KillTheCan.org – Quit Dipping Today!
Welcome to the first day of the rest of your life!!!
When you’ve made the decision to quit dipping you need support. You’ll get it right here at KillTheCan! This site is dedicated to helping people QUIT dip, smokeless & chewing tobacco! It will be a long & difficult road, but we are confident that you too can be successful and quit dip!
All articles on KillTheCan.org are written by members of our forums. These are people who understand what it means to quit. They write these articles from the perspective of a quitter. Don’t believe the “experts” that you find out there on the web – believe someone that has successfully QUIT DIP.
Day 2…. f-en Rage!!!!!!!! Insomnia…sweats… I have inhaled about 20 prices of gum and 2 lbs of candy… going to gain 100 lbs! Rage…! Anyways… thanks for being an vent. #*$&%@!
Jabbershark.
I’m 17. Been dipping for about two years. I’m a baseball player and everyone around me dips so it is very hard for me. I want to quit but have not actually put any effort in doing so. I think it’s almost about time. Very very hard for me.
Im a firefighter. I used to love coming out of a fire and putting a big dip in. I quit 65 days ago and after every structure fire the cravings kick in. Im way too far into my quit to go back now. For all those struggling to kill the can it helps me to remember why I quit
I keep some baccoff in my freezer for those occasions when I just want one. I’m 50 days quit so far with the help of baccoff and KTC.
Made it almost 60 hours and gave in under stress my good friends mom passed away and then my newly divorced parents mum went On a rage I drove around so I wouldn’t flip on her and found a can in my door panel back to hour 1 again anyone know a good fake wintergreen with a texture close to cope wintergreen
Bucktired – there are several great fake wintergreen dips out there. You can check out reviews and get coupons from this page: https://www.killthecan.org/your-quit/smokeless-alternatives/
I’d suggest looking at Hooch, Smokey Mountain, Bacc-Off and Holt for their wintergreen products.
addiction is a poor excuse for violence
Francis,
I would agree with your sentiment. However, I am confused, would that be a physical or mental act when you blast his teeth from his face? Would the pain be mental or physical?
Nice….
Matt S
Hey guys 24 hours dip free the nic bitch is running a jack hammer in my head any advice to make it go away I’m 19 now started at 14 as a freshman doing 2-3 cans a day
One of the best decisions I”ve made is to quit dip I feel so much better it’s been a month that I’ve been dip free and after 30 yrs I feel so liberated by the grace of God and one day at a time I will remain dip free for life Fight the good fight stay true to yourselves.
I’ve been dip free for about 12 days or so. I’m 24 and I’ve been dipping on and off since late 2008 and progressively started using more often. I keep having urges to buy another skoal berry (my old fav) but I keep reminding myself that it has the same chemicals as rat poisoning and has radioactive material polonium-210 in it and it does a pretty good job of keeping the urge under control. Stay strong. Chewing gum helps too.
Which book by Allen Carr? Turns out that he has written a few.
Allen Carr “Easy way to stop smoking” I loved that book, it gives you an honest look at nicotine addiction. Its for all tobacco and instead of suffering until you get used to life without dip, you really start to think about the addiction and feel free and incredibly happy to be done with tobacco. It really changes the perspective of quitting.
There is also forum post here that describes the kind of mindset that the book is about. Check out this post, its very interesting.
http://forum.killthecan.org/index.php?showtopic=4566
The day I quit chewing was the day the day that I join this site 1/10/2014 its been 8 days since my last chew. I have actually found it really hard to quit buy im doin my best. I had started in college 99 due to my roommate that was TX.. was about 1.5 can a day, since I quit, I have been chewing seeds at work but nothing else when im off or on the weekends… when im with my fiance’ im ok but when im alone I find myself goin nuts!!!! Tryin to find something to keep my mind busy or even help satisfy for the meantime….. I know that there people on here that maybe can understand how im feeling and how I can possibly get through this moving forward?
Look up the allen carr book its huge with smokers. But also works for dippers. Look it up on any quit smokers forums its a godsend.
