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Community => Introductions => Topic started by: adam_523 on June 03, 2011, 06:16:00 PM
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Hello everyone. My name is Adam and I just turned 30. I have been dipping since I was 19 years old and after getting married a few months ago it's time for me to quit. I have already ordered my Chattahoochee Snuff and it should be here no later than Tuesday. Until then I don't intend to post again, but was looking for words of encouragement and pointers of what to be prepared for. All advise is welcome and I will be back when I start day 1.
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Hello everyone. My name is Adam and I just turned 30. I have been dipping since I was 19 years old and after getting married a few months ago it's time for me to quit. I have already ordered my Chattahoochee Snuff and it should be here no later than Tuesday. Until then I don't intend to post again, but was looking for words of encouragement and pointers of what to be prepared for. All advise is welcome and I will be back when I start day 1.
Here's a pointer. Don't wait. Stop now. Today. Don't wait for the Chattahoochie. Don't wait for the right time... you'll always find an excuse to put it off until tomorrow. Just quit right now. Why would you delay your quit? At NO POINT in your life will you ever say "I wish I dipped one more day."
Consider this post from Dchogs:
so today was my planned "quit day."Â my 14th anniversary, beginning of the work week, and right after the holiday weekend.
in keeping with the theme of my original title "thanks," i want to thank the hell out of this site and all of you on it for showing me that you have to seize the moment when you know that you need to quit. there is no tomorrow in terms of "gonna quit." there's always another monday that makes more sense. because of ktc, i'm 16 days into my quit today instead of (theoretically) just starting.
i'm proud to be quit with all of you, especially razz, cornwallace, jbags, and august 11.
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Hello everyone. My name is Adam and I just turned 30. I have been dipping since I was 19 years old and after getting married a few months ago it's time for me to quit. I have already ordered my Chattahoochee Snuff and it should be here no later than Tuesday. Until then I don't intend to post again, but was looking for words of encouragement and pointers of what to be prepared for. All advise is welcome and I will be back when I start day 1.
Here's a pointer. Don't wait. Stop now. Today. Don't wait for the Chattahoochie. Don't wait for the right time... you'll always find an excuse to put it off until tomorrow. Just quit right now. Why would you delay your quit? At NO POINT in your life will you ever say "I wish I dipped one more day."
Consider this post from Dchogs:
so today was my planned "quit day."Â my 14th anniversary, beginning of the work week, and right after the holiday weekend.
in keeping with the theme of my original title "thanks," i want to thank the hell out of this site and all of you on it for showing me that you have to seize the moment when you know that you need to quit. there is no tomorrow in terms of "gonna quit." there's always another monday that makes more sense. because of ktc, i'm 16 days into my quit today instead of (theoretically) just starting.
i'm proud to be quit with all of you, especially razz, cornwallace, jbags, and august 11.
Per is giving you some great advice, adam, so I hope you stick around and read this. What in the world are you waiting for? Fake dip helps a little with the oral fixation, but you'll know right off the bat that it isn't satisfying the nicotine addiction. It is not going to make this process easy.
You have a great opportunity to get the nicotine out of your system before you go back to work next week. Dump your can, post your Day 1 promise TODAY and reclaim your freedom. Is it hard? Of course. But if I can do it, you can do it. Read this site all weekend. Get into Live Chat and talk with other folks who are currently going through the suck or have been there and made it through.
Setting a quit date does nothing but give an addict an excuse to keep using. How do I know? Because I set many quit dates. When the day would arrive, there was always another excuse for me to "justify" using for a bit longer...it's really stressful at work right now, I have another softball tournament next week, I have that fishing trip next month, that golf outing next weekend or my dog died. The only time to quit is right now.
Seriously, I used the Hooch, but my bet is that if you wait on it to arrive, you will put the first one in and realize that it isn't going to work any miracles and immediately become discouraged. If you claim your freedom today, by the time the Hooch gets here, it will be just another tool to use in your quit, but you will own your quit. You will be quit. You are not quit right now. What's stopping you?
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so you don't 'plan on quitting until the Hooch arrives??? love me some addict logic.
what's the 'plan' should let's say the hooch get lost in the mail? what's your 'plan' should the neighbors dog run off with it once it arrives at your house? what's the 'plan' if you don't like the Hooch?
seems to me you are not finally ready at all. a person that is ready...well they quit. not 'plan' on quitting.
So you want some encouraging words??? Take off your wife's lacy thong you apparently are wearing...man up and quit now.
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Cancer is black and white. You either have it or you don't. There is one...single dip that breaks the proverbial "camels back". Let's pray your single dip doesn't happen between now and the time your pacifier arrives.
