Hello everyone, IÂ’ve chewed for the past 24 years. First Cope snuff, and then long cut. Up until today the longest streak I had without nicotine in my system was probably 12/13 hoursÂ…of course I was sleeping/passed out during that time frame. But, as I type this with quivering hands I just rounded the corner to 24 hours, with unfortunately only 5/6 hours of that being asleep.
I have a wonderful wife that has nagged/bitched/threatened me for over the last 10 years to quit putting that shit in my mouth, she hates everything about itÂ….the smell, the cost, how it looked in my mouth/teeth, the ring it made in my jeans. But I never quit, never tried. I loved my Cope, I can honestly say the longest I ever went without a chewÂ….awake, was 4 hours, because that was how long it took me to convince the nurse after shoulder surgery to get my can from my jeans.
Why now? It is F’n time! I have a five year old boy, who asked me for a chew last week! Are you freaking kidding me, I started out calm trying to explain that he wasn’t old enough and that seemed to work for a minute and then he just proclaimed that as soon as he was old enough he would go to the “Chew Store” (7-11) and buy his own chew can. I blew him off for a few days until I found him with a huge dip (of gum, thank god) and my Dewalt bits chew can in his back pocket, having dumped the bits and replaced it with his chewing gum. He was so proud, he was going to be just like his dad. Needless to say that was 24 hours ago, and neither one of us has had a dip since.
I would have to kick my own ass every day for the rest of my life if my son started dipping just because his dad dipped. I quit, for once IÂ’m going to show my son that winners can quit!
That is probably enough sharing for now...so that is me, IÂ’ll be around whining about my blurry vision, shaky hands, incredibly dry mouth, horrible dreams, raging headaches and IÂ’m sure many more wonderful symptoms
