Get to know your fellow PIF'ers!

[Starchild47]

Hey everyone:
This is so cool to get to know everyone better! So, I will bite! I am sort of new here to the PIF family. I am Kim, married for 17 years to Mark. I have 4 kids who are 30,26,13, and 11. I also have 4 furbabies who are about as much trouble as the two legged kids here at home. I am a hobby breeder of toy poodles on a very limited basis. I spend too much time spoiling their raggedy behinds to do much with breeding.

I started smoking when I was 16 and have been wanting to quit for several years now. I have tried several different methods including the patches, Chantix, Wellbutrin, the gum, you name it. None of it ever really made me want to stop for any length of time. I still had the craving and the want to have that thing between my fingers and in my mouth. I heard about the e-cigs from a board member over at workplacelikehome. She was talking about how she and her husband got them and they had smoked heavily for years and since they had used these had not smoked another cig. I was intrigued and did a lot of research. She pointed me over here to the forum.

I bought my first Ego kit in May. I started using it and decided I would not pressure myself. This was always a big thing for me. Stress would make me want to smoke much more. I had gotten to the point I was only smoking 1-3 cigs a day. I was about ready to throw them away then I found out I was allergic to PG. This has really set me back a bit. I have had to revamp all my supplies. This right in the middle of a big old slump in the financial dept so I have had to slowly get my supplies working again.

Anyway, I know that I can do this and I will. Now my big thing is to get hubby off his smokes. I finally got him to try my e-cig the other day. He was amazed it was so much like the "real thing" I did get him to agree to try it out. SIGH Now to get him to do it. I think I would be much better off if no one was imbibing the other stuff here.

Far as what I do, I was a nurse for over 20 years, I then became a massage therapist. My back decided it had other ideas. I had DJD and sciatica. We then find out I have scoliosis that no one had ever diagnosed. It is progressive. I had a fusion of my discs that failed in 06. Now I have a spinal cord stimulator in and control it with that and medication. I am pretty much disabled and have to work out of my home when I am able to. I do creative and freelance writing as well as some other endeavors which help out when I can.

I am sure that is much more than you wanted to know but when you ask a writer something.........you get the rest of the story LOL!!!!

 

[Sallana]

I'm Lynne. 22 years old. Married for a year, known him for 8. Been in love with him for 4. We played Dungeons and Dragons online together. Then we started talking through IM. We fell in love before we even touched each other. I met him when I was 18, we conceived our child when I was 19, then he moved in with me (He lived in the same state, but on the other end, as far away as he could be and still be in the same state.). Our son was born when I was 20. We got married when I was 21. Things moved pretty fast for us.

When he met me, or shall I say, when he first came to see me, I was living alone in a one bedroom apartment and just barely surviving. Thank god for Ramen noodles, right? I still find it funny that I had barely enough money to eat, but won't I be damned, I had plenty for cigarettes and internet.

The person I was before he met me, is not the same as the person I am now. Two completely different personalities. Some of you would be surprised to know what I was like. He's changed me and all for the better. I think maybe my son has something to do with that too. I've hospitalized 6 people in my life time, all before I met him. Luckily it was considered 'Self Defense', so I never got charged with anything. I've been beaten, raped, mentally abused, tortured and abandoned.

But it's okay because that was a different life. I can't believe how O.K. I turned out, and it's all thanks to him. There's not much more to tell you about myself, I'm still growing and learning what it is to be alive. I was not a person before Sam came along, so I don't see a reason to give much more of a history.

I'm a professional website designer and currently working on my degree in Business Management Web Development.

Since I'm a student who needs to build a portfolio and acquire some good references, I work for pretty cheap.

 

[lmrasch]

What a great thread, it's been nice to read the back stories of all you great people, thanks for starting it Blue .

Warning: LONG STORY...you may want to take a pass, lol!

