Day one for me.

[Smokeyg]

Edit: Well I screwed up this post. I meant to respond to a few others, but any way the point is the same. I love hearing from others that it's getting a little easier for them as they go along. That's inspiring.

I'm still having some headache causing cravings, but it really is getting easier to deal with this.

It definitely get easier.

When does it get easy?

[Brad64]

Edit: Well I screwed up this post. I meant to respond to a few others, but any way the point is the same. I love hearing from others that it's getting a little easier for them as they go along. That's inspiring.

I'm still having some headache causing cravings, but it really is getting easier to deal with this.

[Brad64]

You bein' serious here? Always looking for something to gnaw on.

The guy at the gas station today was literally laughing at me with my 3 bags of assorted seed flavors, 4 cans of Jerky Chew, 2 packs of gum and some Blow-Pops.

Yeah, absolutely. They work. They're a little nasty at first, very salty, then sweet. For some reason that works for me. It works really well in the car. Which like for most of you is also a trigger for me. The minute my ass hits the seat I wanna put a chew in.

Oh and they're shaped like some mutant fish. So there's that bonus.

[braden]

These things taste like a fishing pier smells, but they work.  At least for me...

They're very salty at first, then they get sweet and yummy.  Like your friend's ex-wife after she's liquored up. 

Try'em.  No kidding.  Most C stores have'em.  Put one between your cheek and gum (or lip) and see what you think.  They've helped me today.

(http://www.junkfoodblog.com/uploaded_images/sour-patch-extreme.jpg)



EDIT:  My images didn't work.  Oh well just follow the link to the pic. Sour Patch Extreme

You bein' serious here? Always looking for something to gnaw on.

The guy at the gas station today was literally laughing at me with my 3 bags of assorted seed flavors, 4 cans of Jerky Chew, 2 packs of gum and some Blow-Pops.

[Brad64]

These things taste like a fishing pier smells, but they work. At least for me...

They're very salty at first, then they get sweet and yummy. Like your friend's ex-wife after she's liquored up.

Try'em. No kidding. Most C stores have'em. Put one between your cheek and gum (or lip) and see what you think. They've helped me today.

(http://www.junkfoodblog.com/uploaded_images/sour-patch-extreme.jpg)



EDIT: My images didn't work. Oh well just follow the link to the pic. Sour Patch Extreme

[Brad64]

Brad,

Congratulations on day 3 bro, you're doing fantastic. The craves don't last forever and when they come, do the best you can to put your thoughts into something else. Something you enjoy doing, your family, a hobby, anything that can take your mind off of chew..

The fogginess will fade, I'm still a little foggy at times but it isn't as bad as it was. Personally for me, the foggy stage has given me some good stories. Here is a good link about the fog you're experiencing: FOG LINK.

KodiakDan gave a link to a good story about our good friend chew. There are a lot of good articles on the KTC site, which I'm sure you've read some already.

Keep up the great work!

Stay Strong-Stay Quit!

MF

Thanks for the encouragement MF. We ALL need it!

[Move Forward]

Brad,

Congratulations on day 3 bro, you're doing fantastic. The craves don't last forever and when they come, do the best you can to put your thoughts into something else. Something you enjoy doing, your family, a hobby, anything that can take your mind off of chew..

The fogginess will fade, I'm still a little foggy at times but it isn't as bad as it was. Personally for me, the foggy stage has given me some good stories. Here is a good link about the fog you're experiencing: FOG LINK.

KodiakDan gave a link to a good story about our good friend chew. There are a lot of good articles on the KTC site, which I'm sure you've read some already.

Keep up the great work!

Stay Strong-Stay Quit!

MF

[Brad64]

A little test just now, and it really pissed me off. Pulled into the garage with the car and noticed the front tire going flat/hissing. FUCK, where's my chew? Oh yea, I don't have any. FUCK FUCK FUCK!

Took a breather and jacked the mofo up and removed it. Now I'm waiting for my wife to come home to run me back down into town to have it fixed.

