Hi All,
I've only been properly vaping for 8 days but my life has changed quicker than I ever could have hoped, and the support I've had on this forum has been invaluable.
In this rather long post I'm going to give a run down of my observations after 8 days. Hopefully it will help / inspire some "noobs" like myself, and I'd also be grateful for any feedback from the old hands.
MY SETUP: Curve 2 (iStick) 20w - now have two! Lots of tanks, some TECC and a couple of Aspire nautilus Minis.
FAVOURITE LIQUIDS SO FAR: Space Jam Eclipse for tobacco. DV Orangella (with a little Lime Zinger) has been my All Day Vape so far, but some El Diablo Passion Bomb came today and I think it's going to become a big part of my life! Dessert flavour: Boom Juice Raspberry Custard. All 12mg or thereabouts.
PREVIOUS SMOKING HABIT: Anything from 7 to 30 Marlboro Lights per day, depending on whether I was at home working or out on the town.
SMOKING HABIT NOW: 1.5 over the weekend, none at all in the last two days
I'm staggered by this, and so is my wife!
VAPING HABITS: Not chain vaping by any means. Averaging 4 or 5 daily "sessions" of 10-20 minutes. More when I drank alcohol on Sunday! I usually have my mod set between 3.7 and 4.3 V.
OBSERVATIONS:
1. I actually dare to hope this quit attempt might work this time. I've tried eCigs before several times: Blu Disposables, some nasty PCC thing with pre-filled carts I bought when I lived in Portugal, and a basic eGo stick. None worked as well as what I have now. Actually none lasted more than a day!
2. Obviously I still have cigarette cravings, but hardly any already - and I was a really committed smoker. The cravings are manageable, and I've even put myself to the test by deliberately weakening my resolve with alcohol!
3. SIDE EFFECTS: Surprisingly few. I do seem to get a bit of a headache with some liquids, think it's the PG heavy ones - I am trying to stay hydrated. Not too concerned because cigs gave me a headache sometimes too. I also seem to have indigestion - don't know if that's down to vaping or quitting smoking, but I keep feeling short of breath, then finding out I actually just need a large burp! My lungs do seem to be gradually clearing out, which is good but not the most pleasant thing in the world!
Also (TMI alert) - my digestive system seems far more well behaved than usual!
4. My sense of smell is back with a vengeance. Cutting into a lemon whilst cooking on Sunday smelled heavenly.
5. Everything feels kind of surreal. I smoked for 25 years, and my longest quit attempt lasted 8 days. I think this is compounded by a slightly lightheaded feeling caused by my getting more oxygen!
6. My 15 month old son has been a bit strange around me a couple of times. I never smoked around him but I think I it may be because I now smell wrong!
7. I want tobacco tasting juices way less than I thought I would, but they are still a God-send when i do have cravings. I think they will remain my go-to flavours for drinking too, unless anyone can recommend something that goes better with beer than the taste of tobacco!
8. I've learned a lot about how to actually "vape." I wonder if I may have had more success with my eGo if I'd not tried to "smoke" it like a cigarette. Learning all this has been really key for me.
9. I now know that a lot of the initial frustrations re. leaks, burned coils etc. are down to learning what you're using. I've had a couple of "disasters," such as over tightening a Nautilus tank, but they have really been down to my lack of knowledge.
10. I can actually visualise future events (i.e. Xmas with family) and see myself vaping and not smoking. This is HUGE, as I've never been able to do this before.
All in all, I'm very pleased with myself, but not nearly as pleased as my wife is!
Would appreciate any feedback, especially on the "side effects" bit. I'm a bit of a hypochondriac so the last thing I want to do is put myself off vaping with silly health worries!
Thanks for reading
I've only been properly vaping for 8 days but my life has changed quicker than I ever could have hoped, and the support I've had on this forum has been invaluable.
In this rather long post I'm going to give a run down of my observations after 8 days. Hopefully it will help / inspire some "noobs" like myself, and I'd also be grateful for any feedback from the old hands.
MY SETUP: Curve 2 (iStick) 20w - now have two! Lots of tanks, some TECC and a couple of Aspire nautilus Minis.
FAVOURITE LIQUIDS SO FAR: Space Jam Eclipse for tobacco. DV Orangella (with a little Lime Zinger) has been my All Day Vape so far, but some El Diablo Passion Bomb came today and I think it's going to become a big part of my life! Dessert flavour: Boom Juice Raspberry Custard. All 12mg or thereabouts.
PREVIOUS SMOKING HABIT: Anything from 7 to 30 Marlboro Lights per day, depending on whether I was at home working or out on the town.
SMOKING HABIT NOW: 1.5 over the weekend, none at all in the last two days
I'm staggered by this, and so is my wife!VAPING HABITS: Not chain vaping by any means. Averaging 4 or 5 daily "sessions" of 10-20 minutes. More when I drank alcohol on Sunday! I usually have my mod set between 3.7 and 4.3 V.
OBSERVATIONS:
1. I actually dare to hope this quit attempt might work this time. I've tried eCigs before several times: Blu Disposables, some nasty PCC thing with pre-filled carts I bought when I lived in Portugal, and a basic eGo stick. None worked as well as what I have now. Actually none lasted more than a day!
2. Obviously I still have cigarette cravings, but hardly any already - and I was a really committed smoker. The cravings are manageable, and I've even put myself to the test by deliberately weakening my resolve with alcohol!
3. SIDE EFFECTS: Surprisingly few. I do seem to get a bit of a headache with some liquids, think it's the PG heavy ones - I am trying to stay hydrated. Not too concerned because cigs gave me a headache sometimes too. I also seem to have indigestion - don't know if that's down to vaping or quitting smoking, but I keep feeling short of breath, then finding out I actually just need a large burp! My lungs do seem to be gradually clearing out, which is good but not the most pleasant thing in the world!
Also (TMI alert) - my digestive system seems far more well behaved than usual!
4. My sense of smell is back with a vengeance. Cutting into a lemon whilst cooking on Sunday smelled heavenly.
5. Everything feels kind of surreal. I smoked for 25 years, and my longest quit attempt lasted 8 days. I think this is compounded by a slightly lightheaded feeling caused by my getting more oxygen!
6. My 15 month old son has been a bit strange around me a couple of times. I never smoked around him but I think I it may be because I now smell wrong!
7. I want tobacco tasting juices way less than I thought I would, but they are still a God-send when i do have cravings. I think they will remain my go-to flavours for drinking too, unless anyone can recommend something that goes better with beer than the taste of tobacco!
8. I've learned a lot about how to actually "vape." I wonder if I may have had more success with my eGo if I'd not tried to "smoke" it like a cigarette. Learning all this has been really key for me.
9. I now know that a lot of the initial frustrations re. leaks, burned coils etc. are down to learning what you're using. I've had a couple of "disasters," such as over tightening a Nautilus tank, but they have really been down to my lack of knowledge.
10. I can actually visualise future events (i.e. Xmas with family) and see myself vaping and not smoking. This is HUGE, as I've never been able to do this before.
All in all, I'm very pleased with myself, but not nearly as pleased as my wife is!
Would appreciate any feedback, especially on the "side effects" bit. I'm a bit of a hypochondriac so the last thing I want to do is put myself off vaping with silly health worries!
Thanks for reading
