i can't even wrap my head around smoking 5 packs a day. there were a few times when camping that i'd go through a little over 2 PAD and it felt like i was always smoking.
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i can't even wrap my head around smoking 5 packs a day. there were a few times when camping that i'd go through a little over 2 PAD and it felt like i was always smoking.
Welcome to ECF! Not always my first recommendation to a newbie but from your description of yourself order an Ego (or similiar battery size) for your first E-cig. Anything smaller won't keep you happy for very long. You are going to want that battery life from the beginning.
30 plus year smoker here 2 packs a day. And yes, I loved to smoke and didn't want to give it up even though healthwise I knew I needed to. Bought my first PV, Joye 510, not to replace smoking but to use at times that smoking wasn't convenient and when riding in husbands car with him as he gave up smoking years ago and I knew that close second hand smoke really bothered him even though he rarely complained. Funny thing was that I followed the suggestion that someone gave me to really try hard to vape that first day and avoid smoking as long as I could to give me time to get used to using my PV. When I lit my first analog 4 hours after I started vaping I already hated the taste of the analog !! Now that was a shock as I didn't expect that to happen so quickly. Even more shocking was the fact that I didn't have another analog for another 24 hrs and that one tasted worse than the first so I put it out without ever finishing it. Over the next week when I wanted an analog I reminded myself how horrible it tasted and chain vaped for a few minutes to see if that urge to smoke would pass. Most of the time it did and I managed to only light seven cigarettes in eight days with only smoking one of those cigarettes in its entirety. Now if it sounds like I quit smoking pretty easily I did, BUT that in no way means that I never WANTED a cigerette again. Heck, I'd love one right now. I've not entirely lost that feeling of wanting a cigarette but what I have gained is the ability to NOT have a cigarette and really be fine with that and without vaping that would have NEVER happened. Its been over two months now and I really really do not want to ever go back to smoking now that I've stopped. I even have hopes of taking that next step someday of giving up nicotine. I've successfully reduced the nic level that I regularly vape each day and hope to continue to do that but there is no rush in my plan, just a hope. IF I should be so lucky as to get to a zero nic level someday I can see that I will still be vaping, at least for a while, because I need to actions and motions of smoking.
We are all different and all react to vaping a bit different. Hope you find you enjoy vaping as much as we all have and look forward to reading all about your experiences after you've vaped for a few months!!!
30 plus year smoker here 2 packs a day. And yes, I loved to smoke and didn't want to give it up even though healthwise I knew I needed to. Bought my first PV, Joye 510, not to replace smoking but to use at times that smoking wasn't convenient and when riding in husbands car with him as he gave up smoking years ago and I knew that close second hand smoke really bothered him even though he rarely complained. Funny thing was that I followed the suggestion that someone gave me to really try hard to vape that first day and avoid smoking as long as I could to give me time to get used to using my PV. When I lit my first analog 4 hours after I started vaping I already hated the taste of the analog !! Now that was a shock as I didn't expect that to happen so quickly. Even more shocking was the fact that I didn't have another analog for another 24 hrs and that one tasted worse than the first so I put it out without ever finishing it. Over the next week when I wanted an analog I reminded myself how horrible it tasted and chain vaped for a few minutes to see if that urge to smoke would pass. Most of the time it did and I managed to only light seven cigarettes in eight days with only smoking one of those cigarettes in its entirety. Now if it sounds like I quit smoking pretty easily I did, BUT that in no way means that I never WANTED a cigerette again. Heck, I'd love one right now. I've not entirely lost that feeling of wanting a cigarette but what I have gained is the ability to NOT have a cigarette and really be fine with that and without vaping that would have NEVER happened. Its been over two months now and I really really do not want to ever go back to smoking now that I've stopped. I even have hopes of taking that next step someday of giving up nicotine. I've successfully reduced the nic level that I regularly vape each day and hope to continue to do that but there is no rush in my plan, just a hope. IF I should be so lucky as to get to a zero nic level someday I can see that I will still be vaping, at least for a while, because I need to actions and motions of smoking.
