Mind officially blown...

[mkbilbo]

Small fire today in the neighborhood. Nothing serious. But, of course, everybody on the street wandered by. I'm outside, talking to two, they light up.

I feel nothing. Don't care. Didn't even have the PV with me. It was in the house. Finished conversation, went back inside and vaped.

This stuff is almost freaky how well it can work...

 

[zapped]

Small fire today in the neighborhood. Nothing serious. But, of course, everybody on the street wandered by. I'm outside, talking to two, they light up.

I feel nothing. Don't care. Didn't even have the PV with me. It was in the house. Finished conversation, went back inside and vaped.

This stuff is almost freaky how well it can work...

Its a great feeling isnt it?

Reminds me of the first time I told someone who was trying to bum a cigarette that I didnt smoke. For some reason that hit me....and hard..... a few minutes later and I couldnt help smiling.

Grab that feeling and remember it when youre tempted.

 

[tnt56]

Its a great feeling isnt it?

Reminds me of the first time I told someone who was trying to bum a cigarette that I didnt smoke. For some reason that hit me....and hard..... a few minutes later and I couldnt help smiling.

Grab that feeling and remember it when youre tempted.

Well said my friend, well said. I also love it when they ask for a light and I hand them a flashlight. Looks are priceless.

 

[Killowatt]

First time I was near a small group of smokers, family, after I quit, it sure did smell bad I tell ya. My first full day with no analogs, my son and I moved a couch for my daughter, and we vaped away in her place. She's my next target to convert.

 

[LoriP1702]

It really, really does feel good. Freeing. My husband still smokes, and it does not bother me in the least, in the sense that I'm not tempted, and I don't miss it at all. Zero.

YEA FOR US ALL!!!

 

[~Tumbleweed~]

Well said my friend, well said. I also love it when they ask for a light and I hand them a flashlight. Looks are priceless.

Now that's funny..the good ol' days when you had to carry a lighter. Now just got 1 lighter sitting beside the pellet stove for that just in case time.

 

[TyPie]

What they said....

THAT is the thing that really blew my mind. The first week I was around some good friends of mine who were smoking like chimneys.
I had not one IOTA of desire for an analog. Priceless.....

 

[Whosback]

I ran into an old ex of mine tonight (relationship ended when I realized that she is the type of girl that gets you on Jerry Springer) and we did the old curious thing and sat and talked for a bit. She smokes like a chimney and I just could not help but be glad that I did not go near those any more. She kept trying to get me to give up this "silly" vaping thing and "be a man" and smoke a stinky.

Yes the most macho thing a guy can do is end up on oxygen, all the girls flock to hold that tank for ya.

 

[Rocketpunk]

There's nothing that could convince me to stick another cigarette in my mouth ever again.

It is a wonderful feeling.

 

[djtonyb]

I was reminded gently tonight how much my thoughts have strayed from cigarettes. There was some repair work going on in the house and my friend's dad needed to light up a plumber's torch to sweat some pipes... I fumbled around all of my pockets for a few minutes until it dawned on me that I don't carry a lighter anymore... they found some matches and I felt strangely happy that I couldn't help.

 

[djtonyb]

Yes the most macho thing a guy can do is end up on oxygen, all the girls flock to hold that tank for ya.

Sexxxay!!!!

 

[Myrany]

Its a great feeling isnt it?

Reminds me of the first time I told someone who was trying to bum a cigarette that I didnt smoke. For some reason that hit me....and hard..... a few minutes later and I couldnt help smiling.

Grab that feeling and remember it when youre tempted.

You know that is what is strange to me. I haven't been tempted. Not even once in 5 weeks.

The closest I come is the habit of heading outside. I get halfway to the door and its like "Oh wait I don't have to do that anymore."

 

[udanijo]

the feeling of not wanting an analog never gets old to me. Just knowing that I'm not causing second-hand smoke, dropping ashes, throwing cigarette butts or smelling like an ash-tray is a reward in itself

 

[Ken_A]

I still carry a lighter in my pocket. Just not a refillable. They are useful for things other than lighting up tobacco. I haven't desired a smoke in 6 months now, but I have "given other people a light".

 

[El_tecolote]

Now when walking past two or three smokers the smell almost gags me. I can't believe I smelled like that for many years.

 

[MiamiMom63]

When I started vaping, I really thought I would just cut back on cigs but never fully quit. I've been vaping almost 2 years now without smoking. I admit there's been about 4 times that I tried to take a couple puffs off someone's cig and just couldn't enjoy it at all. The last time was last June, almost a year ago. I still can't believe it. I have to be honest and say that about a week ago on the weekend when I knew I was going to have some drinks, I thought I might want to get a cig at the store for later that evening, and then I forgot to get it. There used to be a time that I NEVER would have forgot to get cigs! Lol. I've realized that I really am done on them, and that's a wonderful feeling.

 

[Whosback]

Every once in a while I will get mildly tempted. Then I look at my cig counter and the temptation goes away. Well that and who would pick burnt turd over gummy bears or fresh fruit?

 

[mkbilbo]

I was reminded gently tonight how much my thoughts have strayed from cigarettes. There was some repair work going on in the house and my friend's dad needed to light up a plumber's torch to sweat some pipes... I fumbled around all of my pockets for a few minutes until it dawned on me that I don't carry a lighter anymore... they found some matches and I felt strangely happy that I couldn't help.

Back in '11, the Austin area had a wild ride with wildfires, including one that ripped by within about three (ish) miles from my neighborhood. We've all been a bit paranoid since (I was actually more irritated at the idea we had a fire going in the next lot over so they lit up two feet from my yard... bright people).

But I'd got into the habit of being even more careful about making sure I didn't forget a burning cig and such before leaving the house for the store or something. Every now and then, catch myself trying to "check the ashtrays" and having an, "oh... wait..." moment.

 

[mkbilbo]

Its a great feeling isn't it?

Reminds me of the first time I told someone who was trying to bum a cigarette that I didn't smoke. For some reason that hit me....and hard..... a few minutes later and I couldn't help smiling.

Grab that feeling and remember it when you're tempted.

I'm hoping that's actually really gone. I noticed in the past week or so, something was different. I opened the cabinet where the last few cigs were (looking for something else), saw the pack, and just didn't care. For a while, even if I didn't have one, if I saw them or talked about it here, I had some urge to some degree to have one. Like it's just... gone away.

I mean, I expected something the first time I was around smokers after a while of having not been but I just didn't care. Except about the fire risk. I wasn't real happy about that...

 

[mkbilbo]

Every once in a while I will get mildly tempted. Then I look at my cig counter and the temptation goes away. Well that and who would pick burnt turd over gummy bears or fresh fruit?

Exactly.

I didn't have the PV with me but just a few steps away were my clearos with my current "rotation", all so much better tasting than cigs ever were or could be. And bunches of lil' sample bottles steeping away with other flavors I haven't got to yet.

Cigs now seem like a choice of "blah" or "menthol blah".