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Re: Hello, please help
« Reply #32 on: October 31, 2012, 10:42:00 AM »
Quote from: Skoal
come on Gossamer, the water's fine jump in.

You got this

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Re: Hello, please help
« Reply #31 on: October 30, 2012, 03:42:00 PM »
come on Gossamer, the water's fine jump in.

You got this

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Re: Hello, please help
« Reply #30 on: October 29, 2012, 04:38:00 PM »
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'bang head' 'bang head' 'bang head' , maybe he should've taken a left turn at Albuquerqe.
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Re: Hello, please help
« Reply #29 on: October 29, 2012, 10:12:00 AM »
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'bang head' 'bang head' 'bang head' , maybe he should've taken a left turn at Albuquerqe.
"CLOSE THE DOOR. In my opinion, it?s the single most important step in your final quit. There is one moment, THE moment, when you finally let go and surrender to the quit. After that moment, no temptation will be great enough, no lie persuasive enough to make you commit suicide by using tobacco."

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Re: Hello, please help
« Reply #28 on: October 27, 2012, 10:49:00 PM »
Quote from: Skoal
As promised, this is from additional resources. Good stuff there. Nice day 2. Gossamer, shall we make it three?

My Chew, My Friend

How do you feel about a friend who has to go everywhere with you? Not only does he tag along all the time, but since he is so offensive and vulgar, you become unwelcome when with him. He has a peculiar odor that sticks to you wherever you go. Others think both of you stink.

He controls you totally. When he says jump, you jump. Sometimes in the middle of a blizzard or storm, he wants you to come to the store and pick him up. You would give your spouse hell if he or she did that to you all the time, but you can't argue with your friend. Sometimes, when you are out with others he says he wants you to leave them so you can be alone. Since he calls all the shots in your life, you go.

He gets pretty expensive to support. Not only is his knack of property destruction costly, but you must pay to keep him with you. In fact, he will cost you tens of thousands of dollars over your lifetime. And you can count on one thing: he will never pay you a penny in return.

Often at picnics you watch others playing vigorous activities and having lots of fun doing them. But your friend won't let you. He doesn't believe in physical activity. In his opinion, you are too old to have that kind of fun. He enjoys making your blood pressure ramp up so that physical activity only serves to strain your heart even further, with the eventual goal that you will one day have a heart attack if cancer doesnÂ’t get you sooner.

Your friend does not believe in being healthy. He is really repulsed by the thought of you living a long and productive life. So every chance he gets he makes you sick. He helps you catch colds and flu. Not just by running out in the middle of the lousy weather to pick him up at the store. He is more creative than that. He carries thousands of poisons with him so that when you chew some of them your immunity from diseases is lowered.

But colds and flu are just his form of child's play. He especially likes diseases that slowly cripple you and eventually your friend tires of you. He decides he no longer wishes to have your company. Instead of letting you go your separate ways, he decides to kill you. He has a wonderful arsenal of weapons behind him. In fact, he has been plotting your death since the day you met him. He picked all the top killers in society and did everything in his power to ensure you would get one of them. He overworked your heart, throat and tongue. He clogged up the arteries to your heart, brain, and every other part of your body. In case you were too strong to succumb to this, he constantly exposed you to cancer causing agents. He knew he would get you sooner or later.

Well, this is the story of your "friend," your dip. No real friend would do all this to you. Chewing tobacco is the worst possible enemy you ever had. It is expensive, addictive, socially unacceptable, and deadly. Consider all this and - NEVER TAKE ANOTHER CHEW!
S.M. : FUCKING EPIC!

This post totally boosted me tonight...I was feeling a little "funky" and getting ready for bed...thought I would check on things here and came across this post!

THANK YOU!

Every quitter should read this!! This is good stuff!!

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Re: Hello, please help
« Reply #27 on: October 27, 2012, 10:34:00 PM »
As promised, this is from additional resources. Good stuff there. Nice day 2. Gossamer, shall we make it three?

