Hey everybody, I'm back (I'm the original poster) I thought I'd post a little update. I've been off the e cig since oct 15th, and things are going very well. I talked about the 3 day hump in my first post. I had decided to stop at 6mg and I thought I wouldn't experience any physical withdrawal symptoms, but I did. But that only lasted for one day. After the first day, the physical withdrawal was gone, and it was all mental. The following two days I simply had mental triggers. Times that I normally would have vaped such as breaks at work, and getting in the car, after pouring a cup of coffee, etc... And those triggers were strong. Those triggers were also times I would have a cigarette back in my smoking days. It felt very strange to not smoke or vape at those times. But after 3 days of not doing it, the triggers became less intense.
I have found that I can drink coffee, take a break at work, and get in the car and drive without vaping, and it doesn't bother me. It's been a little less than two weeks, and the thought is still there. But thats all it is. A simple thought in the back of my mind. There is no impulse anymore. Giving up vaping is so much easier than I thought it would be.
They say it takes something like 21 days to break a habit. I thought I would be battling intense triggers for weeks. But that simply has not been the case. I feel great. I feel even better then when I got off the cigarettes and switched to vaping. And trust me, that alone in itself was a huge accomplishment for me, as I'm sure it was for anybody reading this.
I've noticed that my lungs feel ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! Don't get me wrong. I felt a change in my lung capacity when I ditched the cigarettes, but about 6-7 days off of the e cig, my lungs felt 150% better! I'm serious. I know on these forums we really like to believe that vaping has no negative effect on the lungs, but I can tell you first hand, that I can feel the difference after stopping. It's a great feeling.
When I was a smoker and a vaper, I never thought that life could ever be as good without smoking of vaping. I thought that giving it up meant that I would always feel like something was missing. That I could never enjoy life as much without this habit. I am now starting to feel what a non smoker/vaper feels like. The habit is mostly gone. And once your brain rewires itself and tells you that you no longer need nicotine or the physical act of smoking something you understand that you don't need it. You never did.
It's really an eye opening experience. I wish you guys could feel and experience what I'm going though now. I know I'm going to get some negativity for this post. There are a bunch of you out there that have been vaping for years, and never plan to stop. But I'm telling you that you that you can stop and be just as happy. You think you feel good now? Stop vaping for 6 days and you'll seriously think you could run a marathon without any training. It's that much of a difference! I'm not saying you could. I'm saying you'll FEEL like you can.
Just by saying that on this particular forum, I feel like I'm being negative. But that really isn't my intention. If you are happy vaping, and it's keeping you from smoking cigarettes, that's great! Keep doing it. But for those of you who's end goal is to quit everything, you have so much to look forward to!
and the thought of not dealing with all the garbage that go's with this post cig habit especially in the winter is reason enough to want to stop. 
I plan on doing what your doing when I can cut my nic down. 
