Hi Folks,
Name is Sean, age 44 (give or take 1 year, can't remember)
I'm on day 2. This is my first quit. Decided to do it the day before yesterday. Found this site last night while researching what to expect after quitting.
Well, yesterday was pretty intense. The mind was playing games... Trying to make deals and I felt quite a physical reaction... my mouth ached and I had a strange metallic taste... My brain told me it would all feel much better if I had a pinch... I have the feeling I'm going to be "hearing" a lot of that.
Started dipping in exactly the way one of the articles describe as the typical... Was out camping with a buddy, sitting around the fire.. He asked it I wanted to try a pinch. I did. After a few minutes I became very dizzy and lightheaded. It got to the point where I really couldn't move for about a half hour... I knew if I tried to get up I would vomit.
Well that was it that night. But the next day..... Well, for some reason I actually wanted to become very dizzy and lightheaded again! And it just continued from there...About 19 years ago.. Man how time flies.
Was doing Cope, about 5 cans per 7 days..
In the last few months, I limited myself to a schedule in an attempt to wean down to April 1st. (Hell, was this a good day to start a stop on ? haha). Schedule for the last few months was dip only at noon, 3p, 5p, 8p and 10p. That was to replace the pretty much constant dip in my month.. So now limited to 5 a day.. I did ok, but would slip off the schedule and add one extra in the evening (or 2).
Finally on April 1 I said that's it. Had my last dips on April 1. April 2 first day without any.
I was expecting today to be much worse than yesterday, but so far (it's 2pm) it's not been as bad as yesterday (day1). I passed trigger-time of 12pm (after lunch) without much thought..
Wife wasn't bugging me, but I got tired of the effects.. occasional sore throat or tickle in the back of it and sometimes when you dip too much the teeth ache. Plus I want to save the $1300 per year I was spending.. 5pack =$25.00 x 52 weeks = $1300. If I put the $100 bucks each month away instead of spending it on dip, I can add that to our annual vacation money and make the vacation that much better! At least something to show for the money!!!
Well, I've gone on long enough.. Thanks for the site and being here.
Sean
