Hey guys, BigBlue 73 here. I'm new to this site and first time ever posting on a forum. I'm in day 3 and it sucks. I tried doing this about 4 years ago and it blew up in my face because I wasn't prepared. This time I got a life coach, and the patches. The patches seem to help but I still get those cravings. I use peppermints and chewing gum right now when I feel an urge coming on. Does anyone else have any ideas?
It's nice to see a site dedicated to dipping. I get so sick and tired of all the media just covering smoking. HELLO...dipping is 10 times harder to quit.
Hey, BigBlue, welcome to the site!
You'll want to start your own introduction page. You put your first post in Moondawggy's intro. So go ahead and start your own.
An important thing to know is that we are a nicotine-free site, meaning that we quit cold turkey. No nic gum. No patches. No tobacco in any form. We have found that this is the most effective way of quitting, hands down. The reason you still get craves is that the patches are continuing to feed your addiction. You've simply switched the form of nicotine that you are using and by doing so you really haven't quit. Nicotine is still playing havoc with your body and mind!!!
So drop the patches!!
Head over to the WELCOME CENTER (link in red at the upper left) and read all about posting roll and accountability. Then read as much as you can from the KillTheCan.org link. Information is power!
The bottom line is that we quit cold turkey, join a quit group, and post roll daily making our promise to not use nicotine in any form for that day.
Contact me ASAP via the site's personal message function if you want to talk more about quitting.