I can't believe this will be the hardest thing...

[SirDerek]

Day 500

I don't really have anything profound to say. For you "newbies" my advice is to keep doing what you have been doing to say quit:

Post roll
quit for today
repeat tomorrow

It works today and it will work on day 500 too.

I quit with all the badass quitters on here today.

congrats on your half ,

nice Kubrick, well done on the half way to comma-ville. Am following behind you so keep that path moving forward.

'clap'

[Evil_Won]

Day 500

I don't really have anything profound to say. For you "newbies" my advice is to keep doing what you have been doing to say quit:

Post roll
quit for today
repeat tomorrow

It works today and it will work on day 500 too.

I quit with all the badass quitters on here today.

congrats on your half ,

[Kubrick]

Day 500

I don't really have anything profound to say. For you "newbies" my advice is to keep doing what you have been doing to say quit:

Post roll
quit for today
repeat tomorrow

It works today and it will work on day 500 too.

I quit with all the badass quitters on here today.

[kana]

Day 365.

One year. 365 days without nicotine wasn't even on my mind that morning a year ago. I guess I was sick of being a slave to that crap and I've told that nic bitch to go away every day since then.

I don't really have any super insight or wisdom to share. For you newer fellas, just keep posting roll every morning and quit each day. That number will grow before you know it.

Thanks to the rest of the BOQ in July '12 that have been posting roll and supporting me for the past year.� 'Cheers'

That is awsome kubrick. I hope to one day be like you. 10 months and 24 Ill be there. Great job.

KUBRICK is IN THE HOUSE ladies and gentleman!!

Proud to be in the July BoQ with you!

Thanks for the texts for the late roll posts....

YOU ARE THE MAN and set a great example as our lead off hitter all year.

CONGRATS!!!!!!!

Congrats!! That is bad-ass for sure."Inch by inch anythings a cinch". One day at a time brother.QLF today with you.

congrats brother, nice job.

Congrats! Great motivation for a day 82 quitter.

Kubrick you have been at the forefront of our group since day one. Strong support and leadership are important to keep a group together. Thank you and all the other BOQ, amazing how many of us are still quitting everyday 1 year later.

Well done brother.. proud of you, and thank you for always throwing support in my direction... peace

[Wt57]

Day 365.

One year. 365 days without nicotine wasn't even on my mind that morning a year ago. I guess I was sick of being a slave to that crap and I've told that nic bitch to go away every day since then.

I don't really have any super insight or wisdom to share. For you newer fellas, just keep posting roll every morning and quit each day. That number will grow before you know it.

Thanks to the rest of the BOQ in July '12 that have been posting roll and supporting me for the past year.� 'Cheers'

That is awsome kubrick. I hope to one day be like you. 10 months and 24 Ill be there. Great job.

KUBRICK is IN THE HOUSE ladies and gentleman!!

Proud to be in the July BoQ with you!

Thanks for the texts for the late roll posts....

YOU ARE THE MAN and set a great example as our lead off hitter all year.

CONGRATS!!!!!!!

Congrats!! That is bad-ass for sure."Inch by inch anythings a cinch". One day at a time brother.QLF today with you.

congrats brother, nice job.

Congrats! Great motivation for a day 82 quitter.

Kubrick you have been at the forefront of our group since day one. Strong support and leadership are important to keep a group together. Thank you and all the other BOQ, amazing how many of us are still quitting everyday 1 year later.

[dipweasel]

Day 365.

One year. 365 days without nicotine wasn't even on my mind that morning a year ago. I guess I was sick of being a slave to that crap and I've told that nic bitch to go away every day since then.

I don't really have any super insight or wisdom to share. For you newer fellas, just keep posting roll every morning and quit each day. That number will grow before you know it.

Thanks to the rest of the BOQ in July '12 that have been posting roll and supporting me for the past year.� 'Cheers'

That is awsome kubrick. I hope to one day be like you. 10 months and 24 Ill be there. Great job.

KUBRICK is IN THE HOUSE ladies and gentleman!!

Proud to be in the July BoQ with you!

Thanks for the texts for the late roll posts....

YOU ARE THE MAN and set a great example as our lead off hitter all year.

CONGRATS!!!!!!!

