I've been dipping for about 6 years now, started when I got into police academy and has continued on since. About a year ago, I transitioned to Snus in the hopes of weaning myself from tobacco entirely but it just became another really bad habit to take the edge off of stressful times at work.
About a week ago, my 5 year old son asked me why I still used tobacco and said pointedly, "Daddy, you should stop before it hurts you". So there was my motivation. I went inside the house, the garage, the patrol car, and my truck and dumped all of the dip snus that I had into a garbage bag, drove down to the local dump and threw it away. I knew if I threw it on our garbage can, I would be tempted to get the bag out before it was picked up (disgusting, but I know how desperate I would get if I couldn't find my can before).
The day I quit was August 29, 2011 and here I am 9 days later. A little grouchier than usual but not really getting those massive cravings that I had the first few days. The biggest thing for me is not having that minty mass in my mouth. I've been using sunflower seeds and gum, which help slightly, but the gum is just too sweet for me so it's less effective. I've upped my workout routine and that's really kept my mind off of dipping and given me a little extra incentive to take it to the next level.
I'll get through this and I'll be better for it.
