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Re: Day 1...Almost...
« Reply #6 on: September 12, 2015, 05:49:00 PM »
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MAN UP DUDE

You are letting s chopped up plant in a can control you! Guess what... I did too until I found KTC. cold turkey is the ONLY way that works. Alcoholics don't switch from beer to light beer successfully. Cocaine addicts don't switch to heroin with success. Nicotine replacement is a joke and wouldn't be tolerated with any other addiction. Tobacco companies suck.

Here is a question... Your girlfriend hates it... DO YOU HATE IT???

Planned quits always fail. You are wasting your time by planning to quit tomorrow... The day after... I know, cause I did that for 25 years. Carpe diem! Stop being a slave (aka pussy) to nicotine. Throw that shit out and join us RIGHT NOW! Make your girlfriend happy and proud. But more than anything, do it for you. You feel like going to the store to buy a can? Get on here DNS read and post. Get in chat. I promise we will talk you down. You can go this, but you have to want it.
Thanks, brother. I needed to hear this.

I found this site last night and never knew it existed. It seems much harder to find a community of those providing support for quitting dip than anything else out there. You are right: "tobacco companies suck".

I set my cold-turkey quit date for Tues: 9/15/15 because Monday I have to take my brother in to a mental health facility to get him some help with some depression issues. I had planned to quit Tuesday, but after reading this...you are right: there's no good time to quit. That was an excuse that I was telling myself, and I can probably think of twenty more for Weds, Thurs, Fri, and so on.

I do hate it. It doesn't match up well with my lifestyle or working environment at all, I hate having to walk around with a bulge in my lip like an idiot. I hate the fact that I don't like to smile at people when I have dip in my teeth, and sometimes even avoid eye contact because I feel they are judging me as a redneck for having dip in my mouth.

My modified quit date is: 9/14/15. Monday morning. No dip after I go to bed tomorrow night. Let's keep in touch, I will let you know how it's going.
I wasn't enough of a monster.

Modify that date to today. Nicotine doesn't hel with stress - it causes it. Let me tell you a few stories...

I'm 43 years old. I was a ninja. I hid in bathrooms. In my car. My wife had no idea that I was 1/200th of the addict I am. I chewed scan a day. She probably thought I chewed a can a year. And she hated that. I drove around for hours by myself each week. Took 3-4 showers a day. And my health collapsed. High blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes. Guess what??? I've fixed every single thing, plus I'm honest and honorable. That being said - I wasted 25 years of my life. I have a great life and a great family/job, but I'm ashamed of my deceit. Tobacco can fuck off for making me a slave and almost killing me.

One of my best friends on this site has been getting chemo for colon cancer. He's about 47 years old. Yesterday he got a good PET scan result. Tobacco can fuck off for what it did to him.

I've been talking to a young guy that is an addict. He has failed several times but keeps coming back. Only the strongest can win at this. It is hard. If you aren't a man of your word you will fail. You have to want this more than anything. Tobacco can fuck off for appealing to young guys that are vulnerable.

And it can fuck off for making you weak. You really need until Monday? No you don't. Cmon man. You can do this. Quit today and Monday the nicotine will almost be out of your system. Tell your girlfriend what is up. Make her part of it. Tell her about this site and let her read our crazy posts. Make her,make that little baby, but most of all make yourself proud. You can do this.

Walk to the toilet. Open the can. Dump it. Flush. Go to the sink and rinse it out. Walk outside - put the can on the sidewalk and jump up and down on it. And say out loud - fuck nicotine - I am going to win today!

I'm quit dude. 993 days ago I went through what you are feeling. Never again. Freedom is a sweet thing.
This post is awesome
Wow, what can I say? W2W is a quit stud! Grab your sac dude! I'm a 38 year addict. 259 days of freedom is frigging awesome! Don't understand waiting. Not gonna make this shit any easier. Don't be a pussy, can you quit today,because I feel like if you don't you want be back! Listen this will say something about your manhood so let's see what you decide, and yes I hope I pissed you off, I'm not here to tell you it's ok to wait till you ready because it usually never comes. The way it sounds to me you need to be here so we can help you with your temper. Bring your ass in here and cuss me and w2w we can handle it and your family don't deserve it. Man or mouse? Next moves your's!
Tobacco is so addictive it took me a year after a massive heart attack, in which doctor confirmed caused from dipping to finally put a lid on the bitch! ODAAT EDD

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Re: Day 1...Almost...
« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2015, 04:17:00 PM »
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MAN UP DUDE

You are letting s chopped up plant in a can control you! Guess what... I did too until I found KTC. cold turkey is the ONLY way that works. Alcoholics don't switch from beer to light beer successfully. Cocaine addicts don't switch to heroin with success. Nicotine replacement is a joke and wouldn't be tolerated with any other addiction. Tobacco companies suck.

