Well I quit in December for about 34 days. I was doing really well, in fact my first few days weren't bad since I was sick when I quit. My quit was going quite well and then I started again due to some personal issues that came up. My roommate smokes as well which triggered it a bit. I have been dipping on a regular basis for over a year and a half. I am getting really tired of it and it is becoming a major annoyance. However, I am having a really tough time quitting again. Every time I tell myself I want to quit I wake up in the morning and go back to it. I want to quit though and I am thinking about just quitting today.
When I quit it was awesome to be free of it and my appetite was much better and I just felt a lot healthier in general, however this stuff just keeps me hooked no matter what I tell myself
I myself "quit" over a year ago through the "I will quit tomorrow" method and then I actually stopped for a few weeks when I ran out of tobacco and didn't buy any more. Then, after a few weeks the temptation got strong and I started buying nicotine gum, and then when that gum wasn't strong enough, I rolled straight back to the cancer candy.
I honestly think the key to a real quit is that you just do it. You don't say "tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow." You just have to hit a moment where you say "fuck you, I'm done" and then quit right then and there.
I'm a total n00b, but on Sunday night I just got absolutely disgusted with myself. I mean purely and totally disgusted that I could fucking do that to my body. I googled "chew alternatives" or something like that and a bunch of reviews/descriptions on KTC was one of the first pages that came up and so I checked out the forums. The dudes here have it straight, you just gotta quit. None of this "I want to quit" or "I will quit tomorrow" bullshit. That shit doesn't amount to anything, you gotta just do it.
Fuck, I spent an hour reading the stories on here and perusing the cancer pics. If you can read those stories and look at those pics and still go back to the can, you should become familiar with the works of Darwin because natural selection is gonna take your ass out of the gene pool because you are fucking weak. For fuck's sake, there is a member on here who just had a biopsy and who will find out in a week if he has CANCER. This cancer isn't like the shit "oh, I worked on asbestos lined buildings for 30 years and no one knew it was dangerouts" - no dude, this shit is SELF INFLICTED CANCER that is medically documented. If you have found this site, there is no fucking excuse for you to continue that shit, you have total notice of the dangers.
And think of the money you are blowing. Seriously. I was spending between $84 and $90 a week on General Snus ($6 a can times 14-15 cans a week) and when I thought about pissing over $4k a year down the toilet with abso-fucking-lutely nothing to show for it, my anger became even bigger. You gotta get fucking mad, dude. You're a god damned mark who has been played for a buster by some fucking tobacco company for years and the only things you have to show for it are (i) a fucked up spot on your gums (ii) some brown in your teeth, (iii) higher risk of various types of cancer, (iv) damage to your cardiovascular system, (v) an addiction that is a pain in the ass to kick and (vi) a bunch of other bad shit.
And if getting pissed at the tobacco company doesn't work, think of how much money you are giving to fucking government in taxes on that shit. Holy shit, the taxes on tobacco where I live are so high and they just go to lining some connected crony pocket. That pisses me off even more than the tobacco company.
Please, dude, get fucking mad and quit.