Not so SLICK

[pky1520]

Well, I am almost at day 100.
I can say that I do not fell any different but that would be cheating myself.

I finally got the news from my doc. She said my levels are all normal.. I do not have elevated cholesterol.

Been hitting the gym.. feels great to have my power back. I am not 100% yet but I was hoping to go back stronger... in time.. just not right this instance.

I still have the urge to chew snuff but it is not mind numbing like it once was. I can finally handle those urges and fend them off with some chewing gum.

I do not know if I will continue to post after day 100, but I think it is rather important to stay on top of posting and making that promise. Funny how those couple typed letters and numbers each day set your brain on the right track to success.

p.s. I got some train horns on my truck. oh my, they feel so good since I have road rage. sons a bishes drive off the road. If someone shoots me, you will know why. 'winker'

Slick, Great work! I just read through your intro from the beginning and it is great to see how far we have all progressed in our quits.
Keep up your guard and in my experience your quit will go through some funks and up and downs, but stay strong and keep doing what you are doing.
Congrats on the 100 (soon)
Idaho Spuds

Keep it up Slick! I've enjoyed following your intro - you and your brothers will be aboard the HOF train soon enough!

[Idaho Spuds]

Well, I am almost at day 100.
I can say that I do not fell any different but that would be cheating myself.

I finally got the news from my doc. She said my levels are all normal.. I do not have elevated cholesterol.

Been hitting the gym.. feels great to have my power back. I am not 100% yet but I was hoping to go back stronger... in time.. just not right this instance.

I still have the urge to chew snuff but it is not mind numbing like it once was. I can finally handle those urges and fend them off with some chewing gum.

I do not know if I will continue to post after day 100, but I think it is rather important to stay on top of posting and making that promise. Funny how those couple typed letters and numbers each day set your brain on the right track to success.

p.s. I got some train horns on my truck. oh my, they feel so good since I have road rage. sons a bishes drive off the road. If someone shoots me, you will know why. 'winker'

Slick, Great work! I just read through your intro from the beginning and it is great to see how far we have all progressed in our quits.
Keep up your guard and in my experience your quit will go through some funks and up and downs, but stay strong and keep doing what you are doing.
Congrats on the 100 (soon)
Idaho Spuds

[Slick]

Well, I am almost at day 100.
I can say that I do not fell any different but that would be cheating myself.

I finally got the news from my doc. She said my levels are all normal.. I do not have elevated cholesterol.

Been hitting the gym.. feels great to have my power back. I am not 100% yet but I was hoping to go back stronger... in time.. just not right this instance.

I still have the urge to chew snuff but it is not mind numbing like it once was. I can finally handle those urges and fend them off with some chewing gum.

I do not know if I will continue to post after day 100, but I think it is rather important to stay on top of posting and making that promise. Funny how those couple typed letters and numbers each day set your brain on the right track to success.

p.s. I got some train horns on my truck. oh my, they feel so good since I have road rage. sons a bishes drive off the road. If someone shoots me, you will know why. 'winker'

[Slick]

Well, just checking in... and updating.

still putting on a few pounds, but I think it is muscle. went from 210 to 213 lbs in 2 weeks. ugh...

my elbow is killing me.... compression sleeve arrives tomorrow. If it keeps bothering me, I am going to see a specialist. Anyone have the dreaded tennis elbow? any advise?... my chiropractor told me use my other arm... :P

I can not wait to hit the gym tomorrow night. my testosterone is thru the roof. I can feel all my power coming back.


stay strong my brothers and sisters!!.. stay strong!

[DjPorkchop]

^^^^ What he said!

I kind of thought the same thing for a short bit. I woke up every day and never had the urge to grab a can and put a morning lipper in or anything but as soon as I looged on the site, I thought about dip. Was it thinking I needed a dip? Mmmmm I might be fooling my self but not so much I don't think. Now when i come on the site i DO think about dip...... and all the bad shit it can do to a person. There is nothing good about it. I will preach until I am blue in the face. If I say something and get called a fuck head, a douche bag, a dick, then so be it! I would rather you hate me every day for the rest of your life than to love me until the day you die of cancer. Plain and simple.

So do I think about dip here? Yep! But it is to help others stay quit, not to give me an "excuse to cave".


I know it is a pain the fucking ass man. I get it. Not only did I give up dip 302 days ago, I also gave up my cigars too AND 14 years ago, I was a 3 pack per day smoker of Boro Reds Box. Quitting sucks. Plain and simple. Triggers? yeah. 14 years later and I still have triggers for a stinking ass cigarette. YUCK!!! But man do I want one on occasion. Dip, YUCK!!!! The smell is nasty as fuck and every time I see a pile of dip laying on the gournd outside of the door to a business I like to gag. BUT, I do get cravings 302 days later.

