Pretty much exactly my experience so far. Not that I haven't had a few urges for a smoke, but never so bad as to actually smoke the last analog I have in a box on the desk in front of me.
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Pretty much exactly my experience so far. Not that I haven't had a few urges for a smoke, but never so bad as to actually smoke the last analog I have in a box on the desk in front of me.
It's great to sit hear late night and read every post and remember that's exactly how I felt not too long ago. I was absolutely amazed at how simple it really was, to quit the instant I took my first vape and to this day not had one single craving for an analog. In a way I'm still not sure how it happened and never would have thought it would have been that easy - but it was!
And the best part is that it actually gets easier to just forget about the old cigs, don't even think about them anymore. Now I spend my spare time mixing juice and perfecting the art of vaping and still enjoying it just as much as I did so many days ago.
Kudos to all you guys that have posted your success stories and even though it has only been a few days for some of you, that is a big accomplishment!
Congratulations and Vape On!
And the best part is that it actually gets easier to just forget about the old cigs, don't even think about them anymore. Now I spend my spare time mixing juice and perfecting the art of vaping and still enjoying it just as much as I did so many days ago.
Kudos to all you guys that have posted your success stories and even though it has only been a few days for some of you, that is a big accomplishment!
Congratulations and Vape On!
i dont mean to be a wet blanket, but a word or caution:
i for the first week or so i thought i wouldnt want a cig ether but now i smoke about 2 a day even though i vape like a mad man (granted, i didnt get an e-cig to stop smoking though). i think alot of it is the novelty value of getting a new toy.
i for the first week or so i thought i wouldnt want a cig ether but now i smoke about 2 a day even though i vape like a mad man (granted, i didnt get an e-cig to stop smoking though). i think alot of it is the novelty value of getting a new toy.
Congrats Milano! To you and all the others who have been able to walk away from the analogs completely. That's awesome and I hope you never go back.
I have to jump on mr quackums' train though. This is a caution, not meant to be a 'downer'. A lot of vapers report that after about 30 days, there is a resurgence in the urge to smoke. It happened to me and I'm still struggling with it.
My advice is to stay hydrated, pop some vitamins and adjust your nic levels. Most of all, count your victories. You have already done something amazing! Good luck!
I have to jump on mr quackums' train though. This is a caution, not meant to be a 'downer'. A lot of vapers report that after about 30 days, there is a resurgence in the urge to smoke. It happened to me and I'm still struggling with it.
My advice is to stay hydrated, pop some vitamins and adjust your nic levels. Most of all, count your victories. You have already done something amazing! Good luck!
But how else are they going to sell all that gum, patches, and Chantix?I know how you feel...and who ever decided these things don't count as a smoking cessation method is mad! Mad I tell you!
I mean Chantix... it's better to take a pill that has caused users to: commit suicide, experience major, long-lasting psychological problems, and lose the ability to enjoy not just cigarettes, but anything else in their lives; than to find a replacement that satisfies all the psychological and most of the worst chemical addictions caused by cigarettes, without exposing the user to multiple known carcinogens and myriad other chemicals. Right?
It is pretty amazing, isn't it? I was a dedicated smoker for 42 years - and loved it. My average was between one and a half to two packs per day for all of those years. And I wasn't a person that kept saying to myself "I'm gonna quit one of these days", although I did try a couple of times because of the expense and because my blood pressure was very high.
I stumbled across a reference to electronic cigarettes one day while Googling up less expensive RYO tobacco. Out of pure curiosity I ordered a kit. Once I tried my PV I lost all desire for a cigarette. So ... I quit ACCIDENTALLY! That just amazes the heck outta me.
After two weeks I did go back on analogs for one day because I was feeling terrible - weak and woozy and couldn't think straight. I thought it was possible the PV that was doing it to me. For that one day I'd take a couple of puffs off of that cigarette and then stub it out because it tasted terrible. So I returned to the PV only to end up in the hospital ER a few days later. My blood pressure had tanked because I was taking the blood pressure medicine of a heavy smoker, and I wasn't a smoker anymore! My doc took me off of two of the blood pressure medicines, and I'm doing great now.
For me, the nicotine is an important element, but the ritual hand to mouth is even more what I crave. You just can't get that from the patch or gum, and Chantix will just make you want to jump off a cliff. Frankly I cringe whenever I see commercials about quitting smoking wherein they recommend seeing your doctor for pharmaceuticals to help you achieve that goal. If only they knew how easy it has been for some of us - and how PAINLESS ....
