Hello everyone,
Before I start I need to thank everyone on the site for all the good info I've gained lurking from a distance. I have patches of heavy forum use mixed with months of no-use-at-all depending on work and such. Just wanted to share my experiences and story with people who might actually care, unlike my wife and co-workers
Well, I take that back, wife is happy that I kicked the smoking habit and she's trying to catch up.
I tried to start a cig-a-like company a few years ago, maybe 2007 or 2008, but due to problems with equipment and just the stress of importing from China, etc., had to get out and I've tried various cig-a-like brands since them but none of them really helped my kick the habit. Go a blu a few months ago and started forcing myself to use it as a cig replacement, which cut me down to half a pack/day from a pack+. After I got down to the 5-10/day range and reading on this site a bit, I bought me an Ego clone with a clearo from a local gas station and that guy helped me get down to 1-2 cigs per day. Bought my last pack about Oct 27th and smoked 1-2 a day till that pack was empty, relying on my new gadget entirely for my nic needs. sometimes 3-4 if it was a stessful day. For my little counter on the computer I'm calling Nov. 1st my quit date, just to average a bit leaning towards the last time I purchased as opposed to the last time I smoked.
For a present to myself for quitting, I drove out to San Antonio and got me a Z-max and some 18350 batteries. By that point I had a twist and a couple nova minis, and quite a bit of juice, juice mixing kit waiting at the house for me. I'm going to need it so I can drop my nic level when I get home. I felt like I needed 24mg to quit, but when I got to 1-a-day I cut back to 18mg. Now I want to mix up some 5-10 range cause the 18mg is really too much. Feels like my tolerance for nic is dropping. I bought 1/5 liter of 100mg nic, just to make sure I have plenty on hand when the regulations start getting all crazy, and plenty of VG and PG and a variety of flavors so I'm all ready to go. I've dealt with a lot of chemicals before so I've no worries about smoke juice, I'm a novice chemist both by training and all the little hobbies that I've picked up for a couple months at a time.
Anyways, that's my story, been smoke free for the better part of this month and since I got my zmax haven't even craved for a cig and I can smell things again. Not sure if that's good or bad yet, but hey
Other than the phallic nature of my new toy and being around oilfield guys with it (devices are actually getting quite popular out here in the oil patch) seems like it's gonna be smooth sailing from here out. Just hope I stick with it.
Before I start I need to thank everyone on the site for all the good info I've gained lurking from a distance. I have patches of heavy forum use mixed with months of no-use-at-all depending on work and such. Just wanted to share my experiences and story with people who might actually care, unlike my wife and co-workers
Well, I take that back, wife is happy that I kicked the smoking habit and she's trying to catch up.I tried to start a cig-a-like company a few years ago, maybe 2007 or 2008, but due to problems with equipment and just the stress of importing from China, etc., had to get out and I've tried various cig-a-like brands since them but none of them really helped my kick the habit. Go a blu a few months ago and started forcing myself to use it as a cig replacement, which cut me down to half a pack/day from a pack+. After I got down to the 5-10/day range and reading on this site a bit, I bought me an Ego clone with a clearo from a local gas station and that guy helped me get down to 1-2 cigs per day. Bought my last pack about Oct 27th and smoked 1-2 a day till that pack was empty, relying on my new gadget entirely for my nic needs. sometimes 3-4 if it was a stessful day. For my little counter on the computer I'm calling Nov. 1st my quit date, just to average a bit leaning towards the last time I purchased as opposed to the last time I smoked.
For a present to myself for quitting, I drove out to San Antonio and got me a Z-max and some 18350 batteries. By that point I had a twist and a couple nova minis, and quite a bit of juice, juice mixing kit waiting at the house for me. I'm going to need it so I can drop my nic level when I get home. I felt like I needed 24mg to quit, but when I got to 1-a-day I cut back to 18mg. Now I want to mix up some 5-10 range cause the 18mg is really too much. Feels like my tolerance for nic is dropping. I bought 1/5 liter of 100mg nic, just to make sure I have plenty on hand when the regulations start getting all crazy, and plenty of VG and PG and a variety of flavors so I'm all ready to go. I've dealt with a lot of chemicals before so I've no worries about smoke juice, I'm a novice chemist both by training and all the little hobbies that I've picked up for a couple months at a time.
Anyways, that's my story, been smoke free for the better part of this month and since I got my zmax haven't even craved for a cig and I can smell things again. Not sure if that's good or bad yet, but hey
Other than the phallic nature of my new toy and being around oilfield guys with it (devices are actually getting quite popular out here in the oil patch) seems like it's gonna be smooth sailing from here out. Just hope I stick with it.
(It's kind of satisfying knowing they're there and that in one year I haven't had to break into them once... Might have done, once, but folks here helped me through that bad time.)
