General Discussion - 2014

[Stat]

Dear Lurker: I am just about a week ahead of you. It was about day 8 when I finally got a halfway acceptable night of sleep. I often felt nauseated at night. (I did not expect such a reaction.) As others say, keep up the promise just one day at a time. If you are like me, the sleep will get better next week. Feel free to send a PM if you need any encouragemt or thoughts.

[Luker]

im almost thru day 3 and now Im feeling more confident as well. i still feel like a dip would be really nice but today wasnt as bad as the first 2 days. I would say the hardest thing is my sleeping schedule has got so messed up. having a hard time falling asleep, nightmares, and just not good sleep. then waking up and wanting to dip. its definitely doable u just gotta hang for a while i guess. im sure it will be alot better in a few more days from what i have read. what i find helps are caffiene, alcohol, and exercise. and think dont be tobaccos bitch

Nice man.

Now, if you want us to hold you accountable to your word...post roll. This shit is hard sometimes, and we are our own worst enemies. I know that when I'm left to my own devices, I fail. That's why I'm here. I want these badasses to keep me quit. This place rocks, and we're the best at what we do here: Quitting.

The absolute worst thing to me in that first week of quitting was the night sweats. Ugh. I went through so many sheets and woke up every night at 3:30 am wide awake and soaked. I never want to go through that again, but luckily, I won't have to. I control my own actions and there is no way I'm forgetting how bad that was and putting myself in a position to use (and then have to subsequently withdraw). Never again.

Yep I'm on Day 3 now, and I can definitely say that the sleep part has been the worst. Last night I had the worst sleep I've had in a long time.

The day really isn't that bad. I gotta watch my triggers, and prepare for when I've relapsed before (on really bad days/ stressful days). But I have this fake stuff that's been keeping the oral fixation part at bay.

So yeah, for me it's been uncomfortable, but easy.

[wastepanel]

im almost thru day 3 and now Im feeling more confident as well. i still feel like a dip would be really nice but today wasnt as bad as the first 2 days. I would say the hardest thing is my sleeping schedule has got so messed up. having a hard time falling asleep, nightmares, and just not good sleep. then waking up and wanting to dip. its definitely doable u just gotta hang for a while i guess. im sure it will be alot better in a few more days from what i have read. what i find helps are caffiene, alcohol, and exercise. and think dont be tobaccos bitch

Nice man.

Now, if you want us to hold you accountable to your word...post roll. This shit is hard sometimes, and we are our own worst enemies. I know that when I'm left to my own devices, I fail. That's why I'm here. I want these badasses to keep me quit. This place rocks, and we're the best at what we do here: Quitting.

The absolute worst thing to me in that first week of quitting was the night sweats. Ugh. I went through so many sheets and woke up every night at 3:30 am wide awake and soaked. I never want to go through that again, but luckily, I won't have to. I control my own actions and there is no way I'm forgetting how bad that was and putting myself in a position to use (and then have to subsequently withdraw). Never again.

[wastepanel]

I'm going to start being a quitter tomorrow after having my third fight in the past 4 months over tobacco with my beloved girlfriend this evening .

Please send me some resources and your support as I know I'll be needing them greatly! Thank you! KK Mich

The resources are all around you, my friend.

Our program begins and ends with posting roll (promising not to use nicotine today). We promise each other, and we keep our words. We just keep repeating this over and over and over again using the people and knowledge here to keep that promise.

My best advice to you is to strap in, quit, and post a day one in our March 2015 group. Plan to drink a ton of water these first few days. Limit your caffeine as many find it to be quite potent right now. Exercise is awesome for the quit as you need to push this poison out of your system (sweat and the water do this). Have a supply of seeds, gums, herbal snuffs, etc on hand and ready. You don't want to plan when your world is collapsing around you in a crave. You just want to reach for your weapons.

Most importantly, post up. Make some friends. WE're all walking the same path as you are today. Some of us have just been here before. We can show you the path. We can show you the signs. But you have to make the journey.

Got your back in this battle man.

[gr888]

im almost thru day 3 and now Im feeling more confident as well. i still feel like a dip would be really nice but today wasnt as bad as the first 2 days. I would say the hardest thing is my sleeping schedule has got so messed up. having a hard time falling asleep, nightmares, and just not good sleep. then waking up and wanting to dip. its definitely doable u just gotta hang for a while i guess. im sure it will be alot better in a few more days from what i have read. what i find helps are caffiene, alcohol, and exercise. and think dont be tobaccos bitch

[Grizzjizz]

I'm going to start being a quitter tomorrow after having my third fight in the past 4 months over tobacco with my beloved girlfriend this evening .

Please send me some resources and your support as I know I'll be needing them greatly! Thank you! KK Mich

[SandPike]

Yep this sucks. I can deal with this, but I'm especially worried about not sleeping. Had cold sweats last night that kept me up for a little bit. Today has been a little worse. Ended up sleeping with no blankets. Anyone else deal with this? How did you end up dealing with this?

This is doable. Feeling confident.

ZZZZQuill was the only way I could deal with it, for the first week or so.

[Luker]

Yep this sucks. I can deal with this, but I'm especially worried about not sleeping. Had cold sweats last night that kept me up for a little bit. Today has been a little worse. Ended up sleeping with no blankets. Anyone else deal with this? How did you end up dealing with this?

This is doable. Feeling confident.