Congrats!! That is bad-ass for sure."Inch by inch anythings a cinch". One day at a time brother.QLF today with you.

congrats brother, nice job.

Congrats! Great motivation for a day 82 quitter.

[eric71]

Day 365.

One year. 365 days without nicotine wasn't even on my mind that morning a year ago. I guess I was sick of being a slave to that crap and I've told that nic bitch to go away every day since then.

I don't really have any super insight or wisdom to share. For you newer fellas, just keep posting roll every morning and quit each day. That number will grow before you know it.

Thanks to the rest of the BOQ in July '12 that have been posting roll and supporting me for the past year.� 'Cheers'

That is awsome kubrick. I hope to one day be like you. 10 months and 24 Ill be there. Great job.

KUBRICK is IN THE HOUSE ladies and gentleman!!

Proud to be in the July BoQ with you!

Thanks for the texts for the late roll posts....

YOU ARE THE MAN and set a great example as our lead off hitter all year.

CONGRATS!!!!!!!

Congrats!! That is bad-ass for sure."Inch by inch anythings a cinch". One day at a time brother.QLF today with you.

congrats brother, nice job.

[jaynellie]

Day 365.

One year. 365 days without nicotine wasn't even on my mind that morning a year ago. I guess I was sick of being a slave to that crap and I've told that nic bitch to go away every day since then.

I don't really have any super insight or wisdom to share. For you newer fellas, just keep posting roll every morning and quit each day. That number will grow before you know it.

Thanks to the rest of the BOQ in July '12 that have been posting roll and supporting me for the past year.  'Cheers'

That is awsome kubrick. I hope to one day be like you. 10 months and 24 Ill be there. Great job.

KUBRICK is IN THE HOUSE ladies and gentleman!!

Proud to be in the July BoQ with you!

Thanks for the texts for the late roll posts....

YOU ARE THE MAN and set a great example as our lead off hitter all year.

CONGRATS!!!!!!!

Congrats!! That is bad-ass for sure."Inch by inch anythings a cinch". One day at a time brother.QLF today with you.

[CleanFuel]

Day 365.

One year. 365 days without nicotine wasn't even on my mind that morning a year ago. I guess I was sick of being a slave to that crap and I've told that nic bitch to go away every day since then.

I don't really have any super insight or wisdom to share. For you newer fellas, just keep posting roll every morning and quit each day. That number will grow before you know it.

Thanks to the rest of the BOQ in July '12 that have been posting roll and supporting me for the past year.  'Cheers'

That is awsome kubrick. I hope to one day be like you. 10 months and 24 Ill be there. Great job.

KUBRICK is IN THE HOUSE ladies and gentleman!!

Proud to be in the July BoQ with you!

Thanks for the texts for the late roll posts....

YOU ARE THE MAN and set a great example as our lead off hitter all year.

CONGRATS!!!!!!!

[srans]

Day 365.

One year. 365 days without nicotine wasn't even on my mind that morning a year ago. I guess I was sick of being a slave to that crap and I've told that nic bitch to go away every day since then.

I don't really have any super insight or wisdom to share. For you newer fellas, just keep posting roll every morning and quit each day. That number will grow before you know it.

Thanks to the rest of the BOQ in July '12 that have been posting roll and supporting me for the past year. 'Cheers'

That is awsome kubrick. I hope to one day be like you. 10 months and 24 Ill be there. Great job.

[Kubrick]

Day 365.

One year. 365 days without nicotine wasn't even on my mind that morning a year ago. I guess I was sick of being a slave to that crap and I've told that nic bitch to go away every day since then.

I don't really have any super insight or wisdom to share. For you newer fellas, just keep posting roll every morning and quit each day. That number will grow before you know it.

Thanks to the rest of the BOQ in July '12 that have been posting roll and supporting me for the past year. 'Cheers'

[Its_Got2Happen]

What an awesome thread guys. I really dig the last couple posts. Sound like a bunch of professional quitters.

[kana]

One week ago, I woke up and decided I was going to see how long I could go without putting a dip in. I had not really planned this quit other than the though that is always in the back of your mind about how bad it is for you, how expensive it is, etc.

