Copenhagen.... I put the can down.

tcb · 07-03-06, 08:39 AM

It's been 2 1/2 days since my last pinch of snuff. I feel like I've been hit over the head with a shovel, but I am staying the course. This is the longest that I have been without tobacco since I went through basic training, 10 years ago this summer. Saturday (day 1) was the worst... I felt like I was going looney toons. Today has sucked so far.... This is the first time venturing out of the house since quitting, so its been a little tougher than yesterday. There are so many things that I am accustomed to dipping during... like driving this morning. I couldn't tell you the last time I drove without a dip... None the less, I've got my Sunflower Seeds, Toothpicks, and Bubble gum to keep the oral fixation occupied. I can't go back now, because that would make this last 60+ hours of misery worth nothing. So I am done... I have had my last dip.

Sorry, I just needed to vent this morning.

Any other quitters out there?

fsusteve · 07-03-06, 08:44 AM

I actually quit cigars this week also. Not nearly as bad as I thought it was gonna be, good luck we need it....

beaufort-fj60 · 07-03-06, 08:44 AM

good luck

jjbodean1970 · 07-03-06, 08:51 AM

good luck, you can do it!

wob · 07-03-06, 09:01 AM

My friend just quit too. He went back home to see some friends in Chicago. One guy had a chunk of his gum removed and three teeth. The doc said if he kept dipping, he'd gladly remove the rest of his lower jaw in a few months. My bud said that was the motivation he was looking for.

tcb · 07-03-06, 09:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wob

My friend just quit too. He went back home to see some friends in Chicago. One guy had a chunk of his gum removed and three teeth. The doc said if he kept dipping, he'd gladly remove the rest of his lower jaw in a few months. My bud said that was the motivation he was looking for.

That thought has been in the back of my mind for a long time. I've never had anything suspicious develop in my mouth and my dentist has never said anything about it. But the risks of cancer and jaw removal are always there...

But, I figured this was the easiest way to add $2500 a year to my Cruiser budget.

brian · 07-03-06, 09:06 AM

good luck and stay the course.
that is one disgusting habit.
i've heard they put fiberglass in that crap, so it cuts your gums and "helps" with absorbation process.

Rocknroll · 07-03-06, 10:03 AM

I quit 1 1/2 years ago and I'll admit it wasn't easy. But, I'm glad I did and after a short time (about a week) the craving for it was gone. Good louck dude and stick with it!

tcb · 07-03-06, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Rocknroll

I quit 1 1/2 years ago and I'll admit it wasn't easy. But, I'm glad I did and after a short time (about a week) the craving for it was gone. Good louck dude and stick with it!

Thanks man, I keep hearing that 1 week is the time frame until I start feeling OK. I go through phases... I'll be fine one minute and then loopy as hell the next. 9 more hours until 3 days... this time tomorrow I will be half way to the 1 week mark.

beaufort-fj60 · 07-03-06, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by tcb

Thanks man, I keep hearing that 1 week is the time frame until I start feeling OK. I go through phases... I'll be fine one minute and then loopy as hell the next. 9 more hours until 3 days... this time tomorrow I will be half way to the 1 week mark.

that's the easy part, it's the 3 to 6 months later........ on a nice day and with a cold beer and you reach for the phantom dip can in your pocket.

tcb · 07-03-06, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by beaufort-fj60

that's the easy part, it's the 3 to 6 months later........ on a nice day and with a cold beer and you reach for the phantom dip can in your pocket.

The phantom can has gotten me several times... I reach for it and remember, "oh yeah, I quit."

nmbuckaroo · 07-03-06, 10:28 AM

i dipped and smoked. when i started dipping i used skoal wintergreen than went to regular copenhagen. it was 69cents a can. smoked 2 packs and used 2 cans a day. once i got up in morning and put in a dip, i never let it run out all day except to eat. my gum stayed white all the time. it would get so sore i would move dip to other side. i quit both at same time. had a little help. i was in an explosion in 2004 and was in burn center in hospital. i remember after i was taken off the respirator, i could smell the niccotein really strong. by the time i got out of hospital and started to regain my senses the desire for tobbacco was gone. never missed it or had any craving at all. good luck. you will be a much healthier person plus i did not realize how nasty it was. YOU CAN DO IT!

tcb · 07-03-06, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by nmbuckaroo

i was in an explosion in 2004 and was in burn center in hospital.

