500 days ago today, I quit dipping after 24 straight years of daily dipping. Down deep, I really doubted that I could make it, but I thought “What the hell!” I would give it a try anyway. I had never really tried to quit before. After a few days, I was dying for a dip. I'm embarrassed to confess that I dipped coffee grounds, and tore tea bags open and dipped dry tea. I ate EVERYTHING! After about a week, I found this sight while surfing for quit dipping resources. It took a few days but I figured out the whole roll call thing. I stayed on the sight almost constantly for the next 100 days. I was on the site at work, after work, on the weekends, in chat, giving advice to the real newbie’s, 16 hours a day damn near. Then one day, I was a Hall of Famer. I wrote my speech and vowed to continue to post roll because I feared what might happen if I didn’t. Most of the HOFers in my group disappeared never to be heard from again. But me and a few others vowed to post to “200”. I admit that I have missed a few days here and there but I still post roll most days with some hard corp quitting fuckers in September 2010. I still crave nicotine, but I use fake dip to satisfy the cravings. I use much less fake than I did real dip, but I still use it daily. I know that fake is a crutch and I know that I will have to quit that too soon, but for now it keeps me tobacco free. So if that’s what it takes…fine. Over the last 500 days I have reached out to numerous quitters and I would like to think that I have helped a few of them in some small way. So whats next for Minuteofangle? Im not sure. But I believe that I will post “501” tomorrow and see what happens next.
MOA
