The reason I ask this is because I really haven't seen this mentioned in this forum.
There is one subset of us who view vaping as a harmless pastime. It is a way to get our Nicotine fix in a less dangerous fashion and we see ourselves vaping for the rest of our lives either at our chosen Nicotine levels or perhaps at zero nicotine levels. The bottom line is that we don't see ourselves actually ridding ourselves of our "smoking behaviors" and are using vape gear to act out those behaviors in a much safer way. Let the caffeine addicts have their Starbucks, I have my Boba's......(or whatever juice you vape on a daily basis)
There is another subset of us who want to quit smoking and all the behaviors associated with smoking. We may have tried other alternatives but they just didn't work, or we may be quitting for the first time. We realize that "vaping behavior" and "smoking behavior" is essentially the same behavior and we are simply using e-cigs to gradually lower our nicotine dependency and then look to give up our associated behaviors similarly by scaling back on our vaping.
The reason I ask this is that the answer can seriously affect our choices in vaping equipment and other vaping choices.
Let's be real for a second. Many of us horde vape gear by learning to DIY juices, recoil atomizers, buy multiple backups of backups of backups because we genuinely fear that without the availability of our e-cigs, we are just a hairs breadth away from turning back to the ole' stinkies. If our gear fails us, we are right back into BT's trap and buying the real deal again. I've had friends that did it after many months and months of vaping. We are a catastrophic failure away from our next smoke. We tend to buy the highest quality of gear and become as self sufficient as we can to ensure that if e-cigs were ever to become illegal, we'd still have our mods, our kanthal, our wicks and our DIY juices to keep us going indefinitely.
If this is you, then it makes perfect sense to buy the absolute best and high quality vape gear you can find. Start with something basic and save everything you can to get the best, the sooner the better.
There are some of us who feel, that unless we rid ourselves not only of nicotine but the whole smoking culture, we are simply one failure, one stress induced moment, away from a real smoke. We have the desire to not only quit smoking but also to quit the associated behaviors since we won't be "truly free" unless we find an alternative to grabbing a smoke or vape whenever the need arises.
If this is you, then it makes better sense to buy only the gear that will allow you to achieve that goal. Over purchasing an item that you hope never to have to use, will only make it tougher for you to abandon that item later, since you, like many of us, have to get your "money's worth". By purchasing the bare minimums that you need, you can not only more painlessly divorce yourself from nicotine, but the smoking mentality as well. And once you do put away the PV you can do so easier because you never invested a lot into it in the first place.
So here's a question. Which camp do you fall in?
I for one am straddling the fence. Not a great place to be, I know. I love to vape. I could see myself enjoying vaping at a reduced nicotine content, or zero nicotine content indefinitely. My e-cig makes me feel better, and I don't see a whole lot wrong with that. Except for the fact that until I address that smoking behavior, I am one catastrophic event away from buying more cigs, and that quite frankly scares me a bit.
It's kind of like a recovering Alcoholic who always carries a drink in his hand or drinks his soft drink/water/etc out of a beer stein or wine glass. They don't actually "drink" anymore, but they still like the culture of drinking, and that romanticizing of the idea of drinking is a pretty slippery slope to traverse long term.
So, which one are you. The vaper to vape for vape sake, or the vaper who is using e-cigs to eventually quit smoking and all that goes with it?
There is one subset of us who view vaping as a harmless pastime. It is a way to get our Nicotine fix in a less dangerous fashion and we see ourselves vaping for the rest of our lives either at our chosen Nicotine levels or perhaps at zero nicotine levels. The bottom line is that we don't see ourselves actually ridding ourselves of our "smoking behaviors" and are using vape gear to act out those behaviors in a much safer way. Let the caffeine addicts have their Starbucks, I have my Boba's......(or whatever juice you vape on a daily basis)
There is another subset of us who want to quit smoking and all the behaviors associated with smoking. We may have tried other alternatives but they just didn't work, or we may be quitting for the first time. We realize that "vaping behavior" and "smoking behavior" is essentially the same behavior and we are simply using e-cigs to gradually lower our nicotine dependency and then look to give up our associated behaviors similarly by scaling back on our vaping.
The reason I ask this is that the answer can seriously affect our choices in vaping equipment and other vaping choices.
Let's be real for a second. Many of us horde vape gear by learning to DIY juices, recoil atomizers, buy multiple backups of backups of backups because we genuinely fear that without the availability of our e-cigs, we are just a hairs breadth away from turning back to the ole' stinkies. If our gear fails us, we are right back into BT's trap and buying the real deal again. I've had friends that did it after many months and months of vaping. We are a catastrophic failure away from our next smoke. We tend to buy the highest quality of gear and become as self sufficient as we can to ensure that if e-cigs were ever to become illegal, we'd still have our mods, our kanthal, our wicks and our DIY juices to keep us going indefinitely.
If this is you, then it makes perfect sense to buy the absolute best and high quality vape gear you can find. Start with something basic and save everything you can to get the best, the sooner the better.
There are some of us who feel, that unless we rid ourselves not only of nicotine but the whole smoking culture, we are simply one failure, one stress induced moment, away from a real smoke. We have the desire to not only quit smoking but also to quit the associated behaviors since we won't be "truly free" unless we find an alternative to grabbing a smoke or vape whenever the need arises.
If this is you, then it makes better sense to buy only the gear that will allow you to achieve that goal. Over purchasing an item that you hope never to have to use, will only make it tougher for you to abandon that item later, since you, like many of us, have to get your "money's worth". By purchasing the bare minimums that you need, you can not only more painlessly divorce yourself from nicotine, but the smoking mentality as well. And once you do put away the PV you can do so easier because you never invested a lot into it in the first place.
So here's a question. Which camp do you fall in?
I for one am straddling the fence. Not a great place to be, I know. I love to vape. I could see myself enjoying vaping at a reduced nicotine content, or zero nicotine content indefinitely. My e-cig makes me feel better, and I don't see a whole lot wrong with that. Except for the fact that until I address that smoking behavior, I am one catastrophic event away from buying more cigs, and that quite frankly scares me a bit.
It's kind of like a recovering Alcoholic who always carries a drink in his hand or drinks his soft drink/water/etc out of a beer stein or wine glass. They don't actually "drink" anymore, but they still like the culture of drinking, and that romanticizing of the idea of drinking is a pretty slippery slope to traverse long term.
So, which one are you. The vaper to vape for vape sake, or the vaper who is using e-cigs to eventually quit smoking and all that goes with it?
