Recently quit Cope

[FLguy42]

Made it through Day 4. Still having lots of cravings and/or anxiety at times, but the support and posts from others on this site has really helped. If things get really bad and I feel like caving in I just blow up and stare at the .gif image next to Kubrick's post and 'voila' dip cravings go away albeit momentarily. Not joking!

Anyways, when I posted initially on here the other day I mentioned I just quit the Cope unplanned last Thursday. Honestly, I had thought and/or tried to quit so many times over the last 20 years and failed I had pretty much given up all hope of success. So, on Thursday I'm driving by a major hospital in Florida and get caught at a long light near the main entrance. So I'm sitting there looking around and notice this relatively young person (maybe mid forties) standing out on the sidewalk in a patient's gown with a saline drip bag hooked up, blood pressure monitor on a rolling cart, god knows whatever else physically attached to them - standing there smoking. I mean, this person was standing a few feet from this major highway which has huge traffic volume going by and they're in a freaking backless hospital gown just to get some nic in their veins! I looked at this person's face and I felt very sad for them but also empathy because I knew what they must be going through emotionally. I hadn't been able to get my first dip of the day so I was jonesing for some nic myself. So I realized this is MADNESS, I'm no different from that sick person because if the shoe was on the other foot I'd be standing out there embarrassing myself to get my nicotine fix!

But then I got pissed and resolutely decided that wasn't going to be me. I came home, threw away my cans, dip cups, etc., and haven't looked back.

Sorry for the long story, but I thought others might find it interesting. Plus, I was able to pound a whole bag of Jack Link's while I typed away.

[Kubrick]

Once again, reading encouragement from others on this site is really empowering. Today (Day 3) has been really really tough - seemed much harder from a cravings standpoint than Days 1  2 for some reason. But I'm really hoping tomorrow will be better. Man, nighttime is really brutal because I would just typically sit up loading the Cope in my mouth watching TV for hours. But I need to get used to a new reality and just trust that my life will be greatly improved without the dip monkey constantly on my back. Good news is that it appears Day 3 is going in the books as a completely nicotine free one. Now on to Day 4...

I too used to stay up late watching TV, reading or surfing the internet and loading up dip after dip.

Now, I just crash around 10pm and sleep like a baby. I've also saved about $2500 by not buying chew for the last year.


You can get through this, just take it one minute, hour and day at a time. The fog should be lifting soon. Use this site and reach out to folks when you hit a rough patch. This place works, I an thousands of other quitters are proof of that.

Freedom is so much better than slavery.

[SirDerek]

Diesel,

A nic buzz? Yeah, I think I remember having one of those as a teenager some two decades ago! I really couldn't even describe the sensation of a nic buzz it's been so long. You've hit the nail on the head my friend, that stupid tobacco plant has wasted a fuckin ton of my money, relationships with family and friends, and adversely affected my health. But for the first time in my life I actually feel like I'm strong enough to give this crap up for good. Bring on Day 4!

Now that you have almost detoxed (the nicotine should be almost all out of your body by now), you will see the trauma that the toxin has wreaked on your brain. The head games that you'll go through are pretty astonishing.

It's nothing you can't handle. Just be knowledgeable and prepared.

You got this quit.

Also 42 here and was able to do it. The keys are right there for your taking. Make that daily promise and keep it. Make friends on the site here and get numbers to text and talk. Read up on everyones experiences.

Use the keys properly and you will keep the nic bitch out of your life, for One Day At A Time, so that you will come to say Never Again For Any Reason.

I quit with you today, and give you my word +1.

[Wedge]

Diesel,

A nic buzz? Yeah, I think I remember having one of those as a teenager some two decades ago! I really couldn't even describe the sensation of a nic buzz it's been so long. You've hit the nail on the head my friend, that stupid tobacco plant has wasted a fuckin ton of my money, relationships with family and friends, and adversely affected my health. But for the first time in my life I actually feel like I'm strong enough to give this crap up for good. Bring on Day 4!

Now that you have almost detoxed (the nicotine should be almost all out of your body by now), you will see the trauma that the toxin has wreaked on your brain. The head games that you'll go through are pretty astonishing.

It's nothing you can't handle. Just be knowledgeable and prepared.

[FLguy42]

Diesel,

A nic buzz? Yeah, I think I remember having one of those as a teenager some two decades ago! I really couldn't even describe the sensation of a nic buzz it's been so long. You've hit the nail on the head my friend, that stupid tobacco plant has wasted a fuckin ton of my money, relationships with family and friends, and adversely affected my health. But for the first time in my life I actually feel like I'm strong enough to give this crap up for good. Bring on Day 4!

