SKOAL MONSTER, Quit

Not that i totally disagree with the doomass part....and at the risk of transferance cuz ultimately the person in all our mirrors made the first "choice".....

truth is....we didn't friggin know.....

i didn't know i would get hooked
i didn't know i would get that "jonesin" feeling that made me feel like a coiled spring when i went too long between dips.
i didn't know i would spit on the carpet in places of business and rub it in with my foot.
i didn't know how bad or gross the process of this habit is....from packing, to having it your teeth, to spitting, to the dragon breath from hell....
i didn't know i would become an addict where this little can would literally rule my life....my schedule....my activities....
I didn't truly know.....(technically believe) that, yeah, some folks get cancer and at the minimum have surgery and at the worst....friggin die.


I.....didn't......know.... and niether did you.

UST knew....and both DEVELOPED and INTENTIONALLY markets a product that gaurantees them life long customers....unless you do what you are doing now.....QUIT....

Some other things i didn't know....before i quit.....


I didn't know i could start my day successfully without dip...even if it meant packing a dip immediately after brushing my teeth....i used to hate to do that cuz the mintiness from the toothpaste messed up the taste of my cope.
I didn't know i could make a decision about anything w/o dip.
I didn't know i could do all sorts of things....i.e. hunt, fish, yardword, scratch my ass.....w/o dip.
I didn't know i could go to my son's basketball/baseball/football games and not carry a spitter....in the stands AND on the court, if i happened to be coaching.
I didnt give a thot as to the negative influence i might be exhibiting to those kids....and may the good lord have mercy on a parent if they had dared to say anything......
I didn't know my wife would kiss me more w/o dip
I didn't know the admiration my boys would give me as they have witnessed first hand the battle of addiciton....supported me and vowed to never put themselves in a position to have to battle this particular demon.
I didn't know by trusting strangers to hold me accountable would work in helping quit.
I didn't know i would make some of the best friends i've never met on a dam computer website....

I didn't know I could quit.....and gain control over my addiction.....for today....

I DO know this...and you have my word as i have already signed roll this morning....as the first thing i do and the start of my day.

I will not under any circumstance have any nicotine.......today.

THAT....I know as a fact.

This post has been edited by mule21 on Nov 7, 2009, 7:04 am


Damn, if this isn't in words of wisdom it should be ( Copied from get your bitch on 11/07/09

I agree, this belongs in the "Words of Wisdom"

So it is written, so it shall be done.

Good Looking out Skoal Monster.

Not that i totally disagree with the doomass part....and at the risk of transferance cuz ultimately the person in all our mirrors made the first "choice".....

truth is....we didn't friggin know.....

i didn't know i would get hooked
i didn't know i would get that "jonesin" feeling that made me feel like a coiled spring when i went too long between dips.
i didn't know i would spit on the carpet in places of business and rub it in with my foot.
i didn't know how bad or gross the process of this habit is....from packing, to having it your teeth, to spitting, to the dragon breath from hell....
i didn't know i would become an addict where this little can would literally rule my life....my schedule....my activities....
I didn't truly know.....(technically believe) that, yeah, some folks get cancer and at the minimum have surgery and at the worst....friggin die.


I.....didn't......know.... and niether did you.

UST knew....and both DEVELOPED and INTENTIONALLY markets a product that gaurantees them life long customers....unless you do what you are doing now.....QUIT....

Some other things i didn't know....before i quit.....


I didn't know i could start my day successfully without dip...even if it meant packing a dip immediately after brushing my teeth....i used to hate to do that cuz the mintiness from the toothpaste messed up the taste of my cope.
I didn't know i could make a decision about anything w/o dip.
I didn't know i could do all sorts of things....i.e. hunt, fish, yardword, scratch my ass.....w/o dip.
I didn't know i could go to my son's basketball/baseball/football games and not carry a spitter....in the stands AND on the court, if i happened to be coaching.
I didnt give a thot as to the negative influence i might be exhibiting to those kids....and may the good lord have mercy on a parent if they had dared to say anything......
I didn't know my wife would kiss me more w/o dip
I didn't know the admiration my boys would give me as they have witnessed first hand the battle of addiciton....supported me and vowed to never put themselves in a position to have to battle this particular demon.
I didn't know by trusting strangers to hold me accountable would work in helping quit.
I didn't know i would make some of the best friends i've never met on a dam computer website....

I didn't know I could quit.....and gain control over my addiction.....for today....

