My Intro

[RDB]

Nice introduction. Welcome.

[Ready]

Better late than never I guess. My name is Bryce and I have been using nicotine regularly since I was 17, so close to 20 years. Most of that addiction has been a can a day of Kodiak. Four sport athlete, grew up in a small town in South Dakota and I think baseball is what started me on dip. Went to college for commercial aviation but Sept. 11th happened and it scared me out of the industry. Moved to Omaha where I started with a restaurant company and spent 15 years working for them. Moved to Arizona in 2002 continuing to work for the same restaurant company. Made the move to the mortgage industry because I had a friend who owned a bank and he recruited me. Right before I made the move I got a new boss at my former gig that I nicknamed "two shakes Rodney" due to his over zealous micro-management and I feared he was going to follow me into a urinal some day, hence two shakes. Married my best friend and have two beautiful, young, hellish boys. I am currently 21 days into my quit and I am starting to grow a hatred for all things nicotine. I wake up every morning and the first thing I say to myself is "I'm not putting that fucking poison in my mouth", then I get on the shitter and post roll. It makes up for my previous habit of putting a fatty in and then go on the chive on the shitter. I have tried to stop in the past but obviously without success, before I was quitting for the wrong reasons, my wife, my family, a health scare etc. This time IT IS DIFFERENT because I am quitting for me.

The last day I used tobacco was Jan 2nd 2018... every Friday on the way home from my office job I stop at the same gas station and buy three cans of Kodiak. I forgot that Monday the 1st was a holiday so I fucked up and should have bought four cans. Monday night my can is getting low and I wanted to be ready for the morning "get up, put a dip in and take a shit." So I go to my briefcase in my truck and low and behold all cans are empty. Immediately panic strikes me, WTF am I going to do, now granted I had plenty for my morning dip but all I can say is absolute panic. I talk myself off the ledge and tell myself I will have one for the morning and then I will stop and get a can on my way to work. I wake up the next morning and put a dip in just like every morning, but today was different. I had an empty can and no tobacco in my possession. So I googled "dip withdraw symptoms" and poof KTC. I read the article that all of you have then I come across the spousal support article. I emailed that to my wife...... I swear to god I still to this day have no idea what came over me but I just said I am done. I am fucking done, I can do this, if I put my mind to something I can crush it. 21 days later I am still here and let me tell you I AM ALL IN. I think the strongest part of my quit is the hatred that is brewing, the sense of embarrassment of all the stupid things I've done in my dipping life. Standing in front of 100 people teaching a training session with a FUCKING DIP IN. Seriously who the fuck does that? I would have a dip in all day at work and spit in the trash can, the poor fucking lady that cleans the office must freaking hate my ass. I hid chewing from my parents... everyday I post roll with them through a group text message for an additional layer of liability.

I am fucking quit, today, and again tomorrow.

PPIHM (positive people I have met) MN, TPutney, BatDad, Donkey, Dog, Colonel, Pabs, COB, DavidS, the ironmen from March 2014, JB, Wildirish, Samrs, and all of my brothers and sister of April 2018

Winning!!!!

Outstanding!

Your quality of life will improve greatly! It gets better. It gets better all the time!

[Skolvikings]

Better late than never I guess. My name is Bryce and I have been using nicotine regularly since I was 17, so close to 20 years. Most of that addiction has been a can a day of Kodiak. Four sport athlete, grew up in a small town in South Dakota and I think baseball is what started me on dip. Went to college for commercial aviation but Sept. 11th happened and it scared me out of the industry. Moved to Omaha where I started with a restaurant company and spent 15 years working for them. Moved to Arizona in 2002 continuing to work for the same restaurant company. Made the move to the mortgage industry because I had a friend who owned a bank and he recruited me. Right before I made the move I got a new boss at my former gig that I nicknamed "two shakes Rodney" due to his over zealous micro-management and I feared he was going to follow me into a urinal some day, hence two shakes. Married my best friend and have two beautiful, young, hellish boys. I am currently 21 days into my quit and I am starting to grow a hatred for all things nicotine. I wake up every morning and the first thing I say to myself is "I'm not putting that fucking poison in my mouth", then I get on the shitter and post roll. It makes up for my previous habit of putting a fatty in and then go on the chive on the shitter. I have tried to stop in the past but obviously without success, before I was quitting for the wrong reasons, my wife, my family, a health scare etc. This time IT IS DIFFERENT because I am quitting for me.