My name is Lanette, am 50 y/o housewife, married to the love of my life Jeff for 32 years. Our daughters are 30 and 29 and a son who is 26, and I am so proud of each of them. We also have 3 adorable grandkids, my heart is so blessed...7 y/o Hunter George, little red head brainiac who loves God and will sit on the front porch singing praise songs, so cute! Lily Rose 5 who is truly Lil Ms Sunshine (early rising bundle of energy) and Charlise Ann 5 also...the girls are 10 days apart . Charlise (Charlie) is such a rough and tumble, cute little bug that loves riding her pony and hardly hollered when the pony stepped on her toe and nearly took her toenail!

We have a Border Terrier named Jeep...such a clown. Our 2 Brussels Griffons Bella and Bambi are fierce, lol...tiny little bat dogs that think they rule. We also have a cat named Wills, sweetest little manx cat in the whole world.

My parents live in a MIL suite attached to our home and our daughter and 2 grandkids live with us....such a joy and still a lot of work! When I'm wiping fingerprints off the windows and cleaning up spilled milk, or answering the pager from my Mother for the 100th time in a day, I have to remind myself how truly blessed I am.

I started smoking when I was 10, my Mom smoked and would leave her packs of cigs all over the house, so it wasn't too hard for my sis and I to swipe a pack and go up to the canal or behind the barn to smoke. Although in 8th grade, I tested college level in most studies, I found it difficult to sit in school all day long without having access to cigarettes. Many days I would skip school and by my Freshman year I dropped out. Cigarettes controlled my life by the time I was 13 years old!

When I was 27 y/o I went to a Christian Woman's Retreat and a wild Evangelical woman preacher prayed for me to quit smoking, lol! I flat out told her I had tried many times before and with many tears...her prayers weren't going to work for me. I said I'd most likely go out and purchase another pack to replace the ones I had just threw into the fireplace. Well, she prayed for me anyway....and TRUTH BE TOLD? I really quit . It was amazing, I had NO DESIRE for cigarettes, I had been delivered!

Fast forward to age 40...I will call this my mid-life crisis...I flew from PDX to Maryland to a dog show and stayed with some fellow Rottie owners there. They smoked like chimneys inside their home...you know, without opening the flue! I became ill...overwhelmed by the cigarette smoke. My only thought was that if I tried one, maybe I wouldn't feel so sick, that was a bad move! One led to another and by the time I got home I was a full on smoker once more. BTW...I also came home with my first tattoo, !

I became so distraught over smoking, I felt I let my husband and family down....but mostly myself....I was ashamed. Here I was, not too long before I had been a Pastors wife, delivered from smoking by the hand of God and I went back to the chains....that cigarette drug me outside in rain, sleet and snow...and eventually I started smoking in my house. I actually had a difficult time when the kids would bring the grandbabies over and sometimes couldn't wait for them to leave so I could light up in the house again. Having people over was embarrassing...my house smelled like ...., literally. Thankfully, I knew my relationship with God was not lost just because I smoked, but I really hated setting such a crappy example of one who had NO CONTROL over the things I did to my body....my grand testimony of what God had done for me the first time was lost, or so I thought anyway.

In late July, I was listening to one of my favorite pastor podcasts via itunes and he was talking about things that hindered us in our lives. Things that we are doing right now that have brought us shame, or kept us from truly feeling free. He simply said pray....Pray that God would show you a creative way to let go of what has a hold on you. God is Creator and wants for us not to be hindered in any way from living our life to the fullest, he will make a way...just be open for hearing his voice. Well, I knew this to be a truth, but had been too ashamed to even ask him for his help on this matter because I had taken for granted that free gift he had so generously given me before...(btw..my problem, not his, lol)...So, I did just that! I prayed that He would show me a creative way to quit .

Two days later, my daughter called me and asked me to look up Ms. T's Bakery for her. I asked her what the heck was Ms. T's...she said it was a place to purchase liquid for the electronic cigarette. I was stymied...a place that brews juices for e cigs, huh? Well, I told her that those electronic cigarette thingys had been banned in Oregon a year ago, it was all over the news. But she was the insistent daughter she had always been and asked me to PLEASE LOOK IT UP! When I got off the phone and looked up Ms. T's, I thought...hmmm...now why would a place be selling this stuff if it was banned?....Wouldn't all states have banned these things if they were that dangerous?.........AND.....that's when I found a post from someone on this forum....that e cigs in Oregon had NOT been banned, it was pure propaganda.

