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Title: Red Seal
Post by: hankjrfan on August 08, 2014, 01:20:00 AM
And if I didn't ask for it, the lady at the checkout would often ask, "No red seal today". "Nope, mam, I'm all set already" (embarrased)
Lot of times, I'd go to out of the way places to get it just because of the frequency with which I purchased.

27 years of hardcore dipping. I'd gobble up almost 2 cans a day. And you guys of all people realize these Red Seals are the BIGGER cans. Sometimes I'd leave it in for just a half hour, other times like after a little one hitter of weed it'd stay in an hour. NEVER slept with it in and always kept good oral hygiene. Or while working outside on a hot day it might stay in for a looong time. I farm so am always outside tinckering with something.

At age 43 now, figured my days had to be numbered at the pace I was keeping. Surprisingly, there's not much visible damage. Now that I've quit, I've taken time to survey which I rarely had done. But who knows what's working inside...

Is there just the one giant thread in the general discussion representing each year or am I not seeing the actual forum with individual threads?

When I taper off the gum (which will be at the end of this $$box$$ it'll take a few days for the nicotine to get all the way out, but is there any info on how long the carcinagens stay inside you, and how long you can kind of feel a little secure that you made it out without cancer?

Anyone ever get cancer say a month or year later after they've quit?
Title: Re: Red Seal
Post by: AppleJack on August 08, 2014, 03:42:00 AM
Here's the thing... This is a no nicotine site.

Why don't you flush that gum and try some real quitting... That's what we do here. Everything you need to succeed can be found here. But... You gots to play by the rules and the first one is to stop flooding your body and mind with poison. You're an addict and nicotine is your problem. Until you quit putting it in your body we can't help you.

Whaddaya say?... Quit for real or continue being a slave?

Freedom is a beautiful thing man...
Title: Re: Red Seal
Post by: Grizzlyhasclaws on August 08, 2014, 03:47:00 AM
Please listen to AJ^^^. Flush it brother. Post roll with us, honor your word. Be a quitter. No more nicotine. You never needed it and you don't need it now. It's only keeping you hooked. Let's quit this bitch one day at a time.
Title: Re: Red Seal
Post by: 30isEnuff on August 08, 2014, 06:56:00 AM
Quote from: grizzlyhasclaws
Please listen to AJ^^^. Flush it brother. Post roll with us, honor your word. Be a quitter. No more nicotine. You never needed it and you don't need it now. It's only keeping you hooked. Let's quit this bitch one day at a time.
There was this guy who dipped for 27 1/2 years, quit, then died of cancer...how long did you say you dipped hard core??

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Title: Re: Red Seal
Post by: Tuco on August 08, 2014, 08:39:00 AM
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When I taper off the gum (which will be at the end of this $$box$$ it'll take a few days for the nicotine to get all the way out, but is there any info on how long the carcinagens stay inside you, and how long you can kind of feel a little secure that you made it out without cancer?

Anyone ever get cancer say a month or year later after they've quit?
I am willing to bet that there is not a single medical professional on this site that is qualified to answer those questions. Even then, no medical professional would ever give you a definitive answer, because there are many factors at play such as your age, frequency of dipping, genetics, etc.

A better question would be, "why should I toss all of my cans and nicorette gum and quit cold turkey today - right now?" and my answer would be a resounding, "because you will never once regret that decision to quit here and now for as long as you live."

Toss, don't taper that gum. Many have said, and I can personally attest, it is worthless. You're going to have to quit nicotine at some point and using NRT to "get past the oral part" is a complete load of crap. Best case, you abstain from dipping for 6 months while you're on the gum the entire time. Plenty of good science to back up that claim, by the way. If you don't believe me, go here (http://lmgtfy.com/?q=NRT+relapse+rates).

Once all of that stuff is safely tucked away in the trash or down the toilet, come on back, post up your roll (your daily promise to us and yourself not to use any nicotine), and strap on your helmet, because it's going to be a fun ride for a little while. The good news for you is that this site is chock-full of brothers and sisters that know exactly what you're going through and will be there to lean on whenever you need it.
Title: Re: Red Seal
Post by: E&C's Dad on August 08, 2014, 08:53:00 AM
Quote from: Tuco's
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When I taper off the gum (which will be at the end of this $$box$$ it'll take a few days for the nicotine to get all the way out, but is there any info on how long the carcinagens stay inside you, and how long you can kind of feel a little secure that you made it out without cancer?