My Chew, My Friend

How do you feel about a friend who has to go everywhere with you? Not only does he tag along all the time, but since he is so offensive and vulgar, you become unwelcome when with him. He has a peculiar odor that sticks to you wherever you go. Others think both of you stink.

He controls you totally. When he says jump, you jump. Sometimes in the middle of a blizzard or storm, he wants you to come to the store and pick him up. You would give your spouse hell if he or she did that to you all the time, but you can't argue with your friend. Sometimes, when you are out with others he says he wants you to leave them so you can be alone. Since he calls all the shots in your life, you go.

He gets pretty expensive to support. Not only is his knack of property destruction costly, but you must pay to keep him with you. In fact, he will cost you tens of thousands of dollars over your lifetime. And you can count on one thing: he will never pay you a penny in return.

Often at picnics you watch others playing vigorous activities and having lots of fun doing them. But your friend won't let you. He doesn't believe in physical activity. In his opinion, you are too old to have that kind of fun. He enjoys making your blood pressure ramp up so that physical activity only serves to strain your heart even further, with the eventual goal that you will one day have a heart attack if cancer doesnÂ’t get you sooner.

Your friend does not believe in being healthy. He is really repulsed by the thought of you living a long and productive life. So every chance he gets he makes you sick. He helps you catch colds and flu. Not just by running out in the middle of the lousy weather to pick him up at the store. He is more creative than that. He carries thousands of poisons with him so that when you chew some of them your immunity from diseases is lowered.

But colds and flu are just his form of child's play. He especially likes diseases that slowly cripple you and eventually your friend tires of you. He decides he no longer wishes to have your company. Instead of letting you go your separate ways, he decides to kill you. He has a wonderful arsenal of weapons behind him. In fact, he has been plotting your death since the day you met him. He picked all the top killers in society and did everything in his power to ensure you would get one of them. He overworked your heart, throat and tongue. He clogged up the arteries to your heart, brain, and every other part of your body. In case you were too strong to succumb to this, he constantly exposed you to cancer causing agents. He knew he would get you sooner or later.

Well, this is the story of your "friend," your dip. No real friend would do all this to you. Chewing tobacco is the worst possible enemy you ever had. It is expensive, addictive, socially unacceptable, and deadly. Consider all this and - NEVER TAKE ANOTHER CHEW!
"CLOSE THE DOOR. In my opinion, it?s the single most important step in your final quit. There is one moment, THE moment, when you finally let go and surrender to the quit. After that moment, no temptation will be great enough, no lie persuasive enough to make you commit suicide by using tobacco."

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Re: Hello, please help
« Reply #26 on: October 27, 2012, 05:29:00 AM »
I'll be waiting for you each morning in February to make your pledge for the day.

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Re: Hello, please help
« Reply #25 on: October 27, 2012, 02:45:00 AM »
If you need a quit Sherpa give me a PM. I love your quit!

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Re: Hello, please help
« Reply #24 on: October 27, 2012, 01:12:00 AM »
Read that book. sM recommended it to me when I was struggling. Ive read that fucker about 15 times, even emailed Alan Carr and thanked him for writting it.

Skoal Monster is like E.F. Hutton...when he speaks people listen.
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"In a world that seems so small, I can't stop thinking big"
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Re: Hello, please help
« Reply #23 on: October 26, 2012, 11:27:00 PM »
Quote from: Gossamer_G30
Damn Skoal Monster, you don't pull any punches do you? When I first started reading your reply it pissed me off (initial reaction). Actually, it is brutal honesty, and I appreciate it.

I've done made up my mind, I'm quitting. Outdoortexan and jennykern scared the shit out of me. That was the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back.

It's only been 1 hour 20 minutes, would like a dip, but I'm stronger.

Have a great weekend, and I'll see you Monday!

Rob...

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Trust the ole Skoal Monster. If there is one person I owe my quit to its the Monster.
Though he hasn't said anything terribly different from what you have seen already, his post is simply brilliant.

