Trying to quit chew: anybody else in same boat?

[capt kylos]

Today is about the 20th time I tried to quit chewing tobbaco and I am determined to do it. Twenty years is enough!! Any one else out there trying to quit? Capt Kylos

[Caine7478]

I quit chewing for three years and then i had a new baby and it all went to hell. 15 years of chewing skole or kodiak. I actualy had to start smoking to quit chewing. I hated cigs so I was able to wing off thos faster, and cigs have less nicotine than the average chew. Good luck, I will need it myself when i am ready to quit again.

[capt kylos]

I think the dual problem of high nicotine and a need for a oral fixation is what is giving me fits. I had my last chew last night and I will not buy another can ( I HOPE). OH and bye the way that mint chew sucks it is too sticky and not the right consistancy. Capt Kylos

[Ian]

I've heard the more times you make an attempt to quit the better your chances that you can break free for good.

Just get in there and practise quitting.. Strength to you.
Ian

[shinobi]

well i never did chewing backie. Cant find it, dont think its legit in england and over here in australia i think its the same. Best of luck to you.

[capt kylos]

I broke down and bought anoyher can! I can't belive how addicting this poison is. Well back to "this is my last can". Maybe if they keep hiking the price up I wont have the $ to buy it any way. Capt Kylos

[minn306]

If any of you have some great remedy that worked for you.............please share. My husband has tried to quit chewing a number of times(I can not even remember what that number is up to) and just can not seem to do it.

Although his "theory" on it is:

"I have never been a quitter at anything & I am not going to start now" (guess that you have to appreciate HIS sense of humor)

[Yowzaaah]

Wellbutrin (aka Zyban). It's good for ADD and it let's you quit smoking/chewing. I quit 2 weeks after I started taking it. Actually I just forgot to buy them one day and wasn't jonesing bad enough at 11 pm to drive to the mini-mart, one day led to another and next thing I knew I'd quit.

After my wife decided she wanted to sleep with women and "switched teams", I filed for divorce and started smoking a pack a day again for about 3 weeks and "stopped" just as I did the first time by forgetting to pick them up. I've got a 1/2 pack of cowboy killers on the mantel that's been there for a week (I'll still smoke one now and again with a G&T by the fire after I get the kids in bed at night....just because I'm stupid and my ADD prevents me from really finishing anything I guess ).

[capt kylos]

I may have to try the Zyban thing: they are selling generic chew for $2 a can so that nixs the too expensive too keep chewing idea. Capt Kylos

[capt kylos]

I called the Colorado Tobbaco Quitline today and got some good counseling and tips on quiting. One thing they told me is to get some of that shredded beef jerky and add a little tobasco to it and that might help the oral fixation thing. I will let you know how it is going. Capt Kylos

[capt kylos]

Oh by the way chewing two cans of snuff a week is the same amount of nicotine as smoking 1 1/2 packs a day. Just something to think about. Capt Kylos

[mustFocus]

It's tough. I've alternated between Skoal and Camels for years. I managed to quit for a couple of years once but for some inane reason, I started again. This year I quit drinking alcohol, went on a diet (15 lb. lost, so far), was told by my wife that our marriage was failing, discovered I have ADD, and quit drinking coffee because of interactions with the Ritalin. I just don't have the mental energy left to quit smoking. I think I'll try rewarding myself for quitting. I'm spending about $100 a month on cigarettes and I figure that a dirt bike would be much more enjoyable for my money.

Anyhow, good luck to you, capt. You might check around for Thursday Plantation Tea Tree chewing sticks. They're great to satisfy oral fixations and give you much better breath than snuff or cigarettes. They're usually in the tooth care section of natural food stores.

[capt kylos]

Well I went about a week with out a chew but, and there is always a but- I went fishing and chewed like a mad man for the two days on the trip. But now that I am home I am back to not buying a can and not chewing. One step at a time. Thanks for the tip on the tea tree chewing sticks Mustfocus I will give them a try. Capt Kylos

[Decrovid]

Not sure about quitting chew but I have tried to stop smoking many MANY times, so I can relate to the "last Can" thing.

I have tried a bunch of different things to include the patch and zyban. Everthing seemed to help some what ease the craving, but I really feel its just like everyother bad habit or thing that we want to change, you have to want it. Its a mind set and you just have to want it.

Its a habit and like all habits they have to controlled and broke. I have had my best success when I get the mind set of not letting it control me.... Both smoking and and chewing are dirty nasty habits.
Think of the money you will save!!!
write a list of things that you really hate about it and put it on your fridge or some place where you can see it.

Put the money that you would spend daily in a jar, label for "Harley Fund" or somthing.

Find something else to satisfie your fix for the mouth thing, Chew a tooth pick, get the little dental flossers, sugar free gum...

Dont look at where you have been( its been 3 weeks} look where you are going. (the rest of your life)

Deal with one day and one craving at a time.

Find your triggers, mine are riding in the car to work.. Coffee.. Having a beer after work... etc. Then you will know to expect the craving.... Not that it makes it go away, but you can plan for it, having your gum, tooth pick, sunflower seeds... Etc.

Theresa alot of help and support but the bottom line is you have to WANT IT.

With all this said I need a smoke. Hope this helps.

[Cardo]

Man, Can I relate...I have chewed Copenhagen for 20 plus years off and on. Being brought up in the south, it seemed like all the guys just dipped. I quite for 10 months between July 03 and May 04.
I was so tired without it and I have 12 hour days. My work doesn't allow me to chew alot in the time I am with people, but I seem to make up for it in the the "other Times". I used the nicoderm patch last time and the first week was HELL. I was a bear...

I have been diagnosed with ADHD for about 2 months and an on Adderall.
I have been thinking about ...stopping again.

The problem with smokeless tobacco as you already know is that the nicotine content is high as compared to cigs, quick onset, and has its on set of risk.
The tough thing for me is making the descision to "Go For It Again".

For all of us, Good Luck.