Cravin' cigs today
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I had a tough one today too. Stuck it out and vaped my higher nic level. I'm still awake though when I should be sleeping, haha. Oh well, another day with no cigs!!
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Monkey39, I'd suggest that there is no rush to drop your nic level, and when you do drop it, just go a bit at a time.
I was a 3PPD smoker when I started vaping. At first, I vaped 24mg, and that helped me cut down a lot, but I kept smoking a little until I got some 30mg juice. The day I did that, I quit smoking for good. I didn't use the 30mg as an "all day", I kept using 24 for that, but I'd use the 30mg when I had cravings for a cig.
After a month or two, the 24 would work all the time. I never did finish the 30mg juice. I probably still have some sitting around.
After I'd been on the 24 for 5 or 6 months, I thought I'd try cutting down. I did it by getting some 18mg juice in the same flavor, and when I was down to about half of a 30mil bottle of the 24mg, I mixed the last of my 24 with an equal amount of 18. That effectively gave me some 21mg juice as a half-step. I vaped it, and when it was gone, then I moved to 18. I found that an easy transition. Then I stayed at 18 for a couple of months. After a couple of months, I did it again, mixing some 18mg juice with some 12mg, so I had a 15mg half-step to help me transition.
I did that until I was vaping at 3mg. I stayed at 3mg for months, mostly because I was a bit worried about having no nic at all. I'd been hooked on nic for decades, so it took some time before I could believe it would work. Someone at the vape shop convinced me that if I'd been at 3mg for awhile, I was barely getting any nic anyway and switching to 0mg would be fine.
They were right. It was a non issue once I just tried it. I'm still at 0mg. No cigs for over 2.5 years, no nic for maybe 9 months. (Didn't really keep track of the time when I went to 0 nic.)
If you want to cut down to zero nic, I'd recommend that plan because it worked for me. I think I could have done it faster. But honestly, I don't think there is anything wrong with using nic, if that's what you want to do.
And if you break down and smoke a cig or two, don't beat yourself up. A couple of cigs every month aren't going to kill you. Don't worry about those - rejoice in the hundreds of cigs you *did not smoke!*.
And at some point, you're may well smoke a cig and think "OMG, this tastes horrible, how did I do that for so long?". It's happened to a lot of us. I did it after vaping for five or six months, bummed one from a friend just to see, and I hated it. It actually helped me. Before that, sometimes I had (minor) cravings for cigs from time to time.
After that, it was easy to remember that last cigarette - the one I hated. Out of untold thousands of cigs I smoked, that one is my all time favorite.
I was a 3PPD smoker when I started vaping. At first, I vaped 24mg, and that helped me cut down a lot, but I kept smoking a little until I got some 30mg juice. The day I did that, I quit smoking for good. I didn't use the 30mg as an "all day", I kept using 24 for that, but I'd use the 30mg when I had cravings for a cig.
After a month or two, the 24 would work all the time. I never did finish the 30mg juice. I probably still have some sitting around.
After I'd been on the 24 for 5 or 6 months, I thought I'd try cutting down. I did it by getting some 18mg juice in the same flavor, and when I was down to about half of a 30mil bottle of the 24mg, I mixed the last of my 24 with an equal amount of 18. That effectively gave me some 21mg juice as a half-step. I vaped it, and when it was gone, then I moved to 18. I found that an easy transition. Then I stayed at 18 for a couple of months. After a couple of months, I did it again, mixing some 18mg juice with some 12mg, so I had a 15mg half-step to help me transition.
I did that until I was vaping at 3mg. I stayed at 3mg for months, mostly because I was a bit worried about having no nic at all. I'd been hooked on nic for decades, so it took some time before I could believe it would work. Someone at the vape shop convinced me that if I'd been at 3mg for awhile, I was barely getting any nic anyway and switching to 0mg would be fine.
They were right. It was a non issue once I just tried it. I'm still at 0mg. No cigs for over 2.5 years, no nic for maybe 9 months. (Didn't really keep track of the time when I went to 0 nic.)
If you want to cut down to zero nic, I'd recommend that plan because it worked for me. I think I could have done it faster. But honestly, I don't think there is anything wrong with using nic, if that's what you want to do.
And if you break down and smoke a cig or two, don't beat yourself up. A couple of cigs every month aren't going to kill you. Don't worry about those - rejoice in the hundreds of cigs you *did not smoke!*.
And at some point, you're may well smoke a cig and think "OMG, this tastes horrible, how did I do that for so long?". It's happened to a lot of us. I did it after vaping for five or six months, bummed one from a friend just to see, and I hated it. It actually helped me. Before that, sometimes I had (minor) cravings for cigs from time to time.
After that, it was easy to remember that last cigarette - the one I hated. Out of untold thousands of cigs I smoked, that one is my all time favorite.
I Forgot My Equipment yesterday for a day away thing. And it would be way too time consuming to go back.
I kinda had cravings, but not really. What I recomend, is have a few puffs, Remember why its so DISGUSTING... Then think of that anytime you wana have a cigarette. Thats what made me not even want a smoke last time
I kinda had cravings, but not really. What I recomend, is have a few puffs, Remember why its so DISGUSTING... Then think of that anytime you wana have a cigarette. Thats what made me not even want a smoke last time
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