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Community => Introductions => Topic started by: spartan88 on February 26, 2012, 06:49:00 PM
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Hello all,
My name is Ross and I haven been dipping for 4 years. I stumbled across this site a few days ago after a scare at the dentist and decided its time to quit killing myself slowly. They found some a two millimeter sized tissue called leukoplakia on my gums and told me to quit and come back in two weeks to see if they need to do a biopsy or if it went away. The doctor said it didnt look that bad maybe it was a blessing in disguise, needless to say I am pretty freaked out.
I have tried quitting in the past only made it a few days each time. A lot of my hobbies lead themselves into dipping. Hunting, fishing, my baseball team, etc etc. I know it will be very difficult to quit. I have armed myself with enough jolly ranchers, gum, and fake chew so hopefully that will help. Now i just need to figure out how to join a quit group and get going.
Thanks
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Welcome to KTC Ross, good to have you here! You are definitely correct. This will be very hard, but even then there is no "hopefully". There is just doing it. Post your roll, don't use, and repeat.
First thing you'll want to do is visit the salmon-colored Welcome Center (http://forum.killthecan.org/index.php?showforum=13) link. Here you will find everything you need to know about KTC. What it is, how it works, why we do it, and what you should do next. Read everything in here so that you become educated with roll etc.
Once you've managed to do that, head on over to the June 2012 (http://forum.killthecan.org/index.php?showtopic=6044) Quit Group. Here, use the information you found on posting roll in the Welcome Center to post your Day 1. This is your promise to the members of the group and the site that you will not dip for that day, and that day only. The major premise here at KTC is that we work ONE DAY at a time. Post roll for today, wake up in the morning, and post roll for tomorrow. It's that simple!
A few tips to succeed: Make a quit plan. What will you do in the event of a major crave? How will you prevent a cave? Formulate a plan and live by it. These days are going to get tough before it gets better. Visit the Live Chatroom (http://chat.killthecan.org/) and re-register. Upon signing in, you will be able to chat with a fellow quit brother. Form relationships with people and exchange numbers. They all know what you're going through and will gladly help you out at a moments notice.
I quit with you today Ross. Take this advice and use it. If you have any questions or comments, do not hesitate to PM me and I will get back to you asap!
Crew
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Hello all,
My name is Ross and I haven been dipping for 4 years. I stumbled across this site a few days ago after a scare at the dentist and decided its time to quit killing myself slowly. They found some a two millimeter sized tissue called leukoplakia on my gums and told me to quit and come back in two weeks to see if they need to do a biopsy or if it went away. The doctor said it didnt look that bad maybe it was a blessing in disguise, needless to say I am pretty freaked out.
I have tried quitting in the past only made it a few days each time. A lot of my hobbies lead themselves into dipping. Hunting, fishing, my baseball team, etc etc. I know it will be very difficult to quit. I have armed myself with enough jolly ranchers, gum, and fake chew so hopefully that will help. Now i just need to figure out how to join a quit group and get going.
Thanks
Great decision on coming to KTC, Ross. This site, the forum and a lot of guys (and gals) on here I've really helped me along on these early stages of my quit.
What kind of fake chew are you using? Smokey Mountain? I've been using oregon mint snuff and almost like it better than the real stuff. It's nice to be able to swallow it and not have to have a spitter, or be spitting on the floor or something
I know how things like hunting and fishing can be triggers. I do both too, but with the help of this forum you'll relearn both without a dip in your lip.
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Yeah I bought like 4 or 5 tins of smokey mountain the wintergreen and the mint, tastes and smells like the real thing. Don't know if thats good or bad
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Yeah I bought like 4 or 5 tins of smokey mountain the wintergreen and the mint, tastes and smells like the real thing. Don't know if thats good or bad
Whatever it takes to keep a dip out of your lip.
I've been wanting to try that smokey mountain stuff
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The smokey mountain stuff was the only non-tobacco chew i could find, never heard of those other things
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I had to order my oregon mint snuff online. Though they say that a lot of krogers and fred meyers stores carry them. But FM is a northwest thing.
One guy I talked to one here said that the smokey mountain stuff kind of falls apart after 10 mins in his mouth.
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I had to order my oregon mint snuff online. Though they say that a lot of krogers and fred meyers stores carry them. But FM is a northwest thing.
One guy I talked to one here said that the smokey mountain stuff kind of falls apart after 10 mins in his mouth.
I have never heard of those stores down here in wisconsin lol. funny how all those regional stores work. I havent had that problem with the smokey mountain stuff but I havent tried any other kinds either so idk.
