Coming out of the fog - Day 4

[hobo924]

IÂ’m out of the fog for now. Anxiety is a lot less. But damn it, my gums are aching. Not sore, but itÂ’s like they are beckoning/begging for me to put the dip in. I think this is what I meant about going outside, turning my head sideways, and start chewing on a thin tree.

I have the same sensation with my gums. It's almost like they're buzzing or something. Like you said, they aren't really sore just hyperactive or something like that. Weird but I'm glad to be quit and glad to be quit with you Irv.

[Thumblewort]

Everyone's quit is different my friend. I doubt I could have focused enough my first month quit on a diet, let alone deny myself anything at that point. Right now I am just being lazy on the diet, but that's just me!

[mirvin]

It is interesting, and I’m sure everyone is different, but does breaking several bad habits work better if you just buckle down and do them all at the same time? I know the diet is different, but I do love carbs. As for the sodas…. Well, I had learned, several years ago, that if my heart started “fluttering” here and there, I knew it was time to lay off the caffeine for a few days. Once the fluttering stopped, I could start drinking sodas again.

It’s just now, I have three things to pay attention to. Not just one. I have stood up at work to get a soda, then went, “crap!, only lunch”. Then I would reach down for the can of snuff….”crap, never again”… Guys want me to go to lunch today. “Nope, not till I’m more comfortable with my set up.” Plus, if I’m miserable, why not be completely miserable?

IÂ’m out of the fog for now. Anxiety is a lot less. But damn it, my gums are aching. Not sore, but itÂ’s like they are beckoning/begging for me to put the dip in. I think this is what I meant about going outside, turning my head sideways, and start chewing on a thin tree.

Ketosis is near heavy, heart has settled a lot, and I still haven’t dipped. Maybe this will be “my way”.

[OSAGE]

Still here, still haven't dipped. I'm not stepping down, not using replacement nicotine, not using substitute products. Other than a good sniff, I'm stone cold turkey. I have eaten a few more carbs than I should have, but all three changes are still going good. Headache, right now though. It will pass. Almost time to go to bed.

Nice day 5 friend.

Congrats you foggy bastard. I am real uncomfortable with that can lying around. I don't know your will power and addiction, but the drug is strong I didn't let myself have and out option until, wait, I still don't allow it. Peace brother, to each his own, and if you kill it with that poison rolling around in your truck, rock on.

I had a neighbor growing up that smoked Winston cigarettes. Smoked them one after another. One day he was coughing and spit out a black-blood loogie. He said "I'm done" and quit smoking. He left a half pack of smokes on his kitchen table for years. Again, not my ideal approach, but it worked. Keep quit.

Don't worry about carbs, eating to much or anything else as long as you keep that crap out of your mouth. I think I gained 10 pounds or so the first 70 to 100 days. The fog will lift soon and your quit foundation will get stronger every day (assuming you post roll every day and get involved). I promise you will feel so much better and can really enjoy all the things you thought you could not do without a dip in.

[Thumblewort]

Hi mirvin. Just some friendly advice, I wouldn't worry about the diet and the sodas right now. Put all of your energy into your nicotine quit every day, and soon enough you will be able carb starve again.

I too am on my 376th Atkins try as well, well, I will be once someone knocks the cookie out of my hand.....

[Drewdrew]

Still here, still haven't dipped. I'm not stepping down, not using replacement nicotine, not using substitute products. Other than a good sniff, I'm stone cold turkey. I have eaten a few more carbs than I should have, but all three changes are still going good. Headache, right now though. It will pass. Almost time to go to bed.

Nice day 5 friend.

Congrats you foggy bastard. I am real uncomfortable with that can lying around. I don't know your will power and addiction, but the drug is strong I didn't let myself have and out option until, wait, I still don't allow it. Peace brother, to each his own, and if you kill it with that poison rolling around in your truck, rock on.

I had a neighbor growing up that smoked Winston cigarettes. Smoked them one after another. One day he was coughing and spit out a black-blood loogie. He said "I'm done" and quit smoking. He left a half pack of smokes on his kitchen table for years. Again, not my ideal approach, but it worked. Keep quit.

[Scowick65]

Still here, still haven't dipped. I'm not stepping down, not using replacement nicotine, not using substitute products. Other than a good sniff, I'm stone cold turkey. I have eaten a few more carbs than I should have, but all three changes are still going good. Headache, right now though. It will pass. Almost time to go to bed.

Nice day 5 friend.

[mirvin]

Still here, still haven't dipped. I'm not stepping down, not using replacement nicotine, not using substitute products. Other than a good sniff, I'm stone cold turkey. I have eaten a few more carbs than I should have, but all three changes are still going good. Headache, right now though. It will pass. Almost time to go to bed.

[Scowick65]

Give big tobacco a big FU, before big tobacco fucks you big.

Things to do today.

1. Throw away all cans of cancer.
2. Post roll.
3. Read this site.

Pretty damn easy list. This list will change your life.

[Vinmoore83]

softball season was always a tough time for me.
dealing with anxiety and craves is very difficult but dealing with cancer I'm sure is much more difficult. in order to move forward with your quit you're going to have to flush the demon weed. you're not here by accident man none of us are
You can do it dude. the days of a little can filled with plants running your life is over

[redtrain14]

Give big tobacco a big FU, before big tobacco fucks you big.

[redtrain14]

There is no safety in a safety can.

[redtrain14]

I see you down there

Go trash your can please.

[redtrain14]

Ok....first things first.

Take that can and flush it down the toilet!!!!!

Yes....I am yelling at you.

Then come back and see us. We can't go any farther until you make that happen.

[mirvin]

I guess I need to do an introduction, but first, IÂ’m on day 4. Not that IÂ’m addicted or anything, but I could still go outside and chew on a standing tree just to make the desire go away. Started with wad tobacco at about 13, shifted to snuff at 15, been swallowing since 18 (so I could chew in class). Now IÂ’m almost 53 and decided for the second time to quit. I had quit for about 6 months after my daughter was born, but then, softball season hit. Come on, itÂ’s just wad tobacco, and itÂ’s only during the game. That was 23 years ago and been chewing since.

1.   Took my last dip out SundayNight/MondayMorning Jan. 4 2015 at midnight.
2.   Started my AtkinÂ’s diet for the 457th time.
3.   Slowed down my soft drink addiction.

Now I understand the “fog”. I do have a half can of Redseal I’ve been carrying around. Haven’t taken one dip out, but I have opened the lid just to smell it. Isn’t that sad? But, it keeps me going. At the one week mark, I will throw my “Linus’s blanket” away for good. I may tell my family I’ve stopped also. They know about the diet, but not the others.

I think I’ve made it over the hard part. The “chewing a tree” was more day-before-yesterday than it is today. I’m still jittery, but I’m able to focus on my work a lot better.
I’m glad I found this website. I googled “third day stopped chewing tobacco” and I landed on this site. It does help to read other people’s experiences. I don’t know why, but it does.

I donÂ’t blame the tobacco companies, I donÂ’t blame the advertisers, I donÂ’t blame my parents that smoked, I donÂ’t blame the guys that got me started, I donÂ’t even blame Walt Garrison. I knew full well what I was getting into. I blame myself.