I've known I should quit dipping since I started. Just never could. Been dipping for about 12 years, spent 4 years on active duty with the Army. Got married, got off active duty, moved home, and started a family 4 years ago, still in National Guard. I really realized I was an addict when I told my wife when she was pregnant with my first kid that I would quit once the baby was born. Then the baby came and I was never able to do it. Then it was excuse after excuse, "Well he's just a baby, he doesn't know what I'm doing, etc" Well now my oldest is almost 4 and I have an almost 1 year old. I'm to the point where I only dip when I'm in my Jeep alone, or at home and everyone else has gone to sleep. That proves that I'm embarrassed that I am a dipper. I've tried to quit before, I've even made it 2 months once. But I've always tried to do it myself, ashamed that I hadn't already kicked it, and failed. I'm here to quit for the last time. I fully understand how hard it will be, but I have to quit. The difference this time is I'm willing to talk about it with more people who have gone through the same struggle, and not do it alone.
