Hey everyone,
My name is Ethan and I've been dipping for 3.5 years. I started in military school, where pretty much everyone was doing it. It was like one day I had my first dip and then two days later I was dipping half a can a day, every day. I've tried to quit at least 5 times and failed every time, it's like every time I try to quit I change my mind a few days later, even if I'm determined at the beginning. Anyway, I figured it was time to change my approach and I stumbled across this site. I'm quitting in exactly 3 hours. However, I'm kind of worried about a few things. I don't want to get fat when I quit (I've never been overweight in my life) and I don't want my grades to drop. I understand preventing cancer is 10x more important than both of these things and that's why I'm quitting, but I really don't want to ruin my 4.0 (I'm worried about that because in my experience it's almost impossible to concentrate on anything while trying to quit).
Anyway, as far as my interests go, I'm in college working towards a mechanical engineering degree, but I spend most of my time doing theoretical math and physics (not trying to sound like an arrogant jerk, I genuinely enjoy it). I'm fully aware that the hardest part of this quit may actually be the math/physics, as I dip constantly when I do this kind of work and I may find it hard to do this without dipping.
Finally, I have a question for anyone on this site who has actually quit for an extended period of time. Whenever I try to quit, on the third/fourth day I always get this fear that the fogginess/lack of concentration I experience will never go away. I don't know why, I just get scared of that, even though I suspect it's a pretty irrational thought. Has anyone else experienced this?
Sorry for the length of this post.