Quitting after 18 years

[Bean]

Congrats on a great choice, Poole! Now let's get something straight...NICOTINE warped your mind into thinking you liked chewing. Think about it...your gums recede, teeth fall out, breath stinks, you have to carry around a little cup of your own spit, front seat of the car has little bits all over it, your fingers turn orange, it makes most folks physically ill the first time they put it in their mouth!! And that doesn't even mention the eventualities of a cancer diagnosis...chemo therapy, feeding tubes, tongue and jaw removal and then a severe case of weightloss before death. NO FUCKING THANKS!!!

But cancer pics and stories never scared me enough to motivate a quit. It wasn't until I found this site and heard from all of these other bad-ass quitters...the common lies we tell ourselves, the ridiculous rationalization to continue dipping. TOBACCO FUCKING SUCKS!!! AND YOU WILL TRADE YOUR LIFE FOR IT UNLESS YOU QUIT.

Read the Tom and Jenny Kern story. Get pissed at tobacco. Don't glamorize it and pine for how you "enjoyed it." That is addict speak. And it has no place here.

QUIT ON!!! You can do this!!!

[RDB]

Hello all,

I decided at midnight January 7th I was going to quit chewing after 18 years. That is better than half of my life. I am a former college baseball player and now a coach so I know I'm going to be around chew on a regular basis. To be honest I enjoyed chewing. I know it is awful for me but I really enjoyed it. After meals, car rides, before bed, with my coffee, you name it. At my peak I was over a can a day, in the recent past I have cut to a can every two days. I think if it wasn't for my wife I probably wouldn't be quitting. It's not that I'm doing it for her but it is an added bonus. Anyway thanks for my ramble and I look forward to the support this group will provide.

Hi poole.

I've been a member of this community for almost a year (Day 355). I've read nearly every introduction in this forum for a lot of that time. Your mind is not yet where it needs to be if you want to quit successfully.

1. Chewing tobacco is disgusting. My addicted brain had me convinced at one point that I enjoyed it, too. Whether it's straight, wintergreen, mint, or peach flavored, it tastes like shit. Tobacco serves one purpose - as a delivery mechanism for nicotine. And guess what, it is trying to kill you, so of course it will convince you that you like it. Do you remember the first time you tried it? You thought it was gross, right? But you toughed through it because you wanted to look like a man, right? It turns out that the younger version of you had it right the first time.

2. You have to quit because you want to quit. Because you're sick of being a slave to the can. Because you're sick of knocking spitters over. Because you're sick of looking forward to getting your next fix. Because you're sick of being sick. Because you don't want to be nicotine's bitch anymore.

This is a link to your April '17 Quit Group. Go there and post roll. For more about posting roll, click here. And for specific directions on how to post roll, click here.

Posting roll is the backbone of this site. It is the most important tool we have, and it opens the doors to the full support offered her.

I hope to see you get active and stay quit. Jump in with both feet, and drink the Kool-Aid. This place works if you buy in.

[Thumblewort]

Poole, bro. You can't quit for someone else. I "quit " for my wife and kids 30-40 times over 17 years. I quit for myself just once. Learn to hate the drug that you and I are addicted to, because it WILL kill you. Post roll, learn the lingo, and never look back.

[SemperFry]

Welcome to the group. I'm a newbie as well. I'm on day 9 Quit. Quitting after about 20 years, as well. My 1-4 days were the worst so far. Day 8, I felt good...... and who knows what's ahead. Like I said, I just started my Quit too.

Good to see you here. Holler anytime

Seth

[poole2433]

Hello all,

I decided at midnight January 7th I was going to quit chewing after 18 years. That is better than half of my life. I am a former college baseball player and now a coach so I know I'm going to be around chew on a regular basis. To be honest I enjoyed chewing. I know it is awful for me but I really enjoyed it. After meals, car rides, before bed, with my coffee, you name it. At my peak I was over a can a day, in the recent past I have cut to a can every two days. I think if it wasn't for my wife I probably wouldn't be quitting. It's not that I'm doing it for her but it is an added bonus. Anyway thanks for my ramble and I look forward to the support this group will provide.