TCOPE HOF Blog and Speech (I Guess) – May Have Gotten Too Carried Away

Hello to all,
Coming into the HOF means a lot to me.
All of you mean a lot to me as you made me laugh and cry over the past 100 days.

During that time I kept a FOQers BLOG to help me with the sometimes painful experience of coming down off a 30 year fix.

If you don’t mind, I’d like to share it with you now.

My blog served two purposes:
1. It allowed me to pinpoint the key things on a WEEKLY basis that helped me stay quit. Each week was so different from the preceeding one and was sure to be different from the one that would come.
Each week I picked ONE THING that I felt was critical to my quit. These KEY WORDS are included in my blog. Hopefully these may serve some purpose for us as we continue on our journey or be helpful to a newbie quitter looking for help on a particular phase of their quit.

2. I pulled off the KTC site and put in my blog some of the posts that had an impact on me. Some were philosophical and serious. Some were just pure nonsense and hysterically funny. I’m sure you’ll remember most of these posts and probably see yourself at some point as you read my panderings.
Hearing you guys helped me a bunch and it’s great to look back and see what happened. Do you remember when JPCrew changed his name!!!!!

The blog you are about to read is, I guess, my HOF speech.

Take a glance at each of my posts/weeks. They lead you through our 100 days and each post is divided up into what I formulated as my guiding principals for my quit and followed by your words and wisdom in the form of posts.

For those of you that want the CLIFF NOTES VERSION, the 14 WEEKS OF RULES INCLUDE:
WEEK 1: COMMITMENT
WEEK 2: CONFUSION
WEEK 3: COMMUNITY
WEEK 4: ACCOUNTABILITY
WEEK 5: FIRST TIMES
WEEK 6: LOVE
WEEK 7: ATTITUDE
WEEK 8: PLAN
WEEK 9: FREEDOM
WEEK 10: ENJOY BUT BEWARE
WEEK 11: COUNT YOUR MONEY
WEEK 12: HELP A BUDDY
WEEK 13: WRITE AND REFLECT
WEEK 14 (HOF): DREAM

Enjoy them all and a nostalgic look back at the first 100 days of the April FOQers.

Here’s the link to the blog:
FOQers

Thanks guys (and gals)

TCOPE (Todd Copley)

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