How did you get to zero?

[Tracker II]

My journey to 0mg was unplanned. In the beginning, I ordered 18mg juices and 0mg juices. I planned to start at 18 and slowly dilute the 18 down until I went to 0. But in my first few days of vaping 18mg, I must not have vaped enough because I went through terrible withdrawal symptoms so I thought, what the heck, I've already suffered this much, I might as well just go on to 0mg. And so I did and have been there ever since. After 25 years of smoking, I still need that hand to mouth action so I will keep vaping until that need dies off (or doesn't, lol).

 

[Mary Kay]

Maybe that's the trick Tracker..pull that bandaide off quick! I should try going 0 nic.

 

[katz-in-boots]

I went down to 0mg very quickly - too quickly it seems. The brands I was using were 0mg, 6mg & up. I found myself struggling after doing well for about 2 months. There weren't a lot of choices in flavours with those brands, and minimal TH at 0mg. Then I put in my 1st V4L order for 4mg and am happy at that for now. Will probably try again in the future.

 

[Mmc]

I started at 8, went up to 11, not enough, up to 18, then up to 24, now am back to 18 and holding. I'm almost 4 months with no smokes, hoping to drop in future, but don't want to take a chance at going back to smokes. With my next juice orders, I will probably try to go down to 11 and see how it goes. To me, it is so amazing to be analog free when I never thought it would even be possible, I don't want to screw it up

 

[HarmonyPB]

Yay someone like me (Mmc)!! I thought I'd be the only one who posted that they increased instead of decreased. When I first started I didn't know about ECF so I didn't know all of the tips and tricks. I started with the overly expensive mall "high" which was a whopping 8mg. Bought 50ml of 5mg from another vendor online. Bought some 14mg and 18mg from other vendors. I couldn't stay satisfied and eventually went back to cigs. Started again around March 1st of this year, determined! I was using all my old juices (mixed the 5mg to make 12mg) and still smoking cigs on the side. I bought several 18mg flavors to get me started and was still struggling with cravings. Finally I bought some 24mg for my husband because he wanted to give vaping a try, he was a PAD. I never thought I needed to go to 24mg because I smoked 5-10 a day and have read stories on here of 2 PAD 30yr smokers having too much nic at 18mg!! But I tried his 24 and it was PERFECT!! We went through the 6ml I bought him pretty quickly and I'm waiting for the second order to come in (will be another week probably). So 24mg is my happy spot and I have 18mg to keep me company throughout the day. I'm going to bump up my remaining 5mg to 24mg and I'm hoping to find another one I will like a bit stronger. Good luck on your journey to 0!! I still haven't decided if I want to do that or not, I like nicotine

 

[Joyce]

Harmony, you're not alone. I've had to increase, as well, although I only use higher levels for strong cigarette cravings. I still use low or no nic juice and cartos to chain vape. I pretty much vape everything 0-36 mgs, depending on what time of day and how strong my smoking urge is. Everyone is different.

I will say, if I use 36 mgs, I usually only take a few drags, maybe 4 maximum.

 

[bpaulette]

Whenever I try to step down, I just find myself vaping more.

 

[timrichard]

My first order was for 18mg, and that was a good start. It has only been 2 months and mostly I vape 11mg, because that is what most of my juice is. I still have 18mg juice, as well as 8mg juice. my plan is to slowly continue to drop. I am not in a big hurry, I am just happy to not be smoking. All future purchases will be at 4mg for new juices, and 0 for re-orders so that I can mix my higher mg juices.

 

[Maxwell_Edison]

I have no desire to stop using nicotine. My research has proven to me that nicotine itself is harmless and probably beneficial for stress and other things. Nicotine is in a lot of vegetables. I think it's safer than coffee. It has become a word associated with the dangers of smoking, but unfairly I believe. I wouldn't talk anyone out of not using it, but I like it. It's not that big a deal. I think 75% of the smoking addiction was hand/mouth inhaling and blowing smoke anyways (and all the dangers were from smoke and other chemicals), so the ecig wins all the way around. I recently read a report that the ecig is safer than the patch. BTW, the way I feel TODAY about staying on nicotine, like anything else, is subject to change. If that happened, I'd ween myself off it like any other detox method.

 

[jmpublius]

Thanks for all the suggestions. I'll be sticking to the 18s for now, at least until this semester's over. I do go down to 11 or 8 at night so I can sleep, but I see what you're all saying about the TH at the lower levels. I find myself sucking harder and longer (insert Michael Scott catch phrase here). I've also had to cut my coffee consumption down now that the cig chems aren't making me a lethargic mess all day long.

 

[Morandir835]

Very well put Maxwell sir. Nicotine is more a help than a hindrance from what I can tell, and my last physical... I vape far more than I smoked, and according to the last physical, my health is far better than it was with the cigs. My nicotine levels were higher, but blood pressure lower....