intro day 1

[CDub27]

Giantsfan-
Big congrats on hitting the HoF. Keep quitting ODAAT. EDD. Quit with you!

Congrats on the HOF!! Sorry your a giants fan.. Go Hawks!! HaHa.

Glad I am quit with you!!

[FMBM707]

Giantsfan-
Big congrats on hitting the HoF. Keep quitting ODAAT. EDD. Quit with you!

[schaef418]

Congrats on the HOF!

[Mattstreak]

I'm here with ya man. I watched my mom die a slow painfull death from COPD and just like you saw myself going down that same road. Stay strong.

[giantsfanva]

all

I am on day 3, overall my urges etc are all manageable. Eating more than I would like, need to get that shit under control. Past 2 nights my sleep has been totally messed up. Is this normal? Fell asleep fine, wake up almost every 2 hours and was sweating pretty heavily both nights. Uh, how long does this sleep bullshit last???

All part of the plan. It will pass. Try some Melatonin. It's an all natural sleep medicine. For me all of those issues passed by day 4. Keep quitting. I know you can do it.

Its going to suck until it doesn't. Everyones' quit is a little different, but all the b.s. is worth it. Don't worry about the eating right now; it is way easier to lose weight than a tumor... Trust me though it will get so much better, and sooner than you would think. Just get through today.
Melatonin is worth a try; also try tiring yourself out with more exercise or a physical project around the house...

Yep. Normal. So, something that rebels so terribly when you refrain from using it can't be all that good for you can it? Stay the course. Your body will rewire and resume normal operations. Keep posting and keep writing. We got your back.

Day 4 made it through golf without the temptation. 2 guys in our 4 some were smoking, I told them to go smoke far away from me, didn't want to smell the shit. Went though a bunch of fake dip while playing, seemed to do the trick for me. Up and down round, no doubt old me would have dipped 1/2 a can during that kind of round. Hoping day 4 bring me some better sleep!!!

So day 9 here. played 3 rounds of golf in my first 9 days, wasn't really tempted at all on the course, some smokey mountain fake stuff got me through that

Biggest issue to date is for the first 9 days I am not sleeping well at all.

I fall asleep fine. Problem is I wake up at 200AM, then wake up at 500AM for good. Crazy shit. Not a fan of sleep meds so I guess I will just deal with it and start my day earlier.

[giantsfanva]

all

I am on day 3, overall my urges etc are all manageable. Eating more than I would like, need to get that shit under control. Past 2 nights my sleep has been totally messed up. Is this normal? Fell asleep fine, wake up almost every 2 hours and was sweating pretty heavily both nights. Uh, how long does this sleep bullshit last???

All part of the plan. It will pass. Try some Melatonin. It's an all natural sleep medicine. For me all of those issues passed by day 4. Keep quitting. I know you can do it.

Its going to suck until it doesn't. Everyones' quit is a little different, but all the b.s. is worth it. Don't worry about the eating right now; it is way easier to lose weight than a tumor... Trust me though it will get so much better, and sooner than you would think. Just get through today.
Melatonin is worth a try; also try tiring yourself out with more exercise or a physical project around the house...

Yep. Normal. So, something that rebels so terribly when you refrain from using it can't be all that good for you can it? Stay the course. Your body will rewire and resume normal operations. Keep posting and keep writing. We got your back.

Day 4 made it through golf without the temptation. 2 guys in our 4 some were smoking, I told them to go smoke far away from me, didn't want to smell the shit. Went though a bunch of fake dip while playing, seemed to do the trick for me. Up and down round, no doubt old me would have dipped 1/2 a can during that kind of round. Hoping day 4 bring me some better sleep!!!

[Scowick65]

all

I am on day 3, overall my urges etc are all manageable. Eating more than I would like, need to get that shit under control. Past 2 nights my sleep has been totally messed up. Is this normal? Fell asleep fine, wake up almost every 2 hours and was sweating pretty heavily both nights. Uh, how long does this sleep bullshit last???

All part of the plan. It will pass. Try some Melatonin. It's an all natural sleep medicine. For me all of those issues passed by day 4. Keep quitting. I know you can do it.

Its going to suck until it doesn't. Everyones' quit is a little different, but all the b.s. is worth it. Don't worry about the eating right now; it is way easier to lose weight than a tumor... Trust me though it will get so much better, and sooner than you would think. Just get through today.
Melatonin is worth a try; also try tiring yourself out with more exercise or a physical project around the house...

