30 Hours so Far

[eric71]

Congratulations! Hof is the start of a new beginning my friend. First hurdle cleared and it was a big one. Now ODAAT let it fall where it may. Proud to be quit with you.

Well done brother! Congrats on the HOF!

[pab1964]

Congratulations! Hof is the start of a new beginning my friend. First hurdle cleared and it was a big one. Now ODAAT let it fall where it may. Proud to be quit with you.

[FISHFLORIDA]

Brother! Awesome to quit with you! congrats on 100hof. Can't wait to go to 200 with you.

[pky1520]

Congrats on your HOF Cowmus! So proud to have had you in my group - thanks for being such a solid brother in quit!

[Rawls]

Thanks for all the encouraging words and texts! It really does help!

I've noticed people in our August group really hyped this week. Tons of activity, texts, posts. It has pulled me out of my funk. Celebrating my quit and ignoring the other shit.

Thanks gentlemen!

Keep going. I promise that it keeps getting better. :)

Every day... the old dies
and a new you awakes.
Your getting stronger ODAAT.
I quit with you today.
Rawls 627

[Stranger999]

Thanks for all the encouraging words and texts! It really does help!

I've noticed people in our August group really hyped this week. Tons of activity, texts, posts. It has pulled me out of my funk. Celebrating my quit and ignoring the other shit.

Thanks gentlemen!

Keep going. I promise that it keeps getting better. :)

[CowMus]

Thanks for all the encouraging words and texts! It really does help!

I've noticed people in our August group really hyped this week. Tons of activity, texts, posts. It has pulled me out of my funk. Celebrating my quit and ignoring the other shit.

Thanks gentlemen!

[FISHFLORIDA]

I'm close to 90 days quit now. As of Monday the August group starts hitting 100 day mark. It's exciting to read the posts. It's really affirming to read the HOF speeches.

I'm still using Smokey Mountain Chew...actually in the last few days I use it as much as I dipped. It even has some of the same effects on my mouth. (And I obsess over that!!!!!)

For some reason I feel kind of depressed and I'm almost at 90 days! That just seems fucked up. I should be excited about the upcoming 100 days quit and even proud of myself. But I am feeling depressed.

UGH. Has anyone else had this at the juncture in the quit?

Congratulations on your soon to be HOF day! Yes, there will be ups and downs ahead of you. You aren't cured nor will you ever be cured. The good news is that the downs come less and less often the further along in your quit. Stay connected and stay quit! B)B

Thank you 999. I sure appreciate the encouraging words.

Look back through my log and the journal of many others, you will see there was a wall around this point for nearly everyone. The initial push to be quit begins to really subside. Now is the time to buckle down and grind it out. There will be a letdown around 120-150 as well. That is the high coming off reaching the HOF milestone. Much like you've done to this point, plan ahead and use what you need to persevere. I'm quit with you today, 1501 today for me, you will get there as well.

Cowmus, my Yeehaw brother.
Keep the momentum of that 100 day quit into the 200. I'm doing it with you. I've had some wicked lows lately and it seems the only way to lose them is to actually go to sleep. whatever it takes.
Let's get ready for the next 200 and attack it just like the first 100! Going gung-ho on KTC like a raving idiot has been the ONLY thing keeping me quit. I'd be a bigger idiot if I stopped doing that. I am sooo not outta the woods. QLAMFEDD you cattle groping, I mean roping, madman!

[eric71]

I'm close to 90 days quit now. As of Monday the August group starts hitting 100 day mark. It's exciting to read the posts. It's really affirming to read the HOF speeches.

I'm still using Smokey Mountain Chew...actually in the last few days I use it as much as I dipped. It even has some of the same effects on my mouth. (And I obsess over that!!!!!)

For some reason I feel kind of depressed and I'm almost at 90 days! That just seems fucked up. I should be excited about the upcoming 100 days quit and even proud of myself. But I am feeling depressed.

UGH. Has anyone else had this at the juncture in the quit?

Congratulations on your soon to be HOF day! Yes, there will be ups and downs ahead of you. You aren't cured nor will you ever be cured. The good news is that the downs come less and less often the further along in your quit. Stay connected and stay quit! B)B

Thank you 999. I sure appreciate the encouraging words.

Look back through my log and the journal of many others, you will see there was a wall around this point for nearly everyone. The initial push to be quit begins to really subside. Now is the time to buckle down and grind it out. There will be a letdown around 120-150 as well. That is the high coming off reaching the HOF milestone. Much like you've done to this point, plan ahead and use what you need to persevere. I'm quit with you today, 1501 today for me, you will get there as well.

[CowMus]

I'm close to 90 days quit now. As of Monday the August group starts hitting 100 day mark. It's exciting to read the posts. It's really affirming to read the HOF speeches.

I'm still using Smokey Mountain Chew...actually in the last few days I use it as much as I dipped. It even has some of the same effects on my mouth. (And I obsess over that!!!!!)

For some reason I feel kind of depressed and I'm almost at 90 days! That just seems fucked up. I should be excited about the upcoming 100 days quit and even proud of myself. But I am feeling depressed.

UGH. Has anyone else had this at the juncture in the quit?

Congratulations on your soon to be HOF day! Yes, there will be ups and downs ahead of you. You aren't cured nor will you ever be cured. The good news is that the downs come less and less often the further along in your quit. Stay connected and stay quit! B)B

Thank you 999. I sure appreciate the encouraging words.

[Stranger999]

I'm close to 90 days quit now. As of Monday the August group starts hitting 100 day mark. It's exciting to read the posts. It's really affirming to read the HOF speeches.

I'm still using Smokey Mountain Chew...actually in the last few days I use it as much as I dipped. It even has some of the same effects on my mouth. (And I obsess over that!!!!!)

