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By: charlotte

charlotte — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:39:55 +0000

Matt, thank you for putting up this site. As I write this my mom is 62 years old and addicted to snuff. She is visiting for Christmas and over a two week time period I have watched her go through 8 boxes of Navy. I am sick to my stomach as I write this because she constantly complains about not feeling well but does not associate the poison she is in jesting to be the cause. You should see her teeth and I want to help her. What should I do?

By: Philip Brotman

Philip Brotman — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 04:47:28 +0000

I was addicted to Nicotine For 26 Yrs Bad ,It was my Best Friend ,my companion ,my happiness all in a little dip I quit Dec,9 2009 ,Probably one the hardest things I ever did, The crazy part is the drug doesn’t make you any happier or fulfilled,all you are doing is chasing a high the entire day ,you are a puppet on a string being control,d by a chemical .Its insanity just don’t do it you will feel so powerful after time passes.Also my mood swings are way less this stuff makes you freaking nuts ,it won’t be easy but anything worth anything in life isn’t easy .

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 19:05:08 +0000

Hey Matt just wanted to say thanks for this website. I had my first dip of Skoal when I was in high school and used off and on over the years. I am now 27 and for the past several years it has gotten increasingly worse. My product of choice is Copenhagen Long Cut. I go through about a can every few days. Like Tim in an earlier post I found your blog after searching how much nicotine is in dip. I am now one day clean. I look forward to reading your blogs as well as other people’s comments to help me in my fight against the addiction.

By: Katrina Taylor

Katrina Taylor — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 23:02:20 +0000

I have been using powdered snuff for over 20 years and it has become a very expensive habit. I want to quit, but I am afraid of the withdrawls. Any advice would be great.

Katrina

By: Nathan

Nathan — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 03:42:39 +0000

Hey Matt, Copenhagen has got to be the worst addiction in the world. I hope you and all the other folks who replied are having a good go at quitting. I started Skoal at 15, and was doing a can of Copenhagen a day by 19, I was doing over a can a day by 21, and had been gutting it for as long as I remember. If I could quit anybody can. Just get serious and have a good reason, stay tough. One tip that helped me: In the first few days after you quit, there will be times of delusion or confusion, when things are just kinda blurry. Those were the times when I felt like I needed it the worst, I would rationalize that I physically NEEDED it. Don’t give in to it, because you dont need it, you dont need cancer, you dont need to die without watching your kids grow up. Anyway, the tip is to slap your face or just yell really loud to snap out of the foggy mind games. Other than that drink lots of water, and eat some peanuts to replace the salt thats in Copenhagen. Wheatgrass was a must have for me, I would chew on it and stick it in for a “dip”. It is also very healthy and is said to pull toxins out of your mouth, hey Jesus chewed on wheatgrass, must be somethin to it. Stay tough and overcome!

By: Clay

Clay — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 00:36:00 +0000

Matt- i am just 24 hours quit and surfin the web to get motivation resources.. this is awesome!!! helping me for sure.. please let us know your status

By: David

David — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:01:17 +0000

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

Tim — Sat, 22 May 2010 11:10:15 +0000

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

johnny — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:41:28 +0000

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

Michael — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:09:06 +0000

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!!