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Community => Introductions => Topic started by: Doomz on June 23, 2018, 06:21:00 PM
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I'm a 30 year old guy from massachusetts, moved down south to the carolinas a few years back. Started dipping about 4 years ago because of the feeling it gave me, never done nicotine before, what a rush. Became an average dipper(1 can a day for about 2-3 years) pretty quickly as it was easy to do at work and filled the boredom.
With that said, I've lost muscle(stopped working out as hard lost motivation), and I feel like absolute shit now.
I know I haven't dipped as long as some of you here, but I needed to join a community because even though my mind says I have the willpower to continue my quit on my own, i really don't. I need help, and I know some people here will need help in the future too so they can also get back to enjoying life without dip.
Lately I have been have really crazy panic attacks, something I have never had in my life before, i have been super stressed out with life shit, and that including dipping and tons of caffeine made me start grinding and clenching my jaw at night. Possibly giving me tmj symptoms. Sometimes my jaw tingles a lot now since I quit. I don't clench my jaw anymore since the quit, but I still have the symptoms.
Last night I was the worst, my jaw was tingling, my body was super warm, my nervous system felt like it was going haywire. I freaked the fuck out, seriously thought I was dying. I had a dentist appt 3 days ago and had them do an oral cancer screening and it turns out I'm good and don't have it. Thank god, but I still feel like my body is giving out on me. My withdrawals this time around are that bad.
Today I seem to be better, but have had mild to severe depression ever since the quit. I really needed someone to talk to, so I came to the chat board today. MikeNT reached out and talked to me, and we had a good conversation. That helped me calm my nerves a bit and I can't thank you enough brother.
Anyways, here I am, ready to quit for good and help others if I can too.
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I'm a 30 year old guy from massachusetts, moved down south to the carolinas a few years back. Started dipping about 4 years ago because of the feeling it gave me, never done nicotine before, what a rush. Became an average dipper(1 can a day for about 2-3 years) pretty quickly as it was easy to do at work and filled the boredom.
With that said, I've lost muscle(stopped working out as hard lost motivation), and I feel like absolute shit now.
I know I haven't dipped as long as some of you here, but I needed to join a community because even though my mind says I have the willpower to continue my quit on my own, i really don't. I need help, and I know some people here will need help in the future too so they can also get back to enjoying life without dip.
Lately I have been have really crazy panic attacks, something I have never had in my life before, i have been super stressed out with life shit, and that including dipping and tons of caffeine made me start grinding and clenching my jaw at night. Possibly giving me tmj symptoms. Sometimes my jaw tingles a lot now since I quit. I don't clench my jaw anymore since the quit, but I still have the symptoms.
Last night I was the worst, my jaw was tingling, my body was super warm, my nervous system felt like it was going haywire. I freaked the fuck out, seriously thought I was dying. I had a dentist appt 3 days ago and had them do an oral cancer screening and it turns out I'm good and don't have it. Thank god, but I still feel like my body is giving out on me. My withdrawals this time around are that bad.
Today I seem to be better, but have had mild to severe depression ever since the quit. I really needed someone to talk to, so I came to the chat board today. MikeNT reached out and talked to me, and we had a good conversation. That helped me calm my nerves a bit and I can't thank you enough brother.
Anyways, here I am, ready to quit for good and help others if I can too.
You're a badass quitter in my book already. Keep your head down, focus up, and quit on!
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I'm a 30 year old guy from massachusetts, moved down south to the carolinas a few years back. Started dipping about 4 years ago because of the feeling it gave me, never done nicotine before, what a rush. Became an average dipper(1 can a day for about 2-3 years) pretty quickly as it was easy to do at work and filled the boredom.
With that said, I've lost muscle(stopped working out as hard lost motivation), and I feel like absolute shit now.
I know I haven't dipped as long as some of you here, but I needed to join a community because even though my mind says I have the willpower to continue my quit on my own, i really don't. I need help, and I know some people here will need help in the future too so they can also get back to enjoying life without dip.
Lately I have been have really crazy panic attacks, something I have never had in my life before, i have been super stressed out with life shit, and that including dipping and tons of caffeine made me start grinding and clenching my jaw at night. Possibly giving me tmj symptoms. Sometimes my jaw tingles a lot now since I quit. I don't clench my jaw anymore since the quit, but I still have the symptoms.
Last night I was the worst, my jaw was tingling, my body was super warm, my nervous system felt like it was going haywire. I freaked the fuck out, seriously thought I was dying. I had a dentist appt 3 days ago and had them do an oral cancer screening and it turns out I'm good and don't have it. Thank god, but I still feel like my body is giving out on me. My withdrawals this time around are that bad.
Today I seem to be better, but have had mild to severe depression ever since the quit. I really needed someone to talk to, so I came to the chat board today. MikeNT reached out and talked to me, and we had a good conversation. That helped me calm my nerves a bit and I can't thank you enough brother.
Anyways, here I am, ready to quit for good and help others if I can too.
You're a badass quitter in my book already. Keep your head down, focus up, and quit on!
Sent you a PM, man - look at the top right corner of the page, there's a link there that says "Inbox".
Glad to have you here, always happy to see someone else get serious about quitting!
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I'm a 30 year old guy from massachusetts, moved down south to the carolinas a few years back. Started dipping about 4 years ago because of the feeling it gave me, never done nicotine before, what a rush. Became an average dipper(1 can a day for about 2-3 years) pretty quickly as it was easy to do at work and filled the boredom.
With that said, I've lost muscle(stopped working out as hard lost motivation), and I feel like absolute shit now.
I know I haven't dipped as long as some of you here, but I needed to join a community because even though my mind says I have the willpower to continue my quit on my own, i really don't. I need help, and I know some people here will need help in the future too so they can also get back to enjoying life without dip.
