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Community => Introductions => Topic started by: whitley09 on September 16, 2013, 10:15:00 PM
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Hey everyone. Im new to the quit. I was 14 days with the nic patch and now im 24 days with my new friend smokey mountain snuff. Im 22 and i just got tired of being a slave to tobacco. I started dipping at 14 and never stoped tell now. Iv drivin myself crazy with looking in my mout just because something doesnt feel right. Iv had my mom look in my mouth so many times id say she. Could descibe.it way better than i can. Has anyone else went threw this? Im. Apologize for rambling, but my gums where i used to hold my dip has become wrinkled and its freaking me out is this normal?
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Hey everyone. Im new to the quit. I was 14 days with the nic patch and now im 24 days with my new friend smokey mountain snuff. Im 22 and i just got tired of being a slave to tobacco. I started dipping at 14 and never stoped tell now. Iv drivin myself crazy with looking in my mout just because something doesnt feel right. Iv had my mom look in my mouth so many times id say she. Could descibe.it way better than i can. Has anyone else went threw this? Im. Apologize for rambling, but my gums where i used to hold my dip has become wrinkled and its freaking me out is this normal?
Welcome bro! You are no longer using the nic patch, correct? Smokey Mt is ok as a dip alternative since it has no nic.
Just about everyone on this site has had mouth issues... dipping screws up your mouth and will give you cancer. That is why we quit! The good news is once you quit, your mouth will heal. It takes a bit of time and it is different for everyone. But, rest assured that NOT throwing poison in you mouth will have nothing but a positive effect on your health.
Get up into the welcome center and read about the site. You will need you to post roll in the December quit group. This is your commitment that you will stay quit today. Welcome aboard.
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Thanks man! I havent had a patch in 24 days, and iv worried
myself sick every since day 1, and i think the stress of work and the quit are gettin to me.
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Thanks man! I havent had a patch in 24 days, and iv worried
myself sick every since day 1, and i think the stress of work and the quit are gettin to me.
Good job! Dealing with life's situations that you used dip to cope require new ways of coping. For me it's been 1 1/2 years and I'm finally realizing that learning new coping skills is often harder than quitting. Once I realize that my addiction stemmed from my need to cope and that better means of coping were available and I started trying them life improved greatly. For quite some time I just intensified my other addictions and characters weaknesses.
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I am at day 1 and starting to feel anxious and nervous. I have to do this for myself. I amp we the can!
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Thanks man! I havent had a patch in 24 days, and iv worried
myself sick every since day 1, and i think the stress of work and the quit are gettin to me.
Good job! Dealing with life's situations that you used dip to cope require new ways of coping. For me it's been 1 1/2 years and I'm finally realizing that learning new coping skills is often harder than quitting. Once I realize that my addiction stemmed from my need to cope and that better means of coping were available and I started trying them life improved greatly. For quite some time I just intensified my other addictions and characters weaknesses.
Agree with WT.
No doubt the stress is getting to you. You're learning how to live life without your crutch again. Not easy to do, but absolutely possible.
Try to remember that nicotine was never your friend. It wasn't calming your nerves and helping you deal with stress. It was doing the exact opposite. Nicotine is posion. It was systematically wearing your nerves down to a point where you not only addicted to it, you were dependant on it. It hard wired your brain to think you couldn't function without it.
It was all lies.
How do you explain people who NEVER used nicotine? How do they make it through the stresses of every day life? They use what the good Lord gave us when we came into this world. He equipped us with all the tools, but we fucked it up by taking what we thought was an easier path for dealing with life. Problem is the path we chose leads to an early grave and we never truly learned to used the tools God gave us. We only learned to relieve the pang of nicotine addiction.
Time to take you're life back and re-wire that brain back to factory settings.
You're in the right place for that. Follow the program here and listen to the advice of bad ass quitters like WT. If you have any questions or need help along the way, reach out and I gurantee you get the support you are looking for.
Hit me up any time if you need anything.
Quit on...
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Thanks man! I havent had a patch in 24 days, and iv worried
myself sick every since day 1, and i think the stress of work and the quit are gettin to me.
Good job! Dealing with life's situations that you used dip to cope require new ways of coping. For me it's been 1 1/2 years and I'm finally realizing that learning new coping skills is often harder than quitting. Once I realize that my addiction stemmed from my need to cope and that better means of coping were available and I started trying them life improved greatly. For quite some time I just intensified my other addictions and characters weaknesses.
Agree with WT.
No doubt the stress is getting to you. You're learning how to live life without your crutch again. Not easy to do, but absolutely possible.
