E-Cigarette Forum Discussion Thread

[deuxtrouble]

I think I'm starting to agree with our moderator over here. It may have been a bad idea. Take a look at the last post in that cold turkey thread. I know I specifically said that I wouldn't recommend anyone to try anything else BEFORE going cold turkey. Apparently, we are not equal smokers to them. They are smokers of a different breed.

Not a bad idea...different but not bad. I wrote this huge response and accidentally hit backspace and it took me back to a different page - grrr.

Lots of people have relapsed and smoked. The thing to figure out is why? Whether you smoked or not, you still would have fought with your friends. That didn't change at all. Smoking didn't make that go away, nor did it stop the fight or a bad day. How we experience our individual quit is a matter of attitude. When you get up in the morning are you looking at it in a positive light? Are you secure in the fact that you are not going to smoke? I think so because you said you didn't really have cravings. So it isn't that.

So if you are like me - it is the habit you fall back on, that security blanket, the known! That was what was hard for me. Try brushing your teeth with opposite hand - uncomfortable but you can do it. (It is also quite funny to watch!!) That's the mind set anyone needs to get into when letting go of cigarettes, uncomfortable but you can do it. Not impossible and any walk down a new road starts with one step.

Geez I sound like a freaking fortune cookie.

If you can keep your nic down...do so. If you can't and you are in danger of smoking again - message me - or if you can't - well increase your nic - it's what we tell patch people to do. I have been with quitters that have had to use the patch and lozenges or gum. Just don't smoke!!!

 

[phonedude]

Me either! I have been following this for some time now but never caught up all the way until now to get the chance to post and say hi!

I really have to commend you all on making such an effort to bring about positive change on QSMB that just might save a life!

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Love that avatar

 

[DarkFalconX]

Love that avatar

Thanks! I made it myself a couple of years ago, thought it looked cool, been using it ever since.

 

[deuxtrouble]

I haven't been tempted but though I might have one or two just for fun. I guess that might be silly huh?

Don't do that Gary - One is too many and a million are never enough! If you haven't been tempted...don't do it for fun. You are doing great and like you said - no cats have died LOL.

 

[phonedude]

Don't do that Gary - One is too many and a million are never enough! If you haven't been tempted...don't do it for fun. You are doing great and like you said - no cats have died LOL.

That's true .. but I been given 'em dirty looks

 

[ShannonA]

You want a couple more? Mine are pretty rambunctious tonight.

 

[phonedude]

You want a couple more? Mine are pretty rambunctious tonight.

Absolutely not ..... I was happy with one but my Mom found a stray and she's really not a cat person so I ended up with it. She's really upset my household LOL

 

[ShannonA]

Not a bad idea...different but not bad. I wrote this huge response and accidentally hit backspace and it took me back to a different page - grrr.

Lots of people have relapsed and smoked. The thing to figure out is why? Whether you smoked or not, you still would have fought with your friends. That didn't change at all. Smoking didn't make that go away, nor did it stop the fight or a bad day. How we experience our individual quit is a matter of attitude. When you get up in the morning are you looking at it in a positive light? Are you secure in the fact that you are not going to smoke? I think so because you said you didn't really have cravings. So it isn't that.

So if you are like me - it is the habit you fall back on, that security blanket, the known! That was what was hard for me. Try brushing your teeth with opposite hand - uncomfortable but you can do it. (It is also quite funny to watch!!) That's the mind set anyone needs to get into when letting go of cigarettes, uncomfortable but you can do it. Not impossible and any walk down a new road starts with one step.

Geez I sound like a freaking fortune cookie.

If you can keep your nic down...do so. If you can't and you are in danger of smoking again - message me - or if you can't - well increase your nic - it's what we tell patch people to do. I have been with quitters that have had to use the patch and lozenges or gum. Just don't smoke!!!

That makes sense Mel. I think that's the difference for me this time because I could let go of some of the junk and keep the habbit (I think iof it as my pacifier). I've been secure in my quit from day one. Not once since II charged my battery the 1st time have I even considered I might break down and smoke. That is different from all my other quits.

