Can I do this?

[Nomore1959]

Dive in, flush the chew down the toilet, post roll with the February 2016 quit group, exchange digits with them and build a support network.

You will find many quitters with military and law enforcement backgrounds. Seek them out for support. As Raider said above, it sucks for a while, but you can beat it and life gets better.

[Raider]

Good morning folks...It has come a time in my life where I NEED to quit. I've been hounding myself for years about doing so and I always "well I'll quit after this can" or "soon as hunting season is over" or "after race season" etc. I'm sure I'm not alone in this and I can tell you...it SUCKS. I've never been into any type of drug or heavy on the alcohol, but I can tell I'm facing the same feelings as a crack head. Why do we do things we know are bad for us? Why must I have nicotine to function? What is the answer... Cold turkey? Taper off? Meds? Fake chew? Where do I start this crappy voyage? I have tried gum, peppermints, sunflower seeds until my gums bleed, I started a program through some college a few years ago and stayed quit for 3 months with the help of the little Nicorette lozenges and put on 30 lbs because I was at the time working surveillance 'ninja' ...so all I did was ate. Someone please tell me, WHAT CAN I DO? I'm sitting here wanting and wishing to quit and honestly, have a grizzly wintergreen tucked comfortably between my cheek and gum...messed up right...real determined huh? Feel like a P.O.S. for wanting to quit and just not doing so. I started dipping in 2004 in the Marines and for the passed 11 years, have been a hostage to the Grizz. Someone please give me a kick in the ass to start this thing. I have read a dozen or so HOF stories and wanna be that guy/gal that push themselves. I've been to war (OIF 2-2), I currently work in law enforcement which is damn near a daily war cowboy , run Tough Mudders and other physically grueling activities 'zombie' , outsmarted the craftiest of wild game and taken them with various weapons both modern and primal 'Remshot' ...but I can't find a way to conquer a $2.39 habit that can kill me twice as painful as the other challenging tasks I've faced in the past 'bang head' . I need a kick in the ass so someone please reach out and give me the push I need to ask myself wtf I'm doing. Thanks in advance. 'help'

Best decision is to quit, plain and simple. You are going to get bombarded in here with advice. Listen and learn.
Cold Turkey is the only way to go. The nicotine will be out of your body in something like 3 days then the rest is mental.
Cold Turkey means just that. No nicotine whatsoever.
I quit 626 days ago and at first it sucked but it gets easier fairly quickly.
Hit up the Welcome Center and read all you can. Learn how to post roll. I believe your group will be February 2016. That the month you will hit 100 days of quit.

The plan is pretty simple. There are 3 steps.
1). Post Roll Daily in the am. Roll is your promise that you won't use nicotine for the day.
2). Be a man of your word.
3). Be active in here and make some new friends who are fighting the same daily battle.

[marine_2002]

Good morning folks...It has come a time in my life where I NEED to quit. I've been hounding myself for years about doing so and I always "well I'll quit after this can" or "soon as hunting season is over" or "after race season" etc. I'm sure I'm not alone in this and I can tell you...it SUCKS. I've never been into any type of drug or heavy on the alcohol, but I can tell I'm facing the same feelings as a crack head. Why do we do things we know are bad for us? Why must I have nicotine to function? What is the answer... Cold turkey? Taper off? Meds? Fake chew? Where do I start this crappy voyage? I have tried gum, peppermints, sunflower seeds until my gums bleed, I started a program through some college a few years ago and stayed quit for 3 months with the help of the little Nicorette lozenges and put on 30 lbs because I was at the time working surveillance 'ninja' ...so all I did was ate. Someone please tell me, WHAT CAN I DO? I'm sitting here wanting and wishing to quit and honestly, have a grizzly wintergreen tucked comfortably between my cheek and gum...messed up right...real determined huh? Feel like a P.O.S. for wanting to quit and just not doing so. I started dipping in 2004 in the Marines and for the passed 11 years, have been a hostage to the Grizz. Someone please give me a kick in the ass to start this thing. I have read a dozen or so HOF stories and wanna be that guy/gal that push themselves. I've been to war (OIF 2-2), I currently work in law enforcement which is damn near a daily war cowboy , run Tough Mudders and other physically grueling activities 'zombie' , outsmarted the craftiest of wild game and taken them with various weapons both modern and primal 'Remshot' ...but I can't find a way to conquer a $2.39 habit that can kill me twice as painful as the other challenging tasks I've faced in the past 'bang head' . I need a kick in the ass so someone please reach out and give me the push I need to ask myself wtf I'm doing. Thanks in advance. 'help'