I'm baaaack!

[adeline]

Well, it's been a ride for me. I quit smoking for well over a year. Vaped pretty consistently through the rough times (moving across the country, finding work in this economy, making large purchases and finding new living arrangements). I loved it and was doing very well, I was very proud of my accomplishment.

And then I met the love of my life, and slipped. Hard. I made the first move and asked him out. Discovered pretty much immediately that he smoked. I was disappointed, but I held on tight and didn't give in. For about a month.

I've been smoking for the last couple of months. I started slow, and irregularly.. but lately I've been smoking more often and feeling like a smoker -- wanting to smoke, and doing weird things to get away with it, smelling bad and feeling gross. I'm already to the point now that it smells bad and tastes bad and I rarely want the whole thing.


A little over 2 weeks ago I started a new job.. A really great job for a fantastic company and a nice salary. Unfortunately, I am a contractor for the first 6 months, and the health insurance offered to me was to the tune of $250/month. I don't think so. In addition to the fact that I don't want to be the smelly smoker in the office (the company is pretty green), I now have to pay for my own health insurance, for probably the next 6 months.

Sunday I ordered a fresh 1000mAh eGo PT, a pack of 5 atties and a cone. I had pretty much killed everything except my pink Riva (not very easy to hide/charge/swap out in the office) and a regular 510 pass-thru (pretty ugly and no real good place to stash it at work). I have soooo much juice it's not funny, and even if I ran out of that, I have enough DIY supplies to last me the rest of the year, easily.

So this is to get back on my feet. I plan to quit smoking this week. Estimated delivery is Thursday, but I really hope it shows up tomorrow. I can always bust out the old PT and pray that I have a carto or two left somewhere.

I've been doing okay with not smoking at work. At most I'd have one during the 8-9 hours at work, around lunch hour. But then I'd want one the minute I got out of the office. Today my goal is no smoking at all until I make it home -- which will make it almost 10 hours without. I've done it before, I can do it again.

I am ready and excited for my hardware to get here. I am embarrassed that I smoke. I know it's gross. I know it's harmful to my health.. But I slipped. And now it's time to pick myself back up, dust myself off, and try again.

I worry about my boyfriend, too. I'm not sure how we're going to get him to stop. He wants to, especially if I do. I just don't know if this is the route he should go. I can always let him test my stuff out when it gets here. I know he will be interested...

 

[erictho]

aw. welcome back and good luck to both of you. this is something you want, so i hope you are successful.

 

[donnah]

Welcome back and good luck!

 

[tinajfreeman]

Welcome back! I relapsed twice in my 2 years vaping, and I am glad to be back also. Hopefully no more relapses for me. I tried one of my favorite cigs last night and had to put it out, it was nasty! Once your tastebuds adjust you won't want cigs.

 

[dlsw]

Good luck!! It looks like you are still a vaper; it was just a little relapse, you'll be off of the analogs in no time! Hopefully, it'll be easier this time as you know what you are doing.

 

[440BB]

Welcome back! I remember you having a bunch of insightful posts when I started vaping a year ago today. Hope you have an easy time getting back in the groove and find that juice (strong no doubt) that makes switching easy for your boyfriend! Once the cravings get beaten down it time for a ride on theflavor carousel and now/soon you'll have someone to sample flavors with!

 

[bogs8812]

Hey, you can do it girl! We know you can! You have the support of the ECG community...

Start with WTA eliquids to turn your BF away from analogs...It's the closest to analogs...After that you should make him try those fruits and bakery flavors...slowly but surely

 

[antism]

Good luck to you and your bf. Dunno how you could pick a smoker after switching though I've tried and just can't do it.

 

[adeline]

Thanks for the warm welcome folks!

It has been interesting, that is for sure! I dug out my 510 PT this morning and brought that into work with me. I am really excited to get some good gear back. I tend to be a little rough (I guess) on my PVs. I've killed quite a few of them. Tell you what though, my Riva and the cheapo Liberty Flights 510 pass thru that I bought were both champs. Have yet to kill either!

