22 years and it ends today!

[ranger520]

its nothing to be a shame of.My wife calls me a bitch and a dick since I quit.So all I tell her this dick is hooking up the boat and is going fishing.....

[ParadigmDawg]

What's up Sig? (I call you Sig based on the assumption that you are the Captain of the NorthWestern...lol...)

If you read through the other intro's you may see some of my same words on them but they always hold true so I will just repeat them...

You are in for one nasty fight but you have the tools here to make it.

Read everything on here, post roll call each morning and don't dip. Wow....that sounds so easy, doesn't it?

Go load yourself up with gum, mints, fake chew, seeds and beef jerky. Also get some member phone numbers right now, they will help you through the rough parts.

Next, exercise to exhaustion every single day and drink so much water that you feel like you may bust. Both of these will help. I am a cycling freak so during the first several weeks I lived on my bike and stayed overtrained. Surprisingly, you feel about the same when you are overtrained as you do during the fog so somehow, it made it better.

Unfortunately, I traded dipping for food and have gained 12 lbs. This seems to be a common issue and at first I didn't worry about it as I know how to diet and how to train. Well, it turns out that I can't mentally handle this quit along with a strong diet so I just pulled the plug on the rest of race season. I was really bummed about this at first but I have accepted it as something I needed to do in order to put my quit first. Hell, I will likely have more fun on my bike now that I am just doing it for kicks.

Make sure your wife reads about what you are going through. 99% chance that you are going to be a short fussed dick for the next 3-4 weeks. Try not to take it out on her and the kids. Get on here and take it out on us, we will be fine.

My temper has been my worst ordeal through this and here I am on day 60 and it's still bad. I am trying to work my way through that part one day at a time too.

I quit with you.

Greg

[Bean]

Great choice, Evil!!! I agree with Cali...click on the Welcome Center link above and start reading. Read "What to Expect" and other stuff. Also, learn how and why to post roll...then do it.

As far as dealing with anger...exercise seemed to help. Also, try to manage your mindset. See the anger for what it is...a withdrawal symptom. The learn to embrace the all of the withdrawal symptoms. They are the feeling of healing, brother!

Quitting is a privilege reserved to those who have the guts to do it. Think of it this way...you GET to feel this crappy because you had the guts to DECIDE to be free.

You have been getting a steady dose of addictive poison for many years. It is going to take time to get past the early withdrawals. But it can be done. Look at all the other bad-ass quitter who are posting roll...not just your group, but all those months and years. ALL of them have been right where YOU are right now. And every one of those bad-asses are making a promise to you to not use nicotine each and every damn day. Pretty cool, huh?

So anger? How about euphoria!!! Tell folks that you're touchy because you quit. When you tell folks the cause, you will realize how silly you sound. Then all you have to do is learn to laugh at your dumb-ass for making the same mistakes that all of us dumb-asses did.

[CaliforniaSlim]

I started chewing when I was 15, working on a fishing boat and staying up 18-20 hours a day. I do not even remember why I guess it just gave me something to do. At one point, I was chewing 3-4 cans a day. Up until this morning, I was about a 2 can a day average. I actually sat down and did the math yesterday and $60,000 later realized “I’m a frigen Idiot”. So here we go today is a new day and it starts over now!

I have tried to quit before when I was working in Canada for 6 months and did really well. I do have to admit it was mostly because Copenhagen was around $20 a can! Nevertheless, it worked for me. Working away from home to support my family was not worth wasting the money. After I came home, I started up again.

One question I have is how do you guys deal with the anger and irritability. From experiences, I know that I get quite angry when I quit and take it out on my family (not intentionally). It seems the more they ask me what is wrong the worse it makes it. I am normally a very quiet person and easy going. I never get mad or yell at anyone. I wish I could just go away and quit on my own to keep my family from having to deal with me but I think that was the problem last time.

Great choices quitting and coming here. First of all, read the pink welcome center button up above and over to the left a bit.
Learn how to, and why we post roll here, then go post day 1 in the Dec quit group.

We quit one day at a time here. ODAAT. So, there is no reason to get hung up on the anger stuff that may have come when you stopped in the past (now, you are quit, then, you just stopped for a while) When and if it comes, get on this site and take it out on us. We have all been there, and understand. Exersize helps and accept that it is just part of the path to being quit.

Now, go post roll, promising that you are quit for today.

[EvilFish]

I started chewing when I was 15, working on a fishing boat and staying up 18-20 hours a day. I do not even remember why I guess it just gave me something to do. At one point, I was chewing 3-4 cans a day. Up until this morning, I was about a 2 can a day average. I actually sat down and did the math yesterday and $60,000 later realized “I’m a frigen Idiot”. So here we go today is a new day and it starts over now!

I have tried to quit before when I was working in Canada for 6 months and did really well. I do have to admit it was mostly because Copenhagen was around $20 a can! Nevertheless, it worked for me. Working away from home to support my family was not worth wasting the money. After I came home, I started up again.

One question I have is how do you guys deal with the anger and irritability. From experiences, I know that I get quite angry when I quit and take it out on my family (not intentionally). It seems the more they ask me what is wrong the worse it makes it. I am normally a very quiet person and easy going. I never get mad or yell at anyone. I wish I could just go away and quit on my own to keep my family from having to deal with me but I think that was the problem last time.