My Time Is Up

[Ready]

Day 21

They say it takes three weeks to make or break a habit, here I am three weeks later and I still have to remind myself I quit. I was at a gas station yesterday and did look over the counter at all those cans, I told myself it was not worth it then argued with the person behind me that I was totally sane and it was none of her business to tell me the she is not worth it, because insanity has nothing to do with the price of lamas in the arctic.

When I see a can I start to salivate, I am a freaking dog owned by Pavlov. As it is, I will take every day that I do not dip as a victory. The brotherhood here is great, I had a couple of e-mails as I did not post roll yesterday. Though I may not respond, I appreciate those checking in on me.

I am looking at the weather, looks like a nice storm is going to finally hit us, we need a great deal of rain, our lake is getting low. I like bad weather, as it is, everyone be safe out there.

nice post...it does get easier, she does quiet down. she quit shouting at me for longer periods of time, personally i noticed that she quieted down like this

20-35 quiet
45-60 quiet
80-90 quiet
110-125 quiet
135-today (144) still quiet

and during the loud times she's not so loud as the first 20

Mikey... I'm just at day 4, and I took the challenge of going into a convenience store looking for chew substitutes. Truth: I salivated, too, but... I walked away.

It's cool to have that little tally on my scorecard!

You mentioned exercise... Something that's helping me --- I'm doing some intense studying right now. For the last 10 months I've been holed up in a room learning a lot of information on my own. Me and my chew. That is... up until 4 days ago.

Lately, I have been going to the gym with a stack of flashcards, probably about 500. I get up on the elliptical machine, kick on the ipod to tune out the world, and start going through them. An hour later I'm done, and if I keep pace I'm up to about 8.5 miles.

So... if you've got something you wanna learn that might require new vocabulary -- from language to auto mechanics to knots to football strategy, whatever --- I've found this is a good way to burn off steam and avoid the shakes for a while.

It gets better. Better than you can imagine.

Hang in there.

[ChoosingIntegrity]

Day 21

They say it takes three weeks to make or break a habit, here I am three weeks later and I still have to remind myself I quit. I was at a gas station yesterday and did look over the counter at all those cans, I told myself it was not worth it then argued with the person behind me that I was totally sane and it was none of her business to tell me the she is not worth it, because insanity has nothing to do with the price of lamas in the arctic.

When I see a can I start to salivate, I am a freaking dog owned by Pavlov. As it is, I will take every day that I do not dip as a victory. The brotherhood here is great, I had a couple of e-mails as I did not post roll yesterday. Though I may not respond, I appreciate those checking in on me.

I am looking at the weather, looks like a nice storm is going to finally hit us, we need a great deal of rain, our lake is getting low. I like bad weather, as it is, everyone be safe out there.

nice post...it does get easier, she does quiet down. she quit shouting at me for longer periods of time, personally i noticed that she quieted down like this

20-35 quiet
45-60 quiet
80-90 quiet
110-125 quiet
135-today (144) still quiet

and during the loud times she's not so loud as the first 20

Mikey... I'm just at day 4, and I took the challenge of going into a convenience store looking for chew substitutes. Truth: I salivated, too, but... I walked away.

It's cool to have that little tally on my scorecard!

You mentioned exercise... Something that's helping me --- I'm doing some intense studying right now. For the last 10 months I've been holed up in a room learning a lot of information on my own. Me and my chew. That is... up until 4 days ago.

Lately, I have been going to the gym with a stack of flashcards, probably about 500. I get up on the elliptical machine, kick on the ipod to tune out the world, and start going through them. An hour later I'm done, and if I keep pace I'm up to about 8.5 miles.

So... if you've got something you wanna learn that might require new vocabulary -- from language to auto mechanics to knots to football strategy, whatever --- I've found this is a good way to burn off steam and avoid the shakes for a while.

[cdforecheck]

Day 21

They say it takes three weeks to make or break a habit, here I am three weeks later and I still have to remind myself I quit. I was at a gas station yesterday and did look over the counter at all those cans, I told myself it was not worth it then argued with the person behind me that I was totally sane and it was none of her business to tell me the she is not worth it, because insanity has nothing to do with the price of lamas in the arctic.

When I see a can I start to salivate, I am a freaking dog owned by Pavlov. As it is, I will take every day that I do not dip as a victory. The brotherhood here is great, I had a couple of e-mails as I did not post roll yesterday. Though I may not respond, I appreciate those checking in on me.

