My experience quitting snus

[Solberg]

Hi everyone, I absolutely love snus. I have never smoked, but I have snused for the 5 or 6 years (mainly General los).
Recently, however, I started to dislike being dependant on snus. I hate the feeling of running out of snus, or forgetting my snus at home when my wife and I go out to eat. What a miserable feeling!
So anyways, I thought I would see what it would be like to quit, so I threw away my last 1/2 can of General 6 days ago, and here is my experience:
Day 1 - Not so bad because I was really "determined." Kind of tough after dinner though.

Day 2- Morning sucked. Coffee...but no snus. Miserable. Rest of the day was pretty rough. Headaches, irritable, pissed off.

Day 3- Really was close to buying some snus. Instead I boiled some tea leaves,drained them, and put them in an empty can. At least it "feels" like I was snusing. Still had headaches though. Pissed off too.

Day 4- I was surprised at how my cravings were not as strong; however, I still "miss" snus. I found that black licorice is good at giving me that salty kick that snus gives me. Also, my "rough" spot inside my lip from snus irritation is completely gone. Surprised how fast my mouth healed itself.

Day 5- Still just really miss snus. I find that I am drinking lots of coffee, and eating lots of snacks.

Day 6 (Today)- Although I like snus a lot, I am not necessarily "craving" it; however, I am starting to wonder, "what's worse: Some snus here and there? Or a shit ton of coffee and a bunch of snacks?"

So I'm sitting here feeling accomplished that I have been successful going "cold turkey" these last 6 days, but even though I have no "cravings" I am still wanting snus because, well, I love snus!

Don't know where tomorrow will take me. To snus? Or not to Snus? One thing is for sure, it feels great knowing that I--not the snus--ultimately have control over this addiction

Anyways, good luck to you guys whether you're trying to cut back, quit for good, or have no intention of ever quitting.

[piks101]

So your first post is a quitting snus post? Kind of odd....sorry, but if you haven't built any relationships on this site in your golden snusing days then your quitting posts are not credible and are going to go over like marlboro snus at a swedish convenient mart. Ain't happening.. a little while back we recommended a similar poster to post his drama laced journal of his trials and tribulations of quitting snus at http://www.killthecan.org/ where the subject matter is in the line with the participants in that forum. That recommendation would apply to you as well. Enjoy your soggy tea leaves and good luck with your personal goal to quit using snus but this is a snus loving crowd, so mosey on my friend.

[Solberg]

Yes, my first post is about "trying to see" if I can quit snus. I guess there is something wrong with that! I have been reading the forums for quite a while, but I'm sure that doesn't matter in your book. You indicate in your post that this is a "snus loving" crowd...did you miss the fact that I specifically wrote how much I love snus? I "closed out" my post with a message of "good will" to those who would like to quit, cut back, or have no intention to quit at all (perhaps it might be entertaining to read? Guess not).
Anyways, I'm sorry you don't like my thread piks, maybe someone else will.
Cheers~

PS: Why is there a "snus health" section of the forum then? I could go on and on about how much snus is better than dip (which I had no choice but to use when I was in the Navy as I had no fridge in my rack), but wouldn't it be more interesting to hear about the psychological and physiological effects "potentially" quitting snus may have on an individual?

[piks101]

Maybe someone will like it but I doubt it, maybe another poster with 1 post will like it. Ok, let me clarify that this is a snus loving and snus using group. Please I beg you ...do not post again tomorrow regarding your Day 7 experience of being snus free it is NOT interesting or entertaining on this forum.

[Skell18]

Yes, my first post is about "trying to see" if I can quit snus. I guess there is something wrong with that! I have been reading the forums for quite a while, but I'm sure that doesn't matter in your book. You indicate in your post that this is a "snus loving" crowd...did you miss the fact that I specifically wrote how much I love snus? I "closed out" my post with a message of "good will" to those who would like to quit, cut back, or have no intention to quit at all (perhaps it might be entertaining to read? Guess not).
Anyways, I'm sorry you don't like my thread piks, maybe someone else will.
Cheers~

PS: Why is there a "snus health" section of the forum then? I could go on and on about how much snus is better than dip (which I had no choice but to use when I was in the Navy as I had no fridge in my rack), but wouldn't it be more interesting to hear about the psychological and physiological effects "potentially" quitting snus may have on an individual?

if you want to post about quitting, then post about quitting. There is nowhere on the site that says you're only welcome if you are a current user.

