Today is the Day

[CavMan83]

Been having some strange dreams lately. They all involve drugs and/or smoking cigarettes. I rarely smoked before I quit dipping, and haven't partook of any form of narcotic drug since Spring Break of 2002. Weird dreams. Each time, I feel like I let both my family and my fellow quitters in the KTC Community. The one with the cigarette, the dream starts with me taking a puff off the cigarette; completely subconscious. Once I realize what I had done, I throw the cigarette to the ground in fear. Fear that I had broken my word, fear that I would be stuck with the addiction again. Crazy stuff. Thank God it was just a dream (or rather a nightmare). Today marks two weeks with no nicotine. Other than the strange dreams, my quit is still strong. I think it was literally just my time to quit, which is making this easier. It seems as though my brain could no longer find logic supporting continuing the self-destruction of addiction. The oral fixation is there, the nostalgia surfaces at times, but I am disgusted by even the thought of tobacco...today. I do not know how I will feel in a couple of days or weeks, but that is how I feel today. That is why I need KTC, as a tool to keep me honest, to keep me accountable, to keep me quit. Thank you my brothers and sisters. Lets Stay QLF today!

yep....them dip dreams will scare the F out of you, for sure....I'm still looking forward to the night where I go to sleep and actually stay that way till the next morning....hasn't happened yet (in like two weeks).

Stay strong DK. Proud to quit with you today.

[DaveKnight]

Been having some strange dreams lately. They all involve drugs and/or smoking cigarettes. I rarely smoked before I quit dipping, and haven't partook of any form of narcotic drug since Spring Break of 2002. Weird dreams. Each time, I feel like I let both my family and my fellow quitters in the KTC Community. The one with the cigarette, the dream starts with me taking a puff off the cigarette; completely subconscious. Once I realize what I had done, I throw the cigarette to the ground in fear. Fear that I had broken my word, fear that I would be stuck with the addiction again. Crazy stuff. Thank God it was just a dream (or rather a nightmare). Today marks two weeks with no nicotine. Other than the strange dreams, my quit is still strong. I think it was literally just my time to quit, which is making this easier. It seems as though my brain could no longer find logic supporting continuing the self-destruction of addiction. The oral fixation is there, the nostalgia surfaces at times, but I am disgusted by even the thought of tobacco...today. I do not know how I will feel in a couple of days or weeks, but that is how I feel today. That is why I need KTC, as a tool to keep me honest, to keep me accountable, to keep me quit. Thank you my brothers and sisters. Lets Stay QLF today!

[DaveKnight]

DK,

You rock marine....10 days....may not seem like much to LOOT, but damn sure seems like half an eternity to me...

Keep on quittin' on, brother. Proud to be a Sultan with you today, tomorrow, every damn day after that.

Wrongo my brothers, today is a +1 for all of us, we all do this ODAAT, your +1 is the same as my +1, because we both quit today.

Thanks gents +1 today too.

[Thumblewort]

DK,

You rock marine....10 days....may not seem like much to LOOT, but damn sure seems like half an eternity to me...

Keep on quittin' on, brother. Proud to be a Sultan with you today, tomorrow, every damn day after that.

Wrongo my brothers, today is a +1 for all of us, we all do this ODAAT, your +1 is the same as my +1, because we both quit today.

[CavMan83]

DK,

You rock marine....10 days....may not seem like much to LOOT, but damn sure seems like half an eternity to me...

Keep on quittin' on, brother. Proud to be a Sultan with you today, tomorrow, every damn day after that.

[DaveKnight]

I will have to try out those techniques and pick up some melatonin.

On another note, if I never see a Rip-It again it will be too soon lol. I pretty much lived off those. IDK how it worked for you guys, but those were the only energy drinks we were allowed to drink while on flight status

60,

Did you try any of those techniques? How did they work for you?

[DaveKnight]

I will have to try out those techniques and pick up some melatonin.

On another note, if I never see a Rip-It again it will be too soon lol. I pretty much lived off those. IDK how it worked for you guys, but those were the only energy drinks we were allowed to drink while on flight status

60,

Our Docs were always bitching us out for chugging e-drinks in flight status. In the rear, we were constantly popping Monsters in the readyroom during brief. In Afghan, we were either chugging RipIts or Pitbulls (some sort of Pomegranate flavored energy drink we had in Afghan) in flight. When we did little favors for the A/DACG folks, they would hook us up with Otis Spunkmeyer muffins, cookies, and e-drinks. Our rules are "2 cups of coffee per flight day". E-drinks are "strictly" prohibited in flight status (even RipIt). Did you work out of Al Asad in Iraq? That place had the absolute BEST military chow I have ever stuffed my face with. Afghan chow halls sucked ass, even the Brit chow hall.

