I'm on Day 7

[srans]

Thanks guys. I want to move away from anything that reminds me of tobacco.. especially fake stuff with the same little pieces of black bullshit in my teeth... so I'm going to try fireballs and root beer candy tomorrow. I will do almost anything to protect myself from caving into the demon that is attacking me. I've found that praying to God for his protection is helping me too. It's crazy, I thought I must be the only person on earth that was as addicted to chewing tobacco as I was or am. Now I clearly see that is not true. I am 100% nicotine free for 8 days and I feel pretty darn good. My wife says I look more attractive and that I am a more pleasant  confident person now that I am not under the hand of addiction. I am not going to allow myself to get overconfident but I'll take those compliments from her right now, whether or not they are even true!

During one season of my life, I would a throw a chew into my mouth knowing full well that I would get hit with a head-pounding, TKO toothache. Did it over and over for weeks. How sick is that? Damn.

I used the smokey mountain mint from day 3 until about day 60. Then I ran out of fake and really had no desire to go buy more. I still use seeds and am on day 166. As long as it isnt nicotine whogives a flyin fuck what you put in your mouth. Dont worry about using fake. Eventually you wont need it anymore. Quit on brother. Quit on.

Great job on your quit brother. If worrying about fake helps you get through the day than so be it. I'm with kc,, I used it until about he 40's then dropped it. Nothing to it. Keep the real out,, that's your goal right now.

[KC_Guy]

Thanks guys. I want to move away from anything that reminds me of tobacco.. especially fake stuff with the same little pieces of black bullshit in my teeth... so I'm going to try fireballs and root beer candy tomorrow. I will do almost anything to protect myself from caving into the demon that is attacking me. I've found that praying to God for his protection is helping me too. It's crazy, I thought I must be the only person on earth that was as addicted to chewing tobacco as I was or am. Now I clearly see that is not true. I am 100% nicotine free for 8 days and I feel pretty darn good. My wife says I look more attractive and that I am a more pleasant  confident person now that I am not under the hand of addiction. I am not going to allow myself to get overconfident but I'll take those compliments from her right now, whether or not they are even true!

During one season of my life, I would a throw a chew into my mouth knowing full well that I would get hit with a head-pounding, TKO toothache. Did it over and over for weeks. How sick is that? Damn.

I used the smokey mountain mint from day 3 until about day 60. Then I ran out of fake and really had no desire to go buy more. I still use seeds and am on day 166. As long as it isnt nicotine whogives a flyin fuck what you put in your mouth. Dont worry about using fake. Eventually you wont need it anymore. Quit on brother. Quit on.

[dabro]

Thanks guys. I want to move away from anything that reminds me of tobacco.. especially fake stuff with the same little pieces of black bullshit in my teeth... so I'm going to try fireballs and root beer candy tomorrow. I will do almost anything to protect myself from caving into the demon that is attacking me. I've found that praying to God for his protection is helping me too. It's crazy, I thought I must be the only person on earth that was as addicted to chewing tobacco as I was or am. Now I clearly see that is not true. I am 100% nicotine free for 8 days and I feel pretty darn good. My wife says I look more attractive and that I am a more pleasant  confident person now that I am not under the hand of addiction. I am not going to allow myself to get overconfident but I'll take those compliments from her right now, whether or not they are even true!

During one season of my life, I would a throw a chew into my mouth knowing full well that I would get hit with a head-pounding, TKO toothache. Did it over and over for weeks. How sick is that? Damn.

[ParadigmDawg]

I was one of those dudes that had a dip in my mouth 100% of the time. I assumed the oral fixation would be the most difficult section of my quit.

I loaded up on 4 cans of SM, 6 bags of beef jerky, a pound of mints and gum- on day 1.

I went through the first 2 cans of SM in two days. On day 3 I used maybe 1/2 can of SM. After that, I just used it here and there until it was all gone and never had a desire to buy more.

The beef jerky actually worked better for me which shocked me. After 6 bags of that, I was done with it too.

The mints and gum never did much for me but I chew more of that than I used to.

Bottom line, I wanted an empty mouth and got one. That's a big secondary win for me.

[Smokeyg]

I was really into toothpicks - and ball point pens. Quitting cost me about 20 pairs of pants. My wife started making me plastic pocket protectors for my pants. I stopped using those a few years ago and I still go through a few pairs of pants every year.

I don't use the fake because I went through a period when I tried to wane myself off by mixing real with fake, increasing the amount of fake until I finally said "f it" and went back to 100% real. I associate it with failure. If you associate it with quitting, then I say go for it!

[syndrome]

hey dabro man there are other alternatives you could be putting in your mouth. there are a shit-ton of guys who go through seeds 'til they can't stand to even look at another. me, i've been singin' the praises of atomic fire balls for damn near 5 years now. i bought 'em by the pound over at mr. bulky for the first couple of months. it's all in my intro.

[Mthomas3824]

And I have been using fake chew as much as I used the real stuff. I'm extremely proud of my progress but I don't feel like I am completely quit until I stop using smokey mountain. My mouth doesn't feel any better on it. I just want to have an empty mouth for one day in 15 years! Has anyone else had a problem cutting the fake crap out of their life? How did you stop using the fake chew?

My guess is that you don't have to try to quit fake. If it isn't addictive and it helps with cravings, no harm. You will quit when you don't value it. Until then a couple bucks for a placebo...why not?

I didn't fake dip. I quit and chose not to use fake because I didn't even want the appearance of still dipping. I wasn't afraid of cancer. I quit because I didn't like it anymore but still stuffed it in my face because I am a nicotine addict.

I still had my share of placebos to fight cravings. The weight and super size cosco bags of gummy worms helped. Today I don't eat gummy worms and don't recall when the last day was that I had one. It was a placebo.

[dabro]

Thanks evil_won for putting it into perspective for me

[92mav18]

Yo Dabro, I'm in your group (day 4) and I'm going through the same thing. Congrats on your quit, I hope we tire of the fake crap over time. ODAAT

[Evil_Won]

If it doesn't contain nicotine and is helping you to not use nicotine keep at it. Most quitters that have used fake say that they became "tired" of using it over time, but the time seems to vary from a few weeks to a full year or so.

I had a very hard time finding any fake stuff near me so using it wasn't an option. Two weeks ago, at just over 1 year quit, I was out of town and saw a can of Smokey Mountain at a C-Store. I didn't like it all. Not only was the habit of spitting way to natural again, but my gums hurt like fuck for the next few days. I understand why you would want to stop using that too, but you dipped for a long time (?), you can't expect a miracle and be free and clear of pain and cravings over night. Healing takes time. If you want the freedom fight for it every day.

Good job getting your name on Feb 14 Roll. Keep your word for the rest of the day. Come back tomorrow and repeat it.

[dabro]

And I have been using fake chew as much as I used the real stuff. I'm extremely proud of my progress but I don't feel like I am completely quit until I stop using smokey mountain. My mouth doesn't feel any better on it. I just want to have an empty mouth for one day in 15 years! Has anyone else had a problem cutting the fake crap out of their life? How did you stop using the fake chew?