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I had to order my oregon mint snuff online. Though they say that a lot of krogers and fred meyers stores carry them. But FM is a northwest thing.
One guy I talked to one here said that the smokey mountain stuff kind of falls apart after 10 mins in his mouth.
I have never heard of those stores down here in wisconsin lol. funny how all those regional stores work. I havent had that problem with the smokey mountain stuff but I havent tried any other kinds either so idk.
Fred Meyers is the shit. They have everything. It's a grocery store, with a department store, with a toy section, home improvement section, garden section and a jewelry store all in one.
Oh and most have a gas station too, and when you spend 100$ in t he store you get 10cents off a gallon on top of the fact that they are usually the cheapest gas in town.
You a packers fan?
I'm one of the only cheeseheads in my town
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I had to order my oregon mint snuff online. Though they say that a lot of krogers and fred meyers stores carry them. But FM is a northwest thing.
One guy I talked to one here said that the smokey mountain stuff kind of falls apart after 10 mins in his mouth.
I have never heard of those stores down here in wisconsin lol. funny how all those regional stores work. I havent had that problem with the smokey mountain stuff but I havent tried any other kinds either so idk.
Fred Meyers is the shit. They have everything. It's a grocery store, with a department store, with a toy section, home improvement section, garden section and a jewelry store all in one.
Oh and most have a gas station too, and when you spend 100$ in t he store you get 10cents off a gallon on top of the fact that they are usually the cheapest gas in town.
You a packers fan?
I'm one of the only cheeseheads in my town
I'm one of approximately 3 Packer fans across the state of North Dakota. Us loners should band together I'm thinkin Kurt. 'Cheers'
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Yea big time packer and brewers fan good to see some cheeseheads out there still getting over loss this season
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Yea big time packer and brewers fan good to see some cheeseheads out there still getting over loss this season
Terrific season, horrible post season.
This post season EVERY team I rooted for lost.
But I didn't really care for any of the games once the packers were out
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Yea big time packer and brewers fan good to see some cheeseheads out there still getting over loss this season
Terrific season, horrible post season.
This post season EVERY team I rooted for lost.
But I didn't really care for any of the games once the packers were out
I could have done without babyface Eli winning another ring. :angry:
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Yea big time packer and brewers fan good to see some cheeseheads out there still getting over loss this season
Terrific season, horrible post season.
This post season EVERY team I rooted for lost.
But I didn't really care for any of the games once the packers were out
I could have done without babyface Eli winning another ring. :angry:
Seriously, I was rooting for our boy Aaron Rodgers.
Of course, I'm a california kid, myself.
I grew up about 45 mins south of where Rodgers went to college at
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The pack will rebound we just need to go 9 and 7 and get hot at the end of the season none of this 15and 1 shit
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The pack will rebound we just need to go 9 and 7 and get hot at the end of the season none of this 15and 1 shit
I think benching rodgers in the last game of the season was a bed choice too.
Ya, I understand the thinking. He helped carry the team all season long and the guy deserved a break. However, we had a bye week the first week of the post season. So I think Rodgers having 2 weeks off didn't help the team.
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The pack will rebound we just need to go 9 and 7 and get hot at the end of the season none of this 15and 1 shit
I think benching rodgers in the last game of the season was a bed choice too.
Ya, I understand the thinking. He helped carry the team all season long and the guy deserved a break. However, we had a bye week the first week of the post season. So I think Rodgers having 2 weeks off didn't help the team.
While not particularly "on" against the Giants, I don't think you can put too much value into Rodgers' performance. Let's remember the drops. The fumbles. The inability to stop those big plays. We went 15-1 because that stuff, it didn't exist in the regular season. But it just so happens that in that playoff game, they did happen. Often.
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The pack will rebound we just need to go 9 and 7 and get hot at the end of the season none of this 15and 1 shit
I think benching rodgers in the last game of the season was a bed choice too.
Ya, I understand the thinking. He helped carry the team all season long and the guy deserved a break. However, we had a bye week the first week of the post season. So I think Rodgers having 2 weeks off didn't help the team.
While not particularly "on" against the Giants, I don't think you can put too much value into Rodgers' performance. Let's remember the drops. The fumbles. The inability to stop those big plays. We went 15-1 because that stuff, it didn't exist in the regular season. But it just so happens that in that playoff game, they did happen. Often.
Yeah all those dropped passes were what killed us. Guess ya can't blame rodgers too much for that game.