Greetings. I am a 31 year old college professor at a well-known, religiously-oriented university in northern Indiana. I started dipping regularly about 4 years ago, while working on my doctoral dissertation. In the stress and solitude of writing papers for hours each day, I found that chewing gave me something to do and helped to ease some of my anxiety. Lately, IÂ’ve been going through about a can every two to three days. As you can imagine, there arenÂ’t many people in my line of work that share my addiction. In fact, most of my friends and colleagues donÂ’t even know that I chew, so itÂ’s been hard for me to find support in quitting. In an effort to conceal my problem from other people, I spend a lot of time working at home, in isolation. After trying unsuccessfully to quit several times during the past year, I decided to come to you for help. Maybe IÂ’m the one that needs a lecture.