The wheels started spinning in my head...well...hadn't I just prayed that God would show me a creative way to quit smoking? This seemed pretty creative to me, so....I read the forum. Most of the posts I read for noobs on which PV to purchase was the Joye 510, so I ordered one. Thus began my journey...

Here is one of my first posts on e cig forum:

July 30th, 2010
I am totally BLOWN away!
Hi all...new to the forums here. Thanks for having me.
Today is the first day of my journey to quitting smoking real cigs. I have been a pack and a half smoker of Camel Light 99s for about 10 years. Have tried to quit many times via various methods:
Patch
Gum
Inhaler
Cold Turkey
All coupled with XANAX - No joke

I purchased the Joye 510 and some great liquid from Backwoods Brew and I am REALLY enjoying NOT smoking, lol! It really stuns me how much I am enjoying vaping...Just like the real McCoy...only the taste is even better than cigs...same great throat hit and feel that you get in your mouth from a real cig, it even looks like smoke is coming from your mouth. NONE of the odor, ashes, ashtrays and when setting down your cigs while busy with your hands does not waste the rest of the cig....no worries about burning anything...this is truly AMAZING! I don't even want a real cig and can't beleive it to be true! When I tried all those other methods, I was a bundle of nerves and constantly on edge...so badly trying to figure out what to do with my time and hands and cravings...now, I have something to do with my hands, and have NO CRAVINGS....

Thanks to the developers of this site....I am so encouraged by other's success stories and all the information here.

I especially want to thank Donald Krum from Backwoods Brew...he has been very helpful to me on the start up process....and answered many of my questions. His Applewood Tobacco is out of this world delicious...Thanks Donald
End of Post

Today I am still a huge Backwoods Brew fan...vaping on peach right now...so yummy . Don truly did help me with problems with my first set up, which by the way I quickly drawered for a bigger PV, the ProVape1 vs.2 and then on to the eGo.

I love the ProVape when I really want to show off, or just for a different feeling vape, but my eGo is my go to PV...And this forum has become my 24/7 new addiction , it is amazing to see how real people are here, how helpful and giving and human. Thanks for being here for me and I hope to do the same for others.

BTW, my daughter and 3 other heart adopted children have all taken up vaping and are dropping their cigarette addiction, how heart warming is that?

Moral of my story...God sends miracles in many different ways, just gotta keep your heart's ears open.

Hey Cyia..guess I like smiley faces too

 

[Vchick]

Morning, my name is Vicki, been moking since I was 15, started vaping with a overpriced kiosk e-cig, July 2010. Single, 3 furbabies, Caesar (my avitar) currently, Cleo my torti, and Gus gus the puppy (my other avitar). My niece Morgan is my rock, she's just left for OSU and from the time she was a baby, I would say ciao baby when I would get ready to leave after visiting. One day she blurted out "cow baby" she thought that's what I was saying all those years, now it's our little thing and everytime we talk, she tells me she loves me and cow baby!

I remember hearing about these things (e-cigs) several years ago, but this summer my neighbors were talking about getting one to help them quit mokeing. I jumped on, I have COPD mainly because of chronic bronchitis and chemical exposure from being a nail tech. for 15 years. The breathing was really making just short walks extremely difficult.

The first couple of days I had a few cigs, but I don't think I've had one at all in over 6 weeks. I ran across my "back up mokes" in my purse the other day, old habits die hard, I checked it first before I finally chucked it into the trash! I'm a die hard mixed media crafter and homeowner, golfer, gardner.

I think I'm getting a bad reputation (all brought on by myself no less!) as being witty, sarcastic and a men basher. But seriously boB and Lox, it's all just banter, I don't really dislike men, they all have a place mind you.!!!!!

I like long walks on the beach, I'm an Aquarius, oooops my bad, wrong thread.....!

Been moking VG menthol as long as I can remember, have been hooked into the diy juice thing, so far have tried all the coffees, blackberries, blueberries, so far my fav mix has been pineapple upsidedown cake from DIY flavorshack with a little menthol coolness added. I love PIF, have received many packages from wonderful folks and slowly getting my stuff out as well.

