Well I guess I should start out by introducing myself, I'm only 20 years old but have been dipping since I was 14 and about a can a day for the last 4 years, I'm a student in college and love to hunt, I'm a very avid hunter and work at a hunting shop and my room mate also chews, this puts me in contact with people who are chewing almost 24/7 which will make this a struggle. About 14 months ago I managed to quit for a month, on a bet with a friend to see who could quit longer, he lasted 4 days but our bet 250$ was only if we lasted at least a month, the day that month was up I was back to chewing daily. I didnt really want to quit then and it was definitly a hard month, but now I'm ready. I'm sick of having a copenhagen ring in my jeans and hiding it from my family, but what finally did it was a combination of things, the first was every time I feel a bump in my mouth I get paranoid about cancer, the only guy who I work with that doesnt chew always lectures me about how selfish I am poisining myself, and the end all was the talk my girlfriends mom gave me about how hard it was when she lost her dad to cancer and how she knows how much it hurts to loose a loved one to cancer and I just relized I do not want to put anyone I love through that.
I have been telling myself each can would be my last and I'm sick of that. Tonight I made a decision I flushed my last 3 cans and I've made a commitment to myself. I guess we will see if I can keep up my promise to myself.
'Finger' you copenhagen!