[UH60Chief107]

I will have to try out those techniques and pick up some melatonin.

On another note, if I never see a Rip-It again it will be too soon lol. I pretty much lived off those. IDK how it worked for you guys, but those were the only energy drinks we were allowed to drink while on flight status

[DaveKnight]

I haven't been able to sleep much either J2. Last night I didn't fall asleep until nearly 0200 and I had to be up at 0500. I had some REALLY weird dreams too. I am going through the phase where I am dragging ass all day but when it comes time to sleep, my brain is wide awake. I think tonight I may try some benydryl or nyquil.

60,

That really sucks bro. I had some nights like that in Iraq many moons ago. Those damned RipIts had me completely wired at night, but I'd be dragging ass all day (RipIts or no RipIts). What I found worked for me was breathing exercises. Breathe in and out and focus solely on your breathing... shit you can even count the breaths if you want to. Do not even think about anything but breathing. You will be asleep in no time. In the off chance that doesn't work, get some Melatonin. It is a supplement that helps release the sleep hormone in your body to make you sleep. You won't wake up feeling like you were trampled by elephants the next morning (like on Nyquil and Benydryl).

[UH60Chief107]

I haven't been able to sleep much either J2. Last night I didn't fall asleep until nearly 0200 and I had to be up at 0500. I had some REALLY weird dreams too. I am going through the phase where I am dragging ass all day but when it comes time to sleep, my brain is wide awake. I think tonight I may try some benydryl or nyquil.

[DaveKnight]

We are a very tight group so far. I am just looking forward to the group closing so we can find out who is the wheat and who is the chaff. We have a lot of dedicated quitters who I think will contribute to this sites success even after HOF.

I wish the quit adrenaline would stick around, before I was a nicotine junkie I was an adrenaline junkie.

Stay QLF!

[cdmavs41]

Just read through this and there's a lot of good shit in here. Seems like yall are forming some good bonds in your group. Even when it gets shitty, which it will for quite some time, it's still a hell of a lot better than poisoning yourself. Each week the good times start lasting a little longer and longer between craves until eventually it becomes hours and days. I just want to warn you that your quit adrenaline will wear out sometime in the next week or two. Make sure you pace yourself. It's a marathon and not a sprint. Keep up the good quitting!

[DaveKnight]

I figured the fog would let up a little by now....Damn I'm tired.

The past week I felt like I am in the fog all day and super tired, but when I lay down to sleep I am WIDE awake. Last night I even had a dream about buying dip lol.

Day 17 and still not sleeping for shit. It doesn't help that my kid is sick and waking up 6 times a night either. Seems like every time I fall asleep, she wakes up. Better than shoving that poison in my lip. That's actually how I started. I used it as a way to stay awake to work, study, etc. What a dummy. Tired but quit today, just like you bastards.

QLF Sultan pride.

When bedtime rolls around, I am ready as fuck. I haven't really had any trouble sleeping since my quit date. However, I have been able to wake up with the alarm clock (which is miraculous). I have a total of 5 Alarms in my room, all set for 5am. I got to the point where I could sleep through them all. However, now that I am quit as soon as they go off I am ready to go. Fuck nicotine! I have my friend Caffeine to help me out, at least he is a bro and won't kill me. I used dip to stay awake too, for energy, to regain lost energy, just because, to keep busy. Dip for me was like a security blanket, I would hold the can in my hand and pack it over and over for hours until I decided to take a pinch. It got to the point where I would make for sure I didn't have anything going on before I took a pinch...I did not want to have to spit it out and lose my precious precious nic fix. What a slave I was. Basta!

[J2thaZ]

I figured the fog would let up a little by now....Damn I'm tired.

The past week I felt like I am in the fog all day and super tired, but when I lay down to sleep I am WIDE awake. Last night I even had a dream about buying dip lol.

Day 17 and still not sleeping for shit. It doesn't help that my kid is sick and waking up 6 times a night either. Seems like every time I fall asleep, she wakes up. Better than shoving that poison in my lip. That's actually how I started. I used it as a way to stay awake to work, study, etc. What a dummy. Tired but quit today, just like you bastards.

QLF Sultan pride.

[DaveKnight]

I have pretty much been a solid dipper for the last 10 years. So the funny thing, I have not had a single dip dream yet. I did however have a dream that I had a cigarette with my dad last week. I woke up scared from that one. My dreams have been more vivid since I stopped. Last night I had a dream I was shipping out to Vietnam...I'm only 30. My wars were Iraq and Afghan.