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Community => Introductions => Topic started by: SuperDave on April 09, 2008, 12:12:00 PM
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Hey everyone - great site you got here.
Day 6 for me today after permanently tossing my Copenhagen.
It's been rough getting rid of a 20 year habit. I worry about what I've
done to my health, but know I can only control what's ahead of me.
I'll be around and will be a veteran one day to help pass it on.
Thanks for the great site and support.
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Hey everyone - great site you got here.
Day 6 for me today after permanently tossing my Copenhagen.
It's been rough getting rid of a 20 year habit. I worry about what I've
done to my health, but know I can only control what's ahead of me.
I'll be around and will be a veteran one day to help pass it on.
Thanks for the great site and support.
Welcome Dave,
Great choice you've made, as for your health we must all face are past demons someday. But from this day forward you have control of what happens. I had a 30 year habit of a can or more a day, and have quit and you can too.
Go introduce yourself and sign Roll Call in the July 2008 Quit group.
See you around the site.
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Thanks for the welcome. Apparently day 6 is headache day - man has it kicked in. Also, Bacc-off tastes like ASS!!!!
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Superdave -- welcome aboard and great decision! Now get your ass over to the July group and sign roll. We got a good group forming over there, and need more good quitters like you.
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Thanks for the welcome. Apparently day 6 is headache day - man has it kicked in. Also, Bacc-off tastes like ASS!!!!
hey dave -
first off, welcome and congrats on a great decision.
secondly, i'd agree with you on bac-off - i'm not a huge fan but if it'll keep the real stuff out of your mouth then you're doing the right thing.
my personal favorites are hooch and smokey mountain. hooch in my opinion tastes the best but it's mail order only. smokey mountain can be found in most walmarts.
http://www.killthecan.org/yourquit/alternatives.asp (http://www.killthecan.org/yourquit/alternatives.asp)
chewie
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Dave,
Hooch is the best. You just have to make sure to order enough to see you through since you can't buy it in the stores. I've been quit since last May, but still use Hooch when I'm out in the sticks. Smoky Mountain does in a pinch, (no pun intended) and is in most supermarkets where I live.
You can do this, use this site well.
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Thanks bro - I just ordered about 12 cans of Hooch. The funny thing is, the Baccoff has made my gums feel worse than the Copenhagen ever did.
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After 7 days of quit - I'm still functioning. I'm sleeping, going to work, playing with my kids, spending time with the wife - all without nicotine. It's amazing. My only problem now is that I'm a hypochondriac - is this a normal stage of recovery? I swear I got the flashlight out and inspected the inside of my mouth thinking every little lump and blemish is cancer. I've spent hours on the internet researching cancer and treatment options - like I already have it. I can live without the dip at this point - but the constant worry over cancer is going to put me over the edge. Any suggestions?
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After 7 days of quit - I'm still functioning. I'm sleeping, going to work, playing with my kids, spending time with the wife - all without nicotine. It's amazing. My only problem now is that I'm a hypochondriac - is this a normal stage of recovery? I swear I got the flashlight out and inspected the inside of my mouth thinking every little lump and blemish is cancer. I've spent hours on the internet researching cancer and treatment options - like I already have it. I can live without the dip at this point - but the constant worry over cancer is going to put me over the edge. Any suggestions?
go to the dentist. also read ktc.org the what to expect section.
you mouth is going through all kinds of changes as it adjusts to no longer being the place the poison entered the body.
Also if you are using seeds, all that extra salt is now being put in your mouth.
I went through similar stuff the first few days of my quit.
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After 7 days of quit - I'm still functioning. I'm sleeping, going to work, playing with my kids, spending time with the wife - all without nicotine. It's amazing. My only problem now is that I'm a hypochondriac - is this a normal stage of recovery? I swear I got the flashlight out and inspected the inside of my mouth thinking every little lump and blemish is cancer. I've spent hours on the internet researching cancer and treatment options - like I already have it. I can live without the dip at this point - but the constant worry over cancer is going to put me over the edge. Any suggestions?
go to the dentist. also read ktc.org the what to expect section.
you mouth is going through all kinds of changes as it adjusts to no longer being the place the poison entered the body.
Also if you are using seeds, all that extra salt is now being put in your mouth.
I went through similar stuff the first few days of my quit.
I also went through the same shit. (not the worrying about cancer part.) But damn my mouth hurt. I was not too concerned because as Kevin pointed out, info on this sight warns that your mouth is gonna go through some recovery.
My tongue still hurts sometimes because I can eat an entire (Big) bag of seeds in a day.
