if you've ever read stephen covey's "seven habits of highly effective people" you're familiar with his metaphor about gravity and breaking bad habits. so, the space shuttle requires the most energy right at lift-off and progressively less until it's beyond the earth's atmosphere. the same goes for a dipping. if you're reading this and want to quit, just realize that although it may seem to require an unbearable amount of effort, it gets a lot easier.

THE EFFORT YOU PUT INTO QUITTING WILL PROVIDE BIG RETURNS. IT MIGHT BE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS YOU COULD EVER MAKE.

at least that's how i feel. i'm 27. i put my first lipper in during high school. before i knew it, i'd been dipping for a decade. one day it hit me that i'd been dipping for roughly one third of my life. i'd been telling myself for about five years that i would quit. i'd tell myself, one more can and that's it. i'd even tell myself, one more dip and that's it. i don't know how many times i'd go buy a can, take one dip, and throw the can out only to repeat the whole process the next night. i even was almost successful on a number of occasions. i'd quit for a month or maybe two, only to confront a stressful situation and get pulled back in by the gravitational pull of dip.

i know i will still have to quit one day at a time, but i can say that i have made my 101 day investment in quitting and i'm getting big returns. i'm not worried about mouth cancer. i don't find myself unintentionally putting the bear before people. i don't find myself procrastinating on activities that make me feel good so i can get my nic fix. quitting dip has been a high-leverage behavior change. no joke. i can still feel the gravitational pull of dip on occasion, but it's not strong enough to pull me back. as long as i put in what is now a minor amount of effort into staying quit each day, i'm free.

IF YOU ARE READING THIS AND WANT TO QUIT, MAKE THE 100 DAY INVESTMENT. IT WILL FREE YOU FROM DIP'S GRAVITATIONAL PULL.

BIG THANKS TO THIS WEBSITE AND MY FELLOW SEPTEMBROS WHO MADE IT THIS FAR. AND GOOD LUCK ALL STARTING OUT. BURN THAT ROCKET FUEL!

cheers,
slicker