Its now day 19

[AshleyLynn]

After years of everyone telling me I needed to quit and promising my wife that when we had kids I would....I finally threw the last can in the trash 19 days ago. I'm 42 and been dipping since about as long as I can remember. Probably daily for the last 25 years. I really felt guilty about it after seeing my daughter who is now 5, doing what Daddy does by spitting in the trash can and then getting her own spit bottle. As many of you have probably done, I kept promising myself and others that I would do it, but that day never came until a few weeks ago. I looked in my mouth and saw the receding gums and the big white stretch marks and said to myself how bad that looks and this shit needs to stop.

It hasnt been nearly as bad as some people have it. The cravings at night are the worst, but I just plow through. Hard candy, beef jerky, and coffee have been the saviors so far. I find the cravings and/or thoughts of needing a dip decrease more each day. I often find myself reaching in my pocket without even thinking about it to get a dip and just have to laugh at myself.

The only thing that is really bothering me so far is that the tip of my tongue has a feeling like it is numb or like I burned it on hot food and sometimes it feels like I cant talk right. Nothing visible is wrong, so I hope it is just my tongue healing itself from being bathed in skoal juice every day for umpteen years.

I am glad I found this site as it has given me alot of knowledge and drive to keep up the fight.

Welcome Veezer! We are Samurai Strong and one hell of a group to be accountable to! Post every day and get some numbers. I'll pm you mine. We are glad to have you be a part of our group. :)

[EOD 1]

Welcome veezer. I have added you to our roll. Please click on the highest page number and scoll to the bottom and you will find the last posting. The oldest post will be on page one. (I know it confusing). You will be a pro in no time. Welcome again and go to our group and look at the top of the page and you will find your inbox. Click on that to get your messages. I'll see you in the groups room.

[DWEIRICK]

veezer,

I sent you a PM with my contact info welcome to September. It's an honor to add another to our team!!!

[invader]

After years of everyone telling me I needed to quit and promising my wife that when we had kids I would....I finally threw the last can in the trash 19 days ago. I'm 42 and been dipping since about as long as I can remember. Probably daily for the last 25 years. I really felt guilty about it after seeing my daughter who is now 5, doing what Daddy does by spitting in the trash can and then getting her own spit bottle. As many of you have probably done, I kept promising myself and others that I would do it, but that day never came until a few weeks ago. I looked in my mouth and saw the receding gums and the big white stretch marks and said to myself how bad that looks and this shit needs to stop.

It hasnt been nearly as bad as some people have it. The cravings at night are the worst, but I just plow through. Hard candy, beef jerky, and coffee have been the saviors so far. I find the cravings and/or thoughts of needing a dip decrease more each day. I often find myself reaching in my pocket without even thinking about it to get a dip and just have to laugh at myself.

The only thing that is really bothering me so far is that the tip of my tongue has a feeling like it is numb or like I burned it on hot food and sometimes it feels like I cant talk right. Nothing visible is wrong, so I hope it is just my tongue healing itself from being bathed in skoal juice every day for umpteen years.

I am glad I found this site as it has given me alot of knowledge and drive to keep up the fight.

Hey man! Welcome aboard! I can relate to the shitty looking gums. Fortunately, once you get irritants out of there and allow it to heal, it should heal right up. Mine did, it just takes some time. Any way, I'm glad you decided to come here and get involved. The group you're in is full of people dedicated to quitting, so you'll find a lot of support there. I'm also glad you decided to post roll, but just make sure you grab the most recent one when you do! It's okay if you mess up a little bit, it takes some getting used to at first.

Quit on!

[veezer]

After years of everyone telling me I needed to quit and promising my wife that when we had kids I would....I finally threw the last can in the trash 19 days ago. I'm 42 and been dipping since about as long as I can remember. Probably daily for the last 25 years. I really felt guilty about it after seeing my daughter who is now 5, doing what Daddy does by spitting in the trash can and then getting her own spit bottle. As many of you have probably done, I kept promising myself and others that I would do it, but that day never came until a few weeks ago. I looked in my mouth and saw the receding gums and the big white stretch marks and said to myself how bad that looks and this shit needs to stop.

It hasnt been nearly as bad as some people have it. The cravings at night are the worst, but I just plow through. Hard candy, beef jerky, and coffee have been the saviors so far. I find the cravings and/or thoughts of needing a dip decrease more each day. I often find myself reaching in my pocket without even thinking about it to get a dip and just have to laugh at myself.

The only thing that is really bothering me so far is that the tip of my tongue has a feeling like it is numb or like I burned it on hot food and sometimes it feels like I cant talk right. Nothing visible is wrong, so I hope it is just my tongue healing itself from being bathed in skoal juice every day for umpteen years.

I am glad I found this site as it has given me alot of knowledge and drive to keep up the fight.