Going into Day 3

[srans]

Gentlemen- I looked at this site for a while during my last quit. I don't remember how long it lasted, or why I started again. But I know I didn't last long, and had no good reason to start again.
Been chewing Kodiak for 20 years. I chew like a madman. Every time I quit I come back chewing even harder.
I chew right before bed, and then stay up a while longer to have another.
First thing in the morning I throw in my dip dump. (How do people crap without chew?)
Then it's relentless chewing all day.
But I can't do this shit anymore.
Thought maybe if I posted here, I would stay stronger. My wife can't stop me, and apparently it's taken 3 years for my kids to get me to wise up enough to really consider turning my back on chew.
I have decided to cheat and am using 4mg lozenges sprinkled in with hard candy.
I guess I am not officially quit until I exhaust this supply of nico replacement candies. About 160 left.
Til then I am going to be in limbo.

Dude! First, I want to commend you for recognizing that you are a slave. That is the first step in the process, so it is good that you have made I that far.

Unfortunately, that is where the congratulations stop. You need to change 3 things before you really quit.

1. Mindset. You haven't quit before, you have taken little breaks in the past. This time, when you are ready, you are gonna quit. You must change your mindset to reflect this very key change.
2. Goal. Your goal is to be quit for you. Not for your wife. Not for your kids. For you. You have to want this more than you have ever wanted anything, and you've got to be ready to dig in and fight for it.
3. Approach. Take nicotine out of the equation for a minute. Let's say you were an alcoholic looking to quit. And you came to our esteemed group and posted that "I drink 1.75L of vodka every day, but I'm looking to quit! From here out I'm going to drink 1.0L of gin until I run out (30 bottles.). Wish me luck!" This is addict approach, not a successful one.

Spit out the losenges. Flush them. Rid you house if all poison. Change your mindset. Establish your goal. And goddamn quit!

I am a few days short of 300 days of freedom from the bear here. I set myself free in Christmas Eve 2012 after 25 years. If I can do it, you can do it. The people on this site will dig in their heels and pull/push you along, but you gotta be ready for the push. Until them, you'll be drinking gin and tonics.

I won't go into telling you how every aspect of life is markedly better without kodiak. I think you know that. This is probably the hardest thing I've ever done, and probably the most personally rewarding. You can do this, provided you un-mind-fuck yourself. Sorry for the bluntness, but you get what I'm saying. Let us know when you are ready. We will help you. And you can do this.

Welcome  all the best to you when you decide to really get this done. Listen to W2W, he knows what he's talking about in this, he's managed to drag me along this far. It's possible to be completely quit. I'm 58 days in, after nearly 20 years myself. My whole adult life. That sounds like a real long time  it is. So healing won't happen overnight, but it can start now.

All the lozenges are going to do for you is prolong the agony  suffering of the nic withdrawal. THey'll seem like they're helping, but in the end you're not getting enough to satisfy, yet you're getting enough to not face up to the symptoms. It's too much  not enough all at the same time. You're starving the bear just as you've put your screename down,  prolonging the pain. Rip that bandaid off quick  I promise it does get better.  yes you'll have all the help from everyone on this site that you could possibly imagine.

Once you can dump the lozenges, go find your Jan 14 group,  post roll. I trust you know how this works once you decide to come out of limbo  join us.

I can't add to much to all these fine words from people who know how to quit.

Question! 160 nicotine candies? Did you like,, count them right before this post? How accurate are you? Just wondering, maybe you need to count again, you could be off a little. Maybe you need to separate them in one of them little daily pill boxes. That way you can have the same amount everyday.

Another question! How do them candies taste? Are they flavored like mints or lifesavers. I've never tried them. I can tell you how they would taste to me though. Like SLAVERY and DEATH!!!

Man up and quit bro,, stop the madness. 160 candies left!! Look at your self. This addiction has got you counting nicotine candies. Dig deep and and let's do this for real. No more stoppages. Let's really quit. Your move!!

[copingwithoutcopen]

You keep throwing the bear a few scraps and he's gonna stay alive, get pissed off and eat you instead. Throw that crap away, post your promise and get on with it. You can't quit until you quit and there isn't a whole lotta time left to get it done.

[Mike from AB]

Gentlemen- I looked at this site for a while during my last quit. I don't remember how long it lasted, or why I started again. But I know I didn't last long, and had no good reason to start again.
Been chewing Kodiak for 20 years. I chew like a madman. Every time I quit I come back chewing even harder.
I chew right before bed, and then stay up a while longer to have another.
First thing in the morning I throw in my dip dump. (How do people crap without chew?)
Then it's relentless chewing all day.
But I can't do this shit anymore.
Thought maybe if I posted here, I would stay stronger. My wife can't stop me, and apparently it's taken 3 years for my kids to get me to wise up enough to really consider turning my back on chew.
I have decided to cheat and am using 4mg lozenges sprinkled in with hard candy.
I guess I am not officially quit until I exhaust this supply of nico replacement candies. About 160 left.
Til then I am going to be in limbo.

Dude! First, I want to commend you for recognizing that you are a slave. That is the first step in the process, so it is good that you have made I that far.

Unfortunately, that is where the congratulations stop. You need to change 3 things before you really quit.

