Don't miss anologs at all! Am I alone?

[LittleOralFix]

I can not think I am alone in this. I do not miss anologs at all. Not a craving or want to even a thought till I just read a thread where someone is still going back and forth. I feel for them, but do not understand as vaping was like a magic pill for me.

Granted I was not a heavy smoker, more a person who smoked when stress hit, when someone died, when a friend moved away. A social smoker for sure. Now though... I vape when I want to and enjoy it with near no guilt. I vape low nic or no nic depending on my needs. I bring no nic on long car trips as I know I will stress and vape lots.

No it is not all rainbows and flowers, I have had some side effects. A mouth sore from too much nic I think my first few weeks and some mystery chest pains that may or may not be related. I am not overly concerned but I am going to be trying to get some VG to see how I feel about that.

Either way, anologs have no power over me anymore. I feel blessed. Thank you all for being here and supportive and trying to get this movement into the world and safe!

 

[strayling]

Same here. I went from over a pack a day to zero just like that and still have the nearly full pack of analogs I found on the bus a day or so later. I wasn't even trying to give up, FFS!

Finding that pack proves to me that the universe has a warped sense of humour.

 

[bri1270]

You're definitely not alone. I lit one up a few weeks ago, took two drags and put it out. I can't believe I smoked those things for 26 years.

 

[Caesarea]

Same here Little O.Fix - picked up the vape pen for financial reasons and suddenly smoked no more.
Didn't even mean to stop! That's after 48 years of smoking and 30-40 per day.
A real blessing.

 

[ShimmyPrincess]

Yes, after 2-3 packs a day for 20 years...gave them up the day my batteries were charged. Tried one a few days later & almost barfed!

 

[Happy Jack]

Same here. Pack and a half a day for 24 years and... poof!... no going back for me. Almost never have the urge and if I do, I think of the stink and taste and drip a couple of drops, and... ahhh... much better!

 

[TDM]

Yes, after 2-3 packs a day for 20 years...gave them up the day my batteries were charged. Tried one a few days later & almost barfed!

Almost?? I did!! Haven't had a analog in 3 weeks. Had heard would taste nasty so stupid me I tried it. Thought I was going to cough up a lung after 1 drag!! then said goodbye to my breakfast.8-o

 

[Calaban]

ZERO craving for analogs since getting my first ecig.

I don't really crave my e-cig either, but that is possibly because i always have it with me and puff on it every 5 minutes

 

[LittleOralFix]

You guys make me smile. Thank You!

 

[Elendil]

Me too...............1.5 ppd for 25 years.......Last Tuesday at 4pm CDT was my lastanalog and I haven't looked back................although I must say that there is the "background noise" of a craving for an analog, but nothing that I can't ignore...........

 

[LuckySevens4U]

I'm always honest and I'm on 3 weeks now and yes, I still have a craving now and then. Really bad at the 2 week mark. It's getting better, but yes, I still will have a craving, but I do not like the smell of them anymore when I'm around someone else doing it and I have kept my will power intact. I think the worst time is after I eat and if I have a glass of wine. I know if I caved in, it would taste horrible, so I don't even want to go there. But yes, I still do have a craving now and then.

 

[Kool-less Ken]

I smoked at least a pack a day for 23 years before getting my first 401 in February. Within 30 hours of opening the package I smoked my last analog.

While I sometimes have fleeting feelings of missing smoking an actual cigarette, I can honestly say I have not once craved one.

 

[Vicks Vap-oh-Yeah]

I smoked an average of a half pack a day - got my PV and not once have wanted an analog...

My only atty died on me, took 2 days to get a replacement - went back to analogs at that time, and YUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have since then made sure I have PLENTY of replacement parts.....

 

[RazorNribbonz]

Wheew Glad you posted lucky.. I was beginging to feel like a the lone wolf lol. Although i love my pilot and prolly have already made 10 flavors in the 5 or so days i've been vaping and have cut down a pack of analogs per day (deff heavier smoker then a 1 pck a day, more like 2 at least) I struggle everyday.. But dropping one whole pack the first week out. Gives me a lotta hope.. Where as before, If I'd noticed I was down to five analogs, any normal person would stretch em out.. Me? i'd compulsively smoke em one after another :: laugh... I'm ordering another pilot . I AM going to do this! lol Good luck everyone.

 

[ejfan1977]

Me too...............1.5 ppd for 25 years.......Last Tuesday at 4pm CDT was my lastanalog and I haven't looked back................although I must say that there is the "background noise" of a craving for an analog, but nothing that I can't ignore...........

I am now on 77 days and 5 days into it I tried an analog out of curiosity. Yup that was pretty stupid and yes it was vile! I had 4 drags becouse I couldn't believe how awful it tasted. I think my curiosity was a little "background noise" as well.... But no more background noise for me!

 

[Northern Bob]

pack a day for 40 years. I do have an urge now and then at the 3 week mark but it passes rather quickly. Got a bit of stress in my life right now and am proud not to have given in. I just keep checking my banner for moral support.

NB

 

[bebop]

Analog cigs are terrible. Some need more time than others to adjust to the e-smoke, but I loved it off the bat.

Quitting cigs is really tough if you like smoking. My girl tried to empathisize w/ me saying it was like "not eating carbs"... To me it's more like not eating crunchy things, I was on Nic gum and that took the edge off, but sometimes you just wanna blow smoke rings.

 

[Silver]

One year off analogs sometime this month (not even sure when I smoked my last one, can you imagine ? That's why, to be on the safe side, I state 'May 2008' as my quitting date, but it was actually somewhere in April !) and no cravings whatsoever either !

Luckily I have never been tempted to try analogs again and if, for whatever reason, I wouldn't be able to vape anymore (not very likely with the HUGE stock I've accumulated in the past year or so !), analogs simply wouldn't be an option anymore. I guess I'm not a smoker anymore then, eh ?

Cheers,
Silver

 

[LittleOralFix]

Silver, thanks for the inspiration.

I honestly expected to crave, for this to be hard, but unlike eating low carb, it is not hard, it is enjoyable. Ok, so I am also a kid at heart and love the blue light on my 901 LOL. It is the small things in life I swear it.

I am sorry to hear it is not like this for everyone, and this post was not to make you all feel badly. I was just simply shocked at how much of a non-thought analogs have been from day one. A close family member died and I did not even think of smoking. Unheard of for me.

Honestly I when I first saw that many are marketing these as a "quit smoking product" I was really bothered as most quit products are really crap, very regulated, and cold turkey has better rates of real quit if I remember right. It felt like products where just another way for big tobacco to keep us giving them money. I also worried about that label causing more regulation. I was thinking of vaping as an alternative, not a solution. But here I am.... without much a thought I quit analogs. So strange and not really intended.

Anyway, thanks for letting me ramble.

 

[mizmare]

1.5 pks a day for 30 yrs... set them down 13 days ago and haven't thought twice about it.