Hello. I just made it through my third day dip free. I have been addicted for 17 years (a nice gift from the military). I was a Copenhagen Wintergreen guy. I got to the point that I was just so sick of doing it but then so frustrated because I couldn't stop. I was sick of needing a bottle to spit in. I was sick of planning my day around when I could get a nice, long dip in. I just got sick of it. I have tried to quit before and actually made it a few months before I caved in. I am very determined this time to make it permanent. I don't want my two young boys to see me doing it and think it is OK. This is the first time I have tried quitting with a support website like this one. It's nice to relate to others who are having the same struggles. Good luck fellow quitters.
Welcome to KTC! A couple thoughts to keep your quit strong:
Drink lots of water, exercise until you drop, read the words of wisdom etc on this site.
At 3 days, the nicotine is out of your system (or will be soon). Now your quit becomes mental.
Dip controlled our day because nicotine is addictive. We need to build a response to the addiction that does not include poisoning ourselves. We do this one day at a time to retrain our brains.
The key to success is posting roll -- our promise to use no nicotine in any form for one day. One day we can do, no matter how great the headaches or craves. This is simple, yet very hard. So we post that promise in public in our quit group (October 2016 pre hall of fame for you). There we join other quitters at the same stage of quit -- and hold eachother accountable to make that daily promise.
We also do all our cursing and raging in the group or on this site -- our families do not need to be hit with that.
Just get through today, that's enough. Let permanently work itself out. Over time those +1 s add up and we heal. Life at 434 days for me is much better than before I quit when I was enslaved by nicotine. I am happy to quit with you today.
