tl;dr: I vaped around my family this weekend and they were supportive.
I have been an on and off smoker for 14 years. My family hasn't always known. When actively smoking I had between 1/2 - 1 pad habit.
I had most recently been quit for 3 years. Cold turkey. Then, there were 2 deaths in my immediate family, I got married, moved internationally (from Korea back to Canada), and went to work at a call centre of all places. I started smoking again but was only up to about 5 analogs a day. Still, I hated it. My husband hates smoking so I was sneaking and it was generally a bad scene.
My friend (Violetsoda on ECF) bought me a 302 pen style and I was almost immediately off the analogues. That was nearly 3mo ago. I now have 2 ego batteries (650 mAh ego Q and 1100 mAh ego K) and some clearos. I went down to 12mg juice and now vape a home and don't sneak around. It was still tough getting rid of that First Smoke at work. It helped changed my mindset into Work Mode. So, I used some 18mg at a flavour set aside for just that first smoke and cleared up that part of the habit.
Still my family, my dad specifically, didn't know.
This past weekend we had a family reunion where I knew not smoking would be hard. I loaded up with some 24mg juice and vaped away. I wanted to talk to my dad before I started but he was busy.
Later in the night he asked me what the contraption I was using was. I explained it was and e-cig and that it was vapour not smoke and he was cool with it. His only concern was how stressful my life was that I had to return to smoking.
A few of my other family members asked me what it was especially when I started using it inside. I explained again also explaining that I don't like to call it an e-cig because to me it's not a fake cigarette, I prefer vapourizer. They were all really cool and supportive. My god father was really impressed and took a few hits of mine and is now thinking about getting one.
When we got home my husband told me I handled the situation really well and that helped him be more comfortable with my vaping (he's not entirely cool with it and we had had a bit of a freak out fight a few days earlier). He's also starting to understand harm reduction in general and also as it applies to me. We have an agreement that this really is a cessation plan for me and I intend to get off the PV in the future but it's not the pressing matter it was days earlier.
Such a great weekend!
I have been an on and off smoker for 14 years. My family hasn't always known. When actively smoking I had between 1/2 - 1 pad habit.
I had most recently been quit for 3 years. Cold turkey. Then, there were 2 deaths in my immediate family, I got married, moved internationally (from Korea back to Canada), and went to work at a call centre of all places. I started smoking again but was only up to about 5 analogs a day. Still, I hated it. My husband hates smoking so I was sneaking and it was generally a bad scene.
My friend (Violetsoda on ECF) bought me a 302 pen style and I was almost immediately off the analogues. That was nearly 3mo ago. I now have 2 ego batteries (650 mAh ego Q and 1100 mAh ego K) and some clearos. I went down to 12mg juice and now vape a home and don't sneak around. It was still tough getting rid of that First Smoke at work. It helped changed my mindset into Work Mode. So, I used some 18mg at a flavour set aside for just that first smoke and cleared up that part of the habit.
Still my family, my dad specifically, didn't know.
This past weekend we had a family reunion where I knew not smoking would be hard. I loaded up with some 24mg juice and vaped away. I wanted to talk to my dad before I started but he was busy.
Later in the night he asked me what the contraption I was using was. I explained it was and e-cig and that it was vapour not smoke and he was cool with it. His only concern was how stressful my life was that I had to return to smoking.
A few of my other family members asked me what it was especially when I started using it inside. I explained again also explaining that I don't like to call it an e-cig because to me it's not a fake cigarette, I prefer vapourizer. They were all really cool and supportive. My god father was really impressed and took a few hits of mine and is now thinking about getting one.
When we got home my husband told me I handled the situation really well and that helped him be more comfortable with my vaping (he's not entirely cool with it and we had had a bit of a freak out fight a few days earlier). He's also starting to understand harm reduction in general and also as it applies to me. We have an agreement that this really is a cessation plan for me and I intend to get off the PV in the future but it's not the pressing matter it was days earlier.
Such a great weekend!
..Im so Glad your family not only accepts vaping..but is supportive..Your Dad being more concerned with the stress in your life..Than he is vaping is so awesome
