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Community => Introductions => Topic started by: bigwhitebeast on January 12, 2012, 08:16:00 PM
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Hello, My name is Tim and I'm a dipper! 'help'
Started chewing probably almost 30 years ago when a friends cool cousin shared his Happy Days with us younger kids, within a couple of years I was chewing Copenhagen and have done that ever since.
Spent 6 years in the Navy, made a bet with a friend back then to quit, he succeeded and I failed. Tried quitting 10 years ago but tried doing it with nicorete gum and that didn't work because as soon as I stopped the gum I wanted a chew.
I'm turning 44 tomorrow, I went to my doctors this summer and I knew he would give me crap for being out of shape, I knew I needed to work on that and I asked him for some chantix also.
I took the chantix, I think 6 months worth, right up until I had 5 pills left I was still chewing a can every day or two. I tried to get it refilled and the insurance company told me no. New Years eve I said that's it I'm done, it's a resolution I am going to follow through with.
I was at work New Years eve and after midnight I threw the can in the trash, I only had a couple of chantix pills so I took them the first couple of days. I don't know if that stuff gave me the fortitude to follow through or not but it seems to have taken away the nicotine withdrawl issues.
Right now it seems like the biggest cravings come after a big meal or when I'm having a beer. I chew some gum, but I don't really like it. I chew up some beef jerky and tuck it in my lip once in a while. That seems to help a little.
Well I'm 12 days into this now and just found this website last night.
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Hey Brother,
Welcome to the coolest club in the universe. It's a club that will literally SAVE YOUR LIFE. No shit.
All you have to do is get into April 12 group, post roll every day, promise not to use nicotine and then repeat.
It's not easy, but it's simple. There are 55 guys in my Feb. 12 group who have been nic free for 50 days or more. We all post roll EVERY SINGLE DAY and make our promise to one another that we will not chew. It's all about accountability.
There is no alternative.
If you need help figuring out how to post roll, watch this video: Roll Call (http://www.killthecan.org/roll/)
PM me if you have any questions. Otherwise, today is Day 9 for you, so get over there and let your new quit brothers know you have arrived.
Welcome to the rest of your life. I'll quit with you today.
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Oh, and you WERE a dipper. Now you're a quitter.
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Oh, and you WERE a dipper. Now you're a quitter.
'I'm with stupid'
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Oh, and you WERE a dipper. Now you're a quitter.
That's positive thinking right there.
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Quit with you BWB aka Tim.
You can do this man. You don't need any medication, just some testicular fortitude and your friends here at KTC.
The best birthday gift you can give yourself is quitting.
I'm here with you quitting today. Quit for today and we'll work on tomorrow when it gets here.
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Fortitude doesn't come in a bottle or a pack. I believe that with all my heart. I personally know several people that have taken Chantix. Every one of them failed with it. Fortitude comes from you when your mindset changes. We have to slam the door on that chapter of life. We are addicts, all of us. Nicotine is one of the most addictive substances known to man. It cannot be conquered on a whim.
You have already found your triggers. Now either adapt your activities or remove these triggers. The two you mentioned were big for me too. Alcohol is probably the number one killer of quit. I quit drinking completely for about 3 months when I first quit. Completely. Why? Because I made conquering my nicotine addiction the single most important thing in my life. It is a matter of life and death, after all.
As far as after meals: I kept sunflower seeds close by. The after-lunch craves are mostly oral fixation. Just had to keep busy. Some of the guys here are big fans of the fake dip made by Smokey Mtn, etc. You may want to look into those options (http://www.killthecan.org/yourquit/alternatives.asp). I wanted to get away from being tied to a can, so I never went that route. But if it keeps you quit, I'm all for it.
The main thing is giving us your word that you'll stay quit today and then honor that promise. Glad to have you hear. PM me if you need anything.
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Thanks guys. The thing with the chantix is i don't believe it's had anything to do with me quitting other than maybe it killed the nicotine withdrawls. I never had the weird dreams that anyone i know personally that took it have had and also it took me nearly 6 months to actually stop.
Maybe it helped but in the end it was my true desire to quit that made me do it. I've got two young boys ages 11 and 4 and i don't want them to pick it up and i don't want to be dead either. You won't see me quit being a quitter, I want this!
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Thanks guys. The thing with the chantix is i don't believe it's had anything to do with me quitting other than maybe it killed the nicotine withdrawls. I never had the weird dreams that anyone i know personally that took it have had and also it took me nearly 6 months to actually stop.
Maybe it helped but in the end it was my true desire to quit that made me do it. I've got two young boys ages 11 and 4 and i don't want them to pick it up and i don't want to be dead either. You won't see me quit being a quitter, I want this!
