Quitting Dipping

**jtw61194** · October 5th, 2008, 09:37 PM

Thanks a bunch! Tomorrow will definitely be a wild day. I have often told my students that I'm lucky I never got addicted to anything other than tobacco. I could only imagine what crack, heroin, or alcohol would be like. I exercise pretty much every day, so hopefully I'll be able to stay away from the snacking temptations, although that is difficult even without quitting dipping. I am not looking forward to this week, but hopefully it will be a first step. The last time (and really only voluntary time I quit) it took a month before I finally forgot that I had ever dipped. I quit saying, "It's been two weeks, etc." If only I could go back 26 years.

**jtw61194** · October 6th, 2008, 07:13 PM

This really sucks!! [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/mad.gif[/img]

**sup-rbeast** · October 7th, 2008, 08:48 AM

Get ya some of that mint "snuff" substitute...it works to keep ur cravings down.

**jtw61194** · October 7th, 2008, 10:05 PM

I've used that stuff before. Unfortunately cold turkey is going to have to be the way. Day #2 has gone pretty good. Didn't sleep worth a sh** last night, but I wasn't grouchy today.

**sup-rbeast** · October 8th, 2008, 09:09 AM

When I quit, I used that mint...but i'd end up eating it...lol. After about 5 years, I decided life was too short not to dip..

**neutral88** · October 8th, 2008, 01:46 PM

I quit last year after 7 years...

I just walked away somehow....

I still want a dip, when i see someone get one, or when I smell it....

**jtw61194** · October 8th, 2008, 09:27 PM

I'm going to be honest. I feel really hollow inside. This really sucks! Almost the end of Day #3.

**UTVols2** · October 8th, 2008, 10:48 PM

Keep it up big guy the hardest part is just about over.

**jtw61194** · October 9th, 2008, 07:16 AM

Last night was a doozy. Had a knockdown, dragout with my 11-year old, my better half, and the mother-in-law over cleaning out a notebook and some missing homework. I was being called, but I didn't backslide. I still can't imagine what a "real" drug addict goes through when they quit. Thanks for all the support. It does help...A LOT!!