I will not buy stinkies....

[VamoVixen]

It's killing me.....

I will be honest. I am still waiting impatiently for my gear to get here, which it should arrive tomorrow. I finished my pack of analogs this morning, and I helped my husband finish off his while he was napping lol. But I am hell bent to not go to the store and buy another pack. My husband's new rda came in and he is rigging that up for me to use tonight and tomorrow until my stuff gets here. I tried dripping from his brass rda and the taste of metal in my mouth was disgusting enough to send me back to analogs for the day yesterday, so he ordered a new Igo-W3 to try. I hope it is enough to at least slightly quench this craving of mine.

I feel like I have to walk on ice due to the feeling of "losing it" at any moment lol.

 

[Kuljit]

When I first started vaping I fell off the wagon hard and smoked 2 packs in a day (I was a 1 pack a day smoker). It took a couple of weeks but the transition from analogs to vaping finally happened completely and I never looked back. It is hard at first, I know how you feel ;p good luck with yer gears

 

[VamoVixen]

Thanks Kuljit! This is my second go around with vaping, so not new at all to the feelings of despair. I fell off the bandwagon too last year after only a few months(bad gear) and have been smoking 2 packs a day for the last year or so. I am more determined this time, I usually try NOT to be a successful quitter in the things I do, but this time by golly, I will be a successful quitter, and I will wave that flag high and proud lol. I just need to keep telling myself NOT to kill my neighbor, or the computer chair, or the microwave......better yet, the mailman should consider himself lucky as well

I am constantly in a high stress atmosphere, so it makes it much more difficult, but I will not buy stinkies anymore!

 

[Ravensfan]

I find it works best if you don't pressure yourself. When I first started this over a year ago I still had almost a full pack left. I was lucky that I never got the urge to pick them up, but after about 6 months in, I did fall off the wagon and started smoking again for a couple months. A couple months ago I started vaping again, and I just threw away another pack of smokes that I had left. My advice is to go out and buy that pack of cigs. That pack isn't going to be the pack that gives you cancer. If you put too much pressure on yourself you increase the chance of failing.

 

[Roach]

yeah, don't rip yourself up if you don't immediately switch. You may backslide occasionally. But just keep working toward the switch steadily. every cig you don't have is a positive. It took me a month to switch and I had a single cig occasionally for a couple months. eventually they will become really nasty and you won't even consider smoking one.

 

[VamoVixen]

I'm worried that's what might have caused my falling off the bandwagon to begin with. I didn't do a full switch the first time, I made it gradual over about 2 months time. Once we did give up the analogs finally, we would bum one here and there from friends, which turned out to us just buying our own pack of smokes, and another, after another before we gave up vaping altogether. My gear was cheap and faulty as well, so instead of ordering better gear I just said screw it and went back to stinkies. I don't want to fall off the bandwagon again. I am 29 years old, mother of 4 young children, and I was diagnosed in 2010 with COPD.

 

[Craybee]

that'd be awesome if you can wait for your gear to arrive but don't beat yourself up over it. i timed my quit so that i had my last ciggie right before i went to bed the night before my starter kit arrived. by the time it came i was just beginning to feel the nic withdrawals setting in. which was good because it let me more realistically gauge whether ecigs would be enough for me to quit analogues completely.

 

[KODIAK (TM)]

Good luck Vixen!

Don't know what gear you have coming but remember, you'll get more nic from that dripper so tomorrow, if you'll be using anything else adjust accordingly.

I was 3 packs a day girlie! Never looked back. Just vape your .... off to keep those cravings at bay if you have to. First chance you get, go someplace you were never allowed to smoke and break out that Vamo. It's just a little perk to vaping but I thought it was kind of neat sitting on an isolated mall bench and sneaking a nic fix on my 2nd day off the smokes. Just another reason to stay away from them.

 

[Ms.P]

that'd be awesome if you can wait for your gear to arrive but don't beat yourself up over it.

^^ Yup, what Craybee said. Another day, another few smokes isn't going to make a hill o'beans worth of difference in the big picture. I don't think holding out is worth the stress, anxiety, etc., etc., etc., just to say you did. Why torture yourself? Good luck!

 

[doghair]

I don't know if this will be helpful but since the day I dropped off completely I have been telling myself I will probably cave and smoke one or two occasionally. Funny thing is that I haven't yet in almost two months. I will just keep telling myself that if I do smoke one once in a while I won't beat myself up and move on. It must be the leftover teenager inside that doesn't want to do it if it's permissible. If I forbid myself I will want to do it more.

 

[VamoVixen]

Good luck Vixen!

Don't know what gear you have coming but remember, you'll get more nic from that dripper so tomorrow, if you'll be using anything else adjust accordingly.