For some reason I feel kind of depressed and I'm almost at 90 days! That just seems fucked up. I should be excited about the upcoming 100 days quit and even proud of myself. But I am feeling depressed.

UGH. Has anyone else had this at the juncture in the quit?

Congratulations on your soon to be HOF day! Yes, there will be ups and downs ahead of you. You aren't cured nor will you ever be cured. The good news is that the downs come less and less often the further along in your quit. Stay connected and stay quit! B)B

[CowMus]

I'm close to 90 days quit now. As of Monday the August group starts hitting 100 day mark. It's exciting to read the posts. It's really affirming to read the HOF speeches.

I'm still using Smokey Mountain Chew...actually in the last few days I use it as much as I dipped. It even has some of the same effects on my mouth. (And I obsess over that!!!!!)

For some reason I feel kind of depressed and I'm almost at 90 days! That just seems fucked up. I should be excited about the upcoming 100 days quit and even proud of myself. But I am feeling depressed.

UGH. Has anyone else had this at the juncture in the quit?

[CowMus]

So, I'm 54 days into being quit. I'm glad that I quit. My anxiety of health has been better on a day to day basis. However, I think my anxiety spikes in a huge way dealing with health issues as a result of my quit. The mouth healing has brought canker sores like crazy, much more intense TMJ because I am clenching my jaw in my sleep. This week I had 2 canker sores come up that have also caused my lymph nodes to swell up. It's probably tooth related as well.

I notice guys buying a can a lot more than I used to. Sometimes I think I should tell them about this sight, and honestly sometimes I have that second of "I want some". I wonder if that split second ever goes away? I immediately shake it off but it is still there long enough for me to realize it.

Interesting....

Cowmus,

Thanks for sharing. I am still clenching my jaw and grinding my teeth at night. I use night guards that I purchase over the counter and they help prevent damage that can occur due to the grinding. Seems to be working for me now.

I am sure it will be a while until we are past the trigger of watching folks buy chew and us having a desire to want some. We are rewiring our brains and that'll take some time depending on how long we've chewed and how strong our addiction was.

Proud to be quit with you in our Aug 2016 group!

I cant even look at the Wall at the gas station. Just looking at the cans feels like cheating. At some point I'd love for it to be such a distant memory, that I can see a wall of tobacco or others using and feel nothing about it, but maybe it's ok if I never get there. Those mini craves and thoughts can just remind me that I'm free of it now and should be proud of that.

I know what you mean about looking. Today I was at the QT to get Tea and SMC....I looked at the far left corner of the rack. Cuz that always where the Copenhagen snuff is. (My choir for 20+ years). I snapped my head back in an instant as if I had seen my parents having sex. I was 'eyes forward only' until it was my turn to be at the counter. EEEEK.

[eric71]

So, I'm 54 days into being quit. I'm glad that I quit. My anxiety of health has been better on a day to day basis. However, I think my anxiety spikes in a huge way dealing with health issues as a result of my quit. The mouth healing has brought canker sores like crazy, much more intense TMJ because I am clenching my jaw in my sleep. This week I had 2 canker sores come up that have also caused my lymph nodes to swell up. It's probably tooth related as well.

I notice guys buying a can a lot more than I used to. Sometimes I think I should tell them about this sight, and honestly sometimes I have that second of "I want some". I wonder if that split second ever goes away? I immediately shake it off but it is still there long enough for me to realize it.

Interesting....

Cowmus,

Thanks for sharing. I am still clenching my jaw and grinding my teeth at night. I use night guards that I purchase over the counter and they help prevent damage that can occur due to the grinding. Seems to be working for me now.

I am sure it will be a while until we are past the trigger of watching folks buy chew and us having a desire to want some. We are rewiring our brains and that'll take some time depending on how long we've chewed and how strong our addiction was.

Proud to be quit with you in our Aug 2016 group!

I cant even look at the Wall at the gas station. Just looking at the cans feels like cheating. At some point I'd love for it to be such a distant memory, that I can see a wall of tobacco or others using and feel nothing about it, but maybe it's ok if I never get there. Those mini craves and thoughts can just remind me that I'm free of it now and should be proud of that.

It will all subside in time but it never truly goes away. That is what an addictive mindset does. It can allow us to control it though. Use the addictive tendency to keep the bitch in her place. She no longer has a grip on your life. Be addicted to what life has to offer you now that you are no longer chained to the can.

I quit with you today.

[pky1520]

So, I'm 54 days into being quit. I'm glad that I quit. My anxiety of health has been better on a day to day basis. However, I think my anxiety spikes in a huge way dealing with health issues as a result of my quit. The mouth healing has brought canker sores like crazy, much more intense TMJ because I am clenching my jaw in my sleep. This week I had 2 canker sores come up that have also caused my lymph nodes to swell up. It's probably tooth related as well.

I notice guys buying a can a lot more than I used to. Sometimes I think I should tell them about this sight, and honestly sometimes I have that second of "I want some". I wonder if that split second ever goes away? I immediately shake it off but it is still there long enough for me to realize it.

Interesting....

Cowmus,

Thanks for sharing. I am still clenching my jaw and grinding my teeth at night. I use night guards that I purchase over the counter and they help prevent damage that can occur due to the grinding. Seems to be working for me now.

I am sure it will be a while until we are past the trigger of watching folks buy chew and us having a desire to want some. We are rewiring our brains and that'll take some time depending on how long we've chewed and how strong our addiction was.

Proud to be quit with you in our Aug 2016 group!

I cant even look at the Wall at the gas station. Just looking at the cans feels like cheating. At some point I'd love for it to be such a distant memory, that I can see a wall of tobacco or others using and feel nothing about it, but maybe it's ok if I never get there. Those mini craves and thoughts can just remind me that I'm free of it now and should be proud of that.