I have tools now. The most important one is my daily promise to my brothers AND sisters of quit. I hold that promise near and dear to my heart now and refuse to let go. I keep numbers handy on my phone programmed and ready to roll. My ohone currently has no service yet i carry it due to my numbers just in case. My wifes phone works fine. I will use if needs be. That is one out for me. My next out is when I am at home, the site is a few clicks away. I can read HOF speeches, Words of Wisdom, and every other thread I can think of to read. Other quit groups are AWESOME reading materials. Reminds me of where I was and where I could be if I stick with it. I never have to use nic ever again!

Your health you mentioned. I have saw more doctors in my life since I quit smoking than ever in my life. It started sucking bad. My liver is enlarged, liver functions are through the roof and on the verge of failure, my heart is jacked up, and my lungs are completely shot. I can hold my breath just shy of 9 seconds. I'm 385 lb , 5'10 (lost an inch), 3 blown discs, arthritis in the spine, arthritis in my knees so bad I can barely walk, spine shifted half a centimeter, etc etc etc. One thing I have going for me is, NO NIC!!! WOOT!

Yep with all that shit wrong, I have no nic in me and proud of it. I no longer have to worry about being down to my last dip and having to go get more or suffering literal panic attacks for leaving home and forgetting my tin.

It will all work out man stick with it and us!! It does get better day by day.

I'll shut up now and carry on my way ward. take care and I quit with you EDD man!

Ray - 302

Awesome DJ! Gave me some quit wood! See slick when everything starts sucking around you, remember there's always someone alot worse off than you! Quit on and thanks DJ!

Quit wood!! Ha ha ha!!! No probs bud, that's what I am here for! Anytime man. ROFL!!! I must have said something useful then. If I did, then I am a happy camper.

Take care fellers!

[pab1964]

^^^^ What he said!

I kind of thought the same thing for a short bit. I woke up every day and never had the urge to grab a can and put a morning lipper in or anything but as soon as I looged on the site, I thought about dip. Was it thinking I needed a dip? Mmmmm I might be fooling my self but not so much I don't think. Now when i come on the site i DO think about dip...... and all the bad shit it can do to a person. There is nothing good about it. I will preach until I am blue in the face. If I say something and get called a fuck head, a douche bag, a dick, then so be it! I would rather you hate me every day for the rest of your life than to love me until the day you die of cancer. Plain and simple.

So do I think about dip here? Yep! But it is to help others stay quit, not to give me an "excuse to cave".


I know it is a pain the fucking ass man. I get it. Not only did I give up dip 302 days ago, I also gave up my cigars too AND 14 years ago, I was a 3 pack per day smoker of Boro Reds Box. Quitting sucks. Plain and simple. Triggers? yeah. 14 years later and I still have triggers for a stinking ass cigarette. YUCK!!! But man do I want one on occasion. Dip, YUCK!!!! The smell is nasty as fuck and every time I see a pile of dip laying on the gournd outside of the door to a business I like to gag. BUT, I do get cravings 302 days later.

I have tools now. The most important one is my daily promise to my brothers AND sisters of quit. I hold that promise near and dear to my heart now and refuse to let go. I keep numbers handy on my phone programmed and ready to roll. My ohone currently has no service yet i carry it due to my numbers just in case. My wifes phone works fine. I will use if needs be. That is one out for me. My next out is when I am at home, the site is a few clicks away. I can read HOF speeches, Words of Wisdom, and every other thread I can think of to read. Other quit groups are AWESOME reading materials. Reminds me of where I was and where I could be if I stick with it. I never have to use nic ever again!

Your health you mentioned. I have saw more doctors in my life since I quit smoking than ever in my life. It started sucking bad. My liver is enlarged, liver functions are through the roof and on the verge of failure, my heart is jacked up, and my lungs are completely shot. I can hold my breath just shy of 9 seconds. I'm 385 lb , 5'10 (lost an inch), 3 blown discs, arthritis in the spine, arthritis in my knees so bad I can barely walk, spine shifted half a centimeter, etc etc etc. One thing I have going for me is, NO NIC!!! WOOT!

Yep with all that shit wrong, I have no nic in me and proud of it. I no longer have to worry about being down to my last dip and having to go get more or suffering literal panic attacks for leaving home and forgetting my tin.

It will all work out man stick with it and us!! It does get better day by day.

I'll shut up now and carry on my way ward. take care and I quit with you EDD man!

Ray - 302

Awesome DJ! Gave me some quit wood! See slick when everything starts sucking around you, remember there's always someone alot worse off than you! Quit on and thanks DJ!

[DjPorkchop]

^^^^ What he said!

