First milestone - does it get much worse?

[Uncle Sam]

ONE WEEK.


Not much time in, but finally back on board after many attempts. 25 years of them!

Smell beginning to return. XXX is much more enjoyable. Much.

Jonesing HARD-but have resolve.


vape ON!

 

[Steeler Girl]

Congrats on 1 week!

 

[AlmityPunx]

keep strong! first month is the toughest... after that you wont ever want another cancer stick

 

[Iffy]

Kudos to ya!

Just insure you have enough nic level to get ya through. If I done it, you can too!!!

 

[pianoguy]

Congrats on the first of many milestones!

 

[Uncle Sam]

btween 12 and 18mg/mL seems okay.

I don't really miss the nic as I smoked cigars mostly - I miss the taste and the warm feel of a fatty monte. Loved to smoke them in my spa (where the electro is not advised)

 

[molli]

Congrats on your first week. Week 2 1/2 seemed to be the worst for me with the 'cravings'. hang in there, it gets better!

 

[Bubba]

Not sure about cigar withdrawal, but I can tell you I'm two weeks in after smoking 2 packs of marlboro reds for the past 10 years. If I can do it, anyone can.

For me, the hardest part of all this isn't wanting nicotine, it's more about what I call "reflex smoking". When I first get up, after eating, etc. The times when you don't really think about lighting up, you just do it. I think it's more about getting out of those habits than it is about wanting nicotine.

I've been working on trying to change my routine as much as possible to avoid those "triggers"

You'll make it - it only gets easier

 

[Tiffani]

Congratulations! It does get easier.

 

[Amish Ed]

Congrats on the week. 1st month is definitely the hardest. Seems to get much easier after that. I had so many triggers for smoking, and getting around them was where most of the cravings started (probably could've used some WTA too). You just have to push past them. You can do it.

 

[Chiku]

Congrats on the first week. The first week wasthe worst for me, I'd finish eating lunch and automatically think "time for a smoke". Then kick myself in the ... cause I don't do that anymore. For me that went away at week two, I still sometimes wake up thinking "time for a smoke" but that is starting to go away. It gets better every day.

Forgot to add, cigarette smoke is starting to smell bad! That's helped a lot.

 

[D4rk50ul]

The best thing I did to keep on track was to keep my normal smoking habits and just replace the CIG with my Pv. I still go outside and BS my buddies but while they smoke I vape. I vape after eating, when I wake up, etc. It keeps it feeling natural and doesn't disrupt my life.

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[akatina]

The best thing I did to keep on track was to keep my normal smoking habits and just replace the CIG with my Pv. I still go outside and BS my buddies but while they smoke I vape. I vape after eating, when I wake up, etc. It keeps it feeling natural and doesn't disrupt my life.

That's pretty much what I did as well. If it was time to smoke, I vaped instead. End of story. The first 4 days I had a few analogs so I could compare them to the vape: the taste, the hit, the nic delivery. Only I didn't get to smoke them during the nice relaxing and enjoyable moments. I only let myself smoke them when doing something like cleaning the cat litter box or taking out the trash. That helped break the mental link between the act of smoking and happiness

I am 4 weeks smoke free as of 7p tonight.

 

[Unc1987]

The first week is the worst and you've made it! Yes, vaping can take away the actual nicotine cravings but quitting is a two pronged process and part of quitting is breaking the habit. At some point around three weeks is when I noticed it had gotten significant easier. One day I had a brief craving for an analog and wanted to go outside and smoke one. It quickly went away and that's when I realized I hadn't thought about one in a few days. One month in I no longer think of one after waking, while driving, or before sleep. Sometimes while drinking or after meals but it quickly leaves my mind. You've made it the hardest past and each day will get easier. Vape away and keep up the good work.

 

[zapped]

It gets easier....the first two weeks were the hardest for me.

 

[sawalke4]

Its only the first week for me too. I usually go outside to smoke, now I still go outside to vape, just out of habit. But now, I don't have to brush my teeth and wash my face and spray axe all over my shirt each time! (my wife hated me smelling like smoke)

 

[Leatherneck]

I'd finish eating lunch and automatically think "time for a smoke". Then kick myself in the ... cause I don't do that anymore.

I had one of those moments. I'd gotten out of bed and stumbled to the computer looking for a cigarette. "Oh yah...nevermind", and vaped.

 

[freeindeed]

Congrats! You're doing awesome! Keep vapin!!

 

[cocacola31173]

Now if you are like me I basically physically fell apart the first month. My sinuses stayed stuffed up and I had a lot aches..I found out that this is because of all that nasty carbon monoxide is flushing out of your system! After that I had no problem. I have been doing this for about 4 months and I do have a V2 automatic battery that I keep around for when I get a strong craving for one....usually after a full meal...but I have been finding I haven't had to use it lately.

I think they say it takes 60 days to break a habit?? I may be wrong. But after you get used to not reaching for that pack of cigs and lighter it does it get easier!

 

[Robino1]

I transitioned from smoking to vaping. I smoked during the first month of vaping and eventually the vaping took over. It tasted so much better than cigs. My 'ah hah' moment happened when I had a cig burning in the ashtray and my Twist sitting on the table. I was reading ECF threads and reached for the Twist without paying attention to what I was doing. I figured out after a couple of times doing this that my cig was just burning up without being smoked.

Everyone has different ways of quitting the cig habit. This worked for me and I never really had a craving for a cig when I finally cut them out all together. About three months into vaping, I did have a stronger than normal thought of cigs. I happened to have some NET tobacco juices that I was going to try for the first time. They were about ready to be vaped after steeping. That helped tremendously. Every once in a while I think about cigs, but never really have that god awful CRAVING for one.