You will fail very soon.
You are doing everything wrong (except not currently putting that stuff in your lip).
I'm going to point out every flaw of your post line by line.
I quit a 15 year tobacco addiction on Aug. 2nd.
You stopped putting that shit in your mouth for on Aug. 2nd. You cannot quit an addiction. You are addicted to nicotine.
My reason for quitting, pure and utter hatred of some asshat who said he quit. Yes, I realize that sounds ridiculous, but apparently that is what it took for me to quit, so now I should thank him. If you are on this site, thanks buddy :D
You need to quit for yourself. If that "asshat" jumps off the Brooklyn Bridge, are you going to follow? If he starts chewing again, will you? If he's your friend, you are going to resent him. If he's your enemy, you're going to hate him more. You can not quit unless you want to do it for yourself.
Anyway, I've been through the three days of hell, and wow! But now I feel great, and have not one single desire to put another pinch in my mouth.
I am on day 40 without nicotine. That means no nicotine gum. No smoking. No patches. And I sure as hell remember days 4-5. I wasn't constantly craving nicotine, but I still was fucking hurting. The only thing that made me feel great was knowing that I hadn't chewed in 3 days.
Why don't you celebrate your quit? Maybe you should go out drinking? Knock back a few with some of your friends, forget to tell them you quit, and cave when you stop by the 7-11 on the way home for a can. You deserve it buddy.
However, I come on here and see people having major cravings at a month + after their quit. So, do the cravings get worse with time?
No. They get further apart from each other. I had a craving yesterday, and felt as bad I had on day 2. If you would like to read more about what to expect when you quit, try
here. As you can see, you are a pimple on the butt of a quit (as am I). A true quit doesn't stop at 100 like this chart. It is forever.
I currently have what I call "the reach," ex. I get into my Jeep and reach for my can, but I catch myself and have no desire to have a dip. I even have a half-empty can on the seat, but I can't imagine using any.
I have that still. I can't complete a tax return at work without looking for my can in the drawer to the right. I've stopped before, and the "reach" lasted over a year.
Here is your biggest failure by far. You have not dumped all of your nicotine. You will cave with that in your possession. You need to dump it NOW! In fact, I guarantee you'll have a crave like no other the moment your hand touches that can. When you open it to dump it, it will call to you for just one more.
Will I suddenly start to have more intense cravings?
You are not done quitting. You quit everyday of your life from now on. I don't care what you did yesterday if you cave today. You could be quit for 20 years, but just one will set you back on the path of being a slave to it. Your cravings will never stop. They will only get farther apart. You will gain tools to cope with the craves on this website. They will not be worse. They will not be better. They will fucking suck, and you need to deal with it.
Any guys or gals further into their quit have some advise?
Toss your can. Go over to the "quit groups" section and find "November 2011". As you can see, we post a roll call there. Follow the instructions to post your name and the amount of days that you have quit. Read what we have to say. Get some numbers and give out yours. Make some friends. Be active.
Do it again tomorrow.
Do it the day after that.
We're assholes sometimes, but that's because we have to put up with bullshit logic of quitters determined to fail at quitting like you. If you don't like that, then prove me wrong.
