Hi djholm1968,
Congrats on your e-cig purchase. And welcome to the forum, (from one newby to another ... LOL !!!) Speaking as an old woman who had smoked for nearly 46 years ... and who has the ravaged lungs and damaged heart because of it ... all I want to say is good for you and go, team, go !!!!
I have tried everything to quit tobacco. All of the OTC and prescription drugs, gums, patches, lozengers ... even hypnosis. Nothing worked. I am a stone cold cig junkie, through and through. And atleast for me not only did the nicotine keep me hooked ... but apparently the sucking on a cig part, did too. That is what I now call the "pacifier affect". That part of the addiction is why, IMO, the nic gum, patches, etc did not work.
My health is such now that I have no choice. When I cough, I now pull and pop the cartilage in my ribcage .... and after 46 years of smoking, you can imagine ... I had to find a way. And the e-cig seems to be that way for me.
When I started vaping several weeks ago, I went a couple of days of really smoking and just substituting the e-cig now and then. Before I knew it, I was vaping predominently and substituting the analogs. All of a sudden I went to only 2 analogs per day for 2 days .... then no analogs at all for 4 days !!!!! WOOHOO ... LOL
Then I ran out of e-cig supplies. Holy cow !!! And back to the nasty analogs. Rats !!!! But I have orders on their way to me and will jump right back into the vaping.
My Pulmonologist is extremely pro-ecig !!! This is a man who has treated lung diseases for years and he is happy we have this alternative to smoking tobacco. He made the statement the other day that he really hopes "they don't ban them ... ".
As I have read on this forum somewhere, we "... still have a habit, just not a filthy one." Vaping is alot better than smoking. And I am thinking that since I am still new to it, in time I may be able to reduce the nic levels ... and maybe give it all up someday. (But, I don't really want to quit vaping .... LOL)
Good Luck to you !!! And again, welcome.
Sandra
Forum Member Suppliers that I have thus far done business with ... and love !!! NHaler, AquaVapor and DIY Flavor Shack !!!