We are all different and all react to vaping a bit different. Hope you find you enjoy vaping as much as we all have and look forward to reading all about your experiences after you've vaped for a few months!!!
Welcome to ECF! You're right, people can mean different things by "heavy" or "light" smoker or vaper.
I'm 21, and only smoked for a few years. I would classify myself as a heavy smoker. I smoked 30 a day which by itself isn't as much as some people, but I also tended to smoke unfiltered cigs at times, and very strong filtered cigs if I used filters (like Lucky Strikes, or a skinny filter in my rollies).
I'm 21, and only smoked for a few years. I would classify myself as a heavy smoker. I smoked 30 a day which by itself isn't as much as some people, but I also tended to smoke unfiltered cigs at times, and very strong filtered cigs if I used filters (like Lucky Strikes, or a skinny filter in my rollies).
I was a smoker for 35+ years, at 1 1/2 pad, years smoking unfiltered, Luckies, Camel, Gaouise,
smoked cigars (loved 'em, nobody around me did), smoked a pipe (burnt my mouth, people
around me liked the smell sometimes), cut back to Marb reds, Camel filters but still 1 1/2 pad.
Tried quitting cold turkey, bought snack foods to replace smoking and ate $75 of junk one
New Years Day. Tried the patch, gum, lozenge, zyban, witch doctor, baying at the moon, but
always went back to smoking. I would remove the patch, smoke a cig and put the patch back on.
I hoped vaping would at least help me cut down drastically, and was pleasently suprised how
easy it was to avoid analogs, just VAPE more! I will go back to smoking, just a soon as I can
find an analog that tastes like cool spearmint, or maybe cinnamon buns.
smoked cigars (loved 'em, nobody around me did), smoked a pipe (burnt my mouth, people
around me liked the smell sometimes), cut back to Marb reds, Camel filters but still 1 1/2 pad.
Tried quitting cold turkey, bought snack foods to replace smoking and ate $75 of junk one
New Years Day. Tried the patch, gum, lozenge, zyban, witch doctor, baying at the moon, but
always went back to smoking. I would remove the patch, smoke a cig and put the patch back on.
I hoped vaping would at least help me cut down drastically, and was pleasently suprised how
easy it was to avoid analogs, just VAPE more! I will go back to smoking, just a soon as I can
find an analog that tastes like cool spearmint, or maybe cinnamon buns.
I've smoked on and off for about 4 years now, never more than a pack a day and that was only when I was out camping or on a field excercise (we would even chew skoal at night because smoking at night while on patrol or the line wasnt allowed) Usually I'm a 1/2 pack a day smoker and I smoke a few captain black sweets here and there. My plan is to not vape anytime that I wouldn't normally have smoked, IE I'll vape on the way to work, at coffee breaks, after lunch, after work, after dinner and a few times in the evening. I don't want to get into the habbit of sitting on the couch vaping away because I am afraid of getting more hooked on nicotine. So I guess I would say I am a moderate smoker.
I smoked for 30+ years at the rate of a pack a day. I know EXACTLY what you're saying! LOL I've tried everything to quit, cold turkey, gum, patches, etc. NONE of it worked for long. I always went back to being a cigarette addict. It's extremely hard to quit for the serious smoker who really likes to smoke. It gave me great enjoyment to smoke!
A friend of mine at work introduced me to vaping. He to was a serious smoker. We burned 'em regularly together at work.....then he came in one day with a 510. After a few hits off of his, I ordered mine and got started vaping. The first two weeks were wrought with problems! Dead atomizer, dead charger, yucky tasting eliquid....the odds were against me and I continued to smoke. However, I was determined and so I opened up my wallet and ordered a ton of ecig stuff so there's no way I could be without. THAT'S WHAT DID IT FOR ME. I finally had at least 2-3 working devices at all times and I finally had 4-5 different juices that I liked.