Do not sell yourself short. This is about you versus the addict part of you. The nic bitch is an external force that we can no longer control since we let her into our lives. You will never get her completely out of your life. But she retains no internal control over your decision making. Its just you versus yourself.

Are you stronger than your weak side? The answer is yes, but you must let yourself conquer your inner pussy. Again, its about grabbing your nut sack and being a man...

Have you clicked on my link for the "May 3 ballers"? Every new quitter could use a little more accountability and motivation. Take the 3-balled challenge to grow your own third testicle by posting roll with us every day. You might not understand it now but you will be damn proud of your third ball.

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Re: Hello, please help
« Reply #22 on: October 26, 2012, 11:02:00 PM »
Quote from: Skoal
Let me preface this post. You won't like it but this is what you need to hear.

I have never seen an intro post so full of absolute fail.

it isnt that you can't quit, it's that you won't.


Your not a unique and special butterfly, your an addict of the first class , deluded into believing a neurotoxic weed is a friend. The only difference between you and a crack whore is your choice of drugs.

Unless you pull your head out of your posterior you dont have a chance, but lets try.

First
Quote
This has just became a very bad habit
No, it is an addiction. a habit is picking your nose. You my delusional pal are a world class addict who is commiting suicide on the installment plan. They describe death by mouth cancer as death by autopsy. They remove pieces of your face over a period of months while they BBQ you with radiation and pump you full of chemo. That is not the end result of a bad habit. index.php?showtopic=6786

Second,

The comfort you think you get from having a chew is actuallt the relief from withdrawls from nicotine. That manure in a can doesn't do anything but fix the problems it created in the first place.

Third,

Hard to quit something you enjoy? Bah. What is it you enjoy? The rancid spitters, the stupid lump in your mouth? If God wanted you to walk around with a fat lip he woulda punched you in the face before he put you in the game. The only thing that shit is good for is keeping you addicted to it. It doesn't make you smarter stronger, more focused, more social, more awake, or tough. It makes you impotent, sick, poor, ugly , and ultimately dead.

You ask for help, ask for prayers, and talk about I tried and tried. Makes me wanna eat my keyboard. Where is the personal responsibility. This is a choice. You can quit or don't quit. Your choice. Nobody is going to sneak up behind you and shove a dip in your mouth.

Do or do not, there is no try. Yoda

You want to avoid the withdrawls? then you never shoulda started. There is no magic pill. Thats why nicotine replacement and weaning off don't fucking work. Thats why 93% of all successful long term quits are cold turkey. If your looking for a easy solution, I got bad news for ya cup cake. Ain't one. the only way out of this mess is thru it, and you better accept that or you might as well go back to stuffing your face with mint flavored cancer.

The withdrawl wont kill you, and it is the price of admission to get your freedom. Get over it.

I strongly strongly recommend you get a book by Alan Carr called the easy way to quit smoking. Doesn't matter that it is dip. Nicotine is nicotine and the concepts are the same. You need to read everything you can find about nicotine addiction. Start on the other resources section of this site and READ ALL OF IT. Yes I said all of it.
http://www.killthecan.org/robs/

we'll see if you make it another day, if so Maybe I'll lay down some more encouragement, my guess is you disappear by monday. I hope you prove me wrong.

sM
:wub: sM throwing down a little dose of reality...
Perfect post to share with every new quitter that thinks they are special and not an addict...
Stand up and own your addiction and quit Gossamer, you can do it!
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Re: Hello, please help
« Reply #21 on: October 26, 2012, 08:51:00 PM »
Quote from: Gossamer_G30
Please help. I want to quit, have tried many times, and failed. I started smoking in 1990, and quit in 1998. I got to where I was smoking 2 packs a day and dipping 1 can a day (back then, that was a $10 a day habit. Quitting smoking was "easy".

I have been dipping since 1990. I dip about 1-2 cans a day (10-12 cans in a 1-week period). If I am awake, I have a dip in my mouth. Not just a "pinch", but a good 2-finger dip.

