Hello all, tomorrow is the day I have set forth as my quit day. Like most everyone else this will not be my first quit day. I have been dipping Cope and Grizzly for the past 15 years and lately I mow through 1 1/2 to 2 cans a day. I have stopped using a few times in the past with my longest stretch being about 3 months. I am finally at the point where I am fed up with living the life of a dipper. The deceit, the money aspect, and the health risks have been weighing on my mind heavily lately. I work as a repair technician for a huge telecom company and my work environment has been part of my enabling. No office, not around other people very often, and most of my coworkers chew, dip, or smoke. I work a lot of hours and there always seems to be a wad in my mouth as long as I'm on the clock. Then I go home, eat with the family and as soon as dinner is over I dip again. Once that one runs it's course and the rest of the house goes to bed I tend to stay up a few more hours to channel surf and squeeze in one more dip. From about 7am until midnight there are not many minutes I do not have a bulge in my lip and a nasty cup in my hand. But tomorrow, October 24, 2011 I will leave that life behind. I have the day off from work and my wife will be at work and my kids at school. I plan on staying home armed with gum, breath mints, and nicotine gum and a mindset that this time is not a joke. My family has quit pestering me to quit some time ago and there are no outside influences on me this time. This go round is all my doing. I have stashed my cash and debit cards in my wife's purse so in the event of a total melt down I will not have the means to buy any more. As I type this, my last half a can of Grizzly Snuff is being flush down the toilet and all my spit cups are being thrown in the trash. And I have printed some photos of oral cancer patients and posted them on my bathroom mirror, in my car, and in my work truck. See you guys tomorrow.
