finally made the decision to quit

[Gump]

thanks guys for the encouraging posts.  this is going to be a hard road although i knew it would not be easy.  i am going down quick.  i dont know how i will make it 5 days without dip, let alone 100 days.  i know there is no secret and it is just determination and support, but i have almost caved in 3 past three days.  despite my being sick of nicotine and dip and all of the thoughts of cancer and death, the pull of nicotine seems to be stronger.  i know that sounds crazy.  i cannot fail at this.  this has to be done.  i am starting to get depressed that i will never be free of this.  i dont know how many of you have made it 50, 100, 200 days, but i give you credit.  i dont know if i am strong enough to overcome this addicition. 

I will stop rambling now.  I just had to get this off my chest.  Im trying to stay strong. 

Also, much thanks to the people who have sent me their numbers and sent me messages welcoming me here.  I hope that I can stay as strong as you guys are.  Thanks again.

You just got thru the first 3 days, trust me it does not get harder than the first three days. You said you almost caved, you didn't cave, because you are strong and you are quit. Are you tough enough to get through today without nicotine? You have proven you are strong enough to do that and that is all you have to do.
You got this. I am quit with you.

Hey, Tampa, welcome.

You need to narrow your focus. You don't need to spend any time thinking about 50 days or 100 days or whatever. Timeless has it just right, and you need to listen to him. The shit in his life has been HARD this last week, but he's posted his word in roll call every day, and he's stayed Quit, one day at a time.

Do it just like Timeless is doing it. Your next roll call post should be Day 4. Don't spend one minute thinking about any other day than Day 4. You post your promise that you won't use nicotine, just for this one day. Then you keep your promise. You endure the suck through Day 4.

You'll deal with whatever comes afterward when it gets here, but for today, Day 4 is all you need to focus on.

[luby]

thanks guys for the encouraging posts. this is going to be a hard road although i knew it would not be easy. i am going down quick. i dont know how i will make it 5 days without dip, let alone 100 days. i know there is no secret and it is just determination and support, but i have almost caved in 3 past three days. despite my being sick of nicotine and dip and all of the thoughts of cancer and death, the pull of nicotine seems to be stronger. i know that sounds crazy. i cannot fail at this. this has to be done. i am starting to get depressed that i will never be free of this. i dont know how many of you have made it 50, 100, 200 days, but i give you credit. i dont know if i am strong enough to overcome this addicition.

I will stop rambling now. I just had to get this off my chest. Im trying to stay strong.

Also, much thanks to the people who have sent me their numbers and sent me messages welcoming me here. I hope that I can stay as strong as you guys are. Thanks again.

You just got thru the first 3 days, trust me it does not get harder than the first three days. You said you almost caved, you didn't cave, because you are strong and you are quit. Are you tough enough to get through today without nicotine? You have proven you are strong enough to do that and that is all you have to do.
You got this. I am quit with you.

[tampa101]

thanks guys for the encouraging posts. this is going to be a hard road although i knew it would not be easy. i am going down quick. i dont know how i will make it 5 days without dip, let alone 100 days. i know there is no secret and it is just determination and support, but i have almost caved in 3 past three days. despite my being sick of nicotine and dip and all of the thoughts of cancer and death, the pull of nicotine seems to be stronger. i know that sounds crazy. i cannot fail at this. this has to be done. i am starting to get depressed that i will never be free of this. i dont know how many of you have made it 50, 100, 200 days, but i give you credit. i dont know if i am strong enough to overcome this addicition.

I will stop rambling now. I just had to get this off my chest. Im trying to stay strong.

Also, much thanks to the people who have sent me their numbers and sent me messages welcoming me here. I hope that I can stay as strong as you guys are. Thanks again.

[Timeless117]

Way to go Tampa. Saw that you posted roll. Got involved in a hell of a good group. Bunch of good quitters in there.
Saw you posted this earlier, but figured I'd respond when I wasn't feeling so down. It's been a long road these 6 days I've been quit. I question myself at least once a day still. But I just tell myself that I have to wait until 12:01 the next day if I have to dip. Keep pushing it back.
I've basically lived here this past week. Met a lot of good quitters. Got some numbers. Not anybody in my group yet, but I'm working on it.

Good job on taking your life back. Let's go get our quit on now!

[DennyX]

Hi tampa, welcome! Luby is right, it is painfully simple but not easy. I'll echo his words, read everything here. HOF speeches, words of wisdom, other people's intro threads, everything. Stay close here, go into LIVE CHAT (upper right) and talk to some of the badass quitters that man that room (although weekends can be sort of slow). If you need anything, shoot me a PM, or some other random person here. There are thousands of people here, that all care and will drop anything they are doing to help a brother struggling.

Stay quit today!

Denny

[tampa101]

Luby, thanks for the encouraging words. I need to finally do this and be free. I can already see that there is a lot of support here and I think that will make the difference for me.

[luby]

I came across this site a few months back and have finally decided to join and quit. I have been dipping for the past 18 years, 16 years of copenhagen and two years of grizzly wintergreen. I have tried to quit many times in the past without success. I like the approach this community takes to quitting and recognizing that this is an addiction. I am sick and tired of being a slave to dip and dealing with the daily stress of worrying about my health. I know this will be very difficult but look forward to being free of the addiction.

Welcome, I see you posted roll properly, that took me about a month to figure out.
You have come to the right place, just post roll in the morning, and then keep your word. It is that simple. Spend a lot of time on here, read everything on here, that'll help you get through the tough moments.
Again welcome. I will quit with you today.

[tampa101]

I came across this site a few months back and have finally decided to join and quit. I have been dipping for the past 18 years, 16 years of copenhagen and two years of grizzly wintergreen. I have tried to quit many times in the past without success. I like the approach this community takes to quitting and recognizing that this is an addiction. I am sick and tired of being a slave to dip and dealing with the daily stress of worrying about my health. I know this will be very difficult but look forward to being free of the addiction.