This should have been done a while ago but as with anything better late than never! My name is Adam and I am from St. Louis, MO. I work as a paramedic and volunteer as a firefighter. A little background from me I had been a dipper for 6 years. I began in my junior year of high school with teammates sometimes after practice. Which slowly progressed to everyday after practice, then into into dipping all day everyday whenever I had opportunities to do it. The habit followed me into college where I would dip staying up late doing assignments for class, to fight boredom, or socially, or much of the time to feed my addiction I had created to the nicotine. I didn't recognize it as that at the time but I have come to realize that during most of my time dipping it truly was solely to feel the addiction. When beginning this journey my main and really only reason to quit was fear of cancer. However my list of reasons has grown. The freedom of not having to rely on dip as a crutch stands the tallest at this point. I was a ninja dipper purely due to recognizing how disgusting and offensive people find it, specifically my family. I was always finding myself sneaking away to have dips or just holing up so I could sit in private and dip. It's insane how much of my life I've missed or changed just because I wanted to sit around and dip. A final reason is that I know this poison is destroying my body physically and I can feel that this stuff has been slowing me down in the gym and training for work. Dip no longer has a place in my life and its time for it to go. It's been a great 29 days for me with the Apes. Embracing the suck and strapped in for this ride.