I kind of thought the same thing for a short bit. I woke up every day and never had the urge to grab a can and put a morning lipper in or anything but as soon as I looged on the site, I thought about dip. Was it thinking I needed a dip? Mmmmm I might be fooling my self but not so much I don't think. Now when i come on the site i DO think about dip...... and all the bad shit it can do to a person. There is nothing good about it. I will preach until I am blue in the face. If I say something and get called a fuck head, a douche bag, a dick, then so be it! I would rather you hate me every day for the rest of your life than to love me until the day you die of cancer. Plain and simple.

So do I think about dip here? Yep! But it is to help others stay quit, not to give me an "excuse to cave".


I know it is a pain the fucking ass man. I get it. Not only did I give up dip 302 days ago, I also gave up my cigars too AND 14 years ago, I was a 3 pack per day smoker of Boro Reds Box. Quitting sucks. Plain and simple. Triggers? yeah. 14 years later and I still have triggers for a stinking ass cigarette. YUCK!!! But man do I want one on occasion. Dip, YUCK!!!! The smell is nasty as fuck and every time I see a pile of dip laying on the gournd outside of the door to a business I like to gag. BUT, I do get cravings 302 days later.

I have tools now. The most important one is my daily promise to my brothers AND sisters of quit. I hold that promise near and dear to my heart now and refuse to let go. I keep numbers handy on my phone programmed and ready to roll. My ohone currently has no service yet i carry it due to my numbers just in case. My wifes phone works fine. I will use if needs be. That is one out for me. My next out is when I am at home, the site is a few clicks away. I can read HOF speeches, Words of Wisdom, and every other thread I can think of to read. Other quit groups are AWESOME reading materials. Reminds me of where I was and where I could be if I stick with it. I never have to use nic ever again!

Your health you mentioned. I have saw more doctors in my life since I quit smoking than ever in my life. It started sucking bad. My liver is enlarged, liver functions are through the roof and on the verge of failure, my heart is jacked up, and my lungs are completely shot. I can hold my breath just shy of 9 seconds. I'm 385 lb , 5'10 (lost an inch), 3 blown discs, arthritis in the spine, arthritis in my knees so bad I can barely walk, spine shifted half a centimeter, etc etc etc. One thing I have going for me is, NO NIC!!! WOOT!

Yep with all that shit wrong, I have no nic in me and proud of it. I no longer have to worry about being down to my last dip and having to go get more or suffering literal panic attacks for leaving home and forgetting my tin.

It will all work out man stick with it and us!! It does get better day by day.

I'll shut up now and carry on my way ward. take care and I quit with you EDD man!

Ray - 302

[pab1964]

I think about chew. but only when I am on here. Still to this day I get the fog when I come on this website.

totally weird, but this is not where my addiction started.... it ended here.

I agree with a recent HOF speech I read. Without KTC, we all would of caved and just went back to chewing with No one to answer to. I did not hide my habit, I was not embarrassed by it. If you did not like it or me "you could go fuck yourself".

That was my attitude... it was piss poor. I pissed blood and vinegar. I had rage running thru my veins.

I can honestly tell you, chewing snuff was one of the stupidest things I did to my body.

I think about chew. but only when I am on here

That is bullshit addict speak be careful you listen to that you will be on your own and probably posting a day one. I agree you think of it when you come here but you will think of it every second when you're not!

[Slick]

I think about chew. but only when I am on here. Still to this day I get the fog when I come on this website.

totally weird, but this is not where my addiction started.... it ended here.

I agree with a recent HOF speech I read. Without KTC, we all would of caved and just went back to chewing with No one to answer to. I did not hide my habit, I was not embarrassed by it. If you did not like it or me "you could go fuck yourself".

That was my attitude... it was piss poor. I pissed blood and vinegar. I had rage running thru my veins.

I can honestly tell you, chewing snuff was one of the stupidest things I did to my body.

[pab1964]

You guys are right.

I needed to hear that.

I know whats right. I know that can will not solve my aches and pains. I beat this., i will continue to beat this. I will never look back. I am an addict and I will never put 1 more dip in my lip. I will not cave... I can not cave. I refuse to cave.

I was talking with member-- Nori. The next door neighbor had a party last night. I noticed a young buck at the party, carrying his 3-4 yr old son in his arms with a honking big ass dip in his lip. I thought to myself "he looks stupid", "Some day he will realize it". That used to be me and I am glad it is not me.
I always tucked my dips way in the back and nobody knew i was dipping unless I spit. but towards the end I was dumping more and more in my mouth.
I just do not want to go back to that.... it is all a mind set at this point.

I went to go give more blood this AM for blood work and the doctor forgot to fax over the request to the lab. Guess I have a few extra days now to get more exercise in so my blood work looks better. ahahhaahha...

Slick mind over matter. Don't be that guy hiding behind nicotine! Stand tall and be proud, you're a quitter! EDD! ODAAT! Quit on!

