Hey All.

[fowlmouth]

John, welcome to one of the greatest decisions of your life. I took it up young like you, but didn't have the fortitude to drop it young. I let it run my life for decades. You're grabbing this thing by the balls right now, and I commend you for that.

[Nomore1959]

Good, day 3 is a tough one. It will get better.

Try to post roll in the morning when you wake up. It is a promise not to use nicotine for 24 hours, not a status update that you made it. Besides, you will get grief if you post late a lot.

Exercise is the other thing that helps on craves... even a walk with a fine young girl will work wonders.

Quit on!

[Jhull97]

Thank you all for the encouragement! On day 3 now. It's been the toughest so far. Been filling cravings with food, water, gum, and sunflower seeds.

Looking forward to the weight gain, lord knows I could use it.

Still killing the can, and about to post roll.
-John

[quark]

Well I recently began dating this girl (NO, I'm not quitting for her per say, but for my general wellbeing.) and she's got quiet a story. She's lost both of her parents, one a heart attack in 2012, and one from cancer this past July.

There you have another reason to stay quit: no way in hell some girl with this trauma in her life is going to stick with someone who is using tobacco; she isn't going to take the risk of watching someone else she cares about die from using something that causes cancer.

You greatly reduce your dating pool by dipping. Most will refuse to date you because of it, and the few that will overlook it will want you to quit every day and will never understand why you won't. So then you end up lying about dipping, and then you got caught in your lie and the girl will always wonder what else you might be lying about. If I had a daughter I would tell her 'Don't date a man that smokes or dips'.

[DjPorkchop]

Welcome Jhull97! I quit with you every dam day brother!

I wish at 18 I would have figured it out. When I was in high school I dipped a can of kodiak every 2 days and smoked a pack of boro reds box every day. Both of those combined was no good but I finally worked my slef up to 3 packs of cigs a day and a can of kodiak every 3 days. Nice huh?

Stick with it. It is worth it in the long run man.

Take care and stay quit!!

[Rawls]

Jhull97 is on ROLL!
Well done young man.
You will play better ball...
And you will keep your teeth.
And you won't need a stomach feeding tube.
And you will be a example for her and many.
Rock on brother.
Post every day.
What you learn here will be a great armor of wisdom that you can wear and share...for the rest of your long life.
Live like no other now.....And One day you will live like no other....
I quit with you today.
Rawls 356

[e=mc^2]

John,

Welcome! And good on ya for wanting to quit as such an early age. At 18 I was smoking a pack every 3 days thinking I was invincible and not caring about myself. Quit now because tomorrow may never get here!


As Rawls mentioned, post roll in your quit group and be active. Your quit date today means you will be in the February 2016 group. February 2016 meaning when the group will reach HOF, or 100 days. Link is here

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I believe us young guys are the minority on this board, if you care to take a look at my intro thread, I've shared my experience so far and received some good advice that may pertain to you. I'm sure other BAQs and Vets will be posting in here soon enough. Alternative snuff helped me in the early weeks of my quit.

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I quit with you today John!

[Rawls]

Welcome young John.

Learn to post ROLL and make a decision to do it every day.
Talk is cheap.
Action every morning speaks volumes of integrity.

Nicotine will kill you.
Why try and beat it?

You never needed it. You never will.
Post roll.

Great decision!
I Quit with you today
Rawls 355

[Jhull97]

Hello all, my name is John. I turned 18 this past June, and I have dipped for about a year and a half....and I want out.

Here's the skinny:
I'm a high school baseball player. There in lies the origin of my addiction. Some older guys on the team my sophomore year introduced it to me, the rest is history.

I'm quitting for a combination of reasons. Aside it no longer being enjoyable, and a mess, there is a longer story behind it.

How about I share?

Well I recently began dating this girl (NO, I'm not quitting for her per say, but for my general wellbeing.) and she's got quiet a story. She's lost both of her parents, one a heart attack in 2012, and one from cancer this past July. She's seen what cancer does to someone, a family, and a community. It's a shit show let me tell you. Along with that, I have a history of tobacco induced cancer on BOTH sides of my family.

So my primal fear is, well cancer.

I need out. To be exact, it's been about an hour. I've joined this community to stay on the right track.
I admire the passion of this place, I've read ya'lls posts, and this is something I need.

Please send any words of wisdom, or encouragement. I'll be around for awhile.

Thanks in advance for putting up with me. I look forward to meeting all of you, hearing your stories, and helping me kill the can.

-John