Anyone ever get cancer say a month or year later after they've quit?
I am willing to bet that there is not a single medical professional on this site that is qualified to answer those questions. Even then, no medical professional would ever give you a definitive answer, because there are many factors at play such as your age, frequency of dipping, genetics, etc.

A better question would be, "why should I toss all of my cans and nicorette gum and quit cold turkey today - right now?" and my answer would be a resounding, "because you will never once regret that decision to quit here and now for as long as you live."

Toss, don't taper that gum. Many have said, and I can personally attest, it is worthless. You're going to have to quit nicotine at some point and using NRT to "get past the oral part" is a complete load of crap. Best case, you abstain from dipping for 6 months while you're on the gum the entire time. Plenty of good science to back up that claim, by the way. If you don't believe me, go here (http://lmgtfy.com/?q=NRT+relapse+rates).

Once all of that stuff is safely tucked away in the trash or down the toilet, come on back, post up your roll (your daily promise to us and yourself not to use any nicotine), and strap on your helmet, because it's going to be a fun ride for a little while. The good news for you is that this site is chock-full of brothers and sisters that know exactly what you're going through and will be there to lean on whenever you need it.
Not too much I can add that these guys haven't hit already. Tapering off sucks and you are prolonging your agony. Your story is not unique we all dipped hard core for years and years. Quit now flush the gum and lets get this party started. You in or you out?
Title: Re: Red Seal
Post by: B-loMatt on August 08, 2014, 08:56:00 AM
What they ^^^ said! It will suck just as bad when that box of gum is gone so why wait? Waiting just leaves the door open for your addict brain to forget about how the poison is killing you. Read everything on KTC and wake up! You can do this. I was a 2 can a day junkie when I found this site. Learn the KTC plan. Live the plan. The plan works.
Title: Re: Red Seal
Post by: enav on August 08, 2014, 09:36:00 AM
Quote from: B-loMatt
What they ^^^ said! It will suck just as bad when that box of gum is gone so why wait? Waiting just leaves the door open for your addict brain to forget about how the poison is killing you. Read everything on KTC and wake up! You can do this. I was a 2 can a day junkie when I found this site. Learn the KTC plan. Live the plan. The plan works.
It suxs to quit. Daddy always said, "Son, Ya gotta take dat ass whippin sooner or later...." Get it over with! In ma' Cajun voice! Your in the right place if your serious. Cowboy up and toss da shit and get quit. Start living ya damn life the right way! Nic free!
Title: Re: Red Seal
Post by: Wt57 on August 08, 2014, 09:48:00 AM
Hank I'm slightly confused, are you quit now or are you still using the gum? You sound like because you don't see any signs of oral problems that your safer than others. Cancer is an awful and sneaky bitch. We never know for sure if we have cells laying dormant or not. I've heard of those that have quit for years still getting cancer. That's not a reason to continue dipping. The longer we are dip free the better our odds are. I use to worry about that but why think about "what ifs?" Worry about today, stay nicotine free today.
Show us that you are serious about quitting by posting roll and keeping your word. The freedom that we receive from being nicotine free is so satisfying!
Title: Re: Red Seal
Post by: hankjrfan on August 08, 2014, 12:31:00 PM
That's correct WT. I haven't had any tobacco since 30 July. There's zero chance of me going back to it, although I understand everyones justified demonization of nicotine. I'm concentrating on killing the can foremost and killing the nicotine slowly. I definitely don't feel safe from cancer, probably more paranoid than anyone here at the moment. That's why I had all the question about when would someone be a little bit out of the woods.
I've spent evenings after everyone goes to bed nowdays trying to see lists of people who got cancer from this stuff. Notable people, Youtube stories, read the stories here. There's not a ton of them out there considering how many people dip.
One thing I noticed about the youtube videos, the "product review" type clips are always younger people in their 20's making them. They remind me of me and my friends 25 years ago.. But I never see older people in their 50's and 60's making them...
So, there's not many older dippers?

Anyway, I'm getting off track back to the nicotine


There's a lot of my crops that have nicotine in them, and it's tomato season so don't expect me not to eat any of them. Thank God for the gum these first few days is all I feel like saying. I may have misunderstood the meaning of this site, I apologize.

