Is Anyone Else Weirded Out?

[JudeD]

My DH and I have only been vaping for 3 months now, and we've amassed quite a selection of vaping toys and juices. It is weird how much we're loving this. Smoking was never this fun though, and vaping just made it obsolete for us without even trying! Having such a great community here on ECF has been positive reinforcement throughout, and vaping has become something of a hobby for us. I never thought I'd be able to stop smoking...now I can't imagine ever wanting to smoke. Why would I want to smoke a smelly cig when instead I can pick up my pretty purple silver bullet, with a bella tank full of blackberry ice cream, and vape happily while ready ECF? Lol I'm honestly not sure how all this happened, but I sure am glad it did.

Exactly! I really enjoy vaping. I love all my toys and flavors. It's just weirding me out the way I went from there to here. Every other time I quit smoking, there was a plan and counting the minutes between rationed smokes and strategies to avoid smoking (like not drinking coffee or taking lots of showers). There was none of that this time. It just happened, mostly, in my opinion, because I wasn't trying to quit. I was just enjoying the smell and flavor of vaping and finally realized I hadn't had a stinky all day. Then I picked up the pack and realized just the thought of lighting it and inhaling it made me queasy. I still have a pack and a half sitting in a drawer, but no desire, zero, to actually light one. After thirty years of smoking, that fact alone is enough to mess with my head.

 

[Street Trash]

The most surreal part of quitting tobacco for me was one night at a party. The smokers came in off the porch. There I was standing on the other side of the room, twenty five feet away, ping pong ball in hand, and I could smell them. Nasty and pungent, from the other side of the room. I took a puff of vapor, tossed the ball, and missed. We lost that game, but I knew at that moment that I was free.

 

[JudeD]

The most surreal part of quitting tobacco for me was one night at a party. The smokers came in off the porch. There I was standing on the other side of the room, twenty five feet away, ping pong ball in hand, and I could smell them. Nasty and pungent, from the other side of the room. I took a puff of vapor, tossed the ball, and missed. We lost that game, but I knew at that moment that I was free.

Oh, no! You're not telling me that being a vapor will affect my beer pong skills, are you?? This might be the one thing that drives me back to the stinkies!

 

[Street Trash]

Truth be told, I have a very small window in which I actually make more shots than I miss. Usually early in the night after a few, but before a few more. This holds true with bowling, and pool as well.

 

[Street Trash]

I'm glad for you that you had an equally surreal moment JudeD. I think most of us have here.

 

[JudeD]

Truth be told, I have a very small window in which I actually make more shots than I miss. Usually early in the night after a few, but before a few more. This holds true with bowling, and pool as well.

Yeah, that seems to hold true for me as well. That elusive sweet spot when you've had enough to be loose, but not enough to be sloppy.

 

[DreamingButterfly81]

Its only surreal when i have those moments when i realize •I do not smoke• I never thought it would happen. Smoke free for more than four months. And I'm really breaking the association between vaping and smoking. Wierded out may not be the exact verbage I'd use, but its definitely surreal when i stop to think about it. Or when i listen to myself talking to a potential future vaper. Its great tho, I love it!

 

[Tanis143]

Heh, this made me think of my first journey into the vaping world. I had wanted to try them, but only knew of the kits at the mall and their prices were out of my reach. Then QT (similar to 7-11, long story) started carrying these Jasper and Jasper kits for 20 bucks. Came with one batt, charger, atty and 5 prefilled carts. I bought one thinking "20 bucks, no big deal". Found out that I liked it. So I bought a 2nd kit to have two spare batts. Then, only July 29, 11' I decided to stop using analogs altogether. That first day was rough. I wanted a cig pretty bad. I couldn't understand why though at first. I mean, I had my hand to mouth action, was getting my nic, why did I want a real smoke? Then it hit me, I was addicted to something other than nic. Well, as a redhead the worst thing you could do was make me mad, and I was ticked. Three weeks later I found out there was a local vape shop close to me, so I stopped by and picked up my first real ecig, a joyetech 510 manual. Since then I've gone through my 510, e-power 14650, SB (both 18650 and 4.8v NiMH) and a joyetech 18650 mod. I've done both 510T and EgoT(b) tanks, carto's, carto tanks and now I'm playing with a vivi nova v2 tank. My desk has a rainbow of batts, several juice bottles (plus what I have in my work case), I have a box overflowing with carto's, tanks, and various other parts. And even with all this, I'm saving money. Its been a fun ride.