No need to wait. Make that Day 1 post in September.
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Quitting nicotine is extremely difficult. It takes real courage, determination and honesty. This site will not give you those strengths. We naturally already have those things within ourselves. The accountability, community and encouragement provided by this site will help you uncover those internal strengths.
Hoocheecoochee snuff will only deal with the oral fixation aspect of quitting.
Quit now. I will support you. And I'm a really big deal around here.
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Quit Now While The Qutting Is Good. Not next week. Not tomorrow. Now. Tonight. Right this moment. Then immediately post roll In September. Rinse and repeat. So easy even a caveman can do it. I did, hundreds before you have and so can you. Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
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Even if you like the taste of the Hooch, it will not take the place of nicotine. You're still gonna' want/crave nic no matter when you start.
Begin now, you'll be happy that you did!!
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Not one more tin. Not one more dip. Not one more fucking day. Quit now. Take your life back now. Come on. The suck is terrible. Do you have the balls to man up and get through it? I bet you do. Put your foot down and grab the nic bitch by the couchie. Come on now.
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Hi Adam my names Jeff and I just turned 40.
I planned on quitting when I turned 30, too.
I wish I had, my gums are so fucked up now I might need a gum graft.
Wish I could go back 10 years and tell 30 year old Jeff to just embrace the suck and get through the 72 hours it takes to clear the system of nicotine.
After that its all in your head.
Ps. I would tell 30 year old Jeff a bunch of other stuff and then we'd be rich!
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Adam the fake stuff ain't a panacea if you expect it to be you'll fail. You wanna know what looks and tastes like real tobacco so much that you won't know the difference--real tobacco. Unless of course you are using a form of tobacco that ain't your brand in which case it smells, packs and tastes like shit.
I hope you come back when the fake stuff gets here; in my own time I wasted years with my quit plans.
Just grab some coffee grounds, throw in some crushed red peppers and bamn you got a great fake dip there.
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Adam,
I've been thinking a great deal about your dumb ass tonight. Not really sure why. Maybe because I vividly recall all the times I intended to quit. Maybe because I recall all the assclowns that have come in here and posted the exact same shit you did to never be heard from again. Sitting here a little bit ago I was reminded of a quote from the west wing that either greg or skoalmonster posted a couple months ago.
"This guy's walking down the street when he falls in a hole. The walls are so steep he can't get out. A doctor passes by and the guy shouts up, 'Hey you. Can you help me out?' The doctor writes a prescription, throws it down in the hole and moves on.Then a priest comes along and the guy shouts up, 'Father, I'm down in this hole can you help me out?' The priest writes out a prayer, throws it down in the hole and moves on. Then a friend walks by, 'Hey, Joe, it's me can you help me out?' And the friend jumps in the hole. Our guy says, 'Are you stupid? Now we're both down here.' The friend says, 'Yeah, but I've been down here before and I know the way out.'"
You have many a bad ass quitter here in this thread offering to show you the way out. So what's it going to be Adam? Quit or planed to quit?
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When the student is ready, the teacher will appear...............
Let go and let GOD !!!
Good luck and remain vigilant !!
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QUIT NOW brother DO NOT PROCRASTINATE!! It only furthers the addiction!
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You guys are right. I appreciate the tough love. As of this morning I have quit the can. My wife and I flushed every last bit of the Skoal Mint down the toilet and actually found an gas station with the smokey mountain stuff to help with the fixation. Thank you guys for the kick in the ass. Honestly I think being told to man up was what I needed to hear.
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Guys,
After some tough love last night I decided to drop the can today. I flushed all the skoal, found a gas station to buys the fake stuff, seeds, gum, etc. My big fear isn't this weekend with my wife, but on Monday. I work in construction and 50% of the people I meet with on a daily basis have dips in. There is also about 4-6 hours of drive time a day that will drive me insane. Anyone in similar situations that can provide some ways they got through that is welcome.
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You guys are right. I appreciate the tough love. As of this morning I have quit the can. My wife and I flushed every last bit of the Skoal Mint down the toilet and actually found an gas station with the smokey mountain stuff to help with the fixation. Thank you guys for the kick in the ass. Honestly I think being told to man up was what I needed to hear.
OUTSTANDING!
Read this and understand it...
Roll call, why we do it your word by LOOT.
index.php?showtopic=120 (http://forum.killthecan.org/index.php?showtopic=120)
Then go here and post roll giving your word of honor that you will not use nicotine in any way, shape or form today. keep your word.
http://z11.invisionfree.com/QS_Xtreme/i ... topic=4751 (http://z11.invisionfree.com/QS_Xtreme/index.php?showtopic=4751)
How to Post ROLL CALL - Roll Call Instructions
Step 1 - Find the last (MOST RECENT) Roll Call
Step 2 - Hit the "Quote" button in the upper right hand corner.