Wow man, I guess you are OK? I imagine with that kind of trauma, a dip or a smoke was the furthest thing from your mind.

nmbuckaroo · 07-03-06, 11:12 AM

doing better. on disability now. 9 people hurt. i had worst burns. one man lost an arm. but man standing next to me died. his name was sammy miller. he held 2 or 3 speed records with jet car racing. went by "slinging sammy". RIP. kind of ironic that a rocket engine was the cause of the accident but it was while working on an oilwell in west texas and not on a race car. things are not the same but ok.

tcb · 07-03-06, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by nmbuckaroo

doing better. on disability now. 9 people hurt. i had worst burns. one man lost an arm. but man standing next to me died. his name was sammy miller. he held 2 or 3 speed records with jet car racing. went by "slinging sammy". RIP. kind of ironic that a rocket engine was the cause of the accident but it was while working on an oilwell in west texas and not on a race car. things are not the same but ok.

Man.. I don't know what to say. Are you still going through Physical Therapy and what not?

Kind of makes quitting dipping look trivial.

Cruisin'Carolina · 07-03-06, 11:27 AM

What part of West Texas do you live/work?

(I'm from Lubbock, had friends working the fields from Midland to Jal

albee · 07-03-06, 11:33 AM

11:59 p.m. Dec 31, 1996 I emptied the last of my can. For some reason in my drunken stupor, I said, I will never have another dip as long as I live. To this day I have not had one. I thought the hardest part was one to three months. Your resolve gets a little weak and you start to say maybe if I just have a chew now and then it will be ok. WRONG Good luck

nmbuckaroo · 07-03-06, 11:35 AM

had pt on both hands for 14 months. slight head injury which i am just now overcoming. treated for post traumatic stress disorder for about a year. parts of exploded pipe in my abdomen. surgery on right shoulder. lost 60% hearing in both ears. got 2 hearing aids now. have a little breathing problem from the hydrogen peroxide that powered the rocket engine. ( i think 78% active) all in all not the same but still alive.

nmbuckaroo · 07-03-06, 11:40 AM

i was living in hobbs n.m. had offices in hobbs and midland. oilwell was located in crane texas. they airlifted me to university medical in lubbock. was out- patient there for a year. one fantastic hospital. alway wanted to ride in a helicopter. got one just don't remember it.

nmbuckaroo · 07-03-06, 11:50 AM

cruisin carolina- when did you leave lubbock? i bet you like carolina weather and scenery a whole lot more. what do you do there?

Cruisin'Carolina · 07-03-06, 12:09 PM

I left in 1995....

My family build homes there, and I ran off writing building damage estimates for insurance cos....Came here to work a Hurricane, met a girl, got married, and stayed.

Working on getting my own agency now.

I do like the scenery, but when I go back I like W Texas, too. I could do without the humidity....

Hang tough and I hope you as full and as speedy a recovery as possible.....

(You have a lot of Cruisers for W Texas....I can only remember 2 growing up)

Colorado Boy-74-FJ40 · 07-03-06, 12:33 PM

Good luck dude. I quit Cope cold turkey about 8 years I was up to a can a day and rarely ever spit. I has to do the patch to wean off it. Cope has about 10 times more nicotine that smokes. Don't give up. Try patches if necessary.

rusty_tlc · 07-03-06, 12:40 PM

I quit smoking about 5 years ago.
I used Zyban. Worked great for me.

tcb · 07-03-06, 01:03 PM

I'm going it cold turkey, no help except Gum, Sunflower Seeds, toothpicks, and moral support from those around me.

I'm going to avoid the cancer, but all the sodium from the Sunflower Seeds is going to kill me... lol.

Buy stock in David Seeds Co. and Wrigley....

wob · 07-03-06, 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tcb

I'm going it cold turkey, no help except Gum, Sunflower Seeds, toothpicks, and moral support from those around me.

I'm going to avoid the cancer, but all the sodium from the Sunflower Seeds is going to kill me... lol.

