I've just been trying to explain to my significant other that it is better that I am using e cigs. That I do plan on eventually stepping down my nicotine to zero. But his concern is that I have been chain vaping for the past few days. He says I am replacing one addiction with another an he is concerned. I tried telling him that I am not ready to give him a time line for this. That I will gradually step down. But it's only been 12 days and this is harder than I expected.
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My wife finds it totally annoying that I vape. However it is better than smelling like an ashtray. Although, people ask me all the time when am I going to quit? I have no intentions on quitting vaping, I really enjoy it way to much. I was dipping before I started vaping because I could do it anywhere. Now, since I've started vaping, I can do it anywhere with out having crap in my mouth and talking like a country red neck! lol
Does he [still] smoke? I found myself chain vaping for the first week plus some. It comes and goes for me. I believe it's replacing a nasty addiction with a healthy obsession 
Being accepting and supporting the other person is a huge thing and I agree a time line isn't always the best idea. It can pressure you and cause you to fail or give up a lot easier. Keep up the good work!
Being accepting and supporting the other person is a huge thing and I agree a time line isn't always the best idea. It can pressure you and cause you to fail or give up a lot easier. Keep up the good work!
Keep up the great work! 12 days is 12 days. I tell myself that what I'm doing know has to be way better for me than what I was doing to my body with cigarettes. Yes nicotine is addictive and you are essentially transferring the addiction to a different delivery method, but at this point shouldn't the thing that matters be that you haven't smoked in 12 days? This is something you have to take at your own pace. If in the end it helps you quit cigarettes and potentially nicotine all together, isn't it worth it? I can tell you that since vaping my "cravings" have decreased and I don't feel the need to vape like I felt the need to have a cigarette. I think breaking the habit of lighting a cigarette is half the battle. Good luck
I've been hearing the same thing...but I from reading the information on the forum and on the web, I simply tell people that nicotene is not the problem. The problem is with the 4,000 compounds in one cigarette, the toxins, the tar produced. Nicotene is not the problem...yes, it is an addicting chemical, but that is it. I recently saw Dr. Sniderman on the Today Show report about this...and posted it in the PR media section of the forum.
I hope this helps. Good luck
I hope this helps. Good luck
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I haven't had to contend with that situation. Maybe he's right, and so what? If you substitute vaping for smoking and never reduce the nicotine, you're miles ahead of the gain. I'm reluctant to give advice, but I really suggest you don't get stressed over cutting the nicotine, at least for a long, long time.
I haven't had to contend with that situation. Maybe he's right, and so what? If you substitute vaping for smoking and never reduce the nicotine, you're miles ahead of the gain. I'm reluctant to give advice, but I really suggest you don't get stressed over cutting the nicotine, at least for a long, long time.
Congrats on being strong enough to be without an analog for 12 days, for a smoker that is quite an accomplishment!! I don't know if you have seen this in the forum but if not, have your significant other read this E-Cigarette Forum - E-Cigarette Infographic I don't think your significant other wants you to go back to cigarettes.
My wife enjoys my vaping. I am early on (day 5) so in the morning and at work I prefer a tobacco flavored vape (Absolultely Tobacco Flavor from ejuicemonkeys), but during the evening I like flavors, so I will typically chain vape green apple or watermelon and she says that it makes the room smell good. She encourages me to vape inside! She used to turn up her nose everytime I walked into the house after inhaling analogs on the porch. I too intend to dial the nic down, but right now I'm happy just to be off analogs.
I personally went from a pack of analogs to vaping 4mls a day.
I think I am happy where I am and enjoy vaping way to much.
Would consider giving up vaping only when I find a reason to.. untill then... relax dude and vape on...
I think I am happy where I am and enjoy vaping way to much.
Would consider giving up vaping only when I find a reason to.. untill then... relax dude and vape on...
