24 and thinking of Quitting

[syndrome]

Evilology 101 - A Guide to Finding and Using your Scrotum

Post Roll: Why? How?
Every day you log into your “Group”, a bunch of guys all quitting together and going through the same suck, fog, cravings, etc. You “Post Roll”; add your name and the number of days quit that you are. This is your promise, a pledge to your quit brothers and sisters, to yourself, and to everyone else here on KTC to not use nicotine in any way, shape, or form, for the next 24 hours. Keep your promise. A man is nothing if his word is no good.

Get Involved:
Read: [color=S DARK BLUE]Introductions[/color] and [color=DARK BLUE]HOF Speeches[/color]. Read the banter in other groups. Read the non-dip discussions in the [color=DARK BLUE]Wilcard[/color] section when you want to get away from thoughts of dip. By doing this you will realize that you are not alone in the feeling you are having. You will gain strength through others. And, you will get to know these people on a personal level, which adds accountability.

Send out a few PMs:
Send out a PM to someone in your group, or to someone that posted something that you related to. Offer your phone number. I bet you will get a phone number in return. Store those numbers in your phone and USE THEM in a moment of weakness. Sending a text out has prevented me from caving more than a few times. Sometimes I didn’t even need a response, just taking a few seconds to text was all it took to get me thinking straight again. Other times the response I got was, “you do NOT have permission to cave”, which I took to heart.

Every tool you need to QUIT and remain QUIT is here, for free, but you have to want it. No one can quit for you, but we can offer support whenever you need it.

I don't know if I am quite ready to post roll. I want to make sure that I will keep my "pledge" before doing so. I will be back tomorrow, and hopefully then I will make the conscious decision to quit.

Thanks for the support and recommendation everyone. This looks like a great community.

If you are quit, you are ready.

It is both your battle cry and your cry for help in this war. The moment you quit is the moment you make your promise to us to stay quit today. It makes no sense to promise after the fact. No accountability.

I posted roll today giving my word to not use NIC today. Tomorrow I plan on doing the same and adding one more +1 to my quit. You will be a user for one more day I assume.

It's your life, your tongue, your jaw, your dance with cancer. Own it. If you don't care enough to quit today that's fine; it's got to be your decision. See you when your ready.

hay man i just did a :tomorrow: smilie over to whack the pack. any a you mods able to copy that here? and hay there stuperman... you can read bout what i think a tomorow rite in my sig line. and well yesterday aint turned in to today yet...

[Evil_Won]

Evilology 101 - A Guide to Finding and Using your Scrotum

Post Roll: Why? How?
Every day you log into your “Group”, a bunch of guys all quitting together and going through the same suck, fog, cravings, etc. You “Post Roll”; add your name and the number of days quit that you are. This is your promise, a pledge to your quit brothers and sisters, to yourself, and to everyone else here on KTC to not use nicotine in any way, shape, or form, for the next 24 hours. Keep your promise. A man is nothing if his word is no good.

Get Involved:
Read: [color=S DARK BLUE]Introductions[/color] and [color=DARK BLUE]HOF Speeches[/color]. Read the banter in other groups. Read the non-dip discussions in the [color=DARK BLUE]Wilcard[/color] section when you want to get away from thoughts of dip. By doing this you will realize that you are not alone in the feeling you are having. You will gain strength through others. And, you will get to know these people on a personal level, which adds accountability.

Send out a few PMs:
Send out a PM to someone in your group, or to someone that posted something that you related to. Offer your phone number. I bet you will get a phone number in return. Store those numbers in your phone and USE THEM in a moment of weakness. Sending a text out has prevented me from caving more than a few times. Sometimes I didn’t even need a response, just taking a few seconds to text was all it took to get me thinking straight again. Other times the response I got was, “you do NOT have permission to cave”, which I took to heart.

Every tool you need to QUIT and remain QUIT is here, for free, but you have to want it. No one can quit for you, but we can offer support whenever you need it.

I don't know if I am quite ready to post roll. I want to make sure that I will keep my "pledge" before doing so. I will be back tomorrow, and hopefully then I will make the conscious decision to quit.

Thanks for the support and recommendation everyone. This looks like a great community.

If you are quit, you are ready.