I’m familar with Allen Carr’s methods. $16.99 for the book, $400 for the seminar or $149 for the webcast.
I know it was an amazing book that changed my life I can’t believe I viewed quitting as giving up my pleasure. Its really escaping a trap and now Im happy to quit and I really don’t feel miserable anymore. I feel actually really good.
I have been looking at your website which has helped me alot and am just really happy with how this book also helped me.
I gave it to my brother and neighbor they both quit. I really think that dippers could benefit from just checking it out. I read a pdf on reddit and it changed my quit. Im just lucky I work in lung cancer research and my boss told me alot of her patients quit smoking with this and it works for dippers.
Rick I’m in the same boat if my mind is busy I’m fine but as soon as I have down time I’m ballistic what I did was tape a picture of oral cancer to a sealed can of cope whiskey blend and it deters me pretty good how ever I have cans I’m still finding in my work tool boxes and fishing gear
Well you got ahead of me some time so other then grumbling to my self when I’m alone.. I have reorganized my house like a cray person does.. cleaned all my windows like a crack head… an when that’s all done, I know this might be silly, I sit down and play a game of civilizations 5 on ultra hard mode and use all my mental power to beat the AI. It help my mind wander off the rage and focus. Though the AI is a cheating bastered and pisses me off but that’s to be expected.
Hang in there guys it gets very easy. It is all mental so the key is to not think of it like depriving yourself of a pleasure because there is no real pleasure in dip only causing and relieving cravings in a vicious trap and never ending cycle. Break that cycle and be free of the trap, quitting is about getting rid of all the times you crave during the day for years and all the times you didn’t want to dip but had to. Quitting is about breaking free of addiction and returning to the bliss you felt before you ever took that first dip.
I certainly appreciate the sentiment Paul, but I wouldn’t say it gets “very easy” for quit some time and it’s far from being all mental. At least in my experience, my physical withdrawals during the beginnin of my quit were far worse than my mental ones.
Additionally, for many of us (myself included) I chewed for so long and started at such a young age that I didn’t remember that bliss you refer to. I had to literally re-learn how to do EVERYTHING as there were quite a few activities that I’d NEVER done without a dip (driving a car as an example).
All of that said, I’m SO glad that I quit because the freedom I have not is WAY better than being addicted… and NOW I truly am in that state of “bliss”. Quit = Bliss.
I dipped for quite a long time too. It is almost all mental. The physical withdrawal from nicotine is like the flu. You can actually go an extended period of time without nicotine and not notice it. For the years that you dipped, you went to sleep 8-10 hours every night, nicotine levels dropped and you had full physical withdrawal when you were sleeping, yet physical withdrawal from nicotine is so mild that during all those years it didn’t even wake you up.
Why is it that only after you quit is physical withdrawal so awful?
What is so awful during the first couple weeks is actually the anxiety. You’re having a huge panic attack, you’re scared and now you’re without something that you have been dependent on for years and most people are afraid that it is never going to get better. It feels like being pushed into the deep end or loosing your best friend.
Anxiety causes the tightness and that deprived feeling in the chest along with the irritability, headache and shakes. Unbound nACH receptors don’t cause those. They cause a flu feeling that is very mild compared to the anxiety. Anxiety over quitting is why everyones quit is different, why NRT doesn’t work and has a success rate of only around 10% and why some people can just up and quit and others struggle for years. It is really only the anxiety that makes it hard to quit. Telling people the easy parts of quitting and not making them fear everyday of quitting or feel depressed and deprived relieves that anxiety and then it actually does make it easy for them to quit.
Sorry to argue and no disrespect you have created a very powerful website. I do pulmonary research at Pitt, for lung cancer and COPD, doesn’t have anything to do with dip, but we talk about nicotine addiction and stuff all the time.
Look up the Allen Carr book its mainly for smokers but helps all tobacco users too. Look it up on forums or reddit or amazon or whatever its huge with all the stop smoking forums. It really helps smokers quit but dippers don’t know about it yet.