My thinking was that even if I had to stay on the gum the rest of my life, I wouldn't be getting the cancer causing carcinogens in the tobacco. I only wanted to be on it a couple weeks tops because of the price.

Thank to the rest. Yes 27 years use with very few breaks of any kind. Started out reasonable and ended up with more and heavier use. The very first dabble in tobacco would put it back further than that even. At age 12, we had a stash of Hawken and Beech Nut (and some playboys). We used to build bicycle ramps, load up on the Beech Nut, get screeming down the hill and right before we'd go over the ramp say, I'm a Beech Nut nut, patterened after the commercials at the time. But after getting room spinning sick, I didn't use tobacco again until high school. Basic military training was about the only break in the action after that. I'll be back possibly when I'm nicotine free.
Title: Re: Red Seal
Post by: Tuco on August 08, 2014, 01:28:00 PM
Not ready to quit yet. Got it.
Title: Re: Red Seal
Post by: Thumblewort on August 08, 2014, 01:57:00 PM
Hankjr, I am a 17 year abuser of Skoal, and am 45 years old. I joined this site March 6, 2014. I had not used dip since March 4th, and had a 21 mg nicotine patch on my arm. I posted roll, and proudly proclaimed my quit in my intro called "Lenten Quitter". Wow, you would have though I let my kid crawl under the White House fence or something, these guys ate me alive. I promptly removed my name from roll, apologized for not being quit, and like a moron wore the patch for 30 more days.

In those 30 days I was foggy, grouchy, anxious.....basically I was going through withdrawals, just much slower than cold turkey. So after the second round of cutting a patch into quarters, I grew a set of balls, and quit. I posted roll, and promised the KTC and the world I would not use nicotine.

And guess what? I got to go through 3 days of hell. Yep, I'm so smart I got to do withdrawal for 33 days instead of 3 or 4. Don't be me. Flush the gum, and be free. I am 127 days in now, and everyday is a joy without that shit. I wish I could tell you it's easy - it is not. But the few bad days I have had the last 4 months is worth the 20-30 years I have left being quit.

Join me brother, it is unreal on the quit side of things.
Title: Re: Red Seal
Post by: Grizzlyhasclaws on August 08, 2014, 02:08:00 PM
Quote from: hankjrfan
That's correct WT. I haven't had any tobacco since 30 July. There's zero chance of me going back to it, although I understand everyones justified demonization of nicotine. I'm concentrating on killing the can foremost and killing the nicotine slowly. I definitely don't feel safe from cancer, probably more paranoid than anyone here at the moment. That's why I had all the question about when would someone be a little bit out of the woods.
I've spent evenings after everyone goes to bed nowdays trying to see lists of people who got cancer from this stuff. Notable people, Youtube stories, read the stories here. There's not a ton of them out there considering how many people dip.
One thing I noticed about the youtube videos, the "product review" type clips are always younger people in their 20's making them. They remind me of me and my friends 25 years ago.. But I never see older people in their 50's and 60's making them...
So, there's not many older dippers?

Anyway, I'm getting off track back to the nicotine


There's a lot of my crops that have nicotine in them, and it's tomato season so don't expect me not to eat any of them. Thank God for the gum these first few days is all I feel like saying. I may have misunderstood the meaning of this site, I apologize.

My thinking was that even if I had to stay on the gum the rest of my life, I wouldn't be getting the cancer causing carcinogens in the tobacco. I only wanted to be on it a couple weeks tops because of the price.

Thank to the rest. Yes 27 years use with very few breaks of any kind. Started out reasonable and ended up with more and heavier use. The very first dabble in tobacco would put it back further than that even. At age 12, we had a stash of Hawken and Beech Nut (and some playboys). We used to build bicycle ramps, load up on the Beech Nut, get screeming down the hill and right before we'd go over the ramp say, I'm a Beech Nut nut, patterened after the commercials at the time. But after getting room spinning sick, I didn't use tobacco again until high school. Basic military training was about the only break in the action after that. I'll be back possibly when I'm nicotine free.
Dude, the nicotine level in tomatoes is minuscule. You are not facing your addiction. Good luck doing it your way.
Title: Re: Red Seal
Post by: Tuco on August 08, 2014, 02:35:00 PM
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Hankjr, I am a 17 year abuser of Skoal, and am 45 years old. I joined this site March 6, 2014. I had not used dip since March 4th, and had a 21 mg nicotine patch on my arm. I posted roll, and proudly proclaimed my quit in my intro called "Lenten Quitter". Wow, you would have though I let my kid crawl under the White House fence or something, these guys ate me alive. I promptly removed my name from roll, apologized for not being quit, and like a moron wore the patch for 30 more days.

