There comes a time in this quit-business when one has been at it so long that it turns into a matter of pride. Not that this is a bad thing, but with it comes the tendency to hold in any issues of weakness, to keep to oneself about any of … Continue reading
That’s what I kept telling myself for the past 20+ years. “Just one more tin, then I’ll quit for good.” But sure enough, some sort of life event (stress, beginning of summer, seeing somebody else packing a dip and thinking, “Hmm…oh yeah, dip would really hit the spot right now”, … Continue reading
100+ days wow! The main reason I’m going to write this speech is because during my dark times managing my addiction or when my addiction was managing me I found that reading other’s HOF speeches helped me very much. So, I hope to help someone else out now by telling … Continue reading
May 28, 2010 I had made the decision to quit chewing, again. May 29, I woke up and immediately grabbed a can and put a dip in. Failed again. I was so tired of failing. Knowing this shit had such a control over me was becoming a depressing factor in … Continue reading
Each new group has its share of people caving. And it can be unsettling to a new quitter. It can be a person who has only one day quit or a veteran with hundreds of days quit. Whichever it is your emotions early on are weird enough and a cave … Continue reading
So you’ve hit the hall. 100 days quit! Man what an accomplishment. What do you do now though? You could go to the movies, play some golf, maybe take a mini vacation. Sure you could do these things but why not stay quit for another 400 days and then throw … Continue reading
All of us here, are YOU Everyone here has a similar story. We started dipping early in life, usually as a teenager. Someone offered us a can and we gave it a try………then we puked…….then we dipped again and again. We did it because our friends did it, our father … Continue reading
