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Community => Introductions => Topic started by: Wintergreen on December 11, 2013, 11:38:00 PM
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Hi Everybody,
Just wanted to introduce myself. My quit day was 7 Dec. 2013. I didn't find this site until after I had pulled the trigger on my quit.
I'm 37 years old and I've been chewing for 19 years, minus a year or two to smoke and a 14-month quit that lasted until a little over 8 years ago. I took my first dip on 1 Nov. 1995. My 18th birthday. For some dumbass reason, I thought it would be a good idea to buy cherry Skoal since I could legally. I've been a slave to nicotine ever since.
I went from cherry to Kodiak, to Skoal original, to Skoal extra wintergreen. Lately, I've been having some concerns about how ragged my lip would get at the end of the day. Fear that I may be pushing past the point of no return on the road to cancer is what has inspired me to put it down again.
Must say that this quit has been much more difficult than I remember the last one being. I'm@ 5-days it sucks. I feel so out of it. Using Smoky Mountain (Wintergreen, of course) some stuff I found on Amazon called Beaver Chew. Not a big fan of the Beaver Chew, it's very sticky. Anybody have any other recommendations on chew substitutes?
Wintergreen
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Hi Everybody,
Just wanted to introduce myself. My quit day was 7 Dec. 2013. I didn't find this site until after I had pulled the trigger on my quit.
I'm 37 years old and I've been chewing for 19 years, minus a year or two to smoke and a 14-month quit that lasted until a little over 8 years ago. I took my first dip on 1 Nov. 1995. My 18th birthday. For some dumbass reason, I thought it would be a good idea to buy cherry Skoal since I could legally. I've been a slave to nicotine ever since.
I went from cherry to Kodiak, to Skoal original, to Skoal extra wintergreen. Lately, I've been having some concerns about how ragged my lip would get at the end of the day. Fear that I may be pushing past the point of no return on the road to cancer is what has inspired me to put it down again.
Must say that this quit has been much more difficult than I remember the last one being. I'm@ 5-days it sucks. I feel so out of it. Using Smoky Mountain (Wintergreen, of course) some stuff I found on Amazon called Beaver Chew. Not a big fan of the Beaver Chew, it's very sticky. Anybody have any other recommendations on chew substitutes?
Wintergreen
Welcome and congrats on a great choice of quitting. Lets get one thing straight. You didn't quit last time you stopped. THIS is your quit...own it. My best advice for you is to just read read and read this website. Make posting roll every morning your top priority and keep your word. It may suck at times but that's why we are here. Make friends and burn the bridge with the nic bitch. You've got this. One day at a time.
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Welcome to KTC, many of us started like you, "for some dumbass reason". There are a bunch of fake dips available, there are even some companies that offer discounts to members of KTC Smokeless Alternatives (http://www.killthecan.org/your-quit/smokeless-alternatives/)
The underlined above is a link. Cinnamon candies also work well. Drinks lots of water and find an outlet for any anger/rage (exercise, hitting a heavy bag, etc.).
Read the stories on here, read through other intros and meet some people on here. Besides using the chat room I recommend exchanging phone numbers with fellow quitters and using text or calls to help you as needed.
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smokey mountain. jakes chew and hooch are the ones I have tried and liked. imo none taste like the real thing and thats good. i only use it occasionally. I think they should make it taste like shit on purpose so you dont continue with the habit. I used lifesavers this time and ate a ton of them. The kill the can website has a list of a lot of substitutes.
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Fellow dumbass here. Glad your found us. I paused once too. This is day 1098 for me. The site works if you work the site. Quit one day at a time and get involved. Send me a PM if you need personal assistance on your quit.
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Fellow dumbass here. Glad your found us. I paused once too. This is day 1098 for me. The site works if you work the site. Quit one day at a time and get involved. Send me a PM if you need personal assistance on your quit.
Thanks for the welcome and advice. Read your HOF speech. Holy Shit did a lot of that sound familiar. At the end of my pause, I was on the sly or "Ninja Dipping" as I've seen others state it all the time. My wife would nearly bust me and I'd flat out lie and deny it. Every time. Sick stuff.
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smokey mountain. jakes chew and hooch are the ones I have tried and liked. imo none taste like the real thing and thats good. i only use it occasionally. I think they should make it taste like shit on purpose so you dont continue with the habit. I used lifesavers this time and ate a ton of them. The kill the can website has a list of a lot of substitutes.
Thanks, I'll give the Hooch stuff a try. I don't mind the Smoky Mountain, I like the tingle you get from the cayenne, but it's a little too sweet for my taste.
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i agree smoky mountain is too sweet and sticky, and the corn silk ends up everywhere. but it is a lot easier to find than anything else (at least where i live). i just got my variety of jakes mint and so far i like it (cinnamon is good). i didn't really like hooch. I seem to like the variety, changing it up. I am way into lifesavers and beef jerky also. day 6 for me today.
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Hey Wintergreen welcome aboard. The big thing you'll find here, if you haven't already, is that all of our stories are really similar...When we started, why we started, attempts to quit etc. But because of that believe me when I tell you, quitting is something you can do! It's going to suck (for me the worst days were 1-10, 30-40, and 70-85) but it will get easier and each touch phase you enter is a phase. So be strong. I have used Jakes Mint pouches. Funny because when I chewed I hated pouches. But anything to keep you mouth occupied is good, for me gum is probably the best. Good luck!
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Great choice to quit. The bad assed quitters who have already posted here have covered everything so my advice is re-read your intro thread and do everything they have suggested. I'll be quit with you all day.
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Weekend quits suck! Read that a few times on the board man did I experience it this weekend. So many triggers. Football games, check. Basketball games, check. Going to the movies, check.
All that being said, powered through. I'm still trying to come to grips with the anxiety. I'll be fine then it just hits like a ton of bricks. Lasts 10 mins or so, then I'm good again. Anybody else having that?
Anyway, enough whining for tonight. 8-days clean working on 9! Maybe tonight will bring sleep too!
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Nice work on making the 3rd floor Wintergreen. Proud to be an ;Ironman: with you! Well Done!
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300 reasons to say hell yeah! Enjoy your day WG!
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Wrong winter green
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300 reasons to say hell yeah! Enjoy your day WG!
Nice job bro, keep racking up the milestones. Pretty awesome. Most people can't develop a good habit for a full year. You are proof that you can! Quit on!
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Lol I think you guys are looking for WinterGreen. This is a different guy than the crazy rail road dude I know from Missouri.
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Winter Green not wintergreen