Introduction

[normjr88]

Looking forward to winning another days battle against addiction.

Appreciate all the help, advice, and personal stories.

It gets better. Just remember ODAAT. Post roll EDD. I will be hitting day 40 days soon and without this site there is know way I would have made it. All we have is our word and that means something. ONE DAY AT A TIME AND POST ROLL EVERY DAMN DAY.

[jomartin88]

Looking forward to winning another days battle against addiction.

Appreciate all the help, advice, and personal stories.

[Rawls]

Your father is a nicotine addict, just like you and I are. Learning the correct terminology is eye opening, but the truth will set you free.

Yep, chalk up the "addict" term...and add "slave" to the mix. I just read your intro, which was fantastic by the way, and the word "Slave" just oozed out of it. So much that you nicely romanticized your slaveship by calling it "my buddy." Yep, reading that was like looking in the mirror 1 and 1/2 years ago...just know that we've all been there.

On that note, embrace these next few days. The "suck" is a place that you never want to go to, but while there you milk it for all its worth. As the fog lifts and the quitter emerges from its depths promise yourself, to no end, that you will never go back there again.

Keep strong brother

I agree......

The Truth does set us free.............. He was NEVER your Buddy!

After Reading it again.....Sounds more like an Idol?

Time for you to be in charge of what you worship my brother.

You can do this Joe.

I quit with you today

Rawls 232

[Steakbomb18]

Your father is a nicotine addict, just like you and I are. Learning the correct terminology is eye opening, but the truth will set you free.

Yep, chalk up the "addict" term...and add "slave" to the mix. I just read your intro, which was fantastic by the way, and the word "Slave" just oozed out of it. So much that you nicely romanticized your slaveship by calling it "my buddy." Yep, reading that was like looking in the mirror 1 and 1/2 years ago...just know that we've all been there.

On that note, embrace these next few days. The "suck" is a place that you never want to go to, but while there you milk it for all its worth. As the fog lifts and the quitter emerges from its depths promise yourself, to no end, that you will never go back there again.

Keep strong brother

[Thumblewort]

Your father is a nicotine addict, just like you and I are. Learning the correct terminology is eye opening, but the truth will set you free.

[quark]

2 month ago my dad was sent by his dentist to an oral surgeon to be looked at for cancer because of his chew habit. He was clear but a big scare.

I don't want to see one of your children posting this quote on KTC a decade or two from now. Giving up dip will be one of the most important things you can do to keep your own kids from using tobacco.

Sometimes getting banged on the head by one parent isn't enough to make us quit. Your dad heard this second call, I am glad you did too.

I quit with you today.

[jomartin88]

I really love the accountability aspect and the way people reach out / look out for each other here. Despite being in the suck, I remain strong in my quit. And looking forward to talking to others who are fighting the same battle.

4 months ago my mom was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer and given 6 months to live. She passed away in early May at 58 years old.

2 month ago my dad was sent by his dentist to an oral surgeon to be looked at for cancer because of his chew habit. He was clear but a big scare. He quit immediately and hasn't touched it since.

2 days ago I quit. And I wanted to post this in my introduction to remind myself to stay quit. I chewed after my mom died. And I chewed as my dad went to get checked out. It just shows how strong the hold of nicotine can be and how it can make you rationalize anything even in the face of such powerful truths.

[Dagranger]

Day 1 has shown that it is not an easy fight. For sure. Roll is posted and the accountability has begun.

It's not fucking easy. You have to suck it up and grow a pair. look at all the vets that have your back on roll. If that didn't care they wouldn't be here. We are all addicts.

My reason for quitting was for a job interview that would reqiure a swab test for nic. After 25 days of quit I found out I didn't get the job. I could have said "fuck it". Go the the corner store and bought a can. But I made a promise to my brothers and sisters to stay quit. We can't do this alone. If we could we wouldn't be here

We definitely don't have the secret sauce to making it any easier. But because I have done it, and I was a slave for 28 years. I know you can do it. Early on it definitely helped me to bundle as much rage as i could...Anger at the tobacco companies...anger at myself for being unable to stand up to peer pressure...anger at all the lies I have told my family...anger at how I snuck around everyone's back. Anger that I have been so weak for so long. Then I hurled that anger at every crave I faced. After a while the craves became weaker and weaker (although in all honesty they still come from time to time). Good luck. If you can make it through the next 10 days, you can make it through anything else your addiction can throw at you.

