If this is where you want to take your vaping, go for it and the best of luck with it! I took about a year to get to zero nic, but I've said before I probably could have done it much quicker had I had more motivation. The first couple of months vaping were the hardest for me while I got over the smoking addiction. It probably would have been counter productive for me to reduce my nic levels through that period, but not sure because I didn't try it. If you find yourself having a hard time staying with zero nic don't beat yourself up because of it. You have the nic juice to fall back on and as long as you are not smoking you are ahead of the game. Let us know how you make out with it.
Everyone has their own experience kicking tobacco. I can understand why many people have the occasional cigarette while vaping. I had different motivations. I have been smoking for about 26 years, I was smoking about a pack and a half a day. My daughter was just about to graduate as a Nurse (and now is a RN). She drug me, by the ear to a vape shop in the college town and told me to buy their starter kit. I haven't had a cigarette since I walked into that store.
I would have to say the cravings were interesting, there is lots more to cigarette addiction than just nicotine. The first week was rough, but I was told to use 24 mg juice. It was way too strong, I was buzzing like a teenager with his first cigarette. I dropped to 18 mg and would buzz if I chain vaped. 12 mg found me chain vaping all day, this is where the hard cravings came in, with my daughter "helping" me quit, was the extra motivation I needed. I am not sure if it was the over exposure to nicotine from the previous weeks or something else, but about 6 weeks in I had some really hard cravings for a cigarette. I sucked the bottom out of those poor clearomizers!
I have not had anything like that in the last 2 weeks, and last week was strictly 6mg liquid. I am on the downhill side of this. I am pretty sure at this point it is all in my head, and not the chemical dependency I had. But it is still a physical dependency, I recognize this. I still have a pack and a half of left over cigarettes sitting of my fridge, on purpose. Haven't touched one. I am ready to give them away but my friends, seeing my success are trying to quit themselves (without vaping /sigh) they have decided it is too expensive, LOL.
I have put myself on a pretty tight schedule, but have left several outs along the way. I found I really didn't need them, so I have stayed on track. I am pretty sure I am down to just the physical habit of smoking now, but find myself not willing to step off that 0 nicotine bridge just yet.
You guys have been wonderful, I appreciate all I have learned from you!
