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Re: The thought of quitting is agonizing
« Reply #15 on: July 31, 2014, 10:21:00 AM »
Bump........love to see you post roll.
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Re: The thought of quitting is agonizing
« Reply #14 on: July 31, 2014, 08:28:00 AM »
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You want to talk about fear? I am on day 10 and I woke up in the middle of the night last night screaming because I had a nightmare that felt very real that I had a dip in. I woke up screaming and grabbing at my mouth to get the shit out. Of course, it was a dream, but it was awful to think that I had just thrown away 9 days of hard work. Quit now brother. You have this amazing group of people to help you through. Post roll every morning. Promise not to quit. For me, that is all I need. I think about that promise all day. When I feel weak, I remember that I promised not to break. You can do it too.
Words of wisdom from a dude 10 days in ... I love it! Listen to him, and everyone before ... you CAN do this. Man up, you definitely have what it takes to get to the "other side". C'mon over, we'll help you through. Quitting is all you need to want, own it and make it happen brother!
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Re: The thought of quitting is agonizing
« Reply #13 on: July 31, 2014, 07:38:00 AM »
You want to talk about fear? I am on day 10 and I woke up in the middle of the night last night screaming because I had a nightmare that felt very real that I had a dip in. I woke up screaming and grabbing at my mouth to get the shit out. Of course, it was a dream, but it was awful to think that I had just thrown away 9 days of hard work. Quit now brother. You have this amazing group of people to help you through. Post roll every morning. Promise not to quit. For me, that is all I need. I think about that promise all day. When I feel weak, I remember that I promised not to break. You can do it too.

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Re: The thought of quitting is agonizing
« Reply #12 on: July 31, 2014, 05:33:00 AM »
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Well just the thought of This gives me sheer panic. I felt my breathing got shallower and my heart rate kicked up. It wasnt a good feeling. Hell I even felt like I wanted to cry and rage all at the same time for a nanosecond. This is scary.
I know what you mean, myself as well.

Tino, the very first thing that you need to learn is, you did not pick up a habit. You picked up an addiction. You are an addict! I was recently near an active addict. I watched as he put that shit into his lip, lick his fingers, wipe his lips off and shove the can back into his pocket. When that smell hit my nostrils I started to get that feeling that I was going to puke. My mouth started to water, eyes started to swell up. I doubled over for a couple of seconds. Ya know what? I have never in my life felt so good about wanting to puke.
That was NOT sheer panic. My breathing did NOT get shallower. It WAS a good feeling, I did NOT want to cry and that was NOT scary!
You want your life back you got to take it. The poison don't just give it back freely. Grady made a great observation. Now i see those things he pointed out and its great to be the one looking at an addict with pitty.

I remember the first weeks of quit i would look at a user with inner jealousy and uncontrollable want/desire for what i was quitting.

Begin to realize the poison does not deserve your want and desire. The poison deserves your hate and disgust.  In time you will pitty the fool that continues to use something that takes 1000's of dollars from them each year. A life of slavery to a drug that only does one thing well. It takes until there is nothing left.

Begin reading everything you can on nocotine/addiction. Knowledge builds hate and hate drives quit. Learn your enemy, it knows you. Knowledge will enable you see whats coming. Begin taking the battle to the poison. Stop letting the poison have the advantage. Learn how to win daily.

Read intros from beginning intil now. You'll see your not the first to fight this enemy. Your battle is no different than the 1000's that have used this site to quit. Your battle is not special. Your battle is the same battle that every quitter that has hit your intro has been winning daily.

Take failure off the table. When failure is not an option quit is the only alternative. Ask yourself how many options are you allowing?!?! An addict can only have one option or he/she will fail.