I am looking at the weather, looks like a nice storm is going to finally hit us, we need a great deal of rain, our lake is getting low. I like bad weather, as it is, everyone be safe out there.

nice post...it does get easier, she does quiet down. she quit shouting at me for longer periods of time, personally i noticed that she quieted down like this

20-35 quiet
45-60 quiet
80-90 quiet
110-125 quiet
135-today (144) still quiet

and during the loud times she's not so loud as the first 20

[Mikey]

Day 21

They say it takes three weeks to make or break a habit, here I am three weeks later and I still have to remind myself I quit. I was at a gas station yesterday and did look over the counter at all those cans, I told myself it was not worth it then argued with the person behind me that I was totally sane and it was none of her business to tell me the she is not worth it, because insanity has nothing to do with the price of lamas in the arctic.

When I see a can I start to salivate, I am a freaking dog owned by Pavlov. As it is, I will take every day that I do not dip as a victory. The brotherhood here is great, I had a couple of e-mails as I did not post roll yesterday. Though I may not respond, I appreciate those checking in on me.

I am looking at the weather, looks like a nice storm is going to finally hit us, we need a great deal of rain, our lake is getting low. I like bad weather, as it is, everyone be safe out there.

[Dr. Bruce Banner]

Day 17 (that's it?)

Last night was rough, I picked up 3 hours of sleep, had a headache and a craving to dip. Man that sucked. Being awake now is no better.

I am almost over this freaking cold, this has been an annoying one too, I am dehydrated from the amount of fluid I have lost from blowing my nose, it is not right. Then on top of the constant waterfall flowing through my face, I have been sneezing a lot too. Every time I sneeze, I seem to be able to shove another gallon of fluid into my head, which then decides to exit just as fast as it got there.

As of this morning I am pretty dried up and feeling a lot better, besides wanting to get some serious sleep, but work is getting in the way of making that possible. I still desire to exercise too, if I can I am going to start on Saturday, I need to lose some weight.

I have been flossing regularly since I quit, as of the last couple of days, my gums no longer hurt as I floss, in fact is is becoming rather comfortable to do.

This has become a bit of a log of my time as a quitter. I hope no one minds, it seems to help me to keep something together so I can go back and track my own progress. If I write it down on paper I will lose it.

Mikey , you just go right ahead and keep that log. I read it too and believe that it helps me see where I am in my quit too! Sorry about the pig flu that you got there! Do yourself a favor get rest before you exercise. get Well

[Mikey]

Day 17 (that's it?)

Last night was rough, I picked up 3 hours of sleep, had a headache and a craving to dip. Man that sucked. Being awake now is no better.

I am almost over this freaking cold, this has been an annoying one too, I am dehydrated from the amount of fluid I have lost from blowing my nose, it is not right. Then on top of the constant waterfall flowing through my face, I have been sneezing a lot too. Every time I sneeze, I seem to be able to shove another gallon of fluid into my head, which then decides to exit just as fast as it got there.

As of this morning I am pretty dried up and feeling a lot better, besides wanting to get some serious sleep, but work is getting in the way of making that possible. I still desire to exercise too, if I can I am going to start on Saturday, I need to lose some weight.

I have been flossing regularly since I quit, as of the last couple of days, my gums no longer hurt as I floss, in fact is is becoming rather comfortable to do.

This has become a bit of a log of my time as a quitter. I hope no one minds, it seems to help me to keep something together so I can go back and track my own progress. If I write it down on paper I will lose it.

[cdforecheck]

Day 15 (already?)

I have come to realize I changed a few daily decisions without completely knowing it, like my normal route home from work just to avoid the regular places I used to buy my cans at. It does not add to my commute, I want to break the habit and temptation, it is easier to walk into an unfamiliar shop to buy a soda, seeds, whatever, etc. and not a can as it is not my usual stop. I seem to keep a better standard for myself in a new environment.

Being on vacation has helped a lot, then coming home and getting sick seems to be a blessing in disguise, I feel like crap right now and will probably be this way for the rest of the week. I have no desire to be around a can. Still eating seeds though 'bangin'

I feel an urge to exercise, maybe when I get over this cold I will do so, my back can sure use the help.

Making a conscious and outward decision to quit has been the biggest help, I am committed to be done with this crap.

that is some good stuff there...you MUST make changes to beat this addiction, keep it up and welcome aboard!

[Mikey]

Day 15 (already?)

I have come to realize I changed a few daily decisions without completely knowing it, like my normal route home from work just to avoid the regular places I used to buy my cans at. It does not add to my commute, I want to break the habit and temptation, it is easier to walk into an unfamiliar shop to buy a soda, seeds, whatever, etc. and not a can as it is not my usual stop. I seem to keep a better standard for myself in a new environment.

Being on vacation has helped a lot, then coming home and getting sick seems to be a blessing in disguise, I feel like crap right now and will probably be this way for the rest of the week. I have no desire to be around a can. Still eating seeds though 'bangin'

I feel an urge to exercise, maybe when I get over this cold I will do so, my back can sure use the help.