Try to remember that nicotine was never your friend. It wasn't calming your nerves and helping you deal with stress. It was doing the exact opposite. Nicotine is posion. It was systematically wearing your nerves down to a point where you not only addicted to it, you were dependant on it. It hard wired your brain to think you couldn't function without it.
It was all lies.
How do you explain people who NEVER used nicotine? How do they make it through the stresses of every day life? They use what the good Lord gave us when we came into this world. He equipped us with all the tools, but we fucked it up by taking what we thought was an easier path for dealing with life. Problem is the path we chose leads to an early grave and we never truly learned to used the tools God gave us. We only learned to relieve the pang of nicotine addiction.
Time to take you're life back and re-wire that brain back to factory settings.
You're in the right place for that. Follow the program here and listen to the advice of bad ass quitters like WT. If you have any questions or need help along the way, reach out and I gurantee you get the support you are looking for.
Hit me up any time if you need anything.
Quit on...
Great advice up above. I work in a tobacco free environment. About 2 years ago we adopted this rule and it was awful for me at the time. I was mad because I had to become a ninja dipper at work. I was a professional,, I had been dipping for years. I'm so glad I don't have to do that anymore. I'm now glad we are tobacco free.
I have a friend that smokes. I watch him every now and then. Now that we are tobacco free he isn't able to get his fix for hours sometimes. I can see his shakes. I can see his mind working on how he's going to get that next fix. I can see his anxiety and anxiousness building. He is miserable everyday, day in and day out. Are job can be quite stressful and he is having the stress of work along with the need for a fix.
I feel sorry for him, but at the same time I'm so glad I'm not that guy anymore. The need for a fix all the time. The need for what I thought helped with stress. I can honestly tell you from experience that the stress in my life went way down when I began winning with this addiction. Screw the poison,, It never helped with anything. The only thing it helped with was my need for a fix. What an idiot!!!!
Your going to have some tough times, but it's so worth it. When you learn that life was meant to be poison free and you've been screwing that up for year. The thing is,, You have to stay quit to reap the rewards of being quit. I guarantee that one day you will want to kick yourself right in the A-- for ever picking that filthy disgusting can of poison up. Glad to be quit with you.
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Thanks man! I havent had a patch in 24 days, and iv worried
myself sick every since day 1, and i think the stress of work and the quit are gettin to me.
Good job! Dealing with life's situations that you used dip to cope require new ways of coping. For me it's been 1 1/2 years and I'm finally realizing that learning new coping skills is often harder than quitting. Once I realize that my addiction stemmed from my need to cope and that better means of coping were available and I started trying them life improved greatly. For quite some time I just intensified my other addictions and characters weaknesses.
Agree with WT.
No doubt the stress is getting to you. You're learning how to live life without your crutch again. Not easy to do, but absolutely possible.
Try to remember that nicotine was never your friend. It wasn't calming your nerves and helping you deal with stress. It was doing the exact opposite. Nicotine is posion. It was systematically wearing your nerves down to a point where you not only addicted to it, you were dependant on it. It hard wired your brain to think you couldn't function without it.
It was all lies.
How do you explain people who NEVER used nicotine? How do they make it through the stresses of every day life? They use what the good Lord gave us when we came into this world. He equipped us with all the tools, but we fucked it up by taking what we thought was an easier path for dealing with life. Problem is the path we chose leads to an early grave and we never truly learned to used the tools God gave us. We only learned to relieve the pang of nicotine addiction.
Time to take you're life back and re-wire that brain back to factory settings.
You're in the right place for that. Follow the program here and listen to the advice of bad ass quitters like WT. If you have any questions or need help along the way, reach out and I gurantee you get the support you are looking for.
Hit me up any time if you need anything.
Quit on...
Great advice up above. I work in a tobacco free environment. About 2 years ago we adopted this rule and it was awful for me at the time. I was mad because I had to become a ninja dipper at work. I was a professional,, I had been dipping for years. I'm so glad I don't have to do that anymore. I'm now glad we are tobacco free.
I have a friend that smokes. I watch him every now and then. Now that we are tobacco free he isn't able to get his fix for hours sometimes. I can see his shakes. I can see his mind working on how he's going to get that next fix. I can see his anxiety and anxiousness building. He is miserable everyday, day in and day out. Are job can be quite stressful and he is having the stress of work along with the need for a fix.
I feel sorry for him, but at the same time I'm so glad I'm not that guy anymore. The need for a fix all the time. The need for what I thought helped with stress. I can honestly tell you from experience that the stress in my life went way down when I began winning with this addiction. Screw the poison,, It never helped with anything. The only thing it helped with was my need for a fix. What an idiot!!!!