It is both your battle cry and your cry for help in this war. The moment you quit is the moment you make your promise to us to stay quit today. It makes no sense to promise after the fact. No accountability.

I posted roll today giving my word to not use NIC today. Tomorrow I plan on doing the same and adding one more +1 to my quit. You will be a user for one more day I assume.

It's your life, your tongue, your jaw, your dance with cancer. Own it. If you don't care enough to quit today that's fine; it's got to be your decision. See you when your ready.

[jayd41]

Evilology 101 - A Guide to Finding and Using your Scrotum

Post Roll: Why? How?
Every day you log into your “Group”, a bunch of guys all quitting together and going through the same suck, fog, cravings, etc. You “Post Roll”; add your name and the number of days quit that you are. This is your promise, a pledge to your quit brothers and sisters, to yourself, and to everyone else here on KTC to not use nicotine in any way, shape, or form, for the next 24 hours. Keep your promise. A man is nothing if his word is no good.

Get Involved:
Read: [color=S DARK BLUE]Introductions[/color] and [color=DARK BLUE]HOF Speeches[/color]. Read the banter in other groups. Read the non-dip discussions in the [color=DARK BLUE]Wilcard[/color] section when you want to get away from thoughts of dip. By doing this you will realize that you are not alone in the feeling you are having. You will gain strength through others. And, you will get to know these people on a personal level, which adds accountability.

Send out a few PMs:
Send out a PM to someone in your group, or to someone that posted something that you related to. Offer your phone number. I bet you will get a phone number in return. Store those numbers in your phone and USE THEM in a moment of weakness. Sending a text out has prevented me from caving more than a few times. Sometimes I didn’t even need a response, just taking a few seconds to text was all it took to get me thinking straight again. Other times the response I got was, “you do NOT have permission to cave”, which I took to heart.

Every tool you need to QUIT and remain QUIT is here, for free, but you have to want it. No one can quit for you, but we can offer support whenever you need it.

I don't know if I am quite ready to post roll. I want to make sure that I will keep my "pledge" before doing so. I will be back tomorrow, and hopefully then I will make the conscious decision to quit.

Thanks for the support and recommendation everyone. This looks like a great community.

duuuuudde. Not good talk...just post. Honor your word...bite your fucking lip and get through...go for a run, do some pushups whatever...just get it started RIGHT NOW

[wastepanel]

Evilology 101 - A Guide to Finding and Using your Scrotum

Post Roll: Why? How?
Every day you log into your “Group”, a bunch of guys all quitting together and going through the same suck, fog, cravings, etc. You “Post Roll”; add your name and the number of days quit that you are. This is your promise, a pledge to your quit brothers and sisters, to yourself, and to everyone else here on KTC to not use nicotine in any way, shape, or form, for the next 24 hours. Keep your promise. A man is nothing if his word is no good.

Get Involved:
Read: [color=S DARK BLUE]Introductions[/color] and [color=DARK BLUE]HOF Speeches[/color]. Read the banter in other groups. Read the non-dip discussions in the [color=DARK BLUE]Wilcard[/color] section when you want to get away from thoughts of dip. By doing this you will realize that you are not alone in the feeling you are having. You will gain strength through others. And, you will get to know these people on a personal level, which adds accountability.

Send out a few PMs:
Send out a PM to someone in your group, or to someone that posted something that you related to. Offer your phone number. I bet you will get a phone number in return. Store those numbers in your phone and USE THEM in a moment of weakness. Sending a text out has prevented me from caving more than a few times. Sometimes I didn’t even need a response, just taking a few seconds to text was all it took to get me thinking straight again. Other times the response I got was, “you do NOT have permission to cave”, which I took to heart.

Every tool you need to QUIT and remain QUIT is here, for free, but you have to want it. No one can quit for you, but we can offer support whenever you need it.

I don't know if I am quite ready to post roll. I want to make sure that I will keep my "pledge" before doing so. I will be back tomorrow, and hopefully then I will make the conscious decision to quit.

Thanks for the support and recommendation everyone. This looks like a great community.

If you are quit, you are ready.

It is both your battle cry and your cry for help in this war. The moment you quit is the moment you make your promise to us to stay quit today. It makes no sense to promise after the fact. No accountability.

