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Well done lad! I quit smoking in 93 cold turkey. I say cold turkey, but what really helped was that my wife(at the time) said she could quit longer than I could. That did it. A year and a half later she broke down while in the Dominican on vacation with the girls. I won, but after that long I had it beat...
 
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Hang in there! We all got our vices. I've lost 50+ pounds over the last 11 months. I now have new roommates that don't eat well and the real challenge is on. I feel much better and can move a little faster now. ;)
 
Phillip, thanks for the concern! Still going strong, though. Day 5 and still off the can! Starting to get a little better and I am beginning to get less grumpy!
 
Congrats Curtis!! Another hurdle may be finding something to take its(dip) place. I quit smoking Jan 10 of this year with Chantix and now my new struggle has been eating. I old buddy of mine once said that quitting tobacco is like quitting drugs or alcohol, you can never have just one! If you do, you will fail, and be an addict again. Its willpower, you have to be strong, even when things are stressful. You have lots of support on here. Great job so far!
 
As a nurse.....you know.....its the best medicine!!!! Its a hazard to your body and once over the worst withdrawal days..........you can get back on the right track to healthy mouth and mind!!! Congrats to you!!! Its hard work but we are here to help you or kick your ass when you slide....Putting a pat on your shoulder and saying....GOOD JOB!!!!
 
Atta boy.,keep up the good work. Now, if you can get through the 4th, you will pass a great milestone. We are watching.
 
Congrats Curtis..!!!

Ex-smoker here...took a new job some twenty years ago, first day on the job didn't know anybody, after about the third person in a row came out to the smoking area to smoke/chat I almost got sick and puked from smoking so many cigarettes in a row...'that' would have been emarassing...laid'em down and never smoked again :)
 
I QUIT TOO!! I tried Copenhagen "ONCE" after I almost fell out of my chair and the room quit spinning I quit, but the grumpiness never went away. GOOD LUCK with it.
 
Curtis,
Good for you my friend. Continued strength in you endeavor. Keep thinking of your family and your precious daughter.
If you need anything let me know. I may have to come up for some one on one tutoring on your CA application.
Vern
 
Good for you Curtis.
It should start getting easier now. I say that I dipped Copenhagen for a year and spent 14 trying to quit. That was almost 20 years ago. Third day was the roughest.

Now you can say, I used to dip. The more you say it, the more it will become truth. The power of life and death is in the tongue.
 
Curtis,
I haven't posted in a long time, but I wanted to drop in to support you on this one. I dipped Skoal and Grizzly for years and years, but I quit about a month ago. It's a nasty and dangerous habit, and you'll be much better off to kick it. I decided that I wasn't going to be a slave to the habit any longer. Whenever I get the urge to dip (which is several times a day), I just repeat to myself that I get to choose what I do and I choose not to be a slave to tobacco. For me, it's been damned hard to quit but I'm completely determined to see it through. Good luck to you.
Keith
 
Hey, Curtis, YOu know youcan do this because there are too many members here that live not too far from you and if you slip, then there are too many boots youhave to take in the ............, but I ma sure we wouldn't be needing to excersise that.
Good job so far. BTW, did you get any extra smoochies from the little ones yet? Or a longer hugs? I am sure they are getting closer and closer.
Hang in there, You know there are too many nopalitos around should you get the darn urge. You sound like you wouldn't be needing it.
 
For everyone who has been pulling for me and are interested...still dip free! Exactly one week ago at 2 am on Friday night/Saturday morning, I spit out my last dip! I don't really miss the dip, but do miss the buzz from the nicotine! The patch has helped but it is not nearly as strong as having a dip in your mouth every waking minute of every day! Hell, I was dipping 1 can a day of the crap! Good riddance!
 
Oh yeah, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH for the words of encouragement so far. This REALLY means a lot to me! I am glad I shared this with you all!
 
I've been on this site for less than a year and it is truly heartwarming to see an extended family at work...As a member of that family, it is an honor that you told us. We are all proud of you. You are truly a gifted individual and it's important to your family, immediate and extended, that you live a long and healthy life. Addictions are hard to beat but you can do it!! You are on your way...on day at a time.
 
Keep it up Curtis!! If you get the urge to dip, just imagine ALL of us staring at you with disapproving looks on our faces!:mad:
 
Hey Curtis, how goes the battle?? Been a few days since you posted, I know you are doing ok, just helps to have a little of the reinforcement along the way.
If I make it to the 15th I'll be 2 years since my last cigarette, and I still have a twinge sometime. However, all I have to do is hook up my O2 and take a couple deep drags on that and I'm good to go.
Oh, I didn't quit, just been almost 2 years since my last one....
Hang in there...
Vern
 
Curtis, you were supposed to post a close up picture of you ,so we can see how fast your cheeks are getting redder and how your color glowing,oh we may be able to tell the hard smooches you've been getting form your little ones on your cheeks too. That way you can pass the forum exam and get a clean bill of moderator. Other wise we may slip.:rolleyes::biggrin::biggrin: I can say for myself and rest of your extended family here that we are proud of you and hope when we get together for the next Central TX gathering we can send the far family members some great pictures of your progress. Or, you can turn that big bowl from that pecan giant log you had behind the BBQ pit at your place this time. that would be some fun to watch.
I forgot to mention that now that you don't spend the money on chews, guess who is getting better eloctronic games, Your KIDS. :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::bulgy-eyes::giggle::bananen_smilies104:
 
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Curtis, Just dropping in to give you a boost.
You have it whipped, may not feel like it from your end. But you have it in the bag. Now take all that money you didn't spend on snuff and take the wife to dinner, the kids to the movies, something that will really matter as an alternative. remember that feeling and let it really settle in that you traded one for the other. Help your mind hate the stuff as much as your soul does.
It is now all mental, the habit. So that really makes it mind over matter. So if you don't mind it don't matter. STOP THINKIN! no problems.
Proud of you guy.
 
hey. Curtis, Tomorrow would be 14 days since your post and we are proud of you. they say it takes 21 days to change a habit. Hang in there buddy. we are all behind you. some one said your Cactus production has gone up so we are waiting for your post to buy some more.
 
Hang tight Curtis, I know you are a man of conviction, and that stuff is not good for you, I've heard it takes almost a year to fully clean all of the nicotine out of you body, a little longer if you packing some extra body fat. I know that after about 4 months of being off Cigarettes I started feeling a bit better, I imagine it'll be about the same with the smokeless tobacco also, Texans is strong you can do it.
 
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