The new beginning to the rest of my life… It has only been 100 days now that I haven't thrown a pinch in. For me this is the longest I have gone in about 10 years. To anyone else 100 days is just over three months but to a person who chews most can't go three weeks, three days, let alone three hours without a chew. I have only been quit for 100 days now but it is the new start for the rest of my life. I quit for myself, my wife and my baby girl.

I have tried many times before using many methods; cold turkey, the beef jerky chew; I even ate a dip sandwich in college (two cans of cougar and two pieces of bread, puked for three hours and didn't dip for two months but I did dip again), said I quit probably two dozen times before I joined a group of guys online here at quitsmokelessnetwork.org which actually worked.

A fellow quitter, who I still haven't found on this site yet, told me about it. He told me about it several times but I wasn't ready to quit yet. I was too weak. Then I did check it out and joined that day after reading a few articles. I am not going to lie the past 100 days have tested me. My boss dips, usually has two cans sitting on his desk. Work is stressful being in the financial industry right now but now I don't rely on nicotine to get me through my day, I have a picture of my eight month old daughter on my desk that puts a smile on my face and makes me realize life is to important to let chew ruin it. Now I just feel bad for him though he can't kick the nic bitch. He hides it from his wife, as I used to do. If you are hiding something it probably isn't good.

I finally realized putting chew in my mouth did nothing for me. I am so glad now I have quit for real. I will be staying quit this time. I have made it through my share of trials and will continue to do so. Staying strong and staying quit. This site is the reason why I haven't chewed. When I was tempted on a weekend or at work I thought about not posting on Monday morning or the next day and how much shit I would get from the guys in my quit group. So thanks, to all of the guys who have posted with me for the past 100 days. To those who will post in the future, together we can stay quit. I want to thank Steve who I will find on here someday for helping me find my tool to quit. I am not proud to say I used to chew but I am so glad I can say I have quit and will stay quit. As a very wise man once said, "Try not, do or do not, there is no try." So from those wise words of Yoda, I have quit and will stay quit because I want to.