Hi all
I just wanted to make a post here as I have been lurking for a while - reading posts by new vapers, people trying to give up cigs, wondering...can I do it? Really, can I?
And the answer is yes I can!
Woohoo, 12 days ago I smoked my last analogue cigarette. I didn't give myself a quit date. I didn't even tell myself I was going to quit. I just had a curiosity about whether I could go a day vaping instead of smoking. And when that day passed ok, I though why not try another...and now for the first time in the past 27 years of smoking and being absolutely TERRIFIED of ever trying to give up and utterly unable to even contemplate it...here I am not smoking and not even batting an eyelid.
I think my reason for wanting to post this is because I want to say to anyone who is reading this, who is like I was a few weeks ago, lurking in this forum...honestly, you can do it. I didn't even feel like I had to use much willpower at all. The only thing I did is that I put my tobacco tin away so that I couldn't see it and (this may sound a little nuts) every time I vaped instead of smoked for the first few days, I listened to my favourite songs, danced around like a loon and conditioned myself to associate vaping with happiness and relaxation (which is what I used cigs for - to calm down, as a reward, to have a rest etc). Cigarettes were my way of dealing with stress. Deep down they made me feel like a failure (that isn't a judgement on smoking - just a personal association!).
I can't believe I have stopped smoking - neither can my best friend who is astonished
I walked past someone yesterday who was smoking and noticed it smelt quite acrid. It didn't trigger any desire to smoke. I had a rough day a couple of days ago - hormones, work irritation, a little anxiety...I was irritated with myself and everything else until I reached the end of the day and realised that despite having 'a bad day' I hadn't once thought about smoking! That turned it into one hell of a good day.
So, that's my hello to you all and thank you to people who have posted their journeys. Too many I have read to name but each has been an inspiration.
As for equipment - I have a couple of 10 Motives e-cigs but they weren't quite doing it for me so I bought myself a V2 Vapor pen, vanilla e-liquid at just 1.2% as the harder stuff was too heady for me and away I went. I have since bought extra batteries, liquid, chargers, tin - got everything set up. Now I'm sat here at my desk working with my vaper in hand and loving not having to go outside as I always hated the smell of cigs in the house.
I'm one happy vaping lady!
I just wanted to make a post here as I have been lurking for a while - reading posts by new vapers, people trying to give up cigs, wondering...can I do it? Really, can I?
And the answer is yes I can!
Woohoo, 12 days ago I smoked my last analogue cigarette. I didn't give myself a quit date. I didn't even tell myself I was going to quit. I just had a curiosity about whether I could go a day vaping instead of smoking. And when that day passed ok, I though why not try another...and now for the first time in the past 27 years of smoking and being absolutely TERRIFIED of ever trying to give up and utterly unable to even contemplate it...here I am not smoking and not even batting an eyelid.
I think my reason for wanting to post this is because I want to say to anyone who is reading this, who is like I was a few weeks ago, lurking in this forum...honestly, you can do it. I didn't even feel like I had to use much willpower at all. The only thing I did is that I put my tobacco tin away so that I couldn't see it and (this may sound a little nuts) every time I vaped instead of smoked for the first few days, I listened to my favourite songs, danced around like a loon and conditioned myself to associate vaping with happiness and relaxation (which is what I used cigs for - to calm down, as a reward, to have a rest etc). Cigarettes were my way of dealing with stress. Deep down they made me feel like a failure (that isn't a judgement on smoking - just a personal association!).
I can't believe I have stopped smoking - neither can my best friend who is astonished
I walked past someone yesterday who was smoking and noticed it smelt quite acrid. It didn't trigger any desire to smoke. I had a rough day a couple of days ago - hormones, work irritation, a little anxiety...I was irritated with myself and everything else until I reached the end of the day and realised that despite having 'a bad day' I hadn't once thought about smoking! That turned it into one hell of a good day.
So, that's my hello to you all and thank you to people who have posted their journeys. Too many I have read to name but each has been an inspiration.
As for equipment - I have a couple of 10 Motives e-cigs but they weren't quite doing it for me so I bought myself a V2 Vapor pen, vanilla e-liquid at just 1.2% as the harder stuff was too heady for me and away I went. I have since bought extra batteries, liquid, chargers, tin - got everything set up. Now I'm sat here at my desk working with my vaper in hand and loving not having to go outside as I always hated the smell of cigs in the house.
I'm one happy vaping lady!
)
Let's dance! 
I "faked" myself out too! 
