All I can say is WOW

[v241431]

wow, wow, wow...

I started smoking at the age of 14 and have not gone without at least a pack of cigarettes a day since.....that means for 33 years I have lived my life around cigarettes. Have tried patches, gum, wellbutrin and Chantix.....all to no avail. Never lasted more than 1 day.

I have now gone 1 week without a cigarette....I am amazed, shocked and thrilled.

I bought my Joye 510 last Wednesday and smoked my last .... on that same day. A couple moments of craving the old tobacco stick since, but that was soon resolved by a good vaping session.

Family is still a little skeptical, but supportive.

What can I say.....thanks to all on this forum for the insight, advice and suggestions....I truly believe that I am on my way to a tobacco free life......

 

[aziffel]

Welcome,and good on ya!

 

[queenbee288]

Congratulations! I know exactly how you feel! I am analog free the past 4 days.

 

[x-smok3]

Congratulations and happy vaping!

 

[tmcase]

Welcome v241431. I quit the same day I tried my first ecig also. Nice going.

 

[mfraz25]

Congratulations

 

[JustaGuy]

Our experiences (and timeline) are identical except I never bothered with all the other cessation methods. A friend of mine let me try a piece of his nic gum 20 years ago. I STILL remember how grotesque it tasted. I'm on my 4th month vaping, still get the 'urge' occasionally (it takes time to change a 3 decade habit), but happy vaping. You'll be too.

 

[jj2]

WOOT!!! Great story and congrats.

 

[Beans]

Congrats! I'm SOOO happy for you! You got this!

 

[Zabeth]

Congratulations

 

[fright88]

Congrats keep up the good fight. I have kinda the same story Smoked from 15 quit once for a month but only because I had no choice. I had been on the patch and gum none of it could replace the hand to mouth need.

 

[AtomPunk]

Congratulations and welcome!

 

[Nicko]

Vaping is the best thing! I'm 9 months smoke free after smoking 2 packs a day for 30 years.

And I love vaping much more than smoking. It's just amazing.

Welcome to the wonderful world of vaping and I hope you are enjoying it!

 

[JC Okie]

Congratulations! I smoked for over 40 years and just finally assumed I'd smoke 'til I died. My family was a little skeptical at first, too...heck, I was a little skeptical at first. BUT.....it's been over a year now, and still going strong. These things are tiny little miracles.

 

[Boodle]

Hip, hip hurray! Good for you! Love your story. Thank you for sharing yours that spurred others to share, too Love this place!

 

[v241431]

Thanks to all....It just makes this experience even better knowing that there are ECF people out there that care enough to respond to posts.....thanks all for the encouragement.

 

[dormouse]

Grats!! Yeah ecigs are amazing! I smoked a bit longer than you, 1.5-2 PAD, and was absolutely amazed at being able to vape instead.

BTW - I love Boge standard resistance cartomizers on my 510's. I use manual 510's so I don't have to worry about occasional carto leaks (if a carto leaks it will do so right over the hole in the end of an auto battery). I put my favorite thin clear juices in cartos and I can get more than a week of good use out of a Boge carto. Slim batteries need to use the standard resistance ones. I get the longer good performance out of a carto with juices 20% VG or less, and light clear juices that leave little or no flavoring sediment behind in the stuffing.

 

[Olef]

Isn't vaping terrific? So many of us still can't quite believe how long it is since we lit a cigarette, and how easy it was to switch. Welcome to the gang

 

[Longhorn RN]

It's an awesome thing!!!!

 

[swedishfish]

It's amazing! I'm still shocked by it. Congrats!