Comments on: About the Author http://www.addictedtosnuff.com Quitting is no longer an option... Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:52:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: David http://www.addictedtosnuff.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-3347 David Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:01:17 +0000 http://www.addictedtosnuff.com/?page_id=2#comment-3347 Hi Matt, I can relate all to well to your blog. I started when I was 12 or 13 years old and I am now 38. I have not wanted to stop except to maybe save the money. But I also, dip at work or anywhere else I want, 80% of the time I have a dip. I do not have gum or teeth trouble. Not even one cavity my whole life. I hope you are able to quit, I do know how bad the addiction is. Hi Matt,

I can relate all to well to your blog. I started when I was 12 or 13 years old and I am now 38. I have not wanted to stop except to maybe save the money. But I also, dip at work or anywhere else I want, 80% of the time I have a dip. I do not have gum or teeth trouble. Not even one cavity my whole life. I hope you are able to quit, I do know how bad the addiction is.

]]> By: Tim http://www.addictedtosnuff.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-3345 Tim Sat, 22 May 2010 11:10:15 +0000 http://www.addictedtosnuff.com/?page_id=2#comment-3345 Matt...I found your blog today after doing a quick search about how many mg's of nicotine are in Copenhagen. Great information, thank you. I hope that you are still winning the battle against your nicotine addiction as I have started my 4th real attempt at quitting after 20+ years of Copenhagen. Your story is very similar to mine. I started dipping in H.S., and have "quit" only 3 times since. The first was the 3 months of Parris Island, 2nd was OCS and the 3rd last year for 6 months(my longest to date). I didn't last 3 hours before I bought my first can after boot camp. The Marines don't really make it easy for me to quit as I am surrounded by it everyday and the urge is always there. Finding sites like yours reaffirms me that I am doing the right thing so thank you for your story. Semper Fi! Matt…I found your blog today after doing a quick search about how many mg’s of nicotine are in Copenhagen. Great information, thank you. I hope that you are still winning the battle against your nicotine addiction as I have started my 4th real attempt at quitting after 20+ years of Copenhagen. Your story is very similar to mine. I started dipping in H.S., and have “quit” only 3 times since. The first was the 3 months of Parris Island, 2nd was OCS and the 3rd last year for 6 months(my longest to date). I didn’t last 3 hours before I bought my first can after boot camp. The Marines don’t really make it easy for me to quit as I am surrounded by it everyday and the urge is always there. Finding sites like yours reaffirms me that I am doing the right thing so thank you for your story. Semper Fi!

]]> By: johnny http://www.addictedtosnuff.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-3320 johnny Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:41:28 +0000 http://www.addictedtosnuff.com/?page_id=2#comment-3320 Hey there Matt, Are you still successful about a year later? I stumbled across your site in my quit process, and it's been really helpful. I've been dipping Cope snuff for almost three years, tried to quit 4 or 5 times; i was up to 1 can/day, so this is hell right now. Take it easy. Hey there Matt,

Are you still successful about a year later? I stumbled across your site in my quit process, and it’s been really helpful. I’ve been dipping Cope snuff for almost three years, tried to quit 4 or 5 times; i was up to 1 can/day, so this is hell right now.
Take it easy.

]]> By: Michael http://www.addictedtosnuff.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-218 Michael Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:09:06 +0000 http://www.addictedtosnuff.com/?page_id=2#comment-218 Good Luck, I'm on the verge of joining you. I was surfing the net to see if there were resources on quitting snuff and came across your blog. Its like looking in the mirror. I started at age 17, I am now 37. Everything else in my life is pretty healthy except this. Not many people even know of my addiction (or would believe) and yes I hid it from every girl I ever dated for the first 6 months...I also used social smoking to cover up in public, that's been a disaster on my running and biking. No pressure, but I'll be reading so lead the way!! Good Luck, I’m on the verge of joining you.

I was surfing the net to see if there were resources on quitting snuff and came across your blog. Its like looking in the mirror. I started at age 17, I am now 37. Everything else in my life is pretty healthy except this. Not many people even know of my addiction (or would believe) and yes I hid it from every girl I ever dated for the first 6 months…I also used social smoking to cover up in public, that’s been a disaster on my running and biking.

No pressure, but I’ll be reading so lead the way!!

