Tough Times

[Nomore1959]

Thanks guys, things have gotten a lot better. I am now on day 20 and must say anxiety is pretty much gone. Still having a hard time sleeping a full night but i can deal with that. aside from that everything seems to be heading in the right direction.

Sleep will come. It's like everything else, one day at a time. Everything you experience now is healing. Healing can be strange at times. There will be good and trying days ahead, but the good days will slowly dominate. Damn proud to quit with you today!

[Madcop94]

Thanks guys, things have gotten a lot better. I am now on day 20 and must say anxiety is pretty much gone. Still having a hard time sleeping a full night but i can deal with that. aside from that everything seems to be heading in the right direction.

[BDunn]

Dealing with anxiety, go with your gut/heart. If you feel you need meds go for it. If you think you are too big and bad don't. Listen to yourself there. I ended up getting anxiety meds. I might have taken a 1/4 of the bottle but, they did help me.

Congrats on wanting to kick the can, one day at a time bud.

I'll echo that about the meds. In my first 30 days, I could deal with the anxiety during the day because I knew why I had it. However I couldnt deal with the insomnia. I saw my Doctor and he put me on something to cut the anxiety and help me sleep. I also only took like 1/4 of the bottle, but the pills helped me tremendously. I'm on day 135, take nothing, sleep great, and feel awesome. Keep up your quit as things will get better.

[eyehatecope]

Dealing with anxiety, go with your gut/heart. If you feel you need meds go for it. If you think you are too big and bad don't. Listen to yourself there. I ended up getting anxiety meds. I might have taken a 1/4 of the bottle but, they did help me.

Congrats on wanting to kick the can, one day at a time bud.

[BDunn]

It seams to be getting better. One day at a time.

I'm on quit day 133 today, and I still get anxiety/depression every once and a while. Still get insomnia sometimes too. The anxiety/depression is nowhere near as bad as it was the first 30 days. Hang in there, and I echo all the advise above. Workout, eat healthy, drink tons of water. I also had the stomach issues. That went away around the 30 day mark. I'll also say, don't suffer through the anxiety. If it becomes to be too much of a problem, go see your doctor. Good luck and hang in there. As a guy at day 133, the first 30-60 days sucked, but it's totally worth it! Trust me.

[Madcop94]

It seams to be getting better. One day at a time.

[Dundippin]

Hey Madcop,

I see that you are still dealing with nausea. Are you eating three square meals?

If you are, I do not know what to suggest other than working out and then seeing a physician.

Your body has been used to you dipping for years and it is going through an adjustment.

If none of these explain your nausea then all I can suggest is to embrace the nausea. It will stay with you until it does not. It is the cost of quitting and getting healthy.

[Madcop94]

Yea I have been drinking chamomile tea a couple times a day, seems to be helping with the anxiety.

[JMckay]

Anxiety was my biggest fear with the quit. I thought if it didn't improve I'd start again so I'd feel better. Well I'm almost 6 months quit and I feel much better push through the bad days and good ones start showing up and they give you strength to quit on. One thing I learned meletonin was a must for me couple times a week i would take one before bed. If you get some good sleep you'll feel much better. That's my two cents.

[Stillamarine]

Hey brother. I'm assuming by your name that you're in the same profession as me and quite a few guys on here. I think the biggest test I had, no HAVE, is being around a whole lot of cops that are dipping. Some will back your quit, and some will try to get you to cave. It really bothers me that we fight for each and have each others back no matter what on the job but when it comes to something like this they take pleasure in our failure. I'm blessed that I had some real good coworkers that helped me through it. My old FTO still asks me what day I'm on 2 and half years later.

Part of the brotherhood i guess. lol Guess i have one thing going for me, I'm the only one that chews where i work or should i say used to chew. Man i never realized how much this shit controlled my life. 15 days into this and i feel like i'm losing my mind and the constant nausea is friggen killing me.

I had two really tough events. About day 3 or 4 I was really getting shaky and probably was about 5 minutes to finding a store with a can. Call went out about a guy that fell into a construction hole two blocks from me. Ended up in that whole for a few hours with him. Didn't have another crave the rest of the day. Few months later I had to work an event that our entire agency has to work. 17 hour day. Never thought I could ever work that event without 2-3 cans but I did. You got this brother!

[Madcop94]

Hey brother. I'm assuming by your name that you're in the same profession as me and quite a few guys on here. I think the biggest test I had, no HAVE, is being around a whole lot of cops that are dipping. Some will back your quit, and some will try to get you to cave. It really bothers me that we fight for each and have each others back no matter what on the job but when it comes to something like this they take pleasure in our failure. I'm blessed that I had some real good coworkers that helped me through it. My old FTO still asks me what day I'm on 2 and half years later.

Part of the brotherhood i guess. lol Guess i have one thing going for me, I'm the only one that chews where i work or should i say used to chew. Man i never realized how much this shit controlled my life. 15 days into this and i feel like i'm losing my mind and the constant nausea is friggen killing me.

[Stillamarine]

Hey brother. I'm assuming by your name that you're in the same profession as me and quite a few guys on here. I think the biggest test I had, no HAVE, is being around a whole lot of cops that are dipping. Some will back your quit, and some will try to get you to cave. It really bothers me that we fight for each and have each others back no matter what on the job but when it comes to something like this they take pleasure in our failure. I'm blessed that I had some real good coworkers that helped me through it. My old FTO still asks me what day I'm on 2 and half years later.

[Madcop94]

Thanks for the reply. I absolutely am never going to chew again, i was ready to quit and did quit. I just don't like this feeling of not being in control of my life. I can say i have not had the urge to chew but i think my subconscious is telling me otherwise. I just want to feel better mentally

[Dundippin]

Hi madcop94. Welcome to the group.

I was like you, I was quit for 2 weeks before I gave my intro. Further, quit for 2 weeks before I posted roll. Could not figure the site out.

I dipped for 40 years, 2 cans a day, finally quit at the age of 59.

It does get better. It just takes a while.

Quitting sucks. Embrace the suck.

When you place a dip in your mouth, your brain releases sugars. Well, those sugars are now going to be gone.

However, you can replace them with OJ or other fruit juices with sugar. This will provide some comfort, especially in your initial quit days.

Make sure to exercise with weights and cardio when you feel that nagging tension in your muscles, you feel that rage, when you can not sleep and when you can not focus. Exercise really helps.

Here is one that most people overlook. Get at least 3 square meals a day. Hunger can really bring on those urges so squash those urges before they come. Eat full healthy meals and do not let yourself get excessively hungry. You will see this helps a great deal.

You need to learn to distract your brain and think about anything else but dip whenever you feel the thought or the urge coming on.

You also need to quit the discussion in your head as to whether you will have one more or not. Once you make that decision once and for all the rest is easy.

PM me and I will send you my digits.

I quit with you today.

Dundippin day 754

[Madcop94]

Hi all, I a 48 yr old male that had been chewing Kodiak for almost 30 years, 2-4 tins per week. I quit on 9/22/17 so 15 days into this. So far i can say i will never chew again. this stuff is poison. Only thing that worries me is the on and off anxiety that i still have after 2 weeks into this. Also a lot of hot flashes and having a hard time sleeping. Is there actually gonna be a light at the end of the tunnel.