I'm ccwittk2 and I have been chewing Skoal for 15 years. I started in college and it snowballed from there. Last month before I made the decision that I was going to quit, I was chewing 2 can a day.
I made the decision to quit, because I'm scared. I have two daughters under the age of 3, and I'm scared that I won't be around for the special moments in their lives if I continue to chew. I want to be there for them, so I choose them over tobacco.
As I write this, I've survived 24 hrs without a chew. Hard candy and the herbal snuff has helped alleviate the habit of chewing, but I'm feeling the cravings right now. My arms and body feel "tingley", I'm definitely on edge (as my wife could attest), and I feel like I'm in a little bit of a fog. Honestly, I'm anxious to go to bed and sleep.