Hello, I quit chewing 25 days ago. I did it cold turkey. While most of the withdrawal symptoms have passed, I still feel like I am in a fog/daze all the time. I also get these mild headaches. It is very hard for me to concentrate at work. Any idea if/when this will pass? Seem like it should be gone by now from what I have heard from other former chewers and what I have read online. Please help.
Thanks,
Tom
Welcome aboard! 25 days quit without the support of this website?!?!? You are a bad ass.
Here is the deal... this is so much easier to do with this community than it is by yourself. I went 16 days alone before finding this group. The support and community that you will get here is unlike anything that you can imagine. These people will move mountains to help you. Drop anything that is going on to support you in a time of need.
All that you need to do is go to December 2013 group and put your name on the Quitters list. That is your promise, for today, that you will not use nicotine of any sort. For today. And in exchange, the community will pour out support like crazy to help you. Tomorrow, wake up, and immediately (before you do anything else) get your name on that roll call. If you are a man of integrity, and you are, then you can do this. If you f up the roll call... welcome to the team. Everyone of us has. Someone will fix it, don't sweat it. Just get your name on that list.
Now, the fog...
Mine lasted a little over 30 days. It was one of the more extreme cases I've read about on this site. It was horrible. It stole my life. I lost a month of my life to a side effect of an addiction that I welcomed into my life for 25 years. I lost Christmas, I lost New Years. Gone. I made several big big decisions at work - no recollection of them at all.
That is the bad news. The good news is that - when the fog lifted, I felt a lot better. Everyone has a different story to tell, but I got angry when the fog lifted. Angry at tobacco. Angry at nicotine. Angry at myself for poisoning me for 25 years. Angry at throwing away almost 40K.
The fog will pass. It sucks like hell when you are in it. But, it will pass. Stay strong, and check your inbox. I'm sending you my contact information - reach out if I can help you along the way. But please - get your name on the December list. I cannot stress the importance of the accountability that you will have - it will pull you along in tough times. Congratulations on 25 days.