So I tried a mini style about 6 months ago and really didnt try to quit analogs. I used it at work mostly. It was okay but not good enough to help me quit i was always desiring more. It was a Blu.
Two days ago i bought a ego-c from the local vape store and have been loving it ever since. I have had 1 analog since i bought it. Which i really just did because my wife was going outside for a smoke.
I know its only been two days. But two days without a analog before vaping would have been horrifying. It was a little hard the first 6 hours and in the morning when i wake up but while i cant say i quit yet. I can see it happening.
Any advice for a newbie. Where to order parts and liquids? Anything i should research? Fill me in.
Well, what works for me is not to pressure myself "to quit". If I smoke, I smoke. Thing is, more I get into "vaping", the less I like tobacco cigs. Especially since my sense of taste seems threatening to return. Regular cigs taste
awful now. It's easier to ignore them as time goes by. I can see myself eventually being repelled by the things. In just two weeks and change, I've gone from two packs a day to two or three cigs a day. Still stunned. If anybody had told me I'd do that without any real effort, I would have laughed for days.
I think since a lot of people smoke when they're stressed, getting stressed about quitting is a little self-defeating. I fell into this almost by accident--bought a Blu disposable just to try this "e-cig thing" out--and never planned on quitting. I was buying my regular carton when I bought the disposable.
I just discovered I liked the vaping better than the cigs and
forgot (I'm dead serious, forgot) to light up for nine hours. Freaked me out.
Long as the trend is
away from tobacco, I'm happy. I'll worry about "quitting" later. If it doesn't just happen on its own.
I think if you get into the flavors and varieties of liquids and all, you might find what I'm finding, this is better. Smokers always have "a brand" right? You get the same taste and... "experience" all day, every day. Vaping... the choices are unreal. I recently joked on Facebook that "on the menu today is cinnamon blueberry crumble". Awesome (I love blueberry) but, yeah, rich. Like a rich, heavy dessert that is just awesome but you couldn't take having it day in and day out?
Regular cigs are tasting harsh and boring. When I get the urge to have one these days, I catch myself thinking, "Do I
have to?"
Latest was when I discovered the "morning cig with coffee" died. That was recent. The idea of the old cigs with coffee? Bleah.
So I decided not to pressure myself. Did put the pack of cigs, ashtray, lighters, all that in a cabinet. The vaping is convenient, the regular cigs, less so. Had two today. Two packs to two cigs in two weeks. I'll take it.
I say explore the vaping and you may find you just lose interest in the analogs. Lot of people I've run into here quit "accidentally". Weird thought but pretty much what happened to me. Though I haven't yet "quit", talk about a drop off.
Anyway.
Best advice I can give a fellow newbie is stick around. Lots of experienced, knowledgeable folks around ECF who love to talk vaping. Don't even have to "research" so much as just have a chat.