Here is a question... Your girlfriend hates it... DO YOU HATE IT???

Planned quits always fail. You are wasting your time by planning to quit tomorrow... The day after... I know, cause I did that for 25 years. Carpe diem! Stop being a slave (aka pussy) to nicotine. Throw that shit out and join us RIGHT NOW! Make your girlfriend happy and proud. But more than anything, do it for you. You feel like going to the store to buy a can? Get on here DNS read and post. Get in chat. I promise we will talk you down. You can go this, but you have to want it.
Thanks, brother. I needed to hear this.

I found this site last night and never knew it existed. It seems much harder to find a community of those providing support for quitting dip than anything else out there. You are right: "tobacco companies suck".

I set my cold-turkey quit date for Tues: 9/15/15 because Monday I have to take my brother in to a mental health facility to get him some help with some depression issues. I had planned to quit Tuesday, but after reading this...you are right: there's no good time to quit. That was an excuse that I was telling myself, and I can probably think of twenty more for Weds, Thurs, Fri, and so on.

I do hate it. It doesn't match up well with my lifestyle or working environment at all, I hate having to walk around with a bulge in my lip like an idiot. I hate the fact that I don't like to smile at people when I have dip in my teeth, and sometimes even avoid eye contact because I feel they are judging me as a redneck for having dip in my mouth.

My modified quit date is: 9/14/15. Monday morning. No dip after I go to bed tomorrow night. Let's keep in touch, I will let you know how it's going.
I wasn't enough of a monster.

Modify that date to today. Nicotine doesn't hel with stress - it causes it. Let me tell you a few stories...

I'm 43 years old. I was a ninja. I hid in bathrooms. In my car. My wife had no idea that I was 1/200th of the addict I am. I chewed scan a day. She probably thought I chewed a can a year. And she hated that. I drove around for hours by myself each week. Took 3-4 showers a day. And my health collapsed. High blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes. Guess what??? I've fixed every single thing, plus I'm honest and honorable. That being said - I wasted 25 years of my life. I have a great life and a great family/job, but I'm ashamed of my deceit. Tobacco can fuck off for making me a slave and almost killing me.

One of my best friends on this site has been getting chemo for colon cancer. He's about 47 years old. Yesterday he got a good PET scan result. Tobacco can fuck off for what it did to him.

I've been talking to a young guy that is an addict. He has failed several times but keeps coming back. Only the strongest can win at this. It is hard. If you aren't a man of your word you will fail. You have to want this more than anything. Tobacco can fuck off for appealing to young guys that are vulnerable.

And it can fuck off for making you weak. You really need until Monday? No you don't. Cmon man. You can do this. Quit today and Monday the nicotine will almost be out of your system. Tell your girlfriend what is up. Make her part of it. Tell her about this site and let her read our crazy posts. Make her,make that little baby, but most of all make yourself proud. You can do this.

Walk to the toilet. Open the can. Dump it. Flush. Go to the sink and rinse it out. Walk outside - put the can on the sidewalk and jump up and down on it. And say out loud - fuck nicotine - I am going to win today!

I'm quit dude. 993 days ago I went through what you are feeling. Never again. Freedom is a sweet thing.
This post is awesome

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Re: Day 1...Almost...
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2015, 03:01:00 PM »
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MAN UP DUDE

You are letting s chopped up plant in a can control you! Guess what... I did too until I found KTC. cold turkey is the ONLY way that works. Alcoholics don't switch from beer to light beer successfully. Cocaine addicts don't switch to heroin with success. Nicotine replacement is a joke and wouldn't be tolerated with any other addiction. Tobacco companies suck.

Here is a question... Your girlfriend hates it... DO YOU HATE IT???

Planned quits always fail. You are wasting your time by planning to quit tomorrow... The day after... I know, cause I did that for 25 years. Carpe diem! Stop being a slave (aka pussy) to nicotine. Throw that shit out and join us RIGHT NOW! Make your girlfriend happy and proud. But more than anything, do it for you. You feel like going to the store to buy a can? Get on here DNS read and post. Get in chat. I promise we will talk you down. You can go this, but you have to want it.
Thanks, brother. I needed to hear this.

I found this site last night and never knew it existed. It seems much harder to find a community of those providing support for quitting dip than anything else out there. You are right: "tobacco companies suck".

I set my cold-turkey quit date for Tues: 9/15/15 because Monday I have to take my brother in to a mental health facility to get him some help with some depression issues. I had planned to quit Tuesday, but after reading this...you are right: there's no good time to quit. That was an excuse that I was telling myself, and I can probably think of twenty more for Weds, Thurs, Fri, and so on.