Buy stock in David Seeds Co. and Wrigley....

Every time I "slow down" on the dipping, the sunflower seeds tear my gums up worse than the dip. I know, bigger picture.............

tcb · 07-03-06, 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wob

Every time I "slow down" on the dipping, the sunflower seeds tear my gums up worse than the dip. I know, bigger picture.............

The seeds have the inside of my mouth more raw than the dip ever did. But I figure I'll cut back on those as I get less and less hooked to the Cope.

Previa Diesel · 07-03-06, 01:40 PM

Drink as much water as you can. You body will be dumping out a lot of accumulated toxins once you stop taking them in. Saunas, esp. infrared are excellent: sweat it out. The residues in your system are most of the craving acc. to what I've read. Get rid of the residues and you get rid of the craving. There's a lot of other stuff you can do, but that's a start.

tcb · 07-05-06, 08:15 AM

On the down hill slide to a week now... been a little over 4 1/2 days.. The physical withdrawals are much more managable, the mental withdrawals are still messing with me... but, i'm holding strong and avoiding tempting situations...

wob · 07-05-06, 08:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tcb

On the down hill slide to a week now... been a little over 4 1/2 days.. The physical withdrawals are much more managable, the mental withdrawals are still messing with me... but, i'm holding strong and avoiding tempting situations...

Yesterday was my last day. We'll see how it goes. The biggest obstacle I see is a 4 1/2 hour drive I have to make next week.

beaufort-fj60 · 07-05-06, 08:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wob

Yesterday was my last day. We'll see how it goes. The biggest obstacle I see is a 4 1/2 hour drive I have to make next week.

long drives suck, especially if your wife is PMS'ing the whole way.

07-03-06, 08:39 AM	#1
tcb IH8MUD Addict Join Date: May 2005 Location: Swinging from a vine. TLCA# 19217 Posts: 630	Copenhagen.... I put the can down. It's been 2 1/2 days since my last pinch of snuff. I feel like I've been hit over the head with a shovel, but I am staying the course. This is the longest that I have been without tobacco since I went through basic training, 10 years ago this summer. Saturday (day 1) was the worst... I felt like I was going looney toons. Today has sucked so far.... This is the first time venturing out of the house since quitting, so its been a little tougher than yesterday. There are so many things that I am accustomed to dipping during... like driving this morning. I couldn't tell you the last time I drove without a dip... None the less, I've got my Sunflower Seeds, Toothpicks, and Bubble gum to keep the oral fixation occupied. I can't go back now, because that would make this last 60+ hours of misery worth nothing. So I am done... I have had my last dip. Sorry, I just needed to vent this morning. Any other quitters out there? __________________ Chimpanzee ridin on a Segway..... bam ba ba bam bam bam.

07-03-06, 08:44 AM	#2
fsusteve IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Where the tarpon roll.... TLCA# 8714 Posts: 1,851 Blog Entries: 1	I actually quit cigars this week also. Not nearly as bad as I thought it was gonna be, good luck we need it.... __________________ A bad day on Mud is better than a good day at work.

07-03-06, 09:06 AM	#7
brian springfield user Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: lebanon,pa TLCA# 6955 Posts: 2,746	good luck and stay the course. that is one disgusting habit. i've heard they put fiberglass in that crap, so it cuts your gums and "helps" with absorbation process. __________________ it's only metal, we can out think it. 77-fj40 20th anniversary edition 87-fj60 216K mile DDer 93-fzj80 mall crawler toyota material distribution center. your source for Factory Service Manuals. they're alot cheaper than you think. 1-800-622-2033

07-03-06, 10:03 AM	#8
Rocknroll IH8MUD Regular Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Weatherford, OK TLCA# 15771 Posts: 288	I quit 1 1/2 years ago and I'll admit it wasn't easy. But, I'm glad I did and after a short time (about a week) the craving for it was gone. Good louck dude and stick with it! __________________ 05 4runner (black) 74 FJ40 bad a** and getting more so daily(beige) 98 Dodge 3500 4x4 w/ Cummins (white) I don't jeep, I wheel, and I wheel a Toyota.

