Hello to everyone on KTC,
My name is Nick and I am from a small town in central South Dakota. I started chewing almost exactly 4 years ago at the age of 16. It was after a tough day of two a days for football practice and one of the seniors walked up and asked if I wanted a dip and I said yes. I have looked back on that day with regret and anger. I ended up getting people old enough to supply me until I turned 18 in 2012. That year was when it started to get out of control.
Now that I was 18, I didn't have to rationalize. I had a job and made enough money so that I could get a tin whenever I was in town. I have been able to hide it somehow from my family (or they have lead me to believe that) and I would end up spending a lot of time alone just so I could get my nicotine fix. I started going from 2 dips a day to half a tin, and then nearly a full tin once I got into college. About half of the people I live with dip. We always tell ourselves that we can quit whenever we want. That is what I want to accomplish. I want to quit now.
I'm tired of spending money every damn time I walk into a c-store on the cancer dust. I am tired of seeing bottles that I haven't thrown away on my desk when I get up in the morning. I want to be able to make the two and a half hour drive to and from home without needing a dip. I am damn tired of seeing empty tins on the floor of my truck.
Today, after cutting back the last two weeks, I have bagged up all of the empty tins, bottles, and threw them in the dumpster. If I am going to do this I don't want to feel I'm on an island by myself. I know the guys I live with don't plan on quitting soon so, I want a community that I can got to for support.
Thanks for reading.
Nick we are addicts and quitting sucks! Your determination along with a daily promise will go a very long way to help you quit. So go post roll now.
Nick, great choice to quit! You have come to the right place to get help quitting. READ EVERYTHING ON KTC! Start with the welcome center to get the basics, then read everything else. Read cancer stories, HOF speeches, intro threads from beginning to current, words of wisdom, and then read more.
Learn the KTC quit plan. Live the plan. The plan works!
You have the power to choose to be quit, but you will need to own your quit, and work at it. Learn what to do if someone doesn't respect your quit and offers you a dip (take can of poison in one hand and remove lid, turn can of death upside down and dump the poison dirt onto the ground. If possible piss and or shit on the poison; if not possible then grind the poison into the ground with your heel. Repeat as needed. Very soon no one will offer you a dip even if you ask.)
Post roll every day and keep your word. Drink lots of water, exercise, and read KTC. Get involved here. You can do this. It will suck hard until it doesn't, but all you have to do is quit one day at a time. PM me if you have any questions or need a #.
