After the first puff on a Xhale02, I have not touched and analog to this day. Now when I am around smokers (most of my friends still smoke analogs) I get little cravings, but as soon as I get the smell, they go away. I don't hate the smell, it just feels weird.
How long to give up Analogues??
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100% identical ditto exactly the same. Word for word.
I smoked my last nasty 1/3 ...., then assembled my new eGo, started vaping, and haven't suffered one second or wanted actual tobacco since - that was like 3 days ago.
well it took me 5 weeks. I got my ego on July 20. I still smoked analogs about 1/2 to 3/4 pack a day until August 27. I had tried different juices, different nic levels, but found I didnt like the stronger TH from higher nic juice (it also made me loopy). And lower nic juice didnt cut it, I would take a hit on my ego and while exhaling reach for an analog.
I finally put on a nic patch and started vaping 0 nic. Today the patch wouldnt stick well, so took it off about 2pm, and have been fine since. Im currently vaping 0 nic and low level nic (6-10 mg). I think the constant level of nic provided by the patch got me over the rough spots and I have been able to handle the cravings vaping only.
whew......been a real struggle to get here, but so glad I am here now.
I figured I would do the patch for 2 weeks then see how I do without it.
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I finally put on a nic patch and started vaping 0 nic. Today the patch wouldnt stick well, so took it off about 2pm, and have been fine since. Im currently vaping 0 nic and low level nic (6-10 mg). I think the constant level of nic provided by the patch got me over the rough spots and I have been able to handle the cravings vaping only.
whew......been a real struggle to get here, but so glad I am here now.
I figured I would do the patch for 2 weeks then see how I do without it.
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I have been vaping for almost 2 months. About 1 month and 3 weeks actually. Before vaping I was a pack and a half a day smoker. (about 30 a day on average). The first few days I tapered down to about 6-8 a day then for a couple weeks averaged about 3-5 a day. In the last week I have smoked less than half a pack the whole week. I plan to quit completely on Sept 11th because that is my birthday. Also I should get my order of slightly stronger juice by then.( Waiting to get paid to make the order) I am using 12mg right now but I think what I really need is 18mg.
I was able to quit analogs completely the day I received my kit and started vaping. I started with a generic KR808D set up 18mg cartos. I have since ordered an eGo for the longer battery life.
I was also able to quit analogs immediately when I started vaping. I was a 2 pad smoker and started with an eGo and 24mg marlboro juice.
Not sure if you guys realize this, but this community IS it's own support group. Seriously, the way everyone encourages each other and gives advice so freely, it's the perfect setting for quitting analogs. If most addicts had this kind of support system in their rehabs and interventions, we'd see overall drug use go down tremendously in this country.
I quit immediately after my first order arrived from V4L. Nobody was more surprised about that than ME! I never thought anything could really help me stop smoking, which I had been doing for over 37 years at that point. Next month I celebrate my 1-year anniversary of life without cigarettes.
It feels good to be a non-smoker. You'll love it.
It feels good to be a non-smoker. You'll love it.
It took me 2 months after I got my first "good" e-cig to stop. I got to the point that I could only smoke 1/4 of an analog and hated the taste so much that I would put it out. The taste of the e-liquids I was using were so much better!
I quit the day I received my 510. Ordered an ego a few weeks later. Never really looked back. I've had a few slight urges to smoke an analog - took a few puffs and it was pretty nasty to me. I sort of miss an analog smoke every now and then - but the smell just turns me off.
From my first vape, I haven't wanted a traditional cig. However, I was more of a social smoker who was fast becoming more regular so that might be why it was easy. My neighbor came over a few days ago and I tried one of his Marlboro Lights that I used to love and it tasted like absolute crap. I had to shower immediately because the smoky smell on my fingers and in my hair was grossing me out- a quick hand wash didn't cut it as it had in the past. My sense of smell is getting more sensitive.
I have been vaping for about a month. Still smoke a little on an analog couple of times a day and then put it out and relight it later. So now I am down to 2 or 3 analogs a day - I was one PAD smoker for many years. I started with the 2 piece Red Dragon and the carts were not lasting very long. Just got my Tornado yesterday and can see saying a final good-bye to analogs soon. Still need to try a few other juices but what I have now is OK
This sounds a lot like how I went about it, Denrock. Like you, I picked a significant date which helped me get past the first few days of temptation to "just have one analog" -- I knew I could remember the date I'd chosen and I didn't want to mess that up.
I also have some unflavored 36mg that I use for DIY. First thing in the morning, after dinner, etc., I'd put 1 drop of that on my atty, along with my usual liquid, and vape until the craving passed. I haven't needed anything stronger than 24mg for a couple of weeks now and I'm thinking about moving down to 18mg later this month.
Today is my 25th day without analogs and I don't miss them at all anymore.
Please keep in mind this is not the case for every one some can and others still have to have a certain # of analogs so great if you dont pick another one up but even at 1st your only able to cut back thats still a great start just dont beat your self up if you cant quit right away.
Well, I end up being an on-again, off-again smoker. I'll do fine for a while, but then something happens to stress me out, I buy a pack, and before I know it I'm back to smoking for a week or more. I think the hard part for me is getting past the psychological triggers. I have bipolar depression and an anxiety disorder and I think many times if I get stressed I feel like the only thing that will calm me down is a cigarette.
But, I've made progress. This last time I slipped I managed to only smoke 2 packs in over 2 weeks instead of going back to close to 2 packs a day. I'm working on changing my mindset for the stressful times, as upping my nic doesn't seem to do it and I don't have it in my budget to supplement with anything.
Ignore my counter below as I've slipped since then. My current stats are:
1 week, 3 days, 12 hours, 13 minutes and 7 seconds. 275 cigarettes not smoked. $68.75 saved.
I have a program called "QuitMeter" that allows me to account for slippage, so this is the most up to date info.
But, I've made progress. This last time I slipped I managed to only smoke 2 packs in over 2 weeks instead of going back to close to 2 packs a day. I'm working on changing my mindset for the stressful times, as upping my nic doesn't seem to do it and I don't have it in my budget to supplement with anything.
Ignore my counter below as I've slipped since then. My current stats are:
1 week, 3 days, 12 hours, 13 minutes and 7 seconds. 275 cigarettes not smoked. $68.75 saved.
I have a program called "QuitMeter" that allows me to account for slippage, so this is the most up to date info.
My first e-cig (cartomizer) didn't do the trick... but my new Joye EGO has me off cigarettes completely- over 2 weeks now... very happy.
haven't gotten it yet, but i really hope i get similar results to the quitters!
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