Are you living in the Vancouver area and have a friend who wants to quit smoking?

[dg99]

Hey folks, I'm happy to say I've been vaping for 2 years and it has been 100% successful in getting me off cigarettes, and it has given me the motivation to research just how brutal cigarettes are for my body and justify my choice to give them up. Thanks to vaping, I've been able to replace the enjoyment I got from cigarettes with a much healthier alternative, and for that I owe vaping and everyone on these forums who helped me over the years my unconditional gratitude. I've now reached a point where I'm re-evaluating my life and making changes, and one of the goals I have is to free myself of my nicotine dependency. I no longer want to have to vape to feel normal, or spend money on liquid and parts, I want to be free to live my life without having to worry about when the next time I can vape will be. Friday ends my first wave of midterms and I won't be too stressed for awhile, so it's going to be my d-day, cold turkey.

And now comes the reason for this thread, it would be awesome to be able to share vaping with someone truly in need of it to quit their smoking habit. Most of my friends who smoke have either quit, or have no desire to quit or switch to vaping. Do you live in the Vancouver area and have a friend or family member who is hooked on smoking and wants to or has tried to quit? If so, I'd like to donate my vaping goodies to you to give to that person in hopes it will change their life like it's changed mine. I've got 2 ego batteries, an LR 510 atty, an ego charger, and a drip tip. If you're interested, you can meet me on Friday between noon and 6 at UBC to pick them up. Please don't just take these for your collection, sure there's no way for me to know but I hope whoever picks it up will have a good heart and respect what I'm trying to do.

The only way to do this fairly is first come first serve, so the first person to send me a PM with a little story about the person they have in mind gets the goods Also, let me know what time you'll be coming by and I'll let you know where you can meet me. All the best to everyone, live well and happy vaping.

 

[just Ridge]

That's a great thing you are doing and congrats on your impending freedom from nicotine! I've read it's alot easier than cold turkey'ing smokes. Swing by from time to time and let us know your progress, it might make some of us take that leap too.

 

[dg99]

So we've found a home for the stuff, thanks for reading folks, I'll keep you posted on how easy/hard the quit is.

 

[drac]

That was a generous move. Hope it helps someone and it is not to hard on you to give up vaping. Good luck
Drac

 

[Lori68]

Good luck dg99

I hope you are successful in your try at quitting vaping. And success in switching to vaping for the person who's been given your generous gift.

 

[dg99]

Update: As of this afternoon, it's gone for good! The person I gave it to had been smoking since she was a teenager and was really stoked to give it a try because she's been curious about her friend's but didn't want to pull the trigger yet. Hoping it works to get her off cigs, and hopefully my transition goes smoothly. Truth be told, I just got back to my place and went to the drawer automatically for a vape sesh... only to remember it's gone Lots of good times kicking back with that eGo, but it will be worth it in the end.

 

[Quigsworth]

I really wish you the very best dg99...I wonder how many of us are using vaping as a transition, I know I am. I've been lurking here for quite a while and have recently joined when I finally pulled the trigger and quit smokes entirely but the thing is...there are some good people here...I couldn't wait to quit smoking...you feel like such an outcast, quitting vaping on the other hand, quitting this community...it'll feel like I'm letting down some kind of movement.

 

[vertigo]

dg99 Good luck and good thing you helped someone

 

[mopar]

Karma points for you!

 

[dg99]

I really wish you the very best dg99...I wonder how many of us are using vaping as a transition, I know I am. I've been lurking here for quite a while and have recently joined when I finally pulled the trigger and quit smokes entirely but the thing is...there are some good people here...I couldn't wait to quit smoking...you feel like such an outcast, quitting vaping on the other hand, quitting this community...it'll feel like I'm letting down some kind of movement.

Funny you bring that up, I actually do feel that way I've educated so many people about vaping over the years and spent lots of time on this forum, comparing vendors and juices, etc. I'm definitely feeling physical cravings here and there, but so far they've been manageable. The tough part is filling the void, vaping was a huge hobby and de-stresser for me. Thinking back to the memories of when my first 510 came in the mail and I loaded up the ....ty cart to the non-LR atty, but being so stoked on the device. I gave up analogs right then and got right into the vaping lifestyle, settling comfortably with my LR eGo 2 years later. I feel this is harder than quitting cigarettes, because with cigarettes you have leverage knowing you're doing your body good and feeling your lungs clear up. With vaping, to be honest it's hard to justify quitting, there really are no negatives to vaping in my life aside from costs. The key is that I don't want to live my life dependent on a chemical, regardless of the perceived benefits I'll always need that chemical to live normally... but I'll always have a soft spot for the ecig.

 

[Pipeous]

I understand fully. I am now 12 days without nicotine and vaping and I still get withdrawals, though nothing bad enough to make me ever go back. my wheezing has gone, my vocal range keeps climbing and I am considering starting to go running again as my wind capacity has allready shown improvement.

good luck to you. it took until the end of the second day for me before I noticed withdrawals really and for a few days after that it was fairly strong. then it just became an annoyance

 

[dg99]

Thanks for posting, it's nice to see I'm not alone going through the early stages of quitting. How long have you been vaping before quitting? Are you seeing health improvements from only quitting vaping, or did you smoke as well?

Now marks 4 days without nicotine, and ever since I passed the day 3 mark things have been getting easier to manage. The first 3 days were tougher than I expected, I also came down with a cold so that just multiplied the feelings I was having. I've been eating more (always hungry) and feeling unhappy and unfocused, I literally couldn't bring myself to concentrate on an assignment on day 2 so I decided not to do it. I tried to embrace these feelings as a sign of healing and freedom from addiction, sites like whyquit.com are great for educating yourself on the process so you're ahead of the game and can explain why you're feeling the way you are. Anyways, I'm starting to feel better now, which makes sense because physical withdrawal peaks at 72 hours for most folks.

The absolute hardest part about this is trying to convince myself that my life will be better without vaping, I keep trying to reason with myself because there really aren't any noticeable downfalls to vaping but there are many "benefits". It keeps me focused while studying, gives me personal time to relax, makes stress seem more manageable, etc. The kicker is, I'm not sure if these are TRUE benefits, or only PERCEIVED benefits because I am physically addicted to nicotine (aka, I'll eventually be able to function the same as I did with nicotine, without nicotine, after enough time passes). With smoking, the difference was night and day, although tough to quit I could PHYSICALLY feel better from doing so, and knew the good I was doing my body so that became motivation to get through the quit. With quitting vaping, I don't feel any healthier because vaping is already virtually inert to the body, I just feel like I've lost something that centers my life and quitting might just be depriving myself of something helpful in my life.

To anyone who read that, I'm just talking off my head to try and get these thoughts out around people who may understand. The tough part about quitting is, the only tangible benefits I can see at the moment are A) cost savings and B) the freedom of no longer being addicted to a substance. Any thoughts?

 

[dg99]

Hey folks, so I started a new thread about my quit so my updates are in there. Cheers!