Just thought I would share some of my experiences during this first week. This will probably be a bit long winded so I don't blame you for skipping it  :P

Days 1-2
I picked a hell of a week to stop dipping. I work in IT, so we have an on call rotation and get called when production systems have problems. So my dumb ass decides to quit with 4 days left in my rotation. Brilliant! And wouldn't you know it, on Sunday, I have a call to work on something that should have been a pretty quick 45 min-1 hour thing, but instead it turned into an 8 hour ordeal involving rollbacks and database restores. Needless to say, it was quite stressful and would have been damn easy to cave. Luckily, I had dumped the 3/4 of a can I had left over after I had made the commitment on this site Saturday afternoon. So no cave for me. I think if I had been going at it alone, a cave would have happened on day 2.

Days 3-4
The first 3 days were actually pretty easy for me. Sure, the craving was there and I felt a bit "off", but it didn't seem as bad as all the stuff I had been reading. Then Day four happened. Actually it started about 8pm on day 3. I just couldn't keep my eyes open so went to bed about 8:30pm and slept for 11 hours. That blew my mind because I'm usually a 6-7 hour sleeper even with no alarm clock. Woke up day four and felt like a tank was sitting on my chest. I was stuffed up, coughing, head hurt, sore throat and my body ached all over and felt like it was caving in on me. To top that all off, I was craving a dip like nobody's business. Thankfully I work from home, so my boss or other co-workers didn't have to see me sitting at my desk just staring into space. I finally realized what this fog thing everyone was talking about. I still think I have picked up a cold along with my quit because I still have a stuffy nose, sore throat and a cough. But I guess it could be all due to the nicotine withdrawals. Withdrawal symptoms like that make me glad I'm not addicted to heroin or alcohol where you can die if go cold turkey. Regardless, this felt pretty damn bad, but I think this was the worst of it and I made it through - thanks to this place. If was trying this out on my own, I would not be typing this to you today, but instead sitting here with a dip in my lip paying good money to kill myself.

Days 5-8
  Cravings are always there for the most part. I curb them with coffee grounds, yerba mate tea leaves or gum. Seems to work. Now that chew is no longer in my life, I have realized how much I was using that crap. I notice every time I reach for my can just how often I was putting a fatty in my lip. I'm not sure when the checking for my can in my pocket before I leave, or checking for my can before I take a shower or checking for it any other time will stop being a habit. Probably a long time since I've been doing it for over 20 years. The good thing is thanks to awesome quitters on this site, I don't need that shit ever again.

Sure I want a chew, and the gnawing is pretty constant still, but even though it's only been a week, I already prefer the freedom of not worrying about how full my can is or worrying about if I'll be able to sneak a chew in during a social call or hiding my cans and spitters when folks come over that don't know I chew(ed). The craving sucks, but is just a reminder about how stupid I was to start that stuff and to keep using it for 22 years. This new found freedom from it is incredible. No longer am I a slave to the can!

Thanks to the people who started this site and would give a random stranger their phone number and actually care enough. Without this place, I certainly would not have made it 8 days and won't make it the next 8 without them either.

Thanks for letting me bend your ear. Now I'm off to the gunshow to hopefully find a good deal  'Remshot'

Damn. Thanks for posting. I just went down memory lane. Funny how similar it all is.

Reminds me that I never, ever, ever want to put a dip in and repeat all that bull shit.

I'm more quit today and I give credit to you for reminding me how free I am. we may be addicts but the chains of addiction will not shackle us!

LOL. Used to do that with my old roll posts. Funny to think how much we suffered in the early days. Now it's just a 'Finger' and move on with our day. I remember on day 21 thinking that I had never thought I would have ever made it that far. Now 21 days are just that, 21 days. Nothing but 'wave' for this place.

all three you guys reached out to me in the beginning, and TY. yes those early days sucked, seems so long ago now...

[sporticus]

One week ago, I woke up and decided I was going to see how long I could go without putting a dip in. I had not really planned this quit other than the though that is always in the back of your mind about how bad it is for you, how expensive it is, etc.