I stumbled across a reference to electronic cigarettes one day while Googling up less expensive RYO tobacco. Out of pure curiosity I ordered a kit. Once I tried my PV I lost all desire for a cigarette. So ... I quit ACCIDENTALLY! That just amazes the heck outta me.
After two weeks I did go back on analogs for one day because I was feeling terrible - weak and woozy and couldn't think straight. I thought it was possible the PV that was doing it to me. For that one day I'd take a couple of puffs off of that cigarette and then stub it out because it tasted terrible. So I returned to the PV only to end up in the hospital ER a few days later. My blood pressure had tanked because I was taking the blood pressure medicine of a heavy smoker, and I wasn't a smoker anymore! My doc took me off of two of the blood pressure medicines, and I'm doing great now.
For me, the nicotine is an important element, but the ritual hand to mouth is even more what I crave. You just can't get that from the patch or gum, and Chantix will just make you want to jump off a cliff. Frankly I cringe whenever I see commercials about quitting smoking wherein they recommend seeing your doctor for pharmaceuticals to help you achieve that goal. If only they knew how easy it has been for some of us - and how PAINLESS ....
Really pleased for everyone thats upgraded from analog to digital
Now go and add some years to your life, as many as you feel
Go on, you deserve it
Loving my vaping
Glenn
Now go and add some years to your life, as many as you feel
Go on, you deserve it
Loving my vaping
Glenn
I agree, but I don't think it is always the novelty. The nic addiction is there, and ecigs kill that. But there are other chemicals in analogs, the MAOIs, which are also part of the addiction, but craving for those sometimes take several days to show up. I am at about 2 analogs a day, way better than the pack a day I was at before vaping. Some don't have this issue at all, but many do.
So congrats, Milano! Hope it continues to work for you, but don't beat yourself up if you need a real one every once in a while. There are whole threads devoted to that, and how to solve it. I would say your addiction to analogs was in fact real, and ecigs are solving at least the majority of it.
My WTF moment happened very early on. I don't smoke inside my house, and loved to smoke while on the phone. Could go through 5 or 6 during a conversation and not even realize it. And if the phone rang, it was ingrained habit to pick up the pack and head out to the porch with the phone. Then, a few days after I started vaping, I was in the middle of a call with my brother, which would have had me on the porch lighting up before I even knew I was doing it, and I realized I had been on the phone for about 30 minutes, and had not even thought about going out for a smoke!! That's what told me these little machines are very powerful. Deciding not to smoke is one thing. Forgetting to smoke is a different animal altogether.
Take it as it comes. Enjoy!
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I've been vaping for 7 months now and my friends tell me how good I have done quitting. I never looked at it as quitting, all I did was change my habit to a healthier form. My first vape marked the end of smoking for me, the e-cig is going to add a lot of years to the life of many.
Chalk me up as one of the "quit on the first vape" people. I respect those that state they think we may be getting too happy too quick, but for me it's been 4 months and no desire to smoke a smelly cig - at all. I smell so much better myself now I couldn't stand the thought. It's so wonderful to get up in the morning and not have to hork up a wad of lung tissue into the sink (and to think that was something I didn't even think about, it was "normal").
Everyone's chemistry is different. I think it's attitude that determines what you want to do with your addiction. And yes, that's what we all are, no matter how you want to word it. If you wanna mix it up (digital and analog) knock yourself out. I just know for me I'll never look back. I smell other people who smoke and I just can't believe I ever smelled like that.
And Kurt, that last line is "sig worthy" and so very very true.
Deciding not to smoke is one thing. Forgetting to smoke is a different animal altogether.
Everyone's chemistry is different. I think it's attitude that determines what you want to do with your addiction. And yes, that's what we all are, no matter how you want to word it. If you wanna mix it up (digital and analog) knock yourself out. I just know for me I'll never look back. I smell other people who smoke and I just can't believe I ever smelled like that.
And Kurt, that last line is "sig worthy" and so very very true.
Deciding not to smoke is one thing. Forgetting to smoke is a different animal altogether.
quite the sig-worthy quote there.
I agree with what Kurt has to say about that.... Sometimes I even forget to vape. I find my vaping occurs where the most of my smoking occured - first leaving the house, sitting at the computer, or driving someplace. That's when I vape. And a few times ritualistically before bed, in bed.
