Congrats on taking the plunge, Spiderwoman. You won't regret it!! I ordered my starter kit over a month ago but just received it 4 days ago (because it was stuck in customs). Regardless, I got it and I love it!! I should start by saying that I have ZERO will power. I don't deny myself things that I enjoy, and I REALLY enjoyed smoking and didn't even want to quit - I just liked the idea of vaping, hoping it would help me cut back on tobacco cigs. I was smoking over a pack a day and was suffering the effects of 20+ years of abusing my body with all of the chemicals in tobacco cigs.
Once I started vaping, I found myself picking up my pv more than the stinky cigs. I still smoked a few stinky cigs the first couple of days (3/day max compared to 25-30), probably more because of the habit than anything else. I also wasn't totally sold on the flavoured cartos that came with my starter kit and felt the nicotine strength was a little low. Well today I got some iced cappuccino e-juice in a higher nic (24mg) strength, and it's so delicious and satisfying that there's no way I would pick up a stinky cig over that delicious goodness! I've been vaping it on and off over the last 8 hours and have no desire to have a stinky cig.
You're going to do great, and you're going to love vaping. And if you're like me you'll be converting all your smoker friends to vaping as well!
So, try out different juices with different nic strength levels in sample sizes and find your sweet spot. What works for someone might taste vile to someone else. But most importantly, if you ever have any questions, issues, or just need someone to talk you through a stinky cig craving, turn to ECF. The members of this forum have all been through it and are always here to answer questions or provide support. I lurked around the forum for weeks before I actually signed up and eventually commented, but everyone's so great, welcoming, and non-judgemental that they make it easy to hop right in.
Vape on, Spiderwoman!!