Step 3 - Click your mouse ANYWHERE in The bottom Box
Step 4 - Hit Ctrl and "A" at the Same time so it looks like THIS
Step 5 - Hit Ctrl and "X" at the same time so there is NOTHING in Either Box
Step 6 - Click your mouse in the TOP BOX
Step 7 - Hit Ctrl and "V" at the same time to Past the info into the top box AND ADD YOUR info to the bottom of the list
Step 8 - Hit ADD REPLY below the bottom box
Step 9 - Go back to the 1st unread post, check to see that the last few people to post are still on your roll call. Keep your word.
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Guys,
After some tough love last night I decided to drop the can today. I flushed all the skoal, found a gas station to buys the fake stuff, seeds, gum, etc. My big fear isn't this weekend with my wife, but on Monday. I work in construction and 50% of the people I meet with on a daily basis have dips in. There is also about 4-6 hours of drive time a day that will drive me insane. Anyone in similar situations that can provide some ways they got through that is welcome.
OUTSTANDING!
Read this and understand it...
Roll call, why we do it your word by LOOT.
index.php?showtopic=120 (http://forum.killthecan.org/index.php?showtopic=120)
Then go here and post roll giving your word of honor that you will not use nicotine in any way, shape or form today. keep your word.
http://z11.invisionfree.com/QS_Xtreme/i ... topic=4751 (http://z11.invisionfree.com/QS_Xtreme/index.php?showtopic=4751)
How to Post ROLL CALL - Roll Call Instructions
Step 1 - Find the last (MOST RECENT) Roll Call
Step 2 - Hit the "Quote" button in the upper right hand corner.
Step 3 - Click your mouse ANYWHERE in The bottom Box
Step 4 - Hit Ctrl and "A" at the Same time so it looks like THIS
Step 5 - Hit Ctrl and "X" at the same time so there is NOTHING in Either Box
Step 6 - Click your mouse in the TOP BOX
Step 7 - Hit Ctrl and "V" at the same time to Past the info into the top box AND ADD YOUR info to the bottom of the list
Step 8 - Hit ADD REPLY below the bottom box
Step 9 - Go back to the 1st unread post, check to see that the last few people to post are still on your roll call. Keep your word.
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Welcome aboard adam. Post roll every morning before you leave for work. It seems to work for lots of people. Promise us and yourself that you will not use nic for the day. Don't worry about Monday. Get through today and post roll in the morning.
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Welcome aboard adam. Post roll every morning before you leave for work. It seems to work for lots of people. Promise us and yourself that you will not use nic for the day. Don't worry about Monday. Get through today and post roll in the morning.
Hey there GTFAN,
It doesn't seem to work, IT DOES!!!!, do it everyday!
We are here to support you.
Welcome to the family.
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You guys are right. I appreciate the tough love. As of this morning I have quit the can. My wife and I flushed every last bit of the Skoal Mint down the toilet and actually found an gas station with the smokey mountain stuff to help with the fixation. Thank you guys for the kick in the ass. Honestly I think being told to man up was what I needed to hear.
AWESOME!!
A fine decision my man. After reading what Ready posted....head on over to September and put up that Day 1...by doing that nicotine is 100% off the table for today. You give your word...you keep your word. We will worry about tomorrow when that comes.
Glad to be quit with you today.
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You guys are right. I appreciate the tough love. As of this morning I have quit the can. My wife and I flushed every last bit of the Skoal Mint down the toilet and actually found an gas station with the smokey mountain stuff to help with the fixation. Thank you guys for the kick in the ass. Honestly I think being told to man up was what I needed to hear.
This is outstanding Adam. You've made the right decision - now go post roll in September. Get to know your quit brothers now and give them the support they need - and take the support they offer.
I'll be quit with you the whole time.
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And I'm glad to see your wife helping you get your quit started. Tell her to read this page, too:
http://www.killthecan.org/community/spouse.asp (http://www.killthecan.org/community/spouse.asp)
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Welcome aboard Adam! Congrats on an outstanding decision. Feel free to PM/email me with questions.
I am on Day 20 of quit myself so I can only relay what I have learned so far.
Post roll every day...I'm reiterating what others have stated here, but make sure you do it every day.
Post questions in chat, your HOF class board etc. about what you are facing/experiencing etc. Read all that you can from the boards. There is a wealth of knowledge and experience here on kicking the nic addiction.
