quit cold Turkey

[Grobec1]

It's not easy I know, was quit for a year then my house flooded during hurricane Issac. Started again while redoing the house.
Just quit again this past December. Harder the second time. Sunflower seeds, peppermints, and lifesavers help but you have to want it bad to stay off of it. Hand in there every day it gets a little better. When you get the urge don't give in and it will pass.
Good Luck and hang in there.

[RutnNStrutn]

Good luck!!! You can do it!!

[renegade19]

I've been off of Long Cut Wintergreen for 10 years or so.  I still get cravings especially when I'm fishing.  You can do it though, just have to let the urges pass. 

[TURKEYWHACKER]

I chewed from about age 17 to 25 and dipped from 25 to 44. I'm 49 now and quit cold turkey 5 years back on New Years Day. Tried twice to quit for others sake...no dice. What finally did it for me was the trouble it caused when using both duck calls and turkey diaphragms. Got tired of pulling calls apart to clean out the gunk and dropping the reeds in the water or flat out ruining my turkey calls. Once I convinced myself I was becoming a less effective hunter  the decision was easy. Now I sure did go through a boat load of sunflower seeds for a few months but have not fallen off the wagon. Best of luck to ya and be strong, you can do this.

[yankeehunter]

Well, I dipped Skoal and Copenhagen off and on for years. Started when I was 12 yo playing ball. Decided one day to just quit and I did.. cold turkey.. never had any problems. I didn't dip for about 10 years. Well, I started dipping Skoal again a few years ago and have tried a couple of times to stop and after a couple of weeks couldn't stand it.. I figured since it was so easy for me the first time, this "time" should be just as easy. Boy, was I wrong... both times after a couple of days I was getting headaches, became really irritable and just felt awful.. I know I really need to quit especially now that I have elivated blood pressure and high cohlesterol.. I really do believe that the tobacco companies have played with the chemicals to make it more addictive.. Anyway, I'm there with ya brother and wish you the best of luck....

[Fatbeard]

I was a 3 can Copenhagen a day guy for 30 years. I have been quit for 4 years and quit cold turkey. It's all mental man I struggle every day wanting a dip. But hang in there after a few weeks it gets better. It's a very hard thing to do. Don't give in!!

[Turkey Havoc]

I quit probably 18 years ago. I had not been dipping/chewing/smoking but for about 4 or 5 years prior to that, but it was still hard. Like everyone else says it gets better with time. I even had night sweats a couple of nights while I was getting off of it.

[eman375]

Be tuff brother!  You can whip it...

[njdevilsb]

Good luck to you.

I have watched my dad struggle with it for almost as long as I can remember.  It seems like he will quit for 6 months to a few years and then one day you smell it on him again.  Those time are especially frustrating knowing that he had done so well for a period of time only to slip back into it again.  He's currently been off it for close to a year and hopefully he stays away from it this time.  My grandpa has been the same way, on and off every so often.  I have also watched my mom smoke since I was a kid as well and I try to get her to just give a little effort to quit but she never has and probably never will.  Writing this post is honestly making me a little sad because I can see the effects it has had on my mom with her breathing.  She won't admit to it, but you can tell she's out of breath at the slightest activity and has developed coughing that is bad in the mornings, and on and off throughout the day.

Seeing how tough it is, I'm glad I never got started on any of it and I never will. 

I hope you can stay strong and stick with it.  Just keep coming back to this thread if you need some motivation.