youngin

I am in a similar situation...I've been dipping since the age of 14 (now 30) a little over a can a day for the last 10 years. I'm in my second day of quitting. I, too, was a heavy drinker until recently. I have had an uncomfortable jaw for the last week (sort of throbbing sensation), and have noticed a sore on my left cheek. My meeting with the dentist is tomorrow morning and I am scared to death. First, that I am going to die, and second that if I live, my face is going to be all carved up. How bad are the surgeries and treatments? How expensive are the treatments? Why is st that it took so long to quit?