Just about to hit the SIXTH month mark for being smoke free (7/3/11!)

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Drewps5co0tt

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I quit smoking pretty much cold turkey Jan 2nd of this year from fear from my ENT (it was kinda a forced thing) and I think if it hadn't been for that I would still be smoking today. He wanted to scare me and indeed he did just that!

So I went for just about 6 months with basically no cessation products except for the nicotine inhaler that is a RX product...I hated using it because it burned my throat and I really didn't get anything out of it. So I stopped using it and just suffered...it's been a long 6 months! Well things have slowly started to get better for me but I couldn't get rid of the hand to mouth motion that I could no longer do, I was really missing blowing smoke, etc

Finally I tried the e-cig, received my first kit from Blu last Saturday. All I did Saturday was charge the batteries and the pack, I was scared to actually try the product because I didn't think it would work like it works for everyone else. So I sat here staring at it all day/night Saturday. Woke up Sunday morning and forced myself to try it and I was blown away! It actually worked! It actually did exactly what I've seen it do on all those youtube vids, etc...the vapor creation was just crazy...I sat here and laughed for about 5 minutes because I was so amazed at what I had just experienced and I knew this was my answer to what I've been missing all these months.

Currently I'm using NON-nicotine flavors since I've been without for 6 months now but I might try adding a low dosage...who knows. With Blu I'm using the cherry crush and vivid vanilla flavors...when you open the pack to pull one of your smokes out it smells so good...the taste is pretty good and the smell is even in the vapor that you exhale...it's just really crazy! I also ordered a Magma kit from Volcano yesterday because I decided I wanted a more advanced kit with the option to drip/tank and ordered me a bunch of flavored liquids as well (all with no nicotine)...got me some cotton candy & bluewater punch flavor e-juices and can't wait to get the kit to test it out!

So just wanted to give a quick review for these things for people on here who have been trying to quit or want to quit. Don't hesitate to try these things, sure they might not work for everyone but I tried everything before this and nothing worked or gave me the filling I was missing...UNTIL I TRIED THIS!

Just a great invention and it will only get better.
 
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I've just been advised by a...let's refer to the person as a "coulda been" who I haven't seen or heard from in 15 years that I smoked to long and that my 6 months of being smoke free means nothing and that I'm doomed to get cancer...not only doomed but that I deserve to get it! The person went on to say that I should have a hole in my throat with a tube hanging out of it, a missing lung, among other things...the messed up thing is that the person actually meant it!

I feel like all the struggle that I've gone through with this means nothing all of a sudden. Instead of praising me for quitting I'm being attacked because according "I quit to late." Talk about being anti-smoke...I think this goes beyond that scope! I just feel like crap right now and needed to vent.

I can't believe someone could be this cruel to another human being, especially someone that I know and have a past with. I think it's safe to say the person has some kind of past with smoking (perhaps something has happened to a family member since we last saw/spoke to each other) but that doesn't make what was said to me appropriate. I'm just appalled!
 
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dont let them live rent free in your head...you choose your reaction to it. i second Angus's thoughts. aint seen em in 15 yrs. are you kidding me? lol they sound like they have some real issues. we should all strive to make the world around us even people around us better for us having been there. may your vaping be long lasting!
 

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I def do not class...it just really hurt me to hear those things from someone I've often thought about through the years. I was kinda shocked when I heard it.

What a vile, hateful and cruel thing to say. I'm sorry that happened. As you celebrate an important milestone it sounds like this person spewing venom may be jealous of your accomplishmets. Some choose the path of building the tallest building in town by tearing others down.

Cheers to you for your smoke-free anniversary coming up on the holiday weekend. YOU did it! Awesome :)
 

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Quote from a post by LoLady:

"I'll resist the temptation to hold forth at even greater length than I have already, but the bottom line is that an alarmingly large chunk of "anti-smoking-ism" is nothing but "acceptable hate."

It's the lowest and basest of human emotions dressed up in a designer "health concern" suit.

As harmful as cigarette smoking is - and that's a lot - it's nowhere near as harmful, nor is it responsible for the loss of nearly as many lives - as hatred."
 

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dont let them live rent free in your head...you choose your reaction to it. i second Angus's thoughts. aint seen em in 15 yrs. are you kidding me? lol they sound like they have some real issues. we should all strive to make the world around us even people around us better for us having been there. may your vaping be long lasting!

Hey I love the first sentence in that post...brilliant! Mind if I steal it? hehe...thanks to the rest of you, it makes a lot of sense!
 
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