Ok here is my intro. Didnt want to do this, but here it goes. This site seems to be making my quit different this time.
I have smoked and or dipped for the last 25 years. Smoked and dipped about 10 years of that time. Have tried to quit dipping more times than i can remember, but never quit without nicotine, either had the patch on or would swap over to smokes. I started dipping when i was around 14-15 years old and have dipped all the way up to now at 40 years old. I was an over achiever and had worked my way up to 2 sometimes 3 cans of Copenhagen a day, Tired of my gums hurting and me being a slave to this shit, loosing teeth and gums looking like shit.
Tired of going to store at 1am because i wouldnt have enough dip with me for morning coffee the next day.
Tired of wondering if the sores are going to turn into cancer.
Tired of spilling my spit can somewhere.
Tired of wasting my money.
Tired of the heartburn.
Tired of my truck stinking.
Tired of seeing my young son pretend he is dipping.
Tired of the ring on my jeans.
Tired of hiding dip every time I say I am quitting.
Tired of my dentist chewing my ass out.
Tired of being a slave to it.
I have done the same thing as others on here, hiding it from spouses, feeling like shit when your kid asks you why you do something that is bad for you, etc... and always justified it with I like it and cancer aint going to get me. Hopefully I dont have cancer, but I finally realized how fucking selfish dipping is and how stupid I have been, spending 4-5 bucks a can to give myself cancer possibly. Wow what a genius I am.
So I am on day 4 today without nicotine. I am feeling better, no heartburn anymore. I am not freaking as bad as i have been the last few days. Actually sleeping now.
Thanks for the support from others on here so far, some of the best advise I got was to tear off the nic patch, which I did that day and to try out the herbal snuff.
So one day at a time...keep on keeping on!!