[normjr88]

Day 1 has shown that it is not an easy fight. For sure. Roll is posted and the accountability has begun.

It's not fucking easy. You have to suck it up and grow a pair. look at all the vets that have your back on roll. If that didn't care they wouldn't be here. We are all addicts.

My reason for quitting was for a job interview that would reqiure a swab test for nic. After 25 days of quit I found out I didn't get the job. I could have said "fuck it". Go the the corner store and bought a can. But I made a promise to my brothers and sisters to stay quit. We can't do this alone. If we could we wouldn't be here

[jomartin88]

Day 1 has shown that it is not an easy fight. For sure. Roll is posted and the accountability has begun.

[normjr88]

Well today is day 1. As I learn my way around this site and the community, I must admit I have been a watcher/reader for several years. Just never a member. I just haven't ever been able to pull the trigger or muster the courage. Countless times I have thrown away the last tin, only to buy another the next day. I am done and want to be done. So for that I have joined and am posting. I am too smart and have too much going for myself to continue down a road that leads to premature death.

I have chewed since I was 17. I got started in high school as an athlete and continued on through college with sports teams. Long days, long practices, always accompanied by my buddy chew. I always told myself I would quit once I got out of college and sports were no longer a part of my daily routine.

After graduating college, I found long drives for work, weekends of golf and fishing, hitting the bars with friends, and late nights of online poker. Each one of these activities always had to be accompanied by my buddy chew. I always told myself I would quit once I got married and the late nights died down.

Then I got married, and found hanging in the garage, late night rides, or sleeping on the couch. Each one of these always had to be accompanied by my buddy chew. I always told myself I would quit once I had kids.

Then I had two wonderful children, and found hurrying through bedtime stories, taking walks outside, trips to the store, and sleep. Each of these always had to be accompanied by my buddy chew.

I am sick of making excuses for chew and trying to hide behind the idea that I am young so therefore it is okay. I have chewed 16 years. Almost half of my life. And it stops now. Even as I type this, my brain has the chew fog which makes it tough to connect thoughts and easy to come up with excuses for why I should put off quitting. This time I am not going to listen. This time I am going to quit. This time I am going to be free.

You got this. The first week or so is gonna suck. Embrace the suck, don't let the bitch win. Post roll EDD and be accountable. Me, 30 years of shoving that shit in my mouth.KTC is the best thing that happen to me. If we didn't care we wouldn't be here for you.

[MonsterMedic]

Glad to have you with us. Post roll and honor your word. Quit for today and today only. This isn't an easy fight, but you can do it. You're not alone. Feel free to reach out if I can help at all.

[Murmur71]

Well said. I'm with you.

[jomartin88]

Well today is day 1. As I learn my way around this site and the community, I must admit I have been a watcher/reader for several years. Just never a member. I just haven't ever been able to pull the trigger or muster the courage. Countless times I have thrown away the last tin, only to buy another the next day. I am done and want to be done. So for that I have joined and am posting. I am too smart and have too much going for myself to continue down a road that leads to premature death.

I have chewed since I was 17. I got started in high school as an athlete and continued on through college with sports teams. Long days, long practices, always accompanied by my buddy chew. I always told myself I would quit once I got out of college and sports were no longer a part of my daily routine.

After graduating college, I found long drives for work, weekends of golf and fishing, hitting the bars with friends, and late nights of online poker. Each one of these activities always had to be accompanied by my buddy chew. I always told myself I would quit once I got married and the late nights died down.

Then I got married, and found hanging in the garage, late night rides, or sleeping on the couch. Each one of these always had to be accompanied by my buddy chew. I always told myself I would quit once I had kids.

Then I had two wonderful children, and found hurrying through bedtime stories, taking walks outside, trips to the store, and sleep. Each of these always had to be accompanied by my buddy chew.

I am sick of making excuses for chew and trying to hide behind the idea that I am young so therefore it is okay. I have chewed 16 years. Almost half of my life. And it stops now. Even as I type this, my brain has the chew fog which makes it tough to connect thoughts and easy to come up with excuses for why I should put off quitting. This time I am not going to listen. This time I am going to quit. This time I am going to be free.