Just thought I would share some of my experiences during this first week. This will probably be a bit long winded so I don't blame you for skipping it  :P

Days 1-2
I picked a hell of a week to stop dipping. I work in IT, so we have an on call rotation and get called when production systems have problems. So my dumb ass decides to quit with 4 days left in my rotation. Brilliant! And wouldn't you know it, on Sunday, I have a call to work on something that should have been a pretty quick 45 min-1 hour thing, but instead it turned into an 8 hour ordeal involving rollbacks and database restores. Needless to say, it was quite stressful and would have been damn easy to cave. Luckily, I had dumped the 3/4 of a can I had left over after I had made the commitment on this site Saturday afternoon. So no cave for me. I think if I had been going at it alone, a cave would have happened on day 2.

Days 3-4
The first 3 days were actually pretty easy for me. Sure, the craving was there and I felt a bit "off", but it didn't seem as bad as all the stuff I had been reading. Then Day four happened. Actually it started about 8pm on day 3. I just couldn't keep my eyes open so went to bed about 8:30pm and slept for 11 hours. That blew my mind because I'm usually a 6-7 hour sleeper even with no alarm clock. Woke up day four and felt like a tank was sitting on my chest. I was stuffed up, coughing, head hurt, sore throat and my body ached all over and felt like it was caving in on me. To top that all off, I was craving a dip like nobody's business. Thankfully I work from home, so my boss or other co-workers didn't have to see me sitting at my desk just staring into space. I finally realized what this fog thing everyone was talking about. I still think I have picked up a cold along with my quit because I still have a stuffy nose, sore throat and a cough. But I guess it could be all due to the nicotine withdrawals. Withdrawal symptoms like that make me glad I'm not addicted to heroin or alcohol where you can die if go cold turkey. Regardless, this felt pretty damn bad, but I think this was the worst of it and I made it through - thanks to this place. If was trying this out on my own, I would not be typing this to you today, but instead sitting here with a dip in my lip paying good money to kill myself.

Days 5-8
  Cravings are always there for the most part. I curb them with coffee grounds, yerba mate tea leaves or gum. Seems to work. Now that chew is no longer in my life, I have realized how much I was using that crap. I notice every time I reach for my can just how often I was putting a fatty in my lip. I'm not sure when the checking for my can in my pocket before I leave, or checking for my can before I take a shower or checking for it any other time will stop being a habit. Probably a long time since I've been doing it for over 20 years. The good thing is thanks to awesome quitters on this site, I don't need that shit ever again.

Sure I want a chew, and the gnawing is pretty constant still, but even though it's only been a week, I already prefer the freedom of not worrying about how full my can is or worrying about if I'll be able to sneak a chew in during a social call or hiding my cans and spitters when folks come over that don't know I chew(ed). The craving sucks, but is just a reminder about how stupid I was to start that stuff and to keep using it for 22 years. This new found freedom from it is incredible. No longer am I a slave to the can!

Thanks to the people who started this site and would give a random stranger their phone number and actually care enough. Without this place, I certainly would not have made it 8 days and won't make it the next 8 without them either.

Thanks for letting me bend your ear. Now I'm off to the gunshow to hopefully find a good deal  'Remshot'

Damn. Thanks for posting. I just went down memory lane. Funny how similar it all is.

Reminds me that I never, ever, ever want to put a dip in and repeat all that bull shit.

I'm more quit today and I give credit to you for reminding me how free I am. we may be addicts but the chains of addiction will not shackle us!

LOL. Used to do that with my old roll posts. Funny to think how much we suffered in the early days. Now it's just a 'Finger' and move on with our day. I remember on day 21 thinking that I had never thought I would have ever made it that far. Now 21 days are just that, 21 days. Nothing but 'wave' for this place.

[SirDerek]

Day 300.

Some words of advice to the folks that have recently hit the HOF or anyone else who thinks they are "cured" and are thinking about walking away from this site.

Don't do it. Do you think the cravings go away at day 300? Nope. I still get them. It's normally not hard to get through a day like it was at the beginning, but even 300 days later, I can tell my brain isn't done being rewired yet after 22 years of feeding it nicotine. Stay close to the site, post roll every day. It's not hard to take a few min to take it off the table for the day and promise the other bad ass quitters here you won't use. So do it.

Thanks to my fellow quitters in the BOQ that are still making that promise with me every day.

congrats man, think we need to start the '00' club as if you are 300, I am 200 and Evil_Won just hit 100.

And will promise you for now that I will be here right along side you. I am not going anywhere, hell why would I want to mess with something that has worked so well.

'clap'