Old habits die hard....

[AngiBe]

I've been analog free for 49 days and honestly do not whats so ever crave analogs! First time EVER not craving cigs from all the quits I've tried prior! Actually, I'm a bit nervous because all I do is think about vaping...even dreaming about it. SCARY!!

So wake up this morning, get my coffee and slumber out to the garage to my old "smoking" spot just staring looking for my pack, lighter and ashtray??!!!??

I was literally standing there like a zombie for like 3-5 minutes and confused as to why this spot is blank. Finally dawned on me I don't smoke anymore, haven't smoked in 49 days and to go get my Triton for a morning of Torque 18 mg! I've actually walked over there a few times since I've quit but just a quick walk and about face turn around. This time it was creepy confusing.

Again..not craving analogs and I'm not overly concerned w/these mindless actions but anyone else w/these weird analog habits and how long be4 they finally went away?

 

[Hiding]

Absolutely, I still occasionally reach for my pack of smokes when I sit down at the computer. There hasn't been a pack in 'the spot' since February.

 

[OlDogNewTricks]

<nods> The mental addiction is the hardest to break.

 

[crxess]

Kind of like placing your plate in the sink walking out of the Kitchen and realizing your lighter is in you hand
Yea, the subconscious gets programmed for a routine.
It will eventually become reprogrammed.

 

[Harleybarbie]

I've been analog free for about the same time! Congrats! Lovin' my new hobby! I get the same way when I get in my truck or at work! Look around an say " where's my cigs?" Oh yeah I don't smoke anymore!


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[RBBR]

When I first wake up my first instinct is to go to the garage. Found myself out there a few times. You aren't the only one.

 

[AngiBe]

Ok cool, glad to hear this. I swear this AM, I was crazy. . It was the weirdest feeling. 1/2 the brain is like "WOMAN! You don't smoke!" The other 1/2 was like "DUH, where'd my pack and lighter go". I was frozen in Zombie time.

 

[Penn]

For me it was reaching for a lighter. During the first few weeks I'd occasionally put the tip to my mouth and had to consciously think my way through hitting the button. I wonder if I went back to smoking if I'd try to fire a non-existent button? Hopefully I'll never find out.

 

[Chas F.]

I've been analog free for 49 days and honestly do not whats so ever crave analogs! First time EVER not craving cigs from all the quits I've tried prior! Actually, I'm a bit nervous because all I do is think about vaping...even dreaming about it. SCARY!!

So wake up this morning, get my coffee and slumber out to the garage to my old "smoking" spot just staring looking for my pack, lighter and ashtray??!!!??

I was literally standing there like a zombie for like 3-5 minutes and confused as to why this spot is blank. Finally dawned on me I don't smoke anymore, haven't smoked in 49 days and to go get my Triton for a morning of Torque 18 mg! I've actually walked over there a few times since I've quit but just a quick walk and about face turn around. This time it was creepy confusing.

Again..not craving analogs and I'm not overly concerned w/these mindless actions but anyone else w/these weird analog habits and how long be4 they finally went away?

Kk, that was good for a laugh. I've only done it once and I was like...wth.

 

[CommaHolly]

I once tried to light the tip of my first e-cig (cig a like) with my son in law's lighter.

Yep.

 

[mattiem]

I have been smoke free for 22 months (Wow, that still boggles my mind since I was a smoker for 45 years) and I still get that random thought to light up flit across my mind. 'specially when I get in my car. Old habits really are hard to break.

 

[subversive]

Congrats on your 49 days! I have tried to flick my ashes and light my e-cig. I also used to be a compulsive lighter thief. It wasn't intentional, but I always ended up with everyone's lighters. Guess what I still find in my purse from time to time? I don't even know how it happens!

 

[JWLuke]

66 days analog free. Just this weekend I walked out to the patio, sat down in my fav chair and reached into my shirt pocket and found this heavy metal thing. Realized that it is nice to go through the motions but not have that old habit. I still freeze sometimes walking out the front door because I don't have my lighter in my pocket. I still tap my shirt pocket checking to see how many analogs are left in my pack. Life is good.

 

[Junquemail Contessa]

Whenever I change out purses, I still transfer my lighter from purse to purse. It just feels normal/comfortable...even though I have no desire to ever smoke...ever again.

 

[degnr8]

I've been vaping for just over four years now. Lighter is still on the mental check list when I'm getting ready to leave the house (though not cigs for some reason). I always ignore that and do what I need to do. Now I just find myself reaching for a light when somebody asks if they can bum one before I remember I don't carry them any more. Almost screwed myself a while ago by not taking a lighter on a camping trip. Fortunately the wife bought one of those long ones they make for candles and pilot lights.

 

[cmdebrecht]

I've been analog free for 49 days and honestly do not whats so ever crave analogs! First time EVER not craving cigs from all the quits I've tried prior! Actually, I'm a bit nervous because all I do is think about vaping...even dreaming about it. SCARY!!

So wake up this morning, get my coffee and slumber out to the garage to my old "smoking" spot just staring looking for my pack, lighter and ashtray??!!!??

I was literally standing there like a zombie for like 3-5 minutes and confused as to why this spot is blank. Finally dawned on me I don't smoke anymore, haven't smoked in 49 days and to go get my Triton for a morning of Torque 18 mg! I've actually walked over there a few times since I've quit but just a quick walk and about face turn around. This time it was creepy confusing.

Again..not craving analogs and I'm not overly concerned w/these mindless actions but anyone else w/these weird analog habits and how long be4 they finally went away?

Sounds like you were just still half asleep. I can not be responsible for my actions until I have been awake for an hour.

 

[VV_James]

I've been analog free for 49 days and honestly do not whats so ever crave analogs! First time EVER not craving cigs from all the quits I've tried prior! Actually, I'm a bit nervous because all I do is think about vaping...even dreaming about it. SCARY!!

So wake up this morning, get my coffee and slumber out to the garage to my old "smoking" spot just staring looking for my pack, lighter and ashtray??!!!??

I was literally standing there like a zombie for like 3-5 minutes and confused as to why this spot is blank. Finally dawned on me I don't smoke anymore, haven't smoked in 49 days and to go get my Triton for a morning of Torque 18 mg! I've actually walked over there a few times since I've quit but just a quick walk and about face turn around. This time it was creepy confusing.

Again..not craving analogs and I'm not overly concerned w/these mindless actions but anyone else w/these weird analog habits and how long be4 they finally went away?

I'm 29 days short of 4 years, and I still catch myself reaching for that pack of smokes in my shirt pocket...
That's where I now keep my ADV device.. It was a fistpack for many years, now it's an MVP v2...

Maybe that's why I find so much enjoyment and comfort from "Box" mods...
Ya think??





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[Nermal]

Sounds like you were just still half asleep. I can not be responsible for my actions until I have been awake for an hour.

That's why I often oversleep. I have absolutely no sense of responsibility till I'm fully awake.

 

[Junquemail Contessa]

Until the last drop of the second cup of coffee has been drank....I am in zombie mode. I walk and moan and wander aimlessly and without purpose or intent.

 

[Asbestos4004]

Ha! I'm laughing at how many of us were relegated to the garage to smoke! Not anymore...its pretty cool not having to leave a show or a movie or the computer to go out and smoke. I'm ADD...so when I came back in from smoking, I would start doing something else. Its nice to actually finish something I ...... I love fishing.