1st Minute of the first day of my journey

[xuswimmer13]

Day 17- Nicotine brings out the big guns...


Here I was cruising through 16 days thinking I was hot shit. Well Nicotine is no lightweight and isn't going to go down without throwing all its punches.


In the span of past 24 hours- my daughter threw up at daycare which means Dad has to balance work from home /take care of sick child, pregnant wife decided she hates work and doesn't see why she needs to work (which of course leads to a fight), college professor that I stayed in touch with post college took his own life, and now I am back at office working late hours to make up for work that didnt get done while working from home while wife angrily texts me...

2 things are pushing me through this

1. I have no interest in answering those 3 dreaded questions as I know there is not legit excuse for a cave

2. I have been clean for 17 days theres no way in hell I am going back to experience the suck again.


Honestly I think its the times like this that make this place so valuable. anybody can survive no craves or small craves hell i even pulled that off a few times. This si really the first time I have ever Felt that monster crave and had ability to say no thanks I'm good.

I have made it through 21 hours and 8 minutes of my promise of no dip today just need to make it next 2 hours and 52 minutes to get that sweet sweet new day and sweet new roll post.

and to follow up on that.

For all the people who criticize the tough love that is given by the vets to newbies and cavers.. this is why

I am dying on these craves but the satisfaction of a dip pales to how badly i don't want to have to post a 1 tomorrow in roll and deal with the veterans

So thank you to all the brothers out there that bust balls and make life hard on us newbies as they say "the finest steel has to go through the hottest fire"

[xuswimmer13]

Day 17- Nicotine brings out the big guns...


Here I was cruising through 16 days thinking I was hot shit. Well Nicotine is no lightweight and isn't going to go down without throwing all its punches.


In the span of past 24 hours- my daughter threw up at daycare which means Dad has to balance work from home /take care of sick child, pregnant wife decided she hates work and doesn't see why she needs to work (which of course leads to a fight), college professor that I stayed in touch with post college took his own life, and now I am back at office working late hours to make up for work that didnt get done while working from home while wife angrily texts me...

2 things are pushing me through this

1. I have no interest in answering those 3 dreaded questions as I know there is not legit excuse for a cave

2. I have been clean for 17 days theres no way in hell I am going back to experience the suck again.


Honestly I think its the times like this that make this place so valuable. anybody can survive no craves or small craves hell i even pulled that off a few times. This si really the first time I have ever Felt that monster crave and had ability to say no thanks I'm good.

I have made it through 21 hours and 8 minutes of my promise of no dip today just need to make it next 2 hours and 52 minutes to get that sweet sweet new day and sweet new roll post.

[AppleJack]

Winning this fight feels pretty damn good right!?

Rock on man...

[pbrain04]

Awesome man. Im day 8. I quit with you and KTC. It feels good.

[rdad]

That's so awesome swimmer! It's great to see progress isn't it? It just reinforces what we are doing here. Good job.

[xuswimmer13]

End of day 14.

Can tell I am making progress as triggers, like my drive back from basketball league and dipping isn't even crossing my mind.

Still get the craves when stressed but I am sure that is a chemical reaction that will take years to fade. Even the fatigue isn't so bad as I am actually going to sleep at reasonable hour since i don't need to stay up till 2 or 3 am to get that last one or 3 dips in.

I have been more active and gotten more done in past 2 weeks in my free time than I probably did in pst 3 months. Its amazing what not trying to block out an hour or 2 each day to sneak a dip allows you to accomplish.


Just want to say thanks to all my brothers on this site never thought this would be possible. Its the most amazing thing i have ever been a part of and definitely feel the call to stay active for all my new March brothers and maybe even some of you vets out there as well.

Journey has no end just milestones but damn each day feels good!.

[jdubthe2nd]

I'm on day 17 and I'm not really fatigued, but i am starting to sleep more soundly and getting real restful sleep. The first week I had the fog bad, basically hallucinating for quite some time. Drinking lots of water helps, and so does excercise, you might think it would make you more tired, but doing some light cardio or some pushups etc in the middle of the day will get your blood pumping and wake you up, yea, you'll be tired later, but probably at a more appropriate time, and you'll sleep better. remember to keep drinking water, your body needs it a lot right now. gatorade wouldnt hurt either, to replace the sodium that you were getting from dip. Keep pushing, I quit with you brother. Dig in for the long haul and make the promise every day. you will be beyond happy in what you're doing.