Tuck, you talking about chia reminded me of my father calling my mother his little "chia pet" when she was sick, it helped during those times to make us laugh, my mom couldn't stand her wig, but would put it on to apease others who couldn't deal with her beautiful little bald head. I'd give anything to be able to see it again.

Ripple, happy be-lated anniversary!

beohb - where's you're better half here? just kidding I think you're a riot and more like my own family than anyone I've known for quite some time, I'd be honored for you to call me a friend!

Lox, Oh Lox, where are you? We need to know what you're min-pins name is, speak up and introduce yourself.

I gotta get ready for work, but need to check the chat from last nite first, for any more senseless atty deaths....lol

Vicki

 

[bluedove3]

It's so great to get to know you all a little better. I'll post again later when I have time to reply to everyone!

 

[markfm]

We still think you're a big nerd, but we're also nerds

 

[Prism]

Name is Prism or Christy. 50 years old smoked for 37 years an started vaping in June on my 50th bday.
Been married to my childhood sweetie for 33 years. WE have 2 kids, daughter is 36 (yep preg when I was 13 an hubby was 15) and a son who is 33. Two grandkids, grandson is almost 16 and granddaughter is almost 15.
For now living in an apt above my parents garage so I can keep an eye on them because they dont want to move out of the house they raised us 5 kids in (just in case one of us falls on hard times and needs a place to go).
I was front office manager of a resort in Lake Geneva,Wi for 12 years and now I make glass beads in my lovely studio overlooking the beautiful Wisconsin countryside (spare bedroom). My husband is a landscaper in the summer specializing in rock walls and waterfalls. He does carpentry in the winter remodeling old houses.
We are the head of a non for profit group called Tribes of the Blue Rose that educates people on the British Romano Celts around 400-600 BC doing a lot of Scottish ad Irish festivals and going into schools, colleges and museums. Look us up sometime when your bored. Husband also makes armor for extra money.
Started with a 510 graduated to an ego which is my main device but also have a little sister.

 

[Lorizgal]

HI, and welcome to all the new members.

My name is Michelle or Myshell (that's what the kid calls me and whole nother story in itself). I met my wonderful partner on line, back in June of 1999, we have been together since August of 1999. I had to go back and finish my work in Carrollton, TX. L, my partner has never smoked (well only when I was smoking and at the bar, did she dabble). We stopped the bar life in 2005, when we got full custody of both her children. But of course I continued to smoke and it was easy, we lived in southern NM where the weather only has an issue about 4 days a year. I have never smoked in the house since getting together with L.

In December of 2005 we moved to Northern Lower Michigan, because L had gotten a job here (in radio), well now she sells insurance. The youngest child moved with us and has just blossomed being here. She has a 3.98 in HS is a senior at age 16 (she skipped a grade when we moved here). She will have 12 college credits when she enters NM Tech next year. She plays basketball and throws discus in track and field and runs the 4x100 relay. She has been a real joy to have in my life.

We have had a ferret rescue since April of 2007. Someone had to stay home and take care of the ferrets (present ferrets include Bugz, KC, Twilight, Marcus and Zeva) and dogz (Gizmo, Mr. T, and Sunni) while they went back to NM.
The ferret rescue is closing soon, by the end of this year, and we will be moving back to SW in June of 2011. Thank God!!!

Last October (2009) I was in a car accident, I had a hit a huge deer (I only remember the ear) and was brought down with a severe case of sciatica. I had medical treatments to include, massage, chiropratic care, medications and Physical Therapy. AT that poiint in my life I was down to smoking only about 1/2 a pack, well then this happened and I started slowly going back up to much more but never more than a pack a day. I had gone from mokeing VS Menthol lights 120's to American Spirits Menthol lights 100's, thinking this might help me. But every morning when I would get up and every night around 2am I would have a Coughing fit, one that almost took a lung out. I was snoring out of control.

In December, L, talked to a co-worker of hers and he had started vaping a 104, I think that is what it is. So I went to the local store and got one. The batteries barely made it to work and back again (I live 20 miles from work).............so because I had not found this forum as of yet. I bought "the best e cig on the planet" - greensmoke the E9 and dumped a total of 160.00 in to it. What a scam! The batteries also do not have long life to them. It sucked royally.