Well, I made it thru that little test......eat shit nic-bitch.

Mike

Oh Man! That's a tough test. That would have been a bitch for me to get through.

Nice work Mike!

[MikeCO]

A little test just now, and it really pissed me off. Pulled into the garage with the car and noticed the front tire going flat/hissing. FUCK, where's my chew? Oh yea, I don't have any. FUCK FUCK FUCK!

Took a breather and jacked the mofo up and removed it. Now I'm waiting for my wife to come home to run me back down into town to have it fixed.

Well, I made it thru that little test......eat shit nic-bitch.

Mike

[Brad64]

Hey guys
I was feeling the same a couple weeks ago. Read this, it helped me get through some of that depression bullshit: http://www.killthecan.org/robs/mychew.asp

Damn. That's powerful. And every word of it is true.

[DanTheMan]

Hey guys
I was feeling the same a couple weeks ago. Read this, it helped me get through some of that depression bullshit: http://www.killthecan.org/robs/mychew.asp

[Brad64]

Good for you Brad! Keep it up man. Likewise, great talking with you today.

For me, I'm hitting a depression-like funk. I keep thinking about (and noticing) the craves and the whole time thinking to myself "ah, when I get home I can satisfy the urge" (cause that's what I was doing since early January....leaving the can at home and not with me at work). Then I get bitch slapped into reality....CAUSE I AINT GOT ANY CHEW AT HOME WAITING FOR ME ANYMORE.

Maybe I'll get out a little tonight and go for a walk instead of moping around....

Mike

I know. It really is depressing. I'm definitely gonna go for a walk and a run. I gotta do something or I'm gonna go fucking nuts. I'm sick of candy.

Another minute down. Good!

[MikeCO]

Good for you Brad! Keep it up man. Likewise, great talking with you today.

For me, I'm hitting a depression-like funk. I keep thinking about (and noticing) the craves and the whole time thinking to myself "ah, when I get home I can satisfy the urge" (cause that's what I was doing since early January....leaving the can at home and not with me at work). Then I get bitch slapped into reality....CAUSE I AINT GOT ANY CHEW AT HOME WAITING FOR ME ANYMORE.

Maybe I'll get out a little tonight and go for a walk instead of moping around....

Mike

[Brad64]

I'm in the middle of Day 3. It's worse than day 2. I'm kinda foggy and angry today. With nothing but craves.

I'd like to thank Mike for the call. Thanks Bro! It was great talking to you. That really helped.

I'm not getting much work done because I can't concentrate. Everything is still based on one minute at a time.

My iPod helps. Taking life one minute at a time helps. Ice water, lollipops, ice tea, excercise... all help. I'm still eating like a fucking pig though. I just ate another piece of pecan pie. Damn! I'm gonna eat everything in the cafeteria this week.

I'm gonna go home this afternoon, after work, and just run. I'm gonna run through my neighborhood. I want to run till I fucking drop. It's gonna be like that scene from Forrest Gump. All I want is for anything to make these cravings go away. Anything except tobacco.

One more minute down.

[Brad64]

Brad,

I hear ya bro... day 4 sucked ass too. drove circles around a convenience store while chewing a combo napkin/dentine mint gum...

The tingling goes away but the cravings are still there... beatable though.

After 96 hours, the nic bitch is supposed to be out of my body, but you'd never know it from the cravings. That said, yesterday was worse than today. So, fuck it... tomorrow should be better than today, and so on...

Stay the course, and if you have trouble, PM me and let's figure it out.

I'm going to be fat as shit when i give my HOF speech from all the subsitutes, but at least my jaw will still be intact.

On a positive note, even at day 4, my inner lip feels like butter. Been a long time since it didn't feel like sandpaper.

Stay the course Brad... we're all in this together.

Thanks Patrick,

I need that support man. It really helps. I'm glad to see you're still going strong.

I've got 2 full days done. Starting day 3 today. I gotta stick to my one minute at a time philosophy. Cuz that's about as far into the future as my brain can think. LOL!

I gotta go roll call.