I have to be honest with myself

[AndriaD]

I took up vaping in September, but I still smoke analogs whenever I want to. Its just that I seldom want to. I had about four packs when I switched, and I still have about a half a pack. For me, the big things is that although I may try to step down my nicotine intake in the future, I'm not concerned with that right now. And that is the huge difference right there. Twenty years ago I tried quitting many times, I once lasted six weeks, but when I gave in to temptation, when the nicotine rush hit me, I felt there was six weeks work down the drain, I was immediately hooked again. I just smoked an analog just now, but I expect it will be a few weeks before I have another, there is no sense of defeat at all. I expect my half pack will be empty sometime this summer, and I'm not sure if I will buy another one or not.

I think that's really the psychological benefit of vaping, it takes away the pressure, and with it, the self-flagellation if we aren't "perfect." As so many around here have said so many times... the ones you DON'T smoke are more important than you ones you might still smoke. That made it much easier for me; I could see that the end of smoking was coming, from the first time I tasted this particular e-juice -- I knew I had found the lever to move that humongous mountain -- but I didn't put any pressure on myself to be perfect, to do it NOW. I did it when it seemed right -- after 3 days of just one a day, hating every one, it just seemed kinda stupid to continue with a habit that was clearly not doing anything at all for me. It fell away, or was pushed, by the far-greater satisfaction of vaping.

Andria

 

[Tinkiegrrl]

You had the strength to destroy the rest. Congratulations on that! It's something I never had the strength to do, even though I'm on of the lucky few for which the taste became unbearable. I gave the rest of my pack to my still smoking husband, as he was still in the process of weaning down off cigarettes. His starter kit was ordered half a week after I got mine. He didn't have the strength to destroy any either. He just smoked a couple a day until he was out and didn't get another pack. In fact, after dinner, he sometimes occassionally still smokes, as we often have dinner at my in law's, and his mother still smokes.

 

[Tbev]

I used to smoke 2plus packs a day and I vape around 15ml per day now, that being said sometimes I think I'd like a cig but then I smell one and all bets are off, a good build is a better nicotine delivery system than any cig.

I do find it crazy that I don't like the smell of cigarettes anymore. Now I know what people, nonsmokers used to bioch at me for....

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[acka]

Sorry I haven't read this thread, just op, but I've only been vaping since just before Christmas and since then I've had a quarter of a cigarette 3 times. And they've been absolutely rank each time. I was a bit disappointed each time tbh as I thought they'd be a treat.

When I gave up before I had the same feeling when I went back on them - this is what I've been missing? But because they're was no alternative I ended up back with a vengence and they suddenly seemed unshakeable. With vaping I'm confident that there's a better, more enjoyable alternative out there. I never would have imagined that.

 

[donwuan]

Why punish yourself. Year later and i still fire 1-2 a week when i just need a cig. Its better then 1.5 packs a day and ill never go back there.

As good as ecigs are they will never be a cigarette.

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[Shirtbloke]

As somebody else here on the forums has said (can't remember who) - It's not the cigarettes that you've smoked that are important, it's the ones you haven't smoked.

The 18 or 19 you didn't smoke today are the more important than the 1 or 2 you did.

If you look at it that way it feels like an achievement, but if you concentrate on the ones you did smoke it feels like a failure.

 

[AndriaD]

I used to smoke 2plus packs a day and I vape around 15ml per day now, that being said sometimes I think I'd like a cig but then I smell one and all bets are off, a good build is a better nicotine delivery system than any cig.

I do find it crazy that I don't like the smell of cigarettes anymore. Now I know what people, nonsmokers used to bioch at me for....

I know, it's really surprising, isn't it? I always figured they were a bunch of whining babies... now I know it's because THEY REALLY DO STINK!

Yesterday the guy installing our new ADT system went out to get the 2nd sign, put his stuff away, while waiting for my husband to get home so he could sign all the paperwork, so he had a smoke while I went out with him and vaped. I can truthfully say, I am DONE with smoking. Even his freshly-lit, while not as awful as the stale smell, still didn't smell good at all -- it smelled like burning leaves. Gee, I wonder why it would smell like that.

Andria

 

[Vaslovik]

About a month after I started vaping and quit the cigs I found a full pack in my glove compartment. I promptly tossed them in the trash can at the gas pumps. There was not the least hint of temptation for me.

 

[Deeo]

I have a pack off unopened smokes here still. I am one that can not even test a smoke out to see if I still like it or not. I'd be hooked again, I just know it. For others though they need to try one to confirm. Take it as you have confirmed that you are done with it. It happened and now you can move on with your vaping. Good job in getting rid of the rest of those smokes. Wanting to quit means you have won half the battle.

 

[dbeast64]

I smoked for 29 years and quit on Saturday,Jan 19th of last year after eating breakfast at a little Mom & Pop joint where I live. I made the decision that it was time to quit,bought my first cig-a-like and never looked back. I have an unopened pack of Marlboro blue 72's that I keep in my daily carry bag with the day I started smoking and the date I quit (Born/Died).

Keep up the good work and it will get easier as each day passes.