The last day I used tobacco was Jan 2nd 2018... every Friday on the way home from my office job I stop at the same gas station and buy three cans of Kodiak. I forgot that Monday the 1st was a holiday so I fucked up and should have bought four cans. Monday night my can is getting low and I wanted to be ready for the morning "get up, put a dip in and take a shit." So I go to my briefcase in my truck and low and behold all cans are empty. Immediately panic strikes me, WTF am I going to do, now granted I had plenty for my morning dip but all I can say is absolute panic. I talk myself off the ledge and tell myself I will have one for the morning and then I will stop and get a can on my way to work. I wake up the next morning and put a dip in just like every morning, but today was different. I had an empty can and no tobacco in my possession. So I googled "dip withdraw symptoms" and poof KTC. I read the article that all of you have then I come across the spousal support article. I emailed that to my wife...... I swear to god I still to this day have no idea what came over me but I just said I am done. I am fucking done, I can do this, if I put my mind to something I can crush it. 21 days later I am still here and let me tell you I AM ALL IN. I think the strongest part of my quit is the hatred that is brewing, the sense of embarrassment of all the stupid things I've done in my dipping life. Standing in front of 100 people teaching a training session with a FUCKING DIP IN. Seriously who the fuck does that? I would have a dip in all day at work and spit in the trash can, the poor fucking lady that cleans the office must fucking hate my ass. I hid chewing from my parents... everyday I post roll with them through a group text message for an additional layer of accountability.

I am fucking quit, today, and again tomorrow.

PPIHM (positive people I have met) MN, TPutney, BatDad, BrianG, Donkey, Dog, Pabs, COB, DavidS, the ironmen from March 2014, JB, Wildirish, Samrs, and all of my brothers and sister of April 2018

[chris2alaska]

Hey Bryce,

Congrats on your 4th Floor.  I had no doubt in my mind whatsoever, from my 1st day here, that you would keep plowing through every milestone that popped up. 

Thank you again for picking me up while I was out of the country.

QLF with you every Damn day.

Chris

[Athan]

for hunert days man (put.....ting a seed neatly deposited in a spitoon nearly 20 feet away rings the brass).  you done gone and climbed it another wall ain't cha? (put....splat, the left eye of a frog receives a seed from nearly 30 feet away). I reckon I hapta stick 'roun and see the next monament you get (put.....yeahhhahhhah! a seed lodges neatly between the breasts of the young waitress from across the room). Better split fer now (put......smack the bouncer caught a seed before it put his left eye out from a good 20 feet away as I sprint for the door).  It's been fun doing 'alternate' things with you the last 400 days brother (never was a fan of the seeds!).  Here's to the next hill, much love and respect!
xoxoxo
I love you
bye

[Athan]

You, Sir, are the epitome of resolve, of perseverance, of the indomitable, indefatigable human spirit.
Your offspring may very well, quite possibly, conquer the world!
I am honored, nay privileged, to call you my Righteous Brother of Quit.
Target on the horizon, damn the naysayers! FULL SPEED AHEAD!!!

[ChickDip]

The Hatred for all things Nic.

Exactly one year ago today I was on my shitter, thinking about the events of the day before: 

The first time my 3 year old son witnessed me spit in the shower and asked me what it was. 

Watching the UCF Auburn bowl game and as they show the little boy with only one hand on national TV, his father puts a dip in.

I will never forget 1/2/2018 for as long as I shall live, it is the day that I took back my freedom from a disgusting chemical that would eventually kill me.

I believe one of the key occurrences that must occur in your quit is the development of an absolute hatred for all things nicotine.  So often do we see a new quitter come in and talk about their love realtiosnhip with Nicotine.  The romanticizing thoughts of their past love with a plant that will eventually kill them.  Don't get me wrong, when I first decided to quit I loved Nic as well, it took time to realize that I in fact did not need nicotine to be happy.