No argument at all… you just proved my point. Anxiety, tightness in chest/airway, irritability, headache, shakes, etc. Those are all physical symptoms. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not suggesting there isn’t a HUGE mental factor in quitting dip. My point was that it’s not “almost all mental”. These symptoms, as well as countless others (trouble sleeping, tingling in jaw, restless leg, etc.) are all very real and very physical things that many people go through when quitting. Are they brought on by mental issues? Perhaps. But I don’t want to make it sound like if you mentally will yourself to quit that those symptoms won’t be there because for the overwhelming majority of people they are there.
Yes you will physically feel the symptoms, and yes, I am saying that they are brought on by mental issues. For example, if someone who never used tobacco products had an major anxiety attack for weeks, most of the physical symptoms they would feel (tightness in chest, irritability, headache, shakes) are the same symptoms as someone quitting. So these physical symptoms are brought on by the mental shock of quitting.
You’re right, if you mentally will yourself quit the withdrawal will be there for the majority of people, but since the symptoms are brought on by mental stress there is no set time as to when the symptoms end.
My point is that quitters keep waiting and waiting for it to get better but it won’t until mentally they are at peace with their decision. The faster a quitter gets on with life and starts to be happy about being free of tobacco, the faster the anxiety is gone and therefore faster the symptoms leave. The longer someone tells themselves that quitting sucks and how miserable they are, the longer they are going to have anxiety about quitting and the longer they will feel the symptoms.
So really the reason people think quitting is hard is because they’ve been told its hard. Tobacco companies not only have been marketing towards kids and convincing them tobacco is cool for generations, but also convincing the world that it is hard to quit and that nicotine is more addictive than heroin and other bullshit. I work with nicotine its not that addictive, the habit is addictive. Everyone views it as hard to quit, has a hard time and then tell others its hard and quitters then have a lot of anxiety about quitting. Its the anxiety that really makes it hard. If you’d been told your whole life how on easy it is to quit, you wouldn’t have any anxiety about quitting and after a couple days of nicotine withdrawal it actually would be really easy.
Hi Paul u,
I think you are a stupid, arrogant, fucking idiot. I’d like to meet you in person & knock your fucking teeth out of the back of your head. That would be very EASY for me to do right now.
-Frankie
I am not trying to be arrogant I do come off that way a lot though, but I quit after 8 years and am honestly having a great time being free, not wishing to dip at all. I see people here having a hard time and I feel really bad for fellow quitters that would be having such an easier time if they understood the addiction correctly.
I think you are having a very hard time quitting because you don’t understand addiction, but since it is all in your head, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE MISERABLE when you quit tobacco.
A post by Skoalmonster described the addiction to nicotine really well a long time ago on this site.
http://forum.killthecan.org/index.php?showtopic=4566
Please read that post, it will help you.
Paul u,
I am on day 29. Im worn the he’ll out. I’ve been to the doctor a couple of times for anxiety & rage. I wanted to thank you for the website you referred me too.it gave me some hope when I needed it. Hell, I might even get the Allen Carr book…I’ll take all the help I can get. Your on my list of people to apologize too. It’s getting pretty long.. -Francis
Decided to have my last dip of my life today after 2 years dipping a can a day. As a college student, 18 years old, I finally got help with a life long problem of ADHD and the medicine I take just seems to go hand and hand with dip. I can already see a problem that is going arise from this and want to stop before it become an even worse problem. I am also tired of worrying about every bump in my mouth being cancer or what have you. I have tried quitting in the past but have cracked every time. My best friend dips 1.5 tins a day and when fishing or hunting it could be more, Its going to be hard seeing him with a fat lip all time. This is my last hope for getting support because I really want to quite but don’t have much support anywhere else.
Decided to have my last dip of my life today after 2 years dipping a can a day. As a college student, 18 years old, I finally got help with a life long problem of ADHD and the medicine I take just seems to go hand and hand with dip. I can already see a problem that is going arise from this and want to stop before it become an even worse problem. I am also tired of worrying about every bump in my mouth being cancer or what have you. I have tried quitting in the past but have cracked every time. My best friend dips 1.5 tins a day and when fishing or hunting it could be more, Its going to be hard seeing him with a fat lip all time. This is my last hope for getting support because I really want to quite but don’t have much support anywhere else.