I'm still not sure what I'll do after I get down to zero nic. I know I'm keeping the pv though. People can call me dependent or whatever but if something comes up that tempts me to go buy a packI'll have my pv and zero nic juice.

 

[phonedude]

That makes sense Mel. I think that's the difference for me this time because I could let go of some of the junk and keep the habbit (I think iof it as my pacifier). I've been secure in my quit from day one. Not once since II charged my battery the 1st time have I even considered I might break down and smoke. That is different from all my other quits.

I'm still not sure what I'll do after I get down to zero nic. I know I'm keeping the pv though. People can call me dependent or whatever but if something comes up that tempts me to go buy a packI'll have my pv and zero nic juice.

Why do these durn things work so well Shannon. We are so secure in our quit. If I didn't mix my own juice I would swear there's some magic chemical in there that makes you not want a ciggie.

And like you I'm not sure if I will ever lay it down. If I get to 0nic, maybe even tomorrow as a test, and still don't crave cigarettes then I will be pretty sure it's not the nic I need. Perhaps the hand/mouth stuff. And if so why give up the eciggie. With no nic in it I would probably only stop if I just got tired of it. And that's a possibility of course.

 

[ShannonA]

Why do these durn things work so well Shannon. We are so secure in our quit. If I didn't mix my own juice I would swear there's some magic chemical in there that make you not want a ciggie.

And like you I'm not sure if I will ever lay it down. If I get to 0nic, maybe even tomorrow as a test, and still don't crave cigarettes then I will be pretty sure it's not the nic I need. Perhaps the hand/mouth stuff. And if so why give up the eccie. With no nic in it I would probably only stop if I just got tired of it. And that's a possibility of course.

I have thought for quite some time that it was the habbit for me not the nicotine... the nice thing is I'm finding now that I'm not getting all the other crap from the cigarettes... I'm not as dependent on the ac5tion as I once was either. When I'm stationary I use it alot but I don't even think about it when I'm active. With cigarettes I ALWAYS thought about it....lol

 

[John Phoenix]

When I die. My grave stone will say, Killed by a Cold Turkey.

 

[ShannonA]

At least it won't say "Killed by my own miserable existance"

 

[phonedude]

Wish that camera battery would hurry up .. I'm usually waiting on PV batteries.

 

[John Phoenix]

At least it won't say "Killed by my own miserable existance"

That made me laugh.. thanks.. after those two post I just made I needed that. I wasn't going to reply.. I abstained from replying to katiem, but after Diane brought it back up and said I had no right to post what I did.. I felt I had to defend my position.

 

[ShannonA]

That made me laugh.. thanks.. after those two post I just made I needed that. I wasn't going to reply.. I abstained from replying to katiem, but after Diane brought it back up and said I had no right to post what I did.. I felt I had to defend my position.

im not defending anything to anyone but Fred he hasn't died that I'm aware of...was alive and well earlier today. Katiem's not a mod and that wasn't an advice thread to begin with.

 

[phonedude]

That made me laugh.. thanks.. after those two post I just made I needed that. I wasn't going to reply.. I abstained from replying to katiem, but after Diane brought it back up and said I had no right to post what I did.. I felt I had to defend my position.

I just gotta say whatever is going on over there sounds pretty intense.

 

[mgordon1100]

You're a better man than I, John. I'm trying to stay away from people when they post asinine comments like that. Hey, I said that I'd never recommend anyone trying anything else before cold turkey. Is that wrong to say only because I use a PV? It's clearly a case of double standards and hypocrisy.

 

[ShannonA]

I've had my fill of Katie and her drama how Diane is missing her trying to provoke people is beyond me its so painfully obvious its almost amusing... if you doubt it look at the Segregation thread.

 

[mgordon1100]

You can see who the real antagonizers are. They aren't greenlover. I'm surprised, really, but relived. I expect that there has to be some adjustment period, but if it goes for a couple of weeks without slowing down, then Fred should be aware.

 

[phonedude]

Way past bedtime here you all take care and laterz