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The Secret of Our Success |
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Written by Bluesman
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Although we have never met, I know you. You started chewing tobacco around high school. It quickly became part of your personality, part of your behavior, and part of your life. At some point, you developed a bad sore throat and thought, "Oh my God, please do not let it be cancer." You decided to quit for the first time. But your throat got better, and one thing lead to another, and you bought another tin.
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What Price to Save Ourselves |
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Written by Spongebob
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For over 2 decades, my best quit efforts lasted maybe 10 or so days. Finally, asking myself the right question changed my attitude and made it possible to quit. This quit is not easy, but it is finally in MY CONTROL and (I firmly believe) FINAL.
Previously, I always asked "how can I find the strength to break this addiction? In particular, how can I get through the crushing brain fog that always leads to my demise. I can't stay quit or start quitting right now because I get too brain-stupid to get any work done." THAT QUESTION ALWAYS LED ME TO FAIL because a.) it gave me the choice to fail, and b.) it said I had other priorities that I would allow to interfere with quitting.
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Written by 7iron
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For those of you who have just started your journey towards freedom, I commend and applaud you. Stay close to this site ... it will literally help save your life.
For those still sitting on the fence (and the new guys as well), I say ...
Wow, you're back again?
Why do you keep coming in here to read all this stuff just to wander off with a nice wedge of tobacco still stuffed in your cheek? Seriously, you really are a glutton for punishment. The guilt has increased yet again to a point where you are just about ready to quit, but you hesitate ... and there it goes ...
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Written by 7iron
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Remember that the way to battle this addiction is one day at a time.
Each and every day, say "no tobacco today", mean it and stick to it. This is how you will secure your freedom. It is important that you not look back. All of your past associations with dip, triggers we call them, are just that ... in the past. So do not dwell on them. Remember, you don't do that crap anymore, right?? You will begin to build new, dip-free memories and each time you do that, you will be breaking a string that binds you to the past and your reliance on chewing tobacco.
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Written by 7iron
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By the way, we "veterans" know what you guys are going through because we have been there in your shoes. Today marks day 365 of my quit. You may look at that number and seriously wonder how you will ever get that far. If that is your question, then here is my answer ... one day at a time.
As cliche as that may sound, it is the truth. No matter how hard you fight, no matter how many cravings you battle through, no matter how many headaches, fits of dip rage or periods of constipation you endure, you can only do this one day at a time. Certainly it would be nice to do all the hard work of quitting at the beginning and get it over with so that afterwards you could just coast.
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