My Addiction Caused Me To Write This

My addiction cause me to have to write a speech

Where do I start. Well let me first start off by saying I have read this site top to bottom multiple times. The one thing I haven’t done is read any HOF speeches. When I get some free time I plan on doing it. The reason I never read them is because I am a bad writer and figured I would never write one. I always knew I would quit just didn’t plan on reading or writing any speeches.

So now a little about what got me started and what led me to QUIT. I like many of you started I high school playing sports. I remember getting caught in school with a wad of cherry skoal in. Yeah cherry skoal was what I started on. Everyone on the baseball team was doing it I might as well do a flavor I like. So I started putting the poison in my mouth around the age of 15.

My next chapter of my life I joined the Military. I joined the Navy and continued this nasty habit. As many of you know you only quit once. I had a lot of “quits” or as we all know them as stops or timeouts. After a few timeouts or stops I thought I needed it. I think of a lot of milestones/events in my life and there is always a dip in my mouth.

Now let’s get to that September day that changed my life and most likely saved it. I had thought about quitting for a few days but I had to go to a Cardinals game that night. I kept saying all week that I would quit after that night. So the night before the game I had ran out and decided that was it. The next day at work I googled quitting and this site came up.

There was a guy named Dozer99 who reached out to me first. He helped me get through that first week. Dude is a real quitter and I’m sure he had helped many others on here. There was a time I almost caved and came on here and read a post that Wastepanel put on my introduction thread. It saved me and since that day I haven’t even came close. I also want to thank all the December guys for their support!

In closing I wish I would’ve never had to write this speech but that’s the price I have to pay for being an addict.

NOTE: This piece written by KillTheCan.org forum member ShawnB