I DO know this...and you have my word as i have already signed roll this morning....as the first thing i do and the start of my day.

I will not under any circumstance have any nicotine.......today.

THAT....I know as a fact.

This post has been edited by mule21 on Nov 7, 2009, 7:04 am


Damn, if this isn't in words of wisdom it should be ( Copied from get your bitch on 11/07/09

This post has been edited by Skoal Monster on Nov 7, 2009, 6:56 pm

Thanks fo the reminder Skoal Monster. Need that every so often!!!

This post has been edited by kdip on Sep 23, 2009, 3:00 pm

......Tom Kerns Daughter....Taken from the Caring Bridge Site

I will never put that shit in my mouth again..

Damn straight Skoal Monster.

If I ever need inspiration to stay quit, the Kerns Story is one of the first places I go.

Needless to say.....I'm still quit.

This post has been edited by LaQuitter on Sep 23, 2009, 11:29 am

......Tom Kerns Daughter....Taken from the Caring Bridge Site

I will never put that shit in my mouth again.


This post has been edited by Skoal Monster on Sep 23, 2009, 2:53 pm

Ditto too!!

Amen brother Skoal Monster! Those words are as important as the contract.
Thanks ya bastad

Ditto!!!!!!

I keep seeing posts where quitters are frustrated that they still have urges to dip or smoke. Some after a month, some after many hundreds of days. Maybe time ultimately erases that, I don't really know. The thing is when you have truly embraced your decision to quit, craves or urges become irrelevent. It's said over and over here that "dip is no longer an option". When you live that philosophy your quit becomes simple, easy even. If I know in my heart that I will never chew or smoke again, then I never consider it as a remedy,a pass time, crutch, etc. It is no longer on the table as a possibility in my mind. I have urges to dip all the time, they are no worse or better than my day one. The difference is I own them now. They have no power over me and I can brush them off with ease.

The destination and the journey are the same thing here. Quit is your destination, staying quit is the journey, you have already arrived my friend. Stop complaining about the potholes in your path, walk around them. Stop looking over your shoulder , there is nothing back there that you want. If there was you never would have left. Embrace your quit and there will not be any force of nature or mind that can move you from it.

SM

Nice SM, Very Nice. Now get off the fence you Lurker, spit that shit out and get on the road to Freedom!!!!

SM telling it like it is...that was my sorry ass 35 days ago and I was the lurker now I'm the quitter and it feels so good, my mouth is well on the way to healed, I don't hide, I'm not ashamed and no spitters sitting around. I have my own life back, not some damned can calling my name at all hours day and night. Freedom is only your quit away. DO IT!

Nice SM, Very Nice. Now get off the fence you Lurker, spit that shit out and get on the road to Freedom!!!!

This post has been edited by kdip on Aug 20, 2009, 8:36 am

Hey Guest,

I see you there, reading, surfing the site. Sitting at the computer.... you have a dip in right now I bet. Ironic that you choose to chew while researching how to quit. Except, for you its not a choice anymore is it? You have to have it. If its late enough and you dipped alot today I bet you packed it in your upper lip. Lower lip hurts too much. Maybe your just keeping it away from that one sore spot that has been bothering you. Scared? ashamed? sick of being a slave to a habit thats killing you? Aren't you tired of being sick and tired? This time will be different, if you take the steps to commit to this program and follow in the path of those that walked this way before you, you will be quit. Choose to save your own life. Isn't that why your here.
Is it cancer? It will be, dip will kill you if you just give it enough time. How much more time do you think you have anyhow? A year? a lifetime? one can? Maybe one dip. Thats right, the very next dip could be the one that kills you. Seriously, how many chances to dodge cancer do you think your going get?
I can say very confidently, that you are not the biggest addict ever to walk this way. I had almost given up on ever quitting, Thankfully I stumbled in here 205 days ago and now I am quit. Trust me as a fellow dipper who stuffed skoal in my face for 23 yrs and two cans a day. If I can quit so can you.
So stop lurking and start posting, Fnd your quit group and post up a day one. Stop being a guest and start being a quitter.

Damn Rant Monster... this is no rant... this is pure poetry.

I would say this is one for the books. Proud to call you my Quit Brother.

Would you please post this in November and October???

I won't take credit for your words... I know you have credibility with these guys, and this ought to help them understand why we can be so harsh at times.

Thanks,
Jim

true 'nuf