My first non-lit up

[davidvdw]

Hi,

My Twisp Dura starter pack charged overnight last night and now I'm dragging away on the first of the 5 supplied light carttridges.

I want to stop smoking - no that's not quite accurate - for the first time in my 23 years as a smoker I can feel that my smokes are hurting my body. Coughing, tight chestedness and all the other classic symptoims of incipient lung disease are there.

So here goes.

Wish me luck

D.

 

[J W in Texas]

Good Luck, David! You will find that vaping isn't exactly like smoking and takes a bit of practice but...Do NOT Give Up!! It will be so worth it

BTW...where are you located?

 

[fumerfrancaise]

Iell ditto that David; good luck, stick with it and enjoy!

 

[Celeastar]

You don't need luck - you need perseverance. Welcome to the world of choice where enjoyment is possible and change is inevitable.

Focus on what you want - not what you don't - and enjoy life - now - as a vaping - non-smoker!

And so it is!

 

[jlcanary]

I found that I didn't need luck, I needed willpower...and lots of it. I am very happy I made the decision to quit smoking and start vaping though!

 

[Moonflame]

Welcome to vaping and to the forums. If you have questions or moral support we're here for you.

 

[oldtechno]

Lots of luck!

Here's what to expect;

As time passes (a few weeks) you will smoke less and less regular cigarettes.
As time passes (almost a month) the intensity to get a 'real' cigarette is much less.

I remember thirty five years ago I had only about three cigarettes left when I went to bed. I woke up at about two a.m. and had to get up, get dressed, and drive ten miles round trip to get two packs because I couldn't go back to sleep. Sat there and smoked most of a pack just to punish myself (and make myself promise I'd never let myself run out again).

Moving forward thirty years;

There is now a store three houses away, it sells cigarettes. If I had a cigarette in front of me I'd probably smoke it instead of an e-cig...but I 'won't' walk two hundred feet to get a pack.

See the difference?

I got my first Health E Cigarette about a month ago, two weeks later I had smoke up the last of my three remaining packs of real cigarettes from my last carton. Now, for the last two weeks, I haven't even smoked one real cigarette...futher, the intensity for me to go get one is almost none existant.

It is therefore my recommendation...never give up, never surrender.

 

[oldtechno]

Oh yeal, let me add to my last post, David.

DON'T HAVE A LOT OF EXTRA TIME ON YOUR HANDS--go do something.

 

[MrKai]

Yeah man dave, go for it. Everyone is different, of course. For some, depending on the brand they smoke(d) it is harder than others due to that "flavor" thing...but I will tell you this:

The longer you vape between smokes (like don't switch between a smoke and a vape) the faster cigarettes begin to taste like what they really are: a smoldering mess wrapped in gunpowder treated paper

As a "test" I, as I am sure many others have, tried to smoke a cigarette. It was a whole new kind of repulsive *to my taste*....I found they became instantly self-limiting. I think if I still choose nicotine in the future if and when eCig stuff becomes hard to find and can't vape, there is no way I can go back to cigarettes.

-K

 

[Backslash]

I just started as well. I haven't had an analog since I received my Sidesho from Modern Vapor in the mail yesterday. I'm so excited - I have tried several things to quit analogs before. The most recent being Chantix. It may well have worked, but I couldn't take the side effects. I'm still adjusting to vaping, and getting the technique down, but I don't need an analog since I picked this thing up. The thought is there, larger than ever in the back of my mind - but I'm not suffering by any means. This is great.

 

[Princessdee]

Hi David.
The advice from the guys above is great.
I'd like to add just one thing.

Take your time.

Don't beat yourself up if you slip and have an analog. Think of all the ones you didn't have TODAY and give yourself a little party for doing so well. (Buy a cupcake or give yourself that software you've been wanting) anything to reinforce how well you've done. Tell yourself you'll do well tomorrow too, but don't let a back-step throw it all in the can. <Shrug> So you slipped. Move on.

Be good to yourself for those tiny steps forward.
You'll get there.

 

[JenJen]

Everybody is different, but when I first started with an e-cig, I allowed myself cigarettes but found I was only smoking about 3 or 4 a day. I had about 4 packs left from a carton and I figured I would finish them and then be done with smokes! Nope! After 2 weeks of vaping, I found I had to almost force myself to smoke the cigs. They were Nasty! I said forget it and gave the packs I had left to a smoker I know. I was done!

Like others have said, don't beat yourself up if you have a smoke or two, think of how many fewer you are smoking! And if you are like most, eventually you wont want or need the analogs and you will be free! Good luck to you!

 

[jeffsm3]

i cant even begain to tell you how true what everyone has said is. I couldnt go for an hour without an analog being a 30 cig a day smoker. Its been 5 days or so for me and the thing for me was, i told myself ill still have a smoke everyonce inawhile cuz nothing has worked for me in the past. I figured 10 analogs a day were better then 30 and its so true! BUT the kicker is this. I go outside to smoke cuz i have a little boy i hate smoking around him.. Well i got my 510 started vapin away. It was much easier for me to pick up my e-cig get my nic and im good. I've had 2 analogs since that day. the first one i had that day the 2nd was the next day and it tasted like crap. Now i still have some smokes on me just in case but i have to go outside to use um so pickin up the 510 is much easier.. therefore no mo analogs!
good luck i really hope it works for you! and it will if you just dont pressure yourself. It seems vapin just kinda takes over.

 

[M L Hamilton]

It's so great havin a choice. It has been 10 days now and I am well into my Twisp.
To be honest I only think about a cigarette when I have had a few beers. I started putting a little more drops into the atomiser when I have had a few, seems to work nicely.
I think that was the most difficult time for me when trying to stop smoking. Standing around with your mates, drinking a few beers, I would always have a few drags, difficult not too

 

[Nokosa]

Good luck, man. I know you can do it.

There's so many benefits to vaping it's unreal. And it feels and tastes the same as cigarettes without any of the harmful effects!

 

[BlondieLocs]

I never had a problem switching at all. From day one. I have had a total of 3 analogs over the course of the last 3 1/2 weeks (two of those the first weekend) to "test", as another poster mentioned. They were DISGUSTING.

And I actually found that the throat hit I got from the last one couldn't even compare with my e-cig. I was sorely disappointed.

Oh, and I'm really going to miss having to go outside to get my nic fix when it's -40 outside.