Quitting is the shits. It affects you both psychologically and physically: extreme anxiety, depression, sleeplessness, craves, and so on. After about 4-1/2 decades of using tobacco, I had not contracted cancer so why put myself through this crap? The reason to quit was quite simple: there is always the small … Continue reading
Hard to believe that it has been 100 days. I’m not sure how to give the best HOF speech, but what I will say is that if you are a guy that is on the fence about quitting, I was in your shoes 100 days ago. Reading all of the … Continue reading
I began dipping as a freshman in college. I drove in with a friend who was as I thought back then the cool kid. He dipped and I figured why the hell not try it maybe just maybe it would bring out the coolness in me. So I started with … Continue reading
My first dip was when I was about 15 or 16 in a hockey dressing room. Fully hooked by 18 and tried quitting off and on over the last 20 yrs or so. My quit started out I think the same as the rest of my futile quit attempts…half expected … Continue reading
Today is the day I hit 100 days! It has been one hell of a journey thus far! From the anxiety to the depression to the anger… Never a dull moment during my quit journey… I had tried to quit 2 years ago and epically failed because I had no … Continue reading
**Ready is saying something, speaking to the crowd, standing on a soap box… now what is he doing? Damn, these lights are bright. Oh, shit he is waving me up – time to stand on the box… where did I put that damn speech I prepared? Oh, here it is … Continue reading
Today, Monday April 24, 2017 marks 100 days since my last hit of nicotine. I began my love affair with nicotine in 1999 as a 15 year old kid with one hidden cigarette behind the barn. I thought I was so cool throughout high school as a smoker and dipper. … Continue reading
100 days is just the start of the next 100 days and so on! I am proud to be quit and with the help of my quit brothers and everyone else who has reached out to me on this site. I consider all of you my real brothers in life. … Continue reading
It took me a long time to get this started, and honestly it took me even longer to finish. I started dipping when i was in the 9th grade and I thought i found gold. Little did I know I found shit. I was just a 14 year old moron … Continue reading
Everyone of started dipping for a reason, but all of us continued for one. Ever meet that person that can have one dip a year? Or smoke one cigar every few months? We aren’t that person. We have addictive personalities and we most likely dip to relieve anxiety. Some of … Continue reading
