anyone find that cigarette addiction haunts you long after you quit.

[MickeyRat]

I quit cold turkey for ten years. A bad time in my life got me back. There wasn't a week that went by in that 10 years that I didn't sometime want a cigarette. I've been vaping for a little over a year and I can honestly say that I don't ever want a cigarette.

 

[Renrav]

Cigarettes are a beat up '54 Ford pickup in bad need of a ring job. vaping is an electric car that can run 0-60 in 3 seconds.

Even under 3 weeks quit I don't think of cigarettes. They were in my life for 3/4 of my life. We aren't separated, the divorce is final.

This, I think, is one of the most apt analogies I've seen. I've had my fair share of old, sputtering, leaking, smoking vehicles. I wish I had a nice shiny new car, but even if I did I might miss my old beaters sometimes. I used to be a mechanic and see this all the time. People just would not get rid of some old POS. They would pay ridiculous amounts of money to fix something because "it has character" or "we've been through a lot together." This is why some people(myself included) find it hard to give up smoking. While it has obvious issues, stinks, and costs too much money, it's also what you're used to, and therefore very comfortable..

 

[Dauslyn]

I think quitting smoking, is much like an alcoholic quitting drinking - you're always a smoker in recovery, even long after you've quit. My father in law, who quit smoking some 40 years ago, would always encourage me to smoke in the house, as he still craved cigarettes and loved the smell. Some people I know can make the transition to vaping instantly, while for others it takes time, trial, and error before finding a set up that works.

The nicotine isn't an issue (for me anyways). You will become dependent on any chemical that you put into your body consistently (like the estimated 12,000 chemicals in analogues), not just the nicotine - which I've read is completely gone from your body in the first 72 hours.

There's 3 facets with the addiction - physical, chemical, and mental. The chemical addiction is the weakest of the three - the physical habit of raising your hand to your mouth several hundred times per day, and deviating from routine, is the hardest to break. The mental addiction of depending on stinkies to be there for you in times of need, is also tough. I find that vaping satisfies all three factors.

The only reason I use nicotine is for the throat-hit, otherwise I would vape 0 nic!

 

[DC2]

I think quitting smoking, is much like an alcoholic quitting drinking - you're always a smoker in recovery, even long after you've quit. My father in law, who quit smoking some 40 years ago, would always encourage me to smoke in the house, as he still craved cigarettes and loved the smell. Some people I know can make the transition to vaping instantly, while for others it takes time, trial, and error before finding a set up that works.

The nicotine isn't an issue (for me anyways). You will become dependent on any chemical that you put into your body consistently (like the estimated 12,000 chemicals in analogues), not just the nicotine - which I've read is completely gone from your body in the first 72 hours.

There's 3 facets with the addiction - physical, chemical, and mental. The chemical addiction is the weakest of the three - the physical habit of raising your hand to your mouth several hundred times per day, and deviating from routine, is the hardest to break. The mental addiction of depending on stinkies to be there for you in times of need, is also tough. I find that vaping satisfies all three factors.

The only reason I use nicotine is for the throat-hit, otherwise I would vape 0 nic!

Post more often.

 

[JENerationX]

I think quitting smoking, is much like an alcoholic quitting drinking - you're always a smoker in recovery, even long after you've quit. My father in law, who quit smoking some 40 years ago, would always encourage me to smoke in the house, as he still craved cigarettes and loved the smell. Some people I know can make the transition to vaping instantly, while for others it takes time, trial, and error before finding a set up that works.

The nicotine isn't an issue (for me anyways). You will become dependent on any chemical that you put into your body consistently (like the estimated 12,000 chemicals in analogues), not just the nicotine - which I've read is completely gone from your body in the first 72 hours.

There's 3 facets with the addiction - physical, chemical, and mental. The chemical addiction is the weakest of the three - the physical habit of raising your hand to your mouth several hundred times per day, and deviating from routine, is the hardest to break. The mental addiction of depending on stinkies to be there for you in times of need, is also tough. I find that vaping satisfies all three factors.

The only reason I use nicotine is for the throat-hit, otherwise I would vape 0 nic!

Post more often.

^ Yeah.... what DC2 said.

 

[Nsd_]

I've had one cigarette after switching to vaping and it was just because I was curious after getting back my sense of taste. It tasted horrible. But still sometimes it smells good if someone is smoking nearby and I have tiny urge to have one but luckily I know how terrible it actually tastes.

 

[Dauslyn]

Post more often.

^ Yeah.... what DC2 said.

I think quitting smoking, is much like an alcoholic quitting drinking - you're always a smoker in recovery, even long after you've quit. My father in law, who quit smoking some 40 years ago, would always encourage me to smoke in the house, as he still craved cigarettes and loved the smell. Some people I know can make the transition to vaping instantly, while for others it takes time, trial, and error before finding a set up that works.

The nicotine isn't an issue (for me anyways). You will become dependent on any chemical that you put into your body consistently (like the estimated 12,000 chemicals in analogues), not just the nicotine - which I've read is completely gone from your body in the first 72 hours.

There's 3 facets with the addiction - physical, chemical, and mental. The chemical addiction is the weakest of the three - the physical habit of raising your hand to your mouth several hundred times per day, and deviating from routine, is the hardest to break. The mental addiction of depending on stinkies to be there for you in times of need, is also tough. I find that vaping satisfies all three factors.

