re: Day 3 - Dip Free

10 years and 50 lbs later, I'm still here.
If they proved to me that it doesn't cause "anything", I'd be looking for a deal on Red Seal and plastic cups.

But, it does cause "stuff".
I quit, you can too..

Eta:, not directed to you brass, but op, whoever it was.

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You will still have moments when you want to dip especially doing outdoor activities.

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I still get a dip doing outdoor stuff although I rarely get one elsewhere if at all. I never was that much of an addict that I needed to have a dip every waking minute of the day. I think I can get about 2 or 3 weeks out of one can of snuff so I think I am good.

Goodluck OP on fighting the urge to start back up.

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I dipped for 15 years and got up to a can and a half of Cope everyday for the last 5 years. I had leukoplakia that the Doc thought was cancerous and had a biposy, was put on Wellbutrin and other medications to help me quit and I never did. Nothing worked period.

10 years ago, I looked at my wife before bed and said this is my last dip and I am quitting. I discarded the empty can (I used to dig in the trash after previous quitting attempts to find half full cans). I went to bed that night with my gums feeling like old wilted pieces of leather and my wife doubting me once again.

I stuck to it, had the jimmy legs every night for three nights and acted like a little slap happy teenage bitch. Not sure what made me do it after so many failed attempts that included a cancer scare and prescription meds, but I did it and I am so happy I am free of that massive addiction. I go hunting and fishing with friends who dip and do not even miss it.
Good luck OP, if you want it then you will do it.

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I hate reading stuff like this. Scares the crap out of me.

I dipped Cope for a long time, and switched to Grizzly snuff a few years ago. Been going at roughly 1/2 can a day since I was in high school. Pushing 15 years now. I hate it, but I love it at the same time. Made it quitting for 2 months before, and then my dad had a heart attack and I stayed with him for about a month and a half before the stress of the situation influenced me to start back. I want to want to quit. But like many others have said, it has become an association with almost EVERYTHING I do. Driving, reading, hunting, golfing, tinkering, mowing, etc. It frickin sucks, and I wish I had never started

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it took my a couple weeks and me putting on ten pounds to quit.

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That's the thing I fear most. I maintained 225 lbs from HS, was in excellent (football) shape entering boot camp, lost 15 lbs in 8 weeks of basic. A.I.T and lots of beer hall quickly put the 15 back on.

I retired in 2000 and have blown up to 258. Now I have to stop dipping and risk 258 +. I just don't feel like dieting and exercising to keep it off.

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I said in my post and I would also put smaller dips in the back and sit in board meetings with a dip in and no one could tell

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+1


I'll quit eventually. (Doesn't everyone say that?)