L was not very happy with me at this point (as I was spending allot of money), I had to find a battery that lasted longer, so I bought a 510 passthrough with in line battery and that was that, I had found what I needed for awhile at least. I had also, bought a back up box mod both came from madvapes. I had made my own juice from some wintergreen that I had also gotten from madvapes.

In March, I found that I no longer had a full time job waiting for me. I went back to work one day a week after the accident in October.
In April, I found another job, fulltime, no bennies, but lot's of money..because I was working lots of hours. I also found ECF and did alot of lurking without ever making an account. Then in June, I think it was I made an account when I found PIF.

In June, I had a motor cycle class and I fell off the bike while doing a stop/start excercise, because I hit the throttle instead of the brake. When I fell, I landed on both knees, off the high side of the bike. I broke my right tibia..............have been off of work ever since.............have attempted to get disability because of DJD, fibro, peripheral neuroapathy, chronic depression, osteoarthritis, PTSD, and a sleeping disorder, but to no avail, so far.

Back to work I go in the middle of October.

In the last year, since October 2009, I have only worked about a total of 3 months.
I have been cigarette free since May 2010, I think, I have had one or two while I was working. But they were other people's cigarettes. I haven't bought any since March, 2010. I am rather happy about that.

Well that's me in a nutshell.

 

[asharp22]

Hi ya'll! I've been here for a while, I think people are starting to recognize me, and I've made some friends and family here. My name is Lexi (Short for Alexis) and I live with my two kids and boyfriend (eventually to be husband....) on the west coast.

Last spring, we took the kids to Disney Land, where you can only smoke in a few areas. I decided I would drop the cigs that day and start the patch. I did fine on Saturday and Sunday while we were there .Then the dreaded third day off cig's came. Monday... I thought I was going to kill someone, and even with 20+ people in offices near me, no one smoked! I was determined to find something.

I had heard of e-cigs from the Blu cigs advertisements on craigslist, so I googled them and found a few places in town that I thought might sell them. I went to 6 places on my lunch hour, the last stop being a 7-11 where I saw a sign saying they had them. I picked up an xhale 02 (JUNK!!!!) and I was making it through the rest of the day just fine. When I got back to work though, I started looking to get more information about them, and I found the forum. I picked up a Joye 510 from cignot and used that until last week when my Riva came from East mall. Amazing! I love both of them. I've dabbled into DIY and enjoy that, but mods are too far over my head. Still, since April I've had one cig (two weeks after because my battery died) and it was horrible! I know that I'll never go back to smoking analogs again, and it makes me, my BF and kids very happy. Now I try to convert all the smokers that I know and get them to see the light of vaping!

 

[DemonCowboy]

my given name is Tim, though i'm called different nicknames by different people (demon, and cowboy are both included but that's a whole other story.) Truth is, I don't care much what i'm called, if i don't like it, i simply won't respond to it *shrug*. Male obviously, 31, smoking since i was 10, separated, because of and contributing even more to the fact that (short and sweet instead of finding just what the character limit is on a post, and i'm called this enough by people who like me anyway,) i'm a mess, best just to leave it at that as there are posts out there that show a small portion of it anyway.

I started out with and am still most commonly seen using a 901 atty w/ either cart, or a home-made drip tip. though I've recently been introduced to the 801 and like it, just don't have more than 1 stock battery for it yet <--key word. I"ve found that I really like to mod I find it fun, and it keeps me busy when my limited resources allow for it, plus, it's been helping me get by w/ limited resources because when I can find interested parties I trade my modding ability for parts and/or juice.

might as well explain another small part of the mess i am to show where i sit. I graduated H.S. w/ a special diploma not because I was slow but more for emotional issues (intentionally vague) I rejected the idea that i had a disability or was deficient in any way and so went out into the world and made my way "i'll show them" well at that time I had no trouble finding work, and when i had a problem w/ the job, i either quit, creatively found a way to get fired, or simply lost interest and eventually made a fire-able mistake. but I worked in several different fields and became a jack of all trades. up until everything went south i wasn't so good at keeping a job, but i was never w/o 1. now, w/ a 10p. job history and the way things are in the job market it seems i'm pretty much unhireable. I take what odd jobs I can find but it's harder since coming back from the UK w/ little more than 2 bags to my name and head still reeling from the awful misjudgement of the woman who was supposed to be my wife, when apparently friends and other's opinions mean more than whether or not she was cared about and doted on etc. (sorry for the tangent) the point is, that makes it even more difficult w/o my own transportation, bank account, or even phone.

