I'm. Matt and I'm 213 days quit.

[mb289]

Well said Mattman3969. Your story is similar to mine!

I quit with you today!

mb289

[JMckay]

Hello fellow quiters my name is Matt and I'm 213 days free of the "Nic Bitch". I've been using some form of chew/dip for 30yrs. I started with Hawken dip when I was 16 because it was the only one that didn't make me sick and the all the cool guys dipped. Then I got a job delivering lumber when I was 18 and I started chewing Mammoth Cave because that is what my Papaw chewed. I think the long runs in a truck by myself led to boredom and increased the want to chew while driving. At 19 I hit the Kodiak and when Grizzly came out that's where I landed. I had a "thought" I quit moment from from 2001 - 10/2/02 when my dad died and I went right back to the can. Now here I am 15yrs later.
I started my quit on 1/2/17 by using the nicotine patches. Good enough to not have dip but still pumping nicotine into my system(don't follow my lead on this, go cold turkey). Fast forward to March because I used patches 3 months and I thought I had this bitch beat. No sir/ma'am I freaked the hell out 4 days after I quit using the patches and bought a can of snus(you know the shit that is supposed to better for you)called my Dr to see if there was anything he could give me to help with this crazy shit that was going on. I went for a visit and he prescribed Chantix and I gladly accepted if it would stop this crazy shit going on in my head. I took my last pouch on 3/15/17. This was after starting Chantix.
Let's fast forward about a month(still no nic) but figuring out that Chantix is seriously messing with my head and I didn't want it in my body any more because the dreams that come with this stuff is unreal and the anger was incredible. People might say that is part of the quit but for me I disagree because I went through all the quit pissed offness and being mad at life after the Chantix had left my system. It was kinda like a "suck" times 2, so much so I wouldn't wish Chantix on my worst enemy. Stay clear and quit cold turkey, be strong cuz you don't need the other junk.
I found this site when looking for non nicotine pouches. Read the reviews and ordered a 10 pack of Smokey Mountain wintergreen pouches. Liked the pouches and moved on with life,so I thought. About a month into the real quit I got terribly depressed and was questioning why I quit when I felt worse then I did while still dipping. My loving wife reintroduced me to KTC because she had been reading here trying to figure out how to help me help myself. She sent me the link to a wife's story of her husband that had mouth cancer and died not to long after. This made my decision to quit even more stable in my mind. I'd finally quit for myself and no one else but in the back of my mind I was hoping by quitting I would get to enjoy my wife,daughter and grandchildren longer, even if it was just a few days.
I now read at least 15mins per day on KTC. You guys are awesome and I can't thank you enough for the help you've given me without even knowing that your helping because I've been the troll reader in the background just reading and not helping. I will try to do better on that aspect. Someone point me in the right direction

Crazy story think your a month ahead of me. I thought I took the hard road I cut back for 10 days to make it easier on myself but it made it worse. I think you'd be in the June group if you hit 100 days nicotine free in June your June 2017 group. You click on groups find the June group post your username days quit and a promise not to use nicotine for that day. You quit one day at a time. Then write a post on that same page ask for phone numbers they will private message the numbers to you. Email is up in the right upper corner. If I was better on here I would throw you a link to make easier to find your group but I'm not that good haha. Some one more computer sauvy will come along if you can't figure it out. Glade your here we can all help each other out so we stay quit. If you need help posting ask on here some one will help you out if my advice isn't good enough. I would change your quit day to the day you stopped using all nicotine patches meant you were still using.

[Mattman3969]

Hello fellow quiters my name is Matt and I'm 213 days free of the "Nic Bitch". I've been using some form of chew/dip for 30yrs. I started with Hawken dip when I was 16 because it was the only one that didn't make me sick and the all the cool guys dipped. Then I got a job delivering lumber when I was 18 and I started chewing Mammoth Cave because that is what my Papaw chewed. I think the long runs in a truck by myself led to boredom and increased the want to chew while driving. At 19 I hit the Kodiak and when Grizzly came out that's where I landed. I had a "thought" I quit moment from from 2001 - 10/2/02 when my dad died and I went right back to the can. Now here I am 15yrs later.
I started my quit on 1/2/17 by using the nicotine patches. Good enough to not have dip but still pumping nicotine into my system(don't follow my lead on this, go cold turkey). Fast forward to March because I used patches 3 months and I thought I had this bitch beat. No sir/ma'am I freaked the hell out 4 days after I quit using the patches and bought a can of snus(you know the shit that is supposed to better for you)called my Dr to see if there was anything he could give me to help with this crazy shit that was going on. I went for a visit and he prescribed Chantix and I gladly accepted if it would stop this crazy shit going on in my head. I took my last pouch on 3/15/17. This was after starting Chantix.
Let's fast forward about a month(still no nic) but figuring out that Chantix is seriously messing with my head and I didn't want it in my body any more because the dreams that come with this stuff is unreal and the anger was incredible. People might say that is part of the quit but for me I disagree because I went through all the quit pissed offness and being mad at life after the Chantix had left my system. It was kinda like a "suck" times 2, so much so I wouldn't wish Chantix on my worst enemy. Stay clear and quit cold turkey, be strong cuz you don't need the other junk.
I found this site when looking for non nicotine pouches. Read the reviews and ordered a 10 pack of Smokey Mountain wintergreen pouches. Liked the pouches and moved on with life,so I thought. About a month into the real quit I got terribly depressed and was questioning why I quit when I felt worse then I did while still dipping. My loving wife reintroduced me to KTC because she had been reading here trying to figure out how to help me help myself. She sent me the link to a wife's story of her husband that had mouth cancer and died not to long after. This made my decision to quit even more stable in my mind. I'd finally quit for myself and no one else but in the back of my mind I was hoping by quitting I would get to enjoy my wife,daughter and grandchildren longer, even if it was just a few days.
I now read at least 15mins per day on KTC. You guys are awesome and I can't thank you enough for the help you've given me without even knowing that your helping because I've been the troll reader in the background just reading and not helping. I will try to do better on that aspect. Someone point me in the right direction