My intro

[Kodiak Quitter]

I can relate. I quit May 12 and also.suppose I am an alcobolic with some social.anxiety. Sometimes I wonder if the dipping fueled the anxiety as I would rather be alone with my chew.
Unfortunately I have been drinking a lot to.make it through the day and get to sleep. I am thinking about.giving that up.for a while too and really getting healthy but am scared that will be too much good.at once.
Now a little over week ago I get shingles and my eye was swollen shut and now I have bottles of hydrocodone.

[pky1520]

Hey Shaun, congrats on making it to 100 days! This quit is for real and I'm proud to have gone through it with you - keep it up man!

[Shaun_737]

So. How is it going?

Not too bad. Still dealing with cravings from time to time. Not as often. Trying to eat healthy and stay busy. Just taking it a day at a time. How about you?

[kubiackalpha]

So. How is it going?

[Harconan]

I quit with you Shaun. We will get through this together.
I quit with you today

[Shaun_737]

We all quit with you. I was addicted to Hydrocodone while in high school. It wasn't that I just loved pills, I had one knee surgery per each year of high school and they outfitted me with enough pills to feed one to each person in the school.

As such, I took two or three a day for 4 years. I quit them June 11, 2011. I can never use an opiate pain killer ever again, if I break bones, hello Asprin.

I know the struggle there, I have been off of them for 1,799 days. Each day is a struggle but each day I stay quit the win gets bigger and bigger. I don't think of them anymore but I will always be an addict and nicotine is my new step also.

I quit with you today.

-Ace

Glad to hear you got off the opiates. They have become a huge problem lately. The doctors also prescribed me way too much xanax. I hear stories all the time about people being prescribed large amounts of opiates or benzos, sometimes at the same time. Makes no sense. You would think they would know not to do that. Anyhow, onto slay the nicotine dragon.

Wayyyy too many pill doctors. And something I mentioned on another post is that pills are meant to be temporary until the problem is fixed or they fix the problem. EXTEMELY rare are they they meant to be the long term solution. Too many wanting a fixed problem but not the work to do it. Besides the pill doctors their are legal drug dealers. Those that seem to have a lot of High School kids tends to be the legal drug dealers. Get them hooked. They get poor. Medicare/Medicaid/State Insurance. BOOM! Guarenteed check monthly or more from the "doc" . Tthis isn't always the way the script plays out. But, it does most of the time.

Well. Onto the rest of it. Congrats on the decision. Best thing is tons of water. Get a good therapist that when he meets with you he starts to discuss a treatment plan with a set end date and be sure that YOU tell him that YOU will be deciding if more treatment is needed after the set time period 12 weeks tends to be the prescribed amount. Someone that is not only skilled in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy but also Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. Don't be afraid to reach out to others. With as many members as we have, I am sure there is someone that had gone through what you have, if not very similar. you might be a good candidate for the fake stuff. You know you the best, you make that decision. For me. It was a great decision.

Exactly, xanax just masked the anxiety. Never dealt with the issue at all. I've been to a couple therapists, its hard to find one that I feel is good and I'm comfortable with. But I do have a bigger support system in place this time. I've been drinking stupid amounts of water. I've been using smokey mountain pretty much everyday. It helps me with the cravings for sure. Occasionally I'll go through a bag of seeds, but that gets old fast to me. Anyhow, congrats on your quit as well. One day at a time.

Hey great job taking your life back! Own it! You're not alone as long as you post roll my friend. Addiction is powerful but you are much stronger. Willpower and all of the accountability works as long as you let it. Damn proud to be quit with you! ODAAT!

Hey, thanks Pab. I appreciate it.

[pab1964]

We all quit with you. I was addicted to Hydrocodone while in high school. It wasn't that I just loved pills, I had one knee surgery per each year of high school and they outfitted me with enough pills to feed one to each person in the school.

As such, I took two or three a day for 4 years. I quit them June 11, 2011. I can never use an opiate pain killer ever again, if I break bones, hello Asprin.

I know the struggle there, I have been off of them for 1,799 days. Each day is a struggle but each day I stay quit the win gets bigger and bigger. I don't think of them anymore but I will always be an addict and nicotine is my new step also.

I quit with you today.

-Ace

Glad to hear you got off the opiates. They have become a huge problem lately. The doctors also prescribed me way too much xanax. I hear stories all the time about people being prescribed large amounts of opiates or benzos, sometimes at the same time. Makes no sense. You would think they would know not to do that. Anyhow, onto slay the nicotine dragon.