I was 3 packs a day girlie! Never looked back. Just vape your .... off to keep those cravings at bay if you have to. First chance you get, go someplace you were never allowed to smoke and break out that Vamo. It's just a little perk to vaping but I thought it was kind of neat sitting on an isolated mall bench and sneaking a nic fix on my 2nd day off the smokes. Just another reason to stay away from them.

Thanks Kodiak! I am waiting for my Vamo V5 and a few tanks to come in. If my husband can get the coils done I will be as smooth as puddin' nic fix wise lol. I may end up breaking out the vivi nova and sticking it on the hubby's SID in the meantime. I have gear I can vape from, just not my preferred choice since hubby and I have different likes and dislikes. He likes dripping, I prefer tanks. I will get a fix soon though, just not off an analog.

Ms. P

Not torturing myself too much, being stubborn is more like it lol. I have gear to vape from, but as I stated to Kodiak, it isn't my choice of gear and definitely not preferred, but I will get my nic fix. About to hook the old nova to the hubby's SID and vape away!

 

[Buggainok]

I'm worried that's what might have caused my falling off the bandwagon to begin with. I didn't do a full switch the first time, I made it gradual over about 2 months time. Once we did give up the analogs finally, we would bum one here and there from friends, which turned out to us just buying our own pack of smokes, and another, after another before we gave up vaping altogether. My gear was cheap and faulty as well, so instead of ordering better gear I just said screw it and went back to stinkies. I don't want to fall off the bandwagon again. I am 29 years old, mother of 4 young children, and I was diagnosed in 2010 with COPD.

I wish you the best in your desire to give up cigarettes! I am like you, and I have to make the decision in my mind firm and sure before I can do something. What works for someone else may not work for you. If you have tried gradually switching and it didn't work well for you, maybe your strong decision this time will be the key to success!

I thought about quitting smoking constantly for years, but never, ever even tried to quit until I decided to start vaping. I decided that I would vape and not smoke, and that is what I've done. The first couple of days I was nervous and waiting for that irresistible craving, but it didn't come, and I just kept vaping. I'm the sort of person who just can't be two places at once in my head, and vaping replaced smoking for me immediately.

 

[KODIAK (TM)]

I thought about quitting smoking constantly for years, but never, ever even tried to quit until I decided to start vaping.

Same here! 35 years smoking and I think I quit one time for 23 hours and 17 minutes. I believe I was just too afraid of failure after that. Knew the day was coming though.

But hey. We got there eventually. Congrats to all of us.

 

[Rat2chat2]

Welcome and congrats on your decision to vape.

When I first started out......I did both. I kept cutting down on cigrettes and vaping more and just got to the point where I preferred vaping. I am so glad that your stuff should be getting here tomorrow and I wish you all the luck in the world. I just hate that you are having a hard time right now. Please keep us posted on your progress. Good luck to you.

 

[leerm8680]

Hang in there. Things wil be hit and miss for a while. A little persiverance, and you will get through this.

 

[VamoVixen]

Welcome and congrats on your decision to vape.

When I first started out......I did both. I kept cutting down on cigrettes and vaping more and just got to the point where I preferred vaping. I am so glad that your stuff should be getting here tomorrow and I wish you all the luck in the world. I just hate that you are having a hard time right now. Please keep us posted on your progress. Good luck to you.

As of now, I'm doing well. My husband didn't get the coil and wick done before he had to go into work, so I miraculously found a working OLD Ego-T battery, which happened to be fully charged, and a new head for the vivi nova tank, and I have been happily vaping the night away. My husband did happen to buy 2 packs of analogs today, however since we both have at least semi working gear right now, we haven't touched the analogs. So far so good....but one day at a time right?

 

[kgevans]

Glad you spent money on good gear. I have estimated my parents spent between $30-40K on cigarettes. They started in the 1940's. My dad died at age 60 from a heart attack. Mom is 80 and has COPD. She is now a vaper, as am I. It can be done.

 

[grannykimmy]

I don't know if this will be helpful but since the day I dropped off completely I have been telling myself I will probably cave and smoke one or two occasionally. Funny thing is that I haven't yet in almost two months. I will just keep telling myself that if I do smoke one once in a while I won't beat myself up and move on. It must be the leftover teenager inside that doesn't want to do it if it's permissible. If I forbid myself I will want to do it more.

I've been doing the same thing

 

[Southern Tina]

Not to offend anyone, but when I hear the word "stinkies", I think of a toddler. Can't we come up with a better name?

 

[sneakerpimp]

Not to offend anyone, but when I hear the word "stinkies", I think of a toddler. Can't we come up with a better name?

stankarettes.