General Discussion - 2015

[Can_I_Kick_It?]

Well said, I am on day 45 and still feel like I am going nuts. if I didn't have Valium's, I would go crazy. It's like you said, IT IS VILE!!!!

Is there any concern about you simply replacing your addiction from nicotine to valiums?

[chewie]

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[Nomore1959]

Gave up smokeless tobacco after 9 years, today is the fourth day, but from day one my cheek muscle feel stiff including my upper shoulder and neck.. should I be worried ?

Well, it could be as simple as soreness from clenching your jaw in the absence of chew. And yes we can drive ourselves nuts doing internet diagnoses of doom on every feeling that is different once we quit. Likely a normal thing, but if it worries you, see a doctor (actual, not internet and I am neither).

Other things to look forward to now that you are on a healing path: http://www.killthecan.org/your-quit/wha ... t-dipping/

Best thing you can do right now is to go to the January 2016 quit group, introduce yourself and post roll. That is a group of quitters also in their early days who wake each morning, make a promise to themselves and all others that they will not use nicotine for 24 hours by posting the promise in roll.

If you ask the question to that group, you may find a wide array of bizarre but benign symptoms that come when the body heals after removing the nicotine supply. Exchange digits with those quitters to make it easier to support each other and get quicker answers to this kind of question.

Quitting is an excellent decision. I am proud to be quit with you today.

[Daniel719]

Gave up smokeless tobacco after 9 years, today is the fourth day, but from day one my cheek muscle feel stiff including my upper shoulder and neck.. should I be worried ?

[Mike23mx]

Guys, I was in that funk around 40-50. Everything sucked and that was the good part. Around 54 my outlook started improving. It was a shitty two weeks.

Hang on and keep moving forward.

[JB65]

Hey Cope, im close to 30 years, give or take a few when i quit.. but i always got back ont he nic horse. I have strange feelings (day 46 now) to be honest. Nothing raging or even any cravings. I know if i dipped right now I'd probably puke. But that doesnt make my mood any better

I sometimes feel just sort of, bummed i guess.

I remember listening to Artie Lange on Howard Stern when he tried getting sober and him saying, after 6-8 weeks of sobriety.. howard was asking himhow he was doing and he said he was feeling disappointed, like 'huh, this is it? this is what i am quitting for?.. becasue it is absolutley no fun at all.."

I guess thats what I am feeling, but i am keeping my guard up. The range of emotions Ihave been feeling since day 5 or so have been all over the radar, but like many vets have said im guessing that is the old noodle trying top re-wire itself from the nic bitch way of thinking

[Cope30]

Who in the October, November team has been dipping roughly 20+ years and have quit cold turkey for 40 days now and still have weird feelings. I dipped for 30 years and went cold turkey, on day 46 now.
I still feel like I am going crazy, if I didn't have the Valium's to help with the anxiety, I think I would.
Anyone else feeling like this? Anxiety, hard to focus, lost in space.
I know some of you have already answered during my introduction period, but to feel this way for this long? Going CRAZY!!!

Input also welcome from our "Support from other Bad-Ass Quitters Team"

[Mike23mx]

Hello, folks. I have been a chewer since high school. Since around 2004 I have gutted it out of necessity being in the military. Now I have all sorts of acid reflux and stomach issues. For whatever reason though I continue to do it. I have tried numerous times to quit before but I have always came up with an excuse to not. Sometime I don't even realize that I put a chew in. I'll spit one out and automatically put another back in. I have had enough but working with two other people who chew has made it difficult. Please help me!

We talk about how hard it is and it is hard. But there are 1000s here on this site that have kicked the can. If you want to do it, you can. It's hard, not impossible.

Get familiar with the site and quit groups. You post roll EDD. Once you make that step and committee you will be amazed at how empowered you feel. You say no one crave at a time and you get through it.

When you are ready, KTC is too. Today is a damn good day to quit.