In those 30 days I was foggy, grouchy, anxious.....basically I was going through withdrawals, just much slower than cold turkey. So after the second round of cutting a patch into quarters, I grew a set of balls, and quit. I posted roll, and promised the KTC and the world I would not use nicotine.

And guess what? I got to go through 3 days of hell. Yep, I'm so smart I got to do withdrawal for 33 days instead of 3 or 4. Don't be me. Flush the gum, and be free. I am 127 days in now, and everyday is a joy without that shit. I wish I could tell you it's easy - it is not. But the few bad days I have had the last 4 months is worth the 20-30 years I have left being quit.

Join me brother, it is unreal on the quit side of things.
Hell, I'd take thumblewort's 30 days of NRT usage over my roughly 7 years of usage any damn day of the week. If anyone here knows what a massive waste of time and money NRT is, it's me.

Nut up and toss the shit. Then post roll and let's get on with it.
Title: Re: Red Seal
Post by: thewolfe on August 08, 2014, 03:52:00 PM
Quote from: hankjrfan
That's correct WT. I haven't had any tobacco since 30 July. There's zero chance of me going back to it, although I understand everyones justified demonization of nicotine. I'm concentrating on killing the can foremost and killing the nicotine slowly. I definitely don't feel safe from cancer, probably more paranoid than anyone here at the moment. That's why I had all the question about when would someone be a little bit out of the woods.
I've spent evenings after everyone goes to bed nowdays trying to see lists of people who got cancer from this stuff. Notable people, Youtube stories, read the stories here. There's not a ton of them out there considering how many people dip.
One thing I noticed about the youtube videos, the "product review" type clips are always younger people in their 20's making them. They remind me of me and my friends 25 years ago.. But I never see older people in their 50's and 60's making them...
So, there's not many older dippers?

Anyway, I'm getting off track back to the nicotine


There's a lot of my crops that have nicotine in them, and it's tomato season so don't expect me not to eat any of them. Thank God for the gum these first few days is all I feel like saying. I may have misunderstood the meaning of this site, I apologize.

My thinking was that even if I had to stay on the gum the rest of my life, I wouldn't be getting the cancer causing carcinogens in the tobacco. I only wanted to be on it a couple weeks tops because of the price.

Thank to the rest. Yes 27 years use with very few breaks of any kind. Started out reasonable and ended up with more and heavier use. The very first dabble in tobacco would put it back further than that even. At age 12, we had a stash of Hawken and Beech Nut (and some playboys). We used to build bicycle ramps, load up on the Beech Nut, get screeming down the hill and right before we'd go over the ramp say, I'm a Beech Nut nut, patterened after the commercials at the time. But after getting room spinning sick, I didn't use tobacco again until high school. Basic military training was about the only break in the action after that. I'll be back possibly when I'm nicotine free.
Hankjr, come back to KTC when you're ready to face reality. NRT is bullshit.
Title: Re: Red Seal
Post by: Air Force ADDICT on August 08, 2014, 04:30:00 PM
Quote from: Thewolfe
Quote from: hankjrfan
That's correct WT. I haven't had any tobacco since 30 July. There's zero chance of me going back to it, although I understand everyones justified demonization of nicotine. I'm concentrating on killing the can foremost and killing the nicotine slowly. I definitely don't feel safe from cancer, probably more paranoid than anyone here at the moment. That's why I had all the question about when would someone be a little bit out of the woods.
I've spent evenings after everyone goes to bed nowdays trying to see lists of people who got cancer from this stuff. Notable people, Youtube stories, read the stories here. There's not a ton of them out there considering how many people dip.
One thing I noticed about the youtube videos, the "product review" type clips are always younger people in their 20's making them. They remind me of me and my friends 25 years ago.. But I never see older people in their 50's and 60's making them...
So, there's not many older dippers?

Anyway, I'm getting off track back to the nicotine


There's a lot of my crops that have nicotine in them, and it's tomato season so don't expect me not to eat any of them. Thank God for the gum these first few days is all I feel like saying. I may have misunderstood the meaning of this site, I apologize.

