I told my 12-year-old son yesterday about my quit. He knew I chewed but don't think he had any idea how much. I was good at hiding it from everyone but he is pretty observant.
Part of my quit strategy, if you will, is to be open about my quit and not hide the fact that I'm using substitutes. I figure the more people that know I'm quitting, the more accountable I am. Since most of them didn't even know I chewed every minute of every day around them, it is liberating sometimes to tell them.
Anyway, I wanted my son to know that the smokey mountain isn't tobacco and why I was using it.
As I discussed my quit with him I saw him getting choked up a couple of times. He is very smart, sensitive and caring. I mainly wanted to share with him how evil and stupid nicotine is and how much I regret using it. I know I can't keep him from making stupid decisions but I hope by sharing with him that his old man, who he still thinks is kinda cool, is having to battle with this awful addiction might make a lasting impression when some dikhole kid offers him a chew or smoke.
Don't know if I did a good thing or not but I'm tired of hiding from everyone and I don't want to make my son think that chewing is cool.