I am trying (again) and I am feening like hell at the moment. It honestly it just got too damn expensive. I can do a lot with an extra $200+ a month.

I got the flu right after Christmas and didn't dip for three days so I figured it was a good start. The second week is way harder than the first. I have tried several time but either work or Aggie football stresses me out and I am back at it. I have been to the gym and range and I am still ready to break something.

If anyone else is working on this misery loves company.

Any tips are appreciated.

I know, I know, suck it up and just do it.

For me it was sunflower seeds. Week two and beyond was really tough. After a month or so it was only really hard when driving on long trips, when drinking, or when hunting.

Good luck man! Best thing I ever quit.

Had brain surgery two plus years ago and had my last dip before being wheeled in. I think the morphin the next couple of days helped. Good luck!!!

Did it a few years ago. Nothing helps, really, except some advice after several failed attempts. As an adult and a man, if you decide you want to do something, and give in because "it's too hard" then you have more serious problems than dip.

There's a lot of tough **** in the world. Quitting dip isn't one of them..

I don't know if that's helpful to anyone else. Maybe it's too harsh, but it worked for me.

Consider talking to your doc about wellbutrin.

Smokey Mountain at HEB worked for me.
I was shocked at how realistic it was.

Gum for me. I just bought several of the large containers and kept them around.

I'd love to have a dip right now... it a hard process. also stay busy to keep your mind from dwelling on the issue.

its a circumstance addiction.

I still want a dip about every day. Especially long drives, drinking, and hunting

For both dipping and smoking there's 2 components. First is the chemical addiction, which is overcome in a week or so. The psychological addiction is the one that drags on and pulls people back in after long periods without

You just have to stop being a ***** and not do it.

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You just have to stop being a ***** and not do it.

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I think you just really have to want to quit and a reason to do so to keep you motivated.

I quit once for a year just because and started for no reason again. When my oldest was born I had my last dip in the hospital and have not had one since. I'm not dipping because of my kids which is why I think It stuck.

I guess that's one way. The evidence based way is a med and support group (ie killthecan.org)

Just to give you a little solace, most people get past the physiological addiction to nicotine in the first 48 hrs.
It's the psychological addiction you're dealing with now....

Using Grinds to help with quitting. Black coffee, just ordered 10 cans last night.

That's 30 cans a month, impressive.

Dude. Just quit. It's not heroine. It's not meth. Just quit.

Discipline. This is your new best friend. It's crap. You know it's crap. It's hard. But it's not impossible

One of my customers just battled mouth and throats cancer. He had to have a feeding tube put in and learn to swallow again. He was miserable. If you love to eat you never want to have radiation on your mouth and throat.

Get a buddy to sneak in a little dried cow or deer sh-- into your can. Have him mention it after about the third pinch. The true addict will notice something ain't right, but initially won't care.....until it sinks in.

I may or may not have gotten an attempted attempted a-- beating over this treatment plan.

I had my last dip a little over 18 yrs ago and I still dream of dipping once every couple of months.

I make a decision not to dip practically every day.

What got me through it was:

"No temptation has seized you except what is common to man and God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will provide a way out so that you can stand up under it." -1 Corinthians 10:13

So...
-if I'm being tempted, I must be able to withstand it because God wouldn't let me be in a situation that I couldn't.
-he's providing a way out of the temptation, I just need to be on the watch for it.

An Aggie buddy of mine quit 10 years ago. Went to the dentist and they noticed something and sent him to a doc. Diagnosed with mouth cancer. After numerous surgeries I had lunch with him and he tried to eat enchiladas only able to open his jaw 1". He said his therapy was they'd take a plastic wedge and hammer it between his teeth to tear the scar tissue so his jaw would open. Lost 70 lbs. Died 3 months later and never said a word it was terminal.

Want to add that he told me that if I, or anyone I knew, ever had any cancer issues just go straight to MD Anderson. Don't mess with anybody else first. Still makes me wonder what happened...