Hey everyone. I was recommended to this site by someone I know that used it to quit several years ago.
41 years old, took my first dip at 14 and was regular since about 16. Gutted it early on since I didn't want to be caught in school and just kept it up at work so people wouldn't know there either. Quit nicotine from Dec 2010- July 2012 and decided I could have "1 cigarette". Got back to dip pretty quick after the wife started smelling it enough where I couldn't blame a friend, lol. Had my last chew Xmas morning, through the 3 days of hell, but now dealing with the brain fog.
Anyway, "quit" a handful of other times over the years for shorter periods of weeks - couple months, but just want to be done with it. #1 for health, but #2 it's expensive as F*$@ as I always buy other stuff when I'm in the gas station to pick up my can of Grizzly. I started using a budgeting software a couple years ago and know what I spend when I go into the gas station......It is far from a trivial amount of $$$.
I have a few peripheral friends that chew, but have a few really close friends that still smoke, which will be the hardest part for me. That's why I quit over the holidays. Took PTO so I wouldn't have to be at work during the initial withdrawals and knew I would only be with family over the holidays.