I'm a bit different because I didn't come in to vaping thinking that I would quit smoking. I was really just trying to save money and the perceived savings were the allure. However, after realizing how easy it was not to smoke I didn't. Until last Sunday night that was, I took my daughter to a concert two hours away and had the absolute worst sore throat I ever had. I seriously was thinking it was either cancer or strep, I didn't know what was wrong, I had never had such a sore throat. So I was sick and bullied and I was afraid that the cinnamon in the bananas foster I had been vaping all weekend long had caused the damage (heavy, heavy, vaping) and I bought a pack and smoked every single one in one days time.
I don't look on it as a failure. I'm not kicking myself about it. I did it, I gave myself permission to do it going in. It did give me a good insight though; I am still addicted to analogs, there is no getting around it. I probably always will be. However, they tasted horrid to me and I smoked them because vaping was unsatisfying at the time, but I realized that no matter what was wrong with me physically, I would smoke without the option of vaping. As ironic as it is, being sick is my trigger for analogs, the only time I have slipped is when I'm not feeling up to snuff. Another thing that is totally different than quitting completely with patches, gums, drugs or (yikes) cold turkey is that I bought a pack, smoked them all and haven't bought another, nor do I want to now that I am almost recovered from the latest cold making the rounds.
The next time I get sick, I will try to avoid the analogs. I prefer to vape for the savings, convenience, lack of analog smell and because my children are much happier with me vaping. As a matter of fact, after I bought the pack my daughter immediately started talking very loudly to her friends about how her favorite singer was beginning to suck because he smokes so much...I have much too much invested in vaping financially and emotionally now for me to go back to analogs full time. I'm not going to say I'm going to ban them, because that is just setting myself up for failure.
PS--The sore throat was the beginning symptom of yet another killer cold. Started with a sore throat, progressed to incredibly clogged sinuses, then a racking cough, then ........ (sorry, but that's what it was) and now, a week later, I still have a slightly stuffy nose. Grrrr. This is the third one I've had in about 4 months.
