Killing the OTHER Can

[Doc2quit4good]

Treat it like dip....just quit cold turkey. I never used fake just because I thought that it may make my quit harder. I would assume that the addiction to the fake is psychological more than physical thus laying down the fake will cause craves but I figure nothing like the chemical addiction of nicotine.... Just my thinking.....Robbie

I'm with emulator here. I'd hate the thought that we would have to start a fake dip stop group! Seriously, you can't be having physical craves for the stuff after so long. You have simply developed another crutch that you think is keeping you from dipping. Start cutting back. If you can't do it you have to protect your quit, but one day you really won't need it anymore. Seeds and gum always work pretty good for me..... 'drool'

[E&C's Dad]

Thanks all. Last night, the family and I were out running errands and I didn't have a spit bottle in the car which normally would have had me all wound up. I just told myself not to sweat it because I'm not addicted to the herbal snuff anyway, so what's the big deal. It was weird. For the rest of the night, every trigger I normally had was just a little mouse fart. I guess I've never really pushed the urges since I've had these little fake cans lying around, but now I know that I can.

I love the added security of knowing that I can always keep one of these cans around for years to come to conquer the really big triggers in life. I guess I'll just need to give myself a little more time for now. It's a shame these products are more readily available at a retail level.

You should join us here and start posting roll in the quit group section. The accountability will do more for you in the long run than the fake dip.

Have you read the welcome center?

^^^This is the key. Join us post roll every damn day.

[Grizzlyhasclaws]

Thanks all. Last night, the family and I were out running errands and I didn't have a spit bottle in the car which normally would have had me all wound up. I just told myself not to sweat it because I'm not addicted to the herbal snuff anyway, so what's the big deal. It was weird. For the rest of the night, every trigger I normally had was just a little mouse fart. I guess I've never really pushed the urges since I've had these little fake cans lying around, but now I know that I can.

I love the added security of knowing that I can always keep one of these cans around for years to come to conquer the really big triggers in life. I guess I'll just need to give myself a little more time for now. It's a shame these products are more readily available at a retail level.

You should join us here and start posting roll in the quit group section. The accountability will do more for you in the long run than the fake dip.

Have you read the welcome center?

[Emulator]

Treat it like dip....just quit cold turkey. I never used fake just because I thought that it may make my quit harder. I would assume that the addiction to the fake is psychological more than physical thus laying down the fake will cause craves but I figure nothing like the chemical addiction of nicotine.... Just my thinking.....Robbie

[PissedHippie]

Thanks all. Last night, the family and I were out running errands and I didn't have a spit bottle in the car which normally would have had me all wound up. I just told myself not to sweat it because I'm not addicted to the herbal snuff anyway, so what's the big deal. It was weird. For the rest of the night, every trigger I normally had was just a little mouse fart. I guess I've never really pushed the urges since I've had these little fake cans lying around, but now I know that I can.

I love the added security of knowing that I can always keep one of these cans around for years to come to conquer the really big triggers in life. I guess I'll just need to give myself a little more time for now. It's a shame these products are more readily available at a retail level.

[golfpro9696]

Hey Quitters -

Just curious about others' experiences with herbal dips. I'm at about 10 weeks now with no Cope, but find myself really dependent on Smokey Mountain and Hooch. I've read where others have simply stopped dipping the mint snuff like it was no big deal, but I don't see that happening for me just yet. I'm still treating it like a life line, and planning my mail orders like it was insulin.

I am a Hooch junkie. I used to think Wintergreen hooch was the shit, then I found spitfire.
Anyway, I have the same worries. if I take three hours off hooch I get foggy and irritable, panicky, angry.
Don't know how bad breaking the hooch habit will be, but I plan on cutting back a bit after day 100, and maybe going cold turkey after the summer.
But how can I take a dump without hooch? Just kidding. I used to say that about Kodiak.

just tried the spitfire...it's not too shabby...its got a weird flavor that i can't put my finger on but not bad

Spitfire  Wintergreen are the two flavors I keep around too. Spitfire is good, it's got a little tabasco kick to it.

[jayd41]

Hey Quitters -

Just curious about others' experiences with herbal dips. I'm at about 10 weeks now with no Cope, but find myself really dependent on Smokey Mountain and Hooch. I've read where others have simply stopped dipping the mint snuff like it was no big deal, but I don't see that happening for me just yet. I'm still treating it like a life line, and planning my mail orders like it was insulin.

I am a Hooch junkie. I used to think Wintergreen hooch was the shit, then I found spitfire.
Anyway, I have the same worries. if I take three hours off hooch I get foggy and irritable, panicky, angry.
Don't know how bad breaking the hooch habit will be, but I plan on cutting back a bit after day 100, and maybe going cold turkey after the summer.
But how can I take a dump without hooch? Just kidding. I used to say that about Kodiak.

just tried the spitfire...it's not too shabby...its got a weird flavor that i can't put my finger on but not bad

[Lipizzaner]

Hey Quitters -

Just curious about others' experiences with herbal dips. I'm at about 10 weeks now with no Cope, but find myself really dependent on Smokey Mountain and Hooch. I've read where others have simply stopped dipping the mint snuff like it was no big deal, but I don't see that happening for me just yet. I'm still treating it like a life line, and planning my mail orders like it was insulin.

I am a Hooch junkie. I used to think Wintergreen hooch was the shit, then I found spitfire.
Anyway, I have the same worries. if I take three hours off hooch I get foggy and irritable, panicky, angry.
Don't know how bad breaking the hooch habit will be, but I plan on cutting back a bit after day 100, and maybe going cold turkey after the summer.
But how can I take a dump without hooch? Just kidding. I used to say that about Kodiak.

[starr_78]

My 2 cents on this is that I started using them hard when I first quit and I was a fan of Jake's Mint Chew. I tried Smokey Mountain and did not enjoy this one as much because it tasted too much like real dip. I liked Jake's because it was texturally right. I noticed that I just stopped dipping it after about 70-80 days and I didn't worry about getting another shipment. I did on the other hand keep a can or two around for big triggers, from the days that I chewed Copenhagen. Driving long distances is a huge one for me. I will dip the mint chew then.

I would rather you chew a can a day of the fake stuff and be addicted to that, then to ever put another piece of cancer causing turd in your lip. My 2 cents

[golfpro9696]

I'm at Day 134  I still use Hooch. I've found myself not using it "as much" lately, but I still enjoy it. Like Jay said, I know that it won't kill me so I'm not going to sweat it that much.

[jayd41]

i think that if you are "hooked" on the fake stuff that is way better then being hooked on real stuff that will kill you. I am a few weeks earlier on in my quit then you are and i use the fake occasionally. It does its purpose and i know i'm not caving. i'd say chew as much of the fake as your heart desires.

[PissedHippie]

Hey Quitters -

Just curious about others' experiences with herbal dips. I'm at about 10 weeks now with no Cope, but find myself really dependent on Smokey Mountain and Hooch. I've read where others have simply stopped dipping the mint snuff like it was no big deal, but I don't see that happening for me just yet. I'm still treating it like a life line, and planning my mail orders like it was insulin.