Today has sucked big time. All I have done all day long is crave tobacco. I tried something that someone told me about on this site and it works pretty good. It does not take my cravings away but it gives me somthing to hold in my mouth and it sort of feels like I have snuff in my mouth. I take a cotton ball and soak it in mouthwash and then put it where I would normally hold my dip. I used to dip witergreen tobacco anyway so it sort of helps. My mind has been playing some awful tricks on me today. It is like my mind and body are trying to convince me to get a fix. I have hung tough though. I went to the chat room earlier and one of the guys there suggested trying to use coffee as snuff. I am doing that now. I took one of my old snuff cans and washed it out. I filled it with coffee grounds. So it is sort of like my mind is so used to going and opening the can and getting a dip that now I have a can I can open and get a dip but it will be coffee instead of snuff. I may not sleep a wink from the cafeine in the coffee but it is better than dying with cancer. I have hunkered down now and am ready for day 2. My main problem right now is cravings, trouble thinking, and irritabillity. my wife can hardly stand me right now. Well, that is day one and it has been a bitch. I am sure day 2 will not be much better. If I ever get off this shit I will never take another dip.
djchris71

It sounds like you are the kind of person that can really benefit from tobaccoless chew. I recommend Smokey Mountain Chew Wintergreen from Wal-Mart (next to the real snuff/shit). I used to dip wintergreen and this stuff can help you get through some craves, it comes in a little can. Your body can go through all the same motions as it used to when you dip, without getting the nicotine drug and the cancer causing tobacco.



Big Red

I agree that that is probably an improvement over coffee, primarily because the effects of caffeine is doubled when you no longer have nicotine in your system. That effect from caffeine can make you think you are having very hard craves when it has nothing to do with your withdrawal.

For me, the cotton balls worked well enough, as did peanuts, sugarless gum, Altoids, beef jerky, and tooth picks. A rubber band on my left wrist worked very well the first week - snap it against your wrist (repeat as needed) whenever a crave hits - soon, even the thought of snapping it will stop a crave.

Read Read Read. The HOF speeches, posts, tricks, insights et al. These things all helped me get through the first couple of days. I posted a lot. Asked a lot of questions and got a lot of great advice. One of the big things for me was a preparation and reward systems. Remember, you will be saving some decent money getting off this crap, what could you do with that cash to help motivate you to stay quit.

Agreed, Read Read Read.


Big Red