Hi all, I found this site a few days ago, had seen it advertised a few times over the past few months, but due to the nature of the internet out here, haven't been able to post until now. As I write this I am 7 days completely tobacco and nicotine free. I started dipping about 8 years ago during National Guard drill weekends. I brought the habit with me to active duty, where it was much more accepted. I've tried to quit 3 or 4 times in the past, but around day 3 or so I would always give in. I decided to use my return to Iraq to quit, and its working pretty well. This time I used nicotine gum for about 3 weeks, dropping from a 4 mg dose to a 2 mg dose. Now it's been 7 days since I have used the gum or any other tobacco or nicotine product, and I'm feeling good (although I probably should have invested in wrigley stock with as much normal gum as I'm chewing.