Once I really got going and started vaping constantly....I honestly FORGOT about smoking. I quickly discovered that I liked vaping a LOT more than smoking. I can do it ANYWHERE and I ENJOY it....in fact, I enjoy it MORE than smoking now. Yea, it's hard to believe for a hard-core smoker, but it's true! Vaping is non-offense, non-stinky, non-messy and it tastes and satisfies BETTER than burning tobacco. I vape as I help my daughter with her homework, I vape at my desk at work, I vape in the laboratory I work in, I vape in my car, I vape in bed....etc.....you get the point. I also vape on my terms. When you light that cig it's like a fuse, you're tied to it, it begs you to finish it before it goes up in wasted smoke. With vaping you do it on YOUR terms, no pressure, hit it when you feel like hitting it and then put it down. I really love that aspect of vaping. You to will grow to love all these things.
You can absolutely replace those stink sticks with vaping....but there's two important things to break you from them:
1) Get SEVERAL devices! I have two 510 manual megas, I have a 5V 510 passthru and I have a Phidias juice box I bought on the forum. Between them all, I am 100% guaranteed to be able to vape anywhere and at any time.
2) Find several flavors you LOVE. Honestly, that's about 90% of vaping. You MUST love what you vape. That love will quickly surpass your love for stink sticks.....trust me on that.
If you do these two things, you will FORGET about smoking. EVERYTIME you get the urge to smoke...vape instead. If necessary, vape HEAVILY, until the craving subsides....and it will.
I've been reading this, and wanting to quote from every post. Yes, yes, and yes. Obsessed with smoking, to the point that I've mapped out every airport, every hotel, every shopping venue to see how easy it is to escape. Love to take cruise ship vacations, and would never buy anything but balcony so I could smoke. Walked out frequently during nice dinners with nonsmoking friends, even though I knew it was rude. Yes, yes, yes. I have smoked for 20 years, pack and a half a day, and have only quit 2 times: basic training (forced to) and while pregnant (made me puke).
So, I got the PV, and started on a day when it's difficult to smoke, because I am a single mom and have a very active toddler. Tried to have a cig that evening, and it tasted horrible. I've tried a few more, and can't do it after a puff. I actually had a little bit of a boo-hoo session last night, because I was grieving quitting, as stupid as that sounds. I had to get through the loss of my identity as a smoker...and all the baggage that comes with that, including feeling like a second class citizen.
I hope this helps for you. I didn't believe it would help for me, heck, I didn't even really want help! Just wanted something a little more socially acceptable in public. Turns out, for me, this is better than smoking.
So, I got the PV, and started on a day when it's difficult to smoke, because I am a single mom and have a very active toddler. Tried to have a cig that evening, and it tasted horrible. I've tried a few more, and can't do it after a puff. I actually had a little bit of a boo-hoo session last night, because I was grieving quitting, as stupid as that sounds. I had to get through the loss of my identity as a smoker...and all the baggage that comes with that, including feeling like a second class citizen.
I hope this helps for you. I didn't believe it would help for me, heck, I didn't even really want help! Just wanted something a little more socially acceptable in public. Turns out, for me, this is better than smoking.
I have been smoking for a little under 30 years, (wow) I normally stayed around a 1 PAD, sometimes more sometimes less. Just depended on my stress/bored level.
I do understand the fear of not being a "smoker" How do you cut off your arm? I mean really this is something that many of us have done for the majority of our lives. Life with out a cig. is like life without your arm or your leg. So yeah for a smoker it is very very scary to say never again, or not keep that "backup" pack.
Having said that, I got my PV today, 510. Well yes my 3 packs of smokes are sitting here but I have not lite one since my PV arrived. I have thought about it several times but instead of doing the old habit, I picked up the PV instead. Even just holding it and not hitting it helps too. Holding it like it was one from my pack so my hand felt normal.
So for the last 7 hours I have not smoked. To so many that would seem silly but to a 30 year smoker that is awesome!
Keep reading this forum, everyone really seems to be supportive and more than willing to help. I think we all understand how that analog controls our lives and we can all understand the "fear" of giving them up.