Since I quit, I've convinced my sister to order a kit from CigNot, and my friend ordered a set for her dad, too.
I hope they both "get" it. They're not forums-type people, so neither of them will pop up here but.. I think I know enough to walk them through getting a 510 all prepped.
I haven't had a cigarette in 4 days. This is the first time in 33 years I've managed to go that long without a cheat or two. Add to it the fact that I can finally "smoke" in the house without running outside in 16F weather to suck down a few puffs before turning into a Popsicle and I'm sold. I no longer smell like a walking ashtray and that's just the icing on the cake.
At first I was all about just vaping and knew I wouldn't want analogs again, it just tastes so much better. During the first week I was great, until I went out and hung out with my friends that smoke. I couldn't believe how much they stunk to me, I ended up smoking a couple just so I wouldn't smell them anymore lol. Now I vape all week and smoke 3 or 4 a night when I work at the club on the weekends. Even though I can't say I quit analogs, I still feel alot better, hopefully I can push vaping on my friend and be free for good.
Well, I have to admit that I'm still sucking down some analogs each day. But way less than I have since I can remember. I've tried a bunch of different flavors, and started to develop a mix that I can live with. Most of the alcoholic flavors I tried were sickly sweet after the first couple of drags, and I had to learn (adjust) how to vape rather than smoke. It has only been a couple of weeks, but my analog consumption has dropped from about 35 cigarettes per day to between 5 and 8. My son has been vaping too, which helps reinforce the new way, but my wife can't get into vaping, I still need to go buy her analogs (my same brand) and they are always here-
I was hoping the e-cigs would help me get off analogs, and I think they will. I'm at a very weird place where analogs and digitals don't satisfy me...
It's like I'm a starving man standing in front of a fully stocked refrigerator, and no matter what is in there, I don't have a taste for it. I want it all, and nothing will satisfy me...
If nothing else, I sure like not smoking as much as I have for the past 40+ years, and I'm adapting to vaping as I go along. I just set a quit date of Feb 1, at which time I will swear off analogs and deal with the few pangs I'm feeling as best I can.
Another of my sons is a business partner with the two of us who are vaping, and we have seen him much more since the big stinking cloud of smoke has disappeared. My wife and I went to the non smoking son's home for dinner and a visit last night, and I was vaping in the car as well as in his living room (he and his wife HATE cigarette smoke) while my wife had to go outside in the cold to smoke. I didn't go with her--
I was hoping the e-cigs would help me get off analogs, and I think they will. I'm at a very weird place where analogs and digitals don't satisfy me...
It's like I'm a starving man standing in front of a fully stocked refrigerator, and no matter what is in there, I don't have a taste for it. I want it all, and nothing will satisfy me...
If nothing else, I sure like not smoking as much as I have for the past 40+ years, and I'm adapting to vaping as I go along. I just set a quit date of Feb 1, at which time I will swear off analogs and deal with the few pangs I'm feeling as best I can.
Another of my sons is a business partner with the two of us who are vaping, and we have seen him much more since the big stinking cloud of smoke has disappeared. My wife and I went to the non smoking son's home for dinner and a visit last night, and I was vaping in the car as well as in his living room (he and his wife HATE cigarette smoke) while my wife had to go outside in the cold to smoke. I didn't go with her--
Ok, you convinced me. Let's see if the sig works...my first attempt at one here...
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dabluzeguy, this sounds like pretty good progress, and not at all uncommon. I am down to around 2 analogs a day from about 25 a day before. So relatively about the same proportion, give or take a couple.
Questions:
What PV are you using? Some are far more satisfying than others.
What nic level are you at in general, in mg/mL? You may wish to bump it up a little.
What do you mean by "alcoholic flavors"? Juice with alcohol in it?
These details might help others here to give some good advice. It also sounds like the fact that your wife is still smoking is causing a conflict, which may be gnawing at you all the time and keeping you from doing as well as you might want. But you have gone from 1.5+ packs to about 5 analogs, and that is a big difference. By no means does everyone here quit anaolgs entirely right away, and it doesn't mean anything about you as a person if you don't. Many here vape and use swedish snus tobacco to get the rest of the psychoactives that are in tobacco besides nic. I haven't done this yet, but it is quite popular here.
Good luck to you and your family!
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