I have been a baseball player all my life. I am now 23 years old, and gratefully still playing in college. I used to absolutely hate tobacco, until my first year out of high school. I received a scholarship to play in Washington, and my first day there one of my teammates offered me a dip. Of course, I said no at first, but striving to be accepted I took my first pinch. I loved the rush it gave me, and i found myself taking more and more dips every day. That was six years ago. I have always wanted to quit, and have tried and failed numerous times. I realize now that I cannot do this on my own, which is why i turned to KillTheCan.org. I have noticed the health risks that come with dipping, being a 1-2 can a day dipper, I now have receding gums, "leather lip", and stained and broken teeth. I feel that it will be difficult for me to quit, because I keep dips in for hours on end, especially when playing baseball. I feel that dip is a part of my life, and I want it out of my life for good. All it does is cause health problems, and bad breath lol. I am so thankful to have found this site, and am happy to say that i set my quit date for June 27th, 2014. I hope to connect with everyone and give as much support to you as I can, and hope that I can beat my addiction. Thank you for your time.
Welcome to the site Baseball!
You have made the best decision of your life to kick the nic bitch to the curb.
Let me ask you this, why set your quit date for the 27th? I did the same thing as you. I came on here with a quit date in my mind but these guys convinced me that the day I came here was the day to quit. The hard truth to face is that you and i are ADDICTS. This isn't just a bad habit, we are full blown nicotine addicts. Addicts love to make excuses, I know I did every day that I tried to quit on my own. What excuse will come up on the 27th to push the quit date a little further out? I challenge you to flush that shit down the toilet today and start living free RIGHT NOW! One thing that gave me a wake up call, what if that last dip you plan on taking on the 26th is the one that gives you the big C? You know what I am talking about, the dip that gives you cancer. What if that could have been prevented by quitting RIGHT NOW?
Read up everything in the Welcome Center
forum/55560/Post roll call and make your promise to quit today. You will never regret quitting, you will always regret not quitting soon enough.
Hit me up if you need any help. I live in Germany for now so I can't text but I would be glad to exchange emails if you need any help on your quest for being quit.
-Chief