[dsupermanp]

Evilology 101 - A Guide to Finding and Using your Scrotum

Post Roll: Why? How?
Every day you log into your “Group”, a bunch of guys all quitting together and going through the same suck, fog, cravings, etc. You “Post Roll”; add your name and the number of days quit that you are. This is your promise, a pledge to your quit brothers and sisters, to yourself, and to everyone else here on KTC to not use nicotine in any way, shape, or form, for the next 24 hours. Keep your promise. A man is nothing if his word is no good.

Get Involved:
Read: [color=S DARK BLUE]Introductions[/color] and [color=DARK BLUE]HOF Speeches[/color]. Read the banter in other groups. Read the non-dip discussions in the [color=DARK BLUE]Wilcard[/color] section when you want to get away from thoughts of dip. By doing this you will realize that you are not alone in the feeling you are having. You will gain strength through others. And, you will get to know these people on a personal level, which adds accountability.

Send out a few PMs:
Send out a PM to someone in your group, or to someone that posted something that you related to. Offer your phone number. I bet you will get a phone number in return. Store those numbers in your phone and USE THEM in a moment of weakness. Sending a text out has prevented me from caving more than a few times. Sometimes I didn’t even need a response, just taking a few seconds to text was all it took to get me thinking straight again. Other times the response I got was, “you do NOT have permission to cave”, which I took to heart.

Every tool you need to QUIT and remain QUIT is here, for free, but you have to want it. No one can quit for you, but we can offer support whenever you need it.

I don't know if I am quite ready to post roll. I want to make sure that I will keep my "pledge" before doing so. I will be back tomorrow, and hopefully then I will make the conscious decision to quit.

Thanks for the support and recommendation everyone. This looks like a great community.

[wastepanel]

My God man dump that shit...fake dip might work for you and you can use that while on this site but you can't use the nic gum or anything like that...one day at a time...post roll every day, for the first 3-5 days you are going to suck and you need to quit one hour at a time...maybe even a half hour at a time...now tell us a bit about yourself...married? what was your brand of poison? how often did you use the poison? 

Now bite your lip and give it hell!!!!

Thanks for the many replies. It is much appreciated, and I am encouraged by the amount of support on this forum. I took your guy's advice and flushed the rest of my chew at lunch today. It was liberating, but like you all have hinted at I know that I am now facing an uphill battle.

A little background on myself:
I recently got married (August '12). I graduated from a good university with a degree in Computer Science last May, and bought a home in Colorado.

My brand of poison at first was Copenhagen long cut, but I switched to Grizzly Wintergreen. I usually go through 3-4 cans a week.

Ain't no uphill battle.

You got 3-7 days of physical pain while the drug laves your system. It's called withdrawal. Once you're clear, you begin healing. You've messed your body up pretty good recently and it doesn't heal overnight.

In fact, your brain is going to tell you that you need nicotine to move forward in your life. That's not true. That's the parasite begging its host to not get rid of it. It's its safety measure.

You keep walking forward in this quit and nothing is uphill.

You can do it.

Now go post roll stud.

[jayd41]

My God man dump that shit...fake dip might work for you and you can use that while on this site but you can't use the nic gum or anything like that...one day at a time...post roll every day, for the first 3-5 days you are going to suck and you need to quit one hour at a time...maybe even a half hour at a time...now tell us a bit about yourself...married? what was your brand of poison? how often did you use the poison? 

Now bite your lip and give it hell!!!!

Thanks for the many replies. It is much appreciated, and I am encouraged by the amount of support on this forum. I took your guy's advice and flushed the rest of my chew at lunch today. It was liberating, but like you all have hinted at I know that I am now facing an uphill battle.

A little background on myself:
I recently got married (August '12). I graduated from a good university with a degree in Computer Science last May, and bought a home in Colorado.

My brand of poison at first was Copenhagen long cut, but I switched to Grizzly Wintergreen. I usually go through 3-4 cans a week.

good stuff...remember, for now, just take it one hour at a time and enjoy your new found freedom...

[dsupermanp]

chewing tobacco is bad.

why did that make me laugh so much? it did though

sometimes you gotta break it down to the lowest common denominator.