You want this? Dude - you already HAVE this. All you need to do now is keep it. Welcome to the suck. All you need to succeed is integrity. Once you post roll, the battle is between your personal integrity and nicotine. How strong is your integrity?
Keep what you've earned and gaurd it as though your life depends on it. Becuase it really does.
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So here I am on the cusp of Day 40, I had been eating better and trying to lose some weight prior to quitting copenhagen but of course the losing weight thing went to shit as soon as I quit dipping.
So I posted here on my birthday 13 days into my quit a bit heavier than I was on the 1st of January. Now 27 days later I am back to where I was on the first of January weight wise and going down. I have been running nearly every day at least 2 miles and I sometimes back that up with a half hour of riding a bike or other exercise.
I haven't exercised regularly since around 1989 so this quitting thing that caused me to need to exercise has really been great for me. I feel great and I am sleeping better.
I still have piles of cravings but I haven't even been tempted to go to the store and buy a can. I see people saying they stay out of the stores that sell chew but I don't, instead I pick up a bag of beef jerky and that seems to fill the void.
I don't have any special words of wisdom, I just know I am quit and I have my integrity.
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So here I am on the cusp of Day 40, I had been eating better and trying to lose some weight prior to quitting copenhagen but of course the losing weight thing went to shit as soon as I quit dipping.
So I posted here on my birthday 13 days into my quit a bit heavier than I was on the 1st of January. Now 27 days later I am back to where I was on the first of January weight wise and going down. I have been running nearly every day at least 2 miles and I sometimes back that up with a half hour of riding a bike or other exercise.
I haven't exercised regularly since around 1989 so this quitting thing that caused me to need to exercise has really been great for me. I feel great and I am sleeping better.
I still have piles of cravings but I haven't even been tempted to go to the store and buy a can. I see people saying they stay out of the stores that sell chew but I don't, instead I pick up a bag of beef jerky and that seems to fill the void.
I don't have any special words of wisdom, I just know I am quit and I have my integrity.
Integrity goes a long way. Glad to quit with you today.
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So here I am on the cusp of Day 40, I had been eating better and trying to lose some weight prior to quitting copenhagen but of course the losing weight thing went to shit as soon as I quit dipping.
So I posted here on my birthday 13 days into my quit a bit heavier than I was on the 1st of January. Now 27 days later I am back to where I was on the first of January weight wise and going down. I have been running nearly every day at least 2 miles and I sometimes back that up with a half hour of riding a bike or other exercise.
I haven't exercised regularly since around 1989 so this quitting thing that caused me to need to exercise has really been great for me. I feel great and I am sleeping better.
I still have piles of cravings but I haven't even been tempted to go to the store and buy a can. I see people saying they stay out of the stores that sell chew but I don't, instead I pick up a bag of beef jerky and that seems to fill the void.
I don't have any special words of wisdom, I just know I am quit and I have my integrity.
Integrity goes a long way. Glad to quit with you today.
Integrity is one of the most basic things a man has to offer. I agree with your approach. I decided early on that I had to face this demon head-on. We can't avoid c stores forever. I've cussed at the cans behind the counter before. Anger goes a long way.
Excellent post, bro. The personal victories add up.
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Here you go new quitters - this is how it's done. Follow the beast and the the vets that helped him (and that are still helping today).
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Here you go new quitters - this is how it's done. Follow the beast and the the vets that helped him (and that are still helping today).
'BanDog'
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'Finger' .....asshole
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'Finger' .....asshole
FURoam 'Finger'
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Here you go new quitters - this is how it's done. Follow the beast and the the vets that helped him (and that are still helping today).
'BanDog'
pain is temporary .... EDD bro
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Thought I'd be the first to congratulate you on the comma...truly bad assed!
Good to see you and vadge around in the new groups. Stop by May sometime.
Congrats!
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Thought I'd be the first to congratulate you on the comma...truly bad assed!
Good to see you and vadge around in the new groups. Stop by May sometime.
Congrats!
Holy hell Bwb! Congratulations!
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Thought I'd be the first to congratulate you on the comma...truly bad assed!
Good to see you and vadge around in the new groups. Stop by May sometime.
Congrats!
Holy hell Bwb! Congratulations!
Congrats on the comma my friend, well done.
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Thought I'd be the first to congratulate you on the comma...truly bad assed!
Good to see you and vadge around in the new groups. Stop by May sometime.
Congrats!
Holy hell Bwb! Congratulations!
Congrats on the comma my friend, well done.
Me thinks BWB is going to be flaunting his comma all weekend !!! 'winker'
Awesome job Tim, thanks for continuing encouragement and challenge
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Thought I'd be the first to congratulate you on the comma...truly bad assed!
