What up quitters! I never thought I would be so excited to be a part of a quitting fraternity, but damn!!! This feels good!! Just to introduce (whether anyone reads these or not) I'm 33 yrs old and live in Kerrville, TX. I'm a Texas Tech alum and build sports fields all over the state of Texas. I've been dipping since I was 18. Started with chew, graduated to dip over a decade ago. Been enjoying tobacco for 15 yrs, but feel guilty every time I look at my 3 kids when I have a dip in. It is so selfish that I keep dipping. However, it is also selfish that I quit dipping. Its about living....living well....not having 300 stored nasty spittoons in my trucks, closet, garage, or bathrooms....its about not being THAT GUY! You know THAT GUY....the one you say, you don't ever want to be like. Well, I gotta say, if you dip, you are THAT GUY to somebody! Maybe even several people. We have felt at peace with the world with our little juicy pacifiers all these years, spitting in public...ducking heads behind pallets at Home Depot to empty our mouths onto the floor where nobody will see it until they rearrange in a year. We shouldn't even be allowed to mingle with the common folk. Well, I plan on becoming domesticated. Sure I am much less pleasant to be around these days. I'm irritable, bug-eyed, walking around in a stupor muttering sentence fragments to myself; but by God, I'm nicotine free. Did I mention I'm selfish? Yeah, I feel better than I have in years because I'm winning my nicotine QUIT. Everybody hates me more, but I hate me less! haha. Its really not that bad. I'm consciously saying loving things to my kids throughout the day so my trial will not negatively affect them. Its not their fault their old man started dipping and god hooked. I'll be able to share this with my son later when he's faced with the choices of tobacco in a few years. Quit is going well, but I know the mental games have not even gotten started yet. Anyways, that's my story in a nutshell. Day 6, here I come.