07-03-06, 10:28 AM	#12
nmbuckaroo IH8MUD Regular Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: WEST TEXAS TLCA# 15948 Posts: 310	i dipped and smoked. when i started dipping i used skoal wintergreen than went to regular copenhagen. it was 69cents a can. smoked 2 packs and used 2 cans a day. once i got up in morning and put in a dip, i never let it run out all day except to eat. my gum stayed white all the time. it would get so sore i would move dip to other side. i quit both at same time. had a little help. i was in an explosion in 2004 and was in burn center in hospital. i remember after i was taken off the respirator, i could smell the niccotein really strong. by the time i got out of hospital and started to regain my senses the desire for tobbacco was gone. never missed it or had any craving at all. good luck. you will be a much healthier person plus i did not realize how nasty it was. YOU CAN DO IT! __________________ 1979 fj40 1986 fj60 (sold) 1988 fj62 (sold) 2002 4 runner 2007 chevy duramax 4X4 1969 camaro z28 302cid 4 speed posi 3:73 1970 chevelle ss454 1997 nissan xe pickup 2001 kawasaki diesel mule 3B diesel engine 409 chevy engine

07-03-06, 08:44 AM	#3
beaufort-fj60 IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 3,291	good luck

07-03-06, 09:01 AM	#5
wob SUCKERS!! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Lounging on the Riviera Posts: 1,096	My friend just quit too. He went back home to see some friends in Chicago. One guy had a chunk of his gum removed and three teeth. The doc said if he kept dipping, he'd gladly remove the rest of his lower jaw in a few months. My bud said that was the motivation he was looking for.

07-03-06, 11:12 AM	#14
nmbuckaroo IH8MUD Regular Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: WEST TEXAS TLCA# 15948 Posts: 310	doing better. on disability now. 9 people hurt. i had worst burns. one man lost an arm. but man standing next to me died. his name was sammy miller. he held 2 or 3 speed records with jet car racing. went by "slinging sammy". RIP. kind of ironic that a rocket engine was the cause of the accident but it was while working on an oilwell in west texas and not on a race car. things are not the same but ok. __________________ 1979 fj40 1986 fj60 (sold) 1988 fj62 (sold) 2002 4 runner 2007 chevy duramax 4X4 1969 camaro z28 302cid 4 speed posi 3:73 1970 chevelle ss454 1997 nissan xe pickup 2001 kawasaki diesel mule 3B diesel engine 409 chevy engine

07-03-06, 11:27 AM	#16
Cruisin'Carolina IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Upstate Posts: 1,260	What part of West Texas do you live/work? (I'm from Lubbock, had friends working the fields from Midland to Jal __________________ "I hate conservatives, but I really fcking hate liberals" Matt Stone* Gumby--"I'm a liberal because I'd like everybody to have the opportunity to reach their potential". 94 FZJ80.....ARB, OME, Revo'd, Eclipsed and Locked. 86 FJ60: Sold!

07-03-06, 11:33 AM	#17
albee IH8MUD Regular Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 305	11:59 p.m. Dec 31, 1996 I emptied the last of my can. For some reason in my drunken stupor, I said, I will never have another dip as long as I live. To this day I have not had one. I thought the hardest part was one to three months. Your resolve gets a little weak and you start to say maybe if I just have a chew now and then it will be ok. WRONG Good luck __________________ 1967 fj40, 400ci sbc and a bunch of other upgrades.

07-03-06, 11:35 AM	#18
nmbuckaroo IH8MUD Regular Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: WEST TEXAS TLCA# 15948 Posts: 310	had pt on both hands for 14 months. slight head injury which i am just now overcoming. treated for post traumatic stress disorder for about a year. parts of exploded pipe in my abdomen. surgery on right shoulder. lost 60% hearing in both ears. got 2 hearing aids now. have a little breathing problem from the hydrogen peroxide that powered the rocket engine. ( i think 78% active) all in all not the same but still alive. __________________ 1979 fj40 1986 fj60 (sold) 1988 fj62 (sold) 2002 4 runner 2007 chevy duramax 4X4 1969 camaro z28 302cid 4 speed posi 3:73 1970 chevelle ss454 1997 nissan xe pickup 2001 kawasaki diesel mule 3B diesel engine 409 chevy engine