Good to see you and vadge around in the new groups. Stop by May sometime.
Congrats!
Holy hell Bwb! Congratulations!
Congrats on the comma my friend, well done.
Me thinks BWB is going to be flaunting his comma all weekend !!! 'winker'
Awesome job Tim, thanks for continuing encouragement and challenge
Gonna be some stank on the comma tonight! 'Cheers'
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Thought I'd be the first to congratulate you on the comma...truly bad assed!
Good to see you and vadge around in the new groups. Stop by May sometime.
Congrats!
Holy hell Bwb! Congratulations!
Congrats on the comma my friend, well done.
Me thinks BWB is going to be flaunting his comma all weekend !!! 'winker'
Awesome job Tim, thanks for continuing encouragement and challenge
Gonna be some stank on the comma tonight! 'Cheers'
Proud of You Tim!
Cheers to You and your family!
don't forget to celebate (watch out for cbird)celebrate. 1000 is killer mister. Be proud, be well, be safe, behave.
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Thought I'd be the first to congratulate you on the comma...truly bad assed!
Good to see you and vadge around in the new groups. Stop by May sometime.
Congrats!
Holy hell Bwb! Congratulations!
Congrats on the comma my friend, well done.
Me thinks BWB is going to be flaunting his comma all weekend !!! 'winker'
Awesome job Tim, thanks for continuing encouragement and challenge
Gonna be some stank on the comma tonight! 'Cheers'
Proud of You Tim!
Cheers to You and your family!
don't forget to celebate (watch out for cbird)celebrate. 1000 is killer mister. Be proud, be well, be safe, behave.
Congrats, man.
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Thought I'd be the first to congratulate you on the comma...truly bad assed!
Good to see you and vadge around in the new groups. Stop by May sometime.
Congrats!
Holy hell Bwb! Congratulations!
Congrats on the comma my friend, well done.
Me thinks BWB is going to be flaunting his comma all weekend !!! 'winker'
Awesome job Tim, thanks for continuing encouragement and challenge
Gonna be some stank on the comma tonight! 'Cheers'
Proud of You Tim!
Cheers to You and your family!
don't forget to celebate (watch out for cbird)celebrate. 1000 is killer mister. Be proud, be well, be safe, behave.
Congrats, man.
Nice Comma! Awesome job!
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Thought I'd be the first to congratulate you on the comma...truly bad assed!
Good to see you and vadge around in the new groups. Stop by May sometime.
Congrats!
Holy hell Bwb! Congratulations!
Congrats on the comma my friend, well done.
Me thinks BWB is going to be flaunting his comma all weekend !!! 'winker'
Awesome job Tim, thanks for continuing encouragement and challenge
Gonna be some stank on the comma tonight! 'Cheers'
Proud of You Tim!
Cheers to You and your family!
don't forget to celebate (watch out for cbird)celebrate. 1000 is killer mister. Be proud, be well, be safe, behave.
Congrats, man.
Nice Comma! Awesome job!
Watch out for who 'ninja'
Nice job beastMaster
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Thought I'd be the first to congratulate you on the comma...truly bad assed!
Good to see you and vadge around in the new groups. Stop by May sometime.
Congrats!
Holy hell Bwb! Congratulations!
Congrats on the comma my friend, well done.
Me thinks BWB is going to be flaunting his comma all weekend !!! 'winker'
Awesome job Tim, thanks for continuing encouragement and challenge
Gonna be some stank on the comma tonight! 'Cheers'
Proud of You Tim!
Cheers to You and your family!
don't forget to celebate (watch out for cbird)celebrate. 1000 is killer mister. Be proud, be well, be safe, behave.
Congrats, man.
Nice Comma! Awesome job!
Watch out for who 'ninja'
Nice job beastMaster
Bigquitbeast...
You fucking rock man. Just like I gushed over CBird, you've been there and awesome as well in April 2012. Keep it up man, and thanks for all you do.
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Thought I'd be the first to congratulate you on the comma...truly bad assed!
Good to see you and vadge around in the new groups. Stop by May sometime.
Congrats!
Holy hell Bwb! Congratulations!
Congrats on the comma my friend, well done.
Me thinks BWB is going to be flaunting his comma all weekend !!! 'winker'
Awesome job Tim, thanks for continuing encouragement and challenge
Gonna be some stank on the comma tonight! 'Cheers'
Proud of You Tim!
Cheers to You and your family!
don't forget to celebate (watch out for cbird)celebrate. 1000 is killer mister. Be proud, be well, be safe, behave.
Congrats, man.
Nice Comma! Awesome job!
Watch out for who 'ninja'
Nice job beastMaster
Bigquitbeast...