Yep. Normal. So, something that rebels so terribly when you refrain from using it can't be all that good for you can it? Stay the course. Your body will rewire and resume normal operations. Keep posting and keep writing. We got your back.

[B-loMatt]

all

I am on day 3, overall my urges etc are all manageable. Eating more than I would like, need to get that shit under control. Past 2 nights my sleep has been totally messed up. Is this normal? Fell asleep fine, wake up almost every 2 hours and was sweating pretty heavily both nights. Uh, how long does this sleep bullshit last???

All part of the plan. It will pass. Try some Melatonin. It's an all natural sleep medicine. For me all of those issues passed by day 4. Keep quitting. I know you can do it.

Its going to suck until it doesn't. Everyones' quit is a little different, but all the b.s. is worth it. Don't worry about the eating right now; it is way easier to lose weight than a tumor... Trust me though it will get so much better, and sooner than you would think. Just get through today.
Melatonin is worth a try; also try tiring yourself out with more exercise or a physical project around the house...

[Landdon]

all

I am on day 3, overall my urges etc are all manageable. Eating more than I would like, need to get that shit under control. Past 2 nights my sleep has been totally messed up. Is this normal? Fell asleep fine, wake up almost every 2 hours and was sweating pretty heavily both nights. Uh, how long does this sleep bullshit last???

All part of the plan. It will pass. Try some Melatonin. It's an all natural sleep medicine. For me all of those issues passed by day 4. Keep quitting. I know you can do it.

[giantsfanva]

all

I am on day 3, overall my urges etc are all manageable. Eating more than I would like, need to get that shit under control. Past 2 nights my sleep has been totally messed up. Is this normal? Fell asleep fine, wake up almost every 2 hours and was sweating pretty heavily both nights. Uh, how long does this sleep bullshit last???

[Grizzlyhasclaws]

Day 1 almost in the books, did almost 3/4 can of smokey mountain wintergreen which is surprisingly good!!!!

My kids and wife are out of town, thank the lord, I am one irritable mother f er right now!

Probably going to try and get to sleep early so I am not awake during my old normal "last dip" time.

Nice work. Read the hell out of the Ktc forums. You need to earn you first degree quit belt while the wife and kids are gone. Quiz on Monday. Quit on quitter.

[CavMan83]

giantsfan....

Welcome to KTC...this is one serious quitting community if you haven't already figured it out. You need to stick close to this site, especially for the first couple of weeks, because if you're human and have dipped for any length of time, your life is about to SUCK in ways you never before imagined....learn from the info on these pages how to deal with the SUCK, why it SUCKS, and what your body and your mind is going through as you physically, then (much later) mentally, withdraw.

Post roll (October group) EVERY DAMN DAY...EARLY in the day...that takes the option to use nicotine off the table (assuming you have integrity and honor)....next, build a community of quit brothers...get their numbers (I'd start with Jeeptruck...that man has this whole quit thing figured out, especially since it damn near KILLED him)...bind your quit to theirs.

It is NOT easy...but then again, those things that are worth having (I'd count a CLEAN life in that number), very seldom come easy.

Quit on brother....quit on. PM me if you need help doing the whole roll posting thing, which can seem a little assed up at first.

[giantsfanva]

Day 1 almost in the books, did almost 3/4 can of smokey mountain wintergreen which is surprisingly good!!!!

My kids and wife are out of town, thank the lord, I am one irritable mother f er right now!

Probably going to try and get to sleep early so I am not awake during my old normal "last dip" time.

[Bean]

new member here. 3 liters of water since 6am, Smokey Mountain Wintergreen in place of the dip, also hit a 3 mile run. Feeling great

Been dipping on and off since 87/88. Had several multi year breaks but somehow always wound up back, typically triggered by round of golf where I had "just one dip"

Mom died last year of lung cancer, 30 year smoker, I was pissed at the dumb choices she made, and here I was making the same dumb choices. I lost a ton of weight this past year, got in the best shape of my life, however I was still doing something daily that could kill me. Turning point for me was when my 7 year old asked me 2 weeks ago "is that stuff bad for you??" Decided that day I was quitting, ordered my smokey mountain and just posted roll this AM.
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That is one great fucking choice!!! Congrats!

Post roll, keep your word, read and repeat. Quitting is a privilege reserved to those who are bad-ass enough to do it. YOU ARE. Congrats!!!

[Scowick65]

coping

updated my avatar just for you!!!! appreciate all of your advice, all good points except #8

'arse'

Welcome to the quit!

Welcome.