Around day 40 i started to feel a lot better. You, in time will to. Quitting is the only option my friend. Things will improve before you know it. Take it one day, one hour one second at a time.Quit with you today.
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Re: The thought of quitting is agonizing
« Reply #11 on: July 31, 2014, 04:38:00 AM »
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Well just the thought of This gives me sheer panic. I felt my breathing got shallower and my heart rate kicked up. It wasnt a good feeling. Hell I even felt like I wanted to cry and rage all at the same time for a nanosecond. This is scary.
I know what you mean, myself as well.

Tino, the very first thing that you need to learn is, you did not pick up a habit. You picked up an addiction. You are an addict! I was recently near an active addict. I watched as he put that shit into his lip, lick his fingers, wipe his lips off and shove the can back into his pocket. When that smell hit my nostrils I started to get that feeling that I was going to puke. My mouth started to water, eyes started to swell up. I doubled over for a couple of seconds. Ya know what? I have never in my life felt so good about wanting to puke.
That was NOT sheer panic. My breathing did NOT get shallower. It WAS a good feeling, I did NOT want to cry and that was NOT scary!

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Re: The thought of quitting is agonizing
« Reply #10 on: July 31, 2014, 01:48:00 AM »
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Tino, you want motivation? Let's start with your life #1. Then in no order - money (I spent $30000 in 17 years), appearance, smell, always needing a fix, having a rep as a chewer, etc.........
I'll add some more motivation--how about feeling good? An active nicotine addict doesn't even know what it is like to feel good and you won't until your body heals...

The first 3 days are hell, and days 4-14 aren't a whole lot better, but when you reach weeks 3 and 4 of your quit, you will realize that you never felt that good when you dipped. This is what we call feeling normal, and it's great!

Also I don't know if you are a spitter or a gutter, but it is wonderful to not have a spit cup or bottle to carry around or spill.
Thanks Steffano, for posting this! It really helped and strengthened my quit! I was a slave to the can for 36 years and I just realized that I have no idea what "normal" feels like and I can't wait to find out!

Tino, listen to these vets! They know what they're talking about! You have some KTC rock stars in here fighting for you! Take advantage of it!
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Re: The thought of quitting is agonizing
« Reply #9 on: July 30, 2014, 10:26:00 PM »
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Hello everyone, My name is tino. I have been dipping for almost 9 years now. Time sure does fly. Feels like I recently picked up this habit. I dip quite a bit. About a can a day. I have been reading some of the posts and I signed up for this forum in the hopes that I will finally drop that darn can! I want to quit because I know that if I dont i will face a consequence that I will definetly regret. Like I said time flies and I dont want to live with a regret like that laying in a bed at some hospital. Seems like enough motivation right? Well just the thought of quitting gives me sheer panic. I felt my breathing got shallower and my heart rate kicked up. It wasnt a good feeling. Hell I even felt like I wanted to cry and rage all at the same time for a nanosecond. This is scary. I just wanted to vent. I quit today. I felt the pain just typing that lol thank you for reading.
I feel a lot of fear and uncertainty here bro.

I get that. We were all there man. However... You have to turn that around. You can't let it beat you. You have to get rid of half-assed thoughts like "hope, try, and luck". You found this place and the Quit spoke to you. Make the decision and own it. Own. It. If you can get into that frame of mind... Nothing can stop you. I chewed for 25 years ~ 2 cans a day for a good chunk of it. I dropped it cold 470 days ago. Dude... If I can do this, you can too.

Welcome to freedom... It's pretty damn cool.
Don't let that fear derail you Tino. Its not real. I can promise you being quit, clean and free is more than worth the pain you go through in the beginning. You can do this!
Meh, it's just life or death. Not important or anything.
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Re: The thought of quitting is agonizing
« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2014, 06:13:00 PM »
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Hello everyone, My name is tino. I have been dipping for almost 9 years now. Time sure does fly. Feels like I recently picked up this habit. I dip quite a bit. About a can a day. I have been reading some of the posts and I signed up for this forum in the hopes that I will finally drop that darn can! I want to quit because I know that if I dont i will face a consequence that I will definetly regret. Like I said time flies and I dont want to live with a regret like that laying in a bed at some hospital. Seems like enough motivation right? Well just the thought of quitting gives me sheer panic. I felt my breathing got shallower and my heart rate kicked up. It wasnt a good feeling. Hell I even felt like I wanted to cry and rage all at the same time for a nanosecond. This is scary. I just wanted to vent. I quit today. I felt the pain just typing that lol thank you for reading.
I feel a lot of fear and uncertainty here bro.

