Just a few short hours away from my first day without a chew in about 11 years. I absolutely love chewing, but the negatives about it far outweigh me enjoying it. I have tried different herbal/fake chews and none of them did it for me. I ordered the TeaZa pouches and I think I found the ticket for me!! I know this is going to be a BITCH...but it’s something I have to and want to do! I quit drinking 3 1/2 weeks ago and a community app I’m on helped me out TREMENDOUSLY. I’m hoping the same with this addiction I need to quit!
Welcome and I hope you stick with your decision to quit today!
Quitting nicotine can be one of the most miserable experiences of your life, but it doesn’t have to be. There’s no way around “The Suck.” The first several days, weeks, months even, you’re almost certainly going to have some unpleasant and outright fucked up physical symptoms. That’s unavoidable. How you frame those symptoms and handle what’s going on will determine how miserable you are. Keep a positive attitude, connect with people on this site and above all recognize that it’s part of the healing process. It is achievable, it will get better and it is worth it.
The way this site works is based on your daily commitment to actively quit and to accept accountability for your choices. We do that through Roll. Roll posted in your Quit Group every day, as early as reasonably possible. It’s a promise for the coming day not to use nicotine. You make that promise every day, because we quit every day. You then keep that promise.
This works because you tackle this quit in manageable chunks. You don’t need to worry about forever, just take it one day at a time. It also works because failure is not acceptable. You made a promise and your word needs to mean something. The others in your group will be going through the same thing and you need to hold each other accountable.
There are innumerable tools on this site, so spend some time reading and connecting. The more you invest, the more you get out of it.
Your group can be found:
https://ktcforum.org/index.php?topic=16165.0