Over 2 months; what's the 100 day thing mean?

[quark]

I think a lot of us have learned things like this.

Over the course of these years, I needed a dip to take a shower, to get on the computer, after a meal, after a jog, after a beer, after the girlfriend goes to sleep for my pre-sleep dip, and of course, the 1st dip in the morning. I mean, I was really dependent on this stuff to do a lot of things.

In late August or early September (I didn't record the date), I quit cold turkey. I developed anxiety issues.

I struggled, but I didn't dip. Even after a couple months without a dip, I was still struggling when I found this website.

Thus far, Smokey Mountain is really helping the anxiety out, as well as the boredom.

I just had one question: what is this magical "100 days" thing that I've seen some type about? After 100 days, the urges should begin subsiding?

Thanks!

Here is what is magical about 100 days: everyone at KTC celebrates your accomplishment at reaching this milestone. Same with Day 200, and 300, and 365, and other milestones. Not only that, but when you see someone else reach Day 100, you congratulate them, and their success makes you realize that if you give into a tobacco urge you are letting everyone down.

We are programmed to register accomplishments by setting milestones. See what happens if you forget a child's birthday. Martial arts practitioners record progress by belt rankings. 100 days quit on KTC? You have graduated middle school, time to go to high school until travelling once around the sun, then enter college in your second year of quit. You can choose to be self taught by going it alone, or share experiences with others and learn that way.

There isn't anything that you have experienced that a whole army of quitter hasn't done or gone through as well. You are a nicotine addict just like we are. Being an addict, it helps me when I see others go through what I go through, and when they succeed, it motivates me to keep quitting one day at a time.

[Thumblewort]

Michigan dudes post roll. Make your quit easier and meet some other bad ass quitters. 3-4 months solo is awesome, now join a group and help others.

[JB65]

Ya Man, you need to spread some of your quit wisdom around on the newbies here. Nice job cold turkey and getting as far as you did! If you join the quit group, Im guessing it is the DEC group... you will find more brotherhood and accountability than you can imagine.

Nothing helps your own quit like helping someone else. Especially a newbie.

Nice job Detroit-man, from a Cleveland-man here, get ready for a crappy winter - 'bang head' NIC FREE!

[pab1964]

Glad you registered....
And great introduction.

Now join us at KTC.
Learn to post roll.

Then stay a member/quiter by doing it 100% early every morning.

I quit with you today Webby.
Rawls 380

Let's do this! Post roll, alot easier with help only takes 2 minutes of our lives! I quit with you!

[Rawls]

Glad you registered....
And great introduction.

Now join us at KTC.
Learn to post roll.

Then stay a member/quiter by doing it 100% early every morning.

I quit with you today Webby.
Rawls 380

[Nomore1959]

The magical "100 days" is a round number and target. You will feel much better by then, but it keeps getting better after that as well. Since we are addicts, we are never cured. But we can win vs nicotine every day.

I chewed for 35 years, drank beer with my friends on Yale's hockey team (I can't skate -- just a soccer gut) and just got to 200 days quit today. It is unusual to cheer on a Cornell athlete, but for your quit I'm gonna anyway.

It's never to late to introduce yourself to a quit group, and worth it to your quit to do so.

[Webby]

Hello! I just registered on this forum today (December 1, 2015), but I've been lurking and taking in suggestions for 3 or 4 months now.

I chewed for 20 years here in suburban Detroit, through college (Cornell University in NY) and beyond. It probably didn't help that I played hockey all the way through college, and everyone chewed. I don't swallow, but I became so "good" at dipping, that I could go on a 3 hour car ride with my girlfriend, and she wouldn't know I was chewing. Just emptied out a coke bottle about halfway, and pretended I was drinking. I think a lot of us have learned things like this.

Over the course of these years, I needed a dip to take a shower, to get on the computer, after a meal, after a jog, after a beer, after the girlfriend goes to sleep for my pre-sleep dip, and of course, the 1st dip in the morning. I mean, I was really dependent on this stuff to do a lot of things. Grizzley was my dip of choice when it came out.

I've tried all kinds of things. Smaller pinches, moving it around from the left side of my mouth, front, right side of my mouth, and trying not to have it in one place all the time. At times, the inside of my lip would burn so badly I'd have to move it to the other side. I've even gone to extremes like putting the dip on the top of my mouth, although it's quite difficult to do.

I'm an avid sports fan, and seeing people like Tony Gwynn die of mouth cancer and Curt Schilling come down with mouth cancer ... I don't wanna die of mouth cancer, and although I'm healthy, I'm afraid if I kept going, that's what would happen.

In late August or early September (I didn't record the date), I quit cold turkey. I developed anxiety issues. It wasn't so much that I wasn't getting a buzz off nicotine; the only time I ever got a slight buzz was the 1st dip after waking up. It was mostly a hand-to-mouth / oral fixation thing. I struggled, but I didn't dip. Even after a couple months without a dip, I was still struggling when I found this website.

There are tons of Meijers here in suburban Detroit, and I noticed that you could get Smokey Mountain chew (no tobacco). I decided to give it a go, since I felt the oral fixation was causing the anxiety. It's been working out well. The outlet that sells Jake's Mint Chew is a bit further away, and thus far, Smokey Mountain is really helping the anxiety out, as well as the boredom.

My personal opinion is that it all comes down to retraining your brain so you start thinking that you don't need a dip when waking up, taking a shower, after a meal, going on the computer, etc., etc., and realizing you can relax and be just fine without chewing.

Anyway, brevity isn't my specialty, so if you made it this far, thanks for reading. I look forward to engaging in the community. I just had one question: what is this magical "100 days" thing that I've seen some type about? After 100 days, the urges should begin subsiding?

Thanks!