Does vaping ever feel compulsive to you?

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Dusif

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Lately I've noticed that I rarely go anywhere without having a vaping device on me, and not even a half hour goes by where I don't take at least a few drags. In many ways, it's similar to the relationship I had with cigarettes - I have to have it around, kinda thing. It's a compulsive behavior that I'm not sure I'm comfortable with any longer.

Can anyone relate? Sometimes I feel like it'd be better to treat vaping as a ritualistic activity. Wake up in the morning, have a nice meditative session with my MVP and just "think" on things, put it down and get on with my day to maybe revisit for an afternoon session.

Seems like a good alternative to running around taking drags in the cold on my way to the store.

I can follow you... It is like it was with the cigs...

But...

I look at vaping as one of the few things in life that i can enjoy without feeling guilty for doing so...
I love driving fast and like a maniac, but if i do that in public i will be thrown into jail.
I love cake and could eat nothing but cake for an entire day... But my ... would grow to the point where it will get its own postal code.
I used to love cigs, but when i smoked in public people looked down on me.
I love the taste of a good bourbon or a great rum, but if i drink that all the time ill be an alchoholic

But my vaping no one can blame me for loving, i can sit back in my living room with a good rumcake mix and vape away like there was no tomorrow and love life... And when i go outside i can slap some eucalyptus in that sucker and blow humongous clouds and no one will judge me for it

Love your vape and stop worrying


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I have found that when I am out and about, running errands or whatever, I do not "crave" vaping like I craved cigs and couldn't wait to get home or to where I could smoke. I do vape a lot at home probably as much because I love the taste as because I want the nicotine. I don't usually take anything with me to vape when I am shopping or running to an appointment and don't really even think about it. I do take everything with me if I go to my son's and am going to be there all evening. But I don't vape constantly while I am there, either.
 

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I have found that when I am out and about, running errands or whatever, I do not "crave" vaping like I craved cigs and couldn't wait to get home or to where I could smoke. I do vape a lot at home probably as much because I love the taste as because I want the nicotine. I don't usually take anything with me to vape when I am shopping or running to an appointment and don't really even think about it. I do take everything with me if I go to my son's and am going to be there all evening. But I don't vape constantly while I am there, either.

I had to run an errand the other night and left my PV sitting on the table. I realized it when I was 2-3 blocks away from the house. I thought "meh" and went on with what I was doing. I could never have done that with cigarettes.
 

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I find I'm a lot less compulsive about vaping than I was about smoking. True, I vape fairly constantly at home.

But, at work I can go hours without thinking about it. As long as I have an e-cig in my pocket so that I always know I COULD just slip into the bathroom and take a couple of hits. I almost never do it. I just need to know I can.
 

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yea i know how you feel, just today i went through 3 18650 batteries on my mech mod...vaped nonstop

I too vape non stop...and my batteries are not doing well....when I close my laptop, it stops charging...and my PC goes to sleep and in the morning when I think I have batteries...they are so pathetic...Just ordered more liquid..AND a pass through battery (plus two more for a total of 7)...I never want to be without!
 

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It's an interesting thing to bring up, I think. So many people on this forum are quick to herald vaping as the greatest thing since sliced bread, and while it is quite nice, it's important (at least to me) to point out potential problems that go along with it.
From what I've seen it appears that the vast majority of vapers become less "addicted" to vaping than they were to smoking.
Sure most may LIKE it more than smoking, but they don't HAVE to do it more if they don't want to.

If you don't want to vape as much then don't vape as much.
But don't blame vaping.
 
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atcsat64

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Addiction, dependence, obsession, compulsion: whichever you choose doesn't really matter! But when I first started vaping ALL those words probably applied. Now I feel better, more energy, and more money in the bank. It feels more like a hobby now, AND really calms the stressful times when I know I'd been smoking.
 
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