From Day One What Were/Are Your Transition Phases Moving From Analogs To Vaping.

[soba1]

Hey all the reason I am starting this post is because
as we make the transition from analogs do vaping
I would like to know what others have gone through
or are going through.

I am on day 6. My reason for wanting to know is because when I woke up
this morning I had a very strong urge for an analog. Of course since
I didn't have any I started vaping.
My only guess is that while I am still getting the nicotene
is that my body is detoxing the other crap that is in analogs.

Please share I am sure that this will help the very very new
such as myself and others understand the transition process
better helping us all have continued success....

Thanks

 

[JonnyB88]

I bought my first PV during the evening, and didn't use it that night (wanted to fully charge it, set it up, etc.)
The next day, I had three analogs left in an open pack. I vaped all day and smoked those three analogs about 4 hours apart kind of weening myself off of them in a way.
After that, it was all willpower.

It also helps to kind of stay away from smoking triggers right away. Like, for me, I didn't drink the first few days of my vaping.

But, congrats on day 6! Just stick with it, and keep vaping. You got this!

 

[nomadicwookie]

Almost 3 months ago I got my kit. I made sure everything was charged & haven't had an analog since. I felt pretty ill for about 3 or 4 days. The cravings were pretty strong the 1st month. I still get them from time to time. After meals, drinking etc. but they're greatly diminished.

 

[soba1]

But, congrats on day 6! Just stick with it, and keep vaping. You got this!

Thanks.........................................

 

[cmccl]

Hi soba1,

Congrats on ditching the analogs. I recently wrote a post on this topic and how I made the switch. You can find it here: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/blogs/cmccl/4175-how-quit-smoking-start-vaping.html

You can do it!

 

[Smokachino]

I was a pack a day Marlboro Ultra Light smoker (smoked for 30 years ), and "allowed" myself no more than 5 cigs a day at first. That was my limit, and it was easy for me to stay within that limit or even under it. As time went on, the number of cigs decreased and now the only time I really crave a cig is that first one in the morning. I'm still allowing myself that one cig (I'm the kind of person who will do the very thing I'm told I'm forbidden to do ), but I think pretty soon I'll be able to NOT smoke that one, too. Of course, everyone is different, but the important thing is that you're making a positive step in the right direction! Any time you vape instead of smoke is progress!!

Congrats on your day 6!! This forum is full of folks who have successfully quit the stinkies, and you can do it, too

 

[ccase]

Finished the pack I had then vaping only. No analogs in 3 months.

 

[eratikmind]

Some 3 months and 10 days ago, I had smoked my last nail and started vaping. I have never looked back since that time.

- Andy

 

[Beerbrah]

It also helps to kind of stay away from smoking triggers right away. Like, for me, I didn't drink the first few days of my vaping.

Definitely this, drinking is what screwed me up the first two times I tried to start vaping. I didn't drink for 3 weeks after my 3rd attempt, and at the end of that 3 week period when I did drink, I had no problem just sticking to vaping.

 

[jakewi]

Smoked a pack of Camel lights a day. Took up vaping and really struggled for about 8 months with it. I never smoked menthols but as soon as I had my first vape of a menthol juice it changed everything. Not sure if it's the throat hit it gives me or what but since then I've been vape only for 2+ years now.

 

[Smokachino]

Smoked a pack of Camel lights a day. Took up vaping and really struggled for about 8 months with it. I never smoked menthols but as soon as I had my first vape of a menthol juice it changed everything. Not sure if it's the throat hit it gives me or what but since then I've been vape only for 2+ years now.

Yep, that happened with me, too. I love the throat hit an icy juice gives, and that definitely helped me a LOT in the beginning.

 

[candik]

Was off the cigs at the first vape. I did have some thoughts in the back of my head to light up, but it wasn't an insistent "gotta have" kinda thing. Vaping took care of the cravings. However, I did notice that a few days after I started vaping, I wasn't even reaching for my Vamo until several (8 - 13 + !) hours after I had been up. The desire for the nicotine just wasn't there...

 

[MartiP]

I was a 2 or more PAD smoker 6 weeks ago. I started vaping about 2 months ago, and kind of liked it, but still relied on my analogs. For me, I had to make the decision to quit. IOW, after a couple weeks vaping and getting familiar with it, I had to get rid of the cigs and not buy any more - consciously decide to rely solely on my vaping. It wasn't a difficult step, per se, but it was a necessary one for me. Once I got over the psychological "weirdness" of not having my stinkies at hand, that split second of disconnect, it was surprisingly easy. I think for maybe the first week I would find myself absently reaching for/expecting a cig, only to find just my ego at hand. It was.... I think the best description is mildly disorienting for just a second.

But let me tell you what I didn't get: I didn't get panic, horrible cravings, white-knuckle despair at having to "tough out" those cravings, etc. All the stuff I had been through before when quitting (and I have quit several times with many methods over 35 years of smoking) just were not there. My family, who know enough to dread me quitting and batten down the hatches, were pleasantly surprised that I was NOT b**ch on wheels biting everyone's head off or bursting into hysterical tears because SOMEONE left a freaking DIRTY PLATE in the GEEDEE sink and I AM NOT YOUR MAID!!!!! I was..... okay. Surprisingly so.

It was easy enough that in hindsight had I left it alone, I think I might have actually tapered on off and quit without making any conscious choice to do so. BUT, I am not 100% positive of that. I might also have continued smoking (albeit less), as my primary nic fix, with my PV as my crutch and backup method. The PV might have remained "second best." For me, I think I had to make that choice. It wasn't hard. It wasn't a big struggle, that choice. But I still had to make it. Does that make sense?