Wayyyy too many pill doctors. And something I mentioned on another post is that pills are meant to be temporary until the problem is fixed or they fix the problem. EXTEMELY rare are they they meant to be the long term solution. Too many wanting a fixed problem but not the work to do it. Besides the pill doctors their are legal drug dealers. Those that seem to have a lot of High School kids tends to be the legal drug dealers. Get them hooked. They get poor. Medicare/Medicaid/State Insurance. BOOM! Guarenteed check monthly or more from the "doc" . Tthis isn't always the way the script plays out. But, it does most of the time.

Well. Onto the rest of it. Congrats on the decision. Best thing is tons of water. Get a good therapist that when he meets with you he starts to discuss a treatment plan with a set end date and be sure that YOU tell him that YOU will be deciding if more treatment is needed after the set time period 12 weeks tends to be the prescribed amount. Someone that is not only skilled in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy but also Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. Don't be afraid to reach out to others. With as many members as we have, I am sure there is someone that had gone through what you have, if not very similar. you might be a good candidate for the fake stuff. You know you the best, you make that decision. For me. It was a great decision.

Exactly, xanax just masked the anxiety. Never dealt with the issue at all. I've been to a couple therapists, its hard to find one that I feel is good and I'm comfortable with. But I do have a bigger support system in place this time. I've been drinking stupid amounts of water. I've been using smokey mountain pretty much everyday. It helps me with the cravings for sure. Occasionally I'll go through a bag of seeds, but that gets old fast to me. Anyhow, congrats on your quit as well. One day at a time.

Hey great job taking your life back! Own it! You're not alone as long as you post roll my friend. Addiction is powerful but you are much stronger. Willpower and all of the accountability works as long as you let it. Damn proud to be quit with you! ODAAT!

[Shaun_737]

We all quit with you. I was addicted to Hydrocodone while in high school. It wasn't that I just loved pills, I had one knee surgery per each year of high school and they outfitted me with enough pills to feed one to each person in the school.

As such, I took two or three a day for 4 years. I quit them June 11, 2011. I can never use an opiate pain killer ever again, if I break bones, hello Asprin.

I know the struggle there, I have been off of them for 1,799 days. Each day is a struggle but each day I stay quit the win gets bigger and bigger. I don't think of them anymore but I will always be an addict and nicotine is my new step also.

I quit with you today.

-Ace

Glad to hear you got off the opiates. They have become a huge problem lately. The doctors also prescribed me way too much xanax. I hear stories all the time about people being prescribed large amounts of opiates or benzos, sometimes at the same time. Makes no sense. You would think they would know not to do that. Anyhow, onto slay the nicotine dragon.

Wayyyy too many pill doctors. And something I mentioned on another post is that pills are meant to be temporary until the problem is fixed or they fix the problem. EXTEMELY rare are they they meant to be the long term solution. Too many wanting a fixed problem but not the work to do it. Besides the pill doctors their are legal drug dealers. Those that seem to have a lot of High School kids tends to be the legal drug dealers. Get them hooked. They get poor. Medicare/Medicaid/State Insurance. BOOM! Guarenteed check monthly or more from the "doc" . Tthis isn't always the way the script plays out. But, it does most of the time.

Well. Onto the rest of it. Congrats on the decision. Best thing is tons of water. Get a good therapist that when he meets with you he starts to discuss a treatment plan with a set end date and be sure that YOU tell him that YOU will be deciding if more treatment is needed after the set time period 12 weeks tends to be the prescribed amount. Someone that is not only skilled in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy but also Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. Don't be afraid to reach out to others. With as many members as we have, I am sure there is someone that had gone through what you have, if not very similar. you might be a good candidate for the fake stuff. You know you the best, you make that decision. For me. It was a great decision.

Exactly, xanax just masked the anxiety. Never dealt with the issue at all. I've been to a couple therapists, its hard to find one that I feel is good and I'm comfortable with. But I do have a bigger support system in place this time. I've been drinking stupid amounts of water. I've been using smokey mountain pretty much everyday. It helps me with the cravings for sure. Occasionally I'll go through a bag of seeds, but that gets old fast to me. Anyhow, congrats on your quit as well. One day at a time.

[kubiackalpha]

We all quit with you. I was addicted to Hydrocodone while in high school. It wasn't that I just loved pills, I had one knee surgery per each year of high school and they outfitted me with enough pills to feed one to each person in the school.

