Gift of Health to my family

[zam]

This site can help you kick your nicotine addiction (not a habit) to the curb.  We don't use words like try or hope as they are just another excuse for our addictive brains to tell us another lie.  There are no short cuts, but here are some links that will help you navigate this site. 

This a NO NICOTINE site. End of discussion.   Why this Site Works

Best thing to do is get familiar with this site and start building your quit defense.

Highly recommend you go here: Welcome Center, Getting Acclimated, What to Expect   Top Ten List

Your quit Decision MUST be 100% about you.  Anything short of that sets you up for failure by allowing your addict brain to blame a given situation as reason for you to go back to the can.  Quitting out of fear, based on a medical issue, will fade as soon as the doctor or dentist gives you a clean bill of health.

Post Roll every day or communicate with someone and have them post via text, email or call. Get as many number of your group as you can and use them frequently. Keep in touch with your quit brothers. Send them a PM, text or call every few days just to keep an open line of communication. Give them your email address. Make it IMPOSSIBLE for you to go a day without several people contacting you all day if you don't post roll.

You want another layer of accountability?  Come post in my room every morning after you post roll in yours April 2012

Congrats on taking off that leash brother. Running free is a bit strange and uncomfortable at first, but you get used to it, and every day gets a little better.

Think a lot about what Cbird said about quitting for YOU. If you quit for you because you selfishly want more time with your kids/wife, that's all good. But quitting for them is dangerous for many reasons. Be selfish. This is about you. If you do it "for them", you WILL eventually make the following association: The reason you are in a LOT of discomfort is because of nicotine withdrawal. You're family is the reason you are going through nicotine withdrawal. Therefore, ergo, THEY are the reason you are in a lot of discomfort. Then you lash out at what you see as the source, or you cave because they don't appear to appreciate the "sacrifice" you are making on their behalf. That's warped logic, I know, but MANY of us can attest to having bought into it while transiting the fog. YOU are the reason you are in discomfort at the moment, and YOU are what will pull you through it successfully.

You have made a huge step towards ridding your life of a huge ever-present obstacle. Be proud of that and let that pride pull you through the day. Awesome. I'm excited for you.

[SirDerek]

Failure is NOT an option. I chose to start dipping, I choose to stop. I know it isn't going to be easy,

well this has to be one of the best, open and honest intro's in quite a while.

I wanted to pull this out specifically for you. You are 100% right my friend, this is not going to be easy.

You also hit this right on the head, you Chose to start and now just choose to quit.

And here at KTC, when you post your word each and every day, and when you get to know the brotherhood around you. When you reach out not only when you are feeling low to ask smartly for help, but also when you are feeling strong when you can in fact help others, then you will push towards this being your final quit and not failing.

so learn the tools here, and yell if you ever need anything. I quit right beside you...

[Erussell]

Congrats, sounds as though your resolve is strong and the decision is made. You read the rules and understand them, so go post roll. Pull the trigger and get to it. Day two is bad ass. We all quit ODAAT here. I too am 38 have a daughter 7 years and dipped over a can of nasty ass cope for twenty + years.

8 months,,,,, the difference this time is this site and the brotherhood within. Accountability and a promise made daily = quit today. Wake up and repeat = +1+1+1+1. I found your intro post impressive, now get over to April and post your promise to us and we will quit with you as hard as we have to! Erussell day 242

Oh!!!!! just saw you posted roll, you just crossed the threshold of "bad ass"! I am quitting with you. Left my number in your inbox, upper right hand corner of the screen. Welcome to the brotherhood!

[Erussell]

Congrats, sounds as though your resolve is strong and the decision is made. You read the rules and understand them, so go post roll. Pull the trigger and get to it. Day two is bad ass. We all quit ODAAT here. I too am 38 have a daughter 7 years and dipped over a can of nasty ass cope for twenty + years.

8 months,,,,, the difference this time is this site and the brotherhood within. Accountability and a promise made daily = quit today. Wake up and repeat = +1+1+1+1. I found your intro post impressive, now get over to April and post your promise to us and we will quit with you as hard as we have to! Erussell day 242

[brettlees]

Welcome, and congratulations on your decision and your success so far. I really admire how you made your family part of you quit, and how your daughter responded. Keep on taking care of them as you go. It will be really tough at times but that will make your quit stronger in the end.

