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Enjoying my last dip as we speak. With all I've got, I'm going to quit as of tomorrow morning. I know it's going to be tough. I have stopped for 7 months in the past but started back. Now I know I really have to. Wifey says no kids until I quit. Ready to start a family so here it goes. I'll be 32 in June and have been dipping since I was 16. Send encouragement!

You'll probably fail at this.



Dave

Precedent says so

I kept a dip in my lip from time I got every morning until I went to bed for 26 years. No telling how many times I quit over those years for a week or 2 at the time. Then I just decided it was time, laid it down and never took another one. That was 5 years ago this August. I don't miss it now, but craved it for at least a year. First few months were the worst. My lip ached non-stop.

My wife nagged and nagged. It didn't matter, I couldn't quit until I decided it was what "I" wanted to do. Good luck to you.

If you try, you will fail
If you quit, you win the first day.

Me too. I quit for the last time in the summer of 2009.

This^^^^

I tried to quit many times, but actually quit only once.

Once you decide you want to quit, more than you want to dip, you're done. Until then, quitting is only temporary. Trust me, I know. I haven't touched tobacco in 25 years. It's not easy, but you can do it. I'd say "good luck" but luck has nothing to do with it. It's all about determination. Best wishes!

I was hooked a lot longer than you. I quit SKOAL 4 years ago. The biggest help for me was the Listerine wafer things in the little pocketpaks.

https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP....amp;pid=15.1&P=0&w=300&h=300,

Most of the drug stores have them; WalMart is the cheapest.

TicTacs help, too. Gum, if you like gum. I don't. After the first three or four days you have it made, physically. You just have to convince your brain to stay the course. Anytime you consider giving up, just remind yourself why you started (for your wife and family). When you get a craving, go brush your teeth, and remind yourself that you are a FORMER user.

Good luck to you.

I did 1-2 cans of Cope a day (mostly 2), for 21+ years. Gave it up, cold turkey, for Lent.
By the time Easter came around, I'd decided I could do it.
Never touched it again, although I had bad cravings for about a year - and occasional cravings 5 years later. Now, I haven't had a craving for a LONG time - but, I quit in '91.
Keep a tight rein on yourself - it gets easier with the passage of time.
I'll pray for you. Just hang tough.

Wtf I guess be no kids then

[quote=deflave]You'll probably fail at this.



Dave [/quote
Doc.
Told me either I cut out the snuff or he got to cut out my lip: I have not used since and that was forty years ago: I still have my lip.
So yes it can be done with enough motivation. Good Luck. Cheers NC

I started dipping Copenhagen at 9 year old. About 1 can a day since. Been close to 50 years now, and I have never tried to quit.
I figure as soon as I start to feel addicted, I'll hang it up.

Yes sir! You have to decide you no longer dip and your habit doesn't control schit. It's all in ya head.

You'll find the dipping is alot cheaper than the kids.

Quitting nicotine is easy, it's not starting again that's the tough part. Never ever, not even once, not even a little, none whatsoever, not the slightest bit; 100% abstinence is the only thing that'll break the addiction. It is a physical addiction, the mental part is making the decision to beat it. As time goes by, each month it'll get easier to resist and as the years go by the desire will fade, at least slightly. I've been without for 4312 days and only want some chew or a smoke every week or so. It's great, good luck. Seriously kick it in the ass! There's zero down side to quitting and zero upside to continuing. Should be the easiest decision ever.

Here's a handy days between dates calculator. May 30th 2005 to today.
https://www.timeanddate.com/date/duration.html

I quite December 8th of this year. Cravings are still there but I dont plan on starting back this time. I quit for over a year about 10 years ago. So this is my second longest quit. The first days are the toughest. then it gets a little easier. It can be done if you want to bad enough.

I smoked for 51 years and smoked and dipped for about 12 of the 51.I had open heart surgery 4 years ago and the cardiologist told me if I do not quit it was going to kill me.I was in the hospital for 19 days because I could not breath properly.When I was released from the hospital I came home and thru everything tobacco in the trash.After about 6 months of coughing and spitting up some of the most GOD awful smelling and looking crap from my lungs they finally cleared and I could breath again,smell and taste things I had not been able to because of it.
I'm proud to say I have not had anything to smoke or dip in 4 years and do not miss it in the least.I cannot stand the smell of it and cannot be around people that are smoking.I will PRAY FOR ANY AND ALL PEOPLE THAT DECIDE IN THEIR MINDS TO STOP.I know how hard it was for me.I did not think I ever would.I had tried hypnosis and accupuncture and that did not help in the least.

The demons at U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company are going to hate you when they learn you aren't working for them anymore. Believe me, they won't allow you to be emancipated easily.... but why be owned?

You can do it - and do it completely. Discipline !! There is a reason why your wife has voiced that position. What is important to you? I wish you every success.