I'm 23 and have been dipping at an increasing rate since I was about 13. Admitting that I'm already addicted this early makes me feel like a pussy, but at this point I have to admit that it's true. I'd love to say that I'm strong enough to quit on my own, but I believe that this is important enough that I must use every resource available to make it easier to quit, and this place seems great. I was hooked on first pinch. I felt so great the first time I did it that the most pressing thought it my mind was persistently "I can't wait to put in a lip again". Once I turned 18 and could buy my own tins, I would just dip more and more to help me study and focus to the point that I could polish off a tin in one day; now I can hold it to 4 dips a day on a good day, I crave it constantly. My teeth and gums were never great to begin with, and on my last cleaning my dentist warned me that my gums were already receded to the point that I need grafts, and this morning I felt the largest canker sore I've ever had on my bottom lip. I'm terrified of cancer and this shit is not worth the risk. Not only that but I'm sick of constantly thinking about when I'm going to have my next lip. I feel like it's the most important thing that I need to do everyday, when rationally I know that is false and that that's just the junkie in me talking. I'm sick of hiding lips and work and cleaning out my spitters every day. I'm sick of procrastinating on things that I know are more important then getting a quick lip in. There's a part of me that sees folks that have been dipping their entire lives, and are still alive and appear healthy, so that part of me tells myself that "it's ok to dip for a few more years, you can quit later". But all signs are telling me that the best decision that I could make is to just quit now, get nicotine out of my life, and move on.
Good Stuff Man,
You're only 4 years younger than me, and I wish I would've stop chewing earlier. You can do it! Day 11 here, we can do this together!