I do understand the fear of not being a "smoker" How do you cut off your arm? I mean really this is something that many of us have done for the majority of our lives. Life with out a cig. is like life without your arm or your leg. So yeah for a smoker it is very very scary to say never again, or not keep that "backup" pack.
Having said that, I got my PV today, 510. Well yes my 3 packs of smokes are sitting here but I have not lite one since my PV arrived. I have thought about it several times but instead of doing the old habit, I picked up the PV instead. Even just holding it and not hitting it helps too. Holding it like it was one from my pack so my hand felt normal.
So for the last 7 hours I have not smoked. To so many that would seem silly but to a 30 year smoker that is awesome!
Keep reading this forum, everyone really seems to be supportive and more than willing to help. I think we all understand how that analog controls our lives and we can all understand the "fear" of giving them up.
For the amount you smoke you would be much better off with a XL Vapor King (manual) from Vapor4Life...has great battery life. It feels like the real thing and has great throat hit and vapor. I would say get some blank WOW carts with your order and go to a place like FSUSA and order juice in a high nic content like 36mg and 30mg. I have a Lux and a Riva and though I like them don't feel as much like I am smoking a real cig as much as I do with the XL VK. I have been without a real cigarette for 3 hours since I got up this morning while drinking coffee. A record for me.
35 years or so of smoking 2-2.5 packs a day. I too planned so much around my next smoke. I smoked menthols..Salems. I tried everything to quit..hypnosis, group therapy, nic gum, patches, cold turkey but I always went back to the cigarettes (analogues). I smoked before dinner, after dinner, chain smoked when waking up to get the nicotene levels up, when the phone rang, when I got in the car, when I had a coffee. My life was full of a million triggers that automatically made me light up. My breathing, shortness of breath were getting worse and worse. I saw people with oxygen when I was out and that thought scared me but it sure didnt stop me. My life and cigarettes were entwined.
I heard about e-cigs(wish that wasn't a term that is used) from my girl friend during a casual conversation. I did a little googling and found this forum and started reading as much as I could about vaping. I ordered a Joye 510 outfit and some menthol juice. It arrived and I started using it immediately. This is a miracle....I havent had one cigarette since, not even a drag. I sometimes think of having a cigarette but the thought goes away very quicky becasue they smell like crap to me now and the benfits of vaping are great. Now I just pick up my eGo, take a few hits and I am good to go!I was tired of the small capacities of the 510 and now use an eGo with mega carts and atomizers and will be ordering an Ali'i(which is a box mod).
It takes a while to find the equipment that suits your personal vaping habits but its worth it. I was lucky that I found menthol juice from almost any vendor I have tried has worked for me.
I don't think of vaping as smoking. The are very different. I'm a vaper, not a smoker.
Results to name just a few..I breathe easier, not whizzing or breathing hard, don't stink, don't burn holes in my clothing, can vape inside, my daughter and mother are much happier with me now...and this list can go on and on.
I also got my girlfriend into vaping and shes totally stopped cigs and she is feeling better as well.
Everyone that switches from cigarettes to vaping has a different experience. Some stop smoking immediately, some taper the cigs down, some might not even ever quit. If you keep at it the old habits can be reprogrammed.
Just as aside....I now vape 6ml of 24mg a day. I guess that makes me a heavy vaper.
I heard about e-cigs(wish that wasn't a term that is used) from my girl friend during a casual conversation. I did a little googling and found this forum and started reading as much as I could about vaping. I ordered a Joye 510 outfit and some menthol juice. It arrived and I started using it immediately. This is a miracle....I havent had one cigarette since, not even a drag. I sometimes think of having a cigarette but the thought goes away very quicky becasue they smell like crap to me now and the benfits of vaping are great. Now I just pick up my eGo, take a few hits and I am good to go!I was tired of the small capacities of the 510 and now use an eGo with mega carts and atomizers and will be ordering an Ali'i(which is a box mod).
It takes a while to find the equipment that suits your personal vaping habits but its worth it. I was lucky that I found menthol juice from almost any vendor I have tried has worked for me.
I don't think of vaping as smoking. The are very different. I'm a vaper, not a smoker.
