Damn analogs!! Why so addictive?

[sonnyinbc]

Oh boy, got my ecigs and juice ranging in strength from 11 to 36. Can vape all day long. No lack of nicotine. Now down to 5 analogs a day from 40-50. This is after 2 months.

I just can`t seem to shake that urge for the hot chocolate or coffe first thing in the morning without that damn analog. Or after meals. Since vaping, no longer smoke in the house, or my truck. only outside.

Either there is something else besides nicotine in the analogs? Or it is an association auto-reaction thing? By the latter, I mean-that now I seem to associate going outside means an auto analog smoke break. Just can`t seem to shrug off those last remnants of the evils..

Or am I expecting too much after 50 years of tar and chemicals??

[Kate]

There are other things about smoke that we can crave, lack of oxygen to the brain causing a buzzy feeling is one of them. I guess you are right about habit too, if you've done something for long enough it's just second nature.

With time you'll probably be able to break the habit, maybe you just aren't ready yet. One step at a time, cutting down is a great achievement.

Vaping is not a complete substitute for tobacco smoking

[Houdini]

I know what you mean. You do certain things and smoked analogs at the same time. Like driving. I used to light up as soon as I got in the car. Going to work I even had certain spots on the road where I had timed it to where I'd be finished smoking by the time I got to work or home and I'd even throw them out the window at the same spot every day. The way I overcame all this was to run out of analogs and didn't buy any more.

[NewcastleB]

Going to work I even had certain spots on the road where I had timed it to where I'd be finished smoking by the time I got to work or home and I'd even throw them out the window at the same spot every day.

You too?

When I switched to the ecig, I did everything like I had for years. I'd go outside to "smoke", stand in the same place, etc. Keeping my smoking routine helped with the transition. The big thing is that it really didn't go with coffee very well. That was a kicker and I ended up cutting way back on the coffee.

[vape4life]

Yeah, not having them around is essential if you really want to stop. I've bought many packs, smoked one, came to my senses, and thrown the rest away.

But personally, it's the taste and smell of analogs. I really like them.

[K-Sound Krew]

There are some fakes on this forum
They make it seem like you get the ecig and just stop analogs
I think it’s a lot harder then people make it out to be, you have to be very serious and strong willed to quit, but that desire needs to be present; it just doesn’t happen on its own.
There is also the hassle factor, some people try it and can’t deal others try but you get to the point (even if you have multiple devices) where things begin to fall apart
Also the ecig is flawed, it delivers nicotine and mimics the act of smoking but it lacks a few key components of actual smoke, such as the harsh bitterness of smoke, the heavy feeling of the tar in your lungs from actual smoke, not to mention the unavoidable sweetness of PG

I have gotten nic poisoning many a time with an ecig, because I was seeking some intangible property only found in actual smoke, I don’t think it’s the additives either
It’s the fact that one is smoke and the other is vapor, they are different animals

The biggest thing which is missing, I call the cut factor. I drink my coffee black and take my scotch neat, not only does the sweetness of the pg pair horribly but the ecig fails to cut through something which is so overpowering, it’s like a snake bite, venom is cured with an anti-venom, fight poison with poison.

The human mind is an amazing thing though,
Have you ever met an ex-smoker who is bigger anti-smoker then someone who has never smoked?
It’s called a defensive mechanism, if you want to be successful you need to trick your brain into telling you that you hate cigarettes, even if you have quit cigarettes and nicotine for 20 yrs you will always be addicted, this addiction is dependent upon the time you started, how long you have smoked, and how much you have smoked.

The biggest factor out of the 3 is at what age you started,

But bottom line once a junkie always a junkie

[Walrus]

I actually have not had a cigarette since I started vaping, not one... No fakery, no false claims. Of course, I vape a lot more than I smoked. Can't seem to put it down.

If you can't resist the urge to light one up with your Cocoa or Coffee, try making your own juice in those flavors. I'm happily puffing away on a Mocha concoction right now. Your mileage will vary.

[8-Ball]

I'm having issues with wanting an analog... smoked a pack a day for 30 some years. In the last week I have smoked one pack and today was the last cigarette of that last pack.

My mind is starting to play little rationalizing games with me. I really don't want to buy another pack and give our corrupt government the new tax they recently levied. It helps...

Going out to the garage to vape (where I usually smoked) is helping but its not quite the same... emptier without the analog. Yet, the last few analogs didn't taste as good as the first few.

We'll see how it goes, but vaping is not the same. It may be close enough.

Love my M401...

[Chuffer]

There are other things about smoke that we can crave, lack of oxygen to the brain causing a buzzy feeling is one of them.

This is true. One admittedly kind of kooky thing one can do is, to simulate the oxygen deprivation, take a big hit of vape and hold it in for a few seconds. That also might help maximize the nic hit. Of course, you might look like a dope fiend...

[CandyGirl]

Yeah, not having them around is essential if you really want to stop. I've bought many packs, smoked one, came to my senses, and thrown the rest away.

But personally, it's the taste and smell of analogs. I really like them.

i haven't touched one since i started vaping and a i have a carton within arms reach of my desk that i smile at every once in awhile.
never again i whisper.

the memory of the experience is still there though.
driving down a country road on a warm summer morning with the window slightly cracked. the smell of a zippo lighter igniting a fresh cigarette. sprinkle in the aroma of freshly cut grass and a hot cup of coffee.

i don't doubt that nicotine has something to with the addiction, but for me it's those memories that made it so hard to quit.