Hello everyone, I'm definitely addicted to tobacco and probably about a thousand chemicals on top of the vicious nicotine, I dipped around 15 years religiously. I work at a very physically demanding job and have a physically demanding lifestyle( exercise, work, ranch, farm). One day my wife who never says anything about my chewing, bet me I couldn't go 1 week without a dip...she was so right at first, I had no clue I was so addicted. So I Decided to quit this was about 6 months ago, I set a date, January 1 2018. I started prepping myself, often I wouldn't chew till after I ate lunch, and made little rules like no chew at home or in the car, no chew for at least 2 hours after eating no chew while riding my horse, building fence, etc) I would also spend time trying to convince myself i disliked chew telling myself i have no energy, it's unhealthy, it makes me sick and so on. This went on from September 2017 to December 15 2017. I quit on December 15, I don't think prepping made anything easier, however It did give me more resolve with the initial leap. Today I take it one victory/day at a time, some days I don't notice it others however like today I'm shaky, irritable, and just generally pissed off. For some reason my brain gets trigger happy, making everything relatable to chew...its pure hell. But I'm still here nicotine free. Good luck to everyone who is in my same boat.
