This blog is more for me chronicling my journey with the e-cig. It's a place where I can come back to - to see where I've been, how far I've come, and where I am going.
I invite you to share this journey with me. You are welcome to post your comments here.
BACKGROUND
I've been smoking now for around 20 years anywhere from 1 to 2 packs a day. I made a conscious choice to smoke. I remember the circumstance, the reason, the time of day I made this choice.
I once had a therapist tell me that, "Once an addict, always and addict." How true. We just substitute one addiction for another. One obsession for another. That's an addictive personality.
So, a few weeks ago, I realize I'll be running out of smokes and it's time to re-order. With the price of smokes going sky-high, I've been buying cheaper and cheaper brands. Unfortunately, so has every other smoker in the US. Now, there are no cheap cartons of cigs to buy. Even the crappiest cigs are getting expensive.
I find an overseas supplier where I can get cartons of smokes for around $8.00 but I have to buy in bulk. I'm ready to place an order for 6 cartons, s/h around $15.00.
Then I read that the cigs are manufactured in India, "per the exacting standards of Philip Morris Company..."
WTF?
They're made in India for cripes sake. What exacting standards? Cheap labor? Where does the tobacco come from? Instead of 4,000 harmful chemicals added, did they up it to 10,000 harmful chemicals? Yeah, Philip Morris has been the epitome of exacting standards.
So, I'm sitting at my computer mad as hell thinking I gotta do something to get out of this madness. I'm mad at myself for having started this roller coaster ride. And yes, I've tried quitting, numerous times with disastrous results. Each time I turn into Super B*tch. My face contorts, I spew foul language, I take candy away from babies, kick the dog. People are begging me to start smoking again.
I see on the smokes website a box that says, "buy e-cigs". I click on that box, and the rest as they say is history.
I find this forum and spend 3 days and nights camped at my computer reading and trying to assimilate as much info as I can.
Then I sit down with my family and share what I have found and that I would like to try this e-cig phenomena. My son is ecstatic that I'm going to quit. My husband is reserved, he's just hoping I don't turn into Super B*tch again.
I invite you to share this journey with me. You are welcome to post your comments here.
BACKGROUND
I've been smoking now for around 20 years anywhere from 1 to 2 packs a day. I made a conscious choice to smoke. I remember the circumstance, the reason, the time of day I made this choice.
I once had a therapist tell me that, "Once an addict, always and addict." How true. We just substitute one addiction for another. One obsession for another. That's an addictive personality.
So, a few weeks ago, I realize I'll be running out of smokes and it's time to re-order. With the price of smokes going sky-high, I've been buying cheaper and cheaper brands. Unfortunately, so has every other smoker in the US. Now, there are no cheap cartons of cigs to buy. Even the crappiest cigs are getting expensive.
I find an overseas supplier where I can get cartons of smokes for around $8.00 but I have to buy in bulk. I'm ready to place an order for 6 cartons, s/h around $15.00.
Then I read that the cigs are manufactured in India, "per the exacting standards of Philip Morris Company..."
WTF?
They're made in India for cripes sake. What exacting standards? Cheap labor? Where does the tobacco come from? Instead of 4,000 harmful chemicals added, did they up it to 10,000 harmful chemicals? Yeah, Philip Morris has been the epitome of exacting standards.
So, I'm sitting at my computer mad as hell thinking I gotta do something to get out of this madness. I'm mad at myself for having started this roller coaster ride. And yes, I've tried quitting, numerous times with disastrous results. Each time I turn into Super B*tch. My face contorts, I spew foul language, I take candy away from babies, kick the dog. People are begging me to start smoking again.
I see on the smokes website a box that says, "buy e-cigs". I click on that box, and the rest as they say is history.
I find this forum and spend 3 days and nights camped at my computer reading and trying to assimilate as much info as I can.
Then I sit down with my family and share what I have found and that I would like to try this e-cig phenomena. My son is ecstatic that I'm going to quit. My husband is reserved, he's just hoping I don't turn into Super B*tch again.
