Because I want to LIVE… What I would do to go back 20 years and never have put that first dip in. At 53 i realized I was poisoning myself and limiting my days on earth. People say you have to do this for yourself but for me its my … Continue reading
First of all I just want to thank everyone on this website because every single one of you helped me quit. Whether we talked or not just knowing that we are all working towards the same goal is extremely motivating. I feel like I’m one of the younger members in … Continue reading
I started my relationship with Nicotine at about the age of 20. Honestly I started dipping to help stay awake at night for work. Drinking energy drinks are not good for you after all! I never thought much as long as i didn’t get addicted what could it hurt right. … Continue reading
I am at day 130 and just now sitting down to write my speech. I tried to find my old speech from Dec of 2015 but I guess in the transition it was lost. I didn’t know what I really wanted here because I had done this once and since … Continue reading
After 30 + years of an affair with nicotine I am finally done! I use the word affair, because the last two years of my addiction was hidden from my family, and I was living a lie being a ninja. It was with the help of God, the KTC site, … Continue reading
My nicotine addiction began when I was 15/16yrs. old in the glory years of 1978/’79. These were the times when Earl Campbell and Walt Garrison did TV commercials for Skoal and Copenhagen with the catchphrase “just a pinch between your cheek and gum”, as I recall a can of snuff … Continue reading
Addiction is defined as “the fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance, thing, or activity.” Some quote Albert Einstein as saying “the definition of insanity was doing something over and over again, while expecting a different result”. When i first started my quit journey, i failed. Tried … Continue reading
Denial is an addicts best friend. “I can quit whenever I want”. “I’m not addicted to nicotine, I just have an oral fixation”. “There are worse things to be addicted to”. “This is my only vice”. “You only live once”. “We all gotta die someday”. These are all phrases that … Continue reading
HOF (To the admin, seems like first half of this totally long novella may belong in an introduction…which I don’t think I ever did….thoroughly anyway, please advise?) Addiction Specialist Well boys… All the knowledge, history, and witnessing others struggle with addiction over 30 years did not help me in my … Continue reading
My Mind was clear and I was determined to quit for good! Why? Well, a career change. Quick story. Three years before I quit, I had a complete mental reboot. With this new mindset, my priorities changed. My family and I had just sold our Home and moved into the … Continue reading
