Hoping to Quit for Good

[MN_Engineer]

rdad - You are most certainly right and thanks for setting me straight. I don't need luck because luck ain't going to keep me off the can. I made my promise today and I damn well plan to keep it. Peace.

[rdad]

I won't wish you good luck for your first softball game tonight. We don't do luck. You posted your promise to us so you will tackle this first quit hurdle like the badass quitter you are. Get your seeds, fake dip, gum, whatever.....your quit tools and have a great time playing ball clean and free. You got this. See you tomorrow on roll.

[eyehatecope]

Doing things the KTC way, you don't simply hope. You man/woman up and take it one day at a time. You post roll, exchange numbers, make friends and later figure out there is a brother/sister or 2 or more. I support u I just want to make sure u understand hope won't cut it, do it! Every day one day at a time.

[MN_Engineer]

Thank you mattlock and king. I am committed to diving in cold turkey and definitely will be taking it one day at a time. I am almost through Day 1 with no nicotine and appreciate the solid words of support and advice.

Peace.

[KingNothing]

Hey all. My name is Jared and I am new to this site. I started chewing 5 years ago in college to survive the late nights of endless homework and projects. I have tried quitting on my own literally countless times, but can't seem to ever make it longer than 2 or 3 weeks. I have my first child on the way and need to get this addiction eradicated from my life once and for all. My new quit date is May 1st, 2016 and I'm hoping the support from this community will help me make this time a success! Thank you for your support.

Welcome to the party Jared. The above bad asses have steered you in the right direction, so in that regard I don't have a whole lot to add. One thing I did want to mention, however, is you will never ever ever rid yourself of your addiction. This is a very tough pill to swallow at first, but you will always be a nicotine addict. You can not have an "occasional dip" or a celebratory cigar with your buddies on a bachelor party. The gravity of this situation is very real, but that's why we only commit to quitting one day at a time (ODAAT). Forever is too big a chunk to bite off.

There will not be a magical day where you no longer are addicted to nicotine. There will come a day when you don't constantly think about nicotine. There may even come a day when you don't think about nicotine at all. You are not cured. Embrace the addiction. Embrace the fact that you are quit today and your addiction no longer controls your every move. Embrace the fact that you are no longer actively poisoning yourself and that your kids will grow up without watching you slobber all over an empty water bottle trying to spit that brown sludge.

You can do this and this site can help you get there. Post roll, be a man of your word. That simple.

[mattlock]

Thank you everyone for the quick outpouring of support. I have thrown everything out and am excited for my Day 1 tomorrow!

I don't want to try to be a hero, but I really don't want to use nicotine gum/patches/etc. in the quitting process. I bought some Grinds to hopefully help. What is everyone's recommendations?

I am proud to be quitting with all of you. Stay strong.

Peace.

First, this is a nicotine free site period. Nicotine in any form, patches, gum, lozenges as well as traditional tobacco is verboten. Fake chew (Hooch, Smokey Mountain, Baccoff) is allowed as long as there is no nicotine in it at all. I use Smokey Mountain and it helped me get through the first couple of weeks. The day you quit is your day 1. We post roll and make the promise that in the next 24 hours we will not use nicotine in any form. Keep your word for 24 hours and that's the recipe for success. It's simple in practice but can be difficult. That's where your brothers and sisters in your quit group come in, to help when the time gets difficult. The more involved you are in your group, the easier it will be in the long run.

Proud to quit with you!

[MN_Engineer]

Thank you everyone for the quick outpouring of support. I have thrown everything out and am excited for my Day 1 tomorrow!

I don't want to try to be a hero, but I really don't want to use nicotine gum/patches/etc. in the quitting process. I bought some Grinds to hopefully help. What is everyone's recommendations?

I am proud to be quitting with all of you. Stay strong.

Peace.

[QuitConstruct]

You can do this!

It is a fight, and you will find the tools and support here you need to quit, one piece of advice that is invaluable to me: You get what you put in!
Reach out to as many people as you need to!

I am still looking for your Day 1, and looking forward to being Quit with you!

Take back your freedom!

[MonsterMedic]

Flush whatever dip you have left. Take away the opportunity to go back to the nic bitch.

Post roll and honor your word. That's all it takes here. But, we don't frolic through the meadow, holding hands and "trying" to quit. We go balls to the wall and quit like badasses every damn day. Wake up, piss, post roll. As long as you can do that and be a man of your word, you'll do just fine here.

Reach out to members of your group (there may not be many as it just opened up, but when there are, do it) and exchange phone numbers. It's really important to have someone you can reach out to when cravings get tough and that person knows exactly what you're going through.

Proud to have you with us and proud to quit with you.

[Richard K]

Just throw everything away, start now, ensure you post roll in Aug 16. That will be your group. People will help you out. Pm sent with my number.

[MN_Engineer]

Richard K - you are right! Why not make it today?! This is exactly the support I was hoping for and need to be successful. Thank you!

[Richard K]

Why are you going to wait until May 1st??? Why not now???

[MN_Engineer]

Hey all. My name is Jared and I am new to this site. I started chewing 5 years ago in college to survive the late nights of endless homework and projects. I have tried quitting on my own literally countless times, but can't seem to ever make it longer than 2 or 3 weeks. I have my first child on the way and need to get this addiction eradicated from my life once and for all. My new quit date is May 1st, 2016 and I'm hoping the support from this community will help me make this time a success! Thank you for your support.

[MN_Engineer]

Work has been super stressful, my wife is due with our second child a week from today and the Holidays are fast approaching. In hopefully a week or less, add a post-partum wife and newborn to the mix and you can bet your ass I will be pulling my hair out.

The best part about it though? I won't be feeding an addiction. After 2.5 years (964 days to be exact) this is why this site remains very near and dear to my heart. I have developed and acquired so many tools over the years to help me through the next couple weeks/months if the nic bitch comes knocking. I didn't miss posting when our first daughter was born and I sure as fuck won't miss a day of roll this time around either.

To anyone reading this who may be on the fence about quitting, do it now. You will never regret being QUIT but I can guarantee that you will regret continually feeding your nicotine addiction by shoving a dead plant in your face. This site is filled with incredible people who know how to help. Dive in and don't look back.

This was definitely not my most coherent post but life is nuts at the moment and my brain is all scrambled up too. Damn proud to be quit with you all today!

[MN_Engineer]

Whew!!

It may look like my introduction up to this point is a conversation that only involves myself, but that is just due to the fact that I moved every single intro post over from CrapaTalk individually. There was too much history and humbling support over the past 2.5 years to let it waste away. I hope some of you newer quitters take the time to read through my introduction here and absorb any quit knowledge that other have so gracious bestowed on me over the past couple years.

Thursday of this week, (10/25) marks my 2.5 year quit anniversary. It has been an incredible journey and I am super excited to push toward that comma ODAAT. A huge thank you to everyone who has supported me and continues to support me on this daily journey.

Proud to be quit with you all today!