I started smoking again. I don't know why, because they taste like crap, but I am just not getting the satisfaction I used to get. I don't know what to do. .... I can't seem to get back in the habit of vaping instead of lighting up. Can't seem to find a juice to satisfy me. Any ideas that might help me kick the habit again?
Having trouble going back to vaping. Back on stinkes..
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I could be wrong, but it sounds like you really don't want to quit smoking. If you are looking for a magic liquid or a magic PV that will make you quit - vaping can't make you quit. It's a way to get there, but it's not a miracle either.
Buy a really expensive mod. Might renew your interest, or at least it will make you vape out of the guilt of wasting your money otherwise.
What have you been vaping on? You might just need a better mod or those whole alcohol tobacco or whatever they're called. If you want to quit but are struggling don't worry too much that you have failed for now and try to ease back in, I know I get days when I could easily smoke even though I know it will taste horrible but I just go do something else till it passes. Anyway good luck with whatever you decide.
Sorry to hear this, HMB. Truly a bummer.
How long have you tried vaping? What devices have you used?
Both my wife and I are one year without analogs because of vaping, but it took a lot of work and experimentation before we were able to completely swear off the analogs. Part of it was that we needed to accept that vaping would not be a totally perfect replacement for cigarettes. But we both knew that, if we could get it close enough, it would suffice. And we found hardware and juice that did the job.
For myself, I don't miss cigarettes at all, although I do enjoy a nice cigar once in a great while. My wife will still get hit with a craving for a regular smoke every so often, but this quickly passes. Out of our friends that we have inspired to quit smoking because of vaping, the vast majority of them love vaping. But we also know a couple that went back to regular smokes.
It does not matter what method one uses to quit smoking. just as long as they quit. Personally, I could care less what a person uses to accomplish this. If walking backwards naked during a solar eclipse works, then so be it.
I remember last November, when I was still smoking, and wishing for an alternative....when I saw a commercial for Blu. "It's not smoke. It's vapor". I was like "WHAAAATTTT????". My first Blu, I coughed and choked, and immediately felt defeated. I felt like this wonderful thing wasn't for me. But I stuck with it. I knew that any major change would require a significant mental investment, so I kept at it. Finally, it felt effective. This led to my first CE4 set-up. Now, I love getting new toys, and have tried a lot of different juices.
So, my advice to you HMB would be to not give up on it. Make a mental note to consciously make a positive change in your life. Accept that vaping might not totally replace cigarettes, but also that it might be enough to keep you smoke-free. I wish you the very best of luck in this, and I truly hope that you manage to stay entirely free from cigarettes.
I agree with the expensive mod purchase idea. Make it so you can't afford to get cigs
Part of my success in vaping was avoiding those areas and situations where I normally would smoke analogs. At the end of my analog journey, I had managed to get down to a 1/4 pack a day and only after work about 7pm. I'd leave the office and drive to the parking lot of a local electronics store and park for about an hour and a half where I'd smoke and listen to the news. When I decided to switch full-time to ecigs, the hardest part was breaking that routine. I would get in the car after work and want to automatically drive on over to that parking lot. For me, the key to successful vaping was making new habits and traditions that would coincide with vaping rather than smoking analogs. I'd encourage you not to vape where you would previously smoke...in fact I'd say don't go to those places for a few months to break that cycle. Once you have built that new mental relationship with vaping, you'll only get the occasional urge to drag on an analog. It is quite liberating.
Part of my success in vaping was avoiding those areas and situations where I normally would smoke analogs. At the end of my analog journey, I had managed to get down to a 1/4 pack a day and only after work about 7pm. I'd leave the office and drive to the parking lot of a local electronics store and park for about an hour and a half where I'd smoke and listen to the news. When I decided to switch full-time to ecigs, the hardest part was breaking that routine. I would get in the car after work and want to automatically drive on over to that parking lot. For me, the key to successful vaping was making new habits and traditions that would coincide with vaping rather than smoking analogs. I'd encourage you not to vape where you would previously smoke...in fact I'd say don't go to those places for a few months to break that cycle. Once you have built that new mental relationship with vaping, you'll only get the occasional urge to drag on an analog. It is quite liberating.
agree 100 percent. only replace my story with driving and a coffee
What device are you using? I was dual use with Erolls and Egos for quite awhile, until I got an istick, and forgot about smoking. Seriously, I finished the ones I had left, just because I had them. Since then I got an Egrip. Happy Camper.
I drift occasionally, but coming back always seems to involve a new toy.
Liquid has never made any difference for me.
I drift occasionally, but coming back always seems to involve a new toy.
Liquid has never made any difference for me.
yea I like what RickyRick said. It's been a progression for me also. Smoked and vaped for at least 8 mo. Finally quit about 2 mo ago. Bought better n better devices and a lot of diff juices. For me it was when I finally found a very satisfying vape I was able to quit. My ADV is Bobas Bounty mixed with The Virus, yummy! Keep at it and don't stop vapin hudson. Good Luck! 
edit: I also got an iStick and that helped a lot as well!
edit: I also got an iStick and that helped a lot as well!