The only reason I use nicotine is for the throat-hit, otherwise I would vape 0 nic!

I'm trying to spend more time here, paying it forward so to speak. Thanks for the extra encouragement, I'll try and hang out here more often!

 

[Stinknugget]

I think quitting smoking, is much like an alcoholic quitting drinking - you're always a smoker in recovery, even long after you've quit. My father in law, who quit smoking some 40 years ago, would always encourage me to smoke in the house, as he still craved cigarettes and loved the smell. Some people I know can make the transition to vaping instantly, while for others it takes time, trial, and error before finding a set up that works.

The nicotine isn't an issue (for me anyways). You will become dependent on any chemical that you put into your body consistently (like the estimated 12,000 chemicals in analogues), not just the nicotine - which I've read is completely gone from your body in the first 72 hours.

There's 3 facets with the addiction - physical, chemical, and mental. The chemical addiction is the weakest of the three - the physical habit of raising your hand to your mouth several hundred times per day, and deviating from routine, is the hardest to break. The mental addiction of depending on stinkies to be there for you in times of need, is also tough. I find that vaping satisfies all three factors.

The only reason I use nicotine is for the throat-hit, otherwise I would vape 0 nic!

Well said.

I read somewhere around here that a good mentality to have is to replace the word quit with stop. Instead of i quit smoking, refer to it as i stopped smoking.

When i think of how many times ive quit smoking it tends to devalue the word quit when speaking to other people. Quitting is a permanent word. If you quit for a year and then have a cigarette for whatever reason you now are bound to feel like you failed at something instead of accomplishing something. If you say you stopped smoking for a year and then had a cigarette you can be proud of not smoking for a year. I say i stopped smoking to reaffirm myself that i stopped something that was bad for me that had no benefits to my well being. I plan on eventually lowering my nic to 0 and i plan to quit vaping shortly after. No reason to inhale anything but air once the physical/mental addictions are gone. Then ill say i stopped vaping instead of quit vaping. I like to think that i have traded my addiction rather than think im fighting it. Not sure why this works so well for me.

 

[Dauslyn]

Well said.

I read somewhere around here that a good mentality to have is to replace the word quit with stop. Instead of i quit smoking, refer to it as i stopped smoking.

When i think of how many times ive quit smoking it tends to devalue the word quit when speaking to other people. Quitting is a permanent word. If you quit for a year and then have a cigarette for whatever reas. on you now are bound to feel like you failed at something instead of accomplishing something. If you say you stopped smoking for a year and then had a cigarette you can be proud of not smoking for a year. I say i stopped smoking to reaffirm myself that i stopped something that was bad for me that had no benefits to my well being. I plan on eventually lowering my nic to 0 and i plan to quit vaping shortly after. No reason to inhale anything but air once the physical/mental addictions are gone. Then ill say i stopped vaping instead of quit vaping. I like to think that i have traded my addiction rather than think im fighting it. Not sure why this works so well for me.

+1000 internets to you good sir, very well said.

 

[moondaddy]

I've been vaping for a little more than 4 mos now and still have a cig once in a great while. For instance sat I was letting off some fire works. Was too windy for the lighter and well the ego isn't going to light anything so I bummed a menthol off a friend and let my inner Pyro out. I will say its hard to finish a reg cig but I enjoy a menthol every now and then

 

[KayleePup]

Well said.

I read somewhere around here that a good mentality to have is to replace the word quit with stop. Instead of i quit smoking, refer to it as i stopped smoking.

When i think of how many times ive quit smoking it tends to devalue the word quit when speaking to other people. Quitting is a permanent word. If you quit for a year and then have a cigarette for whatever reason you now are bound to feel like you failed at something instead of accomplishing something. If you say you stopped smoking for a year and then had a cigarette you can be proud of not smoking for a year. I say i stopped smoking to reaffirm myself that i stopped something that was bad for me that had no benefits to my well being. I plan on eventually lowering my nic to 0 and i plan to quit vaping shortly after. No reason to inhale anything but air once the physical/mental addictions are gone. Then ill say i stopped vaping instead of quit vaping. I like to think that i have traded my addiction rather than think im fighting it. Not sure why this works so well for me.

I wholeheartedly agree with you! I STOPPED smoking almost 2 years ago (Aug 1, 2010). I vape cause I have a mental and physical habit that needs satisfied. I knew that when I made the decision to switch to vaping. I do find that once in awhile I think I want an analog. Luckily for me I occasionally find myself next to someone that does smoke and can tell they smoke by the way they smell. When I smell an analog I know I have made the right decision and continue to vape. I think I miss the early days of my smoking where I would open a fresh pack of cigarettes and just smell them. Didn't even need to light one. Just the smell of the tobacco was good enough. Ecigs can't give you that.

 

[Baldr]

Its still only a couple of months since i converted to vaping and still get the urge for one just after food....

I would recommend getting some juice with a little higher nic level for those occasions. When I started vaping, I used 24mg, and it worked well, but right after a meal, I still had to have a cig. After a couple of months, I was still smoking 6-10 cigs a day, almost all of them following meals. Then I got some juice with 30mg. As soon as I did, I stopped smoking, and it was easy.

I didn't need the higher level nic for long, either. In fact, here it is almost a year later, and I still have some of the 30mg juice. In the meantime, I gradually moved down, and I'm vaping 12mg as my normal day-to-day vape.