Going on 11 Days without a dip, I’m 36 and have dipped since I was a senior in high school. 18 years. Been fairly easy last couple of days.
In the same boat. I’m also 36 and have been chewing since high school. It’s difficult learning to do every thing that I do with out a dip in. Work, hunt, fish. Let me know if I can help. Dave@cvtslandscape.com
I quit after lurking on this website and with the allen carr method (its pretty good look it up). After a couple months I didn’t even wanna dip anymore. Don’t worry guys, it gets really easy. You’ll actually feel kinda liberated from it.
Ok this is day 8 First 3 days were torture. The last 5 days have been kinda rough as well. I can fly off the handle easy and get really irritated easily Almost instant rage It has been hard to think and keep on task. I also have been really paranoid about sores I have been finding in my mouth. I was going thru 2 bags of Sunflower seeds a day.I bought some Smokey mtn Chew That stuff has been a God send for the mental side of my quit. I just hope I am not the only one who has gone thru this much of a hell. Geesh a week ago I was really happy and content stuffing Timberwolf into my yap. Then I woke up on the 10th and said I am done. I found this site and saw the mess just a pinch can do to a man I also read the story of the man on this site I bout cried Well anyway wish me luck
Been 8 days without any nicotene Still have triggers. Food driving etc Glad. I made the choice i did
2 weeks nicotene free. Cravings still come and go I will not give in I am done
Day 30 all is good.The mental side has been kinda rough this wk 3 snow storms. Kinda wears on the nerves driving thru a blizzard. I did find an old can in my work trk. I opened it and I could still smell the chew. It still smells good. That is when I realized I was a recovering addict
Quitting dip is mentally hard because dippers think that there is a genuine pleasure in dipping and that they are giving up their pleasure. That is the mental trick and that is why it hard to quit. What is actually happening is that dip relieves the withdrawal you experience everyday you dip when actually it causes the pain to begin with. Dipping is sort of like tying your shoes tight just so you can untie them and feel the pleasure of stopping the pain. So it is hard to quit because because dipping relieves that withdrawal pain you experience everyday when actually it causes the pain to begin with.
Tobacco actually gives you no pleasure other than making you want more tobacco. But because there is withdrawal relief, nicotine addicts believe that it helps then concentrate or relax or gives them pleasure when it does none of those. All nicotine does is trap you into needing more nicotine, so you view quitting like giving up your pleasure or fighting against cravings when quitting dip is actually more like escaping a trap.
I have dipped for about 8 years and I’m 5 days free I feel so confused and idk I guess it’s called the fog stage but I have really bad anxiety attacks is that normal I’m driving my self crazy lol
Cold turkey Day 5 after 20 years and maxed out at 2 cans copenhagen a day. Feeling kind of flu-ish today.. bowels all jacked up and sleeping like garbage. Im in good spirits for now because I understand why my body is doing what it is doing because I researched this quit before I started and I’m amazed at how big of a dumbass I was and how those chemicals were poisoning me for over half my life. Great website. Good luck all….
After several years of chewing a can a day I’ve finally decided to quit. I’m 23 years old and ready to take back my life and live it nic free! I’ll take all the support I can get..
Day 1 right here. I just threw out my last can (hopefully). I’ve been a daily dipper for 3 years and I’m tired of the nasty habit. I have tried to quit many times, and I’m hoping for this to be the final time I have to quit. I have started having my gums bleed and become inflamed (brush my teeth twice a day) so I know it’s time to quit. Just need the support and good luck to everyone else trying to quit!
Day 3 of my second quit. I stopped 4 years ago after dipping 2 cans of Cope Long Cut daily. That first quit was literally the hardest thing I have ever done. It was pure misery. Regardless, I deployed to Afghanistan two years and started back. So here I am quitting again. Good luck!
Just threw my last can out. Time to call it quits after 2 years. Tired of wasting money on it and tired of always having to carry a bottle every where I go
Great choice Gary. It is going to be hard, but not as hard as I’m sure some of your time in the Army was. I am on day 28 and it has been difficult, but very rewarding not chewing.