[Slick]

You guys are right.

I needed to hear that.

I know whats right. I know that can will not solve my aches and pains. I beat this., i will continue to beat this. I will never look back. I am an addict and I will never put 1 more dip in my lip. I will not cave... I can not cave. I refuse to cave.

I was talking with member-- Nori. The next door neighbor had a party last night. I noticed a young buck at the party, carrying his 3-4 yr old son in his arms with a honking big ass dip in his lip. I thought to myself "he looks stupid", "Some day he will realize it". That used to be me and I am glad it is not me.
I always tucked my dips way in the back and nobody knew i was dipping unless I spit. but towards the end I was dumping more and more in my mouth.
I just do not want to go back to that.... it is all a mind set at this point.

I went to go give more blood this AM for blood work and the doctor forgot to fax over the request to the lab. Guess I have a few extra days now to get more exercise in so my blood work looks better. ahahhaahha...

[KingNothing]

So, I can honestly say that I did not realize how much chewing masked different things in my life.

I now have a bum elbow. a busted up shoulder. High Cholesterol.. increased liver function (drinking more alcohol). I gained 11 lbs in 35 days. My tongue still hurts.

what the frack.

My doctor calls me and wants more blood work. (that could never be a good sign)

ugh

I feel like I am taking a nose dive into the dirt.

As long as you recognize that Nicotine was a mask and is not a solution.

The aches and pains are unfortunate, but you can control the alcohol intake - and you really should be careful about that, especially early on.

Try to use exercise as a coping mechanism. It's a triple whammy - releases endorphins, gets you healthy and flushes out toxins.

Your body and brain are still adjusting and you should return to a more normal state pretty soon. But even if not, all of the stuff you mentioned is way less serious than the cancer you'll be facing if you return to the can.

Just keep posting and updating and you'll feel better brother!

While all that stuff may have come out now that you are quit, nicotine didn't help any of those things. You may notice them more now as you try to get a better life going for yourself and your family, but this is not a cause and effect thing. Quitting nicotine did not raise your cholesterol and it certainly didn't injure your elbow and shoulder. The stress of quitting may have caused you to THINK you needed more alcohol to adapt, but you don't (I went through that same slide in the beginning so I know exactly what you're going through on that front).

Like Pky said, get some exercise. Along with the benefits he mentioned, losing weight and regulating your body's metabolism will help you get where you want to be. You can do this Slick. You've come too far to let the nic bitch convince you that if you come back to her filthy talons all will be better.

[pky1520]

So, I can honestly say that I did not realize how much chewing masked different things in my life.

I now have a bum elbow. a busted up shoulder. High Cholesterol.. increased liver function (drinking more alcohol). I gained 11 lbs in 35 days. My tongue still hurts.

what the frack.

My doctor calls me and wants more blood work. (that could never be a good sign)

ugh

I feel like I am taking a nose dive into the dirt.

As long as you recognize that Nicotine was a mask and is not a solution.

The aches and pains are unfortunate, but you can control the alcohol intake - and you really should be careful about that, especially early on.

Try to use exercise as a coping mechanism. It's a triple whammy - releases endorphins, gets you healthy and flushes out toxins.

Your body and brain are still adjusting and you should return to a more normal state pretty soon. But even if not, all of the stuff you mentioned is way less serious than the cancer you'll be facing if you return to the can.

Just keep posting and updating and you'll feel better brother!

[Slick]

So, I can honestly say that I did not realize how much chewing masked different things in my life.

I now have a bum elbow. a busted up shoulder. High Cholesterol.. increased liver function (drinking more alcohol). I gained 11 lbs in 35 days. My tongue still hurts.

what the frack.

My doctor calls me and wants more blood work. (that could never be a good sign)

ugh

I feel like I am taking a nose dive into the dirt.

[Slick]

Break thru last night.


The wife is starting to understand more and more... she says "You have not acted like that in a really long time".. It was pointed out to me that my attitude and demeanor towards subjects has changed for the better.

My attitude feels better. I still want a chew to this day when my triggers are hit. Honestly, I had the shit in my mouth all day towards the end. Anything and everything could be a trigger.

I told her, I do not want to go back there and do that ever again. She agreed.

This whole thing has drawn us closer. She does not ask if I had a chew. She does not understand what an addiction is. She says "Just quit doing it", it is not that hard". But when she said, "you can have a chew every once in awhile, just do not abuse it, I do not see how that will hurt anything"..I stopped her. I explained to her that I could never have ONE "justified" chew/dip EVER. It would send me in a downward spiral that would cause me to use large quantities again.

she understood after I explained and I feel better that I stepped up and did the right thing.

I learned, communication is KEY.... without it, this quit will not be successful.