I LOVE this intro. You know why? Because, Vegas, you have learned early on something so incredibly important: brother, you have to learn to HATE this shit. Hate it for everything it has taken from you. Hate it for everything it wants to take from you. Hate it for materially REWIRING your BRAIN and rendering you its bitch. This poison has literally changed the composition of your brain. Think about that for a moment. It has high jacked your brain and it wants you on your knees. Seriously, outside of dip...would you allow ANYTHING else to do that to you??? I'll go out on a limb and answer that: Hell no.
I always urge everyone early on in their quit to read as much as they can about nicotine and the addiction process. Because once you understand how nicotine has affected you physically (i.e., really see it cold and clinically), the easier it is to hate. The more you hate it, the easier it is to stay QUIT. So much easier. Go to
Facts Figures section of KTC and read and read and read. Hate it. Keep hating it. Don't allow yourself to romanticize all the "good times" because those "good times" were a pack of lies.
I really want to thank you - because reading your intro has totally reinvigorated my quit. PM me for digits if you want more accountability.
Day 678 and proud to be quit with you today. FLLIP