Hunter1333 Day 39 Introduction

[Scowick65]

I succeeded in quitting cigs but started a habit of dipping.

In the 39 days you've been here, you should have learned that this is not true. Get your mind wrapped around the ADDICTION, lest ye fail due to lack of understanding the opponent.

I keep pointing this out to every person I can because it makes all the difference in the world to my quit. It helped me tremendously when I finally understood that if nicotine was just a habit, I could stop anytime and grab a single can and then walk away with no consequences when that can was done. That is not the case.

I never said anything about quitting nicotine, I said I quit smoking and that was what I was trying to do, it took me long enough to do just that. I was not wanting to smoke around my kids and have them breathing second hand smoke, I was not concerned about my health at the time. Now that I am older and I am more concerned about my health I do not want nicotine in my body.

I think you missed my point.

You didn't start a habit of dipping. You just changed the source of nicotine supporting your addiction. That's what I was getting at, and it was a very important change in though process for me personally.

My brother-in-law did exactly what you did. I wish he would wise up and dump the dip like you have.

Radman is spot on.

Whether nicotine dependency was established and/or maintained by being chewed, smoked, drank, snuffed, sprayed, swallowed, sucked, licked or patched, in the end there is only one way out - no nicotine today.

[Radman]

I succeeded in quitting cigs but started a habit of dipping.

In the 39 days you've been here, you should have learned that this is not true. Get your mind wrapped around the ADDICTION, lest ye fail due to lack of understanding the opponent.

I keep pointing this out to every person I can because it makes all the difference in the world to my quit. It helped me tremendously when I finally understood that if nicotine was just a habit, I could stop anytime and grab a single can and then walk away with no consequences when that can was done. That is not the case.

I never said anything about quitting nicotine, I said I quit smoking and that was what I was trying to do, it took me long enough to do just that. I was not wanting to smoke around my kids and have them breathing second hand smoke, I was not concerned about my health at the time. Now that I am older and I am more concerned about my health I do not want nicotine in my body.

I think you missed my point.

You didn't start a habit of dipping. You just changed the source of nicotine supporting your addiction. That's what I was getting at, and it was a very important change in though process for me personally.

My brother-in-law did exactly what you did. I wish he would wise up and dump the dip like you have.

[robbie]

I have been dipping for about 10 years about a can a day, I started dipping when I was trying to quit Cigarettes. I succeeded in quitting cigs but started a habit of dipping. I have not done anything in the last ten years that did not involve dipping; I have never been a closet dipper or have tried to hide it from anybody. I would dip at work, on a plane, at the High School Football game; I am from the country and it acceptable. I have only tried to quit once about five years ago and successfully quit for about three weeks and then hunting season came around, I decided that I would dip on a hunting trip for just the weekend and stop when I got back home, WRONG. Since then I have never even tried to quit again, I did not want to quit, I liked to dip, I did not mind spending money on something I enjoyed, my wife did not bitch about me dipping. I recently started taking blood pressure meds and have had a lot of an anxiety issues, I also have episodes where I start to get worried about mouth and throat cancer (I just stopped looking at my gums so I would not get freaked out) my tongue had lost a lot of feeling and taste. I decided that I was going to quit for real on Feb 2 2013 so I started using a little less tobacco three weeks before that, I was down to about 2 cans a week the week before I planned on quitting. That weekend I did some night hog hunting and went back to dipping 1 can a day and I physically felt like shit, that Sunday afternoon I ran out of Cope and decided to not buy anymore. MONDAY WAS A BITCH, I started searching online trying to encourage myself to stay quit, that is when I ran across KTC.org and am so glad that I did. I am sure that I could quit without it but who knows, what I do know that it has made it a lot easier with it. My quit for whatever reason has been pretty easy I guess because I wanted it bad enough. I try to be a Christian man but like everybody I have my downfalls, I get asked by my friends how I quit and I tell them it is because I wanted to. I believe that if you really want to do something that is good for you then God will give you the ability to do that thing or not do that thing, but it is still up to that individual person to ask God to help and then believe that you have the strength to do it. Kind of late for my introduction since I am on day 39 but took me a while to compile what I wanted to say. Thanks to KTC.org and to all of my Mayster Quit Brothers.

Glad to have you as a may brother. Keep on keeping on

[hunter1333]

I succeeded in quitting cigs but started a habit of dipping.

In the 39 days you've been here, you should have learned that this is not true. Get your mind wrapped around the ADDICTION, lest ye fail due to lack of understanding the opponent.

I keep pointing this out to every person I can because it makes all the difference in the world to my quit. It helped me tremendously when I finally understood that if nicotine was just a habit, I could stop anytime and grab a single can and then walk away with no consequences when that can was done. That is not the case.

I never said anything about quitting nicotine, I said I quit smoking and that was what I was trying to do, it took me long enough to do just that. I was not wanting to smoke around my kids and have them breathing second hand smoke, I was not concerned about my health at the time. Now that I am older and I am more concerned about my health I do not want nicotine in my body.

[Radman]

I succeeded in quitting cigs but started a habit of dipping.

In the 39 days you've been here, you should have learned that this is not true. Get your mind wrapped around the ADDICTION, lest ye fail due to lack of understanding the opponent.

I keep pointing this out to every person I can because it makes all the difference in the world to my quit. It helped me tremendously when I finally understood that if nicotine was just a habit, I could stop anytime and grab a single can and then walk away with no consequences when that can was done. That is not the case.

[CoachDoc]

Glad you posted this intro. I think it will hit home with a lot of future quitters when they first come here. Strong work and way to keep comitted to your quit and your brothers

[hunter1333]

I have been dipping for about 10 years about a can a day, I started dipping when I was trying to quit Cigarettes. I succeeded in quitting cigs but started a habit of dipping. I have not done anything in the last ten years that did not involve dipping; I have never been a closet dipper or have tried to hide it from anybody. I would dip at work, on a plane, at the High School Football game; I am from the country and it acceptable. I have only tried to quit once about five years ago and successfully quit for about three weeks and then hunting season came around, I decided that I would dip on a hunting trip for just the weekend and stop when I got back home, WRONG. Since then I have never even tried to quit again, I did not want to quit, I liked to dip, I did not mind spending money on something I enjoyed, my wife did not bitch about me dipping. I recently started taking blood pressure meds and have had a lot of an anxiety issues, I also have episodes where I start to get worried about mouth and throat cancer (I just stopped looking at my gums so I would not get freaked out) my tongue had lost a lot of feeling and taste. I decided that I was going to quit for real on Feb 2 2013 so I started using a little less tobacco three weeks before that, I was down to about 2 cans a week the week before I planned on quitting. That weekend I did some night hog hunting and went back to dipping 1 can a day and I physically felt like shit, that Sunday afternoon I ran out of Cope and decided to not buy anymore. MONDAY WAS A BITCH, I started searching online trying to encourage myself to stay quit, that is when I ran across KTC.org and am so glad that I did. I am sure that I could quit without it but who knows, what I do know that it has made it a lot easier with it. My quit for whatever reason has been pretty easy I guess because I wanted it bad enough. I try to be a Christian man but like everybody I have my downfalls, I get asked by my friends how I quit and I tell them it is because I wanted to. I believe that if you really want to do something that is good for you then God will give you the ability to do that thing or not do that thing, but it is still up to that individual person to ask God to help and then believe that you have the strength to do it. Kind of late for my introduction since I am on day 39 but took me a while to compile what I wanted to say. Thanks to KTC.org and to all of my Mayster Quit Brothers.