If you haven't, go the the Welcome Center, a salmon colored link toward the upper left of the page. Then, post role in your class (April 2014) first thing each day. You will get a lot more support and tips from some seasoned quitters, and from others who are only a little farther along than you. Start to exchange numbers, etc. and build a network of accountability and support for yourself- I can't even describe how valuable that has proven to me. That network, plus the education you get from reading everything on this site, is the difference for this 30+ year chewer. I will not go back ever again. Join me in this quit of a lifetime!

I see where CBird has already started you out with some good tips- he's a heck of a guy to have in your corner! More will show up for you too-- you can do this, just work the site as much as you can!

[cbird65]

This site can help you kick your nicotine addiction (not a habit) to the curb. We don't use words like try or hope as they are just another excuse for our addictive brains to tell us another lie. There are no short cuts, but here are some links that will help you navigate this site.

This a NO NICOTINE site. End of discussion. Why this Site Works

Best thing to do is get familiar with this site and start building your quit defense.

Highly recommend you go here: Welcome Center, Getting Acclimated, What to Expect   Top Ten List

Your quit Decision MUST be 100% about you. Anything short of that sets you up for failure by allowing your addict brain to blame a given situation as reason for you to go back to the can. Quitting out of fear, based on a medical issue, will fade as soon as the doctor or dentist gives you a clean bill of health.

Post Roll every day or communicate with someone and have them post via text, email or call. Get as many number of your group as you can and use them frequently. Keep in touch with your quit brothers. Send them a PM, text or call every few days just to keep an open line of communication. Give them your email address. Make it IMPOSSIBLE for you to go a day without several people contacting you all day if you don't post roll.

You want another layer of accountability? Come post in my room every morning after you post roll in yours April 2012

[tabl333]

Okay, I am a first timer. I read most all the rules, but if I screw this up somehow please accept my apology. I am a dipper of 22 years. I got started when I was playing baseball back in high school. A buddy of mine got me started with pouches, then I progressed into Copenhagen, then Skoal, then Kodiak, back to Skoal, Timberwolf, etc. Basically any kind of shit I could put in my mouth I would. And let's be honest, it doesn't "taste great". You wouldn't replace a ribeye with this shit. After doing research on this site, it is amazing the amount of chemicals just 1 little dip has. I can't believe how I have allowed this dirt to change who I am or have control over me. I too have had sores in my mouth thinking it was cancer, promising to stop, only to continue dipping. Same thing with stomach pains. Now I am a 38 year old married man with 2 young daughters. I exercise frequently, eat right, drink mostly right. The only thing I do bad is the dipping. Well, that is going to stop. I want to be around to see my daughters grow up. I want to see their kids. I want to stop living in fear, because every time I have any kind of stomach pain, mouth, throat pain, I immediately think of the worst. Getting cancer wouldn't even be the worst thing. It would be the financial loss from it. Insurance wouldn't cover anything. I would leave my family broke and/or in debt. I can't do that to them. They deserve better. I deserve better. I have tried quitting before, with my longest tenure being 8 months. Then I slipped back into the rut from just 1 measly dip. 1 little old dip. Well, this time it won't happen again. I guess I had to learn by experiencing it first hand.

So this Christmas evening, 2013, I sat my family down and had a talk with them. I showed them what snuff is. Told them how I got started. I asked them to be patient with me while I go through the symptoms. I believe getting them involved has kick started me big time. I knew I would get a little agitated at some point. Yesterday I did (after about 18 hours of no snuff--I was a half can a day guy). My oldest daughter did exactly what I told her to do when I got mean, she said "Daddy, don't take it out on us. We believe in you, you can do it." When you hear those words coming out of the mouth of an 8 year old, it just melts your heart. I know I will succeed in quitting this time. Failure is NOT an option. I chose to start dipping, I choose to stop. I know it isn't going to be easy, and I hope you guys don't mind me rambling on and on like this. I probably won't always be this wordy. I just had to put my cards on the table so you know where I am coming from.