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Quiting again-Hopefully for good
Topic Started: Apr 29 2016, 01:40 PM (1,391 Views)
Menace
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You did it proper man! Throwing that can now instead of waiting for the day that never comes. Now you have to fight like a MF'er for the first few days to get through the fog & the suck! (Its what we call the first 3-4 days here at KTC) Come here often, read the stories, hit up the chat room etc.....Drink lots of water, chew gum or seeds or fireballs helped me, anything but he weed! You have to have the attitude that this is life or death man, cuz it is! Post roll daily its the life blood of a solid quit! Welcome to the asylum!
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jsevans87
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Officially past the 24 hour mark. Even made it through the 8 hour shift at work in the patrol car and in the office without the nic. I thought about it a lot. I wanted a rip of the old "Skoal" quite often. Even yesterday I told my wife I had a few regrets about flushing the can but that I knew it's what had to be done. Today I was fortunate enough to work with another guy who doesn't chew or at least not often, though i have seen him do it on rare occasions. Unfortunately not every shift will be that easy and I'll have the torture of watching others indulge in the bad habit of chewing. I hope by the time that comes around I am well into my quit days. However, following the true and wise advice of this site and taking it one day at a time I'll tackle that issue when it arises. I've been using Smokey Mountain herbal snuff - non tobacco - to help aid me in these first hours of quit. It's kept me at bay, at least it has replaced the habit of sticking Skoal in my lip and spitting with a much healthier alternative. Now it's just waiting out the effects of withdrawal from the nicotine. Looking forward to the next 24 hours of quit.

Keep on quitting on fellow quitters! As always thanks for your support and stories of success. I used them often throughout my day checking this site often when I had the urge to want to dip!
"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other."
"You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today."
"My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure."
"Determine that the thing can and shall be done and then... find the way."
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"If you aren't going all the way, why go at all?" - Joe Namath
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jsevans87
Apr 30 2016, 04:04 PM
Officially past the 24 hour mark. Even made it through the 8 hour shift at work in the patrol car and in the office without the nic. I thought about it a lot. I wanted a rip of the old "Skoal" quite often. Even yesterday I told my wife I had a few regrets about flushing the can but that I knew it's what had to be done. Today I was fortunate enough to work with another guy who doesn't chew or at least not often, though i have seen him do it on rare occasions. Unfortunately not every shift will be that easy and I'll have the torture of watching others indulge in the bad habit of chewing. I hope by the time that comes around I am well into my quit days. However, following the true and wise advice of this site and taking it one day at a time I'll tackle that issue when it arises. I've been using Smokey Mountain herbal snuff - non tobacco - to help aid me in these first hours of quit. It's kept me at bay, at least it has replaced the habit of sticking Skoal in my lip and spitting with a much healthier alternative. Now it's just waiting out the effects of withdrawal from the nicotine. Looking forward to the next 24 hours of quit.

Keep on quitting on fellow quitters! As always thanks for your support and stories of success. I used them often throughout my day checking this site often when I had the urge to want to dip!
Justin, this is great start man. One win at a time, 24 hours at a time. You post roll and be a man of your word for 24 hours and you got this licked. A couple things for your post above you may want to address. Chewing is not a bad habit, even for those that don't share our addiction yet. Is huffing paint a bad habit or is slowly killing yourself? For those of us that are addicted it will never be anything other than that, an addiction. It's not curable and you can't have just one even if you get it a different way whether it's patches, smoking, cigars, vaping. Once you realize that the game will change. For me, it made me hate nicotine in all forms. Don't get me wrong, it's still tempting and I still get the addict in me saying "go ahead, you are strong enough to have just one", but I know enough to realize it's a lie and that's just the addict trying to sell me back into slavery. Screw that. Once I had that mentality, it was much easier to deal with those around me satisfying their own addictions. Realizing that I control my quit and anyone else's actions have no bearing on it is pretty liberating. If you need anything we are all just a PM or a a text away. Quit on and I am proud to quit with you for today.
Edited by mattlock, Apr 30 2016, 04:54 PM.
Unlike quitting products, total adherence to a personal commitment to not violate the law of addiction provides a 100% guarantee of success. Although obedience may not always be easy, the law is clear, concise and simple - no nicotine today, not one puff, dip or chew!