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I am using a bottom feed ignis mod with an a7, or a vtr with a kayfun. I did love bobas. Maybe I should order some.
I was in a similar predicament when i first started vaping. What I found worked for me at the time (2011) was halo torque 56 and a provari purchase. The $200+ spent on the provari made me feel like it was something I needed to stick with, and the torque56 was a very "analog-esque" experience. It was within 6 months that tobacco juices tasted bad to me as I had moved on to organic fruit based juices and other non tobacco flavored juice.
I would echo both Rickajho and Robin: no magic wand; and, WTA might give you more satisfaction so you can abstain from the actual cigarettes.
In the summer after my appendectomy, I was so ill that for 4 days I couldn't vape (or anything else). When the sickness had passed enough that I could stand the thought of vaping, I tried it, and it just tasted awful -- I'd been vaping and smoke-free for about 3 1/2 months, but apparently it was such a recently-acquired taste, 4 days was enough for me to lose the taste for it completely. It was also long enough for cravings to start slapping me around, so I smoked. I had no intention of giving up vaping, so I had to do all over again what worked for me the first time around -- gradually decrease smoking and increase vaping. It took about the same amount of time as the first time around -- about a month -- and worked just as well too, because the more I vaped, the worse the cigarettes tasted, until I finally just couldn't stand the bitterness and burning in my lips any longer.
I had acquired some WTA, during the month I was smoking, which was a very good thing; when I finally put the cigarettes down again, I did fine for about 10 days, but then the cravings came back, just as bad -- so I added the WTA, rather than go back to smoking yet again, and the WTA completely removed the cravings.
But, as stated, there is no magic wand. If you don't truly want to quit and truly make the effort to do so, there is nothing on earth that will do it for you; you have to really try, not just keep smoking and making comments about how you'd love to quit -- if you really want to quit, make the effort; e-cigs, and especially WTA, make it very easy, but they're not magic.
Andria
In the summer after my appendectomy, I was so ill that for 4 days I couldn't vape (or anything else). When the sickness had passed enough that I could stand the thought of vaping, I tried it, and it just tasted awful -- I'd been vaping and smoke-free for about 3 1/2 months, but apparently it was such a recently-acquired taste, 4 days was enough for me to lose the taste for it completely. It was also long enough for cravings to start slapping me around, so I smoked. I had no intention of giving up vaping, so I had to do all over again what worked for me the first time around -- gradually decrease smoking and increase vaping. It took about the same amount of time as the first time around -- about a month -- and worked just as well too, because the more I vaped, the worse the cigarettes tasted, until I finally just couldn't stand the bitterness and burning in my lips any longer.
I had acquired some WTA, during the month I was smoking, which was a very good thing; when I finally put the cigarettes down again, I did fine for about 10 days, but then the cravings came back, just as bad -- so I added the WTA, rather than go back to smoking yet again, and the WTA completely removed the cravings.
But, as stated, there is no magic wand. If you don't truly want to quit and truly make the effort to do so, there is nothing on earth that will do it for you; you have to really try, not just keep smoking and making comments about how you'd love to quit -- if you really want to quit, make the effort; e-cigs, and especially WTA, make it very easy, but they're not magic.
Andria
Yep, no magic wand. Cigarettes are made and delivered so that they are easy. Open the pack, stick in mouth and lite. They add chemicals so that it is easy and consistent every time.
Using a vaporizer takes all those manipulating chemicals away. Just the nicotine. Vaping companies, I'm sure, would like us to use a certain system and only that system, but it is competition with each other. We get choices and that may not be easy. It takes a bit of learning and experimenting. No magic wand.
If you want to quit, you will toss the cigs. You'll get a well-respected system and a back-up. Most importantly, a sufficient amount of nicotine.
That is what I went for. I didn't care about flavor or color or style. I wanted to rely upon something other than cigarettes and I found it. I am grateful, my doctor and my friends are pleased.
Life is a lot better for me.
Using a vaporizer takes all those manipulating chemicals away. Just the nicotine. Vaping companies, I'm sure, would like us to use a certain system and only that system, but it is competition with each other. We get choices and that may not be easy. It takes a bit of learning and experimenting. No magic wand.
If you want to quit, you will toss the cigs. You'll get a well-respected system and a back-up. Most importantly, a sufficient amount of nicotine.
That is what I went for. I didn't care about flavor or color or style. I wanted to rely upon something other than cigarettes and I found it. I am grateful, my doctor and my friends are pleased.
Life is a lot better for me.
Something that helped me get off the analogs was actually to use a lower nic juice and just hit it every couple minutes. Pacifier mode, as my bro called it. Lol. But use something really tasty. For me it was my pina colada juice.
You might want to try to up your nic level to 24, but if that's too strong, I'd get some 24mg of the same juice of your 18mg and mix it 50-50 to make a 21mg concoction.
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