Greetings.
A bit about myself. I'm in my 40s, I started smoking when I was around 20 or so. Over the years, I've tried quitting multiple times (failing miserably). My husband would joke that buying me a pack of smokes would be less costly than the hotel room he'd have toget if I tried quitting one more time.
A few things you realise over the years: everything you own smells of smoke, your car smells of smoke, your family smells of smoke....hell, your dogs smell of smoke. That white paint on the walls, yeah, it's now a nice shade of yellow/tan. Breathing? Sucks (oh, forgot to mention, I'm also asthmatic. FUN).
In December, I learned I was having surgery in January. However, all of the prep tests (particularly, oxygen levels, breathing tests, etc) failed miserably. This meant, no surgery.
Now, just how in hell am I supposed to quit, after I've failed so many times over the years?
I made my first purchase of an e-cig (V2 I think) at that time, and was surprisingly able to last a week. I wasn't too thrilled with the taste and flavours, but it gave me what I needed to continue. At that point, I realised that it wasn't just the nicotine which made quitting difficult, it was EVERYTHING. A nicotine addiction, a TACTILE addiction, a TIMING addiction, and a TASTE addiction. Post eating? Cigarette. Stressed at work? Cigarette. Long drive home? SEVERAL smokes.
I kept with the V2 for a week or two, and then came across the Tornado Ego-C 1000mh, and I snatched that up. Before I got it, I thought...the hell, that isn't natural looking, it's too big, too bulky, it'll never work. I had figured out that I definitely preferred the fruity blends, so...whatever.
4 months (and one surgery) later, I'm shocked. The house doesn't smell, my clothes don't smell...and my dogs don't smell (at least of smoke). I'm spending pennies on the dollar of what I was spending, and my juice levels have gone from 2.4 to .6 . I'm breathing better, I've taken up running, and...well, my husband is just thrilled that he's actually seeing me in a light he's never seen me before: as a 2 pack a day smoker.
I'm also very, very high verbal.
Pleased to meet everyone
A bit about myself. I'm in my 40s, I started smoking when I was around 20 or so. Over the years, I've tried quitting multiple times (failing miserably). My husband would joke that buying me a pack of smokes would be less costly than the hotel room he'd have toget if I tried quitting one more time.
A few things you realise over the years: everything you own smells of smoke, your car smells of smoke, your family smells of smoke....hell, your dogs smell of smoke. That white paint on the walls, yeah, it's now a nice shade of yellow/tan. Breathing? Sucks (oh, forgot to mention, I'm also asthmatic. FUN).
In December, I learned I was having surgery in January. However, all of the prep tests (particularly, oxygen levels, breathing tests, etc) failed miserably. This meant, no surgery.
Now, just how in hell am I supposed to quit, after I've failed so many times over the years?
I made my first purchase of an e-cig (V2 I think) at that time, and was surprisingly able to last a week. I wasn't too thrilled with the taste and flavours, but it gave me what I needed to continue. At that point, I realised that it wasn't just the nicotine which made quitting difficult, it was EVERYTHING. A nicotine addiction, a TACTILE addiction, a TIMING addiction, and a TASTE addiction. Post eating? Cigarette. Stressed at work? Cigarette. Long drive home? SEVERAL smokes.
I kept with the V2 for a week or two, and then came across the Tornado Ego-C 1000mh, and I snatched that up. Before I got it, I thought...the hell, that isn't natural looking, it's too big, too bulky, it'll never work. I had figured out that I definitely preferred the fruity blends, so...whatever.
4 months (and one surgery) later, I'm shocked. The house doesn't smell, my clothes don't smell...and my dogs don't smell (at least of smoke). I'm spending pennies on the dollar of what I was spending, and my juice levels have gone from 2.4 to .6 . I'm breathing better, I've taken up running, and...well, my husband is just thrilled that he's actually seeing me in a light he's never seen me before: as a 2 pack a day smoker.
I'm also very, very high verbal.
Pleased to meet everyone
