After randomly coming across this website and reading some of the testimonials of people who had quit dipping after 10, 20, even 30+ years, I started pondering whether it was a coincidence or not that I found this place. Hey everybody, Im 26 yrs old and have been dipping for about 6 years. It originally started as a quit smoking aid. I hated it at first, made my lip sore, but it did make it easy to quit smoking. Then before I knew it, I was dipping on a regular basis. The worst part about this, is that Ive been dating the same girl, who is now my fiance, for almost 7 years, and she's never known the truth about my habit. Ive kept it cleverly hidden for so many years, washing out and throwing away every dip bottle I use, throwing empty cans away at work, Im sure Im not the only one. I quit for 10 months last year but like an idiot, I let it back into my life out of boredom. There are only two souls on earth who know about my habit, one is my brother, the other is a guy I work with, but even he thinks I quit last year. After I let it beat me again, it was only stronger than before. I've absolutely got to quit. Its gone on too far. Im marrying the love of my life next summer and Ive got to get rid of this shit before I ruin the best thing that ever happened to me. After reading stuff on this website for about an hour, I took my recently opened can of Grizzly into the bathroom and took a long look at myself in the mirror. Id never felt so weak, sitting here, arguing with this can of dirt looking shit about whos stronger.
Feeling competely disgusted with myself for allowing myself to sink to this level, I dumped the whole can into the toilet and flushed it. Rinsed the can out and threw it in the trash. (because I have scraped the sides of the can before)
So I guess that makes today Day 1. I bought some sunflower seeds this morning which has kept my mouth and mind occupied. I feel pretty good, but I know difficult times are on the way. I plan to stick around here and Im glad I found this place.
