Into the strange new world

[LifeAfterDip]

Here at KTC there is only ONE place quitting leads...to staying quit! The fact odf the matter is that dipping never made things normal. You became addicted, you became a slave to a substance that told you to do what it wanted, when it wanted. And until you genuinely want that to end, until you'll push yourself to your very limits to escape it, you'll remain a slave.

The formula here is simple. Wake up, post roll and stay quit for those 24 hours. If I have it in me, you have it in you. If you really want to be quit you need to throw away all your excuses and when you're craving find help. I can't stress this enough, be quit for yourself! You can't do this for anyone else.

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LTL,
First of all welcome to KTC. I am glad that you found us. I too was /am an addict, remember that it was an addiction not a habit. I grew up farming, playing baseball, hunting, fishing, driving trucks...then joined the USMC, all are excuses. I dipped because I was unaware that I was addicted, then it was cool, then it was me. The best thing you can do is want it and want it really bad. Remember to take things one day at a time, never ever focus on tomorrow or next week, fight hourly at first, then daily.

Urges and cravings will come and go, rage may become a factor as well. You may notice that your body will change some good, some bad. Read up on that stuff here, those who have walked the trail before you can help guide you through things when you need it.

Now learn how to post roll How to Post Roll.

Then join your quit group Pre HOF May 2014, this will be the month at which you will hit your HOF or 100 days of quit, as long as you have the balls to quit.

Next read the HOM speeches and stories here, learn from the veterans. Look in the site for all kind of information like Spousal Support or What to Expect

Find an alternative to dip Smokeless Alternatives. Find other alternatives (candies, seeds, peanuts, beef jerky...). Also drink lots of water. Bump your intake so you have to stop at every urinal in order to not piss your pants.

Finally, get to know people, exchange phone numbers, make friends and quit. I also have a beautiful wife and kids, which only pisses me off when I look at the photo albums and see a chunk of nasty weed in my mouth in all of them.

P.S. all of the above underlines words are links to different areas on KTC that should help you get started.

Sincerely,
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[lovethelip]

I started with Happy Days raspberry in the early 1980 (Thanks, RJR) and have been a consistent user most everyday since. 24 years give or take a couple months. By high school it was Skoal Fine Cut and has been since.

Growing up in Nebraska and working farms, ranches and construction through college re-enforced the habit and made it 'normal'. 20 years in the Navy fostered the same culture. I always knew I should quit, always knew that it would kill me if I didn't. But how to quit??? I love the description of the process on the site called the fog during the first days. I is literally like walking a strange new world.

Nothing is familiar. No ability to sit at my desk or watch some TV with a nice dip and relax. Hell, not even sure how to relax without nicotine. The addiction really shines through as you lose interest in everything except getting a dip. Hard to read a book or even watch a show without effort boardering on unbearable.

We all experience life through a series of complex chemical reactions and when you remove a chemical that has been in the mix for 20+ years it really does change everything.

I have a beautiful wife, two great kids (9 and 16) a super job and terrific house. There is really nothing for me to stress over or reason to need a crutch other than its always been there.

Nicotine is special, magical evil that cannot be explained to those who have not been addicted and dippers are a special case, mainlining nicotine into the system at 2 or 3 times the rate of heavy smokers.

I have no idea where this journey will lead but I know I'm tired of compulsively stretching my face to see the latest mark, bump or cut in my mouth, sure that it is cancer - only to greedily gobble a big dip as soon everything looks back to normal.

Thanks for the creative vision from the people that created this site and the support and participation to those who keep it running.

Here's to the quit and strength in numbers.