16 years. Damn! Sure, compared to many others around here, that's a drop in the .... bin. I just try to put it into context, you know, for myself, the fact that I smoked something between 130,000-200,000 cigarettes in my time. Pile that up infront of you, & picture it, going into your lungs.. Damn!
Hi, I'm Hashy, no relation.
Now over the 2 month mark off the ciggies, & so so appreciative of vaping! Never have I been so determined, nor confident in my ability to kick the habit for good, & the vape has helped me form a solid foundation for accomplishing just that.
I probably started smoking because I thought it was 'cool'. Rebellious. I was 14. My family was absent. My friends apathetic. I was the nerdy kid. The not too bright nerdy kid who doesn't actually know skyte, everybody just thinks he did. Attention, I craved that far more than I ever realised... What better way than to do this then to start killing myself, one puff at a time. Insanity!
Respect? Nobody. Least of all myself. & that kind of attitude brings self improvement to a grinding halt.
Fast forward from that dull & dreary existence, I find myself today on the precipice, & there's only one way down. Trust, & a cloud of mysterious white vapour will break your fall. Sweeeeet man...
Don't get me wrong. It's not easy. Change never is. But change never stops. It's one of the certainty's of life you can always count on, right after death & taxes.
After all, it is half a lifetime of something I ascribed far too much importance.
Okay enough with the fancy talk. If you've made it this far, good on you. Or poor you. Why do you do this to yourself?
I'm Australian. From 'Straya. Born & bred here in the Mountains, westernmost of Sydney. One of the most beautiful parts of the entire planet, hands down, & I welcome all to come & visit this magical place sometime in your life. It hardly disappoints.
I'm so so thankful to be off the smokes. Although I have found it hard getting into vaping, there seems to be a limitless number of things that I have to wrap my head around, almost enough to turn me off, but perseverance always rewards.
I did first give vaping a go about 3 years past when there seemed to be a surge in popularity. I found it interesting, however I wasn't really making a serious quit attempt. I tinkered with it for a couple of months, but in the draw it went, for 3 years.
I turned 30 this year. & I told myself for awhile that from then I would begin planning a serious attempt. & so I did. Somewhat. The first deadline rolled around, & I had made no progress. I had not cut down or anything. So I set another goal, & I opened that draw & thought 'This could be it. What do I have to lose?'
I bought some new juices, coils & clearos. I supplemented my smoking with vaping, & began cutting the smokes.
From 30-40 per day, down to 15. Then 12. Then 8.
However I did find that going any less than that was difficult. I kept bouncing up & down for a week. I decided I would leave that there, & when the next quit date rolled around, I would jump off.
A friend gave me some good advice about what time of day to quit. In the past, I reasoned that stopping first thing of the morning after waking was the best idea, however that never really worked for me in the past, so I took his advice instead. I had my first few of the day, & then I bagged up all my remaining tobacco, & left the house. I threw all of it away in a bin at the shopping centre. Figured I might go diving back in for it a couple of days later if panic set in. This way was relatively assured.
From the moment I left my house that day, I was a non smoker. I was a vaper. A cloud chaser. Part of a mystery, to those that find themselves uncurious of how the world changes in the most profound ways. Something that will spare the lives & needless suffering of MILLIONS, & the significance of that is unnoticed by so many. Again, a mystery.
Well, here I am. I hope to be part of this wonderful change in the world. I hope to share this change with all of you, learn & grow & then sleep because damn I am tired right now I just cut my nicotine another 20% lol. <3
Hi, I'm Hashy, no relation.
Now over the 2 month mark off the ciggies, & so so appreciative of vaping! Never have I been so determined, nor confident in my ability to kick the habit for good, & the vape has helped me form a solid foundation for accomplishing just that.
I probably started smoking because I thought it was 'cool'. Rebellious. I was 14. My family was absent. My friends apathetic. I was the nerdy kid. The not too bright nerdy kid who doesn't actually know skyte, everybody just thinks he did. Attention, I craved that far more than I ever realised... What better way than to do this then to start killing myself, one puff at a time. Insanity!
Respect? Nobody. Least of all myself. & that kind of attitude brings self improvement to a grinding halt.
Fast forward from that dull & dreary existence, I find myself today on the precipice, & there's only one way down. Trust, & a cloud of mysterious white vapour will break your fall. Sweeeeet man...
Don't get me wrong. It's not easy. Change never is. But change never stops. It's one of the certainty's of life you can always count on, right after death & taxes.
After all, it is half a lifetime of something I ascribed far too much importance.
Okay enough with the fancy talk. If you've made it this far, good on you. Or poor you. Why do you do this to yourself?
I'm Australian. From 'Straya. Born & bred here in the Mountains, westernmost of Sydney. One of the most beautiful parts of the entire planet, hands down, & I welcome all to come & visit this magical place sometime in your life. It hardly disappoints.
I'm so so thankful to be off the smokes. Although I have found it hard getting into vaping, there seems to be a limitless number of things that I have to wrap my head around, almost enough to turn me off, but perseverance always rewards.
I did first give vaping a go about 3 years past when there seemed to be a surge in popularity. I found it interesting, however I wasn't really making a serious quit attempt. I tinkered with it for a couple of months, but in the draw it went, for 3 years.
I turned 30 this year. & I told myself for awhile that from then I would begin planning a serious attempt. & so I did. Somewhat. The first deadline rolled around, & I had made no progress. I had not cut down or anything. So I set another goal, & I opened that draw & thought 'This could be it. What do I have to lose?'
I bought some new juices, coils & clearos. I supplemented my smoking with vaping, & began cutting the smokes.
From 30-40 per day, down to 15. Then 12. Then 8.
However I did find that going any less than that was difficult. I kept bouncing up & down for a week. I decided I would leave that there, & when the next quit date rolled around, I would jump off.
A friend gave me some good advice about what time of day to quit. In the past, I reasoned that stopping first thing of the morning after waking was the best idea, however that never really worked for me in the past, so I took his advice instead. I had my first few of the day, & then I bagged up all my remaining tobacco, & left the house. I threw all of it away in a bin at the shopping centre. Figured I might go diving back in for it a couple of days later if panic set in. This way was relatively assured.
From the moment I left my house that day, I was a non smoker. I was a vaper. A cloud chaser. Part of a mystery, to those that find themselves uncurious of how the world changes in the most profound ways. Something that will spare the lives & needless suffering of MILLIONS, & the significance of that is unnoticed by so many. Again, a mystery.
Well, here I am. I hope to be part of this wonderful change in the world. I hope to share this change with all of you, learn & grow & then sleep because damn I am tired right now I just cut my nicotine another 20% lol. <3