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Weaning is the wrong thing to do. Throw the rat poison away and go post roll in the August group. Weaning just makes it easy to find an excuse for another dip.
If you are a third shifter drop me a PM with your digits and I will return mine. If you get a craving at 12:30 AM and think about sneaking out at break time and bolting down to the C-store to get a can I might be the only one awake that can tell you how stupid that decision would be.
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jsevans87
Apr 30 2016, 04:04 PM
Officially past the 24 hour mark. Even made it through the 8 hour shift at work in the patrol car and in the office without the nic. I thought about it a lot. I wanted a rip of the old "Skoal" quite often. Even yesterday I told my wife I had a few regrets about flushing the can but that I knew it's what had to be done. Today I was fortunate enough to work with another guy who doesn't chew or at least not often, though i have seen him do it on rare occasions. Unfortunately not every shift will be that easy and I'll have the torture of watching others indulge in the bad habit of chewing. I hope by the time that comes around I am well into my quit days. However, following the true and wise advice of this site and taking it one day at a time I'll tackle that issue when it arises. I've been using Smokey Mountain herbal snuff - non tobacco - to help aid me in these first hours of quit. It's kept me at bay, at least it has replaced the habit of sticking Skoal in my lip and spitting with a much healthier alternative. Now it's just waiting out the effects of withdrawal from the nicotine. Looking forward to the next 24 hours of quit.

Keep on quitting on fellow quitters! As always thanks for your support and stories of success. I used them often throughout my day checking this site often when I had the urge to want to dip!
I'm a 35 year addict and I've been quit for 239 days. If I can do this you can do this. Lean on your quit group and read everything that you can here. The suck takes a while to get through but one thing is for certain - you will never hear anyone say that they regret quitting.

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Moving on to day 5. Things seem to be getting easier. I've passed several test that I knew I would be facing eventually during my quit. For example, on Monday May 2, 2016 I was offered a chew by a co-worker. Not only did he just offer me a chew he placed the can down on my work desk, opened it up, and asked me if I wanted one. I admittedly did say "yes" but followed through with "but I don't need one". He then picked the can up and placed it right under my nose, Coppenhagen Mint, and admittedly it smelled good and admittedly I did think of having one but luckily for me I had already made my promise on here for that day and I am happy to say I kept it. I have followed a lot of the advice on here, drinking lots of water, exercising, and finding ways to avoid my triggers as much as possible. Even doing those things I still found that I had the occasional headaches, a lack of motivation at work, and seemed to be somewhat depressed during my time awake. Anyways I am happy to be at the 5 day mark. It's a small victory but one I am generally proud of. It's 5 days away from all the following chemicals found in snuff.

(• Polonium 210 (nuclear waste)
• N-Nitrosamines (cancer-causing)
• Formaldehyde (embalming fluid)
• Nicotine (addictive drug)
• Cadmium (used in batteries and nuclear reactor shields)
• Cyanide (poisonous compound)
• Arsenic (poinsonous metallic element)
• Benzene (used in insecticides and motor fuels)
• Lead (nerve poison)

Which means that's 5 less days my body has had to deal with that junk. Which means I am 5 days healthier then I had been. LOL. I cannot thank you guys enough for the support you have given me this far. Keep on quitting on!
"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other."
"You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today."
"My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure."
"Determine that the thing can and shall be done and then... find the way."
- Abe Lincoln


"If you aren't going all the way, why go at all?" - Joe Namath
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Nice work, what a great head start for your original "quit date"! Friends are the toughest part, I've got a couple that I ve been to hell and back with and it is tough when they put that can of Cope in front of you. I've learned to tell them, I know myself well enough to know I cant have just one dip, or even one can.
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Hey JSevans - You realize that today was your original planned quit date right? Instead you are now 6 days into your quit!!!! That is Bad Ass! Now make sure you have a plan for the weekend, stay away from tempting situations and go easy on the alcohol. If you need anything I'm just a PM away.
Edited by mattlock, May 6 2016, 04:36 PM.
Unlike quitting products, total adherence to a personal commitment to not violate the law of addiction provides a 100% guarantee of success. Although obedience may not always be easy, the law is clear, concise and simple - no nicotine today, not one puff, dip or chew!

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