Well, today is the day. I have just thrown away my last can. Today is the day I start. I am glad I found this website. I picked up the habit while serving in the Army and haven’t been able to put it down. I am hopeful, this site will make the transition possible.
I read some of the symptoms are stomach pains. I’m wondering how long those will last. Cuz it sucks
2 months in. started at 16, and that was almost 8 years ago. decided to stop when a good friend died of stomach cancer, and we started chewing about the same time in high school. not one slip up. hopefully it keeps up this time
So Ive tried quitting many, many MANY times. With my area of work (farmer), everyone I’m with usually chews. I usually make it 3-5 days, then hit a wall with problems at work or something and fall back into the habit. Its hard being around many people everyday, all day who chew. Ive tried seeds, gum, vacation, and cant seem to get passed the 5 day barrier. 🙁 Any advice how to deal with the urge when you know you should quit, but your around so many who are still chewing.
I have chewed for off and on for over 30 years, I have more or less successfully quit for a year or two at a time but tend to get back on it. The best way I have found for me is to wean off by mixing real chew with fake chew with an ever decreasing ratio of real chew to fake chew, eventually you have to go to no tobacco at all though and that is the hard part. I believe prayer helps too. Day 40 no nicotine of this quit. I chew a lot of fake chew and drink a lot more coffee. I like Smoke Mountain Classic the best. Health food store had some Stop Smoking herbal pills that seemed to help.
Try using a non tobacco chew…it helps some, at least you have something in your lip. I used one called “Holt” it unfortunately only comes in wintergreen flavor but its pretty good. I used to chew Copenhagen long cut…so it wasn’t the same but it did help…also used a nicotine gum for the first couple days. Good luck.
Just quit today. Mouth is hurting but not not painfully hurting i guess more of aches than anything. Not looking forward to quitting. I like my chew. I’m just afraid of what might come in time. Gum line already starting to recede quite a bit. I’ve chewed for a good 10 years maybe more. I probably had a dip in a good 8hours everyday out of the 24 for that time. God this sucks. I’m wondering if I am ready?
im deciding to quit today wasn’t to bad just have to try and keep it off my mind
It’ll be on your mind 24/7. Your mind will try to trick you into saying, “oh, I don’t want to quit, one more won’t hurt me, ect.” You just have to take control, keep your mouth busy with gum (which also helps with the hunger and the sugar problem) and just remember all the pros. I also used burts bees chap stick because it kindof gives your lips a burning sensation
I had been chewing 12 years. I quit January 5, 2104, the day I started chewing years ago. (I had officially chewed for half my life, 24 years old). What triggered my decision to quit was my 3 boys (5.5 yrs, 2 yrs, and 2 yrs). My set of twin boys often chased me around the house for a bite of my sandwich or cookie, but this last Christmas break they saw me put in a dip. They chased me around the house begging for some of the “brown stuff”. This seriously hit me in my heart. I made the decision on Christmas day to quit…. soon. So i made the decision that it would not be a New Year’s Decision, but a New Life Decision. My symptoms have been as follows;
Headaches, stomach aches, restlessness, unaware of time (it feels like months ago I quit), loss of focus, increased hunger/thirst.
I am quitting for good, and if I dip again, I will follow the same path.
72 hours was an absolute nightmare!! Getting better tho…. I think
Quit Cold Turkey. Best way to quit. My dad, brother, cousin, brother-in-law, grandpa all did it this way. No messing around, just finish it!
I have the similar situation, I’m 25 years old. I started when I was 14. I have a 2.5 year old son, he was trying to stick food in his lip, impersonating me dipping. Knew I had to quit and been dip free since 1/3/14. Best of luck to you!
Well I been dippin for about 7 years before that I smoked 2 packs a day for 26 years. I have quit dippin since January 3 and I have been useing smokey mountain pouches. They have kept the edge off alittle. It is very hard to quit. A lot harder than smoking. But I like the fact that there is a site like this that gives support. Well thanks for the support.
