I've been addicted to dip for 20 years... I got hooked while in the Army. It's pretty typical for soldiers to use dip - even their Lieutenant (I wanted to fit in I guess)... I didn't think I'd get hooked but a fellow soldier who smoked said "Don't do it, you'll get hooked." I didn't listen to him. How stupid was that? Now look, 20 years later I finally QUIT. It took 20 years.
The primary impetus to quit: I don't want to get cancer and die. It's that simple. My first QUIT day was June 28, 2018. A few weeks ago we buried my mother-in-law: she was a smoker and had stage IV lung cancer. I don't need any more convincing.
Before really quitting I'd play games with myself. "Well, maybe I'll gradually wean myself off of it." Nope - doesn't work. "Maybe I'll just dip on weekends..." Nope. I found myself dipping all the time, as usual. "Maybe I'll just stop for a while..." That would last maybe a day at the most... Quitting is different.
I'm on Day 6 of my QUIT. Quitting means you are not on the fence. You decide without reservation to embrace the quit each morning, no exceptions. It's difficult. But the community here rallies around you. They will dig deep for you. I've learned that I am not superman. But I don't have to be superman to QUIT. I just have to be intentional and disciplined and surrounded by men and women of courage. And those people are here.