Your going to have some tough times, but it's so worth it. When you learn that life was meant to be poison free and you've been screwing that up for year. The thing is,, You have to stay quit to reap the rewards of being quit. I guarantee that one day you will want to kick yourself right in the A-- for ever picking that filthy disgusting can of poison up. Glad to be quit with you.
This hits right at home with me, too. Great posts from all of the above. I am also having to learn new coping skills. I willing to learn and incorporate them, and even modify them as needed to make sure I stay quit.
I have high anxiety anyway. I was prescribed anti-anxiety meds several months before I quit. I've needed anti anxiety meds for years. Now, I'm scared to take them because I don't want to replace nicotine with something else--I am an addict, afterall, but a nicotine free addict! I am going to ask Dr about taking anti-anxiety meds during this time.
If any of you have any resources and/or techniques for coping, please feel free to share them!! I think we could all benefit from that.
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Thanks man! I havent had a patch in 24 days, and iv worried
myself sick every since day 1, and i think the stress of work and the quit are gettin to me.
Good job! Dealing with life's situations that you used dip to cope require new ways of coping. For me it's been 1 1/2 years and I'm finally realizing that learning new coping skills is often harder than quitting. Once I realize that my addiction stemmed from my need to cope and that better means of coping were available and I started trying them life improved greatly. For quite some time I just intensified my other addictions and characters weaknesses.
Agree with WT.
No doubt the stress is getting to you. You're learning how to live life without your crutch again. Not easy to do, but absolutely possible.
Try to remember that nicotine was never your friend. It wasn't calming your nerves and helping you deal with stress. It was doing the exact opposite. Nicotine is posion. It was systematically wearing your nerves down to a point where you not only addicted to it, you were dependant on it. It hard wired your brain to think you couldn't function without it.
It was all lies.
How do you explain people who NEVER used nicotine? How do they make it through the stresses of every day life? They use what the good Lord gave us when we came into this world. He equipped us with all the tools, but we fucked it up by taking what we thought was an easier path for dealing with life. Problem is the path we chose leads to an early grave and we never truly learned to used the tools God gave us. We only learned to relieve the pang of nicotine addiction.
Time to take you're life back and re-wire that brain back to factory settings.
You're in the right place for that. Follow the program here and listen to the advice of bad ass quitters like WT. If you have any questions or need help along the way, reach out and I gurantee you get the support you are looking for.
Hit me up any time if you need anything.
Quit on...
Great advice up above. I work in a tobacco free environment. About 2 years ago we adopted this rule and it was awful for me at the time. I was mad because I had to become a ninja dipper at work. I was a professional,, I had been dipping for years. I'm so glad I don't have to do that anymore. I'm now glad we are tobacco free.
I have a friend that smokes. I watch him every now and then. Now that we are tobacco free he isn't able to get his fix for hours sometimes. I can see his shakes. I can see his mind working on how he's going to get that next fix. I can see his anxiety and anxiousness building. He is miserable everyday, day in and day out. Are job can be quite stressful and he is having the stress of work along with the need for a fix.
I feel sorry for him, but at the same time I'm so glad I'm not that guy anymore. The need for a fix all the time. The need for what I thought helped with stress. I can honestly tell you from experience that the stress in my life went way down when I began winning with this addiction. Screw the poison,, It never helped with anything. The only thing it helped with was my need for a fix. What an idiot!!!!
Your going to have some tough times, but it's so worth it. When you learn that life was meant to be poison free and you've been screwing that up for year. The thing is,, You have to stay quit to reap the rewards of being quit. I guarantee that one day you will want to kick yourself right in the A-- for ever picking that filthy disgusting can of poison up. Glad to be quit with you.
This hits right at home with me, too. Great posts from all of the above. I am also having to learn new coping skills. I willing to learn and incorporate them, and even modify them as needed to make sure I stay quit.
I have high anxiety anyway. I was prescribed anti-anxiety meds several months before I quit. I've needed anti anxiety meds for years. Now, I'm scared to take them because I don't want to replace nicotine with something else--I am an addict, afterall, but a nicotine free addict! I am going to ask Dr about taking anti-anxiety meds during this time.
If any of you have any resources and/or techniques for coping, please feel free to share them!! I think we could all benefit from that.
This is my 471st day quit and I still take anti anxiety meds when needed. My wife is out of town and I'm home alone with an 8 and 10 year old. Its stressful and causes anxiety at times.
I never had anxiety until I quit, a byproduct of leaning on nicotine for 15 years. I'm still coping and re wiring the brain. AA meds are an assist to me. I have no shame in taking them as prescribed, im not aabusing them.