I knew for certain that I had quit the analogs for good a couple of weeks ago, because The Test came. You know, that horrible, terrible stressful situation that, every time you had quit in the past, made you run up to the drugstore and buy a pack of cigs? The OMG-this-horrible-thing-just-happened-and-I-am-stressed-and-worried-sick-and-I DO NOT CARE, SCREW IT, I WANT A CIG life event? I had one of those. And I didn't smoke. I chain vaped to the point of almost being sick, but I Did. Not. Smoke. It crossed my mind a few times, but not really.... obsessively or anything. If I hadn't had my ego and a nice juice selection, given that particular stressor I would have been up to the corner store in about 5 seconds flat in the past.

So is vaping a bona fide quit smoking miracle? No effort or decision required at all? Nah. Or not for me. But it's the closest thing to one I've ever experienced. By miles. There was still choice, but vaping made the choice EASY. And that's good enough.

 

[mjrhartley]

For me, I wanted to do it a bit differently than previous attempts to stop analogs. I didn't set a "quit date", I didn't say "At the end of this pack I'm not buying any more", I didn't put any pressure on myself whatsoever. After I started vaping I realized that my smoking was decreasing, but it wasn't really even an effort, it just sort of happened.
Before I knew it I had stopped analogs at work. At this point I was still smoking in the morning, at night, and especially in the car on my 35 mile one-way road trip to and from work. So I just took it step by step. I stopped the couple of analogs in the morning, then at night, and after about two weeks of "no-pressure" decreasing... one day I just didn't have any in the car on the way to work. When I thought about how close I was, I chose not to have any on the way home from work. Then I was done. I haven't had a puff since.

The main point for me, and I smoked for 22 years, was the absence of putting any pressure on myself. When I got my Vamo in the mail I started using it, and I kept smoking. The vaping almost did the work for me. As I increased my vaping, the smoking decreased equitably. The last steps were more difficult, the final decision to throw the analogs away and commit fully to vaping was not as easy.

Congrats on where you are, take it easy and breathe... You'll get there, but try to let the process do it's thing, in it's time. There's no rush. With any luck, life will be long and this struggle will be just a blip. You can do it.

 

[MartiP]

mjrhartley, I might have done the same thing, since the first two weeks I had already cut down the analogs drastically without trying. But I think I was afraid of getting "stuck" there, and I had a reason for wanting to quit quickly, so I consciously made the jump.

 

[Bewenched]

For me, I wanted to do it a bit differently than previous attempts to stop analogs. I didn't set a "quit date", I didn't say "At the end of this pack I'm not buying any more", I didn't put any pressure on myself whatsoever. After I started vaping I realized that my smoking was decreasing, but it wasn't really even an effort, it just sort of happened.
Before I knew it I had stopped analogs at work. At this point I was still smoking in the morning, at night, and especially in the car on my 35 mile one-way road trip to and from work. So I just took it step by step. I stopped the couple of analogs in the morning, then at night, and after about two weeks of "no-pressure" decreasing... one day I just didn't have any in the car on the way to work. When I thought about how close I was, I chose not to have any on the way home from work. Then I was done. I haven't had a puff since.

The main point for me, and I smoked for 22 years, was the absence of putting any pressure on myself. When I got my Vamo in the mail I started using it, and I kept smoking. The vaping almost did the work for me. As I increased my vaping, the smoking decreased equitably. The last steps were more difficult, the final decision to throw the analogs away and commit fully to vaping was not as easy.

Congrats on where you are, take it easy and breathe... You'll get there, but try to let the process do it's thing, in it's time. There's no rush. With any luck, life will be long and this struggle will be just a blip. You can do it.

I like your thinking there with the no pressure, it's an interesting journey for sure.....
I just realized I have about 4 analogs in a pack in the pocket of my purse and hadn't touched them or realized they were even there until last night. I'd gone two days without even thinking about them. It's become so very natural to switch over and it tastes SO much better.

 

[mjrhartley]

mjrhartley, I might have done the same thing, since the first two weeks I had already cut down the analogs drastically without trying. But I think I was afraid of getting "stuck" there, and I had a reason for wanting to quit quickly, so I consciously made the jump.

I do understand the fear of just "maintaining" vaping AND analogs... I'm so happy you were able to make that final leap, that's definitely the hard part!

 

[mjrhartley]

I like your thinking there with the no pressure, it's an interesting journey for sure.....
I just realized I have about 4 analogs in a pack in the pocket of my purse and hadn't touched them or realized they were even there until last night. I'd gone two days without even thinking about them. It's become so very natural to switch over and it tastes SO much better.

Good for you... It does sort of sneak up on us, the realization that, "Hey, I'm doing this... it's actually happening"! It's such a good thing! Congrats to you!

 

[Frantic9k]

I got my Ego back in February but still had the urges for a analog really bad. I went from a pack and a half to about 4 a day. Then I got it down to 3 a day. I finally went 2 days without an analog then I bought a pack and was doing 2 a day again. After about 3 weeks I started having issues. I didnt know about this place then and I ended up doing half a pack a day. Soon after I got a new job and moved and found myself back to my normal pack and a half again. I then found a shop close to my new apartment got my issues taken care of but still found myself doing atleast 1 to 2 analogs a day.

I finally broke down and bought a Lavatube, threw my analogs away and I haven't had one yet and no longer have the desire to have one. It has been 11 days now with no problems, I also have this forum now which I have found to drive my need to stay analog free....I just cant stand analogs anymore and it doesn't bug me at all.

 

[Frantic9k]

Yep, that happened with me, too. I love the throat hit an icy juice gives, and that definitely helped me a LOT in the beginning.

I agree as well and I actually add a little menthol to any flavor I use to get that cool throat hit. It seems to add that "harsh" feeling that an analog gives you without all the crap that causes that feeling LOL