As such, I took two or three a day for 4 years. I quit them June 11, 2011. I can never use an opiate pain killer ever again, if I break bones, hello Asprin.

I know the struggle there, I have been off of them for 1,799 days. Each day is a struggle but each day I stay quit the win gets bigger and bigger. I don't think of them anymore but I will always be an addict and nicotine is my new step also.

I quit with you today.

-Ace

Glad to hear you got off the opiates. They have become a huge problem lately. The doctors also prescribed me way too much xanax. I hear stories all the time about people being prescribed large amounts of opiates or benzos, sometimes at the same time. Makes no sense. You would think they would know not to do that. Anyhow, onto slay the nicotine dragon.

Wayyyy too many pill doctors. And something I mentioned on another post is that pills are meant to be temporary until the problem is fixed or they fix the problem. EXTEMELY rare are they they meant to be the long term solution. Too many wanting a fixed problem but not the work to do it. Besides the pill doctors their are legal drug dealers. Those that seem to have a lot of High School kids tends to be the legal drug dealers. Get them hooked. They get poor. Medicare/Medicaid/State Insurance. BOOM! Guarenteed check monthly or more from the "doc" . Tthis isn't always the way the script plays out. But, it does most of the time.

Well. Onto the rest of it. Congrats on the decision. Best thing is tons of water. Get a good therapist that when he meets with you he starts to discuss a treatment plan with a set end date and be sure that YOU tell him that YOU will be deciding if more treatment is needed after the set time period 12 weeks tends to be the prescribed amount. Someone that is not only skilled in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy but also Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. Don't be afraid to reach out to others. With as many members as we have, I am sure there is someone that had gone through what you have, if not very similar. you might be a good candidate for the fake stuff. You know you the best, you make that decision. For me. It was a great decision.

[Shaun_737]

We all quit with you. I was addicted to Hydrocodone while in high school. It wasn't that I just loved pills, I had one knee surgery per each year of high school and they outfitted me with enough pills to feed one to each person in the school.

As such, I took two or three a day for 4 years. I quit them June 11, 2011. I can never use an opiate pain killer ever again, if I break bones, hello Asprin.

I know the struggle there, I have been off of them for 1,799 days. Each day is a struggle but each day I stay quit the win gets bigger and bigger. I don't think of them anymore but I will always be an addict and nicotine is my new step also.

I quit with you today.

-Ace

Glad to hear you got off the opiates. They have become a huge problem lately. The doctors also prescribed me way too much xanax. I hear stories all the time about people being prescribed large amounts of opiates or benzos, sometimes at the same time. Makes no sense. You would think they would know not to do that. Anyhow, onto slay the nicotine dragon.

[AceBoogie]

We all quit with you. I was addicted to Hydrocodone while in high school. It wasn't that I just loved pills, I had one knee surgery per each year of high school and they outfitted me with enough pills to feed one to each person in the school.

As such, I took two or three a day for 4 years. I quit them June 11, 2011. I can never use an opiate pain killer ever again, if I break bones, hello Asprin.

I know the struggle there, I have been off of them for 1,799 days. Each day is a struggle but each day I stay quit the win gets bigger and bigger. I don't think of them anymore but I will always be an addict and nicotine is my new step also.

I quit with you today.

-Ace

[mb289]

Stay quit and look here for help. Shaun, I quit with you today!

mb289

[RDB]

Stay quit.

[Shaun_737]

Well, I have never posted an introduction here. My name is Shaun, I am a addict. The first time I had a dip or chew, I was about 10 years old. I started dipping pretty much full time at 13. I dipped through middle school and all four years of high school. I was a master at hiding it. So about 21 years of Kodiak wintergreen, day in and day out. I hated it, but at the same time, I felt like I couldn't let it go.

I was active on this site, back in 2012. Well not really "active". I would post roll, but that's it. I just never reached out to anyone. So around 100 and something days into my quit, depression kicked in and I just fell apart. I also had a drinking problem and an addiction to benzos. Xanax. I have struggled with depression and anxiety for more than half my life. I self medicated a whole lot. But I'm no doctor and that shit just didn't work.

I'm 11 days into my quit today. I'm realizing just how much I used nicotine to deal with emotions. This time I have been in recovery from alcohol and pills for 554 days. Its been a battle. The last thing to go has to be the nicotine. I'm sick and tired of being a slave. So the days are foggy, I'm irritable at times, and my wife just doesn't understand. But I quit with all of you today.