My thinking was that even if I had to stay on the gum the rest of my life, I wouldn't be getting the cancer causing carcinogens in the tobacco. I only wanted to be on it a couple weeks tops because of the price.

Thank to the rest. Yes 27 years use with very few breaks of any kind. Started out reasonable and ended up with more and heavier use. The very first dabble in tobacco would put it back further than that even. At age 12, we had a stash of Hawken and Beech Nut (and some playboys). We used to build bicycle ramps, load up on the Beech Nut, get screeming down the hill and right before we'd go over the ramp say, I'm a Beech Nut nut, patterened after the commercials at the time. But after getting room spinning sick, I didn't use tobacco again until high school. Basic military training was about the only break in the action after that. I'll be back possibly when I'm nicotine free.
Hankjr, come back to KTC when you're ready to face reality. NRT is bullshit.
I'll second your motion Wolfe.
Title: Re: Red Seal
Post by: Scowick65 on August 08, 2014, 04:43:00 PM
Quote from: Air
Quote from: Thewolfe
Quote from: hankjrfan
That's correct WT. I haven't had any tobacco since 30 July. There's zero chance of me going back to it, although I understand everyones justified demonization of nicotine. I'm concentrating on killing the can foremost and killing the nicotine slowly. I definitely don't feel safe from cancer, probably more paranoid than anyone here at the moment. That's why I had all the question about when would someone be a little bit out of the woods.
I've spent evenings after everyone goes to bed nowdays trying to see lists of people who got cancer from this stuff. Notable people, Youtube stories, read the stories here. There's not a ton of them out there considering how many people dip.
One thing I noticed about the youtube videos, the "product review" type clips are always younger people in their 20's making them. They remind me of me and my friends 25 years ago.. But I never see older people in their 50's and 60's making them...
So, there's not many older dippers?

Anyway, I'm getting off track back to the nicotine


There's a lot of my crops that have nicotine in them, and it's tomato season so don't expect me not to eat any of them. Thank God for the gum these first few days is all I feel like saying. I may have misunderstood the meaning of this site, I apologize.

My thinking was that even if I had to stay on the gum the rest of my life, I wouldn't be getting the cancer causing carcinogens in the tobacco. I only wanted to be on it a couple weeks tops because of the price.

Thank to the rest. Yes 27 years use with very few breaks of any kind. Started out reasonable and ended up with more and heavier use. The very first dabble in tobacco would put it back further than that even. At age 12, we had a stash of Hawken and Beech Nut (and some playboys). We used to build bicycle ramps, load up on the Beech Nut, get screeming down the hill and right before we'd go over the ramp say, I'm a Beech Nut nut, patterened after the commercials at the time. But after getting room spinning sick, I didn't use tobacco again until high school. Basic military training was about the only break in the action after that. I'll be back possibly when I'm nicotine free.
Hankjr, come back to KTC when you're ready to face reality. NRT is bullshit.
I'll second your motion Wolfe.
Whether nicotine dependency was established and/or maintained by being chewed, smoked, drank, snuffed, sprayed, swallowed, sucked, licked or patched, in the end there is only one way out - no nicotine today.
Title: Re: Red Seal
Post by: hankjrfan on December 03, 2014, 03:06:00 PM
This only makes a few posts out of me, but I have a reason for making it. When I joined the forum I didn't realize this was a no nicotine website. At the time, I was using nicotine gum to help from hurting people. I was subsequently harshed out when I made my introduction post for not quitting right. I would like to have posted roll and made a few friends but it just wasn't the right atmosphere. If anything, it created the kind of sting in my mind that made me want tobacco. So I layed low until now.

That is why I am making this post, for anyone out there who may end up in a similar situation; there is no right way, or hard and fast way to do it. I stayed on nicotine gum for three weeks until I was able to give it up too, but I thank God it exists because it made the transition smooth, where earlier attempts at Cold Turkey had failed or felt like I was only biding my time until....

Another thing I did that many condemn the practice of was leaving a half full can sitting on the bookshelf by the desktop. Now and then, I still pull it down and breathe the wintergreen finecut. Although, it is getting quite dry now losing it's allure... and hold.

