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Offline eyehatecope

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Re: Excuses Are Done
« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2015, 06:48:00 PM »
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I am glad I found you guys. Today is day number 1 for me. I have been making these so called "quit times" for the last couple of years. "Oh at the end of this roll I am done", or "After such and such event I am done". Even last night after I had my bed time dip I said once this can is done I am doing this. For some reason on the way into work today I didn't have one. My usual second dip time came around and for some reason I didn't put one in. I started researching how to kick this shit and found this site. Already reading through all you guy's postings and it is like I am reading exactly what goes on in my head. I am glad I am not alone. I got married two weeks ago and was giving myself an excuse because of the pre-wedding stress that it was OK I was chewing 2 cans a day. I told myself once the wedding is done I am done. Then for some reason the day before the wedding I bought another roll and put it in my bag for the honeymoon. Kept it going even through that. I feel so horrible that my wife has to sit there and check my lip before she can even give me a kiss anymore. We have a 5 year old daughter who I caught spitting on the floor inside our house because she see's me do it so often she thought it was normal behavior. This has to stop.

I started 15 years ago when I was a sophomore in high school. It was something to do on the bus trips during football. Then it transferred to baseball. Then all of a sudden next thing I know I have so many daily "triggers" that I don't know a part of the day I should not be doing it. I think the hardest part of this for me will be the emotional part of it. There are certain parts of the day such as my morning drive, after lunch, after work drive, and after dinner that I get so freaking happy about because I got to put a big fat wad in. That part is what worries me because the normal joy that I have been getting from that will now by void and I hope it is not filled with anger and rage. I mean I don't remember what it was like not being addicted to this shit. I mean who can just ride in the car without doing anything? What will I do? Just drive? Or working in the garage or yard? I love that stuff but do I love it because I had a dip in the whole time or because I actually like doing the work. Is this something others of you out there have dealt with? How'd you over come it? Chewing gum or sun flower seeds help but as soon as they are out of my mouth I am reaching in that back pocket for my can.

I look forward to nothing more than sitting here at day 100 knowing this devil's juice will no longer have control over my life.
Daily triggers. Not being able to poop without a dip is really annoying. That was one of my many.

For real congrats we are here for you. If I can help please feel free to let me know. Quit on!
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Re: Excuses Are Done
« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2015, 06:25:00 PM »
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I get so freaking happy about because I got to put a big fat wad in. That part is what worries me because the normal joy that I have been getting from that will now by void and I hope it is not filled with anger and rage. I mean I don't remember what it was like not being addicted to this shit. I mean who can just ride in the car without doing anything? What will I do? Just drive? Or working in the garage or yard? I love that stuff but do I love it because I had a dip in the whole time or because I actually like doing the work. Is this something others of you out there have dealt with? How'd you over come it? Chewing gum or sun flower seeds help but as soon as they are out of my mouth I am reaching in that back pocket for my can.
Spoken like a true addict! My mother before she died of emphysema used to say that cigarettes were her best friend. She would rather hang out with them than anyone else. And then her best friend killed her.

You get happy when you have this shit in your mouth because it alleviates the withdrawal symptoms when your blood nicotine levels drop low enough.

I can sit in a car without having a dip in my mouth, for hours. I can work in the house, take long bike rides, read long hours in bed, without dip in. I used tobacco much longer then you. So you have some rage and anxiety for a few days, so fucking what?

Bottom line, you can do this, one day at a time. 4 days and the nicotine is out of your system, and then it is just the oral habit, and learning how to deal with anxiety in a healthy way. Post roll every day, so you don't do it all alone.
You better learn to hate this shit quick or could be a cancer patient, an old man or a disabled man before you decide to quit again ,it's up to you to make that choice. Damn brother you better man up are that bitch have you finger banging her tonight! Don't let it happen!
Tobacco is so addictive it took me a year after a massive heart attack, in which doctor confirmed caused from dipping to finally put a lid on the bitch! ODAAT EDD

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Re: Excuses Are Done
« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2015, 04:54:00 PM »
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I get so freaking happy about because I got to put a big fat wad in. That part is what worries me because the normal joy that I have been getting from that will now by void and I hope it is not filled with anger and rage. I mean I don't remember what it was like not being addicted to this shit. I mean who can just ride in the car without doing anything? What will I do? Just drive? Or working in the garage or yard? I love that stuff but do I love it because I had a dip in the whole time or because I actually like doing the work. Is this something others of you out there have dealt with? How'd you over come it? Chewing gum or sun flower seeds help but as soon as they are out of my mouth I am reaching in that back pocket for my can.
Spoken like a true addict! My mother before she died of emphysema used to say that cigarettes were her best friend. She would rather hang out with them than anyone else. And then her best friend killed her.

You get happy when you have this shit in your mouth because it alleviates the withdrawal symptoms when your blood nicotine levels drop low enough.