Eventually you start to get a different perspective on the situation.  Once you are removed from the addiction the fog lifts and you get a true perspective of how bad your previous behavior actualy was.

I remember the first time I watched a 18ish year old "boy" buy a can of Grizzly at the C store as I was now quit.  Man how I wanted to reach out and slap that fucking can out of his hand...... why wasn't there someone there for me when I was so young and stupid?

I hear these stupid ass JUUL commercials on the radio, there is a fucking epidemic happening in our country right now and no one is doing a god damn thing about it.  All these teenagers vaping nicotine... what happens when they finally ban all these stupid things... is an entire generation going to just go cold turkey and not turn to cigs and dip?  Similar to the free packs of smokes handed out to soldiers that got an entire previous generation hooked on nicotine.

I think back to my grandfather, the Matriarch of our entire family, an absolute stud, withering away from stage 4 lung cancer.  Reduced to a shell of a human, the chemo gave him the worst diarehhea I have ever seen, still a proud man he would go berserk everytime someone had to wipe his ass.  He insisted we played Johnny Cash on a loop so he could die listening to a real man.

There are so many wonderful years that Fathers, Grandfathers, Mothers, Sons and Daughters lose to this terrible drug.  I am extremley passionate about many things in my life, but fighting this filthy disgusting thing called Nicotine has been added to that list.  Vaping, Cigars, Dip, Cigs..... all of it is a one way ticket to losing years with your loved ones.

I implore all of you to join me in this hatred for all things Nicotine and fight like hell to do all we can.  Too many lives, too much love, and too much time has been taken already.

Will you join me? ? ? ?

So so honored to be on this quit ride with you, Bryce.  You've gone all in on this, and as a result - you are reaping the benefits.  You are the man.  It gets better from here.  One day at a time... +1s keep getting better and better.

A year. A whole fucking year.

YOU DID IT!

Good job. Now get back to work... 

Proud AF to be quit with you Bryce. Love you brother!

I am with you Bryce.  As a matter of fact, New Years Eve, there was a guy I had never met before.  He threw one in and the first words out my mouth was, “when you’re ready to quit that cat turd, you let me know.”
Apparently I embarrassed my wife with my comment to him.  I apologized to my wife for embarrassing her but told her I am not sorry for what I said and that if she didn’t want to be embarrassed again, she should leave the area if someone is dipping in front of me.

Proud as hell of you Bryce.

Huge congrats on the 1 year quit. outstanding. keep it up!

[chris2alaska]

The Hatred for all things Nic.

Exactly one year ago today I was on my shitter, thinking about the events of the day before: 

The first time my 3 year old son witnessed me spit in the shower and asked me what it was. 

Watching the UCF Auburn bowl game and as they show the little boy with only one hand on national TV, his father puts a dip in.

I will never forget 1/2/2018 for as long as I shall live, it is the day that I took back my freedom from a disgusting chemical that would eventually kill me.

I believe one of the key occurrences that must occur in your quit is the development of an absolute hatred for all things nicotine.  So often do we see a new quitter come in and talk about their love realtiosnhip with Nicotine.  The romanticizing thoughts of their past love with a plant that will eventually kill them.  Don't get me wrong, when I first decided to quit I loved Nic as well, it took time to realize that I in fact did not need nicotine to be happy.

Eventually you start to get a different perspective on the situation.  Once you are removed from the addiction the fog lifts and you get a true perspective of how bad your previous behavior actualy was.

I remember the first time I watched a 18ish year old "boy" buy a can of Grizzly at the C store as I was now quit.  Man how I wanted to reach out and slap that fucking can out of his hand...... why wasn't there someone there for me when I was so young and stupid?

I hear these stupid ass JUUL commercials on the radio, there is a fucking epidemic happening in our country right now and no one is doing a god damn thing about it.  All these teenagers vaping nicotine... what happens when they finally ban all these stupid things... is an entire generation going to just go cold turkey and not turn to cigs and dip?  Similar to the free packs of smokes handed out to soldiers that got an entire previous generation hooked on nicotine.

