Hi fellow quitters,
Here we go again. I'm quitting that monster we call chew, again. I was introduced to chew when I was 15, on a golf course after school. I remember everything about that first time. I quickly found myself asking older friends to buy me a can here and there. My addiction quickly grew from a dip or two a day, to half a can, up to where I am now, which is a 1-1.5 cans a day, grizzly straight. As we speak today, I'm 24 years old and have already quit dipping twice. Both times I've quit I've been dip free for a little under a year, big deal right? Both times I relapsed it was during the summer, and a wild hair ran across my mind to get a tin and I cracked, both times. The most recent relapse was July of 2013. Here we are now almost done with February of 2014 and I've had enough, for the final time. It's costing me about $7 a day, my mouth has become beyond raw and I'm just starting to tell that my addiction is in the early stages of really doing damage to my body. My teeth are stained, my gums hurt, I wake up in the morning and my cheeks are textured where I had dipped the day before. I wanted to make this time count so I joined this website forum. I want that support, advice, kick in the pants to hold me accountable for my actions. I went shopping today and stocked up on the essentials of a quit. Gum, hard candies, and plenty of bottles of water. Tomorrow is Day 1 and I'm ready but apprehensive. See, this time my quit is happening while I'm employed, I've had to move back in with my parents. and my two co workers both smoke. Sorry to ramble, hope I covered the basics, still learning how this forum works and don't want to post anything out of place. I thank you all for your support and time for reading this.
Tyler