I'm going to do my obligatory newbie hootin' and hollerin' here.
I don't know if my signature shows yet, I got one of those counter thingies... it's hard to believe I'm in my 6th day not smoking. Finally, something that's working. I've tried cold turkey, gum, patches, and drugs... quit for up to a few months at a time but it never really stuck. Now for the very first time in 25 years I don't even want a cigarette, not even when drinking, not even when hanging out with smokers, not even after coffee.
I've had maybe two or three moments of wanting one, but 30 seconds with my PVs and it's gone again. Smokers are starting to smell bad as soon as they get anywhere near. I'm re-washing clean clothes as I go along because they smell like stale smoke, and I almost never even smoked inside; when I did it was next to a window with a fan sucking out the smoke. When I run up a flight of stairs, or waking up after a night out, I already feel 10 times lighter than before. My mouth is always clean and fresh!
The counter might not even show all I've saved, because I've been studying and going out a lot recently, and those are the times I could end up inhaling a whole pack in a few hours. Even at that conservative estimate, and having bought overpriced equipment and unnecessary flavors I don't like, I'll recover my investment and start actually saving money in about 2 months. PV and everything included was less expensive than the patches or especially the drugs were. Buying new equipment by then will be very easy to justify. Even if I didn't save any money at all, or spent more than on smoking, this would be well worth it!
All the smiles and good attention I'm getting in real life don't hurt at all, either. Fingering and sucking a bright blue light that freshens the air is a great conversation starter LOL. Even the smokers who love it and don't want to quit are either congratulating or only jokingly making fun. And not least, no more trying to find a miserable spot outside in driving rain and icy wind that's far enough away from any doorway to be legal- except when I do it with smoking friends for moral support.
I wish I hadn't waited so long!
I don't know if my signature shows yet, I got one of those counter thingies... it's hard to believe I'm in my 6th day not smoking. Finally, something that's working. I've tried cold turkey, gum, patches, and drugs... quit for up to a few months at a time but it never really stuck. Now for the very first time in 25 years I don't even want a cigarette, not even when drinking, not even when hanging out with smokers, not even after coffee.
I've had maybe two or three moments of wanting one, but 30 seconds with my PVs and it's gone again. Smokers are starting to smell bad as soon as they get anywhere near. I'm re-washing clean clothes as I go along because they smell like stale smoke, and I almost never even smoked inside; when I did it was next to a window with a fan sucking out the smoke. When I run up a flight of stairs, or waking up after a night out, I already feel 10 times lighter than before. My mouth is always clean and fresh!
The counter might not even show all I've saved, because I've been studying and going out a lot recently, and those are the times I could end up inhaling a whole pack in a few hours. Even at that conservative estimate, and having bought overpriced equipment and unnecessary flavors I don't like, I'll recover my investment and start actually saving money in about 2 months. PV and everything included was less expensive than the patches or especially the drugs were. Buying new equipment by then will be very easy to justify. Even if I didn't save any money at all, or spent more than on smoking, this would be well worth it!
All the smiles and good attention I'm getting in real life don't hurt at all, either. Fingering and sucking a bright blue light that freshens the air is a great conversation starter LOL. Even the smokers who love it and don't want to quit are either congratulating or only jokingly making fun. And not least, no more trying to find a miserable spot outside in driving rain and icy wind that's far enough away from any doorway to be legal- except when I do it with smoking friends for moral support.
I wish I hadn't waited so long!
I'm already steeping home made coffee and vanilla bean extractions, and waiting for some more VG & PG to try different things. Since it turns out I don't need strong flavors I think these should work pretty well.