It really hasn't been that bad. 27 years on, now a 100 days off. I put on 10 lbs. that's probably the worst of it. Good luck if you decide to quit.
Title: Re: Red Seal
Post by: AppleJack on December 04, 2014, 12:52:00 PM
Quote from: hankjrfan
This only makes a few posts out of me, but I have a reason for making it. When I joined the forum I didn't realize this was a no nicotine website. At the time, I was using nicotine gum to help from hurting people. I was subsequently harshed out when I made my introduction post for not quitting right. I would like to have posted roll and made a few friends but it just wasn't the right atmosphere. If anything, it created the kind of sting in my mind that made me want tobacco. So I layed low until now.

That is why I am making this post, for anyone out there who may end up in a similar situation; there is no right way, or hard and fast way to do it. I stayed on nicotine gum for three weeks until I was able to give it up too, but I thank God it exists because it made the transition smooth, where earlier attempts at Cold Turkey had failed or felt like I was only biding my time until....

Another thing I did that many condemn the practice of was leaving a half full can sitting on the bookshelf by the desktop. Now and then, I still pull it down and breathe the wintergreen finecut. Although, it is getting quite dry now losing it's allure... and hold.

It really hasn't been that bad. 27 years on, now a 100 days off. I put on 10 lbs. that's probably the worst of it. Good luck if you decide to quit.
G'bye. Good luck. I hope you try again if this doesn't work out.

Sheesh.
Title: Re: Red Seal
Post by: Grizzlyhasclaws on December 04, 2014, 01:00:00 PM
Quote from: AppleJack
Quote from: hankjrfan
This only makes a few posts out of me, but I have a reason for making it. When I joined the forum I didn't realize this was a no nicotine website. At the time, I was using nicotine gum to help from hurting people. I was subsequently harshed out when I made my introduction post for not quitting right. I would like to have posted roll and made a few friends but it just wasn't the right atmosphere. If anything, it created the kind of sting in my mind that made me want tobacco. So I layed low until now.

That is why I am making this post, for anyone out there who may end up in a similar situation; there is no right way, or hard and fast way to do it. I stayed on nicotine gum for three weeks until I was able to give it up too, but I thank God it exists because it made the transition smooth, where earlier attempts at Cold Turkey had failed or felt like I was only biding my time until....

Another thing I did that many condemn the practice of was leaving a half full can sitting on the bookshelf by the desktop. Now and then, I still pull it down and breathe the wintergreen finecut. Although, it is getting quite dry now losing it's allure... and hold.

It really hasn't been that bad. 27 years on, now a 100 days off. I put on 10 lbs. that's probably the worst of it. Good luck if you decide to quit.
G'bye. Good luck. I hope you try again if this doesn't work out.

Sheesh.
Sorry for the harsh treatment there buddy. Hopefully you stay quit. Good job and good luck!
Title: Re: Red Seal
Post by: Skoal Monster on December 04, 2014, 01:12:00 PM
Quote from: AppleJack
Quote from: hankjrfan
This only makes a few posts out of me, but I have a reason for making it. When I joined the forum I didn't realize this was a no nicotine website. At the time, I was using nicotine gum to help from hurting people. I was subsequently harshed out when I made my introduction post for not quitting right. I would like to have posted roll and made a few friends but it just wasn't the right atmosphere. If anything, it created the kind of sting in my mind that made me want tobacco. So I layed low until now.

That is why I am making this post, for anyone out there who may end up in a similar situation; there is no right way, or hard and fast way to do it. I stayed on nicotine gum for three weeks until I was able to give it up too, but I thank God it exists because it made the transition smooth, where earlier attempts at Cold Turkey had failed or felt like I was only biding my time until....

Another thing I did that many condemn the practice of was leaving a half full can sitting on the bookshelf by the desktop. Now and then, I still pull it down and breathe the wintergreen finecut. Although, it is getting quite dry now losing it's allure... and hold.

It really hasn't been that bad. 27 years on, now a 100 days off. I put on 10 lbs. that's probably the worst of it. Good luck if you decide to quit.
G'bye. Good luck. I hope you try again if this doesn't work out.

Sheesh.
Congrats on your 100 days..... But.

Luck is for leprachauns. You keep it. Quit is a decision.

You quit inspite of the gum not because of it. There is not a single study that I am aware of that shows NRT to be helpful quitting dip. Secondly over 90% of all successful long term quits are cold turkey. I hope for your sake your in the 10%, but I doubt it.

