... eating corn on the cob through a picket fence!
'roflmao'
Great stuff, ES...
Yeah, that's good.
Welcome, sir.
I have a question to anybody out there about the fake chew. I've read over and over about how this can help and I used one can of it the first week. My doctor told me that it didn't matter if it was chewing gum or a cherry seed...keeping it in the SAME POSITION is the real issue. The irritation in the same spot is bad news. Old ES may not be the sharpest tool in the tool box but that makes alot of sense to me. I'll stick with cold turkey...plus having to spit all the time WAS a pain in the ass. Now I'll just sit luggies and hock oysters like I did when I was 10 years old. Proud to be quit with all of you. "Take a suck", sweetie
I would tend to agree with your doctor.
The way the fake helps is for the oral fixation, as when using it there is none of the bad chemicals or the addictive substances that get into your system. So can use that as a replacement.
But yes the irritation will remain when using it, but for me after the 3 months I don't even use that anymore, and though maybe not healed 100% (due to being receeded), it is smooth as silk.
I didn't use any of the fake, but I can tell you this... I wasn't hooked on the oral fixation. I was hooked on nicotine. I'm still a nicotine addict. So are you. One little pinch is all that it would take to reignite the death dance.
Nicotine is a wicked monster. Completely under appreciated in terms of its addictive powers and damage not only to health, but to relationships, careers, integrity... The list goes on and on. I read your intro. You are an honorable man. Seem all american, a man that most boys would look up to. Would you sneak into a bathroom at work to snort a little coke? No... But you and I let an addiction rule our lives to the point that we stooped to that level a lot if times with nicotine. Shameful. Embarrassing. And disgraceful to us, much less those that look at us as leaders.
Today we are free! The ktc process is great. It works for quitting, but in the process you will discover a new you, and if you do this right (which you are) you'll make some new lifelong friends in the process. Some of the most honorable men (and women) that I've met have been from this site. And... I cannot imagine letting them, much less me, down. One of my first connections on this board is sportsfan from jan 13. His catch phrase... Stick around, make a friend. Sportsfan is a wise man.
Look at how many years you "lost". How many times you wanted to stop. And now you are quit! Losing sucks, and today you are winning at the thing in life that was a constant source of shame, disappointment, and failure. Plus you are saving a fortune and your life. How many wins is that?
You are really gonna like where you are headed. Yeah, there will be bumps ahead. In order to get big biceps and triceps, your arms are gonna burn a little? The pain makes the win even sweeter.
Quit with you today, ES.
