Hello Everyone

[labmanlance]

Mike B / i'm up 15lbs in 89 days of quit. fuck it. it will come off. the goddamn nic was a trojan horse stealing muscle and tricking me into thinking i was a lean machine. killing me at the same time. it was a sham. the human metabolism or any species was never designed or evolved to handle that shit.
you can quit the poison forever or at least 89 days as that's all i can claim...start slow and go day by day. can't rush a good quit.
this site can be the difference. it is for me.
you've earned a few weeks of misery so embrace the suck and take it like a true drug addict.

[mikeb]

I was counting everything. It got to be too much. I'm not going that route, but I am going to apply some of it to change my lifestyle to a healthy one. Just got done with dinner-country ribs, garlic red mash potatoes and home made biscuits!

[Bean]

Good to hear...although counting carbs is something they do on Real Housewives. I recommend you celebrate nic-free living with a Chicken Fried Steak, double-order of mash potatos, cream gravy. Skip the salad (salad is what food eats) and go straight for desert...pecan or apple pie with ice cream.

That is the road to recovery. But whatever you do, stay quit brother!!!

[mikeb]

Thanks for the welcome guys. Day 7. You are right, never had a support group. I'll embrace it here, I know it's necessary for success. One thing dip kept me from doing is getting myself back in shape. Before I got back on it, I was working out, monitoring my diet, counting carbs, fats, protein, totally dialed in. Got a promotion at work, stuck behind a desk, started chewing the shit and quit the workout/diet routine. I kept telling myself that it makes no sense to work out and eat right and poison myself at the same time, so the tobacco kept me from taking care of myself, if that makes any sense. I've saved enough money this first week to pay for a month's gym membership. So guess what I'm going to do? Get back to it! I'm starting to feel "clean", if that's the term, drinking lots of water and taking vitamins (which I never quit doing). Thanks again for the welcome.

[brianl]

Welcome Mike,

You've come to the right place to make your Quit happen. From what I'm reading about you it clearly looks like the one thing missing from your previous attempts was a support group.
Well guess what... you've stumbled across the biggest, bad ass support group your ever going to find.
We are 100% commited to our Quit and to each other. We don't play games here when it comes to the Quit, it's life and death shit here brother.
Post roll every day, read as much as you can, try to get involved as much as possible.
You can do it, and everyone on this site is proof that it can be done.

PM me if I can be of any assitance.

Brian

[teaka]

good choice Mike. It took me a long time to realize that dipping had a firm grip on me. I lived in denial for almost 2 decades. Now, I am starting to learn just how addicted I am. Can't go back, not even one. I'm fuckin done.

[Bean]

Great choice! Congrats. Post roll everyday, don't dip, repeat. That's all there is to it. Don't worry...regular sleep will return. It took more than 3 weeks for me. Embrace the suck!!!

Let me know if you need to talk. Remember, you're fighting for your life right now!!!

[DeezNutzz]

You all ready made the hardest decision--Time to Quit! Now, Get sighned in with your group, and check in every day and promise one day at a time to keep that shit out of your mouth. And I will promise you the same!

[mikeb]

Hello everyone. I've been dip free for 6 days, and found this site over the weekend. I can say that I'm glad I did. I had some problems registering, and would like to thank Chewie for getting me up and running. I'm 42 yrs old and have been a user since before high school. Cigarettes, leaf, then around '87 Kodiac. I have ceased use in the past, going back to dipping seasonally, maybe every few years, but it got harder and harder to stop. This last go around has been 3 1/2 years straight, with at least 2 attempts to stop and no success. I was using around a tin a day (Skoal Mint, sometimes Copenhagan long cut). Tobacco is killing me. I know it. I've been held hostage, tearing up my mouth, waking up feeling like shit, not eating right, choking my wife out with my shit breath. I've let everyone at work know what's going on. I'm eating peanuts and sunflower seeds like a squirrel. Work is the worst, and driving has been bad too, I do a lot of driving. I'm fighting through the triggers, and they are slowly going to the wayside. I have 2 kids, a 16 year old son and a 12 year old daughter. I'm pissed at myself for being a lousy example for them. My son has friends that dip. He's a good kid, no drinking, no drugs. I hope he never touches this shit. I'm thinking about it less and less, but days 1-4 were pretty rough. I think I know now that I can't open this door again. It's gotta stay closed. Once I open it I know I'm screwed. There is no "handling" it. It's gotta be no, end of story. Thanks to all for listening, now I think I need to join a quit group!