Oddly enough, I didn't even get into e-cigs for the purpose of quitting. I think when we have one of those big, monumental, "OK, I'm quitting as of xx-xx-xxxx date" moments, it just puts too much pressure...for me at least.
In my case it just turned out that a good buddy of mine brought over his smoking-anywhere/everywhere (whatever the eff it's called) ecig and let me take a few puffs on it. It wasn't "exactly" like smoking an analog, but I couldn't believe how close it came to the "real" thing.
I think the biggest thing is, you have to try to remember back to when you first started smoking....you soon developed a craving for the nicotine, but honestly, did the smoke and tar ever really taste good? (and) Here you have a much, much cleaner alternative, along with tons of cool flavors, and you can still get your nic./fix? Unbeatable! I've smoked a pack+ per day for many years (almost 20 - ugh!), and since hitting e-cigs (for the past 5 days or so), I don't think I've smoked more than 3-4 analogs on any of those days, and only 1 or 2 on a couple of those days.
For those of you having analog-itis, my advice would be to approach it this way...try not to think so much about the negative side....the craving that's trying to pull you back, but instead, try to focus on all the positives of the e-cigs...all those cool flavors, you can now smoke in your house/car with no stinky smell, MUCH healthier (in my opinion at least), etc... And if you get an urge to smoke an analog, hell, go ahead and hit one, but do this - really focus on the taste, and ask yourself if that dirty tasting smoke is really better-tasting, or is it just years of addiction trying to trick you into thinking that it's better tasting...that's what I've been focusing on, and it's workin' well for me!
