Lets see. An HOF speech. I am not great at writing things that are meaningful. I will try and give you a glimpse of my quit and me. First off some vitals, I’m a heterosexual 24-year-old male that is married and lives in Oklahoma. I have no children. This has been the most challenging journey I have taken in my life. I started at the ripe old age of 14. I dipped until I was 16 and a half and quit for six months. May 4th 2002 I picked up the can again after my sister was killed by a drunk driver. From that day on I consumed a can and a half or more a day of Copenhagen. Random. Word automatically capitalizes Copenhagen. Piece of shit. I picked up the can because at 17 years old I felt that was the only thing in my life that I could control. And that was when I took a pinch. For ten years I thought I was controlling when I put that shit in my mouth when in all reality it controlled me. I got tired of being a slave to the tin at the beginning of February. I googled quit dipping and this place popped up. I go in and proceed to tell Hydro and justquit and lenwas that I have planned a quit date of June 14th 2009. I had just started a new job and of course I had the excuse of “well I’ll be really stressed out”. In less than an hour, I was pouring 42 dollars worth of Copenhagen down the drain. My wife was bawling tears of joy. This is where I don’t like talking about my quit. On day one, yes fucking day one. I cave. I found an old can in my car. For anyone planning on a successful quit have everything removed from your car. Everywhere. I came into chat and justquit was in there. I’m a man and I took responsibility for what I did. What ensued was a swift uppercut to the taint administered by justquit. He ripped on me for so long I made it my goal to prove him wrong and that I could stay quit. And I have. And Will. Switching gears, what have I learned over the last 100 days? I have learned that it is possible to live without nicotine. It’s a battle everyday. But as long as I deal with today and today only then I’ll be quit. I’ve also learned that there are truly good people in this world. These people have cared enough to invest in someone like me. I would not have stayed quit if it weren’t for this website and its members. A particular instance of brotherhood, I was on day 3 heading to Cherry Hill NJ from Oklahoma and got about 230 miles from my office and realized I didn’t have my wallet. I had no way of buying fuel nothing. I call up my wife she brings me the wallet. But I had 5 dollars in cash on me. I knew right then I had to call someone. I called hydro and he talked me down. Had I not called, I would have bought a can. I owe my life to the members of May 09. I would personally like to thank Hydro, justquit, lenwas, nmc, LanceSD, kd4jet, kid, jpine, skully, kk, g40, huntemup, brian, nevermore. For keeping me quit. This was just the ramblings of a man who is humbled to be free from the grasps of nicotine. I wish you all well and hoped that this has meant something to someone. Until next time, take care of yourselves and each other.
Matt Rogers/mrogers12