Hi all,
Well I should start by saying, I started chewing tobacco at the age of 14.  I chewed for roughly 25 years, at least 1 can per day. I even wound up smoking for 15 years as well because I tried smoking to quit chewing. Nothing I could do ever seemed to work.
Then, one day I just decided that I want to be around for my children. However, I still didn't have the willpower to just quit. That is when I knew I would need some aids and this is how I quit chewing. If I can quit, I think anyone has a good chance of quitting as well. I hope this technique works for those of you who really want to quit as well. By the way, I have been chew free for almost 11 months now.
I knew that I would never be able to break the habit or the addiction on my own. So instead of even trying, I simply replaced them. I started by trying out some "fake chew" flavors. For me, it was Smokey Mountain Classic that seemed to work well enough to do the job. It is no Copenhagen, but it suffices. So, now that I found some herbal snuff to help with the mental addiction, I decided on using Nicotine patches for the physical addiction.Â
I purchased the Walmart brand patches, and went with the full 10 week system with full intention of following it to a T. I also purchased some nicotine losenges for those especially rough days, but only used two of them over the course of the 10 weeks. I would put on my patch in the morning and I wore it 24 hours until the next patch. I never even tried to take it off before bed, knowing that I would have cravings that way.Â
By the end of the 10 weeks, I was weened off nicotine. I still have the mental addiction 11 months later as I still chew the Smokey Mountain herbal snuff, but I figure it is way better than chewing tobacco. My dentist even commented on how much better my gums look now. Someday I will ween myself off the Smokey Mountain but for now, I still enjoy the chew, and I know I can do it without damaging my body like I did with chewing tobacco.Â
Now that you know this method worked for me, try it! The first week, even with the patches is still not pleasant. However, having the fake chew and the replacement nicotine really helps you change the habit and will ween you off the nicotine if followed correctly!
This is absurdity. Here's how I quit : I stopped buying Skoal and cramming it in my face. It's worked fabulously for 75 days so far and I'm confident it will continue to work. You see, I decided I wanted to quit .....so I did. All this mumbo jumbo about patches and gum and other crutches is silliness in my opinion. I see too much of this nonsense around here for my liking....I understand everyone is going to have different methodology but I can assure you that you're quit is no more difficult than mine...or the next guy's or the guy after him. If this worked for you, then I'm glad. I hope you continue to be quit. I wouldn't know, because you are not on the spreadsheet for November. My advice to you friend is to start posting roll. My advice to any new quitter reading through these intro's is NOT to follow this route of quitting. There are pitfalls and trapdoors littered throughout. Just man up and quit. People do it here everyday. Lots of em.
This is the biggest crock of shit I have seen here.
You pansy ass fucking clown. We quit here. That's it. No fucking around. No dreams, hopes or wishes. We quit. Why don't you slip off those frilly pink panties and see if those raisins are present between those ballerina legs of yours.
This fucking kills me. I just want to commend the rest of the steel balled fuckers that frequent this place. This flomo is not you. You men took a look in the mirror and said I want to change. You said I am not the man I see. You make the conscious step towards making yourself that man. That is powerful. I don't fucking care if you're day 1 or day 1000. The decision to make change in yourself and executing is fucking powerful.
