Quit date

One week from tomorrow, on Saturday January 17 will be my last day of chewing. That day I am going on a vacation with my wife, and we will be very busy. They say not to try to quit when you will have lots of down time, to do it when you will be busy with other things, so it seems a good day to do it.

For some reason when I smoke cigars I am good at keeping it to once a month or so (whether I chew or not). I thought it would be like that with chew. Nope. One dip leads to another. Perhaps it's because I don't want to waste a whole can, and don't want to let it "sit" getting old so I chew and chew and chew.

Hell, I'm chewing right now.

Next week I will start a phased decrease in my chewing amount and frequency. I don't want to binge all of next week just because I plan on quitting. That will make the withdrawal even worse.

When I quit I'm going to take nicotine substitutions other than chew. Especially nicotine gum. Even a cigar a night (yes, I know that sounds stupid but for some reason I can do cigars in moderation).