Your story can help others who may want to quit, it's a resource for all. As long as your agenda isn't one trying to turn us all away and onto NRT or are part of the anti tobacco crowd, then post away. You can still join in the threads and banter.

[lxskllr]

Yah, post what you like; it doesn't even have to be useful. If we got rid of all the useless posts here, we could display the rest on a single page :^D

People get from the site what they will. I hope you find it useful in some way. Welcome :^)

[piks101]

Hey, I said how I feel. Let the chips fall as they may or in this case the posts die on the vine. I think I am right that this topic holds little or no interest to the over whelming majority of members on snuson. This ground was just covered ad nauseam with likely the same poster about a month ago.

[piks101]

if you want to post about quitting, then post about quitting. There is nowhere on the site that says you're only welcome if you are a current user.

Your story can help others who may want to quit, it's a resource for all. As long as your agenda isn't one trying to turn us all away and onto NRT or are part of the anti tobacco crowd, then post away. You can still join in the threads and banter.

Being a user with some history tells a lot about the person beliefs, intentions etc... let's see how this plays out. Wow...if you don't see an agenda then I think you are missing the boat. In fact, I think you nailed his agenda in your reply "....your story can help other who may want to quit, it's a resource for all." This is music to his ears.... we have had about zero posts about quitting snus since the last guy pooped in and then out after he was chided. This is not a resource for all as I see it. It is a resource for those who already snus or use other forms of nicotine and want to try snus as a healthier alternative, hence the health page...as well as off topic comments by a group that shares the common interest of "using" snus.

[lxskllr]

This is not a resource for all as I see it. It is a resource for those who already snus or use other forms of nicotine and want to try snus as a healthier alternative, hence the health page...as well as off topic comments by a group that shares the common interest of "using" snus.

I disagree. I see SnusOn as a resource for whatever reason people may have. As long as they aren't being overly disruptive, others are free to read or not as they see fit. If someone gets something from this site, whether snus related or not, great. If not, there's millions of other sites on the web they might find more useful.

[Snusdog]

Yah, post what you like; it doesn't even have to be useful. If we got rid of all the useless posts here, we could display the rest on a single page :^D

People get from the site what they will. I hope you find it useful in some way. Welcome :^)

Yep....pretty much sums it up

Carry on

[piks101]

I disagree. I see SnusOn as a resource for whatever reason people may have. As long as they aren't being overly disruptive, others are free to read or not as they see fit. If someone gets something from this site, whether snus related or not, great. If not, there's millions of other sites on the web they might find more useful.

I am not saying it isn't a resource for all or in other words open for others to checkout but as evidenced by the current members 99.5% use snus or are interested in using snus, as an alternative to smoking, dipping etc...

Let him post away and he can post how he feels about the topic and I will post how I feel about the topic.

[Snusdog]

Let him post away and he can post how he feels about the topic and I will post how I feel about the topic.

Not a problem....ya'll play nice

[Frosted]

I find it interesting how somebody feels quitting snus....how difficult or how easy they find it....how they quit. It may be something I have to do myself at one point if snus deliveries completely dry up in the EU. This is a resource for everything snus related...including giving up.
What I found from your post Solberg is that the length of withdrawal from snus is the same for smoking.
Snussing is all about the healthy option....giving up would be the ultimate but not a pleasant one.
Thank you for your post Solberg....but I can understand why piks101 got the hump as it was your first post lol.

[piks101]

Not a problem....ya'll play nice

I promise. I did not get personal and won't.

[piks101]

I find it interesting how somebody feels quitting snus....how difficult or how easy they find it....how they quit. It may be something I have to do myself at one point if snus deliveries completely dry up in the EU. This is a resource for everything snus related...including giving up.
What I found from your post Solberg is that the length of withdrawal from snus is the same for smoking.
Snussing is all about the healthy option....giving up would be the ultimate but not a pleasant one.
Thank you for your post Solberg....but I can understand why piks101 got the hump as it was your first post lol.

Hey Frosted....the 1st post was really the issue for me. If you or any known poster on snuson wanted to quit for whatever reason I would support them 100%. I don't need anyone else to snus or feel threatened, if they want to quit. To each his own. My concern with Mr. Solberg was that he was coming in with an agenda to promote quitting snus. Like even Skell said he doesn't want an Anti on the site just pushing their agenda that is my concern being the 1st post. None of us really know for sure but my spidey senses were definitely activated.