I Lost the battle

[chad2020]

Took my two boys golfing today. Got to hole 5 and battery went dead on my 801. I'm in the middle of the golf course and I'm thinking to myself. Now what am I going to do. I have only been vaping since last saturday with awesome results. I finished the game and when I got into the car I saw a cigarette sitting there. Wife still smokes until she sees that the ecig is working for me. Hers in in the mail as I type. Thanks Gamer. Anyway, it had been over an hour without a puff of anything. I looked at it and lit the analog. I felt like a loser at the time. I got home and pulled my spare battery off the charger, took a long puff. yum. It felt so good. I love my ecig. Tell me i'm not a failure. lol... I need a car charger and extra batteries. My 801 charger has a spot to plug in a car charger, anyone know what kind it takes?
Thought I would share my failures as well as my successes here at the forum. Maybe we need a whole category for failures. lol

 

[crowbartool]

I dont think that really loses the battle... I know a guy that has to light a smoke while he's on his way to change the dead battery on his e-cig... he was a 3 pack a day smoker before though down to a couple a day

 

[Happy Domino38]

DO NOT beat yourself up! Think about how many cigs you've AVOIDED in a week!

And, ALWAYS make sure you have a SPARE!!

 

[redgirl]

I take a couple of mods, some extra juice, & cartomizers when I go golfing. Get stocked up

 

[ckc]

Chad, if vaping is an alternative to cigarettes,what have you failed?

Now if you'd thrown your E-Cig away after that one and bought a 20 pack.....

 

[CaptJay]

Golfing bag - check, PV pouch (contining spares) - check
that's your mantra next weekend

Its not a lost battle its a blip, move on, nothing to see here lol

 

[chad2020]

lol. I feel ya. Sitting in my reclliner now just thinking how great life is. Boys are fixing their mother a cheese cake for mothers day and i'm smokin up the living room. Oh excuse me, vaping up the living room. Thanks for the support. Small battle lost, war is still raging on.
by the end of this week, I should have all the necessary things needed so I don't get stuck in that situation ever again.

 

[NCC]

I had a similar experience in my first few days. I underestimated the battery power I'd need for a full day at work and ended up bumming a cigarette off a co-worker at the end of the day. That was the last full cigarette I smoked. It didn't make me feel like a failure though, and you shouldn't either. What it did was make me more determined to have enough battery power and/or PT with me at all times. At first, I really over did it ... I was going to work with 6 or 7 batteries and a couple bottles of juice. I've slowly learned how much was really necessary to make it through a day.

 

[blackhaz]

I once was in near or less the same situation, but went for dipping e-juice directly to my mouth. LOL I should have went for analogue instead, like you did. (But problem is I don't carry them anymore.)

 

[irwink]

It's a little like going into combat. Unless you can count on immediate resupply you don't take only one magazine. You don't take only one canteen.You don't take only enough rations for one meal. You don't take only one little bandaid. You take backups for everything. You plan for contingencies. You learn from your mistakes. You move on without looking back any more than you have to in order to learn.

 

[chad2020]

I once was in near or less the same situation, but went for dipping e-juice directly to my mouth. LOL I should have went for analogue instead, like you did. (But problem is I don't carry them anymore.)

you dripped ejuice into your mouth?
Holy cow, you are a MAN !!! Not just a man, but SUPERMAN !!!

 

[DonDaBoomVape]

Don't think of it as a battle ... and certainly not a failure!

Vaping is fun! [Yes, I know it is healthier, bla bla bla, but for me (if not my wife) that is secondary.] You just didn't have quite as much fun that day. Life goes on.

 

[rusty shackleford]

You haven't failed anything! hang in there, it gets easier....

 

[keyzygirl]

BE PREPARED!!You cant fail if you keep trying.Get extra batts and be easy on yourself.

 

[dkindig]

No harm done. As they say in another arena, strive for progress, not perfection. It has been a week or so since I've had an analog. I keep a pack around just in case, but every time I have one it reminds me of how much I dislike them. Keep your focus on the progress you've made.

Make your next upgrade an eGo or a Tornado. I generally run a battery dead in a single day only if I do a dry-burn to clean my atty. Otherwise, the battery on my eGo lasts all day and then some.

Good for you for getting rid of the analogs! You should be proud.

 

[Rosa]

Hi! I'm just here for the cheesecake.

 

[7thCabal]

No worries-- much success can come from failure... no hate, jus' vape!

 

[Kragax]

I always carry spares, just in case. Learned that when out to dinner with friends and I had my first atty failure.

 

[BigJimW]

A few weeks ago, I made a video addressing this same issue

YouTube - A Message to those who smoked analogs during your vaping experience

Don't beat yourself up. We all went down that path.

 

[Kragax]

Hey, just noticed post #5, yippee.