Re: Quittin Dippin. Tips or Tricks??
Well, without reading all the posts on this I can tell that several of them are methods that I have tried in the past, and all work to a point, but the one suggestion that has been mentioned several times, is the one that I will recommend. That is you have to want to quit, and by want I mean truly want it, and then just do what you want. All the substitutes in the world won’t take the craving away, and when it comes down to it the only thing keeping you from using the dip is your willpower, and wanting not to dip. I have been off for a little more than a year, and I still crave it every time I go into a gas station, just today I caught myself staring at the cans at the gas station when I went in to get a fountain Coke. This is the longest I have been without dip, or chew, or snus, or some form of oral smokeless tobacco, since I was 14yo, I am only 32yo now, so I guess I haven’t been using dip for as long as some.
After the first few days the withdrawals let up and life can return to normal, however, the cravings continue, and at the weirdest of times, my mouth is starting to water just reading about dip. But times when you would likely dip will sometimes be hard, but if you work threw it, the cravings pass and weaken. Now I smoke the occasional cigar, probably less than 2/month in the spring and fall, and maybe one a week in the summer, and none in the winter, but the drawback to this is it only makes the cravings for the dib come back, but since I don’t really drink anymore, and I quit dipping, I got to have at least one bad habit, right.
It’s doable, you just have to want it, and having help, either friends or loved ones, or motivation really helps.