I think back to my grandfather, the Matriarch of our entire family, an absolute stud, withering away from stage 4 lung cancer.  Reduced to a shell of a human, the chemo gave him the worst diarehhea I have ever seen, still a proud man he would go berserk everytime someone had to wipe his ass.  He insisted we played Johnny Cash on a loop so he could die listening to a real man.

There are so many wonderful years that Fathers, Grandfathers, Mothers, Sons and Daughters lose to this terrible drug.  I am extremley passionate about many things in my life, but fighting this filthy disgusting thing called Nicotine has been added to that list.  Vaping, Cigars, Dip, Cigs..... all of it is a one way ticket to losing years with your loved ones.

I implore all of you to join me in this hatred for all things Nicotine and fight like hell to do all we can.  Too many lives, too much love, and too much time has been taken already.

Will you join me? ? ? ?

So so honored to be on this quit ride with you, Bryce.  You've gone all in on this, and as a result - you are reaping the benefits.  You are the man.  It gets better from here.  One day at a time... +1s keep getting better and better.

A year. A whole fucking year.

YOU DID IT!

Good job. Now get back to work... 

Proud AF to be quit with you Bryce. Love you brother!

I am with you Bryce.  As a matter of fact, New Years Eve, there was a guy I had never met before.  He threw one in and the first words out my mouth was, “when you’re ready to quit that cat turd, you let me know.”
Apparently I embarrassed my wife with my comment to him.  I apologized to my wife for embarrassing her but told her I am not sorry for what I said and that if she didn’t want to be embarrassed again, she should leave the area if someone is dipping in front of me.

Proud as hell of you Bryce.

[SRains918]

The Hatred for all things Nic.

Exactly one year ago today I was on my shitter, thinking about the events of the day before: 

The first time my 3 year old son witnessed me spit in the shower and asked me what it was. 

Watching the UCF Auburn bowl game and as they show the little boy with only one hand on national TV, his father puts a dip in.

I will never forget 1/2/2018 for as long as I shall live, it is the day that I took back my freedom from a disgusting chemical that would eventually kill me.

I believe one of the key occurrences that must occur in your quit is the development of an absolute hatred for all things nicotine.  So often do we see a new quitter come in and talk about their love realtiosnhip with Nicotine.  The romanticizing thoughts of their past love with a plant that will eventually kill them.  Don't get me wrong, when I first decided to quit I loved Nic as well, it took time to realize that I in fact did not need nicotine to be happy.

Eventually you start to get a different perspective on the situation.  Once you are removed from the addiction the fog lifts and you get a true perspective of how bad your previous behavior actualy was.

I remember the first time I watched a 18ish year old "boy" buy a can of Grizzly at the C store as I was now quit.  Man how I wanted to reach out and slap that fucking can out of his hand...... why wasn't there someone there for me when I was so young and stupid?

I hear these stupid ass JUUL commercials on the radio, there is a fucking epidemic happening in our country right now and no one is doing a god damn thing about it.  All these teenagers vaping nicotine... what happens when they finally ban all these stupid things... is an entire generation going to just go cold turkey and not turn to cigs and dip?  Similar to the free packs of smokes handed out to soldiers that got an entire previous generation hooked on nicotine.

I think back to my grandfather, the Matriarch of our entire family, an absolute stud, withering away from stage 4 lung cancer.  Reduced to a shell of a human, the chemo gave him the worst diarehhea I have ever seen, still a proud man he would go berserk everytime someone had to wipe his ass.  He insisted we played Johnny Cash on a loop so he could die listening to a real man.

There are so many wonderful years that Fathers, Grandfathers, Mothers, Sons and Daughters lose to this terrible drug.  I am extremley passionate about many things in my life, but fighting this filthy disgusting thing called Nicotine has been added to that list.  Vaping, Cigars, Dip, Cigs..... all of it is a one way ticket to losing years with your loved ones.

I implore all of you to join me in this hatred for all things Nicotine and fight like hell to do all we can.  Too many lives, too much love, and too much time has been taken already.

Will you join me? ? ? ?

So so honored to be on this quit ride with you, Bryce.  You've gone all in on this, and as a result - you are reaping the benefits.  You are the man.  It gets better from here.  One day at a time... +1s keep getting better and better.