I have tried and failed many times, have tried "back-off" and other types, but cannot stand them. I know dipping is very bad for me, but I enjoy dipping. Yes, it is nasty, espicially when you pick up your bottle of coke for a drink, but drink your own spit instead.

It is hard to quit something you enjoy.

Please help me make the first step.

Rob,
Mobile, AL
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Re: Hello, please help
« Reply #20 on: October 26, 2012, 08:29:00 PM »
Keep it up. Call if you need anything. I pm you my number. This site is for real and the dudes on it are solid and earnest in their aim to help. Bless you dude. We're here for you.

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Re: Hello, please help
« Reply #19 on: October 26, 2012, 04:18:00 PM »
Damn Skoal Monster, you don't pull any punches do you? When I first started reading your reply it pissed me off (initial reaction). Actually, it is brutal honesty, and I appreciate it.

I've done made up my mind, I'm quitting. Outdoortexan and jennykern scared the shit out of me. That was the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back.

It's only been 1 hour 20 minutes, would like a dip, but I'm stronger.

Have a great weekend, and I'll see you Monday!

Rob...

p.s. ROLL TIDE!

p.s.s. - Love your Avatar...

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Re: Hello, please help
« Reply #18 on: October 26, 2012, 04:00:00 PM »
Let me preface this post. You won't like it but this is what you need to hear.

I have never seen an intro post so full of absolute fail.

it isnt that you can't quit, it's that you won't.


Your not a unique and special butterfly, your an addict of the first class , deluded into believing a neurotoxic weed is a friend. The only difference between you and a crack whore is your choice of drugs.

Unless you pull your head out of your posterior you dont have a chance, but lets try.

First
Quote
This has just became a very bad habit
No, it is an addiction. a habit is picking your nose. You my delusional pal are a world class addict who is commiting suicide on the installment plan. They describe death by mouth cancer as death by autopsy. They remove pieces of your face over a period of months while they BBQ you with radiation and pump you full of chemo. That is not the end result of a bad habit. index.php?showtopic=6786

Second,

The comfort you think you get from having a chew is actuallt the relief from withdrawls from nicotine. That manure in a can doesn't do anything but fix the problems it created in the first place.

Third,

Hard to quit something you enjoy? Bah. What is it you enjoy? The rancid spitters, the stupid lump in your mouth? If God wanted you to walk around with a fat lip he woulda punched you in the face before he put you in the game. The only thing that shit is good for is keeping you addicted to it. It doesn't make you smarter stronger, more focused, more social, more awake, or tough. It makes you impotent, sick, poor, ugly , and ultimately dead.

You ask for help, ask for prayers, and talk about I tried and tried. Makes me wanna eat my keyboard. Where is the personal responsibility. This is a choice. You can quit or don't quit. Your choice. Nobody is going to sneak up behind you and shove a dip in your mouth.

Do or do not, there is no try. Yoda

You want to avoid the withdrawls? then you never shoulda started. There is no magic pill. Thats why nicotine replacement and weaning off don't fucking work. Thats why 93% of all successful long term quits are cold turkey. If your looking for a easy solution, I got bad news for ya cup cake. Ain't one. the only way out of this mess is thru it, and you better accept that or you might as well go back to stuffing your face with mint flavored cancer.

The withdrawl wont kill you, and it is the price of admission to get your freedom. Get over it.

I strongly strongly recommend you get a book by Alan Carr called the easy way to quit smoking. Doesn't matter that it is dip. Nicotine is nicotine and the concepts are the same. You need to read everything you can find about nicotine addiction. Start on the other resources section of this site and READ ALL OF IT. Yes I said all of it.
http://www.killthecan.org/robs/

we'll see if you make it another day, if so Maybe I'll lay down some more encouragement, my guess is you disappear by monday. I hope you prove me wrong.

sM
"CLOSE THE DOOR. In my opinion, it?s the single most important step in your final quit. There is one moment, THE moment, when you finally let go and surrender to the quit. After that moment, no temptation will be great enough, no lie persuasive enough to make you commit suicide by using tobacco."