Made sense to quit from NYC

[anskyboy]

$12-15 packs of cigarettes were killing my health AND my wallet.

Sucked it up and bought a Provari and haven't looked back. Waking up in the morning feeling refreshed is just the icing on the cake.

Was a long time lurker but finally registered. What a wonderful community!

 

[jdrewry]

Right across the state line from you. I got out when it got to $8.25 a pack. I'm pretty sure I would have been pretty ...... to pay those prices.

Congrats on the move to vaping, and welcome to the forums.

 

[indianajames]

Welcome. I'm new also. Great bunch of people here, for sure.

So, if I'm understanding correctly, you went from analogs straight to the Provari? You don't mess around!

 

[anskyboy]

Haha, I didn't tell the full story. Bought a joyetech eGo-C kit from some site. Was using it for a good week with great success.

A friend that I hadn't seen in three years visited me and told me he had quit smoking for good. He pulled out a Provari and I knew I had to get it. Rush ordered mine the next day and have been tinkering/smiling ever since!

 

[jfalbanese]

$12-15 packs of cigarettes were killing my health AND my wallet.

Sucked it up and bought a Provari and haven't looked back. Waking up in the morning feeling refreshed is just the icing on the cake.

Was a long time lurker but finally registered. What a wonderful community!

those bodegas, and candy stores got too much of my money, when i should have been buying food.

 

[indianajames]

Right on. You still went through a lot less wasted time and money than I did, and I still don't have a Provari. You definitely win. LOL

 

[anskyboy]

@jfalbanese: that's the entire point of bodegas right?

@indianajames: haha that should never be an issue. moreso reveals my weird personality where I need to have the "best" (relatively speaking) of something if it is within possibility. the most important thing is that we are on the road to becoming smoke free.

 

[jenmurray116]

Right across the state line from you.

Me too! I was paying $8.75, sometimes over $9. Enough was enough (finally!)

Welcome to ECF!!!

 

[indianajames]

I concur. Being smoke-free is a monumental win no matter how one goes about it.

 

[anskyboy]

@jenmurray116: isn't it crazy? I never really thought about it when I needed my morning fix, but golly, those packs are so expensive. it was so bad that I'd find out which of my friends were travelling internationally and I'd ask them to get my cartons of duty free cigarettes. Not a good friend I was.

 

[babyk1352012]

Eek I thought 8-10 was bad. 12-15? New York is also one of the most expensive states to live in then you add that too boot. Yeah i could imagine the holes that were being burnt in all your pockets lol

 

[anskyboy]

@babyk1352012 the worst was when I'd go out to a bar with friends and we'd smoke my entire pack. then I'd run out to a local bodega, realize it was cash only, pull out $20, pay $4 in atm fees, buy a pack and have $4.xx in change, randomly spend the $4.xx on things like gum, candy.

I'd wake up the next morning with that pack, half empty, crushed in my pant pocket and unsmokeable. Will never miss that.

 

[Uncle Sam]

I concur. Being smoke-free is a monumental win no matter how one goes about it.

605 cigs avoided in 11 DAYS. Good on you for kicking the huge monkey!

Shout out to 'yall from Cali - back home to NJ/NY! Miss the food but NOT the weather!


VAPE ON!!

 

[Beccca]

jenmurray's picture is great!

 

[anskyboy]

it sure is. i'm sure the dog's are super happy they don't need to smell residual analog smoke either!

 

[jenmurray116]

Thanks everyone - don't want to hijack the thread, but I had to respond - the yellow is Maggie and she's 10 and the black is Molly and she's 8 1/2. We got Molly as a puppy when my son was 4, and Maggie we got when she was 6. They are just truly the best dogs and much, much happier there is no smoke to be found around here - we are happy because a mass we just found in Molly's belly came back as benign - we are all so very relieved!!

 

[anskyboy]

congratulations on that jen! that's wonderful news. and they are totally beautiful!

 

[jenmurray116]

congratulations on that jen! that's wonderful news. and they are totally beautiful!

Thank you!! This was the picture we posted to let everyone know the good news - it was a very happy day!!