Due to sandmountainslim's thread about quitting smoking, I have decided to start a thread and track my daily struggle with quitting. The decision to quit has been taking shape over the past several months. There is not much more that I enjoy then having a nice pinch of Copenhagen in my mouth after a nice ribeye, or while doing work outside. I started back in high school and have been a one-can-a-day user for nearly 20 years. Lately I have used as much as a can and a half a day. It is impossible for my to "cut back" and use less. I've tried it before and it doesn't work for me.
Obviously my health and my family's future are my main reasons for quitting. In my warped way of thinking, I reason it out like this: if I die early, will my wife remarry? If she does, what will she do with my stuff? Will some other man smoke my cigars and finger my beloved razor collection? Not if I can help it.
In all seriousness, if I was told I had 30 days to live, it would be unbearable knowing that I couldn't see my son grow up. I want to be there for him and guide him when he faces life's challanges. So..... I have become concerned for my health and have decided to quit smokeless tobacco.
I have spent the last week mentally preparing myself for this. I have one dip in the can left. I will use that tonight as i am reading a book and before I turn out the lights. After that, I am finished.
I'd like to use this thread as somewhat of a journal for my progress and to get support from the community that I love.
sandmountainslim, congratulations on the great job and thank you for inspiring me to start this thread. No one wants to go through a struggle alone.
DL
Obviously my health and my family's future are my main reasons for quitting. In my warped way of thinking, I reason it out like this: if I die early, will my wife remarry? If she does, what will she do with my stuff? Will some other man smoke my cigars and finger my beloved razor collection? Not if I can help it.
In all seriousness, if I was told I had 30 days to live, it would be unbearable knowing that I couldn't see my son grow up. I want to be there for him and guide him when he faces life's challanges. So..... I have become concerned for my health and have decided to quit smokeless tobacco.
I have spent the last week mentally preparing myself for this. I have one dip in the can left. I will use that tonight as i am reading a book and before I turn out the lights. After that, I am finished.
I'd like to use this thread as somewhat of a journal for my progress and to get support from the community that I love.
sandmountainslim, congratulations on the great job and thank you for inspiring me to start this thread. No one wants to go through a struggle alone.
DL
Then she'd smile and by the light of the moon I could pick out the bits of Skoal stuck between her teeth...now that was sexy. She taught me what it meant to be a man she did (I mean..what it mean to be a man with a girl..who was like a man). 
