quit on 12-6-14

[Idaho Spuds]

Congratulations on posting roll and being here after 9 days. Please allow me to help you a bit with a change of mindset:

I know you meant well with wishing us luck. We (including you) do not need luck. We need NOT to put a dip in our mouths for 24 hours, hence our daily promise. No luck involved as I can choose not to use a product that was killing me for 24 hours.

This isn't a dirty habit. It is a drug addiction. 286 days ago I thought it was a habit, and was using a patch to "cure my habit". Once I acknowledged I was a nicotine addict, I ripped the patch off and became a quitter.

Follow this guy^^^^. He is quit like fuck.

I just got quit wood ^^^^

[handywoodworker]

wow, thanks for the encouragement. Just what I need. No BS not f'n around advice.

I'll take it!

Aaron

[Wt57]

I've got to tell you that you're not the only one that works long hard hours. If your really serious and want to succeed make posting roll as natural as waking up and taking a piss. If you can't get online, get the numbers of fellow March quitters and text them to post for you. Without that daily promise you'll more than likely fail again. I know, I failed multiple times (2 year stops twice). The vast amount of quit experience that is available here is worth listening to. We are all addicts, we've all been down the paths of lying and every form of deception to feed our addiction. We can't be fooled but we can lead you down the path of quitting.

[Grizzlyhasclaws]

Congratulations on posting roll and being here after 9 days. Please allow me to help you a bit with a change of mindset:

I know you meant well with wishing us luck. We (including you) do not need luck. We need NOT to put a dip in our mouths for 24 hours, hence our daily promise. No luck involved as I can choose not to use a product that was killing me for 24 hours.

This isn't a dirty habit. It is a drug addiction. 286 days ago I thought it was a habit, and was using a patch to "cure my habit". Once I acknowledged I was a nicotine addict, I ripped the patch off and became a quitter.

Follow this guy^^^^. He is quit like fuck.

[Thumblewort]

Congratulations on posting roll and being here after 9 days. Please allow me to help you a bit with a change of mindset:

I know you meant well with wishing us luck. We (including you) do not need luck. We need NOT to put a dip in our mouths for 24 hours, hence our daily promise. No luck involved as I can choose not to use a product that was killing me for 24 hours.

This isn't a dirty habit. It is a drug addiction. 286 days ago I thought it was a habit, and was using a patch to "cure my habit". Once I acknowledged I was a nicotine addict, I ripped the patch off and became a quitter.

[Frazzled]

I was a copenhagen snuff and long cut user for 14 years. 1 to 2 tins a day depending on the time of year. First attempt at quitting was in January of 2012. Made it almost 7 months. Then I quit my job of almost 20 years under some pretty crappy circumstances. I guess the stress of quitting my job was what lead me back to the can. Started my own business and things are looking up and figured I'd give it a go at quitting again. Took my last pinch 12-6-2014. It's been a rough week or so. But if I keep busy with work I find I don't really think about it. When I'm not doing anything is when the crave really starts. Found this site and thought I'd sign up.

It's cool reading all the posts and encouragement. I can't see checking in everyday but will do the best I can. I work a lot of long hard hours so sometimes I fall asleep in the recliner or just hit the rack early.

Good luck to all of those who are quitting or have quit already. Its a dumb nasty habit. Not sure why I started in the first place. Guess I was bored. It was my last vice i guess. I quit drinking in 06 and lost 50 lbs. Now the challenge is to quit dip and not put 50 lbs on.

handywoodworker
aka Aaron

Hey Aaron,

Thanks for posting this, and posting up roll in March 2015. You're off to a pretty good start. Assuming you're not using NRT (gum, lozenges, or patches) the nicotine is already out of your system. That is a great thing...

A couple of things pop out at me from your intro. When you stopped for 7 months, you didn't really quit. Quit is an action, and it is a mindset. It is not saying we'll never go back to dip, though that is obviously the goal, but it says we will be Quit for a measured period of time - one day. We all post roll every day - first thing in the morning, when we can make our promise to our quit bothers that we will not use for the remainder of the day. That's the method this site uses, and it works better than all other types of quit strategies out there. I need you to commit to doing this every day if you can.

If you can't, this site may not work well for you, or you may not get as much out of it as you need. And, your quit brothers in March won't get nearly the support you can provide them. You see, we treat each other like brothers here. I take care of my own, and they take care of me. Maybe if you can't hit a computer in the morning, you could get to know your brothers, swap digits, and send a text of your promise.

I encourage you to read as much as you can on this site and get to understand how we do what we do. In the end, if you choose to stay with us, it will be the best, and last, quit you will ever need.

Quit on.

~Frazz

[handywoodworker]

I was a copenhagen snuff and long cut user for 14 years. 1 to 2 tins a day depending on the time of year. First attempt at quitting was in January of 2012. Made it almost 7 months. Then I quit my job of almost 20 years under some pretty crappy circumstances. I guess the stress of quitting my job was what lead me back to the can. Started my own business and things are looking up and figured I'd give it a go at quitting again. Took my last pinch 12-6-2014. It's been a rough week or so. But if I keep busy with work I find I don't really think about it. When I'm not doing anything is when the crave really starts. Found this site and thought I'd sign up.

It's cool reading all the posts and encouragement. I can't see checking in everyday but will do the best I can. I work a lot of long hard hours so sometimes I fall asleep in the recliner or just hit the rack early.

Good luck to all of those who are quitting or have quit already. Its a dumb nasty habit. Not sure why I started in the first place. Guess I was bored. It was my last vice i guess. I quit drinking in 06 and lost 50 lbs. Now the challenge is to quit dip and not put 50 lbs on.

handywoodworker
aka Aaron