General Discussion - 2015

[Nolaq]

today im gonna quit. ive been trying for the past six months. im quitting because i want a future i dont want to hide it from my parents, sisters, girlfriend. ive tried everything besides support. I want to wake up a year from now healthy happy worry free and be grateful for the day. Im young and every time i finish a lip i worry about getting the big C or other problems. honestly i thought i could just quit but at work and school im around it constantly so im worried. i keep relapsing. i told myself i could stop anytime i want and kept moving the day i would stop further and further away. i graduate in 2016 from college and i want to be dip free. so i packed my last lip today im throwing out my tins tomorrow morning. I pray this is the last time. any suggestions please contact me. any words of wisdom contact me. heres to a new page in my book.

Welcome Deisel. I admire you for taking this on at your age. I dipped for almost 30 years, telling myself, "I'll quit when ______ ." Thirty years of that addict speak.

Do this. You won't regret it. Do it now, and live a life of freedom from addiction. You have the right markers, all you need to do is post your promise, and you will not believe the support you get from this site, and it's members.

We all have one thing in common: NONE of us were successful until we found KTC. You are not here by accident.

Go here. This is your group of fellow Quitters. Post your promise and let's crush this!

[cjdeisel]

today im gonna quit. ive been trying for the past six months. im quitting because i want a future i dont want to hide it from my parents, sisters, girlfriend. ive tried everything besides support. I want to wake up a year from now healthy happy worry free and be grateful for the day. Im young and every time i finish a lip i worry about getting the big C or other problems. honestly i thought i could just quit but at work and school im around it constantly so im worried. i keep relapsing. i told myself i could stop anytime i want and kept moving the day i would stop further and further away. i graduate in 2016 from college and i want to be dip free. so i packed my last lip today im throwing out my tins tomorrow morning. I pray this is the last time. any suggestions please contact me. any words of wisdom contact me. heres to a new page in my book.

[Nolaq]

another thing Ive noticed is nobody around you will get how difficult this battle is. for them its just another day with you in it, except maybe your bitchy. I am completely cold turkey on this. just me and a couple packs of mentos sugar free gum.
every 24 hrs is a major accomplishment and Im thankfull for it

This place is so much more than a post or two. I highly encourage you to get involved in your Quit group here.

Stick around. Get involved. This place works.

[Idaho Spuds]

New here. What is roll call etc?

Welcome aboard!
First check out the welcome center:
forum/55560/
This is your quit group:
topic/11203031/1/

We post roll every day in our quit groups, it is the corner piece of the site, our promise to ourselves and quit brothers to not use nicotine for one day.

See you on roll!

[slowgo]

New here. What is roll call etc?

[slowgo]

Idaho, it is the addiction talking. I had quit once for 3 years. I thought I could handle one dip. I was wrong. I would buy a can and take a dip and throw it away. Crazy. I started dipping again. Terrible mistake. 14 years later and I am at Day 2 now and I am in the withdrawal fog. Cold Turkey. Hot flash every once in a while. Scary seeing the poison come out. This is no fun. But I am tired of being a slave to a tin. Just trying to win one day at a time! Thanks for all of the posts.

[stevesweeney1313]

another thing Ive noticed is nobody around you will get how difficult this battle is. for them its just another day with you in it, except maybe your bitchy. I am completely cold turkey on this. just me and a couple packs of mentos sugar free gum.
every 24 hrs is a major accomplishment and Im thankfull for it

[stevesweeney1313]

Day 5 of the rest of my life. So like many I loved it, all 35 years worth. My son is now the age I was when it all started 13. that first can of sweet smelling hawkin. then copenhagen at some point in time. I did this, because nothing should have a hold over my mind and body like this substance.
do I miss it, hell yes i do. Do I want it, no way. Im not giving in.

did anyone else have anger issues when they started? I feel, eh aggressive, anger easy I think.

[chewie]

I feel my issue is unique. Maybe it isn't. I actually really LOVE dipping. I hear people say they want to quit smoking, it makes them feel gross, makes them smell bad, etc. But for me, the only reason I want to quit is heath reasons. All my associations with chew are positive.

Nope... you're not unique. Not even a little bit.

I LOVED dipping. Loved everything about it.

And then I realized that was addict speak. You will too.

Take it one day at a time and you'll get there...

Chewie

[Idaho Spuds]

For the past 7 months or so, I've been 6 days off, 1 day on, rinse and repeat.

I had an appointment with the ENT today. He did a scope, reviewed my MRI. Everything was good. This has always been license for "okay, you are free to dip for 6 more months" in the past.

I feel my issue is unique. Maybe it isn't. I actually really LOVE dipping. I hear people say they want to quit smoking, it makes them feel gross, makes them smell bad, etc. But for me, the only reason I want to quit is heath reasons. All my associations with chew are positive.

But here I am. Contributing.

