Introduction

[cbird65]

40 days! I made it 40 days! I feel great, but the guard is still up. Here's to another day of quit!

Nice work so far and remember this is one awesome quit day at a time brother!

Zactly - remember the euphoria and excitement because there are plenty of obstacles ahead of you.

ODAAT!!!

[Grizzly25]

40 days! I made it 40 days! I feel great, but the guard is still up. Here's to another day of quit!

Nice work so far and remember this is one awesome quit day at a time brother!

[Wade]

40 days! I made it 40 days! I feel great, but the guard is still up. Here's to another day of quit!

AWESOME!!!

[kkljinc]

40 days! I made it 40 days! I feel great, but the guard is still up. Here's to another day of quit!

Great Job. It feels great to be quitting. Keep it up.

Of course your did Rob, your QLF and I quit with you.

[EFNKodiak]

40 days! I made it 40 days! I feel great, but the guard is still up. Here's to another day of quit!

Great Job. It feels great to be quitting. Keep it up.

[Rob1985]

40 days! I made it 40 days! I feel great, but the guard is still up. Here's to another day of quit!

[RAZD611]

I came across this posting by "redtrain14". These words are priceless!


"You will never have to go through day 3 again if you follow the plan laid out here....post early, every day, keep your word for 24hrs, repeat.

Remember how you feel now, remember it well.

Never again for any reason."

Sometimes the simplest changes make the biggest impact on our lives if we just stick with them.

[Rob1985]

I came across this posting by "redtrain14". These words are priceless!


"You will never have to go through day 3 again if you follow the plan laid out here....post early, every day, keep your word for 24hrs, repeat.

Remember how you feel now, remember it well.

Never again for any reason."

[Scottm1682]

I've cut back my drinking big time. I used to go out two or three nights a week in my early 20's. Now I may have a few drinks every 6 months or longer. I don't even enjoy a cold one while grilling anymore.

Staying quit with you today Rob

[Rob1985]

Day 36... my first real night at a bar, had a "singular beer". Felt good to enjoy it without having my lip full of a worm dirt. The awkwardness didn't occur until one of the people in the group of people I was talking to at the bar looked at all of us and said "wanna go smoke?". Now, 36 days ago I would have joined them and had a smoke, but tonight I didn't and felt this shit eating grin pride when I looked at them and said "I don't smoke". She looked at me with a confused looked and said "wanna come outside at least?". So I did.. but of course I checked which way the wind was blowing so I would have to smell it. She looked at me and again said in a sarcastic tone "aww come on, just one won't kill ya. All the cool grown ups are doing it". I nicely told her "that shit is gonna kill you hun" and "it's a real bitch to quit nicotine!".

That's pretty much where my night ended. I went back in, paid off my food tab and went home. It's amazing to see how when I could go to a bar in the past it was really easy to get to know people when would I smoke one of their cigs or I would step out with them.

This quit is a life change! Not to say I can't find people to interact with at a bar that don't smoke or dip, but let's face it... if they're getting drunk in a bar they might be prone to making bad choices. Not all, but man it was a bummer. It killed the entire conversation about hockey and my line of work when I told her it was disgusting. So, yeah maybe I was a bit strong in my reply, but I don't view this stuff the same way as they do. So I came home, made something to eat and hit up KTC to feel comfortable again. I rarely get uncomfortable, after-all uncomfortable situations is what my job description is... but this time it was a whole different feeling. Almost that feeling of not being picked for the team.

I realized two things tonight... One, tobacco use is out of fucking control! Two, my entire social life changed 36 days ago. Now I am left trying to figure out the bar scene and how I can find the non-smoker groups.

Just a little rant, maybe one day I can copy and paste this for a new quitter or they find it on their own. Hopefully it can help them to make sense of what they're feeling and that it is ok to feel this way and giving into peer pressure is not the answer.

Thanks guys... QLF  NAFAR!

Awesome standing your ground. I've been out of the bar scene for 5 or 6 years now but I remember it well.... I was never a smoker grew up around it but have never smoked anything at all. I used to hate coming home smelling like bar smoke. It would be stuck in everything. So glad I'm away from all that now.

Well I am not a drinker. I usually go out for hockey games. I'll have one or two drinks and then stick to pop. Illinois is no smoking in public bars, so they have to go outside, but it felt great to say no. I actually saw that same group tonight and the same chick that asked me before apologized for offending me.

Strengthening my quit day by day!

[Scottm1682]

Day 36... my first real night at a bar, had a "singular beer". Felt good to enjoy it without having my lip full of a worm dirt. The awkwardness didn't occur until one of the people in the group of people I was talking to at the bar looked at all of us and said "wanna go smoke?". Now, 36 days ago I would have joined them and had a smoke, but tonight I didn't and felt this shit eating grin pride when I looked at them and said "I don't smoke". She looked at me with a confused looked and said "wanna come outside at least?". So I did.. but of course I checked which way the wind was blowing so I would have to smell it. She looked at me and again said in a sarcastic tone "aww come on, just one won't kill ya. All the cool grown ups are doing it". I nicely told her "that shit is gonna kill you hun" and "it's a real bitch to quit nicotine!".

That's pretty much where my night ended. I went back in, paid off my food tab and went home. It's amazing to see how when I could go to a bar in the past it was really easy to get to know people when would I smoke one of their cigs or I would step out with them.