I think of it like a person with high blood pressure or cholesterol. They take pills to address the issue. I feel I'm doing the same.
I see no problem with using meds as an assist to deal with quitting. Talk to your doctor, I bet they will say the same .
Quit on...
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Thanks man! I havent had a patch in 24 days, and iv worried
myself sick every since day 1, and i think the stress of work and the quit are gettin to me.
Good job! Dealing with life's situations that you used dip to cope require new ways of coping. For me it's been 1 1/2 years and I'm finally realizing that learning new coping skills is often harder than quitting. Once I realize that my addiction stemmed from my need to cope and that better means of coping were available and I started trying them life improved greatly. For quite some time I just intensified my other addictions and characters weaknesses.
Agree with WT.
No doubt the stress is getting to you. You're learning how to live life without your crutch again. Not easy to do, but absolutely possible.
Try to remember that nicotine was never your friend. It wasn't calming your nerves and helping you deal with stress. It was doing the exact opposite. Nicotine is posion. It was systematically wearing your nerves down to a point where you not only addicted to it, you were dependant on it. It hard wired your brain to think you couldn't function without it.
It was all lies.
How do you explain people who NEVER used nicotine? How do they make it through the stresses of every day life? They use what the good Lord gave us when we came into this world. He equipped us with all the tools, but we fucked it up by taking what we thought was an easier path for dealing with life. Problem is the path we chose leads to an early grave and we never truly learned to used the tools God gave us. We only learned to relieve the pang of nicotine addiction.
Time to take you're life back and re-wire that brain back to factory settings.
You're in the right place for that. Follow the program here and listen to the advice of bad ass quitters like WT. If you have any questions or need help along the way, reach out and I gurantee you get the support you are looking for.
Hit me up any time if you need anything.
Quit on...
Great advice up above. I work in a tobacco free environment. About 2 years ago we adopted this rule and it was awful for me at the time. I was mad because I had to become a ninja dipper at work. I was a professional,, I had been dipping for years. I'm so glad I don't have to do that anymore. I'm now glad we are tobacco free.
I have a friend that smokes. I watch him every now and then. Now that we are tobacco free he isn't able to get his fix for hours sometimes. I can see his shakes. I can see his mind working on how he's going to get that next fix. I can see his anxiety and anxiousness building. He is miserable everyday, day in and day out. Are job can be quite stressful and he is having the stress of work along with the need for a fix.
I feel sorry for him, but at the same time I'm so glad I'm not that guy anymore. The need for a fix all the time. The need for what I thought helped with stress. I can honestly tell you from experience that the stress in my life went way down when I began winning with this addiction. Screw the poison,, It never helped with anything. The only thing it helped with was my need for a fix. What an idiot!!!!
Your going to have some tough times, but it's so worth it. When you learn that life was meant to be poison free and you've been screwing that up for year. The thing is,, You have to stay quit to reap the rewards of being quit. I guarantee that one day you will want to kick yourself right in the A-- for ever picking that filthy disgusting can of poison up. Glad to be quit with you.
This hits right at home with me, too. Great posts from all of the above. I am also having to learn new coping skills. I willing to learn and incorporate them, and even modify them as needed to make sure I stay quit.
I have high anxiety anyway. I was prescribed anti-anxiety meds several months before I quit. I've needed anti anxiety meds for years. Now, I'm scared to take them because I don't want to replace nicotine with something else--I am an addict, afterall, but a nicotine free addict! I am going to ask Dr about taking anti-anxiety meds during this time.
If any of you have any resources and/or techniques for coping, please feel free to share them!! I think we could all benefit from that.
This is my 471st day quit and I still take anti anxiety meds when needed. My wife is out of town and I'm home alone with an 8 and 10 year old. Its stressful and causes anxiety at times.
I never had anxiety until I quit, a byproduct of leaning on nicotine for 15 years. I'm still coping and re wiring the brain. AA meds are an assist to me. I have no shame in taking them as prescribed, im not aabusing them.
I think of it like a person with high blood pressure or cholesterol. They take pills to address the issue. I feel I'm doing the same.
I see no problem with using meds as an assist to deal with quitting. Talk to your doctor, I bet they will say the same .
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I am no doctor, but this is my take on the issue. Anxiety happens as part of a quit and part of the rewiring process. Deal with it for a few weeks. If, it isn't going away or you haven't found ways to cope with it (yoga, meditation) then, by all means take the meds. There is nothing wrong with using appropriate medication appropriately.
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Welcome Whitley, and Twarwick all the best to you starting off down the road of quit!