After reading through a number of posts, I find comfort knowing I'm not unlike any of the rest of you. I've been on the can since '08, addicted to nicotine in all forms for 33 years... I want to give up being controlled by nicotine.
I too have attempted to quit dipping a number of times. Longest stretch was four years ago after a scare; dentist thought that the sore I had looked like cancer. Stopped me for 6 months.. then I went to an oral surgeon who told me that I was in the clear, and on my way back to work from that appointment, I stopped and got a tin. I've stopped for a few days, and weeks, at a time since, but never quit. Today, I quit.
My reasons are selfish; I don't want cancer. That's it in a nutshell. There are many other reasons why like money, social acceptance, family, but cancer is the one that motivates me.
I'm looking forward to your support.
-Dal