Hello everyone. Yep. Gonna give it my best shot again. I'm soon to be 34 yrs old and started dipping when I was 14. "Quit" several times throughout the years. A week here. A month there. And one time for about 3.5 yrs. I have three boys (13,8,3mths) and the oldest two, along with my wife, have been begging me to quit forever. Anyways, I'm at work sitting in my truck surrounded by 15+ cans of Copenhagen. I'm using about 2-2.5 cans/day. I know. Ridicoulous right? I have all intentions of quitting ASAP. Believe it or not, I'm actually tired of dipping. I really only enjoy it now after I eat and after.....wellllll you know! Do I intend to polish off these 15+ cans of bad habit? I don't know yet. But I do intend to "Quit". Thanks in advance for any help. Oh, and I'm pulling for you too.
Those 15 cans of addiction are 15 too many! Never a better day to quit than today. Don't keep them as an investment, security blanket, or rescue. All you need is your word posted in the October quit group roll and you have it in you to quit, get through the physical withdrawal and then fight the bitch every day. I'll look for your roll post TODAY!
By the way the first step is to throw all that away in the nastiest, wet and smelly dumpster in the worse dangerous neighborhood you can find. Don't want to find yourself diving in later to retrieve those death cans. Get going!
Not sure I can do it cold turkey this time. So I'm thinking about going the "fake dip" route to help me out. At this point, a lot of my problem is I'm so used to always having a pinch in. I think the "fake dip" will help me with that. What are your thoughts on that? Or, are you dead set on chunking the cans and getting down to business?
15 cans? 2 cans a day? Man, that is about 4k a year! What a shame...
My suggestion? This isn't time to try. This can't be another one of "those tries." I think you need to dig deep. Think about what made you restart after 3.5 years. What are you gonna do different this time? This website and the members will throw a world of quit your way, but let me tell you, you better be ready for it.
What I'm getting at is this - if you are "gonna try again," you are in the wrong place bud. We are serious. I am a numbers guy and my head is spinning thinking about what 4k a year compounded in Pfizer or ConocoPhillips stock would do for your kids college funds some day.
If you are ready to throw those 15 cans out - you are in the right place. Once you do that and post roll, you can shove your lip full of shredded glass if you'd like and we will support you. As long as the glass has no nicotine. Many, including kc guy (a bad ass August quitter) swear by the fake stuff to help them out. Reach out and ask, but first, make sure your mind is in this game.
4k a year man... 3 little kids. Think about it.
Using fake is going cold turkey bro. Anything without nicotine can and should be used by you in your quit. I started off using the fake alot. Like a can a day. But here I am on day 54 and now I can go days without using it all. It takes me about 5 days to get through a can now. Eventually your body adapts and the oral fixation will fade. For now, trash all the cope and stock up with some fake. Take your life back bro. Fuck the poison.
Listen to these guys bro,, ^^^^^^, they know how to quit. Two of the finest quitters I know.
Wow man, after reading that intro It was pretty clear whats in control of your life. Do one thing so you can see what I hear. Take all 14 can. Find the biggest mirror in the house. Stack all 14 cans in front of that mirror. Now get real close to that mirror and those cans. Take a GOOD LOOK!!!! This is you,, how SAD!!!
I want to make sure you see what I hear, so let me give you some insight. I hear a man that is lead around by the poison. I hear a man that loves a can of poison more than his wife, kids, family and himself. Since your master is the poison I would like to talk to it for a second if you don't mind.
I hate you poison. I hate that you controlled my life like my friend here for 25 years. I hope he sees you for who your really are before it's to late. I now love my wife, kids and myself. I put them first now. SCREW YOU POISON!!!!
You want your life back you got to take it!!! The poison is not going to just give it back. It likes having you as a slave. It likes controlling your every move. It will control you until you throw HOPE, TRY, BEST SHOT,INTENTION OF QUITTING and any other addicted talk out the effin window. Wake up bro. TAKE YOUR LIFE BACK! IT'S YOUR CHOICE! IT'S HARD FOR YOU TO SEE THAT! IT'S IN BACK OF THOSE 15 CANS OF POISON. IT''S THERE, FIND IT AND TAKE IT!!!!
You've made the right decision on several fronts.
IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: After I told you to fill your lip up with glass, I figured I should tell you I was just kidding about that. I might get sued otherwise.
Then, I was getting ready to start my lecture about how you need to post roll in the October group. Posting roll is the most important thing that you will do everyday. I am on day 201. I have not missed a single day - and if you are committed to quitting, you won't either. It works because... first thing in the morning, and I mean FIRST THING, you put your word on this site for you and all the world to see that you are promising that for today you will not use nicotine in any form. Since you are a man of your word, once that is down in writing, you won't break your word. Because, in life, integrity and honor are the most valuable things that a man has. And it is clear that you have that.
But I can see that you've already posted roll in October!!! So I don't need to get into that. But I will put in some additional suggestions... keep very very very close to this site for a while. I haven't used Chat, but a lot of members have and swear by it. When the craves come, get in there. You have my contact information coming in your inbox shortly. You'll get other contacts. Keep them. Lean on us when you need us. Dude, the next few days... I don't need to tell you. You "stopped" before. Remember what that was like? Well, you aren't stopping this time. You have QUIT! And the next few days are gonna test your resolve. Nicotine is gonna throw everything at you it has - and you are gonna kick it's ass, with some help that you haven't ever had in your corner!
Make sure you don't have a hidden stash anywhere. Make sure your wife and kids know - this time you have quit. You might be an ass for a few days - take it out on me. Take it out on KC Guy. Take it out on srans. Take it out on Matt. All of them are asses all the time (I'm clearly not!) We can take it - when you are about to lose your shit - PM us. I'll take your shit all day long.
2 cans a day means your body is pumped full of poison. You are getting ready to detox. Sack up bud - we are here for you. Nice job posting - today is in the books. Welcome aboard.