Lol, this gave me a good laugh. 'crackup'

[dsupermanp]

My God man dump that shit...fake dip might work for you and you can use that while on this site but you can't use the nic gum or anything like that...one day at a time...post roll every day, for the first 3-5 days you are going to suck and you need to quit one hour at a time...maybe even a half hour at a time...now tell us a bit about yourself...married? what was your brand of poison? how often did you use the poison? 

Now bite your lip and give it hell!!!!

Thanks for the many replies. It is much appreciated, and I am encouraged by the amount of support on this forum. I took your guy's advice and flushed the rest of my chew at lunch today. It was liberating, but like you all have hinted at I know that I am now facing an uphill battle.

A little background on myself:
I recently got married (August '12). I graduated from a good university with a degree in Computer Science last May, and bought a home in Colorado.

My brand of poison at first was Copenhagen long cut, but I switched to Grizzly Wintergreen. I usually go through 3-4 cans a week.

[zam]

I have looked into several alternatives to chewing, and I am looking for more experienced "quitters" to advise:
    1. Cold turkey (no smokey mountain, gum, seeds, lozenges, etc.)
    2. Nicotine lozenges
    3. Smokey Mountain
    4. Gum, seeds, etc (any non-nicotine or Smokey mountain like product)

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. ...

hmmmm.. lemme see....what is it you are addicted to again? lozenges? nope. Mint leaves with sugar? nope. Juicy Fruits? nope. Salt? Sugar? maybe, but that's a different subject all together. So the way I look at it, your options really go like this:
1) Cold turkey (no nicotine and you have a big ego)
2) continue feeding your nicotine addiction and pretend you accomplished something other than boost profits at GlaxoSmithKline and JohnsonJohnson.
3) Cold turkey + mint and sugar
4) Cold turkey + candy and/or salt
or maybe 5) cold turkey and whatever the hell it takes to stay nic free
I'd pick one of the "cold turkey" options.
Decide you've had enough. Decide that it's F'in OVER. Then head to the WELCOME CENTER and start reading.

[loot]

chewing tobacco is bad.

why did that make me laugh so much? it did though

sometimes you gotta break it down to the lowest common denominator.

[jayd41]

chewing tobacco is bad.

why did that make me laugh so much? it did though

[Smokeyg]

chewing tobacco is bad.

[Slow_Roller]

Anything that does not contain nicotine is fine. Seeds, gum, smokey mountain. We don't advocate nicotine replacement programs such as the patch or the gum. I say dump out the rest of your can and post roll in Septembers quit group. Promise everyone in there that you will not use nicotine the rest of the day. Rinse and repeat the next day. There are a lot of resources on this site, and I recommend you read as much as you can on here the first few days.
I'm also 24, I dipped skoal and Cope about a half can a day for 5 years. The first few days are going to suck, but it's remembering those first few days that strengthens your quit. I would not be this far in my quit without this site and all of these other bad ass quitters.

[Evil_Won]

Evilology 101 - A Guide to Finding and Using your Scrotum

Post Roll: Why? How?
Every day you log into your “Group”, a bunch of guys all quitting together and going through the same suck, fog, cravings, etc. You “Post Roll”; add your name and the number of days quit that you are. This is your promise, a pledge to your quit brothers and sisters, to yourself, and to everyone else here on KTC to not use nicotine in any way, shape, or form, for the next 24 hours. Keep your promise. A man is nothing if his word is no good.

Get Involved:
Read: [color=S DARK BLUE]Introductions[/color] and [color=DARK BLUE]HOF Speeches[/color]. Read the banter in other groups. Read the non-dip discussions in the [color=DARK BLUE]Wilcard[/color] section when you want to get away from thoughts of dip. By doing this you will realize that you are not alone in the feeling you are having. You will gain strength through others. And, you will get to know these people on a personal level, which adds accountability.

Send out a few PMs:
Send out a PM to someone in your group, or to someone that posted something that you related to. Offer your phone number. I bet you will get a phone number in return. Store those numbers in your phone and USE THEM in a moment of weakness. Sending a text out has prevented me from caving more than a few times. Sometimes I didn’t even need a response, just taking a few seconds to text was all it took to get me thinking straight again. Other times the response I got was, “you do NOT have permission to cave”, which I took to heart.

Every tool you need to QUIT and remain QUIT is here, for free, but you have to want it. No one can quit for you, but we can offer support whenever you need it.