I hate chew, the wasted time, money and energy. I wish I could get back all the sleepless nights convincing myself I have mouth or throat cancer.

Sounds like you don't want to quit and that even if you tried you are a planned cave. Maybe keep spinning the cancer revolver and see what happens. 'fuz'

[spankymagee]

For the past 7 months or so, I've been 6 days off, 1 day on, rinse and repeat.

I had an appointment with the ENT today. He did a scope, reviewed my MRI. Everything was good. This has always been license for "okay, you are free to dip for 6 more months" in the past.

I feel my issue is unique. Maybe it isn't. I actually really LOVE dipping. I hear people say they want to quit smoking, it makes them feel gross, makes them smell bad, etc. But for me, the only reason I want to quit is heath reasons. All my associations with chew are positive.

But here I am. Contributing.

[chewie]

I chewed about 2 tins a week from age 19 thru 29. Quit for 2 years and started back at age 31, resuming the 2 tins a week habit thru present day (age 34).

About 6 months ago, I started experiencing several symptoms. Difficulty swallowing, sore throat that waxed and waned, and significant irritation and pain on the left side of my chin and throat. The pain in the chin and throat would also wax and wane, and was sensitive to the touch.

I have seen the dentist and was clear of mouth cancer. I have gone to three ENTs who have said that I do not have cancer. I received a MRI on the neck and throat 3 months ago that was clear. The three ENTs all said I either had acid reflux, a combination of pulled muscles, or both.

Over the past 6 months, I have probably chewed once a week on average, at a half a tin a setting. After chewing, the pain does tend to get worse for a few days before subsiding.

The anxiety is killing me. It's as if I can't convince myself that even though the doctors have cleared me, that they arent missing something.

I am trying to "re quit" but obviously it is a difficult habit to unlearn, though I am committed.

Believe it or not, you're on the right track.

I was in a very similar situation to you. My acid reflux actually got WAY worse after I quit... for a while. Then it went away completely.

My anxiety was also off the chart too. Took myself to the ER twice because I thought I was having a heart attack... just anxiety.

I know it's tough to hear... but hang in there. Also, I couldn't QUITE tell from your note, but it sounds like you're still chewing "every now and then"? STOP. You can't truly start to heal as long as you're reintroducing the drug into your system.

How can we help?

chewie

[spankymagee]

I chewed about 2 tins a week from age 19 thru 29. Quit for 2 years and started back at age 31, resuming the 2 tins a week habit thru present day (age 34).

About 6 months ago, I started experiencing several symptoms. Difficulty swallowing, sore throat that waxed and waned, and significant irritation and pain on the left side of my chin and throat. The pain in the chin and throat would also wax and wane, and was sensitive to the touch.

I have seen the dentist and was clear of mouth cancer. I have gone to three ENTs who have said that I do not have cancer. I received a MRI on the neck and throat 3 months ago that was clear. The three ENTs all said I either had acid reflux, a combination of pulled muscles, or both.

Over the past 6 months, I have probably chewed once a week on average, at a half a tin a setting. After chewing, the pain does tend to get worse for a few days before subsiding.

The anxiety is killing me. It's as if I can't convince myself that even though the doctors have cleared me, that they arent missing something.

I am trying to "re quit" but obviously it is a difficult habit to unlearn, though I am committed.

[dkham87]

decided today was the day. I've had a "sore" in my mouth for a week or so. no color, no pain, it was just there. I was picking at it tonight while enjoying the new movie Ted two(a must see) of course I had a nice redseal in. after I picked at it it became irritated and swollen. scared the shit out of me. I decided it's time. boy did I pick a hell of a time too, as I have a three hour drive tomorrow morning followed by umpiring ten baseball games in two days. I'm going to go to the dentist to get this checked out when I can find a dentist. I'm hoping it's nothing more than a little ulcer or mark from biting myself that God is scaring me with. I'd like to get this right the first time as I've never actually tried to quit before, only cut back. was at a can of redseal a day for about 2 years before that I dipped regularly for about 5 years now. it's time before it gets really bad. of course, looking on here I feel like somewhat of a pussy due to what yall have gone through but I'm hoping you can help a young, freaked out, 21 year old college football player out. I mean, it's 345am. I need to leave this house to drive 180 miles in 4 hours. if that doesn't say freaked out i don't know what does.

I'm going to pick up a can of herbal snuff tomorrow along with sunflower seeds and a shit ton of gum, does that sound like a starters package?

thank you guys

Hey man I'm with you. I started my quit a few days ago with a 2 month old baby, a wife who just got her wisdom teeth out, and a mother-in-law whose in town for 3 weeks! Let me tell you there's never an easy time to quit but the best time is now! Join me in the October quit group and post roll now! Then do it again before you leave for your trip in the am. If your serious about quitting I'm serious about helping you out as well as everyone else here on this sight.

[tzwatts]

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