I get that. We were all there man. However... You have to turn that around. You can't let it beat you. You have to get rid of half-assed thoughts like "hope, try, and luck". You found this place and the Quit spoke to you. Make the decision and own it. Own. It. If you can get into that frame of mind... Nothing can stop you. I chewed for 25 years ~ 2 cans a day for a good chunk of it. I dropped it cold 470 days ago. Dude... If I can do this, you can too.

Welcome to freedom... It's pretty damn cool.
Don't let that fear derail you Tino. Its not real. I can promise you being quit, clean and free is more than worth the pain you go through in the beginning. You can do this!
Meh, it's just life or death. Not important or anything.
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Re: The thought of quitting is agonizing
« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2014, 04:58:00 PM »
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Hello everyone, My name is tino. I have been dipping for almost 9 years now. Time sure does fly. Feels like I recently picked up this habit. I dip quite a bit. About a can a day. I have been reading some of the posts and I signed up for this forum in the hopes that I will finally drop that darn can! I want to quit because I know that if I dont i will face a consequence that I will definetly regret. Like I said time flies and I dont want to live with a regret like that laying in a bed at some hospital. Seems like enough motivation right? Well just the thought of quitting gives me sheer panic. I felt my breathing got shallower and my heart rate kicked up. It wasnt a good feeling. Hell I even felt like I wanted to cry and rage all at the same time for a nanosecond. This is scary. I just wanted to vent. I quit today. I felt the pain just typing that lol thank you for reading.
I feel a lot of fear and uncertainty here bro.

I get that. We were all there man. However... You have to turn that around. You can't let it beat you. You have to get rid of half-assed thoughts like "hope, try, and luck". You found this place and the Quit spoke to you. Make the decision and own it. Own. It. If you can get into that frame of mind... Nothing can stop you. I chewed for 25 years ~ 2 cans a day for a good chunk of it. I dropped it cold 470 days ago. Dude... If I can do this, you can too.

Welcome to freedom... It's pretty damn cool.
Don't let that fear derail you Tino. Its not real. I can promise you being quit, clean and free is more than worth the pain you go through in the beginning. You can do this!

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Re: The thought of quitting is agonizing
« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2014, 04:52:00 PM »
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Tino, you want motivation? Let's start with your life #1. Then in no order - money (I spent $30000 in 17 years), appearance, smell, always needing a fix, having a rep as a chewer, etc.........
I'll add some more motivation--how about feeling good? An active nicotine addict doesn't even know what it is like to feel good and you won't until your body heals...

The first 3 days are hell, and days 4-14 aren't a whole lot better, but when you reach weeks 3 and 4 of your quit, you will realize that you never felt that good when you dipped. This is what we call feeling normal, and it's great!

Also I don't know if you are a spitter or a gutter, but it is wonderful to not have a spit cup or bottle to carry around or spill.

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Re: The thought of quitting is agonizing
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2014, 04:44:00 PM »
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Hello everyone, My name is tino. I have been dipping for almost 9 years now. Time sure does fly. Feels like I recently picked up this habit. I dip quite a bit. About a can a day. I have been reading some of the posts and I signed up for this forum in the hopes that I will finally drop that darn can! I want to quit because I know that if I dont i will face a consequence that I will definetly regret. Like I said time flies and I dont want to live with a regret like that laying in a bed at some hospital. Seems like enough motivation right? Well just the thought of quitting gives me sheer panic. I felt my breathing got shallower and my heart rate kicked up. It wasnt a good feeling. Hell I even felt like I wanted to cry and rage all at the same time for a nanosecond. This is scary. I just wanted to vent. I quit today. I felt the pain just typing that lol thank you for reading.
I feel a lot of fear and uncertainty here bro.

