I just received my VK 2 days ago. I am really enjoying it! I do still grab an analog here and there. I was just wonder how long it took before others were able to quit the analogs completely?
How long before you went Analog Free?
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I quit as soon as my first kit came in, but I relapsed on Christmas Eve for a couple hours. Don't worry about it, quit when you're ready. Even cutting down greatly from where you were will help in the beginning.
haven't wanted to either. enjoying vaping too much. washing my couple of smoking jackets atm.
for the first 8 days I smoked 1-3 analogs. When I lite one on day 8 and it didn't taste like toffee I snuffed it.
I got my first PV (NJoy - NCig) just to give e-cigs a try. I did notice that my cigarette smoking dropped dramatically without trying. I was toying with the idea that this might work for quitting, but hadn't committed to anything.
Late one night, 10 days into vaping, I was headed outside to smoke & discovered my pack was empty. I knew I had a couple of packs left but couldn't find them.
Since I live way out in the country, I decided I didn't want to drive 10 miles to buy any, which should've been my first clue that something was up. I decided that since I had my PV, I could get by until morning.
When morning came, I discovered I didn't WANT to buy any. Haven't had the urge for even a drag from a cancer stick since that night.
On edit: Oh! Three days after that night, I found the 2 packs and they were exactly where they were supposed to be. I still have those 2 packs as my trophies! I like looking at them every now & then and mentally flipping them the bird.
Late one night, 10 days into vaping, I was headed outside to smoke & discovered my pack was empty. I knew I had a couple of packs left but couldn't find them.
Since I live way out in the country, I decided I didn't want to drive 10 miles to buy any, which should've been my first clue that something was up. I decided that since I had my PV, I could get by until morning.
When morning came, I discovered I didn't WANT to buy any. Haven't had the urge for even a drag from a cancer stick since that night.
On edit: Oh! Three days after that night, I found the 2 packs and they were exactly where they were supposed to be. I still have those 2 packs as my trophies! I like looking at them every now & then and mentally flipping them the bird.
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I wasn't even seriously considering quitting, but since the 4th day of having my VK, I haven't had another analog. I had 4-5 cigs each of the first 3 days, only when I really felt like I had to have one, and then never got around to lighting up on the 4th day. I had some mild cravings for the first couple of weeks, but they were nothing at all - I never had that "caged animal" feeling that I'd gotten with previous attempts to quit. I have vowed to not become a "reformed smoker", but now that i can really smell again, cigarettes have no appeal at all.
since i got my VK, i've had <1 analog in going on 36 hours. that one i had because i was jonesing for a morning smoke yesterday morning. i was this morning too... but i think the carton is in the truck. and the weather is yucky, so i just... didn't. 
this is hilarious to me because three days ago i prob would have hiked 2 miles in the snow, nekked, for a smoke. today i was like, "but i'll be cold. and my feet will get wet. f*** that." *vape*
i don't know that i've quit completely, forever, but i've quit insofar as any inconvenience is too much.
this is hilarious to me because three days ago i prob would have hiked 2 miles in the snow, nekked, for a smoke. today i was like, "but i'll be cold. and my feet will get wet. f*** that." *vape* i don't know that i've quit completely, forever, but i've quit insofar as any inconvenience is too much.
I bought my last carton and decided when I wanted one I would vaped first, if I still wanted a cig, would allow myself one.
When I was down to the last pack (about 2 weeks) I was done buying them! Had one cig after 3 months (blech) and have been vaping for 9 months as of yesterday! YaY!
When I was down to the last pack (about 2 weeks) I was done buying them! Had one cig after 3 months (blech) and have been vaping for 9 months as of yesterday! YaY!
At first I would have 1-4 cigarettes in a day, one day while drinking I ran out of batteries and smoked half a pack. After that I have not smoked another one. I am almost at one month without cigarettes and it was so easy. I have tried quitting before but could rarely make it past a few days.
One thing that you need to keep in mind is that vaping doesn't seem to give that "instant" gratification that analogs did. It can take a minute or two before you feel the nicotine hit.
I think that slower reaction probably contributes to the feeling that vaping isn't quite doing it that some people experience.
I think that slower reaction probably contributes to the feeling that vaping isn't quite doing it that some people experience.
I was a 1-2 pack a day smoker. Haven't touched the analogs since I got my PV. Granted it has only been a few weeks and the urge for an analog is still there, but this will most likely get better as I find the right nic/flavor mix. Hang in there and don't beat yourself up about it.
Good luck
Good luck
yeah, the slower-absorption if that's what it is, isn't much of an issue for me since i smoked constantly and therefore vape constantly.
Thanks all for the responses. Before I bought my VK I was reading and thought as soon as I vaped I would miraculously never want a cig again. I was wrong. Hopefully as the days go buy and I get more comfortable with it I will reach that point.
yeah, the slower-absorption if that's what it is, isn't much of an issue for me since i smoked constantly and therefore vape constantly.
Except for when you need that first "hit" in the morning!
yanno pawpaw, you're right! i bet that's EXACTLY why the morning cig is such a b**ch right now. i'm not all vaped up already. maybe i should vape when the alarm goes off then hit snooze.
i'm not all vaped up already. maybe i should vape when the alarm goes off then hit snooze. 
It took me a week Michelle, I orderd 18mg on my first run, and I would have 1-3 analogs a day, other than the funeral we had the Saturday after Thanksgiving, I was a chimeny that day!
I went to bed early Sunday morning, like 4 or 5 am and haven't had one since. Upping my level to 36mg helped me a lot! I am planning on stepping down to 24mg now, thats what my last order was.
I still look at my pouches of Samson longingly now and again, I just love that flavor! But I am planning on going two months then stuffing one up and hope it tastes nasty!
Don't beat yourself up, thats what I did at first, I read on here people dropping them right away, sometimes you can't! I didn't want to stop, but I had to stop!
I got nothing but encouragment from this group who also supported me durning all of this. You can do it, it just might be a little harder than some of the others have had it.
I went to bed early Sunday morning, like 4 or 5 am and haven't had one since. Upping my level to 36mg helped me a lot! I am planning on stepping down to 24mg now, thats what my last order was.
I still look at my pouches of Samson longingly now and again, I just love that flavor! But I am planning on going two months then stuffing one up and hope it tastes nasty!
Don't beat yourself up, thats what I did at first, I read on here people dropping them right away, sometimes you can't! I didn't want to stop, but I had to stop!
I got nothing but encouragment from this group who also supported me durning all of this. You can do it, it just might be a little harder than some of the others have had it.
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