Where To Begin…
To be honest i was not sure i would even write a HoF speech, and if i did i sure as hell didn’t have any great words of wisdom or incite. I guess i’ll start with how i started, My name is Mark and I was 13 or 14 at the time and my dad was stationed at Ft. Rucker in Alabama and some friends of mine brought some peppermint Hawkins to school. From there it wen’t to winter green skoal and finally to Cope fine cut. And there it stayed for the next 20 years. My wife had been wanting me to quit sense high school ( we are high school sweethearts) and i would tell her i’m working on it. Finally in 2005 she talked me into try Chantex and I did, it worked for about a year and then I was right back to dipping but this time it was cope long cut and there it stayed for the next 6 years. I woke up one day and had this little voice and a clock going off in my head that basically told me I had to quit there was no other choice. I was not really sure how i was going to quit, chantex worked but it is expensive and it didn’t give me the resolve I needed to stay quit. You can only wave a steak in front of a dog for so long before he takes it, the dog need a reason not to bite the steak. Enter KtC, I was surfing the web one night and came across this site. At first I was like this can’t work but what the hell, nothing else is working either. So i posted my day 1…. I was raised that if you tell someone your going to do something then by god step up be and man and do it ( military life is great growing up lol) so when I posted day one I was bound to do it. so I figured it would last a few days and I’d be back dipping, but it didn’t happen! I kept posting and stayed quit. I started getting into the chat and talking with others and as I formed friendships and got my support numbers my quit got stronger and stronger. Now I’m not saying it was easy, there were days when I felt like I would hurt myself or others,I had to buy a new jacket…damn zipper would unzip on the first pull , the rage suxs big time, but you can always count on your quit brothers to know what your going through and to support you when you need it most, even if it is a good knock up side the head. In closing, I want to thank all my quit brother both in my group and out side of my group for your support and friendship it means the world to me. I have quit one day at a time for the past 100 days, I’m not sure what will happen tomorrow, but today I am quit and I plan on posting tomorrow for another day of freedom. For the new quitters, my best advice to you is to get involved with he site. Post your role get into the chat, be active it only gives you strength and if you feel the need for support PM/email or call me! I’m here to give you the support that was given to me!
NOTE: This piece written by KillTheCan.org forum member Eilthase
