I'm a quitter

Worked for me (in addition to a few other things). Ran my first mary still smoking, quit after.

Good luck!

Yeah, kids will change your life and if you're smart you'll let them change it for the better.  Anyone who drank with me from 1984-2004 wouldn't believe it if they saw me on the weekends now.  You can do it man, it's all about the kids. 

Come back here for support.  You've already taken a huge step by posting this cuz we'll keep track of you now.  Good luck.

Uh Oh... You've done it now... you may as well have put it up on the CoJ billboard.

We will watch you, encourage you, scare you, spook you, disturb you and hopefully make you laugh along the way.

An old boy friend of mine used to dip. Can tell you first hand, it's no delicious sweet nectar from this end. Just sayin'

Your wife must be thrilled.

Nice job man.  Seriously nice!

Here is some advice that applies in many contexts... 

Just start swallowing instead of spitting and the allure fades quicly 

I have quit smoking a couple of times

smoked for 15 years
quit for 5 years
cheated off and on for 2 years
quit for almost 6 years now (March 2)

The thing to remember is that this is a true addiction. You can NEVER, EVER dip again, not even once, not ever.

good luck

Good luck man!  Thanks for sharing.  Get in the mindset that this is a war.  You vs. the focking dirty filthy disgusting habit (yea, that's what the rest of the world thinks, sorry to say).

You will have cravings.  Breathe deep and fight...each will get shorter and the space between cravings will get bigger, like waves.  Never dip again, don't let your addicted brain tell you it's OK.

That day will come when the little "Nekkid kid" you're chasing around has kids of her own.  Please tell me you want to be around to see that.

You're doing the right thing and you know it.  Now don't let us down...or them.

Thanks everybody.  I was just babbling away and didn't expect this, I really appreciate it.  The hard part right now is this is all I can think about.  I'm not really craving, it's just so ingrained in what I do every day.

 Pitt, the way you describe how Chantix works is pretty good.  The last few days it was like I didn't get much feeling out of a dip, hard to describe that. 

I hope you succeed!

My first time chewing - I was a freshman in H.S. (over 25 years ago) and bought AppleJack (the loose leaf cr*p).  Yep, I went right to the hard stuff.  I felt very ill and threw up big time later that day.  I never chewed again, and glad that it taught me a lesson!

Hope you succeed with quitting.  Having seen numerous friends/coworkers try to quit (smoking) I can see that it is a tough challenge.  Take it one day at a time, maybe post in your training log how many days you've gone without and this will inspire you to keep at it. 

"Just the thought turns my stomach"

I tend to have that effect on people, thanks.  Unfortunately, I have not dipped since midnight on Monday.  I sure do miss it.  I think it misses me too.

Dead I am the dog, hound of hell you cry
Devil on your back, I can never DIP.

is a bona fide hottie, if that helps any.

Congrats hamner, keep it up!  And consider contributing to the Poetry Thursday threads.