day 2. Check.

Have a plan for the day to stay busy and eat well. Check.

Trying to get fired up for a productive day at work. Missed about half my work day yesterday focusing on not dipping. I have ditched my former weaning program in favor of abstinence. That was another hard thing to do but probably also the most empowering.

I feel a little better, a little more ready to start my day now. Thanks for listening!
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Re: First time post
« Reply #37 on: February 24, 2014, 06:46:00 PM »
Post roll each day -stay busy - repeat
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Re: First time post
« Reply #36 on: February 24, 2014, 06:18:00 PM »
Welcome!! Don't overthink this....post roll every day and promise not to use for a measly 24 hours....keep promise, and repeat. It is gonna suck bad for awhile, but it gets so much better! If I can do it anyone can...get involved with the site!!
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