Personal progress and ramblings

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I'm down to 2mg in the dripper and 5mg in the rta. This is down from starting all over again ~last July at 18mg. I've set my goals to reduce 1mg per week which is not working out perfectly but it is working. I went to a diy effort in the midst of this with making juice to accomplish these 1mg steps. I'm moving at a pace that works out for me. I'm reversing over 20 years of a bad habit after all. 13 failed attempts to quit. Gum, patches, schemes, etc. It has all been worthless crap outside of vaping.

Several people that are not into vaping give no merit into this personal program or health benefits that I'm already realizing. My own family has generated the most criticism. Strange how life works.

I've heard all sorts of nonsense lately. "I quit cold turkey on a bet xx years ago" "you're making cigarettes taste like candy" "I just don't see how vaping is not addicting"

These comments serve nothing at all but possibly the mouths they came from. Good for them. They can walk away feeling like they are on a higher plane and I'm going to stick with what is working for me to quit the nic. as a whole.

One of the comments above came from a doctor. I gave him an earful of information that he obviously didn't know. Pure VG or VG/distilled water with minimal flavorings (with nic of course)is something that I do on a regular basis. This part raised a brow. Hopefully he will take the info back and give it a second look. I'm not saying that I'm right as we are not perfectly sure of the long term effects of vaping. I certainly hope that his future research matches up with my findings.

 

[DC2]

Might want a new doctor?

 

[HauntedMyst]

"you're making cigarettes taste like candy"

I hope your response to that was "I know! And it's fantastic!"



Oh my goodness. This has just given me my million dollar idea! "Jolly Rancher Ecigs" Think of it, a little cartoon cowboy (reminiscent of the Marlboro man) smoking sour apple ecigs (ya know, but shorter ones cause kids are smaller and that's our target audience) that light up the color of the candy when they inhale. Then we get the cartoon cowboy guest appearances in other commercials to make him look cool to the kids. We put in just enough nic to get them addicted and then we'll control their spending habits for the rest of their lives! Muhahahahahaha

 

[TyPie]

Congrats on getting back off the cigs and getting back to vaping! AND.........don't be too hard on yourself!

If you are back off the cigs and vaping again, it is a great accomplishment!
It's not easy to quit, and many find the full transition from cigarettes to vaping to be difficult as well. If you've read anything on the forums here, you already KNOW that you are going to get many different opinions, strange looks, bits of advice and just plain attitudes from many different people.

Just keep on going and stay off the cigarettes, and damn the torpedos, naysayers and idiots all. I, too dropped my nic level, but my best advice would be to stay flexible, shoot for low nic, like 0-to-6mg, without putting an exact number on it. You may want to have juices with a little more or a little less nic on hand to suit your moods. Stick with it, stay flexible and try not set too many hard and fast rules, and you'll be fine. Vape MORE when you feel an urge to smoke.

BTW, My GP doc gave me the '2 thumbs up' and all smiles when I told her I quit smoking using e-cigs, and she told me how she is trying to get her significant other to try them, so maybe you DO need a new doc!

Good Luck!

 

[gray]

Thanks for the good words and confidence.

The doctor is a family member and we don't get to visit much. He is a good guy and I must realize that doctors are highly specialized in a particular area. Possibly far departed from anything to do with vaping. They are busy as ever too. I hope he gets something useful out of our conversation. Ignorance on a topic shouldn't generate such criticism from a professional.

 

[klynnn]

Most Dr's have become status symbols in the community. From what I have seen that status is debatable at times.