I do hate it. It doesn't match up well with my lifestyle or working environment at all, I hate having to walk around with a bulge in my lip like an idiot. I hate the fact that I don't like to smile at people when I have dip in my teeth, and sometimes even avoid eye contact because I feel they are judging me as a redneck for having dip in my mouth.

My modified quit date is: 9/14/15. Monday morning. No dip after I go to bed tomorrow night. Let's keep in touch, I will let you know how it's going.
I wasn't enough of a monster.

Modify that date to today. Nicotine doesn't hel with stress - it causes it. Let me tell you a few stories...

I'm 43 years old. I was a ninja. I hid in bathrooms. In my car. My wife had no idea that I was 1/200th of the addict I am. I chewed scan a day. She probably thought I chewed a can a year. And she hated that. I drove around for hours by myself each week. Took 3-4 showers a day. And my health collapsed. High blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes. Guess what??? I've fixed every single thing, plus I'm honest and honorable. That being said - I wasted 25 years of my life. I have a great life and a great family/job, but I'm ashamed of my deceit. Tobacco can fuck off for making me a slave and almost killing me.

One of my best friends on this site has been getting chemo for colon cancer. He's about 47 years old. Yesterday he got a good PET scan result. Tobacco can fuck off for what it did to him.

I've been talking to a young guy that is an addict. He has failed several times but keeps coming back. Only the strongest can win at this. It is hard. If you aren't a man of your word you will fail. You have to want this more than anything. Tobacco can fuck off for appealing to young guys that are vulnerable.

And it can fuck off for making you weak. You really need until Monday? No you don't. Cmon man. You can do this. Quit today and Monday the nicotine will almost be out of your system. Tell your girlfriend what is up. Make her part of it. Tell her about this site and let her read our crazy posts. Make her,make that little baby, but most of all make yourself proud. You can do this.

Walk to the toilet. Open the can. Dump it. Flush. Go to the sink and rinse it out. Walk outside - put the can on the sidewalk and jump up and down on it. And say out loud - fuck nicotine - I am going to win today!

I'm quit dude. 993 days ago I went through what you are feeling. Never again. Freedom is a sweet thing.

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Re: Day 1...Almost...
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2015, 02:48:00 PM »
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MAN UP DUDE

You are letting s chopped up plant in a can control you! Guess what... I did too until I found KTC. cold turkey is the ONLY way that works. Alcoholics don't switch from beer to light beer successfully. Cocaine addicts don't switch to heroin with success. Nicotine replacement is a joke and wouldn't be tolerated with any other addiction. Tobacco companies suck.

Here is a question... Your girlfriend hates it... DO YOU HATE IT???

Planned quits always fail. You are wasting your time by planning to quit tomorrow... The day after... I know, cause I did that for 25 years. Carpe diem! Stop being a slave (aka pussy) to nicotine. Throw that shit out and join us RIGHT NOW! Make your girlfriend happy and proud. But more than anything, do it for you. You feel like going to the store to buy a can? Get on here DNS read and post. Get in chat. I promise we will talk you down. You can go this, but you have to want it.
Thanks, brother. I needed to hear this.

I found this site last night and never knew it existed. It seems much harder to find a community of those providing support for quitting dip than anything else out there. You are right: "tobacco companies suck".

I set my cold-turkey quit date for Tues: 9/15/15 because Monday I have to take my brother in to a mental health facility to get him some help with some depression issues. I had planned to quit Tuesday, but after reading this...you are right: there's no good time to quit. That was an excuse that I was telling myself, and I can probably think of twenty more for Weds, Thurs, Fri, and so on.

I do hate it. It doesn't match up well with my lifestyle or working environment at all, I hate having to walk around with a bulge in my lip like an idiot. I hate the fact that I don't like to smile at people when I have dip in my teeth, and sometimes even avoid eye contact because I feel they are judging me as a redneck for having dip in my mouth.

My modified quit date is: 9/14/15. Monday morning. No dip after I go to bed tomorrow night. Let's keep in touch, I will let you know how it's going.

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Re: Day 1...Almost...
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2015, 02:27:00 PM »
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Well, I tried to wake up today and go through the day with no dip. Epic fail. 2 hours later, I was at the gas station buying a can of Cope. I turn into a monster! I have anger and rage, which is completely the opposite of my personality. I snap at everyone, and feel borderline homicidal! My girlfriend cannot stand it, and says that she can't deal with me while I'm weening off of dip.

I have quit a few times in the past, but obviously wasn't completely serious, because I started up again one way or another. The first time I sucessfully quit for 8 months using Chantix. It worked like a charm. It was actually pretty easy. The next time, I tried Chantix again, and it was much harder. The next time, I quit cold turkey and it lasted about 6 weeks. During that time, I quit with a friend who was quitting smoking, so we spent tons of time together, which helped that we could be angry and irritable around each other and not take it personally.

