My Confession

[Jimbob]

Today, I let my wife and my twin daughters down. We started on Friday doing a Potty Training Boot Camp. Things were pretty tough yesterday but it was much worse this morning. Let me back track a bit and let you know that one of the things that I'm dealing with and will post more about is my addiction to tabacco (snuff to be precise). I've been dipping since high school. I decided that I was going to quite and this morning was the first morning, bad timing I know. I was horrible and almost sabotaged the whole potty training thing.

But my wife kicked me in the butt and said if I was going to act the way I was acting to go ahead and just leave the house for a while and let her take care of it. That was a kick in the pants and God Bless her for doing it too. Honesty hurts some times but I'm greatful she was hones with me.

My addiction to tabacco is something that my wife is well aware of but I tend to keep it out of sight out of mind (this is not a matter of hiding or being dishonest about the situation, we are very honest about it). I told her that my mood was mostly due to that lack of nicotine. So I went and bought some snuff during the girls' nap, thus postponing my quiting. Which looking at it now is a good thing.

I did not until after lunch realize the effects that this really had, not only on the situation, but on my girls. After they got up from their nap they only wanted to be around Mom and took a while to warm back up to me. My wife and I discussed this at length and I intend to appologize and explain to my two year old's that Daddy was wrong and is very sorry for the way he acted.

In a way this is my prayer and confession to the Lord and asking forgiveness for the sins that I've committed. I plan to go into more detail on my addiction in the coming weeks as I really do intend and most importantly WANT to quit using snuff. Thank you all for hearing me.

[Grinn]

Well, your problem is not unique I can assure you. Drugs of any kind are bad, and the lousy part about it is the fact it can damage anything that is around you. I smoked pot for decades, from 1969 to 2003. Every day and twice on Sunday. I also smoked cigarrettes for 20 years. Pack a day. But, I am one of those people that can quit cold turkey, and have no side effects. Go figure.

What you need to do is try to stop. Have your wife understand It may take some time, But she should, if she has a heart, help in the process. She does sound like a reasonable person, so ask.

Your offspring is the major reason you need to quit. That stuff can cause cancer, and im pretty sure they and you would want to embrace at their graduation, not a funeral.

I hope this helps you bro, because you also need to pray about it. Praying works.

[Eric]

Jimbob,

It is hard to quit the addiction of nicotine, and it can hurt those around you. I commend you for apologizing to your daughters and explaining to them that daddy was wrong. Even at two, it will make an impact on them. My daughters are 6 and 10 and I have to apologize to them at times still because of screwing up and not being the best dad and husband.

I wanted to share with you the struggle I had with smoking. I realize you are doing smokeless tobacco, but nicotine is nicotine in whatever form.

I went from smoking nothing to two packs a day in five years. I started off smoking because of work related stress.

It's really good to make that decision to quit, but it is hard. I wanted to share what worked for me with you.

I made the decision to quit one day, as I had tried in the past with patches, gum, the whole nine yards. What finally worked was prayer.

I spent about a month prior to quitting, praying for deliverance from smoking. I went through the Bible and found the verses that we all probably know (Phillipians 4:13, 1John 4:4 for examples) and prayed those during my evening walks. Now granted I kept smoking during this time, but I made a decision to set a date and quit on that date. That date was 4 years ago this past month. I smoked my last cigarette Jan 12, 2005. Called my wife after the last one in the pack was gone and told her I was done.

It wasn't me that did it, but faith in and prayer to God and His answer for me was deliverance from smoking.

Pray about it. Keep praying about it. And if you fall, get back up and pray some more.

I'll add you to my prayer list for you to break this habit.

Eric

[Hank]

Welcome to addiction.

I never set a date to quit smoking. I had my wisdom teeth pulled and I had to quit for a few days. I figured if I could quit for a day, I could quit for forever. I never smoked my last cigarette because I never planned to quit.

What worked for me? Don't think about quitting. It will stress you out. Just quit. One morning, you just don't start up. Remember 90% of nicotine addiction is in your head. Remember that with great frequency because you will need it. You just have to decide to win. John Wayne once said "I quit smoking when I decided living was more important than smoking". I pray you make that decision for freedom.

[Jeremyt]

If your looking for something to Dip they sell the turkey jerkey in the same type of containers and you can stick in your lip. Ive heard this method has helped some quit the dip. Ive heard of coffee grounds too but im not sure that would be good.

I will pray for you right now, you can do this.

[Hank]

Whoa. I think Jeremy is onto something. You will need a substitute and I am not crazy about substituting nicotine for nicotine.

It's too bad you can't cut snuff with something to lessen the nicotine impact.

[phulax]

Originally Posted by Hank

It's too bad you can't cut snuff with something to lessen the nicotine impact.

Just cut it with saw dust, its just as gritty.