Not so SLICK

[pab1964]

You will gain for a while but you can lose weight. Hang in there you should be noticing some small changes to the good in your new life now. Fog, let's see, drove good 10 miles past my house from work every day for the first week. Laughed the shit off and was thankful just like I am now for every damn day I'm not using. The quit life is the only life. I love every start to a new day and can't wait to post when I get up. Got the right attitude to beat this, stay one step ahead always. Proud to be quit with you!

[Slick]

Munchies here too, always hungry. The expression camel up comes to mind and I have put on 10 lbs in 25 days quit. 'help' .

Yeah,

if I sit.. I eat...

if I stay active, i can see burning the calories for fuel. but I am having these totally jacked up cravings. Like I got a bun in the oven. Doughnuts.... cherry coke... Peach tea... potato chips and dip.

I never eat that trash.... I would always splurge and get a box of doughnuts or a whopper. but then not eat that stuff for an entire year. Now I am hung up on Milk shakes.

Now, I know I had a chew tooth.... but this is like a sweet tooth.... I guess it is better.... I am going to hit the treadmill. I feel like Tim Allen in that Christmas movie.

I don't want a dickie-do. you know,, your stomach sticks out more than your dickie do!

[KillTheCamel]

Munchies here too, always hungry. The expression camel up comes to mind and I have put on 10 lbs in 25 days quit. 'help' .

[sooverit]

Happy belated bday, Slick! Over a month quit now, that's awesome! Nice Work!

I feel you on the munchies... my husband's gigantic bag of peanut butter MMs keeps kicking my @ss. And by kicking, I mean making wider. :( Don't let it stress you out too much right now! Quitting is way more important. Fluffy and healthy  thin and dead of cancer.

Sorry to hear about your elbow too. Have you tried a tennis ball? Roll all the "soft" parts (above and below the elbow) of your affected arm on the ball, against a hard surface. Hard; if it hurts, you're doing it right. :) If it's tightness causing your pain, a few days of that might help. There are many great resources online for stretches and strength balancing exercises online. I usually Google "power lifting" plus whatever hurts haha those guys know their stuff. I hope you feel better soon! All the hurdles you're facing right now are just the good Lord's way of strengthening your quit, making you even more bad@ss! Keep up the great quit! We are all with you.

[Slick]

Still here. 34 Days Free

My mouth stopped watering like a reservoir at night. I now experience dry mouth

I wake up every morning at 4 AM to piss. I think my prostate is angry at me.

I blew my shoulder out. My right elbow now has tennis elbow.

I mean, come on.... I stopped dipping and I am falling apart??? But I know there is no correlation . it is not even fair to say that. but it sure does feel like it.

I bought a case of beer yesterday for this upcoming 4th of July weekend. It is the same beer distributor where i bought so many rolls of Copenhagen. I did fine. I honestly did not even look at the huge ass wall of chew... swiped my card, carried my case of beer to the truck and grumbled under my breath the whole time how my fracking tennis elbow is bothering me. 'no' roflmao

oh, and the fog??... if I am busy, I do not get the fog. when I sit around, it sets in. rolls in. encases me and holds me tight. just not as severe as it used to. :-/

+ I am putting on weight when not busy. I am eating everything. My taste buds are still shot but the oral fixation is still there.

Thanks all for the Birthday wishes.... it was cool. I had fun with my girls

[Thumblewort]

Good intro Slick, I like the use of an intro as a journal. I quit with you today.

[Steakbomb18]

Went to the Doctors for an annual check up the other day. New PCP (Primary Care Physician).. she is a really good listener. I told all about my (our) quit. she wrote the website down... it was cool.

anyways, everything checked out great...

I have tennis elbow. ... but do not play tennis.

turned 40 today.

embalmed a 38 yr old woman this morning... she has 2 kids under 10. sudden. nobody knows what happened. hard day..... I can bury thousands of old people that lived their lives, saw their kids grow up.. grand children, etc.... but lives that are cut short make the days hard.

I bet having that PCP vote of confidence is a nice lift of anxiety. It took a number of PCP visits, specialist visits, and dental visits of consistent positive results for me to feel like I've escaped (for now) some long term and regrettable damage. All I know is the health anxiety and fear I accumulated after 18 years of dipping is something I'll never do to myself again. Notice I said "to myself" and not "my kids" or "my wife" etc... Me. When you told your new PCP about your quit, you told her about YOUR quit. Not ours. Always make your quit about you. Everybody around your quit wins, when you succeed for you.

Keep it up Slick. You're doing great.

[Sooner87]

Happy birthday, Slick. You take er easy out there.

[Mike1966]

Happy Birthday Slick! I quit with you today!

[Slick]

Went to the Doctors for an annual check up the other day. New PCP (Primary Care Physician).. she is a really good listener. I told all about my (our) quit. she wrote the website down... it was cool.

anyways, everything checked out great...

I have tennis elbow. ... but do not play tennis.

turned 40 today.

embalmed a 38 yr old woman this morning... she has 2 kids under 10. sudden. nobody knows what happened. hard day..... I can bury thousands of old people that lived their lives, saw their kids grow up.. grand children, etc.... but lives that are cut short make the days hard.

[sooverit]

I am headed back to the gym. I felt great my college days going to the gym every night at 9 PM. I think it is time to get back in there and pray I do not blow anything out and end up on the injured reserve list for weeks/months. My best friends from school do not do any form of tobacco but they do hit the gym every night at the age of 40 and 41. Wish they lived closer to me.

I second going to the gym, my home away from home. On days I don't go, I feel the difference in my anxiety levels: more apt to lose it on my kids, my hubs, or someone at work (I'm a bit on the high-strung side :ermm: ). I hate running, but I'm thinking about kicking myself out the door for a run on weekends, on top of the gym, when the cravings get too strong. It will get my grouchy butt away from my poor family and hopefully beat the anxiety back. (I've heard that quite a few marathoners got their start quitting smoking.) There are tons of online groups for gym accountability too, since your gym friends don't live close by. I look forward to watching your continued success.

[Slick]

That is the nic brain trying to rewire itself. Give it time, it will get better but no one here can tell you when! The suck till it don't definitely has true meaning! Quit on! ?

oh thank goodness there is light at the end of the tunnel.

My brain better rewire faster. I do not like this feeling... I feel like a space cadet.

Like I could stare at the wall for an hour with no thoughts of anything.

ugh

[KillTheCamel]

Quit with you today Slick. Thanks for sharing the story of your quits all, since it helps me with knowing whats coming next.

[Stranger999]

Nice intro and nice quit you got there Slick! Quit with you today!! Hang tough, because even though the physical withdrawal is long-since complete, the mind games are just beginning....it'll take some time, but trust me, you'll one day regain the clarity back 100-fold!

Is it just me, but when I come on here, I get foggy.

Is it because I am thinking and focusing on my addiction of chewing snuff???

That is the nic brain trying to rewire itself. Give it time, it will get better but no one here can tell you when! The suck till it don't definitely has true meaning! Quit on! ?

The fog persists for longer than you'd think. Even after 200 days I've still had some days where I felt a little foggy. Nicotine really messed all of us up. It will take time to heal.

[pab1964]

Nice intro and nice quit you got there Slick! Quit with you today!! Hang tough, because even though the physical withdrawal is long-since complete, the mind games are just beginning....it'll take some time, but trust me, you'll one day regain the clarity back 100-fold!

Is it just me, but when I come on here, I get foggy.

Is it because I am thinking and focusing on my addiction of chewing snuff???

That is the nic brain trying to rewire itself. Give it time, it will get better but no one here can tell you when! The suck till it don't definitely has true meaning! Quit on! ?