Dipless Pete – HOF Speech

If you had told be 108 days ago that I would finally quit dipping, I would have told you to fuck off.

I have been dipping for 17 years, I’ve tried to quit dozens of times. Once I made it a whole 6 days before caving.

Last June I started writing down every time I had a chew and how I felt about it. I couldn’t believe how something could make me fell so good physically but make me fell so shitty mentally. I joined trytostop…you know the one. Then in early september (my planned quit date was Oct 1, 2009), I got an email from some guy at trytostop and he told me to check out KTC. I logged on and decided to join…. that was my last dip… just like that… no plans…. no gum… no patches… just me typing into the computer and telling myself and my fellow December quitters that I would not chew that day. So simple…but it worked.

I must say the first 40-50 day sucked…I even had a couple of employees buy me cans of chew (which I flushed down the toilet)…I guess I was kind of an asshole in the beginning

Most of my friends knew I was trying to quit, but did not call myself a quitter until Dec 23 ( my 100 days)

But now that part of my life is done, I’m committed to never dip again. I know I was not the most vocal December quitter, but I will continue to support future quitter on this site.

Thanks to all my fellow December quitters..lets keep this going !!

Pete

NOTE: This piece written by KillTheCan.org forum member pbear13