Hello

[shawnNJ]

Holy crap. Well if I needed a story to make sure I held true to my word today, that was it. I'm sorry for your friend but thanks for sharing the story.

[dchogs]

fucking a, that's scary shit right there. i'm real sorry to hear about your friend and wish him the best during the surgery and recovery.

i have doctor and dentist appointments this month. i hate how fucking stupid i was 14 yrs ago.

[Jtricher]

Stay quit.....it is life or death and that is the undeniable truth.

Captain - My thoughts and prayers are with you, your friend and his family. The part above in quotes is key for me in my 34 day battle against Nic. That is, as Nic addicts we have a choice that we must make each and every day. Live free or die. It is that simple. If you are "lucky" and do not get cancer and live to 90 while still packing lippers, you are dead. Why? Because you were a slave to Nic until your last breath. Death has many forms. Life only has one form for me, and that is freedom. Thank you for sharing.

[rebeldog]

Thanks for posting that Captain, as painful as it was to hear, I am sure it killed you to write it, Your friend will be in my continued prayers.

Ditto.
30, please repost for the newbs.

[Souliman]

We're with you Captain.

I'm proud to be quit with you.

[30yraddict]

Thanks for posting that Captain, as painful as it was to hear, I am sure it killed you to write it, Your friend will be in my continued prayers.

[Capt Kylos]

So as I sit here two weeks past my second floor I am studying the irony of the faithful day in November that I quit.....I was driving my car and had just finished my last dip of Copenhagen. I looked over at my buddy Randy who was smoking away at his hand rolled Drum cigs like he always was....I told him I was not going to buy another can of dip. He looked at me like I was some sort of crazy lunatic ready to punch his mother. After he wiped that look off his face he chuckled and asked me why...I looked over and mumbled that I was sick of the shit and I knew deep down it would kill me, and I was ready to quit and if he wanted to live a full life he should too. He smirked and remarked on how long this would last, and he had never seen me without a dip in my face. He rolled another smoke and said "good luck with that".

Now over seven months later I am still quit and enjoying my freedom. Randy has not quit....he developed pain in his mouth about five months ago and had a tooth extracted. The pain did not stop with the pulling of the tooth...it increased. He visited the dentist several times and was finally referred to an oral surgeon. That oral surgeon told him that he may have cancer. That "may" have cancer has turned into stage four cancer of the tongue, jaw and throat...including a silver dollar sized tumor on his jaw and it has spread to several lymph nodes. On Friday he will have three inches of his jaw removed and most of his tongue....then radiation and chemo.

I quit, he did not. I gained freedom and he was given a 26% chance of living five years. I was given a new lease on life and he was given disfigurement and a possible death sentence. Stay quit.....it is life or death and that is the undeniable truth.

[razz]

Well I had to go back and look how far I have come in a very short time....still need seeds but no fake for me now....great tool but no need at this point in my quit...seeds are a mainstay for my quit and I would highly recomend Spitz Seeds the BBQ, spicy and cracked pepper being my favorite. :wub: ..the David brand ones are just to salty....I mean shrivel your face salty, so they get the big  'Finger'  from me.

Congrats, I remember sweating whether I would dip the fake shit forever. I just gradually stopped using it. I do still keep a can in my briefcase and one in my golf bag just in case.

STAY QUIT

I, too, just kind of stopped using the fake stuff. Never really had a defining moment, just woke up one day and realized it had been well over 2 months since the last time I used the fake. Amazing how your brain stops asking you to do pointless things wants the "reward" is gone.

Agreed Cubs....I can't imagine typing that name everyday... 'yak' I still have three full cans of fake in my freezer as a just in case blanket. I never go to play a softball game without a can of fake. Haven't had a crave during a game, but still know that if one comes . I'll have my wooby to get me threw.

[mule]

Today May 31st is World No Tobacco Day...my first being quit in 3 decades.

feels good don't it?

celebrate the victories....they ALL count.

[Capt Kylos]

Today May 31st is World No Tobacco Day...my first being quit in 3 decades.

[cubs204]

Well I had to go back and look how far I have come in a very short time....still need seeds but no fake for me now....great tool but no need at this point in my quit...seeds are a mainstay for my quit and I would highly recomend Spitz Seeds the BBQ, spicy and cracked pepper being my favorite. :wub: ..the David brand ones are just to salty....I mean shrivel your face salty, so they get the big  'Finger'  from me.

Congrats, I remember sweating whether I would dip the fake shit forever. I just gradually stopped using it. I do still keep a can in my briefcase and one in my golf bag just in case.

STAY QUIT

I, too, just kind of stopped using the fake stuff. Never really had a defining moment, just woke up one day and realized it had been well over 2 months since the last time I used the fake. Amazing how your brain stops asking you to do pointless things wants the "reward" is gone.

[Greg5280]

Well I had to go back and look how far I have come in a very short time....still need seeds but no fake for me now....great tool but no need at this point in my quit...seeds are a mainstay for my quit and I would highly recomend Spitz Seeds the BBQ, spicy and cracked pepper being my favorite. :wub: ..the David brand ones are just to salty....I mean shrivel your face salty, so they get the big 'Finger' from me.

Congrats, I remember sweating whether I would dip the fake shit forever. I just gradually stopped using it. I do still keep a can in my briefcase and one in my golf bag just in case.

STAY QUIT

[Capt Kylos]

Well I had to go back and look how far I have come in a very short time....still need seeds but no fake for me now....great tool but no need at this point in my quit...seeds are a mainstay for my quit and I would highly recomend Spitz Seeds the BBQ, spicy and cracked pepper being my favorite. :wub: ..the David brand ones are just too salty....I mean shrivel your face salty, so they get the big 'Finger' from me.

[Rkymtnman]

SO I went to the store.....with my kids before I dropped them off....and I was standing there at the supermarket customer service (thats where they sell cigs, chew and fake stuff) with the stupidest look on my face....kind of an uncomfortable smerk just looking at the 100 different flavors of death....thinking I must look like a methadone clinic groupie.....then somehow I ordered the Smky Mt FAke snuff......$3.84 she said......I snapped out of it said something about "thats as much as the real thing but worth every penny"........

Safeway here in Lafayette has it for just under 3.00 if I recall correctly.

Lots of Colorado quitters on here - I'm just down the road from you.

This place WILL work - it is as close to a guarantee as you will ever find - provided you follow the plan, post your word daily and keep your word. The battle is worth every every bit of the temporary pain - you MUST fight it every day.

Welcome.

[Capt Kylos]

SO I went to the store.....with my kids before I dropped them off....and I was standing there at the supermarket customer service (thats where they sell cigs, chew and fake stuff) with the stupidest look on my face....kind of an uncomfortable smerk just looking at the 100 different flavors of death....thinking I must look like a methadone clinic groupie.....then somehow I ordered the Smky Mt FAke snuff......$3.84 she said......I snapped out of it said something about "thats as much as the real thing but worth every penny"........