This time, I am having the worst time ever!

I could use some words of encouragement and/or some suggestions on getting through the irritability and short temper that comes with quitting cold turkey. I have tried the patch, the gum, the lozenges, Chantix...just about everything this time besides cold turkey and none of them have worked. I truly want to quit this time, but I want to be able to control myself enough that I don't end up pissing everyone off around me. This time, I have a new motivation: I have a child on the way. I don't want to end up with mouth cancer ten years down the road while trying to spend time with my son/daughter. Also, my girlfriend (soon-to-be wife) HATES it, which is also a positive motivator (because if mamma ain't happy, nobody's happy).

I feel like cold turkey is the only way to go, because the other nicotine replacement methods just avoid the inevitable. You have to eventually go through a cold turkey phase anyways when you ween off of the gum, patch, or lozenges at the end. So, shouldn't I just go cold turkey now anyways? I must admit, the lozenges are my preferred go-to aside from dip, but I have trouble following the guidelines of using only 1 per hour or 5 in 6 hours. I can pop 'em like candy if I wanted to.

What do you guys think? Try again with cold turkey or try the lozenges again to ween down the nicotine in my system and actually stick to the plan this time?

I am going to attempt again on 9/15/15, but could use some advice on how to approach this.

Also, I start a new job on 9/21/15, and would like to be rid of nicotine by then if possible. Please help!

Thanks!

-Sean K.
You will probably think I am a monster after this...

MAN UP DUDE

You are letting s chopped up plant in a can control you! Guess what... I did too until I found KTC. cold turkey is the ONLY way that works. Alcoholics don't switch from beer to light beer successfully. Cocaine addicts don't switch to heroin with success. Nicotine replacement is a joke and wouldn't be tolerated with any other addiction. Tobacco companies suck.

Here is a question... Your girlfriend hates it... DO YOU HATE IT???

Planned quits always fail. You are wasting your time by planning to quit tomorrow... The day after... I know, cause I did that for 25 years. Carpe diem! Stop being a slave (aka pussy) to nicotine. Throw that shit out and join us RIGHT NOW! Make your girlfriend happy and proud. But more than anything, do it for you. You feel like going to the store to buy a can? Get on here DNS read and post. Get in chat. I promise we will talk you down. You can go this, but you have to want it.

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Day 1...Almost...
« on: September 12, 2015, 01:37:00 PM »
Well, I tried to wake up today and go through the day with no dip. Epic fail. 2 hours later, I was at the gas station buying a can of Cope. I turn into a monster! I have anger and rage, which is completely the opposite of my personality. I snap at everyone, and feel borderline homicidal! My girlfriend cannot stand it, and says that she can't deal with me while I'm weening off of dip.

I have quit a few times in the past, but obviously wasn't completely serious, because I started up again one way or another. The first time I sucessfully quit for 8 months using Chantix. It worked like a charm. It was actually pretty easy. The next time, I tried Chantix again, and it was much harder. The next time, I quit cold turkey and it lasted about 6 weeks. During that time, I quit with a friend who was quitting smoking, so we spent tons of time together, which helped that we could be angry and irritable around each other and not take it personally.

This time, I am having the worst time ever!

I could use some words of encouragement and/or some suggestions on getting through the irritability and short temper that comes with quitting cold turkey. I have tried the patch, the gum, the lozenges, Chantix...just about everything this time besides cold turkey and none of them have worked. I truly want to quit this time, but I want to be able to control myself enough that I don't end up pissing everyone off around me. This time, I have a new motivation: I have a child on the way. I don't want to end up with mouth cancer ten years down the road while trying to spend time with my son/daughter. Also, my girlfriend (soon-to-be wife) HATES it, which is also a positive motivator (because if mamma ain't happy, nobody's happy).

I feel like cold turkey is the only way to go, because the other nicotine replacement methods just avoid the inevitable. You have to eventually go through a cold turkey phase anyways when you ween off of the gum, patch, or lozenges at the end. So, shouldn't I just go cold turkey now anyways? I must admit, the lozenges are my preferred go-to aside from dip, but I have trouble following the guidelines of using only 1 per hour or 5 in 6 hours. I can pop 'em like candy if I wanted to.

What do you guys think? Try again with cold turkey or try the lozenges again to ween down the nicotine in my system and actually stick to the plan this time?

I am going to attempt again on 9/15/15, but could use some advice on how to approach this.

Also, I start a new job on 9/21/15, and would like to be rid of nicotine by then if possible. Please help!

Thanks!

-Sean K.