Cravings

[Filthy-Beast]

Been three years vaping for me every once in a blue moon I'll get a craving. Luckily it's easy enough to drop the ohms and mix some higher nic juice until I feel the slight nic buzz and them I'm good. I do that knowing that a cig would give me that same feeling.

 

[BlueSnake]

In my near 1 1/2+ years of vaping I have cut my nic very gradually. I would cut 2mg every 2 to 3 months. This way I never noticed the cut. By the time I found my first Reo I was already down to 6mg. By the end of the year I should be at 0mg. I vape more for pleasure now instead of need.

I did this consciously in case laws and regulations made vaping impossible or too expensive. I figured if worse came to worse I could just quit vaping without going back to smoking.

 

[InTheClouds]

Sunday will be 10 months for me, I liked the vape flavors so much I never went through the cravings that a lot of people do, I smoked 1.5 to 2 ppd. In the whole 10 months I have had cravings 2 times, totally out of the blue, no stress or anything. I think I have been very lucky. Adding the DIY and coil building turned it into a hobby which is probably a major reason it has worked so easily for me. Don't be in a rush to lower your nicotine, it is not any worse for you than caffeine is. In the beginning when I thought I was supposed to lower my nicotine I did it to quickly. I did not get cravings, but I did get edgy. Quitting smoking is hard enough without putting unnecessary expectations on yourself.

 

[Ian444]

Be careful about dropping nic levels too soon, can sneak up on you, especially with added stress. I never had a son that I know of, I'm jealous!

 

[Rev. Stabard]

Be careful about dropping nic levels too soon, can sneak up on you, especially with added stress. I never had a son that I know of, I'm jealous!

When I use my atty with a sub-ohm coil I have to drop the nic levels. Though I can be guilty of using that same juice with a 1.4 ohm coil. Probably not a good think. And yes kids are a joy. And a metric ton of work!

 

[super_X_drifter]

I have had absolutely zero cravings or desire to smoke since I found unflavored nic base shortly after I started vaping.

Zero. I loathe those damn things that were a big part of my life for over thirty years.

Getting my REOs and RBAs have given me such an unfair advantage in the war on smokes. It was like desert storm and smokes were the republican guard

Seeing smokers mostly grosses me out these days.

 

[karmakatie]

It happens to us all, don't ever think it doesn't! Cigs are an addiction plain and simple it takes the average person 3-5 years of being free from an addiction before they are truly free. As Smokers we have conditioned our brains to grab a smoke during certain events and this does not go away easily, the brain has to be retrained and this happenes easier for some than others. My personal biggest battle was the first morning cig, I did that for 32 years, I have only been vaping for almost 2.5 years and just probably the last 6 months I don't find myself searching for the pack in the morning. What helped is putting the REO in the same exact spot where I used to leave my pack of smokes next to the coffee pot, I found doing this took away the search in the morning. So sometimes the smallest things can help more than you know

You can do this, truly deal with the craving at hand and not worry about the big picture!!

 

[Funk Dracula]

I came to terms with a concept: I switched to vaping from smoking. I didn't quit a satisfying recreational activity.

Unless you plan on quitting vaping, lowering nicotine levels is kind of a moot point. Nicotine wasn't the unhealthy part of your former smoking habit. Why deny it then? Scratch that itch brotha!

Find the coil build/nic strength that gives you the ability to have a vape, and then feel satisfied enough to set it down; not something that is sub-par and you have to puff manically on. You remember those super stressful times where you would say to yourself: "Man, I need a ... cigarette...." and you'd step out and have a smoke? Try to find the coil build/nic strength that fills that role unquestionably. It does indeed exist.

My setup:

Reo + RM2 (1/16th air hole)
Twisted 28g micro coil @ .6Ω-.7Ω
18mg-22mg nicotine (DIY 90% VG)

I've been running Reos with this kind of setup for about 6 months now. Works like a charm. I find that I use it and it hits like an actual cigarette. The hit, the warmth, the vapor production, the mouth/lung feel, the appreciable quick onset of nicotine satisfaction; everything but the ash, stink, and cancer.

Cravings come less and less when you start to realize you've actually found something that exceeds what the real cigarettes did for ya drag for drag.

Cheers

 

[Un5tab1e]

I've given in to the cravings over the last few weeks. After reading this thread and seeing you guys aren't giving in

I can do this. I was 2 months analog free before and by hell I'll do it again for good.

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[super_X_drifter]

I wonder if the cotton (or whTever the hell it is) in the filters would make a good wick?

 

[Un5tab1e]

I've wondered that myself. I'm just hoping my wick a coil make it the whole day lol. I recoiled 2 Chalice's last night with readyxwick and my work mod wasn't one of them.

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[Taylor7617]

I think one of the biggest myths some people have about vaping is they can leave decades of smoking history behind in a matter of weeks. The overzealous souls trying to drop to zero nic in a few weeks of vaping. Perhaps not.

Most of us have to fight with pretty bad cravings when we start vaping. That's a phase unto itself. After that they just seem to pop up at certain mile stones: 30 days, 90 days, six months... My last "out of the blue" craving fit was at nine months in. I don't think I've had a craving for a cigarette since.

If you are one of the lucky many where the smoking experience goes gross on you when you start vaping, the craving fits aren't that big a deal. I still can recall what my last cigarettes tasted and smelled like and it still makes be shudder. If you are among the unlucky who still find something you like about smoking you need more of a distraction: As Rob said - temporarily change up your nic level. A drastic change in the flavor you are vaping helps too. And this isn't the time to be slack about your kit. Make sure you have everything clean that needs to be cleaned or replaced to be getting the best vape experience possible.

It will pass. And the frequency and intensity of the cravings just fritters out with time. But no - all that history with smoking just doesn't all disappear overnight.

This right here (bolded text) was key for the wife and I. We have found a number of juices we like and a few are quite spicy/potent. We use this to do a palate cleanse and change things up. Found using only one or two juices tends to start feeling like smoking a single brand of analog again. For this reason, we've purposely tried a number of vendors and DIY .....having juices in both categories that we like. As such, I switch out juices depending on mood/urges.

 

[leerm8680]

It was like desert storm and smokes were the republican guard

Love the analogy.

black6host,

I know the feeling. Had the monkey on my back today. Prior to this last month, everytime I tried to quit smoking I would give in to the monkey and pick up a smoke. Today I gave it a beatdown. For me, I had to chain vape to get the monkey off my back. He'll be back. I'll just have to deal with him again.

 

[jifjifjif]

This may be the very best post I have ever seen on ECF in 3 years.

I've given in to the cravings over the last few weeks. After reading this thread and seeing you guys aren't giving in

I can do this. I was 2 months analog free before and by hell I'll do it again for good.

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[Rev. Stabard]

Thanks all! I made it through the night, no analogs. Rough time for me and stress was always a trigger for me. But I made it and I'm glad Un5tab1e found this thread useful as well!

 

[B2L]

I've been vaping for almost 4 years. My last big craving was the day my daughter got married. Stress will definitely bring it on. The support here, IMO, plays a big role in staying smoke free.

 

[Un5tab1e]

Yeah I sometimes forget there are people here for me. I've always had to take care of everything around me with little to no help. I stay so stressed working 50 hours a week in a career field our government is trying to destroy. Being a single dad to my 3 boys full time on top of the ex always trying to take them back. I wanna go back to when life was simple for day.

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