Hello,
I am new here, and haven't yet made the leap to quit. Like a lot of you--I'm guessing--I've quit a thousand times, but have always started up again. I'm a can-a-day Kodiak guy, and come April, I will have been at it for 20 years.
20 fucking years.
Anyway, in addition to being a father and husband, I am also a Freemason. The Brotherhood within the Craft has been one of the greatest gifts I have ever received.
As I approach my as-yet-unset quit date, I anticipate turning to this website often for support. I'm curious, though, are there other Freemasons on this site? Given how hard quitting is, I'm thinking that I will get even more out of my participation on this site if I know there are Masonic Brothers on here as well.
I'll be coming back regardless, but I hope there are other Widow's Sons on here.
wait. come april it WILL be 20 yeers? what are you gonna dip rite up to your 20 yeer anaversry then quit? man thats just stoopid. look in the mirrer and say that to your self and see how stoopid it looks.
I understand that your association with the Masons provides a strong brotherhood built around a shared experience and shared commitment to certain principles. That feeling of belonging and accountability is precisely what we do here, except its all about one thing only...nicotine addiction.
If you understand and appreciate Freemasonry, you'll fit right in around here, whether you find any other Widow's Sons or not.
Like my brothers said below, there's really no point in setting a quit date if that date isn't today. Listen up, Widow's Son:
You may very well have a few skin cells in your jaw this very moment that are just tingling. They're yearning to mutate and start a process that results in your death in less than a year. They've been slowly advancing to that point over the past two decades. Which lipper will it be that finally starts the process? The one you have in your mouth now, or the one you'll toss in there tomorrow morning?
Won't you feel like an idiot if you wait just long enough to get yourself killed and leave your children fatherless? Toss that crap right now and let's get this started.
*insert goofy secret handshake here*