[Nomore1959]

Hello, folks. I have been a chewer since high school. Since around 2004 I have gutted it out of necessity being in the military. Now I have all sorts of acid reflux and stomach issues. For whatever reason though I continue to do it. I have tried numerous times to quit before but I have always came up with an excuse to not. Sometime I don't even realize that I put a chew in. I'll spit one out and automatically put another back in. I have had enough but working with two other people who chew has made it difficult. Please help me!

Plenty of help and support available here. You will find many military quitters (active and post) here who can directly relate to your circumstance and challenges.

Read the intro to new quitters, read the words of wisdom and hall of fame speeches. That should let you know what to expect. Understand that you are an addict, just like I am. Then Flush your dip and quit!

You will want to post roll every day with the January 2016 quit group aka DOGS (the group will reach 100 days quit in January). This is a promise to yourself and every quitter here that you will not use nicotine in any form for 24 hours.

You will want to share digits with fellow quitters, this will help counter the two nicotine addict slaves you work with.

It will suck, it will be hard, nicotine will give you no mercy for a while after you quit... but it gets better in ways you can't imagine. Take charge of your life, stop feeding the addiction, and quit today!

[Spoemed]

Hello, folks. I have been a chewer since high school. Since around 2004 I have gutted it out of necessity being in the military. Now I have all sorts of acid reflux and stomach issues. For whatever reason though I continue to do it. I have tried numerous times to quit before but I have always came up with an excuse to not. Sometime I don't even realize that I put a chew in. I'll spit one out and automatically put another back in. I have had enough but working with two other people who chew has made it difficult. Please help me!

[Mike23mx]

Regrets...we all have them.

But you will never think about yesterday and say, "Dammit! I wish I would have had a dip yesterday!"

[Cope30]

Hi everyone im in day 3 of no nicotine I don't feel like myself the lightheadedness is really getting to me like everything is in slow motion its messing with my head can anyone tell me whats the best ways to cope with this I feel like im going to just loose it

in addition to that, if you can take a walk, get some exercise or some sun, that can help.

Truth is, when shit's bad like that it's as much about passing the time and getting through it as it is about making it better. Time will make it better. What do you do while time is passing? Whatever you can.

thanks man I try and keep busy just to keep my mind off things it comes and goes just ready to get away from work a few days I think that will help some

Hi Gunner,

Hang in there it a hell of a ride. Ups and downs, twists and turns in the road ahead all I can say is buckle up hold on an STAY STRONG! DONT CAVE. I'm on day 41 and still have weird feelings, strange feelings!

We are all in this together!

Yeah, mine ended around day 72. It was like a night and day change, I starated drinking coffee and didn't feel anxious or my mind racing. Stay strong, every day is an improvementioned and you really start to feel well. Make sure you're eating well, avoiding drinking has helped a lot, same with vitamins and lots of water.

Good work so far guys!

I'm on 56 and I had a real shitty couple of weeks that kind of took a turn this Friday for the better.

This is the place for support though. You know you are not alone.

You're not alone. Our bodies are all different, and recover at different rates. Once you have that turn around day, you start to become YOU again.

It is known that anywhere from 6-12 weeks a nicotine user (US) will have more nicotine receptors than a non user, as the brain reverts back into it's normal state.

Remember that we pummeled ourselves with nicotine and numerous other garbage chemicals, our body isn't just freaking out to no nicotine, it doesn't know how to behave without these toxins, because it's so accustomed to it.

It took me weeks to realize this, I thought when I quit everything would be fine and dandy. lol

WRONG.

It does get better, much better. Every day is a step forward. You will be yourself again. Hell, the worst part is over, and you should be on the uphill swing.

From the research I've seen online, It takes 3-12 months to really be normal again (minimal to no anxiety, depression, racing mind, etc.) Just keep thinking positive, breathe, and make sure you talk it out with people. You're not going crazy.

I literally thought I was. I thought I was going nuts.

Like I said, that shit is fucking VILE.

I am quit with you!

Well said, I am on day 45 and still feel like I am going nuts. if I didn't have Valium's, I would go crazy. It's like you said, IT IS VILE!!!!

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