I was having the same problem as you....I started vaping back in March with my husband. Within a month, he was analog free. I didn't quit the analogs til late August. There were three major issues that were making it difficult for me to quit the analogs.
1. I hadn't found a juice that worked for me. Started at 12mg then moved to 24mg. As things progressed I have slowly dialed down the nic since then. I also had myself fooled into thinking that taste was everything and I didn't care about the vapor. Now I realize that vapor is almost as important as the taste..for me.
2. I hadn't found a PV that worked for me. Started with the Blu, then moved on to the Sideshow, 902, eGo, Little Sister, and now I'm using a REO mini. And that's just the ones that I have...nevermind all the mods my husband (now a mod collector) put in my hands in the hopes that one of them would work for me. I needed something that was easier than picking up a cigarette and lighting it. What can I say? I am lazy. I hated carts, cartomizers, dripping, and constantly changing batteries, and trying to figure out the variable voltage system.
3. I hadn't realized that my addiction was not just to nicotine. I am addicted to the other chemicals in analogs. My husband had pointed out that while I was still smoking, I was already replacing the nicotine, so it must have been something else. He was right. When I finally quit the analogs I still went through withdrawls that lasted a couple of weeks. I was getting plenty of nicotine from vaping.
Now that it has been a long time since I've smoked, I find that even though the mental habbit still bugs me every now and then, I'm not bothered by it anymore. I tried to smoke a cigarette, but the chemical burn was the first thing I noticed and couldn't quite make it through the 3rd drag. But that meant not smoking for a minimum of 5 days before I would have that kind of reaction. Could I go back to smoking?...sure, it would be really gross, but I could force my way through about three cigarettes and be right back where I was...but now I don't want to.
It did take some effort to pick up the PV instead of a smoke, but it payed off in the end. I now carry my PVs with me everywhere I go. I still have a pack of smokes in my purse, but haven't felt the need to try another one since that last one that had me feeling nauseated.
I hope that eventually you will find what works for you. I know its hard, but I have no doubt you will get there eventually. It does require some will power, but it is much easier when you find that combination of juice (nic level, taste, and vapor volume) and PV that works for you and then just vape the hell out of it to get you through the transition. I wish I could just tell you what would work for you, but I can't. All I can do is suggest you increase your nic level, try for more vapor, find a PV with more oomph to it and less effort to use....and most importantly...don't give up!
*edit*....so now I've read more in the thread and I can see that this has all been addressed. That is great that you have reduced your analog use and have found other options that have helped you get there. This thread is great for those of us who have a more difficult transition than others. Thank you to everyone who posted those long posts....it made a bunch of sense to me and I'm sure had I joined the ECF earlier and read these types of posts...I would have been analog free sooner!
