I have quit dipping for 264 days. The cravings never go away they aren't as frequent but never do completely go away. I work in a high stress environment and often find myself patting my pants pockets for Copenhagen snuff. Having my First child is what made me quit cold turkey. When those cravings get really bad all I gotta do is look at her and know that someone is depending on me to be here for them. I dipped for 20 years quitting was the best decision I ever made. No more constantly looking in the mirror for ulcers and white patches or whatever. Anxiety associated with this habit alone seems to be enough to kill you at times. Quit 10/29/2015
Ok I need to get a couple things out of the way first.
First Welcome to the site! Second, 264 days on your own? WOW!!!! That is bad ass and brave all in one shot man. And Next, you referred to our habit, it is not a habit. We are addicts. We are addicted to the nicotine and what it does for us. We are addicted to the actions that go with it such as heading down to our favorite corner shop to see our favorite clerk or the one we hate the most (that one gives us someone to talk shit about!) , the finger banging the tin, the extra long thumb nail needed to open your tin on the fly. Yep, all of it goes hand in hand.
On the next subject, the dreaded craves and pocket pats. YUCK! Yeah it happens. We call that the nic bitch. She is a sneaky one that little one. Just when you are not expecting it, she whispers sweet nothings in your ears and the craves start. Then there is the random pocket pats. I patted my pockets there for a bit out of habit to get to my tin that was no longer there. Why did I do this? Not sure. I gave up a 3+ pack per day addiction of cigarettes 13 or 14 years ago and to this very day I still get a random crave and a pocket grab or two in a day or not. It is just random.
Lessons learned from those couple experiences. Daily, I have to keep my tools close by just in case. I have a network of quit buddies phone numbers, emails, I got the live chat here on site to fall back on and I read everything on site. Examples are Hall Of Fame Speeches, Words of Wisdom, etc etc. Some great non quit talk in wildcard to so its not all quit 100% of the time. Great materials to help balance out that every day life.
If you want to meet some bad ass quitters that are in the same quit time frame as you, swing over to the February 2016 F.U.C.K.E.R.S
February Quitters Why February? That is the month they all hit the 100 day mark that we call the Hall of Fame. GREAT group of fellas. Head on over there and tell them your story and post up a roll and day count. We would love to have you. That is the only price of admission here for daily support is to post a simple roll call and promise daily. It seems silly at first, a matter of fact, most of our system seems silly at first but it really works. Here is a quick video on how to post that roll :
Roll Call KTC VideoHave to run for now man. Keep at it. 264 days is awesome!!!
Ray - 306