Give yourself a break from the worrying for a day. Just say, "fuck it, all is well" and believe it for the entire day. Talk yourself into it. Everytime the worry of cancer pops up, stop, recognize that your thinking about it. Then say, "Nope, I'm gonna be fine."
I consider this the reverse mind fuck. In a positive direction though.
Give it a shot. Let me know if it works.
I agree with Kevin, go see the dentist and put your mind at ease.
I have no idea if this makes any cents. Just taking a shot at helping.
Dude, well done on the quit. I'm proud of you. It takes big ole fucking brass balls to quit this shit. I was where you are now not too long ago. I know what it takes and what you are going through.
You can do this!!!!!!
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After 7 days of quit - I'm still functioning. I'm sleeping, going to work, playing with my kids, spending time with the wife - all without nicotine. It's amazing. My only problem now is that I'm a hypochondriac - is this a normal stage of recovery? I swear I got the flashlight out and inspected the inside of my mouth thinking every little lump and blemish is cancer. I've spent hours on the internet researching cancer and treatment options - like I already have it. I can live without the dip at this point - but the constant worry over cancer is going to put me over the edge. Any suggestions?
go to the dentist. also read ktc.org the what to expect section.
you mouth is going through all kinds of changes as it adjusts to no longer being the place the poison entered the body.
Also if you are using seeds, all that extra salt is now being put in your mouth.
I went through similar stuff the first few days of my quit.
I also went through the same shit. (not the worrying about cancer part.) But damn my mouth hurt. I was not too concerned because as Kevin pointed out, info on this sight warns that your mouth is gonna go through some recovery.
My tongue still hurts sometimes because I can eat an entire (Big) bag of seeds in a day.
Give yourself a break from the worrying for a day. Just say, "fuck it, all is well" and believe it for the entire day. Talk yourself into it. Everytime the worry of cancer pops up, stop, recognize that your thinking about it. Then say, "Nope, I'm gonna be fine."
I consider this the reverse mind fuck. In a positive direction though.
Give it a shot. Let me know if it works.
I agree with Kevin, go see the dentist and put your mind at ease.
I have no idea if this makes any cents. Just taking a shot at helping.
Dude, well done on the quit. I'm proud of you. It takes big ole fucking brass balls to quit this shit. I was where you are now not too long ago. I know what it takes and what you are going through.
You can do this!!!!!!
ahh... welcome to my world my friend. i'm sorry to say that you're experiencing the same feelings of dread that i did (and still do now and again). i'm not a doctor so i'll just be talking from personal experience here - keep in mind that your mileage may vary.
since i've quit, i've diagnosed myself with lung, throat, brain, stomach, mouth and ovarian cancer. i've also had 2 heart attacks (which i took myself to the ER for both times), had extreme anxiety, had acid reflux, gerd insomnia.
i've even had rare forms of diseases that no one has ever fucking heard of but i developed because i quit dipping after 16 years. oh yeah, almost forgot an inner ear imbalnce cause i was so fucking dizzy during my 3 months of fog.
needless to say, i'm still here, alive and kicking. i don't have any of those things (with the exception of acid reflux which i had LONG before i quit dipping).
i still to this day worry when i get a sore throat or a sore in my mouth. i always tell people that a good rule of thumb is if something sticks around for more than 2 weeks then you should go get it checked out. jerry (from december 06) is a dentist and he told me the same thing (during one freak out episode a while back where i was sure that this was the end). i've found that going to the doc/dentist does wonders for peace of mind, but in the end of the day does nothing for you except get you another co-pay.
here's the way i look at things these days - i chewed for over 16 years... and during ALL of that time, i NEVER had anything wrong with me... no sores in my mouth, no cancer, no heart attacks, etc... would it be HIGHLY ironic and coincidental if ALL of this shit happened NOW... AFTER I QUIT?
like i said, there's nothing wrong with getting checked, but chances are you're out thinking yourself.
remember this - you've done the best thing that you can do for your future health... you've quit. we can't go back and undo all of that damage that we've done so i don't bother thinking about it at this point.
move forward day by day... it's worked so far for me ;)
sorry for the rambling - let me know if there's anything else i can do for you.
chewie
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Thanks guys - I appreciate the responses. I even got to laugh a little - something I haven't done much of this week. The thing that gets me is I should be ecstatic in the fact that for the first time in 20 years, I've gone a week without a dip. All I've been able to think about is what have I done to my body - I guess I just blocked out the dangers for the last 20 years. Having a 17 month old baby girl at home also has a lot to do with it. I have this fear of not being around for her. I'm going to have to figure out how to not be a basket case for the next 10 years until my risk of cancer goes down.