Hello.

[maxdel]

My name is Chris, but I go by maxdel. I like video games, computer repair, triage/troubleshooting on computers, and vaping.

I quit cigarettes, or analogs, on the first of July, and it was quite by accident as I had taken up vaping as an initial gimmick since everyone around me, coworkers, family, & friends, all took it up as well.

I have never made a better decision, and in two days I'll have went a month without a cigarette. I am quite excited about this!

I have been experimenting a lot with vaping. My goal is to know everything about it so that I may instruct others on what I know and make things much easier.

I hope to complete my five posts and move onto a brighter (and cloudier) subforum soon. Hope to make many friends here, and learn a lot about this lifestyle.

 

[BeauBeau]

That is awesome to hear! Welcome to ECF and congrats again on the almost full month without stinkies! Keep it going. You really came to the right place to learn and grow your knowledge about vaping.

 

[Alyssasmama]

Welcome & congrats. Same here...happened by accident but I'm glad it happened. Almost 2 months for me without a cig

 

[mcol]

Welcome and congrats! I quit by accident too and am only vaguely aware of my
quit date - I think it was in March. Heehee

 

[jefsview]

Welcome, Chris. Don't you just love those happy accidents?

 

[daleron]

Hi Maxdel! That's really awesome And yes indeedy, you'll make lots of friends here. Welcome

 

[maxdel]

@BeauBeau: Thank you. It's weird you call them stinkies, I always heard that they stink to non-smokers, and I could never imagine. I live with a couple of smokers, and it really is bad. It hurts my feelings to tell them it's bad, too. :\
@Alyssasmama: That is really inspiring for me. Congrats, and thank you.
@mcol: Thank you! I almost didn't even notice I'd quit, and frankly I'm only aware it was the first because work had a smoking area that wasn't even on campus. Lots of walking. :b
@jefsview: Best thing that's happened to me in many years, no joke.
@daleron: Thanks! I hope to make as many friends as I will make in knowledge on the subject.

I guess that could've been five posts but individual replies are cheating! Or they are to me, anyway.

 

[3JH3]

Awesome to hear this! I'm just starting out and hopefully in a month I can be on the same track!!!

 

[eratikmind]

Hello, Chris, and welcome to the ECF community.

Congrats on having made to switch. Lots of good info and great people here .

- Andy

 

[maxdel]

@3JH3: I almost didn't. I was using a 1.6ml atomizer and wasn't getting a strong enough draw. I swapped to a kangertech protank and it took off from there. I've been mixing my own and it's an amazingly fun and frustrating journey.
@eratikmind: Thanks!

 

[MissNanc]

Hi Maxdel! I'm new too. I've been vaping for almost 2 months and love it! Today I was checking Youtube videos on how to refill those cartomizers yourself and also found how to make your own juice. Really interesting. I might give it a try.

 

[HDVaper]

Welcome Chris!! You sound like the type of person who, when deciding to do something new, learns it from top to bottom and everything in between. I'm glad you're a member because I'm pretty sure that you'll be giving me some good advice somewhere down the road because I'm kinda "thick" if you know what I mean.

 

[brock957]

Hi Max. I've been learning a lot here too. I'm like a dummy compared to a lot of the people here. But I'm like a qenius to the people around me. Learning a lot helps us help those around us get off cigs and stay off.

 

[maxdel]

@MissNanc: I've only had a week's experience but please do LOTS AND LOTS of research beforehand! I can't stress that enough!
@HDVaper: I try to do that, yeah. Also, how's Tulsa doing? Still that major outage? Last I heard, there was. Hope you're OK.
@brock957: It would be irresponsible to not learn and allow people to not have the choice. If I can, I'd like to teach people, upon request, and try to at least give them the idea that additional sources exist. I can't say it's healthier, but it has far, far less chemicals. That's a pretty good point to start from, to me.

 

[Zipslack]

Congrats and welcome aboard! Definitely lots to learn here. One great benefit is that it's okay to vape while working on 'puters!

 

[maxdel]

The drawback is the habit of always taking a smoke break when they get to be too much. That has been my #1 issue so far!