Hello Everyone. My Name is Ben, I have been rubbing snuff for over 17 years now, I started out with Skoal wintergreen then eventually lead to Copenhagen. I reached a point to where I was at 2 cans a day. I have gotten myself down to about a can lasts me about a day or day n half. I would really like any tips from anyone on how they quit rubbing.
Now, I have tried countless times to quit, I wanna quit, I wanna quit for my wife and kids and for myself. I have tried the patches and the gum and with no luck what so ever, with the patches I got to the point where I tried wearing 4 of them at once, WIth the Gum I was chewing 3n 4 pieces and chomping on it like I was Mike Dikta. Neither one of them worked, I onced worked myself backwards and the longest I ever gone was 4 days, yeah 4 days, But by that point I was so mean so irritable and had a horrible headache, that my wife is the one that told to go buy a can, I was that bad.
its obvious the nicotine has me, to me I think its also that oral habit, I have to have a rub, always when im driving, when Im mowing the grass, after a meal or when I have to use the restroom. its involuntary, I can fall asleep with a rub in and wake up to no mess, I want to quit, everytime I try and get to a day or 2, somehitng happens, Get stressed out at work, or something, I honestly think that copenhagen has saved alot of lives, many times I have wanted to hurt someone and when I put a rub in, it relaxs me.
To me, smokeless tobacco is the most addictive thing in the world, I have never had problem with anything else, I have quit and do not drink anymore, back in college i did drugs, but had no problem walking away and quitting pot and cocaine. But these cans of copenhagen draw me in like a tractor beam and I cant help it. at one point in the past, I was able to put a rub in my top lip, because my bottom was so sore, those days are gone since I have slowed down, but I feel I have been lucky so far, I want to see my kids grow, I wanna walk my daughter down the isle. but I dont know how to quit, as of now my only goal is continue to slow down, Im trying to make a can last 2 days now, and then Ill go for 3 days. I know I have rambled on here and I am sorry your poor eyes have read this jumble, but I dont know how else to explain myself, dont know how to quit.
Thanks
