I've been quietly lurking as a non-member for the past four months, when I tried my first ecig (Kr801). I was one of the lucky souls who started with the idea that it might help me cut down, only to discover that 4 days later I was down to 2 analogs a day -- at which point buying any more simply lost its appeal. Since then, I've moved on to a lavatube and tank, started making my own mods, playing with DIY juice and so on... For me there were two secrets: 1) Not forcing myself to think of this as an effort to quit (indeed, I still tell family that I may choose to smoke a cigarette again someday, but largely that's just perfunctory at this point... I have no remaining desire for it) 2) Finding a juice that sufficiently simulated tobacco. I've only found two such juices, both Dekang: A) Dessert ship (the only thing that comes close to the camels I was used to, though none of the tobacco flavors I've tried perfectly emulate an analog cigarette) and B) Cuba -- a remarkably close match to a cigar. Of course as the months have gone by I've branched out and tried others, too -- Dekang coffee is fantastic if you water it down a bit with plain PG. Triple menthol from value vapor is also good if you are so inclined, and mixes well with tobacco flavors.
While I don't pretend to have the expertise of the long time members of this board, I'd like to give a shout of encouragement out to those of you just starting. This can work. Keep at it -- when you finally do have a day when you realize you haven't thought about tobacco, it is MAGICAL. After 30 years of smoking, I really thought that day was impossible. I was wrong.
Best to you all,
S.