One thing that surprised me most about quitting was the oral fixation (in my case) was actually coming from the nicotine and the 4000 plus chemicals in each dip. Once I got over the physical addiction the oral fixation diminished almost to nothing.
I’ve been dipping for 30+ years (pathetic), about 2 cans/week. Unfortunately, I almost always have a small dip going. I started phasing dip out this morning at 0600 (1/06). I’ll go with out until 0700 tomorrow (1/07), then 0800 the next day (1/08) until 1/24 when I’ll have no more. My morning ‘wake up dip’ will be Smokey Mountain mint dip, once I get past the nicotine withdrawal, I’ll work on the oral fixation. I liked the idea of the guy who mixed an ever increasing % of mint dip in with his regular dip, clever.
Yup… That’s called the “titration method” of quitting. And it certainly does work. I’d say it’s my #2 suggested method behind cold turkey. My only caution would be to make sure you actually DO cut down on the amount of real dip in there. The sooner you’re nicotine free, the sooner your recovery can begin.
I actually had my wife do the mix percent. I told her to start with 75% grizzly and 25% smokey mountain, then start mixing the amounts without my knowledge. Its day ten and I have very little withdraws and I have no idea how much Im actually chewing of the real stuff. every can she mixes has less and less grizzly, I told her to not tell me when i’m only dipping smokey mountain. so far its working. no side effects at all. Its a mind game, I think I’m probably still getting real dip in my mixed cans but I don’t actually know.
Awesome job Justin, keep it up. Whatever it takes. Head up, stay the course, it’s worth it! I’m on day 18 quit now and things are finally starting to get better. Nicotine and all the poisons tobacco companies add have a very strong grip but you CAN break free. I did after 35 years, you CAN!!!
Just wanted to keep everyone informed on my quitting. At the age of 20 years old, I decided I was way to young to put my life in the risk of cancer and missing half of my jaw. Started dipping four years ago, at the age of 16. Two days before Christmas, I made it my quit date. I have been going absolutely crazy, craving a dip at the most random times, however it has gotten a lot better. Some of you may want to try a 21mg nicotine patch, which I put on the side of my stomach. It got rid of the foggy and groggy feeling for me and smokey mountain classic and wintergreen, works really well for me. Not the best texture and taste but gives me that oral fixation I need. Sunflower seeds and beef jerky chew are alright for temporary needs but smokey mountain is getting me through it. After three days of the nicotine patch, woke up this morning and didn’t feel the need to have it on. Still a little miserable but keep strong everyone, temporary battle for an outcome for the good.
Congrats on quitting so young Justin. A word of warning… stay away from the patch. They certainly will “take the edge off” but that’s cause they’re delivering nicotine to your body. Until you get rid of ALL that nicotine (which you’ve done now by removing the patch) you won’t truly be free.
Hi i am 15 and recently got in trouble for diping at school im gunna quit and have seen this jakes mint chew and wondering if anybody has tried it and if it works
Dylan – Jakes and other fake chew will “work” if you’re referring to satisfying the need to have something in your mouth. It will not “work” to give you the nicotine fix that your body is craving because it has no nicotine. That said, Jakes and other fake dips https://www.killthecan.org/your-quit/smokeless-alternatives/ are outstanding tools when you’re looking to quit dipping.
I’ve quit several times over my 24 years of chewing and have always experienced SEVERE withdrawal: headaches, irritability, anger, etc. I’m using Nicorette gum this time and it has been much easier, I’m on day 4 and doing well. I am using the gum sparingly so I don’t substitute one nicotine delivery system for another. It will be much easier to stop using the gum as my nicotine intake per day has been drastically cut already. Stopping usage at 20-25 mg of nicotine per day, with no chewing sensation either, will be easier than quitting from 40-50mg per day in my estimation.
No need to go through the pain of cold turkey if you use the nicotine replacements correctly and taper down.
Gary – While I’d agree that there is some success to be had using nicotine replacements therapy, the problem is that most people never put them down or use them as directed. We’ve got people on our forums that have been using NRT for YEARS.
Awesome advice!
