New Yrs resolution borken already : o(

[just-cass]

I like your thinking bogalu

monday it is!!!my new juice might be here then too...that will make me happy : o)

I'm browsing the cost of an xhaler too...pricey for all the bits involved(chargers,adaptors, atomisers i wanna try and dont have etc. but maybe worth it)

thanks for the words of wisdom and kindness all : o)

 

[Garrell6888]

Maybe I don't have the most room to talk, being as this is my resolution too, but...

Ive tried to quit before, and a lot of it is mind power. Here's a scenario:

Your standing there, debating whether you should bum a cigarette. At first thought, you make think "oh, just one wont hurt" or "I'll just try again tomorrow" Now, realistically,you must force yourself to not want to smoke. More accurately, you have to create reasons that will force you to decide against it.

Think about it. Your about to mess up over one cigarette. But why? First off, whats so great about that one cigarette? Being a smoker is tons of fun, but just one cigarette is nothing. When you sit down to smoke it, are you constantly thinking about how great the cigarette is? Or how much you enjoy it?

No, your mind is probably wondering off while your subconcious is enjoying it. It will be cool for 5 mins, but after that you will just want another...and another. Also, you'll sit and debate wither you actually want to smoke for about half an hour, until you break down and you get what? 5 minutes of satisfaction.

Think about what your parents, friends, and family think when you tell them your gonna quit, but then still smoke. You don't want them to think of you as weak do you? No, stay strong and prove to them and yourself that you have what it takes.

And lastly...How many times have you told yourself that your quitting? But you haven't. I say screw that and actually do it. Every week "oh, im gonna quit. I'm gonna get healthy" but it never happens. Well F'ing make it happen. Don't try, just do! And especially with PV's...its like failing a math test when the answers are written on your arm.

PS: None of this was based towards you, this is just what I try to think to psych myself out. I feel like a hippocrit considering ive been off the annys for only 4 hours (woke up and quit this morning) but these thoughts are the ones that wont make you not smoke, but make you not really want to smoke.

 

[just-cass]

Hi Garrell

To be honest I wasnt thinking any of those things today before i had my cigarette...to be honest i dont think i could get my head around much...I was shaking smoking the cigarette and to be honest maybe took 2 puffs. It was something to concentrate on and get my breath back after being unconsolable for about 20 minutes....and yeah i know most will hate me for saying this but it did help me...im not defending smoking...just for me...today...in th emoment....i dont think a puff from an ecig wouldve done it...

i needed a 5 minute thing to do to concentrate on....and i was actually thinking how great it was and how cool the tobacco was burning cos it was something to look at to take my mind off the memory of a white hi-ace van ploughing me and my family into the side of a wall at which point i was trapped and couldnt get out for about 5 minutes which felt like a lifetime...and today the car coming into my passenger door in exactly the same way and the pole that we were headed straight for...and my 2 yr old in the back who was crying(same thing when she was 9 months old)....

to be honest im being easy on myself today and saying screw it....a few cigarettes may kill me tomorrow(if i continue which i wont cos im counting monday as new yrs now...thanks for the tip....)but at least i didnt die today!

i dont care who thinks badly of me for lighting a cigarette...or who i have to prove it to....i know you mean well and in future ill come back and take ur advice.....but not today....

 

[martha1014]

In this situation anybody would want a cigarette. I craved cigarettes for a while after I quit. I would sneak outside and smoke one when my husband was alseep. Then I would come in and brush my teeth and wash my hands and spray perfume. He was so proud of me that I just could not let him know. I eventually did not crave cigarettes and never smoked another one. If I craved another cigarette I would smoke it especially in a bad situation such as yours. I no longer crave cigarettes and I am totally disquisted at the taste and smell. Now it actually makes me sick to light one up. Don't be too hard on yourself. Just keep trying.

 

[Fairlane64]

i dont care who thinks badly of me for lighting a cigarette...or who i have to prove it to....i know you mean well and in future ill come back and take ur advice.....but not today....

