I am fairly new to Vapeing (11 weeks)
. I started with the need to quit analog cigarettes because of the grief and shame I was feeling from family, coworkers and patients. The whole smelling like a wet ashtray was not appealing to them or even myself. It was embarrassing.
Now here is the crutch of my post. My co-workers, friends, and family (my wife especially) were are all under the impression that I was trying to give up my nicotine enjoyment. Admittedly that was the initial intention, however I quickly learned that I do not have to. I used to sneak away for a smoke and try like hell to wash the smell away (BTW: soap and water dont work). If I did not get my craving addressed I would get mean and crabby. My wife knows I have a PV I have just never shared with her how often I enjoy it (still some shame because of her desire for me to be nicotine free
). I have vaped in the house and no one but me is aware.
The media is also attempting to down play and trash talk vapeing because the trend of vape users is growing. This is the opposite of what all the non-smokers were wanting. Their idea was that if we started vapeing that we would quit all together. Ultimately there would be this Shangri-La world were no one would use nicotine because the nonsmokers know that nicotine is evil. Throughout the history of man there are many examples where oppression has occurred because some group felt that they knew what was better for the rest. My main example is prohibition. I could name so many others but my point is for vapeing not to show my knowledge of history. I think I am sick and tired of others deciding what is good for me. Vapeing gets the second hand smoke out of the picture and yet the nonsmokers still dont seem happy. What is the deal
?
Please let me vape in peace.
Peace, Love, and vape
Catfishy
. I started with the need to quit analog cigarettes because of the grief and shame I was feeling from family, coworkers and patients. The whole smelling like a wet ashtray was not appealing to them or even myself. It was embarrassing. Now here is the crutch of my post. My co-workers, friends, and family (my wife especially) were are all under the impression that I was trying to give up my nicotine enjoyment. Admittedly that was the initial intention, however I quickly learned that I do not have to. I used to sneak away for a smoke and try like hell to wash the smell away (BTW: soap and water dont work). If I did not get my craving addressed I would get mean and crabby. My wife knows I have a PV I have just never shared with her how often I enjoy it (still some shame because of her desire for me to be nicotine free
). I have vaped in the house and no one but me is aware. The media is also attempting to down play and trash talk vapeing because the trend of vape users is growing. This is the opposite of what all the non-smokers were wanting. Their idea was that if we started vapeing that we would quit all together. Ultimately there would be this Shangri-La world were no one would use nicotine because the nonsmokers know that nicotine is evil. Throughout the history of man there are many examples where oppression has occurred because some group felt that they knew what was better for the rest. My main example is prohibition. I could name so many others but my point is for vapeing not to show my knowledge of history. I think I am sick and tired of others deciding what is good for me. Vapeing gets the second hand smoke out of the picture and yet the nonsmokers still dont seem happy. What is the deal
? Please let me vape in peace.
Peace, Love, and vape
Catfishy
and welcome to ECF!
