Here I am at the end of my second day of quitting. I'm 21 years old and have decided to end this addiction before it gets any worse. I started at 15 thinking there's no way that I'll ever actually get addicted, sadly I fell into the trap. I'm quitting because this addiction is no way to live my life. Over the last 9 months I've changed my lifestyle, eating clean nutritional foods, working out six days a week in the gym. Over that time I really showed myself what I could do, I gained 10 pounds of lean muscle and mass going from 154-170 pounds at 5'10. It inspired me to quit dip. I've grown Tired of constantly worrying if I'll get cancer, worrying about every canker sore that shows up in my mouth, taking a dip after every meal, seeing my girlfriend of four years believe in me less and less when I say "I'll quit dip eventually" eventually is NOW.
The struggles I face
- I'm in the military and dipping and smoking has deeply imbedded itself in the military lifestyle. Without it I feel as if I'll be losing a social aspect.
- In the coming years I aspire to be a police officer. This is my career of choice and I love every aspect of it, I've always pictured rolling my beat in my patrol car with a dip in. That vision will have to change.
I know this will not be easy however I know its time to move on. It's funny how nicotine works. After years your mouth hurts and yet you can't stop putting that dip in your mouth. It's like holding your hand on a gas stove after you do it once your mind tells you not to do it again. But you put that dip in your mouth and your mouth begins to hurt. Your brain tells you to stop, but the nicotine yells KEEP GOING. Time to yell back at that nicotine and not become a slave to the tobacco industry