Making a conscious and outward decision to quit has been the biggest help, I am committed to be done with this crap.

[JpCrew]

Here I am on day 3 of quitting dip. So far it has not been terribly rough, the long hours of work have helped. I had a small desire as I was driving home yesterday, but being as I live close to nothing, the temptation to find a can was easily combated with nowhere to go for one. It was like my mouth was creating the dip flavor in my saliva, I hope that goes away.

I find the oral fixation a bit of trouble, it is bad enough I eat a bag of sunflower seeds a day, I was doing this before I started dipping. I have always had seeds around, so they did fill in during the times wanted to dip. I go through withdrawals if I do not have sunflower seeds for a couple of days in a row. is this bad?

I used to dip with my morning coffee, so this is an area I am working on this morning. One day at a time.

Hehe day 101 Mikey and I still can go through one a day. Always keep some handy for a while. I have the same exact problem. For 20 years I always had something in my mouth so sometimes lack of seeds causes panic or confusion like I felt during my first few days of my quit. I go through about one pack of Orbit Mojito Mint a day too gum wise. I just made it a part of my work stash.

Lately though I forget to open a bag and never notice and those days are starting to happen more and more.

FYI: even my wife got hooked on the David Nacho Cheese ones. Those are awesome. My luck though is a study will find that sunflower seeds are just as dangerous as copenhagen.

Literally on Monday I stopped.

I was at 315 days...each day at work for those 315 days I ate almost a big bag of seeds a day. Do whatever it takes legally and morally ona daily basis to keep that shit out of your mouth.

All you worry about it today. Today I won't chew. I'm gonna stuff my face til those cravings stop. or walk, or drink water or whatever.

You're doing great, just stay pissed, stay focused and stay here*. (hey, I should trademark that)

*trademarked...

[plasmatrout]

Here I am on day 3 of quitting dip. So far it has not been terribly rough, the long hours of work have helped. I had a small desire as I was driving home yesterday, but being as I live close to nothing, the temptation to find a can was easily combated with nowhere to go for one. It was like my mouth was creating the dip flavor in my saliva, I hope that goes away.

I find the oral fixation a bit of trouble, it is bad enough I eat a bag of sunflower seeds a day, I was doing this before I started dipping. I have always had seeds around, so they did fill in during the times wanted to dip. I go through withdrawals if I do not have sunflower seeds for a couple of days in a row. is this bad?

I used to dip with my morning coffee, so this is an area I am working on this morning. One day at a time.

Hehe day 101 Mikey and I still can go through one a day. Always keep some handy for a while. I have the same exact problem. For 20 years I always had something in my mouth so sometimes lack of seeds causes panic or confusion like I felt during my first few days of my quit. I go through about one pack of Orbit Mojito Mint a day too gum wise. I just made it a part of my work stash.

Lately though I forget to open a bag and never notice and those days are starting to happen more and more.

FYI: even my wife got hooked on the David Nacho Cheese ones. Those are awesome. My luck though is a study will find that sunflower seeds are just as dangerous as copenhagen.

[Mikey]

Thanks, I appreciate the support.

[vh5150]

Here I am on day 3 of quitting dip. So far it has not been terribly rough, the long hours of work have helped. I had a small desire as I was driving home yesterday, but being as I live close to nothing, the temptation to find a can was easily combated with nowhere to go for one. It was like my mouth was creating the dip flavor in my saliva, I hope that goes away.

I find the oral fixation a bit of trouble, it is bad enough I eat a bag of sunflower seeds a day, I was doing this before I started dipping. I have always had seeds around, so they did fill in during the times wanted to dip. I go through withdrawals if I do not have sunflower seeds for a couple of days in a row. is this bad?

I used to dip with my morning coffee, so this is an area I am working on this morning. One day at a time.

But you didn't cave in and that's really good. I'm here if you need to talk.

[Mikey]

Here I am on day 3 of quitting dip. So far it has not been terribly rough, the long hours of work have helped. I had a small desire as I was driving home yesterday, but being as I live close to nothing, the temptation to find a can was easily combated with nowhere to go for one. It was like my mouth was creating the dip flavor in my saliva, I hope that goes away.

I find the oral fixation a bit of trouble, it is bad enough I eat a bag of sunflower seeds a day, I was doing this before I started dipping. I have always had seeds around, so they did fill in during the times wanted to dip. I go through withdrawals if I do not have sunflower seeds for a couple of days in a row. is this bad?

I used to dip with my morning coffee, so this is an area I am working on this morning. One day at a time.

[Jstreet]

PMd you mikey. Welcome.

[Ready]

Welcome. Good to see you made it. Now go post roll giving your word of honor that you will not use nicotine in any way shape or form today. Keep your word. Do it again tomorrow.

You can do this.