Do you dip?

[Free Ballin]

I play a Thursday afternoon blitz every week with a good buddy of mine who smokes grass. I have smoked with him on occasion but it didn't have any affect on my game. I was already playing bad enough to start drinking heavily so it didn't matter.

[mcecki]

I dip Citrus Skoal when i play.

I find it relaxing.

[gbk56]

I like a dip on the course. It relaxes me and I think it improves my swing. Only problem is that it is really hard to get dip in Asia. I don't spit on the greens and usually only in the rough.

[srjorion]

I started dipping when I was around 13 and quit when I was 30. Hardest thing I ever tried to do. That stuff had a huge hold on me and I was totally addicted. For about two years I would have cravings. I'm finally over those, but I know if I took one dip today I would be totally hooked again.

I know you younger guys out there probably don't want to hear advice like this, but if you can quit do it now. The longer you dip the harder it becomes to quit. Smoking too. There is just no benefit to either one.

[sonicblue]

I played baseball in college in the South. EVERYONE dipped or chewed. I really had no interest, but I tried both. I can understand the oral fixation part of it. Every now and then, a chew was "something to do," while we were throwing (I was a pitcher) or such. I tried Skoal and Kodiak and that shit would completely kick my ass. I had a little dip in, and was called down to the bullpen to warm up - I felt like I was going to fall off the mound.

However, I kinda got hooked on the oral part. Note, I am NOT an addictive personality. I never at any point became addicted, but would just kinda get a craving. If I didn't have any around, I wouldn't go to the store to get it, I'd just get over it. But if I was at a store and suddenly felt it, I'd pick some up. I used Hawken.

*begin making fun*

Sweeter than candy, super thick cut so it didn't taste and feel like fiberglass, and satisfied my urge. I just sorta did it on and off for years, but then when I got life insurance a few years ago, I found out that using it classified me as a smoker and shot my rates up. I quit then and haven't looked back. See it in the store now and then, kinda think about it, then get over it. I admit, the time I found it most useful was golf, just something to keep me from over-analyzing my game/swing, but haven't really missed it.

[Rynofskie]

Last time I dipped I puked my guts up......so never again.

[Rusty2228]

I played baseball in college in the South. EVERYONE dipped or chewed. I really had no interest, but I tried both. I can understand the oral fixation part of it. Every now and then, a chew was "something to do," while we were throwing (I was a pitcher) or such. I tried Skoal and Kodiak and that shit would completely kick my ass. I had a little dip in, and was called down to the bullpen to warm up - I felt like I was going to fall off the mound.

I too played baseball in college and it wasn't the games that got me into dipping it was the bus trips and playing cards in people's hotel rooms on road trips. That being said I usually put two dips in on the course one for each nine, I feel they last about 5-6 holes. I don't really take notice to where I spit, because if you have been dipping for awhile the amount (both frequency and quantity) that you spit decreases. I know I have spit on the greens but I couldn't tell you where two seconds after I did it. I don't spit in the hole like Sergio though.

[Diggitydog]

Got sick on cigars after a game this summer. Now campfire smoke makes me think of it and I feel nauseaus. I'm such a nancy.

[Guest ShadowXOR]

Luckily I was smart enough to never start any of these things, so in short, no I do not dip.

[edk]

A big wad of Levi Garrett and I am good to go. Watch out, I spit in the cup.

[Prodigy]

When i caddie almost all of the people smoke cigars and cigarets i have seen very few people dip from what i understand wont be doing any of that anytime soon (probably never) . Cigaret smoke make me feel like crap also. But i do enjoy jerky chew (you can dip that its like jerky snuff)

[seattlemudder]

Funny - I thought you meant do you dip when swinging...

I tried it in High School - I could handle Skoal but when I tried Copenhagen, I swallowed some of it and I started spinning like a top, ended up throwing up (not big chunks mind you) outside my buddies car. That cured me of even trying Skoal and I haven't dipped since.

Another story - in college I took a really hot girl to a concert. One of the guys in our frat got upset because he liked this girl (Brenda Jones) and wasn't happy that I was taking her out. Anyway, there were six of us sharing gin and tonics. So this guy switched one gin bottle with one tonic bottle, one gin bottle he put 1/2 and 1/2 and the third bottle he left alone. Anyway, we had no clue what we were pouring but when our dates didn't like what we poured (because they were smarter than we were) us guys chugged the drink. After all, if we poured mostly tonic - why not?

I spent most of the concert riding the porcelain bus. Finally after dry heaving for close to three hours I got back to my seat in time for the concert to end and take my date home. At her door, she smiled real big and I noticed that she had a big cud in and I almost blew chunks again.

Both stories have the same outcome - I haven't touched gin since.

[The Rambler]

i figured i could live without a lip but couldnt live without my lungs

it's true that you cant live without your lungs. but how would you feal having your bottom jaw removed? alot of my friends chew and i have tried it a couple times but afterwards i get massive headaches

girls that chew? thats just nasty.i would have kissed her good night then threw up in her mouth

[rmgr]

I've never smoked or dipped, and I probably never will. I don't care how "cool" I will become if I do it. I'm in my last year of high school btw. So I've gotten through 4 years without even wanting to try it. It doesn't bother me..

[WhiteSoxFan]

I used to love Kodiak Straight back in college. I haven't had a dip in probably 6 years though. I'd like to throw one in one time, but I'm not going to buy it and all of my friends who dip like nasty flavors - mint, peach, etc. that I have no interest in trying.

[TourSpoon]

I'm a former "Skoal brother" (remember the old Earl Campbell commercials). I quit 8 years ago when my kids were 3 and I still have the urge every now and then. Just from this post I can taste it *zaps self with high voltage cattle prod*. I feel better now.

[iacas]

Quite honestly, I think people who dip, smoke, or even drink alcohol excessively are - in that small part of their life - incredibly stupid.

There's simply no way the small "benefits" you get from doing those activities can in any way overcome the massive downsides.

I smoked exactly one time - at my high school graduation night get-together - and that was so I could say "yep, that wasn't worth it" with experience. I occasionally have a single alcoholic beverage.

I just... I don't get it. "Here, smoke this. You'll feel like crap, your teeth will turn yellow (along with your hands), you'll smell bad, and you'll likely die much earlier than you would have normally. Oh, but you'll be a little more mellow or something... it's totally worth it!" And chew's no better.

My little sermon's over. Any kids reading this, though, be smart: don't smoke, don't chew, don't "get smashed" on booze.

[TourSpoon]

I'm a former "Skoal brother" (remember the old Earl Campbell commercials). I quit 8 years ago when my kids were 3 and I still have the urge every now and then. Just from this post I can taste it *zaps self with high voltage cattle prod*. I feel better now.

Learn from my experience. If you never start, you will never have to quit.