Hi all, I am (obviously) new to this forum with my first post but have been lurking for a few days because it seemed every question I Googled an answer to led me directly to this forum, and all of the answers I was looking for!
My boyfriend and I just started vaping a couple of days ago (this is day 3). Unlike most of you guys we're not transitioning directly from smoking to vaping. He was/is just an occasional smoker (one of those lucky .......s who can pick it up and put it back down again) while I quit almost 14 years ago cold turkey after smoking at least a pack a day from age 13-29. It took me several attempts until I realized the only way I was going to quit smoking was to never ever pick up a cigarette again. So according to a calculator I just punched some numbers into:
13 years, 8 months and 26 days since my last cigarette. $20,072.70 saved and 100,363 cigarettes avoided.
(and that $20k is assuming they were still $4/pack!)
So why did I start vaping? I am in a sort of transitionary period between being laid off and starting my own business/doing some freelance work from home. I've been home most of the time for a few months now and I am a) a stress eater and b) a bored eater and c) have a massive sweet tooth. Weight has always been a struggle for me because my mouth is always hungry even if my stomach is not. I'm going to try to see if I can curb all of that stress/bored snacking I do by reaching for a vape instead. It's only a couple of days so far, but it is working. And oh, man, it just felt SO GOOD to play with smoke in my mouth and nose again, it felt incredibly wicked and decadent after so long. It's been helping me tell when I'm actually really hungry and when I'm just needing the hands/mouth thing.
I'm vaping 0mg and intend to stay that way for the most part. I might occasionally do a very low nicotine to help with focus or hunger, but almost all of the liquids we bought are 0mg. I've been to two vape bars so far and it's funny because most of them use 6mg and I can totally feel it after sampling a bunch of liquids since it's been so long and I'm so "clean."
Forgot to mention the place we initially went to set us up with ego Twists and Kanger Protank Minis. We left with a few bottles of liquid (btw I hate the term juice but will eventually give in.. it just sounds so gross, like the word "moist."
) including Virgin Vapor White Cherry Crush, KNL 007 and Yippie Kai Yay, and 5 Pawns Queenside and a couple of other misc. ones. Last night we went back and I grabbed 5 Pawns Grandmaster and more White Cherry Crush; then today my 5 Pawns sample pack came in the mail. Tonight we hit up another place and I grabbed Drake's Vapes The Alchemist and Chai Town and Adam Bomb's Mama's Cookies. That's it for the spree for now.
For some reason I can't taste vanilla or sweet very well which is really disappointing, even vanilla blends that seem to get rave reviews - and if there's any nicotine at all in a blend I have trouble tasting the flavors, I just get "cigarette." I guess I was expecting too much from all the reviews I've been reading. I seem to prefer the weird and/or spicy ones (5 Pawns Absolute Pin is on my wish list too, along with Drake's Vapes YOLO) because they have very prominent, distinct tastes. I'm considering trying to make my own stuff so I can experiment and see if I can get to where I'd like to be flavor-wise since my goal is taste, not nicotine delivery.
This is getting long and it's bedtime. Thanks again for being such a rocking community!
My boyfriend and I just started vaping a couple of days ago (this is day 3). Unlike most of you guys we're not transitioning directly from smoking to vaping. He was/is just an occasional smoker (one of those lucky .......s who can pick it up and put it back down again) while I quit almost 14 years ago cold turkey after smoking at least a pack a day from age 13-29. It took me several attempts until I realized the only way I was going to quit smoking was to never ever pick up a cigarette again. So according to a calculator I just punched some numbers into:
13 years, 8 months and 26 days since my last cigarette. $20,072.70 saved and 100,363 cigarettes avoided.
(and that $20k is assuming they were still $4/pack!)
So why did I start vaping? I am in a sort of transitionary period between being laid off and starting my own business/doing some freelance work from home. I've been home most of the time for a few months now and I am a) a stress eater and b) a bored eater and c) have a massive sweet tooth. Weight has always been a struggle for me because my mouth is always hungry even if my stomach is not. I'm going to try to see if I can curb all of that stress/bored snacking I do by reaching for a vape instead. It's only a couple of days so far, but it is working. And oh, man, it just felt SO GOOD to play with smoke in my mouth and nose again, it felt incredibly wicked and decadent after so long. It's been helping me tell when I'm actually really hungry and when I'm just needing the hands/mouth thing.
I'm vaping 0mg and intend to stay that way for the most part. I might occasionally do a very low nicotine to help with focus or hunger, but almost all of the liquids we bought are 0mg. I've been to two vape bars so far and it's funny because most of them use 6mg and I can totally feel it after sampling a bunch of liquids since it's been so long and I'm so "clean."
Forgot to mention the place we initially went to set us up with ego Twists and Kanger Protank Minis. We left with a few bottles of liquid (btw I hate the term juice but will eventually give in.. it just sounds so gross, like the word "moist."
) including Virgin Vapor White Cherry Crush, KNL 007 and Yippie Kai Yay, and 5 Pawns Queenside and a couple of other misc. ones. Last night we went back and I grabbed 5 Pawns Grandmaster and more White Cherry Crush; then today my 5 Pawns sample pack came in the mail. Tonight we hit up another place and I grabbed Drake's Vapes The Alchemist and Chai Town and Adam Bomb's Mama's Cookies. That's it for the spree for now. For some reason I can't taste vanilla or sweet very well which is really disappointing, even vanilla blends that seem to get rave reviews - and if there's any nicotine at all in a blend I have trouble tasting the flavors, I just get "cigarette." I guess I was expecting too much from all the reviews I've been reading.
I seem to prefer the weird and/or spicy ones (5 Pawns Absolute Pin is on my wish list too, along with Drake's Vapes YOLO) because they have very prominent, distinct tastes. I'm considering trying to make my own stuff so I can experiment and see if I can get to where I'd like to be flavor-wise since my goal is taste, not nicotine delivery.This is getting long and it's bedtime. Thanks again for being such a rocking community!
Yes, we do rock, thanks for noticing. 