Yes! I went through the same exact thing. While I was dating my ex-girlfriend, she would comment that I was vaping way more than I was smoking, and that my mods seemed like they were permanently attached to my hands. But I just rolled my eyes, and would chain vape like a fiend whenever she left the room. But now fast forward less than a year later, and while we're not together anymore, we are best friends and I've since given her 6 Ego-sized batteries, cartos, and a Joyetech eRoll. She digs it now that she's tried all the toys herself*. So I don't know, maybe show him some pictures of some cool looking steampunk mods, some vinyl skins with camouflage and skulls on them, try to get him interested (even if he's not going to vape)...
*that's what she said?
welcome to ecf and congrats on your time off the stinkies! as far as support, since you don't have it at home...you have thousands of folks supporting your vaping right here. keep up the good work!
Honestly I started vaping because my boyfriend was and wouldn't leave me alone about needing to quit smoking that vaping is a healthier lifestyle. I was the one that said he was keeping the same addiction just changing the delivery system, I was frustrated that he was trying to force me to quit when I wasn't ready. I too am not ready to give up my smoking, for me its the actual act of smoking that is harder to break than the nicotine addiction. I'm not saying I'm not addicted to nicotine or that it was easy at all to reduce it, it is a real addiction and is hard as hell......especially when you are continuing the same motion, you're brain is looking for that cigarette. I do truly enjoy vaping now that I have adjusted to it, I love all the different flavors, but it took me about a month if not a little more to make the switch entirely and I still smoked a cigarette just this past weekend while having a really bad day at work. When I first started vaping I couldn't put it down, I don't even want to think about how many MLs of juice I went through. I can tell you though, it will get easier. A friend of mine had to actually set a timer for herself to break her chain vaping. She had been vaping for about 4 months and was still vaping non-stop, she put a timer app on her phone. She would start the app, the timer ran for 10 mins and when it chimed her "smoke break" was over and she would make sure she had something to actually do to keep her hands busy. Since vaping is different than smoking maybe your brain just isn't recognizing it as an acceptable nicotine source yet.
What helped me too, I didn't realize was a problem until after the fact, the first set up I had did not produce much vapor at all. When I got a tank that delivered as much vapor as I would have had smoke it was easier to tell myself "you're done, put it down". I don't know if you are experiencing that or not, just a thought.
What helped me too, I didn't realize was a problem until after the fact, the first set up I had did not produce much vapor at all. When I got a tank that delivered as much vapor as I would have had smoke it was easier to tell myself "you're done, put it down". I don't know if you are experiencing that or not, just a thought.
Before i got sober from alcohol, my wife said i drank too much. Then ,when I became a recovering alcoholic (because i wanted to be sober), she said that my personality changed and i wasnt the guy she fell in love with.
Then i switched to vaping, and she liked that i no longer stunk, but then said i did it too much.
So I basically got rid of the wife. Not for that reason of course (there were plenty of other issues).
If you can get anything useful out of my post here, what im about to say may be it. Only addicts understand addicts. Totally quitting any addiction must be your choice not his. You must obtain the willingness on your own to totally quit nicotine consumption. Relationships are all about compromise.
Then i switched to vaping, and she liked that i no longer stunk, but then said i did it too much.
So I basically got rid of the wife. Not for that reason of course (there were plenty of other issues).
If you can get anything useful out of my post here, what im about to say may be it. Only addicts understand addicts. Totally quitting any addiction must be your choice not his. You must obtain the willingness on your own to totally quit nicotine consumption. Relationships are all about compromise.
Yeah, it does get easier. Coming from a degenerate smoker of 45 years, up to 3 PAD, and this week I'm hitting 3 months without, and I honestly have 0 desire for analog anymore. The folks who've said "your own pace" are spot on. You have to do it that way. And 12 days? That's great! When I hit 2 days I thought it was astonishing. You're doing great, keep it up. He will be as happy as you when you no longer "smoke"!
Wait, really? Nobody told me about this. Didn't even think of it. Oh God, here we go again!
My wife tells me she is proud of me for quitting, but she too thinks I have traded in one addiction for another. I walk around with my EVOD in my hand everywhere I go. I sit it down, but it's never far. It's hard to quit smoking. It hurts to quit smoking. Don't put yourself on a timeline. Go at your own pace. One day at a time. One hour at a time. One minute at a time. This is a good place to talk to others that are in the same place as you.
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