 

[stormchaser]

Plus one on all the above, once I 'got it' I went a little nutty buying juice and gear as well. Finally got a provari now, I have put my credit cards away for a forced vacation or hand them to my wife. Problem is even though billing info isnt saved on any vendor sites I have it memorized now from ordering so much crap.

Sent from my phone; Please excuse typos / autocorrections.

I'm not sure about being able to save money by giving the credit cards to the wife... that in it's self sounds like trouble. one of the big reasons i refuse to get married or even be near a female. I'll take the companionship of my doberman any day rather than looking for trouble.

 

[kwalka]

I'm not sure about being able to save money by giving the credit cards to the wife... that in it's self sounds like trouble. one of the big reasons i refuse to get married or even be near a female. I'll take the companionship of my doberman any day rather than looking for trouble.

No offense intended Stormchaser, but when your quote showed up in my email inbox just below the thread title.... well lets just say they looked kinda funny on top of each other, if ya know what I mean.

 

[TheBlueAdept]

I've been at this two years. It just confirms for me that I'm still a drug addict. Nicotine addict. Lots of better ways of getting the drug every day and staying off the tobacco. New products all the time.

I enjoy vaping...but I try not to think about it too much. Even if I manage to get to zero nic... will I still vape? Are many vapers OCD about it? Does it matter? If I enjoy it, who cares? Is it having any negative impact on my life? A lot better than smoking, to be sure.

I've thought a great deal about this too. On one hand, i'm totally OK with my nic usage in this form. To me, it is little different than the 5-8 cups of coffee I pour down my gullet every day to use another chemical, caffiene, to modify how my body operates... On the other, i've managed in the last 2 years to drop from 18mg to 6mg, with an eye towards mainly vaping 0mg with occasional 4/6mg boosts as needed.

 

[Petej]

I've been vaping for over a month now and I have noticed some major things, mainly, money. I have a far less dangerous and expensive habit now compared to analogs. In six weeks I went from a DSE701 Cigar, to Joye 510's, to Ego's. I plan on letting my collection grow too.

I get weird looks at all the smokers at work, but those are soon dispelled by explaining what my pv does. I even have one convert from the group! I vape in my truck, at work and walking down the street and I've had Police officers ask me what it is and they are very receptive to the vaping world (at least where I live).

Overall, vaping is a great life changing thing!

 

[WCSR]

+1.

Damn things freak me out what with their little exercise wheels and all the running. WHY ARE YOU RUNNING!?! When will you EVER need to run that much? Is there a rodent Olympics that I wasn't aware of? Its not like you are trying maintain a runners build or anything; no matter how much you run you still look like a fuzzball! You know you're just going to give yourself a heart attack right?

Stupid hampsters.

I don't know why... But I got a laugh from reading a rant about hamsters...from a person with "gerbil" in their username.

Truth be told, I have a very small window in which I actually make more shots than I miss. Usually early in the night after a few, but before a few more. This holds true with bowling, and pool as well.

...and darts.

 

[supergerbil]

I don't know why... But I got a laugh from reading a rant about hamsters...from a person with "gerbil" in their username.

Next time you happen to be in a room with a hampster, take a few minutes to stare at it. I mean REALLY look at it.

It'll change your life man.

 

[JudeD]

Its only surreal when i have those moments when i realize •I do not smoke• I never thought it would happen. Smoke free for more than four months. And I'm really breaking the association between vaping and smoking. Wierded out may not be the exact verbage I'd use, but its definitely surreal when i stop to think about it. Or when i listen to myself talking to a potential future vaper. Its great tho, I love it!

Ha, ha, I'm a writer, so I had other verbiage to choose from, but "weirded out" just captured how I feel perfectly. Of course, I write mostly for teens, so that might factor into it.

 

[DreamingButterfly81]

+1 for writing! I'm a writer as well, songs mostly. Didn't intend to attack your wording, my apologies! I've always thought writing for teens would be fun, just haven't gotten around to it lol.

 

[JudeD]

+1 for writing! I'm a writer as well, songs mostly. Didn't intend to attack your wording, my apologies! I've always thought writing for teens would be fun, just haven't gotten around to it lol.

No worries, didn't feel attacked at all. Nice to meet another writer on here.

 

[JENerationX]

I have twin 13 year olds in the family.... they're definitely weirded out that their aunt isn't having frequent nic fits anymore.