Just wanted to say hi and Thanks!

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illuxion

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Hi, my name is Pete and I'm a nicotine addict.....oh wait wrong place for that :p

I've been smoking since I was 19 when I picked up this nasty habit from the Navy. I'm now 38 and got sick and tired of being sick and tired so I have been trying ways to quit. I tried zyban from pressure from my ex wife but I had the most horrific lucid nightmares in my life, so quit that pretty fast. I tried the patches but I'm allergic to the adhesive so that was a no go. I tried the gum, but hated the taste and sensation. I relegated myself to being a lifetime smoker until my interest had been piqued by an e-cig vendor in a local mall. The sales pitched jived with my current understand, but the prices he quoted were absolutely absurd. I could hardly contain myself from laughing in his face. I ventured on to innernetz and ran across this fine place. There is so much information it was difficult to digest at first, but after a month of lurking I had gleaned enough information to finally break down and start my e-cig adventure. I went a bit hog wild with my first orders, just trying to see what I like and what fits my smoking style. I spent about 2 months worth of cartons in 1 shot, but if I can kick the analog habit it will be well worth it.

I'm now 2 weeks of vaping and 1 week without an analog and going strong. The first week I was having trouble in the mornings as I was previously an odd smoker. I smoked 1 single M'boro Red in the morning to get me jump started, usually "golds" during the day, the switched to "silvers" after dinner usually averaging a pack and a half a day. Last week I finally found a juice that gave me the sensation I was looking for first thing in the morning and haven't weakened since. I was start off with a TW 36mg cola, 18mg mixed blend during the day(can't remember where it's from lol), and finishing my days with a super light 8-11mg something fruity or sweet(apple is by far my fav so far, I've tried 4 different chocolates and they all taste like crapolate). This week I've started coughing pretty harshly, but since I already read many accounts of this being part of the recovery process it didn't catch me off guard at all.

I just wanted to say thanks again to this forum as a whole. :)
 

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Congratulations and welcome to the forum!


I spent about 2 months worth of cartons in 1 shot, but if I can kick the analog habit it will be well worth it

A lot of us did the same. I don't know about others, but I felt vaping was so convincing that I knew from the git-go I was going to stop smoking, so I stocked up. And it's better to be well-stocked than run out of juice or batteries and be forced back to cigs.

Re coughing - I believe cigarettes contain a chemical which freezes the cilia (the tiny hairs) in your throat so you don't cough. Once you stop smoking, it's normal to cough more. It means you're recovering.

Re chocolate - Check the E-recipes forums. There are several threads about chocolate flavors in there.

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In fact there all cilia all the way down into your lungs that have been paralyzed by the effects of smoking. It's pretty sad when you think about it; you inhale tar and chemicals and your body is defenseless to expel it. When you began vaping, the cilia (the ones that aren't completely dead - that's still a lot) started to awaken and now they have the task of trying to rid your lungs of 19 years worth of junk that's built up in there.

Sometimes it can take a while, but when the coughing is done your lungs will look (on the inside) almost like new again.

http://www.giveupsmokenow.com/Facelift/lungs.jpg
 

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Hi, my name is Pete and I'm a nicotine addict.....oh wait wrong place for that :p

I just had to LOL at that opening remark! Welcome, Pete! I started smoking when disco was still the rage and tried everything to quit from cold turkey (which actually worked for 8 months), Zyban (just another fancy name for Welbutrin, BTW), gum, patches...bleh. I've only been vaping for 6 days, but e-cigs have been an absolute godsend for me! I even sneaked in a few stealth vapes at work today!

Good on ya for being here, and thanks, from a Vet, for the service to your country! :)
 

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Sometimes it can take a while, but when the coughing is done your lungs will look (on the inside) almost like new again.

http://www.giveupsmokenow.com/Facelift/lungs.jpg[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the reminder photos, Rosa. Even though I wouldn't have wanted to be the poor soul who finally gave up smoking only to find myself in a position to be able to have my lungs posted on the web 90 days later. It's still something each one of us needs to keep in mind when we think we need that cig more than the PV :)
 

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Been smoking for 26+ years (bout a pack a day) and since I started vaping 2 days ago, only had 2 analogs (Only really had one of them because friend of mine bummed one of the analogs off of my lonely unused packs and I decided to try part of one). The e-cig really is a godsend. Nothing for me worked in the past and this is the first thing that seems to have promise.

Have a KR808D-1 and loving it so far. I just ordered a bunch of juices and am going to spring for an extra battery or two in a few minutes LOL.

This forum is truly awesome though. Glad I stumbled upon it.
 

illuxion

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Thanks all for the warm welcome.

As much as I love this place I think it is evil at the same time. I discovered Ms T's, Backwoods brew and Tasty Vapor last night....I guess 40 flavors of juice isn't too bad :p

I started off with a screwdriver and all TW Red Box juice, and honestly out of the 10 flavors I tried, most sucked.

Lets see out of the 10 TW red box flavors and the one the SD came with.
1) Menthol - Smooth and good taste, ok TH, but really light vapor
2) Apple - LOVE the taste, no TH at all, WICKED vapor
3) Coffee - Good taste, TH knocks me on my ...., light vapor
4) Chocolate - BLECK crapolate, HARSH TH, ok vapor
5) Vanilla - Really? FOUL taste, perfect TH, ok vapor
6) Mixed blend - Tasted like someone kept a 555 in their shorts all day, good TH, great vapor
7) Strawberry - It tastes ok but smells really good, no TH, poor vapor
8) coconut - OMFG YUCK, good TH, sub-par vapor
9) m'boro - not bad, ok TH, ok vapor
10) Orange - Nice taste, poor TH but it is there, I can taste it but never see any vapor.
11) The stuff that came with the screwdriver - decent taste close to camel no filter to me, strong TH, good vapor
Pretty much all except the apple had a strong tobacco taste(although there was an underlying smell of tobacco with apple), coconut + tobacco = GAG!

Currently I'm using the screwdriver battery with 510 cartos switching between Ry4, Mint, and Cola from VV. That is until last nights orders come in. I'm so giddy at the amazing flavors those places had, can't wait till they come in.

Right now I have the SD Mk2, about 5 901 batts, 3 510 batts, 510->901 adapter, 901->510 adapter, 20 510 cartos from 4 different places(some 510 LR cartos are ordered), 10 901 atty, 5 901 LR atty , 5 510 atty, 10 510 lr atty, 901 usb passthrough, my marineland blue foam came in this morning from amazon(yay for amazon prime and yay for blue foam), so many tips I can't remember which is which lol(some with ZFM, some with blue foam and straw, some with blue foam, the rest will be converted tonight), and when last night's orders come in about 60 5ml juices, and 6 30ml juices lol. Sometimes I have more money than brains :p

Funny I've been sitting in my office all day today experimenting with the blue foam, oh I signed 2 POs, but otherwise trying different sizes and shapes of blue foam on different attys and tips lol.
 
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Col. Gaunt

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Welcome to the forum. I am glad to see that you took the time to read the posts here and found them to be useful! I don't think that you will have a problem staying off analogs, I was a smoker for over 30 years and I have been smoke free since 9/09.

Congratulations on kicking the habit and making a great choice!
 
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