Which after day three seems to be a major factor for why people turn back to dip. CBD oil is known to help with stress and anxiety. I’ve read some comments and haven’t seen anything about CBD oil mentioned. Posting this to hopefully help someone kick the addiction. Don't believe the hype that quitting causes problems, just quit already. Having nicotine in my system was the norm all day every day. I have never felt better but I will admit the cravings are still there, however, not so strong that I will give in. I feel that my energy level has went through the roof. I even went out and bought some weights and a bench. I suddenly had a burst of energy week 3 that continues to this day. Every day after the 3rd week got easier to cope with the cravings. The 2nd week, I slept better but felt like my guts were being ripped out of my chest. I am now 52 and I quit cold turkey 3 months ago. I had been dipping since I was 11 years old. I am now 6 days without and could eat a can, lid and all. And dipping or chewing there was much more common and excepted than even my current home of Tennessee. I read a lot of the comments here and was intrigued at how many were Okies. My doc told me that the next 50 years were to be nicotine free. My reason for quitting is very simple, I had a heart attack 6 days ago and subsequently a triple bypass. Starting with days work plug to loose leafs, then primarily Copenhagen. I have used smokeless tobacco of one sort or another for 50 of my 57 years. Whether or not I will require actual testosterone therapy remains to be seen, but my outlook now is far better than it was just a few weeks ago.Īgain, none of these problems have to have been caused by quitting dipping, and if I hadn’t seen this same outcome again and again, I never would have even tried to make this connection, but over and over I’ve seen this result in people trying to quit dipping, some far younger than me. I have since started on a thyroid supplement called Levothyroxine, and the initial results have been wonderful. He asked for blood work, and the results showed my thyroid to not be working properly and extremely low testosterone levels, especially for a 38-year-old. Through tremendous effort I was able to get back down as low as 290 pounds, only to balloon back up at the drop of a hat. Starting from 250 pounds, I maxed out at somewhere around 330 pounds after about 6 months of being tobacco-free. My weight gain began when I quit tobacco. With chewing tobacco, though the benefits of quitting outweigh the drawbacks, it takes a toll on your mind, body, and soul to go through withdrawals. In a nutshell, breaking any long-term addiction is a time consuming and traumatic experience. For example, while the “out of the woods” mark for most smokers is around one year clean, the “out of the woods” mark for most dippers is more like three to five years. In addition to withdrawals being more intense, expect them to take way longer to recover from.