Quit 2 months but still want one

[wolfy528]

I quit smoking by vaping 2 months ago. I find many days I still want an analog. How long if ever did it take you to not want that analog. The cravings are not real strong but sometimes I just want one. I am thinking I am past the addiction other than nicotine which I feel satisfied with with the vaping. Maybe psychological?
I also find it weird I can vape on break at work and feel fine after a few vapes but at other times no matter how long I stand there vaping It is not enough.
When I switch to a new coil it is great that 1st vape but then goes away until I change out to another new coil.
Any thoughts, maybe it is just me.

 

[Marc411]

What level of nic are you using?

 

[Jscheiben]

The first time I quit for 7 years, don't ask why I went back as it was a stupid move. Anywho in those 7 years I still got cravings to pick up an analog and take a puff as it was my body's "go to" during stressful situations or just to relax. I know for me the craving never 100% went away, it just became easier and easier to manage the once in a blue moon craving. I'm just under 1 month right now and get the odd craving but reach for a vape. Hell i'm constantly vaping(~400 puffs/day). Stay strong and you'll get through it.

 

[kushka]

I would go up on nicotine content if I were you. I know I need 30mg/ml.

Also, as to craving cigarettes, I stopped smoking for vaping almost 5 years ago now, but still every once and awhile I will crave a cigarette, even though I hate them now. The last time was about 6 months ago, at 3 am. I drove to the nearest open service station, bought a pack, smoked one one my way home, I had to force myself to finish it as I can no longer stand the taste. I gave the rest of the pack to a smoker.

That is how it goes for me, every once in awhile I still get craving, I give in, knowing now that one will be enough for the next few months.

 

[Menthol4life]

If you're craving the old stinky maybe you aren't getting enough nicotine? What about them are you craving? The bad smell, the taste? Perhaps a higher nic level in a dif juice would do the trick.Just a thought.

 

[Cool-breeze]

Similar to Kushka I get a craving once and awhile. It was primarily at work that would get me but t gets easier and less frequent. I have found keeping 2 different strengths works well for me. I had been at 12mg for awhile, I went to mostly 6mg because I typically vape all day long and wanted to avoid headaches but I keep some 12mg for when I first wake up, after dinner and before bed. Keeps my levels of nic just right. Anyways point being having one or 2 stronger nic strengths might help you during those cravings.

 

[Leo K]

Same here and we are talking years.
I recently upgraded my kit & upped the nic level to 25mg/ml. I use a dual coil at high wattage when the craving hits hard and it takes care of it for the most part.
Remember that every cigarette you don't smoke is a win.

 

[pokemom]

Are you "craving" or do you just want one? I've been off of analogs for over 13 months. I don't crave them, but on occasion I do still want one!!! I haven't given in. I know from past experience that if I do, I will become a smoker again, and I really don't want that.

I've heard from many other vapers that if you do have one (probably not at 2 weeks), that they taste nasty and you will want to go back to your e-cigs, but I am not willing to take a chance.


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[RAAng]

I've been quit for a month+. It was relatively easy for me, although for the first two weeks I had a craving about once a day, which I vaped through. I always told myself that I COULD have one cigarette if I wanted, but I just never did. For the past two weeks I have had very few cravings. I couple weeks in I had a minor stress, which I had worried would send me back to cigs. Sure enough, I wanted a cig. But I told myself, This is BS, you've got the nicotine, so what's the deal? I decided that my brain had learned that when it felt stress it got a cigarette and the craving was just an automatic response to stress. I told my brain that we don't do that anymore and started looking at this less as "stopping smoking" and more like teaching my brain that we don't smoke now. I've found that framing it as me teaching my brain rather than me fighting an urge, puts me more in the driver's seat and takes away that "Maybe I'll have a cigarette" moment. Afterall, you can't teach your brain that smoking is over now if you are having a cigarette, even now and then.

 

[Completely Average]

I quit smoking by vaping 2 months ago. I find many days I still want an analog. How long if ever did it take you to not want that analog. The cravings are not real strong but sometimes I just want one. I am thinking I am past the addiction other than nicotine which I feel satisfied with with the vaping. Maybe psychological?
I also find it weird I can vape on break at work and feel fine after a few vapes but at other times no matter how long I stand there vaping It is not enough.
When I switch to a new coil it is great that 1st vape but then goes away until I change out to another new coil.
Any thoughts, maybe it is just me.

That's not unusual at all and has NOTHING to do with nicotine addiction.

