Dumb Me

[hcour]

I've been vaping for about 2 1/2 yrs, got down to 3 mg juice over the last several months, was doing fine. I rarely drink anymore but a couple of weeks ago I got drunk and the 3 mg juice wasn't doing it so I got a pack of cigs. Now I'm having a hard time staying away from the cigs because the 3 mgs juice ain't satisfying the nicotine crave. I only smoke a few cigs a day but I'm ready to get off them completely again. I'm going to order some 12 mg and 6 mg juice and work my way down to my 3 mg again. I'm also going to keep some 12 mg handy for the next time I get a few beers in me.

Lesson learned!

 

[Ry4life]

We are only human !! When drinking you gotta be prepared . I use tobacco flavoured juice when drinking and it seems to do the trick .

 

[Robino1]

Get back up, dust yourself off, start all over again
Don't beat yourself up, you can do it.
I've heard the three marks are the ones to watch for:

3 days
3 weeks
3 months
3 years

I'm at 2 1/2 year mark myself. I think that I will take your experience and learn from it. Time to get a bottle of higher nic... just in case

 

[Robert Cromwell]

I keep some 12 mg tobacco flavored juice loaded in an esmart clearo in my daily travel kit for just such emergencies. Has worked so far almost 4 months now.

 

[Marc411]

Lesson learned and you found the solution, shizz happens.

I'm at 6mg and do the same thing when I have a drink but I bump it to 18mg. A smoke when I drink was the toughest thing to get away from so I understand how it happened. But I wouldn't say you were dumb, just a creature of habit and you had a buzz going

 

[hcour]

Hmmm, tobacco-flavored juice. Good idea. Might give that a try.

 

[Ry4life]

Also since I switched to rebuildable tank that hit harder I've eliminated nic all together ! I make my own juice so it saves me piles of cash to buy new hardware

 

[AttyPops]

I didn't "parallel" much...only long enough to finish off the last carton and to make dang sure all the hardware worked OK and I was used to vaping. So, I'm not 100% sure that the "cut off" will be the same for you as it was for me as you "tapered off" cigs. I'm not sure how much you were smoke free or not...so take this with a grain of salt but it may help others too.

But for me, once I quit cigs and started vaping, I still had to detox from the cigs and also had withdrawal from the non-nicotine stuff. Vaping sure made that easier, along with easing the "habit" part of it all. If I remember correctly, it took about 3 weeks or so for my cravings to really stop.

The advice above is great. Have several nic levels and flavors of juice ready. And 'just' decide to be smoke free. That pack you smoked while drinking doesn't count much since you're still smoking anyway. It's almost the same thing. So don't worry about it.

Like I said...it can take about 3 weeks (or it did for me anyway). That said, it's EASY with e-cigs. A lot easier than it was with just gum/lozenges and/or patches IMHO. You'll push through it in no time at all. Remember it's really best if you give smoking up entirely if you can. Even one cig a day will stop your lungs from healing. They say it takes 10 years smoke free to heal up as much as possible. Still, if you can't go smoke free...every cig reduced helps a minor amount.

I don't know why smokers are so afraid of nicotine in e-juice. If you need to use 6 mg or 12 mg...do it to get off the smokes. Get off the cigs for a while (again)...like for 6 months or more smoke free. THEN think about cutting down on the nic. Just my

Good luck to you.