12,000 Members and Growing!

It’s official… we’ve hit another 1,000 folks on our forums!  We’re now officially over 12,000 quitters!  The success stories are piling up not only on the forums, but also on our Twitter and Facebook pages.  Not a fan there yet?  Head on over and like or follow us!  It’s yet another way to get the support you’ll need to get and stay quit long term.

We also hit another big milestone on the forums during this latest march to 12,000… we cracked the 1.5 MILLION post mark!  That’s a LOT of quitting!  The list of quitter get togethers continues to grow, as does the number of people out and about pimping KTC with our gear.  It’s quite simply a GREAT time to be a quitter!

Here’s a look back at our recent growth:

• 12,000 members – 6.4.2012 – 103 days to go from 11,000 to 12,000
• 11,000 members – 2.22.2012 – 84 days to go from 10,000 to 11,000
• 10,000 members – 11.30.2011 – 113 days to go from 9,000 to 10,000
• 9,000 members – 8.9.2011 – 111 days to go from 8,000 to 9,000
• 8,000 members – 4.20.2011 – 107 days to go from 7,000 to 8,000 (just over a Hall of Fame period!)
• 7,000 members – 1.3.2011 – 167 days to go from 6,000 to 7,000
• 6,000 members – 7.20.2010 – 182 days to go from 5,000 to 6,000
• 5,000 members – 1.19.2010 – 141 days to go from 4,000 to 5,000
• 4,000 members – 6.9.2010

Looking at these numbers absolutely amazes me.  While this isn’t the fastest we’ve ever gained 1,000 in our ranks, it was JUST over one HOF period which I think is super cool.  Not only that, but we’ve DOUBLED in size in less than 2 years (The 6,o00 mark was in July of 2010).  That’s pretty damn impressive if you ask me!

As I did at the 11,000 mark, I want to offer my sincere thanks to everyone who’s joined and to our staff for making KillTheCan.org the incredible organization that it has become.  On to to the next milestone of 13,000!!!

P.S. Photo is the cover of Alarming Tales #5 put out in September of 1958.  How cool is that?