@antism I thought the smoking would be a deal-breaker. I didn't find out until the day of our first date.. But we really get along in every other aspect, and we hit it off extremely well. Things have moved quickly for us, quickly and amazingly well.

I'm not frightened at all about quitting again. I remember how easily and quickly I quit the last time. It should be a breeze. Especially during business hours. Vaping while he's smoking will be interesting though. Going to wait and see how interested he is, ask how willing he would be to try it out before I order him any gear.. But I'm holding onto hope!!

 

[Huuwap]

My wife still smokes. When we switched to vaping and made a real effort to quit smoking, we banned smoking from the one room in the house it had always been allowed. I love my wife to death, and I tried to get her to come off smokes completely, but that just wasn't going to happen. At this point she's down to 3 or 4 cigarettes a day from about a pack, that's good in my book. If she was still smoking in the office, not only would that number be higher but I'd be having a hell of a time staying away from them. I can deal with her smoking in the car, I can deal with standing on the porch with her every now and again and vaping while she smokes...there's no way I could be sitting next to her smoking in the house for extended periods of time without picking one up.

I don't frequent bars or anything, and a smoking ban just went through in my area for smoking in bars...so really, I'm covered. If I'm outside, I don't care who smokes, but as soon as that fresh-lit cigarette smell hits the stagnant air in an inclosed area, I have to go outside or I'm probably going to be tempted to light one up. While they're burning they smell great...that smell that sticks to you though, I've come to hate it. I'm really glad she's down to 2 or 3 a day, lol.

 

[adeline]

@IMAVAPER

Haha, wow we have some similarities. The indoor smoking is relegated to the one room in the house -- the office. I hate it. To me, it doesn't matter if the smoking only occurs in that one room, it still stinks up the whole place, and there is nothing that I hate more than putting on clean clothes that stink like stale smoke.

That might be something that I talk him into, especially since the weather is sooo nice outside. Not sure he'll buy into it, but we can give it a shot.

My boyfriend has already cut down. He says before we met he was smoking close to 2 packs a day. Through the last couple months, that has gone down to about a pack a day, but it seems like it's picking up. I can barely choke down a half a pack per day. Compared to when I quit in 2010, I'm already in better shape. I was smoking 1 PPD, usually in half-cigarette increments.

I've been pretty fed up with the cravings lately, the lung junk, the sinus irritation, and most of all, the STINK!

Does your wife still vape? If I could get my bf to cut down that far, especially if he did it outside, I would be thrilled! And I think the vape would help with that. I wouldn't expect him to stop completely like I am planning to do. I put the bug in his ear about vaping when we first started dating, so he won't be surprised by any of this. He's seen some of my gear from around the office when we used to work for the same company/in the same building.

I'm with you on the smell of a fresh burning one though. I can't stand to be around it. The stink that clings to you is gross, but there is something about one burning away that is way too enticing.

And I've been happily vaping away for almost 2 hours. Not hitting it hard, but just a little puff every now and then. Feeling great already!!

 

[Huuwap]

You know, I don't know if she's vaping at all at this point or not. I'm trying not to be too pushy with her, lol. I haven't charged her batteries or refilled her cartos for close to two weeks, and she hasn't asked me to, so I'm going to assume she hasn't been vaping. In the last month she's become a bit on the pregnant side though, so that may be part of it. She tends to get sick when smoking in the first month or two of pregnancy, and I have no idea how vaping would make her feel. I did order her some 0 nic cartos for when she does quit completely, which she will, but at this point I think she's just trying to cope with quitting and being preggo without completely stressing herself out. Not to get into a pregnancy and smoking debate or anything...that's the last thing I want to do, lol.

 

[adeline]

Heh, it's not my business, not my debate. Hopefully others feel the same.

Good luck to the both of you, and thanks for your input!

 

[LeDean]

Good luck, Adeline! Welcome back.

 

[nordoe]

Sounds like your doing it right. Good luck. Now you have to get him to quit. Get a good liquid and have him try it.