Lately I have been have really crazy panic attacks, something I have never had in my life before, i have been super stressed out with life shit, and that including dipping and tons of caffeine made me start grinding and clenching my jaw at night. Possibly giving me tmj symptoms. Sometimes my jaw tingles a lot now since I quit. I don't clench my jaw anymore since the quit, but I still have the symptoms.
Last night I was the worst, my jaw was tingling, my body was super warm, my nervous system felt like it was going haywire. I freaked the fuck out, seriously thought I was dying. I had a dentist appt 3 days ago and had them do an oral cancer screening and it turns out I'm good and don't have it. Thank god, but I still feel like my body is giving out on me. My withdrawals this time around are that bad.
Today I seem to be better, but have had mild to severe depression ever since the quit. I really needed someone to talk to, so I came to the chat board today. MikeNT reached out and talked to me, and we had a good conversation. That helped me calm my nerves a bit and I can't thank you enough brother.
Anyways, here I am, ready to quit for good and help others if I can too.
Hey buddy,
I could not agree more with you. I have very similar situation, you can find it in my introduction. It does not matter that you quit after 4 years or 30 years, the addiction is demon already in few months. Let´s kill it together. Im day 1 after many many tries. So what is different? I joined here and I feel support as never before and also responsibility for future people who will come here.
Im with you, greetings from heart of Europe, Prague.
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IÂ’m traveling to a funeral today but if you want some support PM me. I will reply with some digits. Take it easy. One day at a time.
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I'm a 30 year old guy from massachusetts, moved down south to the carolinas a few years back. Started dipping about 4 years ago because of the feeling it gave me, never done nicotine before, what a rush. Became an average dipper(1 can a day for about 2-3 years) pretty quickly as it was easy to do at work and filled the boredom.
With that said, I've lost muscle(stopped working out as hard lost motivation), and I feel like absolute shit now.
I know I haven't dipped as long as some of you here, but I needed to join a community because even though my mind says I have the willpower to continue my quit on my own, i really don't. I need help, and I know some people here will need help in the future too so they can also get back to enjoying life without dip.
Lately I have been have really crazy panic attacks, something I have never had in my life before, i have been super stressed out with life shit, and that including dipping and tons of caffeine made me start grinding and clenching my jaw at night. Possibly giving me tmj symptoms. Sometimes my jaw tingles a lot now since I quit. I don't clench my jaw anymore since the quit, but I still have the symptoms.
Last night I was the worst, my jaw was tingling, my body was super warm, my nervous system felt like it was going haywire. I freaked the fuck out, seriously thought I was dying. I had a dentist appt 3 days ago and had them do an oral cancer screening and it turns out I'm good and don't have it. Thank god, but I still feel like my body is giving out on me. My withdrawals this time around are that bad.
Today I seem to be better, but have had mild to severe depression ever since the quit. I really needed someone to talk to, so I came to the chat board today. MikeNT reached out and talked to me, and we had a good conversation. That helped me calm my nerves a bit and I can't thank you enough brother.
Anyways, here I am, ready to quit for good and help others if I can too.
Doomz-
The hardest part is the initial step of quitting. Yes the other shit sucks ass but with the support of all the quitters on this site you can get through this!! The easiest way to do this is one day at a time, hell if it helps do it at smaller increments, like 12 hours, 6 hours or even hourly!! Whatever makes it easier for you. That's what it is all about, don't look at it as forever, look at it as the next hour or even the next day. Make your promise for what ever you need just not over the next 24 hours. I don't care if you post your promise every 15 minutes, as long as it keeps you quit!
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Thank you for the warm welcome everyone! Still going strong thanks to all of you. Would really like to have this be my final quit forever, and to help others achieve the same goal.
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Thank you for the warm welcome everyone! Still going strong thanks to all of you. Would really like to have this be my final quit forever, and to help others achieve the same goal.
Do it for the next 24 hours brother. Keep is small and simple and you will be more successful. We all want to quit forever but we only focus on the day.
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Each hour, day, month you stick it out it will get better. There's lots of info and support here so keep coming back and post roll. Some good advice I have gotten is just to take it a day at a time. An hour at a time if you need to. Don't think too far out. The crave will only last for a bit. Do something to distract you until the crave passes. You'll start to notice your triggers. Try to avoid them or do something else to distract yourself. I stocked up on sunflower seeds and gum.
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Each hour, day, month you stick it out it will get better. There's lots of info and support here so keep coming back and post roll. Some good advice I have gotten is just to take it a day at a time. An hour at a time if you need to. Don't think too far out. The crave will only last for a bit. Do something to distract you until the crave passes. You'll start to notice your triggers. Try to avoid them or do something else to distract yourself. I stocked up on sunflower seeds and gum.
Dude, sunflower seeds seem to help a lot! I dont have dip craving much, but chewing on sunflower seeds does keep my mouth busy and certainly helps!
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Hey Doomz,
I know we haven't met exactly, but I chatted with you the other night, I found your intro and just wanted to check in on you, and see how your where doing, I know you had a really tough night.
I am just a few days ahead of you with my quit (26). You can do this, like I have said before, keep busy, keep your mind busy, keep your mouth busy. the rest will work itself out. start a new hobby or project. My crutch was carrying a full unopened can, I wrote my quit date on the bottom, I was truly scared to leave home with out it. So I carried it for two weeks. I tossed it unopened when I felt I could do without the crutch. I cant advise everyone to have it with them, it may be to tempting. But for me it kept me clam, I avoided the panic attack associated with the thought of being somewhere without it. Find what works for you, we all have had to find our own way of progressing though the quit. Like any marathon, its just a lot of little steps.
I will check in on you soon, stay quit, and I will too.
MrC1953