Tonight, I happily vaped my own DIY pineapple juice in an E2 carto on iVape's Aloha 'Lani' mod. I have my Ego travel kit packed with four other cartos, each a different flavor (cappucino, vanilla bean dream, lemony cotton candy, and strawnana kiwi cream), two bottles of backup liquid (watermelon and vanilla bean dream), a paperclip, a 1 ml syringe for carto filling, my ego batts fully charged, and a paper towel for on-the-go cleaning. This is typical of my travel kit though the carto flavors and juice bottles change from week to week. I have about 100 mls or so of juice for the various vapers of the house happily aging away in my china cabinet. I have dozens of flavors waiting patiently for me to mix with, a well-organized cabinet for our vaping pleasure, and I am patiently awaiting a shipment of our most used flavorings this week.
I have not spend a single solitary piece of copper alloy on a pack of tobacco. I have not lit a lighter in six weeks except to light candles. I HAVE spent the entire household's cigarette budget for a full two months on our vaping, and expect to break even, even with one more order this week, in two weeks' time.
Even in times of stress, I do not find myself craving an analog. I have however found myself patting the table for my long-gone cigarettes and lighter. A habit which I have sadly been informed may never go away. Do I want a cigarette? No, not really. Am I truly tempted? No again. One of my BIGGEST motivators has nothing to do with the fact that I can taste, smell or even breathe better. It has something to do with one simple pleasure. When I hug my daughter and put my face in her hair, I smell her shampoo. She sighs with pleasure when she hugs me back. THIS is worth it, THIS makes being a non-smoker more pleasurable than anything else.
I remember my last 'Great Quit Attempt', which failed after three days. I set a quit date and even threw out my cigs. It was a dismal failure. When it is said that e-cigs cannot be said to actually be a cessation product, I say PROVE to me that I am still smoking in my sleep or while I am unaware I am doing so. E-cigs have saved my life. I will say that again and again until I die, or unless something unknown and frightful comes to the forefront about vaping. I fully doubt it will.
Though I do not intend to vape for the rest of my life, nor do I intend to ever pick up another analog or tobacco product, I am already weaning myself off of nicotine, and the success I have experienced in doing so surprises me. I started at 24 mg six weeks ago, am currently vaping at 12, and intend to be at 6 mg within another six weeks. Six weeks after that I intend to be at ZERO. So a total of three months should see me at 0 nic.
Will I put away vaping immediately? Not likely. I enjoy this, as I once enjoyed the ACT of smoking. The hand to mouth habit is soothing in times of stress, and is a ritual I have done for over 22 years. I will not worry so much about putting down the PV for at least six months. I will allow myself the pleasure of new flavors and the lovely feeling of vapor anywhere and everywhere for a while. I will vape in my car, my bath, and while in bed with a good novel. I will show it off to smokers I know and convert as many as I can in a non-pushy way. I will support my favorite vendors. I will try to do this in small ways even after I stop vaping.
After six weeks, I am proud of myself. I have reason to be so. I have joined the ranks of millions upon millions of ex-smokers before me, and the highly elite ranks (at this point) of The Vaping Community. I am eventually going to run a list of reasons why I am so glad to be an ex-smoker. I am proud of myself, my hubby, my mother, and the many millions of others that have quit for whatever reason, and in whatever ways they were able to do so.
Tonight is a celebration for me, as is every night I have without another analog.
I have not spend a single solitary piece of copper alloy on a pack of tobacco. I have not lit a lighter in six weeks except to light candles. I HAVE spent the entire household's cigarette budget for a full two months on our vaping, and expect to break even, even with one more order this week, in two weeks' time.
Even in times of stress, I do not find myself craving an analog. I have however found myself patting the table for my long-gone cigarettes and lighter. A habit which I have sadly been informed may never go away. Do I want a cigarette? No, not really. Am I truly tempted? No again. One of my BIGGEST motivators has nothing to do with the fact that I can taste, smell or even breathe better. It has something to do with one simple pleasure. When I hug my daughter and put my face in her hair, I smell her shampoo. She sighs with pleasure when she hugs me back. THIS is worth it, THIS makes being a non-smoker more pleasurable than anything else.
I remember my last 'Great Quit Attempt', which failed after three days. I set a quit date and even threw out my cigs. It was a dismal failure. When it is said that e-cigs cannot be said to actually be a cessation product, I say PROVE to me that I am still smoking in my sleep or while I am unaware I am doing so. E-cigs have saved my life. I will say that again and again until I die, or unless something unknown and frightful comes to the forefront about vaping. I fully doubt it will.
Though I do not intend to vape for the rest of my life, nor do I intend to ever pick up another analog or tobacco product, I am already weaning myself off of nicotine, and the success I have experienced in doing so surprises me. I started at 24 mg six weeks ago, am currently vaping at 12, and intend to be at 6 mg within another six weeks. Six weeks after that I intend to be at ZERO. So a total of three months should see me at 0 nic.
Will I put away vaping immediately? Not likely. I enjoy this, as I once enjoyed the ACT of smoking. The hand to mouth habit is soothing in times of stress, and is a ritual I have done for over 22 years. I will not worry so much about putting down the PV for at least six months. I will allow myself the pleasure of new flavors and the lovely feeling of vapor anywhere and everywhere for a while. I will vape in my car, my bath, and while in bed with a good novel. I will show it off to smokers I know and convert as many as I can in a non-pushy way. I will support my favorite vendors. I will try to do this in small ways even after I stop vaping.
After six weeks, I am proud of myself. I have reason to be so. I have joined the ranks of millions upon millions of ex-smokers before me, and the highly elite ranks (at this point) of The Vaping Community. I am eventually going to run a list of reasons why I am so glad to be an ex-smoker. I am proud of myself, my hubby, my mother, and the many millions of others that have quit for whatever reason, and in whatever ways they were able to do so.
Tonight is a celebration for me, as is every night I have without another analog.
