G'day from Australia. Love this Forum.

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Hey folks,

I'm new to this forum & wanted to say G'day to everyone here from Melbourne, Australia.

I quit smoking on the Monday eve prior to Christmas (a week ago- Australian time) & am thrilled. I attribute my success in quitting to "vaping" & to all of you beautiful, kind & supportive people here. I've lurked here for a few weeks & can honestly say you guys are awesome. I'm not on face book or twitter, or any other social media site- so there must be a lot of love/happiness here for me to have joined. As I am not into social media at all. So, thank you all for your inspirational stories; the humorous; the compassionate & intelligent posts I have read here.

I also wanted to say bravo to the inventors of vaporizer's/e-cig's. As I truly believe, I could not have quit smoking without vaping. My first Vape was incredible; I had so much hope riding on its success- due to hearing all the positive stories shared here & elsewhere. I am still in a bit of shock- or rather- stunned amazement regarding quitting my beloved 15 rollie cigarettes a day. You see I enjoyed smoking my Bank tobacco- but have wanted to quit for the last few years, as I was worried (as nearly all smokers would be) about the health risks of smoking. And only recently- I developed a smoking cough in the mornings & felt 'run down' a lot of the time over for the last few yews. The say after turning 35, that the body doesn't heal itself as well at it did hitherto. And I do agree with this. I am now 42 & smoke free- WOO- HOOO!

So, this is a bit of a long post. I just wanted to share my journey so far. And let you all know that without you guys (& most surely-without vaping) I reckon I would still be smoking. You see, even though I wanted to quit a lot of the time, & even though I tried to not smoke to many a day (I would roll my cig's quite thin); I never ever felt that I could quit. I gave up on the idea so many times because frankly the ciggy devil on the shoulder kept saying "you simply cant quit". Well I have quit & today is the first day- after a week without analogues- that I feel I can say I have done it. I have quit smoking. YEAH! YIPPEE! and YEEHAH!

Yesterday, my sixth day- was the worst. But most of the time I have felt pretty okay. Today, however, I feel amazing. My teeth look better already. My cough has simply gone. I can walk so much faster & further (I walk about 30 minutes a day). I cant wait to go back to work- & I plan I starting swimming 50-60 laps twice a week in my local 25 meter pool soon. You see, I used to be an avid swimmer, but I stopped about 2 years ago because I always felt run down after woods & I was embarrassed that I would stink of ciggie's whenever I walked into the leisure centre.

Okay, sorry to ramble on. I shall sca-doodle off now. I'll endeavor to write here about my progress as often as I can, & I hope to chat with ya'all & respond to posts when I am on this site.

All the very best to everyone here for the new year. Thanks again. Shazyzen. :)
 
Thanks & LOL. I do like American accents & would love to visit the great USA someday.... but I'm 42. However, I do have a work acquaintance in New York right now whose under 30- hmm- LOL. Lucky her, I can't imagine how amazing it would to be in America on New Years eve. It's really quiet in my area right now- it seems everyone has gone away... Happy Vaping!
 

Tinkiegrrl

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Congrats on quitting, and welcome to ECF! It really is amazing when you start feeling so much better. At first, I coughed up what looked like black pieces of tar. It was my lungs starting regain their functionality, and expelling the toxins I've been smoking in for 16 years. That visual, paired with the fact that cigarettes quickly became quite nasty to me after vaping cherry for a while had me convinced that I'm never going back to smoking. Now, my smokers cough is gone, and amazingly a cold has just been a cold so far this year. I have two kids, and the germs they brought home from school in the fall and winter always sent me to the dr with bronchitis. Not this year though! It amazed me to see I was able to kick it without medication.
 

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Thanks & LOL. I do like American accents & would love to visit the great USA someday.... but I'm 42. However, I do have a work acquaintance in New York right now whose under 30- hmm- LOL. Lucky her, I can't imagine how amazing it would to be in America on New Years eve. It's really quiet in my area right now- it seems everyone has gone away... Happy Vaping!

Congratulation on quitting. What helps me when I get an urge, I will start to build coils. This helps me take my mind off of all the stresses during the day. Good luck in your endeavor, by the way the people in Australia are the ones with the accents.:lol:

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MD_Boater

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Thanks & LOL. I do like American accents & would love to visit the great USA someday.... but I'm 42. However, I do have a work acquaintance in New York right now whose under 30- hmm- LOL. Lucky her, I can't imagine how amazing it would to be in America on New Years eve. It's really quiet in my area right now- it seems everyone has gone away... Happy Vaping!

Well now you have LOADS of acquaintances in the US. I am in Maryland, and have always wanted to visit your beautiful country. There is a town about 500km to the NE of you that bears my last name. I have always wanted to visit there, even though it is in the middle of nowhere in New South Wales. I just want to get my picture taken next to the city hall building, or whatever y'all have doen there. If you ever make it stateside, I'd be more than happy to give you a tour of Maryland and Washington DC.

Best of luck to you!
 
Hey Tinkiegrrl. Thanks for your reply. Congrats to you on quitting analogues. I agree re: colds & kids & smoking & being susceptible to infections & bronchitis etc. Fortunately, I didn't cough up any phlegm or tar- which I must say surprised me, since everyone said I would. I put that down to the fact that I smoked very thin rollies & only 15 thin ones per day. I have heard of so many nasty effects from tailor made analogues. Not to say rollies aren't bad, they just don't have as many chemical's in them... well that is what I believe to be true. I would like to find out more about tailor made vs rollies effects etc... some time soon.

I work at a swimming school so I'm constantly surrounded by kiddie germs; & being in a humid environment germs go through the place like wild-fire. I tended to get the flu every march due to the change in whether & catching cold from kids etc. But I mostly avoided serious infections due to a daily intake of vitamin C & B tablets. Still, I would often feel run down & that persistent morning cough I developed just recently was really annoying. I kept thinking why smoke if your gonna cough & feel tired & sickly so often. Boy those stinkies get a hold on ya...

Therefore, I am so, so very happy to hear yours & other stories. Vaping sure is a miracle in my eyes. I have been raving about Vaping to everyone. Cheers to ECF also. And Good Health to you Tinkigrrl. :toast:
 
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