I can sit in a car without having a dip in my mouth, for hours. I can work in the house, take long bike rides, read long hours in bed, without dip in. I used tobacco much longer then you. So you have some rage and anxiety for a few days, so fucking what?

Bottom line, you can do this, one day at a time. 4 days and the nicotine is out of your system, and then it is just the oral habit, and learning how to deal with anxiety in a healthy way. Post roll every day, so you don't do it all alone.

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Re: Excuses Are Done
« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2015, 04:50:00 PM »
Congratulations bulldog! Everyone here thought they loved that nasty shit! It's the addict brain you have telling you that. 298 days later mine still trys to convince me on occasion. This shits not easy, you gotta want it. Think of your kids without a father before you stick that shit in your mouth again! Damn proud of you! Quit on!
Tobacco is so addictive it took me a year after a massive heart attack, in which doctor confirmed caused from dipping to finally put a lid on the bitch! ODAAT EDD

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Re: Excuses Are Done
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2015, 03:12:00 PM »
Congrats on finally making the right choice. There are hundreds on here that set quit dates and blew by them.

Post roll and keep that promise.

PM me if you need anything.

I am damn proud to quit with you today.

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Re: Excuses Are Done
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2015, 03:02:00 PM »
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I look forward to nothing more than sitting here at day 100 knowing this devil's juice will no longer have control over my life.
100 days aint majic. todays more majic. today you dissided that shit wont control your life. and it wont. unless you let it.

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Re: Excuses Are Done
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2015, 02:59:00 PM »
Yeah man, don't worry about day 100 . . . worry about today. ODAAT. We are addicts. We will always be addicts. But we do not have to be a slave to that shit.

Do it now: now is the best time to quit.

I said I was going to quit when my girlfriend found out. Then...
I said I was going to quit when we got married. Then...
I said I was going to quit when our first was born. Then...
I said I was going to quit when our second was born. Then...
I said I was going to quit when our third was born. Then...
I said I was going to quit when our oldest knew what I was doing. Then...
I said I was going to quit when our fourth was born. Then...

I said enough fucking bullshit! Talking about quitting is not quitting. I am proud of you man, you have wised up sooner than I did. Now go on and getchu some of this quit!

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Re: Excuses Are Done
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2015, 02:21:00 PM »
Welcome to quit! Yes you can defeat your nicotine addiction one day at a time, every damn day just like we do.

Post roll in the January 2016 quit group, that is your promise to yourself and all here that you will not use nicotine for 24 hours. The Post roll again when you wake up tomorrow morning. Repeat.

Trade digits with your fellow quitters, that way you can support each other through the bad times and celebrate the good times (which will come).

Right now, drink lots of water, exercise, aim your rage here instead of at home.

Read everything here on the site... the first days suck and your quit can be hour to hour or minute to minute. Embrace that, record how it feels in this intro, and win over nicotine.

Past 100 days is not "cured" -- that never happens. However it is better than you can imagine today!

I quit with you today.

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Excuses Are Done
« on: October 21, 2015, 02:14:00 PM »
I am glad I found you guys. Today is day number 1 for me. I have been making these so called "quit times" for the last couple of years. "Oh at the end of this roll I am done", or "After such and such event I am done". Even last night after I had my bed time dip I said once this can is done I am doing this. For some reason on the way into work today I didn't have one. My usual second dip time came around and for some reason I didn't put one in. I started researching how to kick this shit and found this site. Already reading through all you guy's postings and it is like I am reading exactly what goes on in my head. I am glad I am not alone. I got married two weeks ago and was giving myself an excuse because of the pre-wedding stress that it was OK I was chewing 2 cans a day. I told myself once the wedding is done I am done. Then for some reason the day before the wedding I bought another roll and put it in my bag for the honeymoon. Kept it going even through that. I feel so horrible that my wife has to sit there and check my lip before she can even give me a kiss anymore. We have a 5 year old daughter who I caught spitting on the floor inside our house because she see's me do it so often she thought it was normal behavior. This has to stop.

I started 15 years ago when I was a sophomore in high school. It was something to do on the bus trips during football. Then it transferred to baseball. Then all of a sudden next thing I know I have so many daily "triggers" that I don't know a part of the day I should not be doing it. I think the hardest part of this for me will be the emotional part of it. There are certain parts of the day such as my morning drive, after lunch, after work drive, and after dinner that I get so freaking happy about because I got to put a big fat wad in. That part is what worries me because the normal joy that I have been getting from that will now by void and I hope it is not filled with anger and rage. I mean I don't remember what it was like not being addicted to this shit. I mean who can just ride in the car without doing anything? What will I do? Just drive? Or working in the garage or yard? I love that stuff but do I love it because I had a dip in the whole time or because I actually like doing the work. Is this something others of you out there have dealt with? How'd you over come it? Chewing gum or sun flower seeds help but as soon as they are out of my mouth I am reaching in that back pocket for my can.

I look forward to nothing more than sitting here at day 100 knowing this devil's juice will no longer have control over my life.