Suck-It, I will Embrace the Suck

[Suck-It]

I posted my intro the other day but it sort of took off in a crazy direction with others. Not a bad thing, glad to start something up and see all the feed back even if it wasn't specific to me. All advice and info is helpful. But, kind of got way off track and want to use this as sort of a journal so I can go back and read the pains of the quit. That being said, today I read an intro from a vet and he talked about his friend Randy who is fighting for his life over oral cancer. Very sad and extremely scary. Not sure how anyone including myself can ever cave after reading that. Cancer is real, it can happen to anyone of us, and I only hope that quitting after 22+ years that I quit early enough. Stay Quit - it is a fight for life or death. Thanks for all the advice and support to this point from the vets and all my quit brothers in June. We will beat this together and earn our Freedom back. Rough day today with rage but not craving. Fighting off the short temper and dickhead attitude. Time for bed. Day 11 done - I win - looking forward to the fight tomorrow.

Go to Capt Kylos post to read about Randy. It will strengthen your quit, I promise.

[Bean]

Pmac hit the nail on the head. Quit spouting off about all the great stuff you're "about to do."

There are no short-cuts or easy ways out. Nobody can do this for you. It doesn't matter who your daddy is, or how much money you have. You have to earn your freedom one day at a time.

You know what to do. And you know how to do it. One easy step...quit putting that shit in you lip. I suspect the reason you don't quit is that you're scared. Scared of failing, scared of feeling like crap, scared of not being sure you can do it. Look, I'm here to tell you you can. You take the first step, then we're here for you the rest of the way. But you gotta decide to do it...and do it now.

No pills, no patches, no bullshit, no excuses....just pure 100% white-knuckle, constipated, no sleeping, head aching quitting going on here. And it is WONDERFUL!!! It's freedom. And we're earning it one day at a time.

You're still finger-fucking the Nic Bitch. I wish I were welcoming another bad-ass quitter. But I'm not...yet. Come back when you're serious.

[PMac]

Your are right this is a cold turkey site!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will get there soon as I have a plan. Thirty seven years is a long time and a cold  turkey would be instant death.

I will never buy another can, but will throttle back for 30 days and t hen drop the patch.

Thanks for brining me back to reality.

Skunce

Sorry to have to call it like it is...

BULLSHIT.

I was in it for 26 years. The last several years at 3 cans per day. Go find my intro thread and read about the shit I did to keep on. 37 years isn't any different than 26 years.

This is nicotine. Not heroine. You won't die from withdrawal. It may suck. You may feel some temporary side effects from quitting that aren't pleasant, but you will not die from it. The patch is just delaying what you have to do to get quit which is let the nicotine get flushed out of your system.

YOU ARE NOT ADDICTED TO DIP ITSELF...YOU ARE ADDICTED TO NICOTINE.

If you are serious about quitting, take the patch off, go and find whatever cans of dip you can find and flush them, and post roll. Honor your word. Repeat the next day.

If you aren't serious about quitting, or if you think that you have a better way with a patch, then move along because this honestly isn't the place for you.

[jonathanrivers]

Your are right this is a cold turkey site!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will get there soon as I have a plan. Thirty seven years is a long time and a cold turkey would be instant death.

I will never buy another can, but will throttle back for 30 days and t hen drop the patch.

Thanks for brining me back to reality.

Skunce

If you're serious, you'll take that patch off right now and throw the remaining ones in the garbage.

You're not helping your problem, you're only treating a symptom by taking the dip out. The nicotine is still there - which is what you are a slave to.

[Grizzly25]

Your are right this is a cold turkey site!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will get there soon as I have a plan. Thirty seven years is a long time and a cold turkey would be instant death.

I will never buy another can, but will throttle back for 30 days and t hen drop the patch.

Thanks for brining me back to reality.

Skunce

I understand the throttle back and why, just when you do unpatch or drop the gum do it with conviction and stay the course! It will be tough but the tougher it is the more satisfying the quit!

Read on this site as there is a ton of good useful information and when you quit be quit not stopped!

[miles]

Your are right this is a cold turkey site!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will get there soon as I have a plan. Thirty seven years is a long time and a cold turkey would be instant death.

I will never buy another can, but will throttle back for 30 days and t hen drop the patch.

Thanks for brining me back to reality.

