Fell off the wagon

[wphsmike]

I fell of the wagon tonight. I bought a pack of cigarettes and smoked a few. The reason? I only have one flavor of eliquid because I'm working a political campaign for a friend for free and I'm waiting on Financial Aid.

I know, I know. Sob story, right? Oh well, I'll smoke a real cigarette every now. ecig, analog, etc etc. All I have right now is Peach Cobbler. It sure doesn't taste good with beer either.

Is this normal?

 

[Hoosier]

Yep.

You're fine.

 

[DC2]

Peach Cobbler not tasting good with beer?

Yeah, that sounds pretty normal to me.


Try a nice Hefeweizen.

 

[deannaAlex]

That nearly happened to me if I didn't get my liquids today.

 

[wphsmike]

It blows! I feel like such a failure.

 

[Datacrypt]

I bought a pack of smokes a few days after I started vaping and felt awful too. I ended up giving them to my friend and convincing myself that I am not allowed to trick myself into buying cigarettes.

Don't beat yourself up. Think of all the analogs you have NOT smoked! You'll get some more flavors of juice and be back on track in no time.

 

[CES]

You've passed up more than 900 cigarettes! Focus on that. Not the few you smoked. I can't imagine peach cobbler with beer, or passing up the beer.

 

[MuddyBears]

This is perfectly normal, all you gotta do is get some different juices (esp ones that you would like with beer) and get yourself back on track!

 

[Caddyman]

yeah you are good. i got my pv 3+ weeks ago and haven't bought a pack yet. but the wife smokes and i sneak some of hers sometimes....overall i have cut down in a major way though....you're good man

 

[zbasspro]

Probably had to drink beer to get past the taste of the cigs! Hang in there, keep vaping, and that's why we have PIF!

 

[Jackal3]

if you lived closer I'd bring some by ya!
Definitely get yourself a few flavors. For drinking, try the Rum! Even the Whiskey flavor vapes nice. A little bit of a bite at first, but smooths out and has nice vapor.

Cappuccino for mornings and late night (mid level nic). A nice bold toffee or something fruity for day time. Rum/whiskey for evening and end it with smooth, low level cappuccino before bed.

 

[wphsmike]

Thanks everyone! It feels good knowing that I'm not the only one! Can't wait to get some more juices! Yeah, beer and peach cobbler, ick.

 

[Jackal3]

My first week I tried a few analogs just to see the difference. I couldn't believe after one day how horrible they tasted... (and I smoked 23 years). Luckily I have my wife on e-cigs too. We share cartomizers and juice so I try to keep stocked up. Rather throw down $20 on juice every 2 weeks than $80 on cigs.

 

[wphsmike]

if you lived closer I'd bring some by ya!
Definitely get yourself a few flavors. For drinking, try the Rum! Even the Whiskey flavor vapes nice. A little bit of a bite at first, but smooths out and has nice vapor.

Cappuccino for mornings and late night (mid level nic). A nice bold toffee or something fruity for day time. Rum/whiskey for evening and end it with smooth, low level cappuccino before bed.

Dang! You have it all figured out! Now, that's some good thinking!

 

[Jackal3]

lol, it's my own bell curve of flavor!

 

[Shaka]

It blows! I feel like such a failure.

There's no such word as "failure" with e-cigs. The only time that word applies is if you quit e-cigs...the ONLY time!

Not to worry.....You're good!

 

[DaveP]

No failure detected! Ecigs take away cigarettes... a little at a time. If you quit cold turkey and sneak a few cigs a day, you feel like a failure. If your initial mission statement was "I want to quit smoking tobacco and I'm going to use Ecigs as a replacement to eventually quit.", then you are not painting yourself into a corner.

Vape as often as you desire to smoke. If you feel the urge to smoke an analog, hit the Ecig heavily a couple of times, wait a couple of minutes, and see if the urge subsides. Use the Ecig to ward off those cravings. If it doesn't work, have an analog and start over with the Ecigs. You'll find that vaping will replace more and more tobacco cigs as you go along. There's nothing wrong with ramping down from your original habit to 1/4 or less. The more you vape, the less you want tobacco.

Order some samples and find the ones you like the best. Give your taste time to get used to Ejuice. As the days pass, you might find that a juice you didn't care for tastes pretty good as your sense of smell and taste returns.

 

[Norby]

Don't feel bad. If nothing else, you've cut down a lot.

Three months ago, I decided I wanted to start "cutting down" on tobacco cigs. I did - went from a pack a day to 1/2 pack a day. It's only been a few days now that I haven't bought any more cigarettes, and when I do try one now it tastes terrible. So maybe I'm finally through with the tobacco! But if I do want to have one, that's fine too.

 

[wphsmike]

They do taste pretty terrible. So far so good today, no analogs yet!

 

[Tracey081]

That's the one thing that's most disconcerting about e-cigs for me: hardware failure. A FEW times in my life, I've gotten stuck without cigarettes because of "hardware failure" (pack dropped into the river while rafting, for example), and I've since figured out ways around that (extra pack in car at all times; a few packs hidden throughout the house for emergencies).

But w/ e-cigs, stocking up for emergencies can be expensive! (I'm going on 3 wks of e-cigs). I've got 3 extra unused batts, 5 atomizers, and I've ordered extra juices, carts, and little sponge things.

Problem for me this weekend was, I got a large bottle of juice I love, but the bottle came apart! (The tip got stuck in the cap; the "eyedropper" part is unusable). I've rigged up something else to hold the juice, but I've got to pour instead of drop, which gets messy (and is a lot of wasted juice) until my new shipment gets in. :-/

So I'm going to use a few different suppliers in case I get a bad batch or bottle again; and I guess I'll learn how to handle "bad bottle" problems (maybe have backup bottles to transfer juice into?).

But it was certainly easier having backup cigs than having backup e-cigs. Takes a lot more thought.