As for your work/commute considerations I can only offer the following since I went through something fairly similar. Have enough gum, seeds, fake chew on hand to utilize during your normal work day and commute. I went through so much fake chew and gum the first 3 days it wasn't even funny...well should have purchased some stock actually. Anyway, I used gum and a ton of the fake stuff to completely replace my dip times. In plain English = since I used to have a dip in when I was working or driving -- after my quit I just replaced the tobacco dip with a fake/alt dip OR gum. For me my mental goal was to (1) get through that day and (2) get to the 72 hour mark = point at which your body is CHEMICALLY free of nicotine....note its not out of your brain housing group
Another thing I did in the evenings or at night was hop on the Live Chat and BS with the crazies in there. Great people. They will square you away and chat your ear off until late about quit ideas, what to expect or at least what they experienced at days X, Y,Z; debate various and sundry things like porn, the national debt, steak vs. salad, astro turf vs. natural grass, southern living, porn, programming, the rules attached to sales and customer service, inappropriate ribbing and a whole lot more. Point is its a great place to engage your mind instead of a crave; make some solid points of contact for covering your six as you progress from day to day; and you start to forge some friendships which is frankly pretty kick ass.
I'm getting long here, but again congrats on the decision. PM me with questions if you have them. See you in roll and on chat. Take er easy and have a good weekend.
Mark
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GREAT decision! I went through first 4 days without any fake. The suck is what it is - it F'n sucks. But you can do it with seeds, gum, candy, food, whatever. My fake came in, but glad I didn't have it to start with. I actually haven't used it that much, but it definitely has helped get me through a few tough situations/triggers.
Do what you need to do to get through 1 day at a time it WILL get better.
Good to be quit with you today.
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Smokeyg endorses this quit.
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Adam there will be tough times, peer pressure, triggers, craves but you can resolve to be them all by reminding yourself you're quit. And when you struggle remember posting roll that morning and the promise made to a bunch of other struggling quitters to join us in the fight of our lives.
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The commute is tough. Do what you can - seeds worked for me. And nursing a cup of coffee the whole way.
Work might not be as tough as you think. Invariably somebody will A) ask you for a dip or B) ask if you want a dip. Your answer to both is simple "Nope - I quit." They'll probably say "aw bullshit - you didn't quit" or "get the fuck out of here." Those reactions are not judgements. That's jealousy rearing it's ugly head. Trust me, I've been on the other side. When a long time dipper quit my first reaction was almost alway "get out of here - take a dip." It's now that I realize I was jealous of their quit. I wasn't just a slave to the nic bitch - but I was pushing the nic bitch on quitters. I was her bitch.
These guys at work will soon become envious. Just watch. When you post that day 8, be sure to let us know how, after a week, those guys at work are now asking you "how are you doing it?" and not pushing for the bitch.
We'll be here the whole time. Give us your word every day and you won't have a choice. That day is nic-free. Worry about tomorrow when tomorrow comes.
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And I'm glad to see your wife helping you get your quit started. Tell her to read this page, too:
http://www.killthecan.org/community/spouse.asp (http://www.killthecan.org/community/spouse.asp)
Couldn't agree more. My wife was huge in my quit. Well, that didn't come out right. She's not huge at all, but she sure did help me quit nicotine. The feminine charms can be quite encouraging if applied correctly (as explained in the link above). Nagging, on the other hand, is very counter-productive. Congrats on your decision.
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Good job Adam. Today will be a bitch as I'm sure you're coming to realize.
At about 11:00 AM on my day 1 quit I got an "oh shit" feeling and went online and spent about $40 on a combo of Hooch and Grinds. Right then I wished I had prepared better and already had them on hand, but like others said I'm glad I didn't in retrospect.
On day 3 I discovered that QT carries Smokey Mountain and that was a relief at that point. I mean, the stuff isn't satisfying and the texture sucks and so does the taste really, but it provided a psychological boost to have some on hand.
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Right on dude- Been here 13 days today and I'm reeeeeeeeeeeeeeally glad you grabbed your sack and just quit. You wouldn't have enjoyed your 'last' dip anyhow because I have a feeling you were at the same point that I was when I finally manned up and quit, you would have felt guilty for putting it in and you wouldn't have kept it in as long as you thought you would have, and there's no real enjoyment in it anymore anyhow. It's a habit, pure and simple. And, Hooch is OK, but it's not that great that it's worth waiting for, lol. BaccOff is my weapon of choice, and I used to chew Skoal (fucking nic bitch whore) mint too. The fakey-fake can help get through the oral fixation sometimes. Glad to see you posting in Sept. 2011, holler if you need a little extra support!