Does or did any of you chew ?

Fetch ND

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:smt021That should of been Do or did :smt021

I have went two days without chew & I'm really hurting - It is amazing how addictive that stuff is - I say even more than cigs - cause you do it 24 / 7 - I don't know why I decided to try & quit & I wonder if I am going to make it -

It is all you can think about at this stage :smt100
 
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Take up cigar smoking. almost the same thing but with smoke added.
 
My theory is if you can quit for three days (cold-turkey) then you will be cured. That is how long it takes for the nicoteen to get out of your body. The cravings will never go away but the addiction will. The third day is the hardest. Good luck. Substituting one addiction for another is never the answer.

(it should be noted that I have never chewed but I was a smoker)
 
Fetch-

hang in there if thats what you really want to do. and that is the key. You must make up your mind that it is _OVER_.

Also, just think of how many chicks want to kiss a "chewer/spitter". I have seen those plastic empty coke bottles full of...
 
Stopping the nicotine addiction is one of the hardest things a person can do. It is the most pervasive addiction in the United States. Wes is correct that the body will metabolize nicotine with in a few days but the cravings will still be there. The body's nerve receptors have been trained to be stimulated by tobacco's many by products and still want to have that craving be satisfied. In addition the psycological training of your body which produces habits has to be altered to be succesful.

You must put your self in new and different social settings to succesfully stop tobacco use. Part of the addiction is a force a habit. By altering chewing tobacco and the related triggers for other distractions in your life you will greatly improve your chance of success. This is easy to write but much harder in practice to successfully implement.

You must have a supportive spouse if you are married as some of the cognitive changes will not be pleasurable to you or your spouse. A supportive spouse does not nag but instead gently encourages you through the hard times and there will be many over the next few months. Encouragement is a great motivator. In return you should be appreciative of your significant other for there help. You should be cognitive of your behavoir towards them. If you are having a bad day when things look up you should be very thankful that you had support nearby that accepted you for who you are and what you are trying to do.

There are free help lines that you can call that will support your effort to stop the tobacco habit. Most of them are state sponsered and can be located on your state health page. Talking with the counslers is another additional measure that will help you through the tough times.

In the end you are to be complimented for trying to improve your health and lifestyle. You will be reducing your mobidity and mortality that tobacco ultimitly inflicts on all users whether smokeless or not. I wish you the best of luck and commend you for attempting to kick the habit.

Paul
 
Ok, take up crack and heroin and nicotine shouldn't be a problem anymore.
 
Blame the republicans

Better yet, democratic californians. I hear theres a jackass that poses as some pirate dude, he'd be a good candidate.

Good luck trying to quit. I've been a smoker half my life, tried quitting many times without success. I too am about to the point where I can't stand it anymore and will next try the cold turkey method as they say its the only way to truly quit. Maybe afterwards, I can give up my crack and heroin addiction, but only one at a time:grin: SB
 
You are in good company:

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I have seen people who developed cancer of the mouth due to the tobacco resin in CHEW. Sometimes I wonder what it takes for someone to simply admit, whole heartedly, that some habitual behaviors are deadly or more midly said "just not good for ya".
 
thanks all

It is tough but I think I'm stubborn enough to make it

I have not smoked for nearly 40 yrs

but have chewed for almost that long

I did quit once for a few years & the then after smoking cigars one summer - I got hooked on nicotine again (it no fun to stand in the garage when it 30 below to smoke a cigar) & I spent more on air freshner & breath mints than cigars

I don't know anyone who has Crack or heroin but right now it sounds good :smt101
 
I never took up chewing because of my grandfather. He would smoke his large bowl pipe down half and knock off the ash and chew the rest. I could not stand the situation
 
I would never tell anyone how to live their life. But if you have ever had the chance to watch someone close to you die of cancer caused by tobacco, it might help you with the withdrawals. My brother-in-law passed 6 months ago. 48 years old. Left a wife and 2 boys just getting out of college. 18 months ago he was fine and smoking his normal 2-3 packs a day and loving life. Cancer can be very efficient.
 
Smoked cigarettes for a long long time. Never more than a pack every two or three days. I've also been an avid runner. Smoked while training for and running marathons and triathlons. January this year I just stopped. I dipped when I first got in to the fire service (all the cool kids were doing it:smt021) . Now if I were to put a dip in my mouth, I'd better be sitting on the toilet cuz I wont make it otherwise... Still love cigars but only during the boat season. GOOD LUCK!!! It's worth it in the long run. Hang in there and try not to take it out on those that love you... and be nice to us here at CSR as well............. on second though, why start now:grin:
 
Maybe it's because I have watched that VH1 show Celebrity Rehab - :smt101 this should be easy compared to some of them
 
I smoked cigs for 23 years. Nobody smoked more or better than me. I inhaled every last drop and loved it. Nobody enjoyed smoking as much as me, ever....and then my 10 year old daughter started coming home from school crying IN MY FACE "PLEASE DADDY STOP SMOKING YOU'RE GOING TO DIE!!!" Well, after listening to that for half a year, I got hipnotized and quit smoking "cold turkey". Me the world's best smoker, the guy who enjoyed it more than anyone, ever. I carried an open pack of my favorite cigs in my shirt pocket for 2 months to prove that I could, and did. I quit smoking.... then... as luck would have it, I was surrounded with guys at work who did dip. well....how great after quitting smoking(which I NEVER thought I could) I now had a new addiction which I pursued for another 5 years. Can you say MAINLINING? because that's what dipping is compared to smoking, It's aVERY efficient way to get nicotine and a bunch of other bad stuff into your system! I was the world's best dipper.... I would wake up at 5 am and put it in... it would come out at bedtime. Enter my 20 year old son in college enrolled in health classes,bioolgy,and an all american wrestler,bringing home pictures of guys with no teeth no noses no jaws. no shit. half their faces gone! Back to the hypnotist(sic?) and I quit dip. Me, the worlds best dipper,the guy who enjoyed dipping more than anyone in the history of the world. I did it! 15 years ago. You know what amazed me the most both times I quit? How easy it was once I TRULY made up my mind to do it. I didn't WANT to quit either time, but my children wanted me to very bad so i did it for them. crazy. They helped me. It took willpower on my park, but Iknow getting hypnotized helped "take the edge off" , I know it dosen't work for everyone, but if you have a good imagination,it mayhelp you be successful long term like it did me. may good luck follow your good effort. ric
 
As a person that smoked longer that I have not, good luck to you. I quit smoking in 2003 at Bristol Speedway, ran out of cigs that weekend, had bought the patches, the cravings do get better, I still get them but few and far between, somewhere around the 90 day mark it will jump back on you full force and once you get by that one it starts to get better and continues to do so. You can do it.
 
Katricol inspiring story. Forty-one years ago, at age 18, I tried smoking and my Dad said if you stop smoking for six months, I will give you a color television. I did it and got the television and to this day I thank him for that. I cannot imagine smoking now. My children do not smoke as a result of me telling them this story for more years than they wanted to hear it.

At my daughters high school, there was a very handsome football star who dipped and developed mouth cancer. It was sad to see his jaw blow up bigger than the size of his head and he eventually died. Of course, dipping was the new fad and supposed to be safer than smoking.

Good luck Fetch. :thumbsup:
 
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