I spit my last dip out a few minutes ago. I'm quitting for my wife, who has cried more than once, fearing I would develop cancer and die from my tobacco usage. Like most of you I enjoyed dipping and the nicotine boost, but I hate being addicted to anything. I tested the waters a couple of weeks ago by quitting and trying the nicotine gum, usually 2-3 pieces per day. As I was dipping a can a day, the few pieces of gum could not satisfy the doses I had been receiving while dipping. I began to experience the withdrawals; the cravings that made me think about nothing but dipping, depression, and irritability. My wife asked me why I was so mad and I said, "I don't really know!" I bought a new can of dip yesterday and felt back to normal, but I knew it wasn't normal. I felt guilty for not fighting and for caving. So today I got pissed off and decided to go bare knuckles with this thing. I know I'm in for a fight but I'm ready. I began dipping a few years ago after the death of my first wife, started with a couple of pinches a day and then needed more and more. I've decided to go cold turkey because the other way just strings it along too long. So here we go, time to embrace the suck for the greater good. These withdrawals take over your mind and bring the battle home. So, with that being said, here we go...
Hey SD - sent you a PM with some info. Check the upper-right hand corner of the page for a link that says "Inbox", you'll find it there.
Really glad to have you here, but let's get your head straight - don't quit for your wife. If you do, you'll come to resent her, because brother, this is NOT easy. It's rough, and it sucks, and it's painful. It always is, it seems, when something is worth doing.
"So today I got pissed off and decided to go bare knuckles with this thing..."
Now THAT, right there, is a great attitude! Quit for yourself. Quit for your health. Quit because nicotine has made you a slave, and you want to be a free man. Quit because you're not going to let a dead plant in a can control your mind. Quit because you're a selfish SOB and you want spend every last minute possible with your lovely lady on this earth, and quitting nicotine will make sure that you have many, many more days with her.
Now... get on over to the September quit group, post roll, get plugged in so we can quit with you today!
I spit my last dip out a few minutes ago. I'm quitting for my wife, who has cried more than once, fearing I would develop cancer and die from my tobacco usage. Like most of you I enjoyed dipping and the nicotine boost, but I hate being addicted to anything. I tested the waters a couple of weeks ago by quitting and trying the nicotine gum, usually 2-3 pieces per day. As I was dipping a can a day, the few pieces of gum could not satisfy the doses I had been receiving while dipping. I began to experience the withdrawals; the cravings that made me think about nothing but dipping, depression, and irritability. My wife asked me why I was so mad and I said, "I don't really know!" I bought a new can of dip yesterday and felt back to normal, but I knew it wasn't normal. I felt guilty for not fighting and for caving. So today I got pissed off and decided to go bare knuckles with this thing. I know I'm in for a fight but I'm ready. I began dipping a few years ago after the death of my first wife, started with a couple of pinches a day and then needed more and more. I've decided to go cold turkey because the other way just strings it along too long. So here we go, time to embrace the suck for the greater good. These withdrawals take over your mind and bring the battle home. So, with that being said, here we go...
Hey SD - sent you a PM with some info. Check the upper-right hand corner of the page for a link that says "Inbox", you'll find it there.
Really glad to have you here, but let's get your head straight - don't quit for your wife. If you do, you'll come to resent her, because brother, this is NOT easy. It's rough, and it sucks, and it's painful. It always is, it seems, when something is worth doing.
"So today I got pissed off and decided to go bare knuckles with this thing..."
Now THAT, right there, is a great attitude! Quit for yourself. Quit for your health. Quit because nicotine has made you a slave, and you want to be a free man. Quit because you're not going to let a dead plant in a can control your mind. Quit because you're a selfish SOB and you want spend every last minute possible with your lovely lady on this earth, and quitting nicotine will make sure that you have many, many more days with her.
Now... get on over to the
September quit group, post roll, get plugged in so we can quit with you today!
Thanks brother! My wife was part of it but I also couldn't stand the thought of getting mouth or throats cancer. That stuff ain't worth it!