I found PIF while soaking up all there was to know here for my best friend who is supposed to be quitting for his job to keep his medical insurance. I thought I could play w/ this nifty toy in support of my friend and not quit smoking. I do still bum 1 off him 1ce in awhile (he doesn't really want to quit and thinks it's a hassle to explain to ppl etc so doesn't want to use his) But I wanted to try all the neat flavors and have myself accidentally weened myself off the tobacco flavor and don't like it but that 1 i bum 1ce in awhile is for the other things in cigs that ppl get addicted to that i've unknowingly self medicated w/ for years. Anywho, right, PIF, I came here when I realized i grossly underestimated how long juice would last so i'm ashamed to say my first post in this group was begging in the wants and needs thread. I called it a want but i was, in no uncertain terms, corrected. and the rest i've been mostly trading for and a few REALLY nice people have went well above and beyond in carrying me when I still don't really understand why. I do what i can when I can though because I found this place and the people here blew me away. at a time that i thought the entire world was an cold, hard, evil place that i honestly wanted no part of, these people here have given me hope that maybe it's not all like that and perhaps I can maybe find some little patch of goodness to make a life out of.

wow, told u i was a mess...lol didn't mean to type that much... feel free to just smile, nod and back away slowly, i won't take it personal.

 

[asharp22]

wow, told u i was a mess...lol didn't mean to type that much... feel free to just smile, nod and back away slowly, i won't take it personal.

can I ask for a mod trade instead of the above options....? I have lots of juice

 

[Darkwitless]

Darkwitless: Hi all. I'm 43, married for 20 years to a great guy and we have 3 sons:16,13 & 10. We moved around quite a bit the first 13 years and returned just south of my home town area 7 years ago. I work 2 part time jobs. It's hard to stay in your field when you keep moving! My jobs are very flexible and I work around my boys schedules. My boss for the main job is my neighbor. I've been truly blessed.

I started smoking when I was a freshman in high school. Quit with each pregnancy- the only times I've been able to quit "successfully" because the smell/taste would make me heave!. Managed to start again during each move or "emergency". Always felt like I'd re-met 20 of my best friends!

Been wanting to quit for several years as I've been a semi-closet smoker. Unless you were my neighbor or had known me a loooog time you didn't know I smoked. I was becoming a paranoid smoker. Looking around at stop lights etc. to make sure I didn't recognize anyone or their car before I flicked my ash or took a drag. Hubs has never been a smoker and I was hiding how much I spent on smokes from him, which is a recipe for trouble in our household!

I kept hearing about an electric cig on the radio - one of those "free" offers. And kept telling my friend I was going to check into it. But never did.

Then July 25th my 47 yr old brother in law had a heart attack. He's not over weight. No high BP. No high cholesterol. But he smoked almost 2 pad. Sitting with my sister and his parents in the waiting room while he had a heart cath. Waiting for the bleeding in his femoral artery to stop. Sitting with my sister as she told their children (13,8 & 4) about "Daddy". Listening to tell her oldest that No, she couldn't promise daddy wasn't going to die. Just kicked me in the gut. 3 days later after being released just hours earlier from the hospital he had another one. This time my sis wasn't home as she was at the pharmacy, and her 13 yr old had to call her and call 911. Thankfully, another good outcome.

That night while chatting with her neighbor on the front porch smoking, the neighbor told me how her ex had quit with a PV. I asked where he got it and found out that there is a guy who sells them at a local Flea Mkt. On August 1st I bought my first 510 kit. Found this site the 2nd. Had my last analog on Aug 5th.

