Intro from NW Wisconsin

[Smeds]

Thanks guys, I appreciate the responses. I chalk up my success "solo" as many have put it to the fact I told everybody I knew (including my 82 year old mom), "I quit chewing today". The more people I told, the more I knew I could potentially let down.

Got called out on the July roll call for stating I've been quit 37 days, but only having 3 posts. Remember fellas, some come on here After they quit. Tough for me to post 37 times on a workday!! I will come on and roll call every AM though, because I realize we are all in this together. Chew is a bitch, and I'm kicking her ass to the curb!

[mb289]

Welcome Smeds and it looks like you have a nice quit going. As far as the oral fixation goes, I still have a winter green life saver in my mount about 80% of the time. And, that's being quit 93 days. I think the oral fixation urge will pass and, like Chewie says, is the least of your worries.

mb289

[cbird65]

49 yr user of too many yrs but 872 days of freedom - this site will only add to your quit as much as you are willing to invest into it

shoot me a pm if i can help up you navigate the ktc waters

[rdad]

Welcome Smeds,
Good start on your own man. Just to reiterate what the others have said.....embrace this brotherhood, be accountable (post roll everyday) and you will succeed! Shout out if you need anything. There are a ton of awesome dudes here that I have never even met in person but they are all my brothers (and a few sisters even!) Glad you joined us. It definitely is where all the cool kids hang out!

[Raider]

Read, read, and read some more. Welcome aboard. Starting solo is great but we are glad you are here. This site will make staying quit a whole lot easier. As others have said, get involved. Live Chat is awesome. The rules are simple:
1). Post Roll Daily (Be sure you are on the last post of the last page so you don't bump other quitters)
2). Honor your word
3). Repeat

Glad to be quit with ya

[MN_Ben]

Impressive start going that many days solo, and welcome to KTC.

I went solo like you, but only for a few weeks before I found KTC, started posting roll with my group, exchanged texts, emails and phone calls and spending time in the LIVE CHAT, linked int he upper right.

Welcome aboard man.. PM me sometime or come into chat and talk with us, I have hunting land up in NW wisconsin, glad to know there is one less dipper up there

[slinger]

Welcome and congrats on your first 37 days. If you need a number or anything, PM me.

[Doc Chewfree]

I'm working on the oral fixation part with Jack Link's Jerky Chew, but I find I'm treating it very similar to the old ways. I would LOVE to get over this part, and simply NOT have anything in my lip. Hopefully that'll come in time ... but for now I can promise I will no longer chew tobacco! Musky season opens this weekend, and I sure spent a lot of time chewing both during fishing and hunting. It'll be tough, but also 100% worth it. I'm quit!

Welcome aboard my man! As for the oral fixation... it'll go away, eventually.

For me, I chewed the fake stuff a good 200+ days into my quit all day every day. And then one day I just didn't reach for it and didn't need it. I'd say use whatever you need to to keep the real stuff out of your mouth. The oral fixation (all jokes aside) is the least of your worries.

Congrats on a great start to your quit!

chewie

Welcome smeds. You've got one of the badest ass quitters watching your quit there with Chewie.
Your story is like many of ours. I am 104 days quit after 36+yrs chewing and am dominating some sunflower seeds as I write this. As it has been explained to me before, we are here to quit nicotine. Compared to that the rest is somewhat meaningless. Do whatever it takes not to put nic in your system. Like chewie said, one day you won't need it. I'm still waiting on that day but I would rather use fake chew and seeds the rest of my life than chew one more time.
Get involved on the site and remember that you can do anything you did with chew better without.
PM me if you need anything.

[brettlees]

Hi Smeds and welcome! Learn all you can by reading resources and other intro threads here, and make friends to build out a network for accountability and support. Going 37 days on your own is good- and now you're building yourself some insurance for that quit.

As for non-nic products- the consensus is that they are fine, safe, ok to use a long as they help you. The chemical addiction process of the nicotine isn't working in your brain and blood chemistry as long as you aren't dosing the nicotine.

Keep it going strong, and keep asking for help and support when you need it- you'll get plenty here if you immerse yourself in the community.

[chewie]

I'm working on the oral fixation part with Jack Link's Jerky Chew, but I find I'm treating it very similar to the old ways. I would LOVE to get over this part, and simply NOT have anything in my lip. Hopefully that'll come in time ... but for now I can promise I will no longer chew tobacco! Musky season opens this weekend, and I sure spent a lot of time chewing both during fishing and hunting. It'll be tough, but also 100% worth it. I'm quit!

Welcome aboard my man! As for the oral fixation... it'll go away, eventually.

For me, I chewed the fake stuff a good 200+ days into my quit all day every day. And then one day I just didn't reach for it and didn't need it. I'd say use whatever you need to to keep the real stuff out of your mouth. The oral fixation (all jokes aside) is the least of your worries.

Congrats on a great start to your quit!

chewie

[Smeds]

Thumble ... whoops! Sorry man, I see I selected the wrong post to "quote", thereby knocking a few off. Sorry to them as well, chalk it up to a rookie! Thanks for the kudos everyone, right back at cha!

[kayakdude]

Smeds,

Welcome...37 days is impressive now let KTC take you all the way.

Post Roll call and get involved in this site and you will stack days...ODAAT

I am day 98 and let me tell you it gets better and sweeter every day.

KTC has the tools you need so use them.

Congrats.

I quit with you.

KD

[Thumblewort]

Hi Smeds,

Looks like you posted roll, so let me be the first to welcome you, but please be careful as you bumped 2 people off the roll. I'll fix it today.

As far as the oral thing, I am at Day 47 and still use toothpicks a couple times a day, so I defer the question to some other bad ass quitter who has more days of quit.

37 days w/o a support site is bad ass, thanks for joining the KTC.

[Smeds]

Hey guys, I'm from NW Wisconsin ... 50 years old and on day 37 of my quit. I started back in 1982 in college ... and pretty much went to Copenhagen right away. Never did care for the minty. Anyway, a variety of reasons for the quit ... but #1 was my acid reflux. It's a whole heck of a lot better since quitting. I have not touched any chew since 04/13/14 ... and never will again! I feel like I'm over the nicotine hurdle, but am still battling the oral fixation hurdle. As I've told friends (jokingly), "I've had a chew in every moment of every day except sleeping, eating, and 86% of the time sex!" I'm sure my wife loves that comment...

I'm working on the oral fixation part with Jack Link's Jerky Chew, but I find I'm treating it very similar to the old ways. I would LOVE to get over this part, and simply NOT have anything in my lip. Hopefully that'll come in time ... but for now I can promise I will no longer chew tobacco! Musky season opens this weekend, and I sure spent a lot of time chewing both during fishing and hunting. It'll be tough, but also 100% worth it. I'm quit!