When I started using Skoal, it was a once or twice a day "habit" that I did... I still remember the nicotine rush I got back then... and how I thought it was okay, everyone else I knew did it.
Even as my addiction moved from a can a week to a can a day, I continued to justify and rationalize my addiction. I mean come on, it's not smoking is it? Shit, smokers hack and cough and get lung cancer. I can still run, and breathe and no one I know has gotten "face cancer" from snuff.
I would start my day with a pinch, end my day with a pinch, and if I wasn't making love or eating food, damn it there was a pinch of Skoal in my mouth. And still I didn't think I was addicted. Two can's a day, sometimes less, sometimes more, and still I thought I was in control.
Then I decided to quit. I figured, shit, this is going to be no sweat. That dumbass feeling lasted less than an hour.
When I realized I had gotten way over my head I did a Google search and found this group.
Its about two hours since my first post in the Quit Group and damn it I am surprised at how many people have already come out to support my quit.
Realizing that I am not the only guy who feels like his body is rebelling against him for quitting, that there are others who know what I'm going through... I might just make it out of this addiction.
-My First Post-Â Â Hello. My name is Jon and I just quit yesterday, January 13th. At 4am this morning I made it my first twenty-four hours without Skoal. I've made my choice to quit wasting my money on can after can of dip, and I don't feel like taking the chance that I'll end up with face cancer. When I was single, it was a risk that seemed negligible. Now I am married, and I need to be concerned about more than just myself. I've got to admit it though, I never thought it would be this hard over the first day and a half. I mean, I am sitting here actually consciously thinking about rubbing snuff, grinding my teeth, and dreading going to work tonight where I am sure just about everyone will offer me a pinch... ("no one likes a quitter")... I almost gave in this morning when I woke up feeling like complete shit, crawled into the shower and looked around for my can.