D Mad the fake chew is good to cut the cravings. I was a can a day for 7 years. I now have the fake chew just for cravings. I chew about one can a week of the fake stuff and hope to get off it eventually. It seems to help especially if I’ve been drinking.
Went to the store last night and had two guys in front of me. One of them got a can of coppenhagen pouches and the other got can of grizzly wintergreen. It felt good to know that I would be getting neither. The last 20 days have been hard, but necessary to quit this horrible habit.
Day 2 – Im having a hard time with not having a chew particularly post meal or coffee.. ordered some Bacc Off today. anybody have any luck with this ? (Bacc Off)
Great thanks! Just ordered the Hooch!
32 days of being tobacco free and had two dips last night. Day 1 all over again.
Sadly you’re right… back to day #1. Just make sure you use what you’ve learned with that setback. What led you back to the can? Was there a specific trigger? How will you handle it the NEXT time you’re at day 32 and you get that urge?
New Years quitter here and these 3 days couldn’t have been tougher. Started in college and dipped about 4 cans of Skoal a week for about 11+ years. Any Skoal Mint chewers out there that can offer a good alternative that helped!? I tried Smokey Mt and Golden Eagle and hated them both.
Welcome aboard Dan! I’d highly recommend Hooch Mint. It’s probably my favorite Skoal Mint substitute on the market today. Another one to check out may be Elicit Mint but be leery of that one as they have a couple versions that contain nicotine. Steer clear of those and go with the nicotine free version.
Reviews of both here:
http://blog.killthecan.org/2011/10/hooch-snuff-review/
http://blog.killthecan.org/2013/07/elicit-herbal-chew-review/
I recommend Mint Snuff made by Oregon Mint Snuff Co. The product is an all mint chew without tobacco or nicotine. Looks just like chew and the ingredients are as follows:
Maltitol Syrup (A sugar free solution that does not cause tooth decay)
Mint (Natural Flavor)
Tocopherol (Vitamin E)
Potassium Sorbate ( Preservative)
There is a phone number 1-800-EAT-MINT
328-6468
Am on day 3 right now and have the worst headache of my life. I am not giving up and I am fighting through this. For all my brothers and sister in the fight, stay in it because we can win it.
Smokey mountain is the closet thing to dip. it helps a ton. Its not cheap to order, but get enough for a month and you will be surprised… Fake dip is expensive, but so is cancer
This site has been a big help with my quit. I’m on day 16 and seeing/reading how everyone is going through the same things as me has been encouraging.
Day one for me. Mouth full of seeds right now. Love this site. I was up to 3-4 cans a day. 20 years. No medical issues (yet!). Decided it’s time. Gonna suck but I can do this.
Wow dude best of luck to you, been chewing for four years, a can every two days about, deciding its time to quit, need to preserve these toothies!
On 2nd day. About to lose my vision, getting a headache and feel messed up. I am a teacher so it makes it tough dealing with kids. Can a day dipper, been doing it since I was 15 and am now 36. Love Kodiak. But enough is enough. Too expensive and unhealthy. I can do this.
You absolutely CAN!!! Reach out and let us know how we can help. You’re not alone!!!
I am trying to quit, but the 0roblem is that its like second nature to pick up a can when i go to the store, even if i am not thi.k8ng about it. My choice is grizzly long cut straight. I was wondering if there is a nicotine free replacement. I’ve tried the gums and patches but for me its not working. Thanks.
Derek – you’re in luck as there are a SLEW of good nicotine free alternative available: https://www.killthecan.org/your-quit/smokeless-alternatives/
Do you get stomach aches after quitting chew how long do they last
Hey Jason I’ve been dip free for one month it isn’t easy but you can do it I am after 30 yrs
HELL YES you can do this! I’m seeing this a month after you posted it – I send you blessings and strength my brother. I’m on day 770 and it can most definitely be done. – from a teacher and pastor
David,hang in there, the hardest part is almost over. Chew Free for 3 weeks that is.
Happy New Years to all of you. Keep it rolling in the New Year!
27 hours dip free, im 23, dipped since i was about 15, have and anxiety problems for a while, didnt have the problems back then, gonna see if quitting helps,