Help Me. ..Quit reaching for an analog

[mooreted]

Got my Boge Leo...taste a bit different...but I'm determined. Can't seem to get a tobacco flavor that stops me from reaching for that analog. I'm getting angry at myself! I only take a few drags from analog. They taste NASTY! BUT im irritable with everyone if I don't. Not sure if its mental or Im not getting enough nicotine. I must have non-absorbing skin...I spill it on me...and drip it in my mouth but I still want that analog after 3 days of vaping! Thought I read somewhere on here while I was lurking. ... that there was something else you could do to that would help. Im frustrated....sorry! Any advice greatly appreciated.

At first I didn't get the point either. It took me a while to find a way to get nic into my system while vaping. Make sure your juice is strong enough for you, as mentioned. Also; I have to take a nice slow puff filling my mouth with smoke, inhale slowly, hold it a second and then exhale slowly. The nic needs time to absorb.

 

[Shadow102]

Not going to chime in on the "how to vape" angle that so many others have given great information on, but I will share a trick that's worked well for me.

Work vaping into your normal life in place of analogs, physically. Basically where you'd normally leave your pack, leave your PV. If you're like me and spend a good portion of your free time in one location (for me its my computer) I always had my pack and ashtray in the same spot. It was a reflex action, whenever I wanted my fix I could just reach up onto my desk, almost subconsciously, and grab one out without even looking. What I did was move my pack/ashtray to the other side of the room, or another room all together and put my PV in their place. That way when my mind decided I needed nicotine I'd reach out and find my PV instead of my pack, and I'd mentally note, "oh yeah I'm not a smoker anymore."

I used the same technique with my mom, she spend a lot of time reading in her room or watching TV from the couch. I replaced the analogs she normally kept on her nightstand and coffee table with PVs and moved her packs to other parts of the room. Now she has to consciously make the decision to get up and go get them rather than just reach over to vape. Its helped her make the transition, although she'll still make the effort to go get an analog every now and then, its a lot less frequent than when they were side by side.

Basically you're still reaching for that analog, but you find your PV instead. Use the habit to your advantage rather than fighting it.

 

[Uma]

+1 for all the posts. It won't be long before you'll be counting the cigs you didn't smoke instead of the ones you did by following these tips above.

 

[salemgold]

Got my Boge Leo...taste a bit different...but I'm determined. Can't seem to get a tobacco flavor that stops me from reaching for that analog. I'm getting angry at myself! I only take a few drags from analog. They taste NASTY! BUT im irritable with everyone if I don't. Not sure if its mental or Im not getting enough nicotine. I must have non-absorbing skin...I spill it on me...and drip it in my mouth but I still want that analog after 3 days of vaping! Thought I read somewhere on here while I was lurking. ... that there was something else you could do to that would help. Im frustrated....sorry! Any advice greatly appreciated.

You may need to up your nic. Do not be afraid of the higher nic when you are first starting out. I was a heavy smoker and had I not gone to 36mg I would not have quit. You will be irritable for the first week or two as there are many more chemicals than just nic that you will be withdrawing from. BUT you can do this! I just stopped buying cigs and did not have them within reach so I had no choice but to use my PV and use I did. It barely left my mouth except to sleep. So don't be afraid to chain vape or go higher nic if thats what it takes. Good luck and you can do this! Millions have

 

[nanovapr]

All good advice here, Vaporlass, stick with it. Something I have not seen mentioned, is that while vaping, we absorb most of the nicotine in our mouth/throat/nasal membranes. When we were smoking, most of the nicotine was tiny particulate, that we had to breath into our lungs to absorb. Consider exhaling your vape through your nose, that gives some more contact area to absorb the nic better. It doesn't burn like it did with a cig.

Throat hit is an important part of smoking a cigarette, and pretty much required to get the nicotine. Many vapers want or need throat hit as well. VG will have more vapor, but less flavor and less throat hit. PG will have more throat hit and more flavor, but too much can be harsh. Good luck, and hang in there. It doesn't have to happen immediately.

 

[Laffs]

Great advice from all the others, so I'll attempt to approach from the other angle of how desperate you are to help your mother. I assume that because my own mother died in 2004 of COPD and she smoked until the last day of her life, when she was not responsive to anything but a very little bit. That little bit was when Dad lifted her from the Jazzy to her chair in the living room and kissed her goodbye before he hesitantly left for work, on his birthday no less- sigh. She briefly opened her eyes and lifted her lips to him with a tiny bit of pucker to kiss him back. He and I were caring for her at their home, as per her wishes, but we were helpless to 'save' her or to take away an adult person's cigarettes. A couple of hrs later, her eyes suddenly opened and she looked sort of through me. I held her hand and spoke lovingly as she calmly died.

The point is not that the analogs killed her but that she chose her own path after the diagnosis of COPD 6 yrs before. I, too, have COPD and I chose a different path, not more noble or heroic, but far better, imo, for me. One son has followed me into vaping and one is seriously considering it. It was still their choice, and only theirs, because they are adults. There is no moral or ethical push from me regarding this because it comes down to what we want and how much we want it- either by smoking or by shifting to vaping or by any other attempt to control the addiction, both physical and emotional. You do not need guilt, from yourself especially, nor from others to help you because that is more likely to sabotage you instead.

Relax! Love her and yourself, and accept vaping as a new interesting, tasty and even fun tool rather than an assignment, if you can shift yourself to that perspective. If you can lay down the desperation and the guilt of slipping or not moving fast enough, I think and hope the analogs will shortly follow. I do not know you, so only used what I felt to springboard into trying to help in some tiny way. If my post was way out of line, I apologize.

Good luck! You've already began and that is great. BIG props for a great beginning!!

 

[calico21]

During the day, while my hands and mind were
occupied, I didn't really crave a cigarette. I also really believe that my mind set about e-cigs helped me to "resist" my
cravings, not replace them.

This is a very poweful statement! Your mind is very powerful, both when it wants something and when you use it to change things. Change when you would have had that real one, vape first then have a real one. I've been at this twice now and finally the other day, made my mind up not to smoke that last ciggy in my pack. It's still there 5 days latter. You are in control, you do it when you're ready.

 

[LilyBear]

I did not get it to quit but cut down, but upon discovering all the flavors and my sense of smell and taste started to come back it just happened for me so I did not face this issue. One thing I do notice for me though is looking at the bakeshop I have in front of me (snickerdoodle and strawberry cheesecake among the 20 or so flavors in front of me) maybe you just need a couple things as one poster said that make you go to that instead of an analog. I for one have a wicked sweet tooth and I think that is one of the things that I love about vaping not to mention if I had an analog now I would have to shower right away afterwards and brush everything in my mouth and I never thought I would feel that way in all my 20 years as a smoker.

 

[Biohazard]

The best advice I ever got was not to try to simulate cigarettes with your vaping, if you are stuck on tobacco flavors I strongly recommend picking a fruity flavor or maybe coffee or something that you enjoy, I have even found a couple good tobacco ones that have caramel or vanilla undertones that are very good. There are a ton of flavor options out there do not limit yourself to traditional flavors!

 

[raj_dr25]

it takes some time.
it took me atleat about a month to stop the analog before really starting to vape.
i still smoke analogs here and there.
good luck