re: #294 shropshire_slasher

I quit smoking and dipping but the hardest thing I ever did was quit drinking (today) I thank God for my sobriety every day.

I started dipping (Copenhagen) when I was 10 as I grew up in ranch country in Northern California. It was 40 cents a can (1974). I first “quit” when I was 27 and dating my first wife. I “took it up” for a weekend at a music festival in 2003 and it was three years before I was able to quit again. During a stressful time at work a year ago, I started dipping again. Just quit three weeks ago - during a major software release I was leading the QA effort on. I think this time I’m done for good, but it really is tough stuff to give up, as you can take a dip any time you want…even in meetings with CEOs.

Congrats on your sobriety. Good luck with it.