I'm sure my post is similar to the one's already here but I wanted to get my first post up and this looked like somewhere I could share my experience.
I was a pack a day smoker for 20 years (damn you don't realize how long it has been until you stop and count). I accidently ran into ecigs at a discount tobacco place down in AL during March of 2009. I went in there to buy a carton of cheap smokes and ended up walking out with an NJOY NPRO kit (at double the price I would have paid for the carton). So all I had the rest of the day was a 1/2 a pack of Djarum black supersmooth and this NPRO. I went out drinking an killed the Dajarums quick. By the time I got back to the hotel I was fiending for a smoke and started hitting the NPRO. I thought to myself that this is a lot of effort to get a decent hit . . . then passed out.
The next couple of weeks I'd forget to charge batts, run out of carts (while waiting for more to come in and end up bumming smokes and eventually went back to full time analogs (really a lot of laziness too). I even went as far as smoking cigs with targard filters to see if I could ween myself off. No luck. I smoked more with targards on my smokes.
Now a few weeks ago we hit RECORD snow on the east coast (DC area) an I ran out of analogs and stuck at the house, so I break out NPRO and my last 5 carts and figure I can get by for a day or so and just keep charging the batts. I planned to grab a pack of analogs once I ran out of carts or the NPRO kicked it. Since I was stuck in the house anyway I called NJOY and asked about expected batt life and vapor production and they told me I must have defective batts and/or charger and THEY SENT ME BOTH!!
So I started wondering if there was anything else out there and what others had experienced with their ecigs and quitting analogs . . . a few google hits later and I end up on this forum. I end up reading a ton of posts and watching a ton of vids.
My wife and kids asked me if I stopped smoking because I guess they haven't smelled analogs on me anymore. I said no, just haven't been out to get any. And honestly I liked being warm in the house too.
I kept reading and decided to try this vaping thing again but this time since I knew what I needed to get by for a day to stockpile and give it one more try . . . but this time based on this foums recommendation with a Joye 510, passthru, pcc, carts, lots of carts, extra attys, juice, etc . . . I figured I'll give this a serious try and if it doesn't work it wasn't due to lack of effort or lack of "tools". So I ran out of NJOY carts by day 4 and my 510 still wasn't here
Then I read about the tip of flipping the filler to get some extra juice and was able to get one more day out of the old carts. Good thing because if my 510 didn't make it I would be off to the store for my smokes but the mail did make it and 510 were in there. I put one batt on the charger and hoped for the best on the other one since it was getting vap'd.
First 510, first vap and I damn near pass out from hitting that thing so hard and getting a Tyson punch to the throat 8-o
I was not ready for that since this 510 manual is a beast compared to the NPRO and a lot less effort to smoke which is prolly why I almost got knocked the F

K out. I haven't had an analog since, not only that but I haven't thought about it either because I was smoking Marl blend 54 and have been vaping Aroma ejuice menthol . .. that stuff is tasty
I even did the drinking test this weekend . . . and had a lot of interesting conversations while the blue light was glowing.
So have I quit analogs all together? Not sure yet since it's only been my 2nd week but I can tell you that this forum is a huge help with all the info and especially the support, like this thread. So for that a huge THANKS!
Ok, first post, long post, and some smiley abuse. All done while vaping IN the office