]]> By: Murphy http://www.addictedtosnuff.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Murphy Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:06:28 +0000 http://www.addictedtosnuff.com/?page_id=2#comment-21 Dear Matt, thanks for putting this site up. I've not read forward yet to see how it's going as we get to the tail end of January, but if you are still clean or have slipped, we can kick this thing! I say we, because I started Skoal & Red Man in college when I was 20 and quit Copenhage (and all other tobacco) on December 17th 2009 at the age of 50! A few months ago I stared feeling something in the back of my mouth and after a month or so of still feeling it, was pretty much convinced that it was cancer. My doctor looked at it and referred me to a Otolaryngologist (HEAD AND NECK SURGERY) and I had an exam. They probed and looked and even stuck a camera down my nose into my neck, past the voice box (not as unpleasant of an experience as it sounds) and he said: "I can tell you right now that it's not cancer" How sweet was that to hear? As I was going home I ran into one of my friends (who did not even know that I did tobacco) and told her that I had just left an exam with a surgeon with no follow-ups scheduled! I damn near started crying when I was telling her. I had not told one single person about my fears, or even that I had quit. By the time I had the exam, I have 27 days off tobacco under my belt. In the 25+ years of daily hard core use, I had 2 weeks (after a gall bladder removal) when I did not dip snuff. I started again back then after going to a party and a friend had Copenhagen there. When I finally quit on 12/17/09, I made up my mind to buy a new Macbook as reward - before I quit - and even though I could not really afford it. How many times over the years have I done that? (buy something big and rationalized that if I quit snuff...) Oh, about 100! Well, this time I went to Costco first and to the rack of nicotine replacement tools. I'd done no research on what would work best, or dose, but I saw the "Commit Lozenges" - and just grabbed the best deal - the 2mg 216 pack. With those in hand I went out and bought the Macbook (it was a one day sale on the 17th) - spitting out the last chew before I went into the store. It was not the exact one I wanted, but it was the one that would not put my card over the top. I had 3 weeks off from work ahead of me, so my only job was to NOT start using again. The new fast computer and an amazing amount of snow over those 3 weeks helped to get me over the hump. After reading up on "Commit" and the gum, patch - I found that the commit was not recommended for chewers, but after talking to one of the coaches at "Free & Clear" (tobacco quitting program through my insurance) they said it's whatever works. Being I bought the first 12 weeks worth of "Commit" out of pocket (the nicotine replacement products are $15 off at Costco until Jan 25th), I have the option of 8 more weeks of product FREE through the program. My insurance is also really good for pharmacy if I need to go to them. 25 would have been a much better age to quit, but 50 is a hell of a lot better than never! Good luck to you my friend. I am going to pass your website on to the coach from the "Free & Clear" program, and any others I find. I know that there are tough times ahead for me and all of us who fight this, but it's good to see others kicking it's ass at the same time. Take Care, Murphy Dear Matt, thanks for putting this site up. I’ve not read forward yet to see how it’s going as we get to the tail end of January, but if you are still clean or have slipped, we can kick this thing!

I say we, because I started Skoal & Red Man in college when I was 20 and quit Copenhage (and all other tobacco) on December 17th 2009 at the age of 50! A few months ago I stared feeling something in the back of my mouth and after a month or so of still feeling it, was pretty much convinced that it was cancer. My doctor looked at it and referred me to a Otolaryngologist (HEAD AND NECK SURGERY) and I had an exam. They probed and looked and even stuck a camera down my nose into my neck, past the voice box (not as unpleasant of an experience as it sounds) and he said: “I can tell you right now that it’s not cancer”

How sweet was that to hear? As I was going home I ran into one of my friends (who did not even know that I did tobacco) and told her that I had just left an exam with a surgeon with no follow-ups scheduled! I damn near started crying when I was telling her. I had not told one single person about my fears, or even that I had quit.

By the time I had the exam, I have 27 days off tobacco under my belt. In the 25+ years of daily hard core use, I had 2 weeks (after a gall bladder removal) when I did not dip snuff. I started again back then after going to a party and a friend had Copenhagen there.

When I finally quit on 12/17/09, I made up my mind to buy a new Macbook as reward – before I quit – and even though I could not really afford it. How many times over the years have I done that? (buy something big and rationalized that if I quit snuff…) Oh, about 100! Well, this time I went to Costco first and to the rack of nicotine replacement tools. I’d done no research on what would work best, or dose, but I saw the “Commit Lozenges” – and just grabbed the best deal – the 2mg 216 pack. With those in hand I went out and bought the Macbook (it was a one day sale on the 17th) – spitting out the last chew before I went into the store. It was not the exact one I wanted, but it was the one that would not put my card over the top.

I had 3 weeks off from work ahead of me, so my only job was to NOT start using again. The new fast computer and an amazing amount of snow over those 3 weeks helped to get me over the hump.

After reading up on “Commit” and the gum, patch – I found that the commit was not recommended for chewers, but after talking to one of the coaches at “Free & Clear” (tobacco quitting program through my insurance) they said it’s whatever works. Being I bought the first 12 weeks worth of “Commit” out of pocket (the nicotine replacement products are $15 off at Costco until Jan 25th), I have the option of 8 more weeks of product FREE through the program. My insurance is also really good for pharmacy if I need to go to them.

25 would have been a much better age to quit, but 50 is a hell of a lot better than never!

Good luck to you my friend. I am going to pass your website on to the coach from the “Free & Clear” program, and any others I find.

I know that there are tough times ahead for me and all of us who fight this, but it’s good to see others kicking it’s ass at the same time.

Take Care,

Murphy

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