I have hesitated to introduce myself as a new quit member here because I didn't think this site would make a difference... honest.
Me: I am in construction. So many guys chew in my industry. It was an easy habit to pick up....so I am about 10 years with copenhagen wintergreen. One can per 4 or 5 days....so not a legendary fat lip over here but still I partook of the dumbassery all the same! Love love love oooo how i love you/ HATE HATE hate you stupid copenhagen!!--- type schizophreniv relationship with it. I did this all in secret from everyone except three people. My wife wasn't one of them. About 3 months ago she finally found my can in my "super secret" hiding place.... right.... I'm such a dumbass. I'm glad she found it, actually. She confronted me. I blamed baseball and football for why I started chewing at age 37. Go figure. Some how "all my coaches chewed and i looked up to them" just didnt quite explain it very well. .... I know right??
She was devestated. It took me a couple of months to figure out how, exactly, I could quit. I had tried a dozen times over the decade and I knew I couldn't get past 2 months.
Well??.... I'm on day 63. The longest I have ever gone without chew is 60 days maybe. This is new territory for me.
This quit has been infinitely easier to do with using the quit groups.
I'm in the middle of a really tough couple of days right now where all I want to do is stuff my lip. It's so odd. Day 10-60 was a piece of cake and now here I am back at what feels like day one. But it's not day one. It's day 63.
I am glad for that. I'm glad to be here pledging my quit and staying strong.
