For those of you that haven't seen my posts before I started vaping about a week before Christmas. I started with a BLU kit and using that I was able to cut my pack a day habit in half. After reading a lot on these forums and watching a lot of youtube videos, I decided that I needed to upgrade. I bought myself a couple ego twists and an entire slew of accessories.
My intention with vaping was not to completely stop smoking cigarettes. I loved smoking, and I wanted to continue to do it. I just wanted to use vaping to cut back and save myself some money. After receiving and using all of my vaping supplies I naturally began to smoke fewer cigarettes. Before I knew it, I was down to 5 a day, then the next week, it was more like 3 a day, then 2. For the past week, I've been smoking 1 cigarette a day when I first wake up. I've noticed that with each passing day the taste of the cigarette was getting worse and worse. For the last few days, it was getting to the point where I wasn't enjoying it at all.
My last cigarette was Wednesday morning at about 9:00am. I decided that I am finished. I simply have no desire to do it anymore. I have been smoke free for a little over 48 hours as I type this and I'm not looking back. I think this is remarkable considering I had no intentions of quitting when I picked up my first pv.
I know some people ditch the cigarettes completely the second they get their first pv, but from my experience I almost think it's better to keep smoking when you are starting to vape. I will explain. Like I said, the cigarettes began to taste awful as I smoked fewer and fewer of them as the days went by. In past quit attempts (without vaping) I would always have this memory of smoking cigarettes, and it was a pleasant memory. That's what ultimately caused my failure. I always MISSED smoking. But as it is right now, I don't have pleasant memories from cigarettes. Looking back over the last two weeks or so, all I can think of is how bad those cigarettes tasted. And how bad they made me feel (physically) afterwards. I think that this alone will keep me from wanting to revisit the smoking lifestyle.
I still have an unopened pack of Camel Lights. I don't really want to throw them away. But I have a plan. I am going to put the pack in a sandwich sized ziplock bag. Then into a tupperware container with water. Then I will freeze it. So that pack of cigarettes will be encased in a solid block of ice. It will stay in my freezer as a reminder. If I ever begin to forget the awful taste I've experienced over the past couple weeks, and feel the urge to smoke, I will either have to work really hard to get at them, or wait a long time for it to melt. This will give me time to reconsider what I'm doing, so there will be no split second impulse decisions. I've heard that some people do this with their credit cards.
So yeah, I'll stop rambling now. I just wanted share my personal milestone. Happy vaping everybody!
My intention with vaping was not to completely stop smoking cigarettes. I loved smoking, and I wanted to continue to do it. I just wanted to use vaping to cut back and save myself some money. After receiving and using all of my vaping supplies I naturally began to smoke fewer cigarettes. Before I knew it, I was down to 5 a day, then the next week, it was more like 3 a day, then 2. For the past week, I've been smoking 1 cigarette a day when I first wake up. I've noticed that with each passing day the taste of the cigarette was getting worse and worse. For the last few days, it was getting to the point where I wasn't enjoying it at all.
My last cigarette was Wednesday morning at about 9:00am. I decided that I am finished. I simply have no desire to do it anymore. I have been smoke free for a little over 48 hours as I type this and I'm not looking back. I think this is remarkable considering I had no intentions of quitting when I picked up my first pv.
I know some people ditch the cigarettes completely the second they get their first pv, but from my experience I almost think it's better to keep smoking when you are starting to vape. I will explain. Like I said, the cigarettes began to taste awful as I smoked fewer and fewer of them as the days went by. In past quit attempts (without vaping) I would always have this memory of smoking cigarettes, and it was a pleasant memory. That's what ultimately caused my failure. I always MISSED smoking. But as it is right now, I don't have pleasant memories from cigarettes. Looking back over the last two weeks or so, all I can think of is how bad those cigarettes tasted. And how bad they made me feel (physically) afterwards. I think that this alone will keep me from wanting to revisit the smoking lifestyle.
I still have an unopened pack of Camel Lights. I don't really want to throw them away. But I have a plan. I am going to put the pack in a sandwich sized ziplock bag. Then into a tupperware container with water. Then I will freeze it. So that pack of cigarettes will be encased in a solid block of ice. It will stay in my freezer as a reminder. If I ever begin to forget the awful taste I've experienced over the past couple weeks, and feel the urge to smoke, I will either have to work really hard to get at them, or wait a long time for it to melt. This will give me time to reconsider what I'm doing, so there will be no split second impulse decisions. I've heard that some people do this with their credit cards.
So yeah, I'll stop rambling now. I just wanted share my personal milestone. Happy vaping everybody!
