I just wanted to quit smoking cigarettes

[sgobots]

Tomorrow will be 1 month cigarette free after 22 years. After trying a couple cigalikes and eGos, my local shop set me up with an istick and nautilus mini. It was all downhill from there. Or uphill.

I'm almost ashamed about how much stuff I've acquired in the past month. Mods, tanks, RDA's, dozens of juices, three different kinds of cotton, Ohm meter, wire....I'm an adult too, and I'm purchasing stuff like a kid with his first job! I'm lucky enough to have more than one shop in my town and sometimes I rotate between the too so they don't think I have some kind of a problem. Total addict behavior!

To be honest, besides smoking, I was in pretty good shape. I eat clean. Go to the gym. Don't drink alcohol. Smoking was the one (albeit a terrible one) vice I still had left. Maybe I'm just overly excited about not smoking anymore. Maybe it's the hobbyist in me finding a new outlet. Maybe it's because it's winter and I live at the beach in a Mid-Atlantic state.

Please. Someone tell me I'm not alone here. I don't want to have to find a 12 step group for vaping. But hey....at least I'm not smoking!

 

[Yorkshire_pudding]

Sounds like the dreaded shinyitis. From what i read its fairly normal and most people settle down a little once they have tried a few things and find what they like to vape most of the time.
I upgraded to an itaste vvw4 and a naughty mini not long ago and im already itching to preorder a 50w istick and a lemo (rta) + a cheap plume veil dripper, Then will come all the different wires and cotton to test, not to mention all the different juices to try.

TBH the forums don't help the shinyitis as there are always nice new stuff to read about and want.

 

[Joseph40]

I don't want to think about how much I have spent in the last month. It does help my feelings knowing 1 tank and ego kit was bought and given away for
Christmas.

 

[Yorkshire_pudding]

There is also all the money you haven't spent on tobacco it may make it a little easier to think about.

 

[Vortex2509]

Lol no yur not alone been at it for three months ... it does feel like a hobby . I've been building coils and buying mods and tanks . Not to mention the countless hours of research lol

 

[dice57]

Hmm, sounds like a good beginning on "the collection" has begun. Sounds purrfectly normal and acceptable to me But then, I do have a bakers dozen of mods, rba's and such. All my cotton is used for cleaning things now, but do have a selection of Ramie top and Hemp fiber to choose from, and a good selection of Kanthal gauges for coil use.


Vape long and acquireProsper.!!!!

 

[sgobots]

This hemp fiber you speak of....?

 

[emily n portland]

And you turned to a bunch of enablers to confirm you're "normal"?!?


There's worse hobbies to have.

 

[sgobots]

@yorkshire pudding I have a plume veil clone. Not a fan. The contact threads are terrible. Won't stay tight. It leaks, and the 510 connection is long, so it won't sit flush. The Tobh v2 though.

 

[sgobots]

@emily DUH!

 

[dice57]

This hemp fiber you speak of....?

degummed Hemp Fiber wicks great and adds a nutty accent to ones vape, excellent with some juices. More can be found at the Just Hemp Thread
Ramie Top is my fiber of choice.!!! Here's the Just Ramie thread for more info.

 

[Yorkshire_pudding]

It was the v1.5 i was looking at. I think they fixed some of the leaking probs but im not sure on the rest.

 

[HMav]

Totally normal. Plus you start finding the things you like and your purchases double (backups). Then you start rebuilding and buy a lifetime supply of at least 4 gauges of wire and 3 or 4 different wick materials, then more batteries and atomizers. Then you start getting paranoid about the vapocalypse and start hoarding along with jumping into DIY and ordering 3 years worth of vape supplies at once.

 

[Yorkshire_pudding]

Oh dear yes then there is the DIY juice side of things, Im trying hard not to think about it too much yet.

 

[sgobots]

I have to check out the v1.5 then! haven't thought about diy juice yet. Maybe next month

 

[inspects]

Tomorrow will be 1 month cigarette free after 22 years. After trying a couple cigalikes and eGos, my local shop set me up with an istick and nautilus mini. It was all downhill from there. Or uphill.

I'm almost ashamed about how much stuff I've acquired in the past month. Mods, tanks, RDA's, dozens of juices, three different kinds of cotton, Ohm meter, wire....I'm an adult too, and I'm purchasing stuff like a kid with his first job! I'm lucky enough to have more than one shop in my town and sometimes I rotate between the too so they don't think I have some kind of a problem. Total addict behavior!

To be honest, besides smoking, I was in pretty good shape. I eat clean. Go to the gym. Don't drink alcohol. Smoking was the one (albeit a terrible one) vice I still had left. Maybe I'm just overly excited about not smoking anymore. Maybe it's the hobbyist in me finding a new outlet. Maybe it's because it's winter and I live at the beach in a Mid-Atlantic state.

Please. Someone tell me I'm not alone here. I don't want to have to find a 12 step group for vaping. But hey....at least I'm not smoking!

lmao....you took the words right out of my mouth...Congratulations....!

I've only been off the coffin nails for a couple months, after several decades of smoking, and I tried everything known to mankind to quit...Vaping solved the problem in one drag off a cheap Spinner II.

 

[dice57]

Oh dear yes then there is the DIY juice side of things, Im trying hard not to think about it too much yet.

hmm, which reminds me, need to step into the lab and see what's on the slab, or something like that. Frak down to 3 flavors and under 400 ml of juice mixed total, starting to have vape attacks. Fortunatley have over a gallon of vg, 1000 ml of nic base, 750 ml of pg base, and plenty of flavor extracts to choose from. hmm, thinking of some Captain Black's Cinful Delight, and English Blackberry juice would be nice.

 

[daleron]

Tomorrow will be 1 month cigarette free after 22 years. After trying a couple cigalikes and eGos, my local shop set me up with an istick and nautilus mini. It was all downhill from there. Or uphill.

Please. Someone tell me I'm not alone here. I don't want to have to find a 12 step group for vaping. But hey....at least I'm not smoking!

Welcome to ECF sgobots, make yourself right at home
You're in good company!