The fact that your keeping a trophy tin and sticking your sniffer in it is simply stupid. You romanticize your addiction. You've learned little in your time on these boards. Your an addict, just like a heroin addict. Keeping the substance your addicted to in arms reach? Idiot.

Your still biding your time until..............
Title: Re: Red Seal
Post by: Tuco on December 04, 2014, 03:06:00 PM
That's the thing about special butterflies - their wings are paper thin.

I went back and read your original intro. No name calling, no harshing, none of it. Just a bunch of people telling the truth and shooting you straight. If that jazz hurts your tender sensibilities, so be it.

I hit 100 days a month ago the only way I know how: cold turkey. You're still somewhere around day 80 by my definition. But hey, at least you proved us all wrong.
Title: Re: Red Seal
Post by: Wt57 on December 04, 2014, 03:41:00 PM
Well Jr. Fan I congratulate you on lucking out and going it alone. I hope you enjoy looking at that can. Sorry you got butthurt and enjoyed having you coming and sticking us in the eye. A hundred day grudge, time to let go man. 'tease'
Title: Re: Red Seal
Post by: lighty7 on December 04, 2014, 04:06:00 PM
If the grudge fuels you so be it....I just know I wouldn't be 201 days quit without my quit brothers and KTC. If I was trying this alone I know I would fail every time because I did. It took becoming a part of this site/brotherhood to gain that knowledge.
Title: Re: Red Seal
Post by: tarpon17 on December 05, 2014, 10:03:00 AM
Quote from: lighty7
If the grudge fuels you so be it....I just know I wouldn't be 201 days quit without my quit brothers and KTC. If I was trying this alone I know I would fail every time because I did. It took becoming a part of this site/brotherhood to gain that knowledge.
Luck and trying are for those who hope they can endure being an addict. Quit is a state of mind. Quit is walking tall with a big fucking stick, slaying craves, temptations and addict speak in your path. Quit is realizing you can never have another, if you don't realize that are you really quit in a state of mind sense? I don't think so. Being quit, is like a snake (except for how Gmann uses them) you grow and outgrow your skin constantly. Learning things along the way, helping others, paying it back to the new guys/gals. Quit is all or nothing. Failure is not an option.
Title: Re: Red Seal
Post by: Nolaq on December 05, 2014, 10:18:00 AM
Hey Snowflake,

I hope you're Quit. I hope you can take from this site what you need to keep yourself clean from this addiction, but in the light of KTC, you don't get it.

You tried to submit a HOF speech, which was turned into an Intro, becuase, well, we don't know where you are as far as Quit goes. I combined that Intro with your original Intro, becuase, well...we like to keep everything out in the open here.

Quitting is dirty work. There is no sanitizing it. There are no do-overs here.

I would support you in your Quit if you got on board, started posting roll and got involved here. If you're just going to lurk, and pop in here from time to time, thinking you have something profound to say...I say keep it to yourself.

Jump in tits deep, or move along. Please.
Title: Re: Red Seal
Post by: Sajax on December 05, 2014, 06:44:00 PM
Quote from: Nolaq
Hey Snowflake,

I hope you're Quit. I hope you can take from this site what you need to keep yourself clean from this addiction, but in the light of KTC, you don't get it.

You tried to submit a HOF speech, which was turned into an Intro, becuase, well, we don't know where you are as far as Quit goes. I combined that Intro with your original Intro, becuase, well...we like to keep everything out in the open here.

Quitting is dirty work. There is no sanitizing it. There are no do-overs here.

I would support you in your Quit if you got on board, started posting roll and got involved here. If you're just going to lurk, and pop in here from time to time, thinking you have something profound to say...I say keep it to yourself.

Jump in tits deep, or move along. Please.
How did his travesty of a "Hall of Fame" speech end up front page KTC.org? I am dumbfounded.
Title: Re: Red Seal
Post by: soxfnnlansing on December 05, 2014, 07:07:00 PM
Anyone that leaves a 1/2 can sitting on the mantle to 'sniff the nice aroma' every once in a while is just asking for trouble. I don't know, but there must be something in the water lately; Caleb, Caverwhiggs, and now this guy.
Title: Re: Red Seal
Post by: Thumblewort on December 05, 2014, 08:31:00 PM
I see TROLL people (and Bruce Willis made footprints in my jello).