Some of you might remember a thread I posted a few weeks ago. It was titled "My Quest to Quit vaping" I basically told my story, and it seemed to be a pretty popular thread. It ended up going 4 pages. This is a sequel to that thread. When I left off on the last thread, I was vaping 8mg liquid and my plan was to use up my 30ml of 8mg liquid and then quit entirely.
It didn't happen as planned. As soon as I emptied out my last bottle of 8mg liquid, I sort of panicked. I went down to my local vape shop the same day and bought one 30ml bottle of 6mg liquid this time. I figured I'd step down one more time before I took the plunge. At this time I seriously thought that I was no longer physically addicted to nicotine. Even at 8mg, I didn't experience cravings. I could go 3-4 hours without vaping and I felt normal. So I figured that when I quit, I would only have to deal with the mental side of things.
It takes me about 10-14 days to get through a 30ml bottle of liquid. So if I would have waited until that bottle was gone, I would have probably ran out today. I didn't stick to the plan. I quit early. I woke up last Tuesday. It was cold and pouring rain outside. I can not vape inside at work anymore due to a recent ban, so I decided that now was a good time to do a trial run. I still had around 4 days of juice left. My plan was to see how long I could go without a vape before it really started to bother me. Then I would vape.
So I went all morning, and I was fine. Then I went to work. About an hour into work I started experiencing some dull physical nicotine cravings. This was completely unexpected. After all, I had been at 6mg. I honestly didn't believe that I was addicted to it anymore. Boy was I wrong. The physical cravings lasted literally all day. I was light headed, my chest was tight, I was pretty irritable, and I just flat out couldn't get comfortable.
The cravings were not intense. They were more on the dull side. But the thing that bothered me most is they wouldn't go away. It was just constant from about 2pm on. I could have vaped and felt better instantly. After all, that was the plan. But I have a stubborn personality, and I just refused to give in. I was going to just tough it out and hope that it didn't last much longer.
The next day I woke up, and I felt fine. The physical cravings were gone. I still had my mental triggers. And I expect to for some time. But I was amazed. I've quit cigarettes cold turkey before, and the physical cravings lasted a week. An entire week of MISERY! I told myself I would never go through that again. I won't do a week of that crap again, but one day? Sure. I can handle that.
So it's been almost 5 complete days without any nicotine in my system, and no ecigs. I already noticed the mental triggers slowly starting to go away. The first 3 days I was at work trying to stay as busy as possible so I wouldn't end up with idle hands. But there seems to be a 3 day hump. After the three days, I was fine. The mental triggers are still present, but it's nothing thats going to overwhelm me. They say it takes something like 21 days to break a habit, and my experience that seems to be mostly true. I hope it's true in this case.
I feel like this is running long, so I think I'll try to wrap it up for now. I had this little thought run through my head. About starting something like a diary or a blog about what I experience from this day forward. I'm only 5 days off ecigs, so I know I'm not out of the woods yet. I'm probably gonna have a lot to say in the near future as I go though this. Would you guys be interested in reading something like that?
It didn't happen as planned. As soon as I emptied out my last bottle of 8mg liquid, I sort of panicked. I went down to my local vape shop the same day and bought one 30ml bottle of 6mg liquid this time. I figured I'd step down one more time before I took the plunge. At this time I seriously thought that I was no longer physically addicted to nicotine. Even at 8mg, I didn't experience cravings. I could go 3-4 hours without vaping and I felt normal. So I figured that when I quit, I would only have to deal with the mental side of things.
It takes me about 10-14 days to get through a 30ml bottle of liquid. So if I would have waited until that bottle was gone, I would have probably ran out today. I didn't stick to the plan. I quit early. I woke up last Tuesday. It was cold and pouring rain outside. I can not vape inside at work anymore due to a recent ban, so I decided that now was a good time to do a trial run. I still had around 4 days of juice left. My plan was to see how long I could go without a vape before it really started to bother me. Then I would vape.
So I went all morning, and I was fine. Then I went to work. About an hour into work I started experiencing some dull physical nicotine cravings. This was completely unexpected. After all, I had been at 6mg. I honestly didn't believe that I was addicted to it anymore. Boy was I wrong. The physical cravings lasted literally all day. I was light headed, my chest was tight, I was pretty irritable, and I just flat out couldn't get comfortable.
The cravings were not intense. They were more on the dull side. But the thing that bothered me most is they wouldn't go away. It was just constant from about 2pm on. I could have vaped and felt better instantly. After all, that was the plan. But I have a stubborn personality, and I just refused to give in. I was going to just tough it out and hope that it didn't last much longer.
The next day I woke up, and I felt fine. The physical cravings were gone. I still had my mental triggers. And I expect to for some time. But I was amazed. I've quit cigarettes cold turkey before, and the physical cravings lasted a week. An entire week of MISERY! I told myself I would never go through that again. I won't do a week of that crap again, but one day? Sure. I can handle that.
So it's been almost 5 complete days without any nicotine in my system, and no ecigs. I already noticed the mental triggers slowly starting to go away. The first 3 days I was at work trying to stay as busy as possible so I wouldn't end up with idle hands. But there seems to be a 3 day hump. After the three days, I was fine. The mental triggers are still present, but it's nothing thats going to overwhelm me. They say it takes something like 21 days to break a habit, and my experience that seems to be mostly true. I hope it's true in this case.
I feel like this is running long, so I think I'll try to wrap it up for now. I had this little thought run through my head. About starting something like a diary or a blog about what I experience from this day forward. I'm only 5 days off ecigs, so I know I'm not out of the woods yet. I'm probably gonna have a lot to say in the near future as I go though this. Would you guys be interested in reading something like that?
Im so happy for you that you achieved your goal. Hang in there. Yes, Id like to see how it goes. Stay strong. 