Results to name just a few..I breathe easier, not whizzing or breathing hard, don't stink, don't burn holes in my clothing, can vape inside, my daughter and mother are much happier with me now...and this list can go on and on.
I also got my girlfriend into vaping and shes totally stopped cigs and she is feeling better as well.
Everyone that switches from cigarettes to vaping has a different experience. Some stop smoking immediately, some taper the cigs down, some might not even ever quit. If you keep at it the old habits can be reprogrammed.
Just as aside....I now vape 6ml of 24mg a day. I guess that makes me a heavy vaper.
That was one of the last straws for me. I was at my usual place buying two cartons of stink sticks and in behind me walked a 60-70 year old guy pulling an oxygen tank on wheels. He went to the register next to me and bought cigs......arrrrgggg....I was honestly stunned and disgusted. I decided that day I did NOT want to be like that.
I'm 53 years old. Had been smoking for 34 years. In the end I was at a pack and a half a day. I started vaping on Oct 21st this year and quit analogs in 4 days (Oct 24th). Day 1: 20 analogs Day 2: 10 analogs Day 3: 4 analogs Day 4: 2 analogs and those two were after the two meals I had that day. I have a question to put out there though. Is there any information available about people who are struggling with quitting analogs by vaping? My wife started the same time I did and is still struggling with getting off the analogs completely. She still needs a few analogs a day while she's driving. She has an hour to two hours commute one way each day. Also, is there any information from or about ppl that have tried vaping and failed and their experiences?
about 30 years of smoking here started when I was 12ish was smoking about 2 pack a day twards the end, I didn't really want to quit I thought I enjoyed it. on my last dental cleaning my dentist said how about I write you a script for chantix I said sure I'll give it a shot thinking to my self no I don't want to quit I enjoy it, I need to smoke so I filled the script and tried to for about 2 months smoking the whole, time it cut me down to about 1/2 a pack a day but twards the end it started to bum me out that i couldn't quit. then I discovered the wonderfull world of ecigs and I haven't smoked since the day I got my PV, I still have a pack and a 1/2 of marlboro sitting on my kitchen counter. its only been 15 day but i don't think I'll ever go back
I started smoking at age 9, from 14-16 I was about a pack a week, and from 16-31 I was a pack a day smoker (there's a bit of variance in there somewhere, but, yeah...). Last december, I got my first ecig, recommended by a friend, I got a blu. I quit analogs cold turkey after my first puff. It was hard, and the blu didn't "quite" do it for me, but it was close enough. A month after I got the blu, I picked up my first 510, and never looked back. I'll admit, there was 2 times over the last year, that I bought a pack of analogs. First was in march, when I fried 2 attys in a few days time, and had to wait on shipping. And the second was when I "thought" I had one more bottle of juice, but didn't. Neither pack got finished, I think I had 3 cigs out of each... I wanted the nicotine, and the feeling, but I hated the thought of smoking again.
Now, I build my own mods, and I'm about to start making my own juice (everything's ordered, just waiting for delivery). And I've never felt better. I love to cook, and now that I've been smoke free for almost a year (it'll be 1 year on dec 18th), I find having a sense of taste again to be almost a shock. I can't believe I've been depriving myself of it for all these years.
One thing that I really lucked out on, is stumbling onto tasty vapor after reading reviews of goeffs juice here on the ecf. Finding a fluid that I loved, I feel, was one of the keys to my success quiting analogs.
Now, I build my own mods, and I'm about to start making my own juice (everything's ordered, just waiting for delivery). And I've never felt better. I love to cook, and now that I've been smoke free for almost a year (it'll be 1 year on dec 18th), I find having a sense of taste again to be almost a shock. I can't believe I've been depriving myself of it for all these years.
One thing that I really lucked out on, is stumbling onto tasty vapor after reading reviews of goeffs juice here on the ecf. Finding a fluid that I loved, I feel, was one of the keys to my success quiting analogs.
