Dip Free

[Dodge_Ram_Hemi]

I am dip free for 58 days. qs.org (Quit Smokeless Organization) helped me out with my adiction to chew. This is not an advertisement for them, just a note to help anyone who chews rather than smokes...like there is only one nicotine delivery system out there.

[historyteach]

Dodge,
The nicotine forum is for anyone who wants to quit any form of nicotine use.
It's true that smoking is a majority.
That does not preclude chew, however.

So, WELCOME to the nicotine forum of SR!!!

Tell us a bit about yourself....

And remember to keep the quit and post before you chew!!! :rof

Shalom!

[Sir Marty]

I've chewed for about 7 year and now I'm 1 month without. Unfortunately, I just started smoking due to quitting drinking 7 days ago. One cigarette can give me an hour of peace not thinking about booze.

[historyteach]

Sir Marty;

It seems you are exchanging one addiction for another.
Believe me, you do not want to get addicted to smoking! It's expensive; it stinks; it rots your teeth; and it kills you and your loved ones.

How about trying a positive addiction? Like exercise? A musical instrument? Gardening? Cooking? Learning a language? There's so many positive things to pick up that will fill your time, and fill your mind so you won't think about booze. Try one of them. They won't hurt you, and will actually enhance your life.

Wishing you the best in overcoming your addictions.

Shalom!

[whtrash]

intresting thread i been dipping 15 years quit twice had no reason to start back.trying to get the pills behind me right now.tobacco you are next! -wht-

[msh58]

i've been chewing tobacco for 20 years. Last 8 years i've been the equivalant of 4 or 5 tins a day, ever since i lost my mind. My mind is back now. i really want to quit it. I've tried nicotine gum and patches, i cheated on both daily. Cold turkey is the route i'm going for tomorrow. I just can't and haven't been able to afford it anymore.

[historyteach]

Best of luck to you, msh.
Continue to come here for support. Being accountable is very helpful in your quit.

Shalom!

[tonys76]

congrats on your progress Dodge!

and Sir Marty, I'd say try to drop the cigs as soon as you can, definately not good for you. They make you feel horrible.

[Astro]

To all of you who are trying to quit- I started drinking and chewing right around the same time, 14 years of age, and kept up both addictions for 27 years. I quit the chew cold turkey a few months before I stopped drinking. I still put away plenty of sunflower seeds, but I've also learned that the 12 Steps can be applied to tobacco too. Best thing I've ever done, on both accounts!

[msh58]

i couldn't do it today.

Really was hoping for a non april fools day quit date, but i'll be going for it tomorrow anyway.

[Dodge_Ram_Hemi]

I have quit dipping more times than I am years old. My longest stint was about two years. I've also quit once for 200+ days, and another several times over 100 days. Currently I'm at 101 days quit. This quit feels different, and since I've stopped drinking, it seems that everything is easier.

Quitting dip was the hardest thing I've ever done in my life. Ask anyone with a few days clean, and they'll tell you the same. While smoking is both oral and habit forming, chew is 100% oral. To have something in your mouth all the time is hard to stop doing.

You can only focus on anything one day at a time. Anything more will make you insane.

[Dodge_Ram_Hemi]

It's hilarious to me to see the black and white nature of many of the folks on SR. Alcohol and Drugs are bad - yes. Caffeine, formaldehyde (aspertame) and Nicotine are bad - yes. Eating too much, Sexual deviation, shopping, and gambling are also OCD or OCP behavior.

So, if we are to be Nazi's about the addictions of Alcohol and drugs on SR, then why not the rest of the things that clouds one's vision? I thought it was more important for me to quit chew before alcohol becuase they go hand in hand for me, and I had been dipping on and off 23 years.

The quick answer is that having no outlet for OCD behavior will drive you back to Alcohol and Drugs. But at the same time, if you are Smoking, Dipping, drinking Caffeine, Eating, Watching Porn, Shopping, or Gambling you are not freeing yourself from addiction in general. What is worse? Each of these things are all consuming to the person afflicted with that addiction. Many folks go to treatment for any or all of these things. A relapse to anything in this paragraph would then constitute a relapse in the AA program, right? Just checking. Want to make sure I am living like Jesus would want...the way many of you you portray yourselves when replying to me anyway.

Odd that the last time I posted this thread I seemed a lot more grateful for the gift of SR and AA, and now I feel a sense of intollerance from many people here. I know one thing for sure. This is not how Dr. Bob, Bill W. and other founders of AA intended members to portray AA, is it? The first thing to remember is "am I giving advice from experience, or taking your inventory for you Hemi?"

[crutch0108]

I really needed to see this thread as I was just thinking about this. Been chewing since even before I started drinking.

It was hard enough to quit drinking, chew was the thing I looked forward to. Even now. In fact from the time I started I always chewed for an hour and then didn't for an hour, and so on and so on all day. Sounds bad but I only go through a tin every 3 or 4 days.

I'm 26 now, I want to quit chew by the time I'm 30. Not trying to quit yet, never have. My goal is to eventually change it up to every 2 hours for a while. Then every 3 hours. Just weed myself off of it.

Of course I'm guessing that is MUCH easier said than done. No way I'm quitting yet though, with no beer and no chew I'd drive myself completely mad at this point.

[crutch0108]

Oh one bit of advice I loved that's for both cigarettes and chew. What situation do you always chew in? Like if you're doing this one thing you are always chewing while doing it.

Mine is sitting down watching tv and driving. In fact those are the only two times I do it, but since I work at home that's a vast majority of the day.

Anyway, the rule is pick ONE situation where you're always dipping. Say driving. Just stop doing it while you do that. Don't quit altogether, just pick one thing you're always chewing while doing and stop doing it then. Rule being if you can show yourself you can do one thing without the dip you can do anything without it eventually.

[historyteach]

...A relapse to anything in this paragraph would then constitute a relapse in the AA program, right? Just checking. Want to make sure I am living like Jesus would want...the way many of you you portray yourselves when replying to me anyway.
Odd that the last time I posted this thread I seemed a lot more grateful for the gift of SR and AA, and now I feel a sense of intollerance from many people here. I know one thing for sure. This is not how Dr. Bob, Bill W. and other founders of AA intended members to portray AA, is it?

Hemi;
I'm not sure to whom or what you are refering here, but, this is a NICOTINE forum. It's NOT AA. Now, I have loads of respect for AA. Please don't get me wrong. And if it works for you, and you are an alcoholic, I'm happy for you. Not all of us are. And some of us may be alcoholics, but, don't use AA as our prefered method of recovery.

And I don't need to point out that not all of us are Christians, either.

I've not seen any intolerance at all on this thread...

Let's please keep it civil. We're all here to support each other's attempts to get clean from nicotine -- in whatever form we use it. We do so best by sharing our ESH, experience, strength and hope, rather than giving advice. What works for me may not be what's best for another. I'm no professional; I try not to give advice.

Shalom!