After 50 years, I quit.

[kerplode]

Good for you. That shit is gross.

[ViniVidivici]

Good job!

[The Dumb Gun Collector]

Good for you sir!

[jsbhike]

I have to admit I was a bit grouchy for a week or so.
My tobacco of choice was Copenhagen for decades and then I discovered "Grizzly fine-cut Natural" which I am convinced might be the strongest snuff out there.

Honestly, just couldn't taste food anymore.

Good job and are you getting your sense of taste back?

[Averageman]

Good job and are you getting your sense of taste back?

Not yet, but I'll be patient.

[Smedley]

I hear you. Quit chew about a year and a half ago after 40yrs. Started out with Redman at Ft. Benning, then Wintergreen Skoal for the rest of my addiction. Hell, at one time I chewed and smoked cigarettes at the same time. But then my dentist gave me a concerning lecture about receding gum lines and it provided sufficient motivation to quit. Have been using a supposedly safe alternative called Smoky Mountain Herbal Snuff. Made out of Corn Silk, etc. Not the same satisfaction as nicotine and tobacco but it does fill that familiar empty feeling in the gums. Now I'm addicted to a supposedly non-addictive chew alternative. Go figure.
But at least my gums are looking healthier.

[Averageman]

I tell you what, when I was a 20 something young Sergeant, I went to the Dentist and he did some poking around and then some X-rays and asked me if I dipped snuff.
He then said there was an unknown mass in my jaw and they wanted to operate immediately.
I was sure I had the big Casino, for sure I had oral Cancer.
Come to find out my Appalachian breeding won out and it turned out to be a third set of teeth.

I probably took a dip waiting for the bus to my Kaserne

[StainlessSteelRat]

Congratulations. Quitting smoking was the hardest thing I've had to do. Well worth it though.

[gaijin]

I tell you what, when I was a 20 something young Sergeant, I went to the Dentist and he did some poking around and then some X-rays and asked me if I dipped snuff.
He then said there was an unknown mass in my jaw and they wanted to operate immediately.
I was sure I had the big Casino, for sure I had oral Cancer.
Come to find out my Appalachian breeding won out and it turned out to be a third set of teeth.

I probably took a dip waiting for the bus to my Kaserne

Hell yeah, that’s the spirit! : )

[SeriousStudent]

Congrats on a truly difficult victory.

I am well into my 60's, and grew up in West-By-God-Texas. All of us started dipping Copenhagen when we were 13-14 years old. You would just go to the convenience store and buy a roll for about three bucks.

When I was 18, I started smoking Marlburo reds. I dipped and smoked all the way through the military, until I was in my 40's.

The point of that is I could pick up a can or pack right now and enjoy it. I still want them every single day despite quitting over 20 years ago.

An MD I worked with years ago said it was easier to quit heroin than nicotine. He was an addiction specialist at a very large hospital in Houston. Although I never worshipped the poppy, I agree with his analysis.

Congrats again on your willpower and strength.