Just a quick note to introduce myself, just another designer/illustrator in the San Francisco Bay Area. Sunday will be my first month vaping seriously!
Smoking background - pack a day for a long time, with a few fake quits here and there. The last half of 2012 and the beginning of 2013 were off the charts stressful times, discovered I was doing two packs a day (camel lights), and moved into a non-smoking apartment, and realized it was time. Ispent wasted money on Blu and NJoy for a couple of days. Got addicted to the gum, itched at the patches, and drove everyone nuts going cold turkey - and ended up spending too much time in the parking lot smoking. I'm an artist/creative type, always working on something, so breaking away like that is rough, when it's every half hour!
Found this very forum, started reading up. Found myself at some moldy head shop in Berkeley one day, bought a cheap Buck Naked Express and whatever juice they were pushing, and tried it. The juice was all chemicals...but...there's something to this!
Found two other places near me that sell juice and gear (the Vapor Lounge and Tasty Vapor), and now I'm rocking a Pro II mini and a Pro II. Love 'em! I have a small but growing juice collection, too.
I'll admit, I've had a couple of cigarettes since I started. They're in the car, the old-smoker in me can't bring myself to throw them out, so when I'm driving...anyway, didn't enjoy them. They don't taste good anymore! (At least, they don't taste like Boston Cream Pie!) So, when they're gone, or I man up and toss them, I'm done. And, for the first time in many decades, the idea doesn't freak me out.
I already spent a bunch of money, so I'm going slow now, I'm limiting myself to one new toy a month.
This month's is going to be a carto tank and all the trimmings, December I may reward myself with a Provari. I'm learning, mostly from reading here, to try everything!
PS - Maybe this has been discussed, but the one thing I've noticed is that I don't FIEND for a smoke now, like when I smoked Camels. I can go hours now between vapes, and not even notice. When I smoked a cigarette in the car, 5 minutes later I was going through massive nicotine fits, serious cravings, but I just pulled out the mini, took a couple hits, and didn't even think about it until after I got home. I used to white knuckle it after not smoking for 20 minutes with cigarettes. What's that all about?
Smoking background - pack a day for a long time, with a few fake quits here and there. The last half of 2012 and the beginning of 2013 were off the charts stressful times, discovered I was doing two packs a day (camel lights), and moved into a non-smoking apartment, and realized it was time. I
Found this very forum, started reading up. Found myself at some moldy head shop in Berkeley one day, bought a cheap Buck Naked Express and whatever juice they were pushing, and tried it. The juice was all chemicals...but...there's something to this!
Found two other places near me that sell juice and gear (the Vapor Lounge and Tasty Vapor), and now I'm rocking a Pro II mini and a Pro II. Love 'em! I have a small but growing juice collection, too.
I'll admit, I've had a couple of cigarettes since I started. They're in the car, the old-smoker in me can't bring myself to throw them out, so when I'm driving...anyway, didn't enjoy them. They don't taste good anymore! (At least, they don't taste like Boston Cream Pie!) So, when they're gone, or I man up and toss them, I'm done. And, for the first time in many decades, the idea doesn't freak me out.
I already spent a bunch of money, so I'm going slow now, I'm limiting myself to one new toy a month.
This month's is going to be a carto tank and all the trimmings, December I may reward myself with a Provari. I'm learning, mostly from reading here, to try everything! PS - Maybe this has been discussed, but the one thing I've noticed is that I don't FIEND for a smoke now, like when I smoked Camels. I can go hours now between vapes, and not even notice. When I smoked a cigarette in the car, 5 minutes later I was going through massive nicotine fits, serious cravings, but I just pulled out the mini, took a couple hits, and didn't even think about it until after I got home. I used to white knuckle it after not smoking for 20 minutes with cigarettes. What's that all about?
