Whew,... it took awhile but they finally fixed the registration glitch that was preventing new sign-ups... and now that they have, and now that I have, I thought I'd say "Hello".
I've smoked since I was 9yrs old... over 30 years now.
I actually "quit" about 8 years ago when I got married to a non-smoker, but still find myself backsliding whenever I'm around smokers... which seems to be more and more.
Inevitably I'll get "The Lecture" which helps me be good for a few weeks, but then... well, you know...
Anyway, we were in the mall the other day and as we passed by a kiosk she said maybe I should buy one of those fake cigs for when I get the urge.
I blew it off thinking, "no thanks, I don't want to just trade one addiction for another", but then as I thought about it later it just started to make more and more sense.
I've been trying "cold turkey", gum, and patches unsuccessfully for 8 years now, I hate the smell, I hate the taste, I hate the raw morning throat and the cough, I hate the hiding and guilt, and I hate the affect it has on my relationship... but God help me, I love the smoking.
Here was finally a solution that was win-win and might make everyone happy and I was stubbornly poo-pooing it without any fair consideration.
Well, I'm the type of guy who hates to make a bad purchase so I got on the internet and stayed up til 2am a few nights reading everything I could find.
Unfortunately everything I found for "review sites" all seemed to be shills, affiliates, and spam sites pushing Greensmoke, Blu, V2 and other trendy namebrands instead of actual independent reviews.
Luckily right before I made a purchase I stumbled across Don and Eric's blog, which lead me to this forum.
After much more reading (and unsuccessfully trying to register so that I could ask some advice
), I finally made the leap with some of Don's recommendations and yesterday ordered a Kr8 starter kit from Cig Easy ($40) and a Riva 510 starter kit from Liberty Flights ($30).
Between the two orders I also selected several different flavors to sample so the total investment right now is about $100.
So far, Liberty Flights has already sent an order confirmation and Priority Mail tracking # so I'm guessing I'll be trying out the 510 around Tuesday night.
Cig Easy is still processing the order so I can't make a guess on delivery yet.
I've gone completely from "Bah Humbug" to a kid on Christmas morning... I can't wait!
Thanks to all here, and especially Don and Eric for their informative and sometimes humorous efforts.
Cheers!
I've smoked since I was 9yrs old... over 30 years now.
I actually "quit" about 8 years ago when I got married to a non-smoker, but still find myself backsliding whenever I'm around smokers... which seems to be more and more.
Inevitably I'll get "The Lecture" which helps me be good for a few weeks, but then... well, you know...
Anyway, we were in the mall the other day and as we passed by a kiosk she said maybe I should buy one of those fake cigs for when I get the urge.
I blew it off thinking, "no thanks, I don't want to just trade one addiction for another", but then as I thought about it later it just started to make more and more sense.
I've been trying "cold turkey", gum, and patches unsuccessfully for 8 years now, I hate the smell, I hate the taste, I hate the raw morning throat and the cough, I hate the hiding and guilt, and I hate the affect it has on my relationship... but God help me, I love the smoking.
Here was finally a solution that was win-win and might make everyone happy and I was stubbornly poo-pooing it without any fair consideration.
Well, I'm the type of guy who hates to make a bad purchase so I got on the internet and stayed up til 2am a few nights reading everything I could find.
Unfortunately everything I found for "review sites" all seemed to be shills, affiliates, and spam sites pushing Greensmoke, Blu, V2 and other trendy namebrands instead of actual independent reviews.
Luckily right before I made a purchase I stumbled across Don and Eric's blog, which lead me to this forum.
After much more reading (and unsuccessfully trying to register so that I could ask some advice
), I finally made the leap with some of Don's recommendations and yesterday ordered a Kr8 starter kit from Cig Easy ($40) and a Riva 510 starter kit from Liberty Flights ($30).Between the two orders I also selected several different flavors to sample so the total investment right now is about $100.
So far, Liberty Flights has already sent an order confirmation and Priority Mail tracking # so I'm guessing I'll be trying out the 510 around Tuesday night.
Cig Easy is still processing the order so I can't make a guess on delivery yet.
I've gone completely from "Bah Humbug" to a kid on Christmas morning... I can't wait!
Thanks to all here, and especially Don and Eric for their informative and sometimes humorous efforts.
Cheers!