You fucking rock man. Just like I gushed over CBird, you've been there and awesome as well in April 2012. Keep it up man, and thanks for all you do.
Excellent comma! 10th floor. Fuck yeah!
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Congrats on the 11th floor today. Thanks for being around and supporting us newbies
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Congrats on the 1100 man. That is truly a grand accomplishment that attests to the power of brotherhood and accountability.
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Congrats on the 1100 man. That is truly a grand accomplishment that attests to the power of brotherhood and accountability.
Mad penis envy...oh shit, wrong thread
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Maybe someone will listen and just be quit, I just got done looking through some drama in January 2018 from a quitter that caused so much drama in my group April 2012, January 2018 was his third attempt, I don't know how his quit is but that's the stage where people look for excuses to cave, to leave KTC, to have no accountability.
I chewed for 30 years, my grandmother smoke and died from lung cancer when I was 3 or 4, my father died after a house fire at the age of 68 from what they determined was careless smoking. The house wasn't totally destroyed so we rebuilt it and my brother lived there until Monday.
Monday started off good, you see I don't visit my brother often even though we are just a couple miles apart because both he and his girlfriend smoked inside the house and I couldn't stand being there, it wasn't any type of trigger I just thought it was disgusting. The good part, I took my brother to lunch, we went to a local dinner ate and I brought him back home, he told his girlfriend that it was his best day in forever!!!
You see my brother had a disease called polycystic kidney disease and was on dialysis which is known to be rough on a persons heart, but instead of living a healthier lifestyle my brother became more and more addicted to smoking, especially after he was unable to work. His circulation was getting worse, he was down to 3 toes on each foot and missing a few fingers (I made jokes about him being lack toes intolerant, I'm such a bad human).
He made it 6 years on dialysis, longer than expected, we had a great lunch and he was content with life at that very moment, that night at 8:30 his girlfriend called me and said something was wrong so I run over and he's breathing but unresponsive, I'm trying to wake him and having her call 911 when he stops breathing, I put him down on the floor and look for a pulse and there isn't one, I start chest compressions and with the first one I feel a rib crack!! A person should never have to do CPR on a loved one!
This story is not for sympathy, it's for you the newer quitters, stay the fuck quit, don't look for excuses to leave, take care of you self so that a family member doesn't have to perform CPR on you. My brother was 58, his health was part of why I quit but I couldn't get him to. Many bad choices lead to his death, smoking certainly didn't help.
Bigwhitebeast 2280 Stay quit my friends
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Maybe someone will listen and just be quit, I just got done looking through some drama in January 2018 from a quitter that caused so much drama in my group April 2012, January 2018 was his third attempt, I don't know how his quit is but that's the stage where people look for excuses to cave, to leave KTC, to have no accountability.
I chewed for 30 years, my grandmother smoke and died from lung cancer when I was 3 or 4, my father died after a house fire at the age of 68 from what they determined was careless smoking. The house wasn't totally destroyed so we rebuilt it and my brother lived there until Monday.
Monday started off good, you see I don't visit my brother often even though we are just a couple miles apart because both he and his girlfriend smoked inside the house and I couldn't stand being there, it wasn't any type of trigger I just thought it was disgusting. The good part, I took my brother to lunch, we went to a local dinner ate and I brought him back home, he told his girlfriend that it was his best day in forever!!!
You see my brother had a disease called polycystic kidney disease and was on dialysis which is known to be rough on a persons heart, but instead of living a healthier lifestyle my brother became more and more addicted to smoking, especially after he was unable to work. His circulation was getting worse, he was down to 3 toes on each foot and missing a few fingers (I made jokes about him being lack toes intolerant, I'm such a bad human).
He made it 6 years on dialysis, longer than expected, we had a great lunch and he was content with life at that very moment, that night at 8:30 his girlfriend called me and said something was wrong so I run over and he's breathing but unresponsive, I'm trying to wake him and having her call 911 when he stops breathing, I put him down on the floor and look for a pulse and there isn't one, I start chest compressions and with the first one I feel a rib crack!! A person should never have to do CPR on a loved one!
This story is not for sympathy, it's for you the newer quitters, stay the fuck quit, don't look for excuses to leave, take care of you self so that a family member doesn't have to perform CPR on you. My brother was 58, his health was part of why I quit but I couldn't get him to. Many bad choices lead to his death, smoking certainly didn't help.
Bigwhitebeast 2280 Stay quit my friends
You broke the cycle, sir.
You gave your brother a great exit on his way to his next destination, and for that you should feel great. Quitting is a choice. And individual choice. And regrettably not one he chose to make. Take pride in your choice, and dedicate your success to honoring those that you loved that couldnÂ’t be as strong as you are.
My deepest sympathies to you and your family.