I've upgraded to an Riva - but still use to 510 - and am just now toying with cartomizers. I'm checking out the DIY because my goal is 0 nic (to get hubby off my back! lol) and am currently vaping mostly 6mg.

I'm a chronic volunteer and charter member of the Volunteer Protection Association - "Stop Me before I Volunteer Again!" (see, we even have a motto!) I have a BA in Finance and Mkting and once upon a time worked in brokerage as an assistant while studying for my license and realized that was not my cup of tea - and then in Trust Services. I've met some great people working as a volunteer for a women's shelter in 2 different communities, a pre-school Sunday teacher and a PTO volunteer, coming off a 3 yr term on the PTO. I'm a former Soccer Mom become Cross Country mom and I love to cook, hate to clean, and my goal in life is to raise 3 wonderful men to become happy, productive members of society. See, I'm not looking for much from life

 

[Darkwitless]

Sallana: I believe that we are responsible for our own happiness, however I KNOW there are people in life who can bring out the best in us or drag us to hell with them. Ultimately it still rests on you to make that decision. How wonderful that you have found that someone who helps you find the "best" in you. No matter where life takes you, you've now found "it" and can't deny all that it is awesome in you. Happiness and contentment are found within. Sometimes we just need someone to show us how to bring it out and let it shine!

 

[HyOnLyph]

Hey Jamie and everyone. I like this thread. Very cool.
My name is Gary. 'round here I go by that or Hy. I'm 57, male. non-smoker (although this e-cig thing is so cool I've been known to take a few puffs now and then to test a flavor. ) I'll explain all of that in a minute.

I have a wonderful wife of 25 years, a son and a daughter (and son in law)... plus 2 granddaughters. I love being a husband, dad and grandpa. We are involved in family and anything they are doing whether soccer, community theater, or just hanging out. Our daughter works with autistic kids and our son is a "starving" author who is a very deep thinker / philospher.

My wife and I, have 7 women in our home who are in recovery. I came here because I heard a "free ecig" commercial on the radio. Turned out to be a rip-off but got me interested. Most of our girls smoke. We didn't want to burden them with more than they could handle by requiring that they quit. But to be honest, the stale smoke really stinks, even though they smoke outside. So I started investigating. We currently have 4 women who are voluntarily using ecigs to one degree or another. PIF people and SmokeStik have been amazing with donations to help us get started. I am amazed by the hearts of this group.

I am a self employed environmental / medical research consultant (via telecon mostly) to provide for the home. It's pretty rough sometimes but I love the work and the freedom. It allows me to be here for most of the "immediate crisis situations" that pop up. My wife also volunteers and a Women's Chaplain at the local county jail. (we are both ordained so she can get in pretty easy to visit the ladies)

My wife and I have been through all of the ups and downs of life together. We've tried to always be "for" each other (on each other's side), no matter what we face. It's worked pretty well for us. And her being an angel doesn't hurt either.

I hang around because all of this is facinating to me, I love the people and I want to pay it forward too. I have the type of personality that if I'm in, I'm in all the way. Plus I LOVE gadgets. And so I've been gathering all of the info I can about the how's and why's of ecigs. I've even thought about experimenting with building a mod.

I guess that's about it. Thanks for starting this thread. You are all awesome.

 

[HyOnLyph]

wow, told u i was a mess...lol didn't mean to type that much... feel free to just smile, nod and back away slowly, i won't take it personal.

You've encouraged me more than once in other threads... so no backing away here. You are great in my book.

 

[Cinjay]

Hi all, I am very new too. I have joined the PiF and am trying to become more involved. My name is Cindy and I am 48, mother of four, 32,24,22,14. I lost my oldest son 2 years ago this November to suicide. He was my best friend and have yet to come to terms that he is gone. I started smoking when I was nine, thanks to two sisters who thought is was funny! After my son passed I was up to 3 packs a day and having a lot of problems health wise. Surgeries too many to mention and severe depression really takes a toll on your body. I have a brand new grand daughter, Lilianna, who I adore,she is almost 5 months old. I think she had a lot to do with me deciding to try to quit. The day I started to think about it, I got an e-mail for the Blu e-cig. Ordered it without even thinking about it, I took it as a sign that it was what I was suppose to do. Right after my order went through a pop-up came up to this web site. Immediately ordered the V4l kit. Got the kit on my 48th birthday, July 19th, and have not touched a cigarette since. Haven't even had a craving for one. I cannot get over how fast I took to it. I have been on this site everyday since. There are so many great people on here. I love to lurk and read your stories. You are all just so caring and understanding to so many, that are basically complete strangers. It touches my heart to know that there are people out there that still care.