A year. A whole fucking year.

YOU DID IT!

Good job. Now get back to work... 

Proud AF to be quit with you Bryce. Love you brother!

[worktowin]

The Hatred for all things Nic.

Exactly one year ago today I was on my shitter, thinking about the events of the day before: 

The first time my 3 year old son witnessed me spit in the shower and asked me what it was. 

Watching the UCF Auburn bowl game and as they show the little boy with only one hand on national TV, his father puts a dip in.

I will never forget 1/2/2018 for as long as I shall live, it is the day that I took back my freedom from a disgusting chemical that would eventually kill me.

I believe one of the key occurrences that must occur in your quit is the development of an absolute hatred for all things nicotine.  So often do we see a new quitter come in and talk about their love realtiosnhip with Nicotine.  The romanticizing thoughts of their past love with a plant that will eventually kill them.  Don't get me wrong, when I first decided to quit I loved Nic as well, it took time to realize that I in fact did not need nicotine to be happy.

Eventually you start to get a different perspective on the situation.  Once you are removed from the addiction the fog lifts and you get a true perspective of how bad your previous behavior actualy was.

I remember the first time I watched a 18ish year old "boy" buy a can of Grizzly at the C store as I was now quit.  Man how I wanted to reach out and slap that fucking can out of his hand...... why wasn't there someone there for me when I was so young and stupid?

I hear these stupid ass JUUL commercials on the radio, there is a fucking epidemic happening in our country right now and no one is doing a god damn thing about it.  All these teenagers vaping nicotine... what happens when they finally ban all these stupid things... is an entire generation going to just go cold turkey and not turn to cigs and dip?  Similar to the free packs of smokes handed out to soldiers that got an entire previous generation hooked on nicotine.

I think back to my grandfather, the Matriarch of our entire family, an absolute stud, withering away from stage 4 lung cancer.  Reduced to a shell of a human, the chemo gave him the worst diarehhea I have ever seen, still a proud man he would go berserk everytime someone had to wipe his ass.  He insisted we played Johnny Cash on a loop so he could die listening to a real man.

There are so many wonderful years that Fathers, Grandfathers, Mothers, Sons and Daughters lose to this terrible drug.  I am extremley passionate about many things in my life, but fighting this filthy disgusting thing called Nicotine has been added to that list.  Vaping, Cigars, Dip, Cigs..... all of it is a one way ticket to losing years with your loved ones.

I implore all of you to join me in this hatred for all things Nicotine and fight like hell to do all we can.  Too many lives, too much love, and too much time has been taken already.

Will you join me? ? ? ?

So so honored to be on this quit ride with you, Bryce.  You've gone all in on this, and as a result - you are reaping the benefits.  You are the man.  It gets better from here.  One day at a time... +1s keep getting better and better.

[Skolvikings]

The Hatred for all things Nic.

Exactly one year ago today I was on my shitter, thinking about the events of the day before: 

The first time my 3 year old son witnessed me spit in the shower and asked me what it was. 

Watching the UCF Auburn bowl game and as they show the little boy with only one hand on national TV, his father puts a dip in.

I will never forget 1/2/2018 for as long as I shall live, it is the day that I took back my freedom from a disgusting chemical that would eventually kill me.

I believe one of the key occurrences that must occur in your quit is the development of an absolute hatred for all things nicotine.  So often do we see a new quitter come in and talk about their love realtiosnhip with Nicotine.  The romanticizing thoughts of their past love with a plant that will eventually kill them.  Don't get me wrong, when I first decided to quit I loved Nic as well, it took time to realize that I in fact did not need nicotine to be happy.

Eventually you start to get a different perspective on the situation.  Once you are removed from the addiction the fog lifts and you get a true perspective of how bad your previous behavior actualy was.

I remember the first time I watched a 18ish year old "boy" buy a can of Grizzly at the C store as I was now quit.  Man how I wanted to reach out and slap that fucking can out of his hand...... why wasn't there someone there for me when I was so young and stupid?

