Reflections on my first month with my 510

[mzruzz]

I got my 510 in the mail a month ago yesterday. I really wanted to quit, on many levels and for many reasons!

I was up to 2+packs a day and had been smoking for 39 years!

While waiting for my e-cig to arrive I read this forum daily and became more and more excited. I had tried quitting many times and even got to a six month anniversary on the gum...but well...you know. Reading about other peoples experiences with the e-cig gave me real hope after I had just about given up.

My e-cig arrived, I charged it up. I was too excited to wait the full 8 hours; didn't matter. After my first vape I thought, OMG! I can do this!

I didn't have a single analog the first week. I was like those who started vaping and never looked back. But that was the first week!

During my second week I was watching an old movie while vaping and a lady lit up a cigarette with a match and blew out the match...I can't explain why but that one action did me in!!! There was something so visceral about it! And I hadn't even used matches particularly for years. I went and bought a pack of analogs and asked for matches!

I admit, I enjoyed lighting my analog and blowing out the match. I enjoyed the smell of the sulfur and I enjoyed the smell of the analog. I DID NOT enjoy inhaling the analog particularly. But he was an old friend and there were some things about him that I missed. I couldn't quite finish the analog, I got dizzy.

I realize that quitting analogs is more than just replacing the nicotine and the inhaling with vapor. It is a whole relationship with the "bad boy"! And there are so many triggers!

My banner at the bottom is not exactly correct. I was smoke free for the first week but in reality I have just cut down - A WHOLE LOT! I have smoked a pack a week for the past 3 weeks. That is still pretty good for a 2+ pack a dayer!

The bottom line is, I'm not beating myself up over my pack a week. I have broken many automatic triggers and there are many more to go but I still say the e-cig has given me hope and I KNOW I will kick this habit and addiction with time!

[Scottbee]

I am/was also a long-time smoker... 37+ years... 2+ packs a day. 3 packs a day on weekends (something about being on the boat and at the bars!).

I bought a fresh carton of analogs just abut the same time I got my 510. By theory, that carton should have lasted me less than 5 days. But.. it lasted almost a month. Organically, and without thinking I went from my normal 2+ packs a day.. to 10 analogs a day.. to 2-3 analogs a day..... And then one day, I ran out. And I just didn't get off my fat butt and buy another carton or pack. *shrug*

I don't know if I consider myself to be an ex-smoker. If I feel like having one... I will. Hasn't happened to me in a couple of weeks.. but I'm not afraid of it. It's not like being an alcoholic and knowing that if you have a drink your screwed. I know that I can have an analog.... and then just go on vaping and not feel compelled to have another analog. There is an inner peace that comes from that.

[mzruzz]

Scottbee, you are right, there is an inner peace with e-cigs. They are not analogs but they really do simulate SO MUCH! And in the end they really are enough!