Knocking on the door of 80 days (today is 79) so I thought it would be a good time to update since my last post in my thread was at day 53.
My quit is kicking ass. In fact, I can't believe how well it has gone. Looking back, the only really tough things that I went through were some insomnia issues and some anxiety issues. Once the insomnia went away for the most part the anxiety seemed to kind of fix itself. Only one major crave and I can't remember even having the small, fleeting mini-craves in the last month or so.
As the HOF approaches and with the reflection and self-examination that I have done over the past 79 days or so, I think that what I take from my quit is that I was so completely ready to be done that it in reality it has been relatively easy. The insomnia and anxiety were short-lived in the grand scheme and rather than major issues they were merely inconveniences on the path of quit. I truly believe that the ease with which you quit is directly related to how ready you are to be really and truly quit forever. And I had been using two and a half decades and was up to three cans per day. But I was extremely ready to be quit on Day 1. I hated dip and had hated it for months if not years. I was anxious about quitting because I was afraid that I would fail (yet again) but not because I was worried about missing dip. I don't miss it. I don't miss the cost, the side effects, the smell, the taste, or anything else. I'm so damn glad that I am quit. I get up everyday and I'm so thankful and happy that I am quit and I know that there is absolutely no way in hell that I will dip that day under any circumstances.
Still no Diet Coke (or soda of any kind) for about a month and a half.
Been working a Paleo-ish diet and I actually feel better than I have felt in years (I pretty much do Paleo but I have been allowing a small amount of organic dairy every day).
Still doing CrossFit. Getting stronger, leaner, and in great shape.
So at forty-one and a half years old I feel better physically and feel better about myself mentally and emotionally than I have in years. Just think - the catalyst happened exactly 79 days ago.
Thanks KTC!