I hear these stupid ass JUUL commercials on the radio, there is a fucking epidemic happening in our country right now and no one is doing a god damn thing about it.  All these teenagers vaping nicotine... what happens when they finally ban all these stupid things... is an entire generation going to just go cold turkey and not turn to cigs and dip?  Similar to the free packs of smokes handed out to soldiers that got an entire previous generation hooked on nicotine.

I think back to my grandfather, the Matriarch of our entire family, an absolute stud, withering away from stage 4 lung cancer.  Reduced to a shell of a human, the chemo gave him the worst diarehhea I have ever seen, still a proud man he would go berserk everytime someone had to wipe his ass.  He insisted we played Johnny Cash on a loop so he could die listening to a real man.

There are so many wonderful years that Fathers, Grandfathers, Mothers, Sons and Daughters lose to this terrible drug.  I am extremley passionate about many things in my life, but fighting this filthy disgusting thing called Nicotine has been added to that list.  Vaping, Cigars, Dip, Cigs..... all of it is a one way ticket to losing years with your loved ones.

I implore all of you to join me in this hatred for all things Nicotine and fight like hell to do all we can.  Too many lives, too much love, and too much time has been taken already.

Will you join me? ? ? ?

[Skolvikings]

First Thanksgiving of my entire adult life free from nicotine and the chains.

I NEVER thought it was possible.

Gob Bless KTC and all the vets that paved the road with blood sweat and tears so I could continue my journey of freedom.

Blessed and Thankful..... beyond belief.

I will pay it forward to my best ability.

Blessed and Thankful.

Never Again For Any Reason.

[Athan]

Dip dreams beyond the quitter

I would pretty much chew all day at work.

Spit in the trash can.

Always hyper aware if someone was coming to my office, no one had a clue I dipped in the office.

Try to spit it out before someone entered my office so I wouldn't have to gut it while talking to them and get sick.

Since I was so secretive I only told five good friends that I work with, they have been super supportive and still celebrate my milestones.

Today my buddy that is our head underwriter asked if I had a minute.....

In his office he explains to me that last night he had the most vivid dream he can remember, he said that I relapsed and was walking around the office with a huge wad in and spitting everywhere.

He said he woke up and was so disappointed that I broke my promise... I was laughing my butt off.

This addiction doesn't just affect us my friends... stay vigilant and stay strong!!!!!!!!!!

What are you, a ventriloquist, a magician, a telepath?  You can throw your dip dreams on to simple civilian's minds now??  Teach me master.

I dreamed about you too.  I'll just leave it at that.

[chris2alaska]

Dip dreams beyond the quitter

I would pretty much chew all day at work.

Spit in the trash can.

Always hyper aware if someone was coming to my office, no one had a clue I dipped in the office.

Try to spit it out before someone entered my office so I wouldn't have to gut it while talking to them and get sick.

Since I was so secretive I only told five good friends that I work with, they have been super supportive and still celebrate my milestones.

Today my buddy that is our head underwriter asked if I had a minute.....

In his office he explains to me that last night he had the most vivid dream he can remember, he said that I relapsed and was walking around the office with a huge wad in and spitting everywhere.

He said he woke up and was so disappointed that I broke my promise... I was laughing my butt off.

This addiction doesn't just affect us my friends... stay vigilant and stay strong!!!!!!!!!!

What are you, a ventriloquist, a magician, a telepath?  You can throw your dip dreams on to simple civilian's minds now??  Teach me master.

[Skolvikings]

Dip dreams beyond the quitter

I would pretty much chew all day at work.

Spit in the trash can.

Always hyper aware if someone was coming to my office, no one had a clue I dipped in the office.

Try to spit it out before someone entered my office so I wouldn't have to gut it while talking to them and get sick.

Since I was so secretive I only told five good friends that I work with, they have been super supportive and still celebrate my milestones.

Today my buddy that is our head underwriter asked if I had a minute.....

In his office he explains to me that last night he had the most vivid dream he can remember, he said that I relapsed and was walking around the office with a huge wad in and spitting everywhere.

He said he woke up and was so disappointed that I broke my promise... I was laughing my butt off.

This addiction doesn't just affect us my friends... stay vigilant and stay strong!!!!!!!!!!