Any dippers, chewers, smokers on here who are actually pro tobacco? Ive been dippin since i was 16, im really trying to quit but its proven to be quite a tricky thing to do.. If anyone has any advice as to how best to quit tobacco i'd love to hear it, i think im going to try to quit dipping (one of my favourite pastimes LOL) again after this tin, its really starting to take a toll on my mouth but its so hard to quit without getting easily annoyed and frustrated.
I hate to admit it but I've been 'smokin' since I was 16. That's uh, um, Holy Sh-- ! Never mind how long, the point is I've been going to quit, give em up, whatever for nearly as long as I've been smoking. I can go hours without giving it a thought and maybe have 4 or five a day or fly though a pack in no time. Best way to quit? Alleviate all stress in your life, put your mind to it and if at all possible get stranded on an isolated Island.
I hear you on that, its so hard to not get annoyed though! I have about half a tin of this grizzly wintergreen left an then im going to quit my gums are killin me but it feels so good haha
I quit cold turkey. It wasn't easy but it was a hell of a lot better than smoking. If I had kept it up I'd be dead now. Cancer stinks at the best of times, but having to quit smoking while doing chemo would have been the utter pits. You can put up with a few weeks of decreasingly annoying withdrawal symptoms or you can die ugly later in life. You are free to chose.
I've had close relatives die from lung cancer (lifelong smokers). That kept me from even starting. Good luck on your desire to quit tobacco.
cancer of the mouth and throat is a scary thing as well as lung cancer. I tried smoking and got caught (10 yrs old), after my mom made me smoke (inhaling heavily) 2 packs of swisher cigars, I turned green and turned off of tabaccco products. Sorry I can't give advice on how to quit, but I would be glad to be an encourager/email accountability nag. I could email you little how are you doings and such. I think it would be easier to quit with help as opposed to alone. I knew a guy in the Navy that I helped, we made a deal. For every pack he smoked he gave me the same amount in $. I put it in an account, and when he finally quit we had enough to have a big steak dinner to celebrate. Pay yourself in an account you can't touch the same amount as you spend on tabacco, doubling your monthly cost may be extra incentive to quit. Then go celebrate with what you saved. Start drawing, it will occupy your hands when they want to move habitually. I hope you can quit for your own health and happiness.
Nobody quits until they WANT to quit. You have to find reasons to quit and keep them in mind. Money, health, getting rid of that godawful stink, what ever works. One friend of mine woke up in a bed that was on fire. That was his last time smoking.
I think you are spot on here. The desire to quit has to out weigh the desire to smoke/dip. I use to drive like a maniac, then one day my son asked why I was going faster than the posted limit, and I realised I was teaching my son to selectively obey the law. My desire to teach my son what was right overcame my desire to ignore the laws of our land. Be encouraged! You can quit!
I picked the hardest way to quit quite deliberately. I reminded myself that I'd have to go through that again if I restarted. It was a powerful incentive to stay clean. Beware the saying, "Quitting is easy, I've done it thousands of times." It true, and it's a trap. I realized how powerful the addiction was when I wanted a cigarette a year after quitting. That really pissed me off.
I have heard people say many years after quitting, if someone lit up a cigarette of the brand they used it caused a deep desire for one.
No person ever truely quits. They only overcome the act of using it (my opinion). My uncle quit smoking shortly after returning from Veitnam. Even now he still gets the urge.
My wife quit when she 'knew' she was pregnant with our Daughter and hasn't gone back. She says she likes the smell of a 'fresh lit' cigarette (sometimes) but that's as far as it goes. I have an Uncle who has smoked one to two cigars every day for the last 65 years, he'll be 90 in July, so he's not much help. I've considered switching to a "Good" cigar that way I'd have to cut back due to the cost. The one cigar I like the best use to be a buck a piece now they're 3 for $16.00 ! It is funny when you can go 6 - 8 hours without the desire but still not just put the damn things down for good. One of these days!
I hear you, i quit dip for good last night, or so i think at least! Im feelin alright now but i can tell im startin to get that itch to pack in a lipper. Oh well, i think im just going to substitute that urge with brushing, flossing, and using listerine. Do something good for my mouth, and it will help remind me why i quit in the first place.
I smoked from about 13 until 18 periodically, mostly when I was drinking. Then, from 18 to 20, one to two packs a day. I was out with friends one night and it was like an epiphany. Here I was, an asthmatic who was taking 900mg of theophylline (the max) a day just to breathe, smoking cigarettes. I realized that it was the stupidest thing I could ever do to myself. I gave my cigs to my friends at the table and said that I was never going to smoke again. It has been 25+ years since then and I have used any form of tabacco since. I quit taking the theophylline a short time later when the asthma went away. I decided that I would never let a drug rule how I couduct my life, no matter how tempting it was. Both of my grandfathers quit smoking cold turkey and then quit dipping by the same manner.
I never did take up "dipping", even though that was a favorite "habit" here in Montana when I was growing up. Tried it once just to be "like the guys" out at a branding roundup, hated it BIG TIME!. I didn’t smoke anything with regularity until I got married in 1970, and she was a smoker. Had to have something to do along with her in public after a meal or when we were out on a date, so I started smoking a pipe and then small cigars. That turned into one of those on-again, off-again habits even when we divorced in 1991; until a cancer showed up on one of my salivary glands in ‘95. How it started there neither my oncologist nor anybody else had a clue, but it cost me all the glands on my left under mandipular throat area, and now I really get a "dry-mouth" with ease. My maternal family has a history of cancers, so it might have been something I would have developed with or without smoking, but everybody always asked me first if I "dipped or chewed" and were rather surprised when I replied; "never did". I did have a good friend who had to quit smoking after many, MANY years (50?) of smoking Pall Mall "studs", and he was helped with the product Zyban (Wellbutrin is the same drug) since he could taper off and get over the urge easier. He managed to quit smoking, and then had a stroke/cardiac arrest a five years later. I myself don’t know how that (Zyban) would apply to some-one who chewed, but just a thought since it is an anti-depressant drug I think. When I stopped even using tobacco on the on-again, off-again mode in ‘95 I just quit. Of course loosing the glands in your throat, and later 1/3 of your tongue when the cancer spread to your oral cavity is an incentive to remove anything that might be contributing to the problem. Good luck in kicking the habit!!!
I myself to not smoke regularly, but I do enjoy a good cigar on the weekends. However, although I do not have an addiction, I and many other people are going to continue to get hit in the budget with all the taxes they are putting on tobacco products. Cigar prices are getting ridiculous!!! And that is a good reason (along with it being unhealthy) for myself to cut back. That and my wife's nagging when I smoke them in the house! If you can't afford them, that might be the best way to quit!
I have, many a times, hell ive bugged myself out thinkin i had it before.. but im not afraid of death, thats the common denominator for me so to speak. My real motivation is to quit because im sick of having a crutch you know, something that hinders me, athletically, mentally, academically etc. Also, i can't lie i just bought a tin of dip, quitting cold turkey off dip is even harder than cigarettes ive heard due to the amount of nicotine absorbed during a dip. I think my best plan of attack is to ween off it slowly starting today, im going to take 4 dips today, 3 tomorrow, 2 the next etc until im down to one an then none hopefully. Thanks for all the suggestions as well, i will definately take them to heart!