[Gdubya]

Getting tired easily is actually living the way we were intended. We were not supposed to live with such a powerful stimulant coursing our veins continuously. A cyclist that I greatly admired, taught me a lot about training and racing with a heart rate monitor. And he always said that you only had so many heart beats in a race. I think life is the same way. The end of day exhaustion is your body adjusting. It will smooth out as you adjust to living with the daily heart rate you were designed to live at.

[NeonPanther]

The fogs getting to me. Let me try again in a minute...

[30isEnuff]

Day 11 Update:

The craves has been much much worse this week than last.

I feel like last week my brain just felt like i  had forgotten to buy dip for a few days. This week my brain is like "oh shit i know what your trying to do"

Flavored Seeds have been my lifesaver going through them at an insane clip, but beats the alternative.

The one real side effect that is really getting me is fatigue, I am tired all day by time i get home from work all i want to do is fall asleep.  How long does this last for and any tips?

Man, the fatigue liked to have killed me too. Only excessive exercise helped me, you have to bur energy to produce energy.

Honestly, at day 138 I still get tired more easily than I ever have. I fall asleep every time we put a movie in too.

Nic is a powerful stimulant.

Knowledge is power brother swimmer.
READ

This helped me

We're not special butterflies

You're doing ODAAT.
Keep up the great work.
Cheers.

[ParadigmDawg]

Day 11 Update:

The craves has been much much worse this week than last.

I feel like last week my brain just felt like i  had forgotten to buy dip for a few days. This week my brain is like "oh shit i know what your trying to do"

Flavored Seeds have been my lifesaver going through them at an insane clip, but beats the alternative.

The one real side effect that is really getting me is fatigue, I am tired all day by time i get home from work all i want to do is fall asleep.  How long does this last for and any tips?

Man, the fatigue liked to have killed me too. Only excessive exercise helped me, you have to burn energy to produce energy.

Honestly, at day 138 I still get tired more easily than I ever have. I fall asleep every time we put a movie in too.

Nic is a powerful stimulant.

[Bulldog0311]

Long stressful day at work caused the worst crave I had had so far, i had to call in the big guns and went and picked up a tine of Smokey Mountain. Stuff is fantastic but damn I have been spoiled on pouches!! its probably been atleast 5 years since i straight cut and it showed.

Currently cleaning up the mess from trying to pack it... wish me luck..

Luckily as embarrassing as it may have been to anyone watching that still 1000000000x better than putting any of that cancer shit back in me.

Hey swimmer I did the same. Been on pouches. Got the straight cut can and am smiling with that shit all over my teeth. I look like I've been snacking on horse manure.
I ordered a sampler pack off smokey mountains website. They have two types of pouches online. Arctic mint and wintergreen. They also have some other flavors that are not in pouches.
I. Ordered 5 samples and had them 2 day mailed.

Keep your head up. I'm running full blast into the week you're in, right behind ya. If you find anything that helps in week 2 let me know.

[Jayhawk]

Congrats and keep posting Every Damn Day!

[brettlees]

Day 11 Update:

The craves has been much much worse this week than last.

I feel like last week my brain just felt like i had forgotten to buy dip for a few days. This week my brain is like "oh shit i know what your trying to do"

Flavored Seeds have been my lifesaver going through them at an insane clip, but beats the alternative.

The one real side effect that is really getting me is fatigue, I am tired all day by time i get home from work all i want to do is fall asleep. How long does this last for and any tips?

Hi Swimmer- congrats you are doing it! Keep it up! I had some of that fatigue, wanting to sleep, and it slowly faded away after some weeks. I still get it sometime though. I am finding that exercise wakes me back up- even just walking. Some say it's blood sugar issues, due to no longer being in constant state of stimulating the flight or flight system of your body. You could try some fruit or juice to combat that, but eat it with some protein to balance out the blood sugar impact if you do. Just some thoughts, keep it up, I"m enjoying watching you succeed in your quit and proud to quit with you today!

[xuswimmer13]

Day 11 Update:

The craves has been much much worse this week than last.

I feel like last week my brain just felt like i had forgotten to buy dip for a few days. This week my brain is like "oh shit i know what your trying to do"

Flavored Seeds have been my lifesaver going through them at an insane clip, but beats the alternative.

The one real side effect that is really getting me is fatigue, I am tired all day by time i get home from work all i want to do is fall asleep. How long does this last for and any tips?