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re: Quitting smokeless tobacco
Posted on 3/24/14 at 2:27 pm to DonChowder
Posted on 3/24/14 at 2:27 pm to DonChowder
I quit for a solid year and decided I could dip once in awhile and not get hooked again. Boy was I wrong. The way iw as able to quit was to stay busy as long as I was awake. Once you make it past the first 7 days there is no longer a physical addication and it is all mental. I found that as soon as I allowed myself to grow bored that was it. I plan to stop again very soon.
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Posted on 3/24/14 at 3:53 pm to DanTiger
I quit for 4 days this year, then right back to it. I think it is harder to quit than smoking. I used to smoke, then started dipping during my time in the military. 4 days is the longest I have ever quit. Good luck to all of you trying to quit. 
Posted on 3/24/14 at 3:56 pm to MisterSenator
You have to WANT to quit. If you want it you can do it. I quit cold turkey 7 years ago. I was dipping a can a day for almost 20 years before that.
Good luck to you. I still get cravings after 7 years. But the thought of my kids possibly seeing me with a hole in my lip made me WANT to stop!
Good luck to you. I still get cravings after 7 years. But the thought of my kids possibly seeing me with a hole in my lip made me WANT to stop!
Posted on 3/24/14 at 4:31 pm to Shanesix
Be very careful with Chantix. The possible side effects are no joke. My brother had seriously messed up dreams then started having panic attacks. It put him in the hospital for 2 days. Scared him straight though! lol
Posted on 3/24/14 at 4:41 pm to convertedtiger
sorry to hear that, thanks for the heads up
Posted on 3/24/14 at 5:17 pm to DanTiger
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I quit for a solid year and decided I could dip once in awhile and not get hooked again. Boy was I wrong.
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I plan to stop again very soon
Posted on 3/25/14 at 5:04 am to Richard Castle
Let's try this again
Posted on 3/25/14 at 5:22 am to MisterSenator
Really, there nothing to it. I've quit a thousand times.
Posted on 3/25/14 at 5:34 am to MisterSenator
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Anybody got any other helpful tips or tricks besides gum and seeds that help?
Can't tell you anything except exercise helped me kick the habit by not eating/drinking myself to death
Posted on 3/25/14 at 6:21 am to Shanesix
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You have to WANT to quit. If you want it you can do it
I made a point to quit when my uncle had half his bottom jaw removed, due to cancer. Kind of brings to light just how nasty of a habit and the side effects can be. Good luck
Posted on 3/25/14 at 6:42 am to MisterSenator
I quit at the beginning of the year and I don't think it's been all that hard honestly. Anytime you get a craving drop to the ground and crank out some pushups and you'll be good to go.
Posted on 3/25/14 at 9:33 am to MisterSenator
I smoked for about 10 years. At the beginning of this year I decided I was finally ready to quit. I went out and bought my last pack, smoked the whole thing in a few hours, woke up the next morning and haven't had another one yet.
I never tried the substitutes route
To me I always felt like I was addicted to the habit of smoking rather than the actual nicotine, if that makes sense. For instance, get in the car and its time to smoke. Bored at work, time to smoke. Drinking, time to smoke. The list goes on. Using substitutes would have done nothing to kick the bad habits and I'm sure eventually I would have replaced the substitutes with cigarettes again. It's all mental.
I never tried the substitutes route
To me I always felt like I was addicted to the habit of smoking rather than the actual nicotine, if that makes sense. For instance, get in the car and its time to smoke. Bored at work, time to smoke. Drinking, time to smoke. The list goes on. Using substitutes would have done nothing to kick the bad habits and I'm sure eventually I would have replaced the substitutes with cigarettes again. It's all mental.
Posted on 3/25/14 at 9:41 am to Propagandalf
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To me I always felt like I was addicted to the habit of smoking rather than the actual nicotine, if that makes sense. For instance, get in the car and its time to smoke. Bored at work, time to smoke. Drinking, time to smoke. The list goes on.
I agree. It was easier for me to quit dipping this last time cause my routine was changing a lot (went from working to full time school) so I just didn't include dipping in my new routine. It was tough for a couple weeks. It also helps that there's nobody around me in med school who dips and half the people judged the shite out if me for it.
I bought 2 cans this past winter break when I was hunting. Both times I chucked the can halfway through. After months away from it it made me feel sick. After I chucked the last can I don't even get cravings for it anymore.
One of the times I quit I replaced it with smoking when I drank. Don't do that. Terrible idea.
Posted on 3/25/14 at 10:32 am to reds on reds on reds
Chantix was the miracle drug for me. I had NO side effects at all. I have been quit smoking for almost 2 years now. You take it for a week while you smoke/dip then quit completely after the first week. I was ready to quit before the week was up cause I had noticed I didn't crave them at all anymore. I also got off the Chantix early cause I felt I didn't need it anymore. I used to think it would never be possible to kick that habit but the miracle drug made it possible for me. I know people have had bad side effects but I had none at all. JS I would take a chance with it if you really want to quit. It makes it soo easy.
Posted on 3/25/14 at 10:51 am to Phil0ndeeez
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I made a point to quit when my uncle had half his bottom jaw removed, due to cancer
Similar situation here with my grandfather. Mouth cancer that he beat but came back and spread to his esophagus. It was tough to see him live the last three months of his life with a feeding tube because he couldn't swallow anything.
Posted on 3/25/14 at 11:11 am to tight lines
Gum works the best, I can usually quit 2 or 3 times per week.
Posted on 3/26/14 at 12:39 am to DanTiger
I dipped Jr High through about age 20. Doc told me I had a polyp on my lip, so I switched to smoking.
Smoked lightly for many decades, but tapered off and went back lightly dipping (Cope fine cut) as indoor smoking was getting banned in more and more places.
Tried quitting both cold turkey several times...didn't work.
Finally quit for good about 5 yrs ago. Difference was this time that I have kept a pack of cigs in my desk drawer and a can of snuff in my vehicle so I see it every single day, and every single day I have to make a decision....I stare it in the face and tell it "frick you".
Smoked lightly for many decades, but tapered off and went back lightly dipping (Cope fine cut) as indoor smoking was getting banned in more and more places.
Tried quitting both cold turkey several times...didn't work.
Finally quit for good about 5 yrs ago. Difference was this time that I have kept a pack of cigs in my desk drawer and a can of snuff in my vehicle so I see it every single day, and every single day I have to make a decision....I stare it in the face and tell it "frick you".
Posted on 3/26/14 at 1:36 am to swanny297
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I am using chantix, as I dipped pretty heavy, I am not having any side effects though
You're fricking lucky. I've been smoking for ten years now so I tried chantix and ended up with extreme side effects like the vivid dreams. I would get so fricking mad I'd be ready to go stab a homeless baby.
Posted on 3/26/14 at 1:38 am to CoastieGM
update: Day five today. Was in Library on adderall studying for a test from 7AM- 7PM test time.
I definitely would have caved w/o that Smokey Mountain stuff... now i'm out, a few beers deep, and i'm fiending
I definitely would have caved w/o that Smokey Mountain stuff... now i'm out, a few beers deep, and i'm fiending
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