 

[debb]

Cindy, so sorry about your son....and I love the name Lilianna...so pretty...

 

[Cinjay]

Thank you so much! Lilianna Grace. She is as pretty as her name!

 

[debb]

Thank you so much! Lilianna Grace. She is as pretty as her name!

Oh...now it's even more pretty...They go together great..

 

[bluedove3]

I'm going to have to take these a few at a time, I don't want to leave anyone out! Thanks so much for sharing with me!

Welcome blue! I am new here too(alittle over a month) I have made a few PIF's now and should be getting package that will make piffing easier! My real name is Kaderick, I am married(5 1/2 years) I have three girls 12, 4, and 3. I will be unemployed on friday the 24th so Am trying to build alittle stock quickly. I am taking a motorcycle tech course and hope to transition into that soon. My 12 year old has type 1 diabetes, but is healthy (thank you Lord!). I guess thats about it for me any other questions just ask.

My goodness! Are you the sole testosterone bearer in your house? Poor dear!
I have a friend who also has a daughter about that age who is type 1... she was telling me about the troubles they were having with the school nurse messing up her calculations with the insulin. It must be so hard! I'm glad to hear your daughter is well!

Welcome first off to the ECF and to PIF! I am somewhat new as well, started vaping August 13th. My name is Cyia or Carrie, either or works. I am married 4 years (been together 6), 23 and have two kids. Yay for starting early right? Got a head start so to speak. My daughter is 4 and my son is 9 months I love to draw, create things and play games. Hubby and I have been franticly searching for jobs since April of this year with no luck yet. My art keeps us a float along with my grandma currently. I got on this forum, spent 4 whole days of doing nothing but research and we saved up and bought our first 510 kit to share. And now we have a riva kit we share together.

Husband had been smoking since he was 11 and I started when I was 16. It's been so nice changing our lives from vaping. Meeting all these wonderful people. Getting away from the smoke, our children are happier, it's a blessing.

And you are an awesome Wife for doing all this for your husband My husband isn't a forums type of guy either so he kinda goes with the flow and gets all his info from me, which isn't hard since all i do is research and play around on these forums and sites XD and I'm a jabber jaws.. LOL

Awesome to meet ya and Hope all goes well!

P.s. I like smilies!

Hey, the great thing about starting early is you can be be DONE early. You'll still have some energy to make use of your free time when it comes!
Thank you for the compliment! Although my efforts to help him with the vaping is far from self-less! I'm super excited to have SOMETHING to do to help him kick the tobacco monkey to the curb.
All I could do before is nag and whine... and you know how well that works!

I read it!

I'm 41, have a beaufiful baby girl, Livi, who is 19 months old. I stay at home with her and my partner of 13 years, Beth, works outsided the home. I keep another baby a few days a week.

I have degenerative joint disease and have good and bad days, but mostly good.

I prefered to be called Chelle, although my full name is Michelle.

I started vaping in November of 2009 and my devices of choice are a 510 eGo or a 3.7v box mod...and sometimes I break out the standard 510 auto batts to get more of a "smoking a cig" sensation. Love Boge cartomizer, either standard or low resistance...and have new found love for low resistance atty's after thinking I'd hate atty's for life.

Best of luck to Tim! If you guys need anything, let us know!

Your Livi is just a few months older than my Chloe. They are so much fun at this age! She just keeps me in grins and giggles... most days anyway!
Sorry to hear about your joint issues. I have regular old osteoarthritis made worse by carrying around too much extra weight, but my feet are my major issue... flat feet/fallen arches/plantar faciitis. Makes it hard to get anything done!