[Parputt]

Once again, reading encouragement from others on this site is really empowering. Today (Day 3) has been really really tough - seemed much harder from a cravings standpoint than Days 1  2 for some reason. But I'm really hoping tomorrow will be better. Man, nighttime is really brutal because I would just typically sit up loading the Cope in my mouth watching TV for hours. But I need to get used to a new reality and just trust that my life will be greatly improved without the dip monkey constantly on my back. Good news is that it appears Day 3 is going in the books as a completely nicotine free one. Now on to Day 4...

Find something else to do at night. Exercise is a great way to clear your mind and keep it off dip.

[Diesel2112]

Once again, reading encouragement from others on this site is really empowering. Today (Day 3) has been really really tough - seemed much harder from a cravings standpoint than Days 1  2 for some reason. But I'm really hoping tomorrow will be better. Man, nighttime is really brutal because I would just typically sit up loading the Cope in my mouth watching TV for hours. But I need to get used to a new reality and just trust that my life will be greatly improved without the dip monkey constantly on my back. Good news is that it appears Day 3 is going in the books as a completely nicotine free one. Now on to Day 4...

25 years bro...that's enough. You don't need that shit. And never did.

Seriously, 25 fucking years. The money wasted. The sore mouth, tongue and gums...the fear of cancer, the fear of death. And no way were you getting any buzz from that shit. No fucking way. You were loading up for no reason other than your brain had been conditioned to tell you to do so.

No more.

It's time. Its time to come home. Its time to get your life back. Its time to live life as a free man.

25 years. I won't say time "wasted' but definitely time shackled.

It's not going to be easy, but nothing worth fighting for is. But you're lucky. You found us. You don't have to do this alone. We will help.

NEVER apologize for "rambling" again. Ever. Any time you want to come here and ramble, do it. You're busting a 25 year addiction. You're gonna have a lot of shit rolling around in your noggin. It will be most helpful to get it out. Especially to people who are walking the same journey. We are here to help. 24/7/365.

You're right too. You do need to get used to a new reality. The truth. For 25 years you've been living a lie. Enoughs enough. Time to live the truth. A life free of chemical dependency. The same way you came into this world. Your weren't born with a lip full of nicotine. Nobody was.

Never again for any reason.

[FLguy42]

Once again, reading encouragement from others on this site is really empowering. Today (Day 3) has been really really tough - seemed much harder from a cravings standpoint than Days 1  2 for some reason. But I'm really hoping tomorrow will be better. Man, nighttime is really brutal because I would just typically sit up loading the Cope in my mouth watching TV for hours. But I need to get used to a new reality and just trust that my life will be greatly improved without the dip monkey constantly on my back. Good news is that it appears Day 3 is going in the books as a completely nicotine free one. Now on to Day 4...

[Ajacks23]

Welcome Dude. Congrats on having the sack to stand up to your addiction! What you are about to do won't be easy, but it will be rewarding. I haven't been around as long as some, but one piece of advice I feel qualified to give is this; no matter how bad of a day you are having, no matter how intense the cravings are, you are a champion until the moment you put dip into your mouth. Some days you won't give chew much thought, some days you literally stay quit minute to minute. Always remember that tobacco gives you nothing, all the "benefits" you may think it provides you are an illusion. I had a really rough day today myself, I was as close to caving as I have been since day 1. But I made it, I had made my promise for the day by posting roll, and tomorrow I will do the same. That's what you gotta do bro. I quit with you today.

I like this and u

[Cannaday]

Welcome Dude. Congrats on having the sack to stand up to your addiction! What you are about to do won't be easy, but it will be rewarding. I haven't been around as long as some, but one piece of advice I feel qualified to give is this; no matter how bad of a day you are having, no matter how intense the cravings are, you are a champion until the moment you put dip into your mouth. Some days you won't give chew much thought, some days you literally stay quit minute to minute. Always remember that tobacco gives you nothing, all the "benefits" you may think it provides you are an illusion. I had a really rough day today myself, I was as close to caving as I have been since day 1. But I made it, I had made my promise for the day by posting roll, and tomorrow I will do the same. That's what you gotta do bro. I quit with you today.

[Timeless117]

Thanks for all the guidance and encouragement today. I just posted roll (hopefully I did it correctly as I'm working off a Mac not PC).

You did it perfectly. Now do it again tomorrow right when you wake up and your day is starting. Do it before you leave your house before work and all that. That's the requirement of posting roll. Doing it as soon as you start your day means you take dip completely off the table for that day. Not saying you'd do it by any means, but by waiting to do it later in the day one could justify that since they haven't posted roll already that it'd be okay to take a dip which is completely not okay.

[Wedge]

We were all stars. Now we are fucking champed out champs of quit.

Join us.

This.

Is awesome.

[FLguy42]

Thanks for all the guidance and encouragement today. I just posted roll (hopefully I did it correctly as I'm working off a Mac not PC).

[Diesel2112]

We were all stars. Now we are fucking champed out champs of quit.

Join us.

[Parputt]

Welcome to KTC. Post roll daily and you will stay quit. Pretty simple, but seems to much for some to comprehend.