hey Brothers of Quit,
Good to be Quit with YOU!
I dipped 30 yrs, 1-2 can/day, 24/7. I am 83 daze quit. I have learned what a toothbrush, floss, and mouthwash is.
I have never done this strange routine that "normal" people have done all of their lives....LOL
I always thought, well hell, nothing can get through the tobacco stains anyway!!! real good logic...NOT.
When it comes to your body adjusting to "not" having poison in the mouth, anything good can happen.
As for the "fake dip"...I bought 7 cans, online, they were delivered on my 2nd day of quit...I opened one, (was thinking, "umm I'm allowed?") Smelled it, (said to myself, "damn you smell just like the real thing. I don't need YOU!") I put the lid back on, put it with the other 6 cans. On my 73th day, all 7 unused cans went into the garbage.
Same thing with what I "thought" I needed to stop dipping, namely Zyban. I had an appoint with the doctor and got a prescription for Zyban...suppose to help with the craves...Doc says, you shouldn't quit today, this zyban takes 3 days to get into your system...can you believe a health prof. saying that?? I didn't say a word...I can only imagine what my face was saying...
Took the zyban for 4 daze. I took a hard look at it....more poison from the pharm companies who control the biggest drug trade in the world. I put it down and said to the bottle, "I don't need YOU".
Do whatever it takes to be quit and stay quit. For some, the fake stuff worked for them. Others use cinnomin gum, seeds, cold water, hard candy, tic tacs, redhots, ice breakers, the list is endless. I do gum, water, ice breakers and wintergreen life savers. I try to use only sugarless stuff. Trying to keep my teeth! LOL
Stay quit brothers, ONE day at a TIME and your days will stack up nicely and you can say, "Look Ma, no poison in my lip"! 'zombie'