07-03-06, 11:40 AM	#19
nmbuckaroo IH8MUD Regular Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: WEST TEXAS TLCA# 15948 Posts: 310	i was living in hobbs n.m. had offices in hobbs and midland. oilwell was located in crane texas. they airlifted me to university medical in lubbock. was out- patient there for a year. one fantastic hospital. alway wanted to ride in a helicopter. got one just don't remember it. __________________ 1979 fj40 1986 fj60 (sold) 1988 fj62 (sold) 2002 4 runner 2007 chevy duramax 4X4 1969 camaro z28 302cid 4 speed posi 3:73 1970 chevelle ss454 1997 nissan xe pickup 2001 kawasaki diesel mule 3B diesel engine 409 chevy engine

07-03-06, 11:50 AM	#20
nmbuckaroo IH8MUD Regular Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: WEST TEXAS TLCA# 15948 Posts: 310	cruisin carolina- when did you leave lubbock? i bet you like carolina weather and scenery a whole lot more. what do you do there? __________________ 1979 fj40 1986 fj60 (sold) 1988 fj62 (sold) 2002 4 runner 2007 chevy duramax 4X4 1969 camaro z28 302cid 4 speed posi 3:73 1970 chevelle ss454 1997 nissan xe pickup 2001 kawasaki diesel mule 3B diesel engine 409 chevy engine

07-03-06, 12:09 PM	#21
Cruisin'Carolina IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Upstate Posts: 1,260	I left in 1995.... My family build homes there, and I ran off writing building damage estimates for insurance cos....Came here to work a Hurricane, met a girl, got married, and stayed. Working on getting my own agency now. I do like the scenery, but when I go back I like W Texas, too. I could do without the humidity.... Hang tough and I hope you as full and as speedy a recovery as possible..... (You have a lot of Cruisers for W Texas....I can only remember 2 growing up) __________________ "I hate conservatives, but I really fcking hate liberals" Matt Stone* Gumby--"I'm a liberal because I'd like everybody to have the opportunity to reach their potential". 94 FZJ80.....ARB, OME, Revo'd, Eclipsed and Locked. 86 FJ60: Sold!

07-03-06, 12:33 PM	#22
Colorado Boy-74-FJ40 IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Gresham Or. Posts: 1,295	Good luck dude. I quit Cope cold turkey about 8 years I was up to a can a day and rarely ever spit. I has to do the patch to wean off it. Cope has about 10 times more nicotine that smokes. Don't give up. Try patches if necessary. __________________ 4 Chevys and a Yota ////////////////////////////// 1994 4X4 Silverado pickup 2000 S-10 pickup 2000 Monte Carlo SS 2003 Trailblazer LTZ and a little old 1974 FJ-40

07-03-06, 01:03 PM	#24
tcb IH8MUD Addict Join Date: May 2005 Location: Swinging from a vine. TLCA# 19217 Posts: 630	I'm going it cold turkey, no help except Gum, Sunflower Seeds, toothpicks, and moral support from those around me. I'm going to avoid the cancer, but all the sodium from the Sunflower Seeds is going to kill me... lol. Buy stock in David Seeds Co. and Wrigley.... __________________ Chimpanzee ridin on a Segway..... bam ba ba bam bam bam.

07-03-06, 01:40 PM	#27
Previa Diesel IH8MUD Regular Join Date: May 2004 Location: South Island Posts: 277	Drink as much water as you can. You body will be dumping out a lot of accumulated toxins once you stop taking them in. Saunas, esp. infrared are excellent: sweat it out. The residues in your system are most of the craving acc. to what I've read. Get rid of the residues and you get rid of the craving. There's a lot of other stuff you can do, but that's a start. __________________ "If you're going through hell, keep going." W.S.C.

07-05-06, 08:15 AM	#28
tcb IH8MUD Addict Join Date: May 2005 Location: Swinging from a vine. TLCA# 19217 Posts: 630	On the down hill slide to a week now... been a little over 4 1/2 days.. The physical withdrawals are much more managable, the mental withdrawals are still messing with me... but, i'm holding strong and avoiding tempting situations... __________________ Chimpanzee ridin on a Segway..... bam ba ba bam bam bam.