I'm just glad you and your family are OK!! A few days ago I had a very stressful situation (not quite like yours, but bad enough anyway), and guess what, I lit up a smoke too. Actually several during the next couple of days. I got back on track with the vaping, and feel like I actually learned from the experience. The funny thing is after a couple days of hitting the cigs, I started craving the vaping instead! What a change... to actually put the cigs back down because I craved the vaping more.

Count your blessings (you and the family are ok), take some time for yourself to relax and reflect from the situation you just survived, and whatever you do, don't beat yourself up for smoking cigs during that time, you got enough to deal with without pressure from your own mind about smoking. Maybe you'll find that you'll start craving the vaping more than the cigs in a couple days, and that in itself I think is a small victory!

 

[just-a-nobody]

I am so happy everyone is alright, so count your blessings and realize that you did not fail. The purpose of New Years resolutions is to set a goal for that new year, so you still have 364 days to reach your goal of quiting.

 

[Garrell6888]

Well in your case its kinda expected that you would have. I would have done the same thing. This is just what I use to help me get through not smoking in regular situations. I was gonna add something else too but I had to go.

Its very helpful to be hard on yourself about not trying to smoke, but if you mess up its no big deal. Its all mind tricks - try and act like smoking a cig is the worst thing to do. But if you mess up, enjoy it. Smoke another one. Dont beat yourself up over it, beat yourself up about wanting a cig next time you try and quit.

But in your case...there was no time to think about smoking or not. Especially since you recently decided to quit. Stress calls for vices, and you did what you needed. But also remember that the subconsious can be ones worse enemy, and its constantly looking for a reason to light up and indulge. Not to say your using it as an excuse to smoke, but if your still smoking in a few days then you have been tricked by your own brain. Trust me, I'm the worst when it comes to creating reasons to smoke.

Definitely dont beat yourself up over a cig or two, but when your ready to quit again, stay strong and dont let yourself beat...yourself.

 

[Melwig]

Dear Heart...that is just your normal reaction to extreme stress. For years you have reached for a cigarette to calm yourself and get your thoughts and reactions under control, so its hardly a surprise that you did it in this situation.

There is no way that you can break such an instinctive habit in a day. Eventually your habit will be to reach for your PV in times of stress, but that does not happen overnight. I had been a vaper for a solid 4 months before I came up against the type of extreme stress that would have had me flying to a cigarette, and I flew to my PV quite naturally, but I was an established vaper by then.

Focus on the fact that you are all OK. this was a situation well outside of the normal everyday choice of smoking or vaping. Once you are truly a vaper, you will reach for your PV in times of stress, you are just not there yet.

No big deal at all and in my mind not even worthy of considering you have broken your resolution. Your resolution is really to become a vaper rather than a smoker and those folks who have done that in a day were more than likely not in car accidents at the time.

Let it go and start up again replacing smoking with vaping in NORMAL circumstances when you feel ready.

Meantime bask in the fact that you are all OK.

 

[DinosaurVapor]

I am so happy everyone is alright, so count your blessings and realize that you did not fail. The purpose of New Years resolutions is to set a goal for that new year, so you still have 364 days to reach your goal of quiting.

Exactly!!!

 

[just-cass]

Hi all,

Thanks for the words of wisdom...melwig i agree that i guess i am resolving to become a vaper full time reather than giving up cigarettes...when i look at it like that im doing ok....vaping my 510 now as i craved it more than cigs today so i guess thats good

to keep my mind off things im mod searching!!!an xhaler/gg slim/lil chuck/protege will be another step to my goal this year(and a great birthday present!!!)

a safe new year to all

love from cass : o)

 

[Kilroy]

Life can come at you, real fast. Just remember your resolution and you'll be fine. A day or two doesn't matter all that much.

 

[Scamz]

don't force yourself to quit, it will come naturally. If you feel like a cigarette, have one, the transition will happen sub consciously.

good luck.