well your sharing of your experience has just given me a great boost. i stumbled upon vaping from a stray junk email i opened by accident. i'd never even heard of them before. i ended up buying a super about 6 weeks ago thinking that it would help with it looking like a real cig. but it wasn't the best, vapour and throat hit was random to say the least and carts very small. i then began to search the net and found so much information and stuff about vaping. just before xmas i ordered the riva 510 and 901 because i couldnt decide between them. due to weather and post delays i had to wait until jan for them...............but the wait was so worth it!
I like yourself havent started using them to quit, just merely to cut down. i'm 28 and started smoking aged 8. until i was 14 it was a novelty but at 14 the habbit began to take a grip on me. i was smoking 10 a day. by 16 i was on 20 a day and fighting to keep it at that level. i spent 9 or 10 years fighting the 20 a day, as i refused to go beyond that point, for health and money issues. the last few years or so i've rolled my own, much more economical. but i coudnt say what i smoked a day on those, i'd say i averaged 25 but i never kept track like i did with cigarettes. though i rolled thick as well, i common thing other rollers would comment on (same size as normal cigarettes i guess).
i started using my rivas properly on the 7th, and from day one i was down to 2 cigs a day (morning and before bed), worst day being last wed (my day off work) i had 4, but that was down to the misses going out all day having her fix and we'd be in a convo and i would just go out and have one to keep it going. anyways i noticed yesterday before i went to bed that i hadnt even had a cig all day....................yeah thats when it kicked in! These things work! Not only had i not had a cig i hadnt even had a craving. now i've gone more than a day before without a cig, but it would be killing me all day. i'd walk past smoke and that would triple the cravings. but with the riva i go outside with the smokers on my breaks at work and dont even have the slightest cravings. they thought it would be funny and tempting to offer me a cig and blow smoke at me to see if i cracked but i didnt.............in fact i find it quite horrid, but not sickly horrid, just not nice. i noticed my girlfriend go and double brush her teeth before bed because after the first brush we kissed goodnight and i never said anything but she could tell by my face that the taste was unpleasant as there was a lingering cigarette taste still there.
when driving home from work i had a go on my riva to see if it was suitable whilst driving and ended up dropping it. i had to wait until i hit a red light before i could get it. then the thought kicked in, should i just give in and have a real cig? easier when driving and smaller to hold.................i've been home about an hour and a half and havent had a cig but was thinking i might just go and try one to reassure myself that i dont really need one................then i saw your post! it gives me hope to see others doing so well. and although i said i didnt start this to quit, im sure as hell not going for the analogs any more, i have my rivas and a community that supports people and has a wealth of knowledge and experience to support me if i become weak!
thanks for sharing and sorry for waffling on