1. Mindset. You haven't quit before, you have taken little breaks in the past. This time, when you are ready, you are gonna quit. You must change your mindset to reflect this very key change.
2. Goal. Your goal is to be quit for you. Not for your wife. Not for your kids. For you. You have to want this more than you have ever wanted anything, and you've got to be ready to dig in and fight for it.
3. Approach. Take nicotine out of the equation for a minute. Let's say you were an alcoholic looking to quit. And you came to our esteemed group and posted that "I drink 1.75L of vodka every day, but I'm looking to quit! From here out I'm going to drink 1.0L of gin until I run out (30 bottles.). Wish me luck!" This is addict approach, not a successful one.

Spit out the losenges. Flush them. Rid you house if all poison. Change your mindset. Establish your goal. And goddamn quit!

I am a few days short of 300 days of freedom from the bear here. I set myself free in Christmas Eve 2012 after 25 years. If I can do it, you can do it. The people on this site will dig in their heels and pull/push you along, but you gotta be ready for the push. Until them, you'll be drinking gin and tonics.

I won't go into telling you how every aspect of life is markedly better without kodiak. I think you know that. This is probably the hardest thing I've ever done, and probably the most personally rewarding. You can do this, provided you un-mind-fuck yourself. Sorry for the bluntness, but you get what I'm saying. Let us know when you are ready. We will help you. And you can do this.

Welcome  all the best to you when you decide to really get this done. Listen to W2W, he knows what he's talking about in this, he's managed to drag me along this far. It's possible to be completely quit. I'm 58 days in, after nearly 20 years myself. My whole adult life. That sounds like a real long time  it is. So healing won't happen overnight, but it can start now.

All the lozenges are going to do for you is prolong the agony  suffering of the nic withdrawal. THey'll seem like they're helping, but in the end you're not getting enough to satisfy, yet you're getting enough to not face up to the symptoms. It's too much  not enough all at the same time. You're starving the bear just as you've put your screename down,  prolonging the pain. Rip that bandaid off quick  I promise it does get better.  yes you'll have all the help from everyone on this site that you could possibly imagine.

Once you can dump the lozenges, go find your Jan 14 group,  post roll. I trust you know how this works once you decide to come out of limbo  join us.

[worktowin]

Gentlemen- I looked at this site for a while during my last quit. I don't remember how long it lasted, or why I started again. But I know I didn't last long, and had no good reason to start again.
Been chewing Kodiak for 20 years. I chew like a madman. Every time I quit I come back chewing even harder.
I chew right before bed, and then stay up a while longer to have another.
First thing in the morning I throw in my dip dump. (How do people crap without chew?)
Then it's relentless chewing all day.
But I can't do this shit anymore.
Thought maybe if I posted here, I would stay stronger. My wife can't stop me, and apparently it's taken 3 years for my kids to get me to wise up enough to really consider turning my back on chew.
I have decided to cheat and am using 4mg lozenges sprinkled in with hard candy.
I guess I am not officially quit until I exhaust this supply of nico replacement candies. About 160 left.
Til then I am going to be in limbo.

Dude! First, I want to commend you for recognizing that you are a slave. That is the first step in the process, so it is good that you have made I that far.

Unfortunately, that is where the congratulations stop. You need to change 3 things before you really quit.

1. Mindset. You haven't quit before, you have taken little breaks in the past. This time, when you are ready, you are gonna quit. You must change your mindset to reflect this very key change.
2. Goal. Your goal is to be quit for you. Not for your wife. Not for your kids. For you. You have to want this more than you have ever wanted anything, and you've got to be ready to dig in and fight for it.
3. Approach. Take nicotine out of the equation for a minute. Let's say you were an alcoholic looking to quit. And you came to our esteemed group and posted that "I drink 1.75L of vodka every day, but I'm looking to quit! From here out I'm going to drink 1.0L of gin until I run out (30 bottles.). Wish me luck!" This is addict approach, not a successful one.

Spit out the losenges. Flush them. Rid you house if all poison. Change your mindset. Establish your goal. And goddamn quit!

I am a few days short of 300 days of freedom from the bear here. I set myself free in Christmas Eve 2012 after 25 years. If I can do it, you can do it. The people on this site will dig in their heels and pull/push you along, but you gotta be ready for the push. Until them, you'll be drinking gin and tonics.

I won't go into telling you how every aspect of life is markedly better without kodiak. I think you know that. This is probably the hardest thing I've ever done, and probably the most personally rewarding. You can do this, provided you un-mind-fuck yourself. Sorry for the bluntness, but you get what I'm saying. Let us know when you are ready. We will help you. And you can do this.

[Starving the Bear]

Gentlemen- I looked at this site for a while during my last quit. I don't remember how long it lasted, or why I started again. But I know I didn't last long, and had no good reason to start again.
Been chewing Kodiak for 20 years. I chew like a madman. Every time I quit I come back chewing even harder.
I chew right before bed, and then stay up a while longer to have another.
First thing in the morning I throw in my dip dump. (How do people crap without chew?)
Then it's relentless chewing all day.
But I can't do this shit anymore.
Thought maybe if I posted here, I would stay stronger. My wife can't stop me, and apparently it's taken 3 years for my kids to get me to wise up enough to really consider turning my back on chew.
I have decided to cheat and am using 4mg lozenges sprinkled in with hard candy.
I guess I am not officially quit until I exhaust this supply of nico replacement candies. About 160 left.
Til then I am going to be in limbo.