Hi, I'm LM. As in Leilah's Mom, Leilah being the most awesome dog on the planet. I probably averaged two packs a day for a long time now. I started as an idiot teenager, back in 1976. Of course. I'm a big wheezy old lady now.
I have learned from publishing my dog info website that if you put it out there, someone might get something out of it. Plus sometimes I just can't shut up. I'm sure this will be very boring to everyone except maybe a fellow newbie.
Somewhere, somehow, ecigs caught my notice online. I kept them in mind, and kept an eye out for them in real life. In my never ending search for Kent IIIs (which the local markets stopped carrying), I recently found them in a little tobacco shop on my way home from dog agility class. Oh, look, they have ecigs too!
I didn't plan on quitting analogs, but I figured I could cut back the "obnoxiousness" factor of using that many analogs, especially now that it's getting colder out. I'm okay with bad weather, going out into the parking lot at work with a coat and umbrella never bothered me. But it's not something I'd do if I didn't smoke. Since the day I brought her home, I always kept the ventilation in my bedroom very high to try to protect my dog from the smoke at least a little bit. But she's old now and I need to keep it warmer for her.
So, I bought the starter package. A week later, I bought a second starter package so I could have a spare battery, etc. Not cheap at all, but I had to try. Glad I had the spare battery too since the first one died pretty quickly. The H (high) juice was too strong and tightened my chest. He couldn't get L (low) juice and referred me to the manufacturer's website, which turned out to be chronically down. After trying another ecig brand from another store with less than satisfactory results, I looked around online.
I have had this habit a long time and it shall not be denied!! Because of supply problems with an addictive prescription several years ago, I had the added bonus of being incredibly paranoid about being left empty handed for reasons beyond my control. I have always been the same about my smokes. I just do not let myself run out. I have spare packs stashed everywhere. If I will be somewhere for more than a couple hours where I can't have any, such as an airplane, or even my friend's car, I bring nicotine gum.
I also have a subconscious that will not let me deny myself very much. If I even *think* about quitting, I end up smoking more. I think about dieting and I eat more. The one time, many many years ago, that I did quit, I literally gained 100 lbs in a year. I was better off smoking. So I now don't diet and I won't quit smoking. Call me spoiled or self-indulgent or whatever, but that's my reality.
Now I'd tried a couple of ecigs. They weren't working out all that well and I hadn't cut back on analogs much. However I did realize the potential for making at least some changes if I just had the right pieces parts. I then started poking around online and found, among other sources of info, the ECF forums.
I have learned from publishing my dog info website that if you put it out there, someone might get something out of it. Plus sometimes I just can't shut up. I'm sure this will be very boring to everyone except maybe a fellow newbie.
Somewhere, somehow, ecigs caught my notice online. I kept them in mind, and kept an eye out for them in real life. In my never ending search for Kent IIIs (which the local markets stopped carrying), I recently found them in a little tobacco shop on my way home from dog agility class. Oh, look, they have ecigs too!
I didn't plan on quitting analogs, but I figured I could cut back the "obnoxiousness" factor of using that many analogs, especially now that it's getting colder out. I'm okay with bad weather, going out into the parking lot at work with a coat and umbrella never bothered me. But it's not something I'd do if I didn't smoke. Since the day I brought her home, I always kept the ventilation in my bedroom very high to try to protect my dog from the smoke at least a little bit. But she's old now and I need to keep it warmer for her.
So, I bought the starter package. A week later, I bought a second starter package so I could have a spare battery, etc. Not cheap at all, but I had to try. Glad I had the spare battery too since the first one died pretty quickly. The H (high) juice was too strong and tightened my chest. He couldn't get L (low) juice and referred me to the manufacturer's website, which turned out to be chronically down. After trying another ecig brand from another store with less than satisfactory results, I looked around online.
I have had this habit a long time and it shall not be denied!! Because of supply problems with an addictive prescription several years ago, I had the added bonus of being incredibly paranoid about being left empty handed for reasons beyond my control. I have always been the same about my smokes. I just do not let myself run out. I have spare packs stashed everywhere. If I will be somewhere for more than a couple hours where I can't have any, such as an airplane, or even my friend's car, I bring nicotine gum.
I also have a subconscious that will not let me deny myself very much. If I even *think* about quitting, I end up smoking more. I think about dieting and I eat more. The one time, many many years ago, that I did quit, I literally gained 100 lbs in a year. I was better off smoking. So I now don't diet and I won't quit smoking. Call me spoiled or self-indulgent or whatever, but that's my reality.
Now I'd tried a couple of ecigs. They weren't working out all that well and I hadn't cut back on analogs much. However I did realize the potential for making at least some changes if I just had the right pieces parts. I then started poking around online and found, among other sources of info, the ECF forums.
