I caved :(

[Bikenstein]

This is really important advice. I tend to focus on success threads since they are helpful and motivating. I notice a higher level of successful switching from those members that say, "I never looked back." It recently occurred to me that my previous failures to quit smoking were almost always because I not only looked back, but I also tended to embellish the though of how wonderful having a smoke would be, and then I would feel hopelessly addicted and give in. I think this is why Allen Carr always said, don't try to not think about smoking, but whenever you do think about smoking, always focus on how happy you are to be free of the bad part of being addicted to cigarettes, even if you have to perform this exercise a thousand times each day. "A positive frame of mind is essential, always."

This plus chain vape for an hour and get a nicotine overdose

 

[navigator2011]

Maybe I'm a little different. I find vaping to be very satisfying when I've had to go without nicotine for a while. But once I've gotten the nicotine, and I'm on my way towards having too much, the cigarette craving seems to worsen. It's weird, but it leads me back to the psychological explanation we've been discussing.

 

[froginblender]

If you caved to smoke you need to try this.

Halo-cigs

1. Torque 56 at 24mg nicotine strength. Everybody who loves tobacco flavors, knows this is the go to ejuice to quit, it's simply amazing.

good luck

 

[WildChameleon]

I'm down on the analogues but i not totally quit as of yet. but like the originally poster my intake is well down and i don't intend to hit those levels again.

 

[FOG clouds]

what really helped me was when i got the kanger subtank and put it on a variable wattage battery (15 w).. I'm about 3 months off of cigarettes now. It really got the vapor flowing and nicotine into my blood stream. I haven't looked back since and continue to add to the lineup.

Those cheaper starter kits really stopped doing it for me after a while.

 

[WildChameleon]

Well i was on to 20 - 30 a day when smoking the most i smoked in a day is anything between 3 - 5 on any day. Like you Foggy i progressed within vaping to Nautilus and Alantis tanks. I do enjoy vaping and see it as a long term adventure for me, but everyone is different.

 

[Bikenstein]

I was a 3 pad + smoker and quit cold after my first vape so I doubt anyone's physical dependence on cigs was any greater than mine. That's why I think the main problem is a psychological dependence. Many people believe they have to ween themselves off to succeed and if they believe that, then it is true for them. I just don't agree that it is good advice. Good advice to me is quit asap period. Slowin down still keeps your health at risk. It's not gonna kill you to quit. Positive thinking is required no matter how you decide to quit. I don't see the difference in cold turkey today or slowing down and then quittin. There is always gonna be that last cigarette and when you finally quit you quit............................cold turkey

 

[Portela]

I smoked the last one in January/14.
It was one year with Ce4, ce5 clearos. Not a hard job. But these last weeks I got my self an Istick with a mini nautilus, and all I can think is: "Man... This last year could have been a lot better..."

 

[madcarlotta]

When I first started, 18mgs was NOT enough for me. I had to up it to 24 before I could successfully transition to full-time vaping. Only now have I stepped down to 18, alternating with 6mg to see if I can take it.

Don't get discouraged, the fact that you thought they were disgusting is a good sign. Just power through, go back to the vaping even if you slip up, and eventually you won't care about the analogs anymore. It's not an overnight transition.

 

[mosspa]

When I first started, 18mgs was NOT enough for me. I had to up it to 24 before I could successfully transition to full-time vaping. Only now have I stepped down to 18, alternating with 6mg to see if I can take it.

Don't get discouraged, the fact that you thought they were disgusting is a good sign. Just power through, go back to the vaping even if you slip up, and eventually you won't care about the analogs anymore. It's not an overnight transition.

I keep seeing this kind of post from smokers that want to get off cigarettes. I think that the problem is that most smokers are convinced that they are addicted to nicotine and that's what vaping is going to substitute for. Well, maybe... There is enough information that suggests that nicotine has little, if anything, to do with the maintenance of the 'smoking habit'. Most of it appears to be under control of the environment of the smoking individual. But, if a smoker believes he/she is addicted to nicotine, and if nicotine is one of the stimuli that reinforce the habit, why not go for the nicotine level that would make sense (i.e., 36-50mg/ml). Yes, you can always drop your dose over time, if that's what floats your boat. But, if you believe that nicotine in the concentration you were getting it from cancer sticks was important, why not go with a vaping dose that approximates what you were smoking?