I get that. We were all there man. However... You have to turn that around. You can't let it beat you. You have to get rid of half-assed thoughts like "hope, try, and luck". You found this place and the Quit spoke to you. Make the decision and own it. Own. It. If you can get into that frame of mind... Nothing can stop you. I chewed for 25 years ~ 2 cans a day for a good chunk of it. I dropped it cold 470 days ago. Dude... If I can do this, you can too.

Welcome to freedom... It's pretty damn cool.
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Re: The thought of quitting is agonizing
« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2014, 03:58:00 PM »
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Tino, you want motivation? Let's start with your life #1. Then in no order - money (I spent $30000 in 17 years), appearance, smell, always needing a fix, having a rep as a chewer, etc.........

This is hard brother, but cancer is harder. Post roll in the November group and get your quit on.
Thinking about quitting sucks ass. Quitting sucks too, but at least you are actually doing something. Do yourself a huge favor and decide to quit. The suck lasts a short while, but the freedom you will feel is amazing. Yes it's hard, but we do this one day at a time. You can quit for one day right? Well make the commitment to quit today and post roll, which is your promise that you won't use nicotine today in any form. We'll quit again tomorrow and do the same thing.

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Re: The thought of quitting is agonizing
« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2014, 03:51:00 PM »
Tino, you want motivation? Let's start with your life #1. Then in no order - money (I spent $30000 in 17 years), appearance, smell, always needing a fix, having a rep as a chewer, etc.........

This is hard brother, but cancer is harder. Post roll in the November group and get your quit on.
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Re: The thought of quitting is agonizing
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2014, 03:42:00 PM »
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Hello everyone, My name is tino. I have been dipping for almost 9 years now. Time sure does fly. Feels like I recently picked up this habit. I dip quite a bit. About a can a day. I have been reading some of the posts and I signed up for this forum in the hopes that I will finally drop that darn can! I want to quit because I know that if I dont i will face a consequence that I will definetly regret. Like I said time flies and I dont want to live with a regret like that laying in a bed at some hospital. Seems like enough motivation right? Well just the thought of quitting gives me sheer panic. I felt my breathing got shallower and my heart rate kicked up. It wasnt a good feeling. Hell I even felt like I wanted to cry and rage all at the same time for a nanosecond. This is scary. I just wanted to vent. I quit today. I felt the pain just typing that lol thank you for reading.
Nothing fulfilling in life comes easy Tino. That fear is not yours, it's that bitch nicotine, and your addiction scared and being defensive toward being overcome.

Step out of your comfort zone and quit with us. The rewards for taking control are endless. On the other side, like you said, there is no circumstance where you can continue this addiction without severe consequences (if being a slave for 9 years isn't enough).

Read the welcome center at the top of the main forum page. That will teach you how to post roll with us. Post your promise every day not to use, dive into everything the site has to offer, and get connected with other quitters.

Congratulations on taking the first step. Let me be the first to welcome you to the nuthouse (:

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The thought of quitting is agonizing
« on: July 30, 2014, 03:29:00 PM »
Hello everyone, My name is tino. I have been dipping for almost 9 years now. Time sure does fly. Feels like I recently picked up this habit. I dip quite a bit. About a can a day. I have been reading some of the posts and I signed up for this forum in the hopes that I will finally drop that darn can! I want to quit because I know that if I dont i will face a consequence that I will definetly regret. Like I said time flies and I dont want to live with a regret like that laying in a bed at some hospital. Seems like enough motivation right? Well just the thought of quitting gives me sheer panic. I felt my breathing got shallower and my heart rate kicked up. It wasnt a good feeling. Hell I even felt like I wanted to cry and rage all at the same time for a nanosecond. This is scary. I just wanted to vent. I quit today. I felt the pain just typing that lol thank you for reading.