[ILquitter]

flush that crap down the toilet. Brother, I know this is incredibly hard to do, but you have to pick your date and quit. you've gotta get through the first few days and it gets a bit easier. It's your life after all. There are a lot of resources on this site to help you. reach out to a senior member if you need help.

i didnt dip at all today. i feel really on edge. i been drinking like a motherfucker to cope w no dip. the alcohol helps but still i really want dip. i am going to man up for the next few days

also i had no idea it would be so hard to quit dip. it really fuckin sux, i always thought i could stop whenever. not so easy after all

Good job bud! I'm pretty dang proud of you for getting through the day. That's how you have to approach it though, just one day at a time. Don't worry about next month, or next week, just focus on getting through today. Stay strong bro.

[Wt57]

flush that crap down the toilet. Brother, I know this is incredibly hard to do, but you have to pick your date and quit. you've gotta get through the first few days and it gets a bit easier. It's your life after all. There are a lot of resources on this site to help you. reach out to a senior member if you need help.

i didnt dip at all today. i feel really on edge. i been drinking like a motherfucker to cope w no dip. the alcohol helps but still i really want dip. i am going to man up for the next few days

also i had no idea it would be so hard to quit dip. it really fuckin sux, i always thought i could stop whenever. not so easy after all

Repeat: flush the shit now!

[gr888]

flush that crap down the toilet. Brother, I know this is incredibly hard to do, but you have to pick your date and quit. you've gotta get through the first few days and it gets a bit easier. It's your life after all. There are a lot of resources on this site to help you. reach out to a senior member if you need help.

i didnt dip at all today. i feel really on edge. i been drinking like a motherfucker to cope w no dip. the alcohol helps but still i really want dip. i am going to man up for the next few days

also i had no idea it would be so hard to quit dip. it really fuckin sux, i always thought i could stop whenever. not so easy after all

[ILquitter]

i decided to quit dipping for sure yesterday and i threw my cans in the trash... then i felt like dipping so bad i dug thru the trash to get a can and threw another dip in.. i feel like a fucking fiend its riduculous, as much as i want to quit permanently i couldnt help myself fuck i feel like a crackhead or something with this

flush that crap down the toilet. Brother, I know this is incredibly hard to do, but you have to pick your date and quit. you've gotta get through the first few days and it gets a bit easier. It's your life after all. There are a lot of resources on this site to help you. reach out to a senior member if you need help.

[SandPike]

I've had the same problem. Talk to your doctor, he might give you a temporary script for a sleeping pill to get you through the tough nights. I'd imagine trying to get through a quit with no sleep would make it easier to cave, which is the last thing you want.

Thats good advice and reminds me that I took zzzquill after the third night too, and that it really helped me get to sleep but, it did not keep me from waking so early either. I think it was a week later, that I just stopped taking the zzzquill and fell asleep fine without it. Everyone is different so maybe a prescribed sleeping pill would be right for you temporarily. Getting lots of sleep could only make it easier to get through the first stages of your quit.

for me benadryl did the trick. Some also use melatonin.

I didn't know this, but zzzquil actually is a liquid form of Benadryl.

Apologize if Thanksgiving seems to be the wrong time to post this....

Lots of discomfort occurs in the early days of quit, even after nicotine leaves our bodies, the craves continue for a while and we experience other symptoms that make quitting inconvenient... Just like the aforementioned interruption of sleep.

Consider that we can take some zzzquil, melatonin, or benadryl.... and get some relief.

For some, there is no relief from the symptoms caused by nicotine addiction....

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Wow, good post! What I still can't understand is why in the hell I ever started chewing that shit to begin with. I may never find the answer to that in my lifetime. Thanks for sharing that 30!

[30yraddict]

I've had the same problem. Talk to your doctor, he might give you a temporary script for a sleeping pill to get you through the tough nights. I'd imagine trying to get through a quit with no sleep would make it easier to cave, which is the last thing you want.

Thats good advice and reminds me that I took zzzquill after the third night too, and that it really helped me get to sleep but, it did not keep me from waking so early either. I think it was a week later, that I just stopped taking the zzzquill and fell asleep fine without it. Everyone is different so maybe a prescribed sleeping pill would be right for you temporarily. Getting lots of sleep could only make it easier to get through the first stages of your quit.

for me benadryl did the trick. Some also use melatonin.

I didn't know this, but zzzquil actually is a liquid form of Benadryl.

Apologize if Thanksgiving seems to be the wrong time to post this....

Lots of discomfort occurs in the early days of quit, even after nicotine leaves our bodies, the craves continue for a while and we experience other symptoms that make quitting inconvenient... Just like the aforementioned interruption of sleep.

Consider that we can take some zzzquil, melatonin, or benadryl.... and get some relief.

For some, there is no relief from the symptoms caused by nicotine addiction....

topic/10394517/1/#new

[SandPike]

I've had the same problem. Talk to your doctor, he might give you a temporary script for a sleeping pill to get you through the tough nights. I'd imagine trying to get through a quit with no sleep would make it easier to cave, which is the last thing you want.

Thats good advice and reminds me that I took zzzquill after the third night too, and that it really helped me get to sleep but, it did not keep me from waking so early either. I think it was a week later, that I just stopped taking the zzzquill and fell asleep fine without it. Everyone is different so maybe a prescribed sleeping pill would be right for you temporarily. Getting lots of sleep could only make it easier to get through the first stages of your quit.

for me benadryl did the trick. Some also use melatonin.

I didn't know this, but zzzquil actually is a liquid form of Benadryl.