This quit is a life change! Not to say I can't find people to interact with at a bar that don't smoke or dip, but let's face it... if they're getting drunk in a bar they might be prone to making bad choices. Not all, but man it was a bummer. It killed the entire conversation about hockey and my line of work when I told her it was disgusting. So, yeah maybe I was a bit strong in my reply, but I don't view this stuff the same way as they do. So I came home, made something to eat and hit up KTC to feel comfortable again. I rarely get uncomfortable, after-all uncomfortable situations is what my job description is... but this time it was a whole different feeling. Almost that feeling of not being picked for the team.

I realized two things tonight... One, tobacco use is out of fucking control! Two, my entire social life changed 36 days ago. Now I am left trying to figure out the bar scene and how I can find the non-smoker groups.

Just a little rant, maybe one day I can copy and paste this for a new quitter or they find it on their own. Hopefully it can help them to make sense of what they're feeling and that it is ok to feel this way and giving into peer pressure is not the answer.

Thanks guys... QLF  NAFAR!

Awesome standing your ground. I've been out of the bar scene for 5 or 6 years now but I remember it well.... I was never a smoker grew up around it but have never smoked anything at all. I used to hate coming home smelling like bar smoke. It would be stuck in everything. So glad I'm away from all that now.

[Rob1985]

Day 36... my first real night at a bar, had a "singular beer". Felt good to enjoy it without having my lip full of a worm dirt. The awkwardness didn't occur until one of the people in the group of people I was talking to at the bar looked at all of us and said "wanna go smoke?". Now, 36 days ago I would have joined them and had a smoke, but tonight I didn't and felt this shit eating grin pride when I looked at them and said "I don't smoke". She looked at me with a confused looked and said "wanna come outside at least?". So I did.. but of course I checked which way the wind was blowing so I would have to smell it. She looked at me and again said in a sarcastic tone "aww come on, just one won't kill ya. All the cool grown ups are doing it". I nicely told her "that shit is gonna kill you hun" and "it's a real bitch to quit nicotine!".

That's pretty much where my night ended. I went back in, paid off my food tab and went home. It's amazing to see how when I could go to a bar in the past it was really easy to get to know people when would I smoke one of their cigs or I would step out with them.

This quit is a life change! Not to say I can't find people to interact with at a bar that don't smoke or dip, but let's face it... if they're getting drunk in a bar they might be prone to making bad choices. Not all, but man it was a bummer. It killed the entire conversation about hockey and my line of work when I told her it was disgusting. So, yeah maybe I was a bit strong in my reply, but I don't view this stuff the same way as they do. So I came home, made something to eat and hit up KTC to feel comfortable again. I rarely get uncomfortable, after-all uncomfortable situations is what my job description is... but this time it was a whole different feeling. Almost that feeling of not being picked for the team.

I realized two things tonight... One, tobacco use is out of fucking control! Two, my entire social life changed 36 days ago. Now I am left trying to figure out the bar scene and how I can find the non-smoker groups.

Just a little rant, maybe one day I can copy and paste this for a new quitter or they find it on their own. Hopefully it can help them to make sense of what they're feeling and that it is ok to feel this way and giving into peer pressure is not the answer.

Thanks guys... QLF  NAFAR!

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[Rob1985]

Day 36... my first real night at a bar, had a "singular beer". Felt good to enjoy it without having my lip full of a worm dirt. The awkwardness didn't occur until one of the people in the group of people I was talking to at the bar looked at all of us and said "wanna go smoke?". Now, 36 days ago I would have joined them and had a smoke, but tonight I didn't and felt this shit eating grin pride when I looked at them and said "I don't smoke". She looked at me with a confused looked and said "wanna come outside at least?". So I did.. but of course I checked which way the wind was blowing so I would have to smell it. She looked at me and again said in a sarcastic tone "aww come on, just one won't kill ya. All the cool grown ups are doing it". I nicely told her "that shit is gonna kill you hun" and "it's a real bitch to quit nicotine!".

That's pretty much where my night ended. I went back in, paid off my food tab and went home. It's amazing to see how when I could go to a bar in the past it was really easy to get to know people when would I smoke one of their cigs or I would step out with them.

This quit is a life change! Not to say I can't find people to interact with at a bar that don't smoke or dip, but let's face it... if they're getting drunk in a bar they might be prone to making bad choices. Not all, but man it was a bummer. It killed the entire conversation about hockey and my line of work when I told her it was disgusting. So, yeah maybe I was a bit strong in my reply, but I don't view this stuff the same way as they do. So I came home, made something to eat and hit up KTC to feel comfortable again. I rarely get uncomfortable, after-all uncomfortable situations is what my job description is... but this time it was a whole different feeling. Almost that feeling of not being picked for the team.

I realized two things tonight... One, tobacco use is out of fucking control! Two, my entire social life changed 36 days ago. Now I am left trying to figure out the bar scene and how I can find the non-smoker groups.

Just a little rant, maybe one day I can copy and paste this for a new quitter or they find it on their own. Hopefully it can help them to make sense of what they're feeling and that it is ok to feel this way and giving into peer pressure is not the answer.

Thanks guys... QLF  NAFAR!

[iquitchewing]

Hi Rob. I'm quit with you today. I just read several of the posts here and liked the quit attitudes here. Just wanted to add my encouragement.
iquitchewing -93-

[Scottm1682]

Keep it up Rob-