Threads like this make me thing that those of us who have succeeded (by whatever definition) with e-cigarettes outsmoked the gum/patch/Chantix crowd by miles in terms of amount, duration, and especially dedication. (Yay team! )
All told, I've smoked for close to 45 years, hitting the 1-1.5ppd level sin my late teens, so I guess I'd classify my habit as medium-heavy. Only quit once, for surgery. Lasted about six weeks.
In certain ways, I think that sums up a lot of my small holdout to about five a day, give or take (but I will not light up that seventh cigarette). There's a big part of me that doesn't want to become a non-smoker, especially since in this day and age so many of the non-smokers have become such insufferable anti-smokers, and why would I want to become something I don't want to hang around with? (I'm not saying this is a rational viewpoint, but it's mine.) Plus, those two early a.m. Marlboro 100s with coffee are the best.
I notice considerably better respiratory health and stamina since I replaced about 15-20 cigarettes with vaping. If that remains part of my daily routine when I'm 80, I'll be fine with it.
)All told, I've smoked for close to 45 years, hitting the 1-1.5ppd level sin my late teens, so I guess I'd classify my habit as medium-heavy. Only quit once, for surgery. Lasted about six weeks.
In certain ways, I think that sums up a lot of my small holdout to about five a day, give or take (but I will not light up that seventh cigarette). There's a big part of me that doesn't want to become a non-smoker, especially since in this day and age so many of the non-smokers have become such insufferable anti-smokers, and why would I want to become something I don't want to hang around with? (I'm not saying this is a rational viewpoint, but it's mine.) Plus, those two early a.m. Marlboro 100s with coffee are the best.
I notice considerably better respiratory health and stamina since I replaced about 15-20 cigarettes with vaping. If that remains part of my daily routine when I'm 80, I'll be fine with it.
Good grief--I didn't know dentists could prescribe Chanitx. I find this unsettling.
Welcome and good luck Mate!!
The crazy thing is my Dad died of mouth cancer (heavvyyyy smoker) and 18 months later I lost my beautiful Step-Dad (another heavvyyyy smoker) from throat cancer. I saw what they went through, I nursed them and held their hands as they passed away but I still didn't stop smoking
I smoked for 25 years over a pack a day and the last part I was going through 1 pack of 50gm rollies every 2 days. I got so sick of stinking like cigarettes, not being able to breathe, holes in my clothes, the car stinking you name it I'd had enough!!
I tried all NRT available, gum, patches, Champix you name it - nothing worked.
I have a Kindle (e-book reader) and went to a forum I frequent to find out info on the new one coming out. e-reader info happened to be in a sub forum called "gadgets" at the top of the posts was a post called e-cigarettes. I seriously thought it was a joke (is that an Oxymoron??).
I thought "no way, there is no way that would work"!! There were 3 parts to the post of around 50 pages each and I read every single one of them. Of course my head was spinning and I had a serious brain overload but I was excited!!!
For the first time there was hope that I could kick this evil habit or at least cut down on the amount I was smoking.
I came onto this forum (via the other one) and asked a few questions and ordered an eGo kit.
I have not had a stinky stick since I got my eGo that was almost 3 months ago.. Believe me no one is more surprised than I am that I quit.
Take it easy and good luck to you..
The crazy thing is my Dad died of mouth cancer (heavvyyyy smoker) and 18 months later I lost my beautiful Step-Dad (another heavvyyyy smoker) from throat cancer. I saw what they went through, I nursed them and held their hands as they passed away but I still didn't stop smoking
I smoked for 25 years over a pack a day and the last part I was going through 1 pack of 50gm rollies every 2 days. I got so sick of stinking like cigarettes, not being able to breathe, holes in my clothes, the car stinking you name it I'd had enough!!
I tried all NRT available, gum, patches, Champix you name it - nothing worked.
I have a Kindle (e-book reader) and went to a forum I frequent to find out info on the new one coming out. e-reader info happened to be in a sub forum called "gadgets" at the top of the posts was a post called e-cigarettes. I seriously thought it was a joke (is that an Oxymoron??).
