I have a very addictive personality. I was a pack and a half a day smoker for 17 years. I had to quit and e cigs seemed like the way to go. Now, I am addicted to the e cigs. I guess it is better then analogs. It has been 10 weeks and I have not cheated once. I dont even feel the need as the e cigs really are helping. Here is my problem. I can not put the e cig down. I puff on it all day and night. I go through about 4ml a day. To me, this seems like a lot. Its not the money, just wondering why I do not smoke it like I did with the analogs. Anyway, I am very happy with vaping, I love it. I just want to know if anyone else vapes as much as I do. thanks
Your mirroring me! When I first started it was all about the throat hit. I need to feel something in my throat or chest. I could care less about taste or vapor. Yet again I knew nothing about those monsters. Then I was introduced to the world of vaping flavors. Gone were my 2 pack a day habit; saying HELLO my new addiction. Yep 4 mls were my vaping intake. Becoming concerned about the amount of nicotine intake, I started to analyze my vaping behavior.
1. I noticed that using a fiber fill inside the cart used more juice. Thus I went to direct dripping.
2. After retraining my brain to adapt the rituals from smoking to vaping; I realized I also was using it to replace food! You see, I'm a night eater. Even after a full meal, my elbow just keeps wanting to move towards the mouth. So I'd vape a little peach, Irish Cream, Choc Mint cookies, Apple Pie, Choc Eclair ect...! Constantly sucking on my new best friend. Lost 10 lbs too! (Grin)
3. Then came the awareness of using it for emotional components ... the same way food is sometimes used.
Being concerned about the nicotine levels, I started to mix my own. What a hoot that is! With this, I experimented with different nicotine levels and not marking the bottles with the nic levels. A month later I smoked an ciggy. Cough, puke, gag! What a horrid taste. Whewwww Huuuuuu ... man that was ghastly, and it made me real dizzy to boot!
Hubby laughed his hide right off his bod, explaining he switched the nic bottle for ZERO levels. That explained the dizzyness and lack of throat hit. However, I didn't go through ANY adverse nicotine withdrawls. I was in wonder .. and full of wine :-> What's my point?
For me I am a foodie with a serious oral fixation. <<< keep your mind outta de gutter folks>> Always needing something to do with my mouth and hands. Vaping does the trick for me. I just wish I knew of a way to make throat hit with out good nicotine. So if you smoke 4mls, 2mls or 10mls, ask yourself why you enjoy your new friend that much and if it really matters to you. After all, gone are the really horrid components to smoking those dirty little ciggys.