My intro is a bit late, but partaking in everything else this site has to offer figured I might as well write an intro too. I'm 32 yrs old married with 2 kids. My story is no different than everyone else on this site. I started dipping when I was 18 my freshman year of college. Tried to quit on my own multiple times after I graduated and failed. I prayed for strength and guidance to help me quit and the good Lord answered and it scared the crap out of me. 34 days ago I chose to quit, 2 days prior I prayed. Crazy shit happened, I work in the oilfield and was heading out to location with a fat hoss in my lip thinking about how I was going to quit when i work 12-15 hr days and 95% of my coworkers dip. Well that day I felt a bump on the inside of my lower jaw under my tongue. Freaked me out, I still had 3 days left in my hitch before I got to go home, I spent the next few days googling mouth cancer making things worse. I thought for sure I had cancer. I was a grown ass man crying in the bathroom. Decided to make a dentist appt for when I got home. After calling the dentist I quit on 11/3/16. I quit the first 2 days on my own and googled tips to quit chewing and found KTC. I truly believe God led me here, the lump in my mouth provided the scare of my life which provided the strength I needed to decide to quit and KTC is the guidance I prayed for. Long story short, I went to the dentist and was diagnosed with Mandibular Tori , which I guess is fairly common and quite often mistaken as cancer by people who have it. Essentially it is a benign growth of bone on the backside of your jaw. They don't really know what causes it. Anyhow, those 3 days of "knowing for sure I had cancer" are burned into me now and are the fuel I need to keep going. I will walk my daughter down the aisle and I will see my grandchildren one day!
Thank you to everyone at KTC that has given me support so far!
I quit with all of you EDD!
Jeff W.
