[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  King Solomon [@IOV_OWL](/creator/twitter/IOV_OWL) on x 163.2K followers Created: 2025-07-20 10:10:13 UTC One month free from chew today. XX months without cigarettes. Almost two years alcohol-free. I still have work to do, especially getting my back pain under control from a degenerative disc but at least I’m not battling drugs, alcohol, and all the other junk on top of it. After just one month without chew (and almost no cravings now), I can clearly see I was using nicotine the same way I once used alcohol. It was my crutch. I was just as trapped. Now that there’s nothing mind-altering left, I even quit daily caffeine (though I’ll still have a coffee occasionally) I feel completely different: clear, free, present. When I quit drinking, I felt incredibly vulnerable for that first year. But quitting the final substance hit differently. This feels like the real beginning of peace. People in real life and online keep telling me I look different. And I feel it too. I look back at old videos and realize how close to death I was. I looked sick, bloated, lost, barely surviving. Through everything I’ve faced these past two years, I’m so grateful I stayed sober. I’ve learned that if you truly want to change, you have to face the pain that transformation requires. When I first quit drinking, even one day without it felt impossible. But that experience made cigarettes easier to quit, and chew even easier. One day I just tossed the can and said out loud, “I quit chew.” And then I did. Day by day. One turned into seven, then a month. It gets easier. You just have to start. Over these two years, I’ve shifted from just surviving to actually living. I didn’t realize it while drinking, but I couldn’t truly love anything, not fully. Alcohol came first, always. Now that I’m free from it all…..drinking, smoking, chewing, I’m addicted to something better: Living sober. Finding God. Finding myself. Becoming better. Spending time with loved ones. Reading, cooking, going on walks. Training our puppy. Trying to be a better man for my family Because at the end of the day… Crypto means nothing if I’m dead, addicted, or too drunk to feel grateful. Work means nothing if I’m using it to justify addiction. Life means nothing if I’m not living. We only get one life. And I thank God that mine won’t be a blur of forgotten moments, missed memories, and regret. Today, I’m a different person, mentally and physically. It’s wild how much can change.i went from a BP of about 160/130 while drinking to 109/78 last week. I’m thankful to be alive. Grateful to be imperfect. All glory goes to God XXXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [all the](/topic/all-the) [nicotine](/topic/nicotine) [drugs](/topic/drugs) [Post Link](https://x.com/IOV_OWL/status/1946875283484921978)
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King Solomon @IOV_OWL on x 163.2K followers
Created: 2025-07-20 10:10:13 UTC
One month free from chew today. XX months without cigarettes. Almost two years alcohol-free.
I still have work to do, especially getting my back pain under control from a degenerative disc but at least I’m not battling drugs, alcohol, and all the other junk on top of it.
After just one month without chew (and almost no cravings now), I can clearly see I was using nicotine the same way I once used alcohol. It was my crutch. I was just as trapped. Now that there’s nothing mind-altering left, I even quit daily caffeine (though I’ll still have a coffee occasionally) I feel completely different: clear, free, present.
When I quit drinking, I felt incredibly vulnerable for that first year. But quitting the final substance hit differently. This feels like the real beginning of peace. People in real life and online keep telling me I look different. And I feel it too. I look back at old videos and realize how close to death I was. I looked sick, bloated, lost, barely surviving.
Through everything I’ve faced these past two years, I’m so grateful I stayed sober.
I’ve learned that if you truly want to change, you have to face the pain that transformation requires. When I first quit drinking, even one day without it felt impossible. But that experience made cigarettes easier to quit, and chew even easier.
One day I just tossed the can and said out loud, “I quit chew.” And then I did. Day by day. One turned into seven, then a month. It gets easier. You just have to start.
Over these two years, I’ve shifted from just surviving to actually living. I didn’t realize it while drinking, but I couldn’t truly love anything, not fully. Alcohol came first, always.
Now that I’m free from it all…..drinking, smoking, chewing, I’m addicted to something better:
Living sober. Finding God. Finding myself. Becoming better. Spending time with loved ones. Reading, cooking, going on walks. Training our puppy. Trying to be a better man for my family
Because at the end of the day…
Crypto means nothing if I’m dead, addicted, or too drunk to feel grateful.
Work means nothing if I’m using it to justify addiction.
Life means nothing if I’m not living.
We only get one life. And I thank God that mine won’t be a blur of forgotten moments, missed memories, and regret.
Today, I’m a different person, mentally and physically.
It’s wild how much can change.i went from a BP of about 160/130 while drinking to 109/78 last week.
I’m thankful to be alive. Grateful to be imperfect.
All glory goes to God
XXXXXX engagements
