hi there! newbie here from the los angeles area (san fernando valley). today, i am 4 weeks smoke-free! i smoked cigarettes for 19 years, the last 11 or 12 years at about a pack a day. i actually started vaping the last week of july, but then i went on vacation. i was worried airport security would think my ecig was some kind of bomb detonator, so i left it at home and went back to analogs for a while.
on my vacation, i smoked more than 2 packs a day for 11 days (i was hanging out all day everyday with heavy smokers). holy cow, that made my chest hurt! a couple of days after i got home, i started vaping again. i haven't touched another cigarette since. i actually still have 3/4 of a pack of marlboro lights left over from my vacation still sitting here untouched!
if someone told me even a few months ago that i would be able to quit cigarettes so abruptly, i would've laughed pretty hard. i was, and still am, definitely addicted to the nicotine. but i think my addiction to inhaling/exhaling "smoke" and the whole oral fixation thing is probably much stronger.
recently, i've noticed signs that my body is starting to recover from the past 19 years. i've been expelling a lot of nasty phlegm. i'm still coughing regularly, but nowhere near as often as when i was still smoking. i think my sense of smell and taste may be improving. i haven't noticed any significant improvements yet as far as shortness of breath during exercise, but maybe it's still kind of early for that.
anyway, i am really happy with how this is going for me so far. i just thought i would introduce myself and blah blah blah. i talk too much. thanks for reading!
on my vacation, i smoked more than 2 packs a day for 11 days (i was hanging out all day everyday with heavy smokers). holy cow, that made my chest hurt! a couple of days after i got home, i started vaping again. i haven't touched another cigarette since. i actually still have 3/4 of a pack of marlboro lights left over from my vacation still sitting here untouched!
if someone told me even a few months ago that i would be able to quit cigarettes so abruptly, i would've laughed pretty hard. i was, and still am, definitely addicted to the nicotine. but i think my addiction to inhaling/exhaling "smoke" and the whole oral fixation thing is probably much stronger.
recently, i've noticed signs that my body is starting to recover from the past 19 years. i've been expelling a lot of nasty phlegm. i'm still coughing regularly, but nowhere near as often as when i was still smoking. i think my sense of smell and taste may be improving. i haven't noticed any significant improvements yet as far as shortness of breath during exercise, but maybe it's still kind of early for that.
anyway, i am really happy with how this is going for me so far. i just thought i would introduce myself and blah blah blah. i talk too much. thanks for reading!
Congrats on becoming smoke-free. It's the best feeling in the world, is it not?
