QUITTING

[Strength]

Thanks for the responses guys! Time is scarce for me right now so i havent read the welcome center yet but i will. I just deployed to Japan a few days ago so im busy trying to get situated. Day 2 without a dip. Chewing seeds like a mad man. Thank you all for the motivation!

[Bean]

Strength,

Congrats on taking the first step...let us help you with the rest. You can't change the past, but the good news is you don't have to. All you have to do is post roll everyday, keep your word all day, and repeat. That's all there is to it. You can be the person you want to be IF you want it bad enough and are willing to commit to making it happen.

Don't think about tomorrow, next month or next year. We'll worry about that shit when it is here. All you need to do is focus on right now...this five minutes. Nothing else matters. Decide for yourself that no matter what happens, you will not dip or drink...then keep your word.

Everybody on this site has, or is, going through what your feeling. So read all you can and get active on this site. You can do it, brother!!!

[Wild_Bill]

Strength,
There are other folks here battling several demons. Yours truly included. My two cents would be get the dip behind you for a few weeks, perhaps months. Try to temper the drink. Don't drink and drive. One day at a time.

My personal plan is to get really fucking good at one quit before I start taking on another.

Be safe, be smart.

Glad to quit with you today.

whsii
Day 17

[Lock10]

Welcome to the grind Strength. You've made some good decisions! There is no need to be a slave to nicotine or booze. To much other stuff in the world to keep you happy. We just got to find it together. Plenty of support here to help. Now lets see you live up to your name. PM if you need anything.

[8up]

Welcome Strength. These guys will try to help you. Some will even yell at you. I got most of that over up front lol. Make sure you post roll and spend more time on here and away from the normal haunts where alcohol and dip hunt you down.

[TLeah64]

Welcome Strength!

This site is great if you are serious about making a committment to yourself and to us everyday to not use nicotine. All we ask is that you post roll every morning, making a promise that you will not use nicotine for that one day. We don't look at forever, just one day at a time, sometime hour by hour or minute by minute. What ever it takes to get through the day. All we have here is our honor and our word to a ton of people that have walked down the same road and are fighting the same fight. But we are all here to help and support each other. We do get very offended and upset if people don't take their quit seriously. We work hard to say quit and we expect you to do the same.

First thing you need to do is read everything you can on this site. Go to the welcome center and it will tell you everything you need to know about posting roll and stuff.

Then you need to get active in the site, get to know people. Get phone numbers so you can have people to call or text when the going gets tough, and it will get tough. You need all the numbers you can get, of veterans and newbies in your quit group. Then you watch out for each other. Watch each others backs and hold each other accountable.

Remember, dipping and drinking is a choice, you either choose to do it or you don't. The road is tough and I know I never want to go through that first week of quitting ever again. I'm on day 64 being nicotine free after 30 yrs of using. I know I will never put the shit in my mouth again. I am an nicotine addict, one dip and I will be hooked so I will stay clean one day at a time.

If you want my number private message me and I'll give it too you. I will be more than happy to support you and hold you accountable.

Now, get the crap out of you mouth and lets do this!!

Toni

[Strength]

Hello everyone. I am brand new to this site. Have been dipping for a few years now. I am not sure exactly how long but i think i started around 23. I am now 27 years old Forgetting when i started maybe was a defense mechanism i created for my conscience. Dipping was a replacement for smoking which i began at about 18. I have dipped a can a day consistently throughout this time. Dip and alcohol. They pretty much run my life. I know it is horrible for me and i must stop. Alcohol is my other demon. I drink at LEAST 5-6 nights a week and consume at LEAST a pint of vodka. Some nights i drink a litre or more. I am sorry to get off topic with alcohol but it ties in with my dipping. With alcohol...comes dip cravings. I suppose i started drinking as many others...because it was sociable and actually fun at first. I still have fun when i drink...but it doesnt last long. Once a couple hours go by i start to feel like shit. I feel very guilty and end up eating/dipping everything in sight. I am still in relatively good shape because i force myself to go to the gym throughout my miserable hangover. I used to be a weekend warrior as most 20somethings are. However it has spun out of control. I need drink for every social situation. It enables me to be free and speak my mind. Cant remember the last time i went to a party sober. I know if i was to quit these 2 demons...i would be much better off physically and mentally. I have gone maybe 2 days of not drinking but always fall off the wagon again. I always feel 10 times better waking up without a hangover. I must change my life. I want to be happy! This site has some great inspiration and motivational words on it and ill be checking back frequently. Just wanted to say hello to everyone and introduce myself.