So, I'm going to start keeping a blog here to track my trials and tribulations. Just mostly for my own reference but people are always welcome to read and follow along and comment when they like.
Basically, how I see this going down is that I'll post my thoughts and such after I get my gear and move on to being more informed into the hows and whats its of the whole thing.
My boyfriend, he's so ecstatic that I'm moving away from the cigarettes. He was even scoping out other smoke shops in our area to see if they carried juice and stuff so I had near home place to buy from. God love him.
I have ordered gear. An ego-twist starter kit. With prefilled cartos. I got that on his "you have a 200 dollar tab". I think I spent under 100.
Then I got a back up battery - two clearomizers and lots of juice on my dime - for about 60 dollars.
To me, this means a commitment on my end as well and I feel like I SHOULD spend money on it as it'll make me more invested in keeping to it.
I've tried to quit smoking so many times. I tried the patch. I smoked on it. I tried the gum. I still smoked. I spent 150 dollars a month for 6 months on chantex and the BEST I could do for quiting was like 5 smokes a day. After 6 months - I couldn't see spending 150 a month on it if I was still smoking. I can't cold turkey. I've tried. It's ugly. It's so ugly that people who want me to quit have tossed smokes at me after about 12 hours going "Just be you again!"
My little brother (the blood little brother) drunkely the other day laughed at me when I said I was going to do this. He was all "you either quit or you don't." I'm all "I'm not as strong as you - mr. I'm not quitting" - He was all "bullkaka you are the strongest person I know."
I don't care if people think of the e-cig as crutches. I think this has the greatest potential to get me off of regular cigarettes. And once I only use the e-cig - I can start playing with nic levels. And when I'm down to 0 nic vaping, I'll be so very happy.
And then there is the other side of the coin. I'm not a small girl at all. I can stand to loose some weight. But my one true love? He has some serious weight issues. And as much as he worries about my lungs and about my smoking, I worry about his chance of heart disease and diabetes. And deep down I know - and I'm sure he registers - that I have NO ground to stand on yelling at him about his health as long as I smoke cigarettes. So. I'm going gun-ho in to work toward being tobacco and nicotine free - so that I can save my love, who is in dire need of some lifestyle changes as well. I'm quitting for us. For *our* future.
Basically, how I see this going down is that I'll post my thoughts and such after I get my gear and move on to being more informed into the hows and whats its of the whole thing.
My boyfriend, he's so ecstatic that I'm moving away from the cigarettes. He was even scoping out other smoke shops in our area to see if they carried juice and stuff so I had near home place to buy from. God love him.
I have ordered gear. An ego-twist starter kit. With prefilled cartos. I got that on his "you have a 200 dollar tab". I think I spent under 100.
Then I got a back up battery - two clearomizers and lots of juice on my dime - for about 60 dollars.
To me, this means a commitment on my end as well and I feel like I SHOULD spend money on it as it'll make me more invested in keeping to it.
I've tried to quit smoking so many times. I tried the patch. I smoked on it. I tried the gum. I still smoked. I spent 150 dollars a month for 6 months on chantex and the BEST I could do for quiting was like 5 smokes a day. After 6 months - I couldn't see spending 150 a month on it if I was still smoking. I can't cold turkey. I've tried. It's ugly. It's so ugly that people who want me to quit have tossed smokes at me after about 12 hours going "Just be you again!"
My little brother (the blood little brother) drunkely the other day laughed at me when I said I was going to do this. He was all "you either quit or you don't." I'm all "I'm not as strong as you - mr. I'm not quitting" - He was all "bullkaka you are the strongest person I know."
I don't care if people think of the e-cig as crutches. I think this has the greatest potential to get me off of regular cigarettes. And once I only use the e-cig - I can start playing with nic levels. And when I'm down to 0 nic vaping, I'll be so very happy.
And then there is the other side of the coin. I'm not a small girl at all. I can stand to loose some weight. But my one true love? He has some serious weight issues. And as much as he worries about my lungs and about my smoking, I worry about his chance of heart disease and diabetes. And deep down I know - and I'm sure he registers - that I have NO ground to stand on yelling at him about his health as long as I smoke cigarettes. So. I'm going gun-ho in to work toward being tobacco and nicotine free - so that I can save my love, who is in dire need of some lifestyle changes as well. I'm quitting for us. For *our* future.
