HIFISTUD: Please try to keep in mind, in your observations of this forum, that as vapors, who have stopped tobacco smoking habits,we are all going through changes, some minor, and for others, quitting smoking is a major change. Some have even walked away from nicotine all together. Nicotine has been said to be as addicting, if not more than heroine.
Many of us have chosen e-cigs from different levels of health reasons. And for them, pv's are a life-saving device, as in last saving effort to quit smoking or die. Myself, I have MS and I'm in a wheelchair, my husband has Lupus. I have had a collapsed lung, pneumonia and such from smoking tobacco. So, I turned to electronic cigarettes and have begun to heal. Physically, mentally, and spiritually, in that I can do things now without a cigarette and I can take or leave e-cigs.
So has the "e-cig" became my savior?, no. Jesus Christ alone is my Savior, e-cigs was the means of saving me from destroying/killing my body, when I could not seem to turn away from or stop doing by myself. Since 31 years ago, I made smoking cigarettes my "friend", so to speak, they have proven to be my worst enemy and a fierce addiction to break. Who's going to win this fight, when it comes to nicotine addiction? In 3 short months, I am down to 2mg nicotine, from 36mg, and I will soon be nicotine free.
Just like all addictions, people go through changes and release things to help them be free and move forward.
And so for some, this forum is a place to say things, to voice yourself, and release to others who understand, Whereas, others in life might not or cannot relate, vapors can always come here for support, encouragements, and understanding. Sometimes just a listening ear, or for a place to lay your thoughts down.
There are members who are new, and can feel free to come here and voice their frustrations about vaping, smoking, devices, batteries, and such, and those of us who have overcome this mountain, understand and still remember the irritabilities, and frustrations of quitting, and know that if you stick with it, "this too shall pass"
And because so many have been successful, and starting to feel better, physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually, many try to spread the word about pv's and vaping, because we genuinely care about the welfare and the lives of other people. No one is pushing anything, and if we didn't care we wouldn't come here. We are not here to worship, or preach, and we don't exclude anyone from coming here because they do not vape, etc, etc, THAT would be a cult.
Like anyone else, whether you use electronics cigarettes, and they have helped you, whether you smoke or you don't, even if you totally hate e-cigs, you are free to become a member. A cult would not allow this, if you must look at like that.
While I can understand your concerns, I can assure you, you have nothing to fear here, the worst thing we would ever try to do, is some members may try to catch you, if you should fall, or make you laugh if you are down or having a difficult day.
No matter where you go in this life, there's always going to be someone who is more this way, or that way, in many different areas than yourself or than others, but that's ok , because sometimes all a person needs is a little love & understanding from others,
The person in the post you mention may have only been trying to help, you don't know, sometimes you gotta add a little salt to season words, but their good intentions are still there. They may have even came across the wrong way, and probably could have worded it different but that in no means makes them a "cult member", or anything, but a concerned, and caring person.
And it certainly doesn't color my view of ECF as being anything other than a group of people who have chosen to use e-cig's over cancer sticks.
And like you QUOTE:"I use e-cigs because I prefer them to cigarettes" So does 99% of ECF members here, so none of us who using electronic cigarettes, not the staff at ECF, nor any of it's members, including you, are a cult
(Dictionary defines cult as: {{a particular system of religious worship, esp. with reference to its rites and ceremonies, a religion or sect considered to be false, unorthodox, or extremist, with members often living outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader. the object of such devotion.
a group or sect bound together by veneration of the same thing, person, ideal, etc. the members of such a religion or sect.
any system for treating human sickness that originated by a person usually claiming to have sole insight into the nature of disease, and that employs methods regarded as unorthodox or unscientific.}}
Best regards,
MickiO
