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A man has as many masters as he has vices.

What habit is it that you have to obey?

I'm on day 2 of no nicotine. 8 years of cigarettes; 9 years of e-cigs. More than half my life has been dedicated to an addiction.

The cocaine, ecstacy, morphine, benzos, opium, vicodins, norcos, suboxone, triple C's, alcohol. I always quit eventually. The one thing that was always there was nicotine.

Before, all I had to look forward to was death. Now, there's so much possibility. The last addiction to break. Being able to work a job without having to sneak to the bathroom, worrying if I'll get caught. Being able to breathe more easily through sets at the gym. Saving around $100 a month.

It's incredible. I never thought it even possible.

I can only marvel that I was supposed to be dead in a street somewhere, and now I'm set to be the first one in my extended family to get a real college degree by next June. If an Associates of Applied Science counts. Even then, I plan to take that to a B.A.T., next.

Keep pushing forward, no matter what. One step at a time. One small step leading to the next and the next. And over time, the rewards start compounding.

To those whom have everything, more will be given. To those whom have less, everything will be taken. I realize that is not set in stone, now. Working hard, pushing consistently leads to others seeing your value and wanting to support you or benefit from you, which leads to gaining more.

Hard work. Consistency. And the tallest mountains are climbed.

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Eternaldarkclouds · 36-40, F
I love your GoT chaos is a ladder quote…. I have been on Subs again since 2015 with a slip up with opiates 2 years ago. Prior to that methadone, prior to that subs again… and before that heroin, coke, every benzo including ones off the internet because benzos became my next DOC after my opiate receptors were satiated… every damn drug was mine for the taking I was what I referred to as a garbage dumpster when it came to drugs. Dear god i still love my weed and shrooms though but I don’t consider them addictive.
Nicotine is the one that has stood through them all though. I been smoking 20 years non-stop and now I have COPD. Go me. I am about to make the switch to vaping to finalllllllllly try to quit smoking.
Tatsumi · 31-35, M
I ended up succeeding. Roughly a month of no nicotine.

 
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