I thought "no way, there is no way that would work"!! There were 3 parts to the post of around 50 pages each and I read every single one of them. Of course my head was spinning and I had a serious brain overload but I was excited!!!
For the first time there was hope that I could kick this evil habit or at least cut down on the amount I was smoking.
I came onto this forum (via the other one) and asked a few questions and ordered an eGo kit.
I have not had a stinky stick since I got my eGo that was almost 3 months ago.. Believe me no one is more surprised than I am that I quit.
Take it easy and good luck to you..
I saw on tv U. Penn research that there's a correlation between cigarette addiction and genetic. That's why it is harder for some to quit than others.
I started vaping a day after you and smoked almost half pack on the first day, around 3 the second day and 1 every couple days. I think it take some time to stop that last few sticks. Mine is "stress", I need an analog when I'm stressed... every one is a little different. It does seem it is old habit of smoking at certain event (stress, driving, drinking) than craving for nicotine.
I was a 20'ish analogs/day smoker, now a pack has lasted me a month. I'm not nervous that I'll run out of cigarettes and have to go to the store in the rain/snow. I'm quite happy.
Welcome to ECF
I've been smoking for about 8 or 9 years. My ex and I used to split a pack of 25 between us a day (we would have smoked more, but it was a purposeful cost-cutting attempt). When we broke up I immediately jumped to a whole pack (act of defiance, much?). For the last few years I've been on 15-20 a day fairly consistently. For the first 6 months I smoked Winfield Golds (8mg), but it wasn't long before I was up to the Blues (12mg). Not a really heavy smoker, but well and truly addicted.
My New Year's Resolution for 2010 was to quit quitting. I've tried a few times, but my heart's really not in it. I like smoking. It makes me happy. Quite literally, since I have a history of depression, and smoking is a form of self-medication. I don't want to go back on anti-depressants, and quitting scares the pants off me. Every time I've tried to quit I've felt the withdrawals, interpreted them as sliding back into depression, and bugged out.
Cost drove me to seek out an alternative to tailored cigarettes. I'm unco at rolling my own, so I was researching pipes when I came across a video on YouTube for e-cigarettes. They looked cheaper, and about a billion times cleaner (both for your own insides and the people around you!). Plus, I could still have nicotine until I was ready to wean myself off. Bonus!
I ordered an Evolution from NZ and it turned up yesterday. They only had 6mg cartomizers in stock, so I've effectively halved my nic intake as well as changing to vaping. It's been about 23 hours and I haven't had an analog since it got here. I can't say that I won't, but so far I've driven off the cravings without having that horrible panicked feeling.
I've been smoking for about 8 or 9 years. My ex and I used to split a pack of 25 between us a day (we would have smoked more, but it was a purposeful cost-cutting attempt). When we broke up I immediately jumped to a whole pack (act of defiance, much?). For the last few years I've been on 15-20 a day fairly consistently. For the first 6 months I smoked Winfield Golds (8mg), but it wasn't long before I was up to the Blues (12mg). Not a really heavy smoker, but well and truly addicted.
My New Year's Resolution for 2010 was to quit quitting. I've tried a few times, but my heart's really not in it. I like smoking. It makes me happy. Quite literally, since I have a history of depression, and smoking is a form of self-medication. I don't want to go back on anti-depressants, and quitting scares the pants off me. Every time I've tried to quit I've felt the withdrawals, interpreted them as sliding back into depression, and bugged out.
Cost drove me to seek out an alternative to tailored cigarettes. I'm unco at rolling my own, so I was researching pipes when I came across a video on YouTube for e-cigarettes. They looked cheaper, and about a billion times cleaner (both for your own insides and the people around you!). Plus, I could still have nicotine until I was ready to wean myself off. Bonus!
I ordered an Evolution from NZ and it turned up yesterday. They only had 6mg cartomizers in stock, so I've effectively halved my nic intake as well as changing to vaping. It's been about 23 hours and I haven't had an analog since it got here. I can't say that I won't, but so far I've driven off the cravings without having that horrible panicked feeling.
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