Skunce

Tomorrow never comes...don't put off quitting tomorrow what you can quit today.....live for today

Hyperbole aside, you should quit today.

[skunce]

Your are right this is a cold turkey site!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will get there soon as I have a plan. Thirty seven years is a long time and a cold turkey would be instant death.

I will never buy another can, but will throttle back for 30 days and t hen drop the patch.

Thanks for brining me back to reality.

Skunce

[miles]

Yeah, same question why did I let it hook me for 37 years!

My reactions so far have been joy and guilt for being a dumb ass.

I am sure a real rage will come, but right now I pretty humble.

Skunce

Skunce,

Have you posted roll yet?

Go here.. index.php?showtopic=6044

You will be in the June 2012 group.

Check out the Welcome Center links as well... index.php?showforum=13

[skunce]

Yeah, same question why did I let it hook me for 37 years!

My reactions so far have been joy and guilt for being a dumb ass.

I am sure a real rage will come, but right now I pretty humble.

Skunce

[T-Cell]

I am on my third day of not buying any tobacco products. After 37 years of dipping it is time to quit.

I started each day with one Nico gum and then put on the patch - worked, slept and then did it over again.

Also using gum and sunflowerseeds.

Two weeks out when I have five days off in a row then I go cold turkey.

Skunce

Dude-
This is a no nic site. No nic gum, patch, whatever.
It is good you have a quit plan, but don't pretend you are nic-free already when you are still getting dosed. This site supports cold turkey only for active members.
I hope you enact your plan soon, and join the rest of the actual quitters on this site.

[zam]

2 1/2 hours after posting "I Feel Great," I hit a major rage.  Not a crave - no crave at all but a major dickhead rage.  Sucks how it can sneak in and turn me into a complete asshole.  Tonight it was over a 2 dollar redbox return.  2 fucking dollars.  Well, truth be told it was a nicotine rage and I owe my wife a big apology.  Fuckin Copenhagen!!!  Why did I ever get hooked on that shit????

I hear you, man. I raged like a freakin madman the first week of my quit. Then some vet told me to be sure and take out any nic-rage online instead of in-home. So I've been raging online every since.. Lately I have been basically having to make shit up to rage about, but its part of the plan. Most people in May2012 probably think I'm a Lunatic asshole, but its working for me and I'm still quit! My family and I thank May2012 for absorbing the rage. Your quit group can handle the rage, so I suggest giving them your best rage, and sparing those innocent soles around you.

And by the way, a fella can be expected to lose it over anything involving Red Box, wives and late fees. Right?

[Suck-It]

2 1/2 hours after posting "I Feel Great," I hit a major rage. Not a crave - no crave at all but a major dickhead rage. Sucks how it can sneak in and turn me into a complete asshole. Tonight it was over a 2 dollar redbox return. 2 fucking dollars. Well, truth be told it was a nicotine rage and I owe my wife a big apology. Fuckin Copenhagen!!! Why did I ever get hooked on that shit????

[skunce]

I am on my third day of not buying any tobacco products. After 37 years of dipping it is time to quit.

I started each day with one Nico gum and then put on the patch - worked, slept and then did it over again.

Also using gum and sunflowerseeds.

Two weeks out when I have five days off in a row then I go cold turkey.

Skunce

[Suck-It]

Alright - 10 days in and feeling GREAT!!! I've been reading all the intros and felt like it was time to throw one out there - also to serve as a journal to refer back to when shit gets tough. I am like most on here - 22+ years of Copenhagen/can a day. If I wasn't eating or sleeping I was chewing. Did not have to hide it at home and the kids are now getting to the age that they are asking about it. I have 4 oldest is a girl 7, twins (boy and girl) 5, and 2 year old boy. Pretty crazy around my house. Work is a challenge, bunch of guys I work with chew. Great guys and they respect that I am QUIT but nonetheless, I still have to see it all day long. So far I have battled through because the one thing I have is my word and it is Gold. I am done, strong in this quit, and tired of the shit - tired of trying to quit and then failing so many previous times. First week sucked, but has been getting better. Sleeping better now, no more head aches, and the rage is calming. Had a few moments early where I was close to ripping some heads off. Anyways, this is my quick intro - I love the accountability here, it has truly kept me quit through the early days. Looking forward to getting through the funk and getting to know my quit brothers. We will do this. Stay Quit!!!