Hi,
I think I found this site the day after I quit (April 18), but this is my first post.
I'm 52, started smoking at 17, then added wintergreen chew to my game in 1991.
Tough (or really stupid) muthafucka huh? I quit smoking in 2006, never one puff
again. But kept the chew. Eventually switched from kodiak to skoal pouches, (gums burned so bad, and receding gums).
Never really made any serious attempts to quit chew, but really I knew where the road lead and thought about it. But the seductress said "No, you cant do it, look how hooked you are. There is never not a dose in your mouth when you are awake" "You have depression and anxiety, I help you cope" etc. ..But as you probably know drugs lie.
I did stay off it for 3 days in March and relapsed, when stressed out at home.
But that was the longest I had been clean that I can remember, and it wasnt so bad, so it gave me hope I could actually make it.
I am serious about this, I know now may be my only chance and I am doing this for only myself. I want to live without fear of a slow painful death, I don't want to tell my family I'm dying because I was to weak to stop a habit I'd had since my fucking buddy turned me on to 35 years ago.
So far so good, I have been reading articles here and elsewhere, the truth really has helped my attitude. The cravings havent been bad, but I think about chew a lot during the day. Not in wanting it, but things I have read, or how stupid I was in using. Don't get me wrong I have had a few craves, but not many.
Thanks for reading, and I need to figure out how to post to a group correctly.
Strength and good health to all here.
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