Best of luck on your journey. I feel there are a few things I do with vaping that really keep my off of the analogs.
The biggest thing for me was to always use my e-cig in situations where I would normally smoke, and to use it in the exact same way you would a normal cig. What I mean by that is, say you used to light up first thing in the morning. Well tomorrow morning, go to the same place you used to smoke your morning cig, and smoke your morning e-cig instead. Cup of coffee and the paper kind of guy? Fire up that e-cig. And try to keep it to the same amount of time it takes you to smoke a cigarette. When you're at work, step outside to the smoking den and spend 5 minutes puffing on your e-cig. After a delicious meal, go outside and hit your e-cig for 5 minutes. I went so far as to roll down the window in my car when I was smoking it at first. The idea for me was to do literally EVERYTHING the same way I would do it when I was smoking a cigarette. Cigarettes, for me at least, were as much a habit and a ritual as they were an addiction. So by repeating the same habits/rituals, just with an e-cig, I found over time my brain learned to replace the desire for smoke with the desire for vapor.
One of the biggest ones for me was out at a bar having a few drinks with my smoking buddies, I would step outside with them every time they went and pull out my big, obnoxious, and slightly embarrassing e-cig, and smoke it until they were done with their analogs. Get used to answer questions and letting people try it; that will happen a lot. But what I'm getting at is any time you would have a real cig, have an e-cig instead. And slowly you'll start to appreciate things like not having to go outside (especially for me since I live in MN and it's about 3 degrees outside today) every time you want to smoke, not having to roll down the windows in your car. Then you'll start to notice your car doesn't smell as bed. Nor do your clothes, or your house, or your breath. Eventually food will start to taste better. And every once in awhile, if you feel like you just need a real cigarette, I say go for it. Maybe that's bad advice, but it worked much better for me to ween than it did to just stop smoking altogether. My biggest turning point was when I went 5 days of vaping without a real cigarette, and then I broke down and had one. It tasted disgusting, it made me feel disgusting, and I didn't even finish it. I knew then that I was ready to commit.
Just another in a long series of rants. Hope this helps.
Also, as far as equipment goes, get something that will hit hard (like a real cig) and last long. It is a PITA trying to figure out what works and what doesn't, how to use this or that, what flavors, what nicotine strengths, etc. A good middle ground for me was the Ego Twist 900 mah with clearomizers and 15-18mg nicotine, 50/50 vg/pg. Just be careful not to fill the clearomizer past the line, and don't let it get too empty. If you can find a local store that specializes in e-cigs, they're usually pretty good about walking you through the in's and out's of Ego systems. Just make sure you have a few back-up batteries and clearomizers, a back-up charger, and a few different flavors of juice. Not an expert by any means, just I guy with an opinion and time on my hands. If I had to start over again, I would probably buy this Vamo thing I am trying to buy right now. But that's not for everyone methinks. Best of luck.
The biggest thing for me was to always use my e-cig in situations where I would normally smoke, and to use it in the exact same way you would a normal cig. What I mean by that is, say you used to light up first thing in the morning. Well tomorrow morning, go to the same place you used to smoke your morning cig, and smoke your morning e-cig instead. Cup of coffee and the paper kind of guy? Fire up that e-cig. And try to keep it to the same amount of time it takes you to smoke a cigarette. When you're at work, step outside to the smoking den and spend 5 minutes puffing on your e-cig. After a delicious meal, go outside and hit your e-cig for 5 minutes. I went so far as to roll down the window in my car when I was smoking it at first. The idea for me was to do literally EVERYTHING the same way I would do it when I was smoking a cigarette. Cigarettes, for me at least, were as much a habit and a ritual as they were an addiction. So by repeating the same habits/rituals, just with an e-cig, I found over time my brain learned to replace the desire for smoke with the desire for vapor.
One of the biggest ones for me was out at a bar having a few drinks with my smoking buddies, I would step outside with them every time they went and pull out my big, obnoxious, and slightly embarrassing e-cig, and smoke it until they were done with their analogs. Get used to answer questions and letting people try it; that will happen a lot. But what I'm getting at is any time you would have a real cig, have an e-cig instead. And slowly you'll start to appreciate things like not having to go outside (especially for me since I live in MN and it's about 3 degrees outside today) every time you want to smoke, not having to roll down the windows in your car. Then you'll start to notice your car doesn't smell as bed. Nor do your clothes, or your house, or your breath. Eventually food will start to taste better. And every once in awhile, if you feel like you just need a real cigarette, I say go for it. Maybe that's bad advice, but it worked much better for me to ween than it did to just stop smoking altogether. My biggest turning point was when I went 5 days of vaping without a real cigarette, and then I broke down and had one. It tasted disgusting, it made me feel disgusting, and I didn't even finish it. I knew then that I was ready to commit.
Just another in a long series of rants. Hope this helps.
Also, as far as equipment goes, get something that will hit hard (like a real cig) and last long. It is a PITA trying to figure out what works and what doesn't, how to use this or that, what flavors, what nicotine strengths, etc. A good middle ground for me was the Ego Twist 900 mah with clearomizers and 15-18mg nicotine, 50/50 vg/pg. Just be careful not to fill the clearomizer past the line, and don't let it get too empty. If you can find a local store that specializes in e-cigs, they're usually pretty good about walking you through the in's and out's of Ego systems. Just make sure you have a few back-up batteries and clearomizers, a back-up charger, and a few different flavors of juice. Not an expert by any means, just I guy with an opinion and time on my hands. If I had to start over again, I would probably buy this Vamo thing I am trying to buy right now. But that's not for everyone methinks. Best of luck.