Smoking was a HABIT. You have found a balance in your body for the nicotine, that addiction is taken care of, but ecigs don't always cure the HABIT aspect of smoking. You still have your old triggers where you would normally smoke and those triggers still set off the desire to light up. Some triggers are obvious, like lighting up while drinking, but many are subtle triggers, like sitting on the porch and lighting up while watching the world go by. You find that after switching to vaping once in a while you'll be sitting around watching the world go by and then suddenly want a cigarette. It's not the nicotine that causes your desire, it's the trigger to the old habit of smoking.

It's normal. But it's also like biting your nails, it's not going to stop overnight. As the old saying goes, old habits die hard and those triggers will be there for quite a while.

 

[Bontasia]

I quit a decades long 1-2 pack a day habit almost 2 months ago and for the first month I was fine. I was one of the lucky ones who vaped once and never smoked again. A little over a month in, I occasionally have been wanting to smoke. For me it's not so much wanting a cigarette, it's wanting that feeling they gave me. I've been having some relationship problems and I've been feeling really stressed and for all those years and years cigarettes were my stress reliever. I've been craving that feeling you get when you light your cigarette and take that first drag after it's been a few hours since you smoked and everything just seems oooooooooook.

The good news is that it does go away.

If your craving gets really bad just try to remember all the bad things about smoking. The stinky smell and the mess and close your eyes and picture all the thousands and thousands of chemicals you'd be inhaling into your body. Think about your lungs finally getting all pink and healthy since you've been vaping and picture cigarette smoke as thick, black nasty goo going into them.

A lot of us smoked for a looong time and those old habits and feelings are going to crop up from time to time. I think if you just play some mind games with yourself it helps a lot.

Good luck you you!

 

[LondonGirl]

There are a lot of other chemicals in cigarettes besides nicotine that you can get addicted to. Then there is also the habit of smoking. An e-cig can help immensely, but it's not necessarily going to be easy.

It might help to try increasing your nicotine in your eliquid though. Given you are OK a lot of the time, another solution could be to carry 2 setups, one with a higher nicotine to use when you get the cravings.

 

[Amberlenee]

For me personally it took about 3 months to get over thinking I wanted an analog. But to have just 1, I would have to buy a pack, and if I bought a pack, then I felt I wasted money on my vaping products. The hardest was around my brother, we smoke the same kind and he still smokes. Now I'm at a little over 5 months and the smell makes me horribly nauseous. I look back and think, at least for my 20 year habit, I was a considerate smoker. Only outside and not around nonsmokers.

 

[Mogy]

Hubby is not riding the vaping wagon (yet) so we still have smokes in the house. Sometimes i feel like i really want s cigarette and few times i have took one to smoke it.. It tasted nasty and did do nothing to fullfill the cravings i had. It only made me like vaping more. I
Think I am dealing with some unspecified wants or cravings from the past where i had teached myself that smoking was the answer for every need. I was happy i smoked. I was sad i smoked. I was relaxed i smoked stressed.. Smoked...

 

[kgevans]

I found 1 cigarillo cigar while cleaning my wife's car last weekend. I haven't smoked one since March 31st. I thought about smoking it, then I thought "nah." I really didn't crave a smoke, but it sure sounded like a good idea for a moment. I threw it away.

 

[wwonka2002]

I have been cigarette free for 74 days. I smoked a little over a pack a day and for me the triggers were morning coffee, stress and boredom. So I vaped a little stronger when the triggers hit. I am now down to about half time 0 and the other half 6. Anytime I get a craving, which are getting less and less, I think about two things - First the absence of "smokers cough" and second the Money I am saving by vaping over smoking, and that really helps.

 

[Sue1971]

I'm just upon my one month anniversary, and yes, every now and then my brain says it wants a stinky...It's not because I need the nic. I know I am getting enough, oddly enough I know it's because I miss the flavor. Yes I know crazy right...I have these great tasting juices. however. it's the taste my brain is missing....

I just grab my pv and vape away, and say nope not going to have one, I'll stink!!! lol

 

[epicdoom]

That's not unusual at all and has NOTHING to do with nicotine addiction.

Smoking was a HABIT. You have found a balance in your body for the nicotine, that addiction is taken care of, but ecigs don't always cure the HABIT aspect of smoking. You still have your old triggers where you would normally smoke and those triggers still set off the desire to light up. Some triggers are obvious, like lighting up while drinking, but many are subtle triggers, like sitting on the porch and lighting up while watching the world go by. You find that after switching to vaping once in a while you'll be sitting around watching the world go by and then suddenly want a cigarette. It's not the nicotine that causes your desire, it's the trigger to the old habit of smoking.

It's normal. But it's also like biting your nails, it's not going to stop overnight. As the old saying goes, old habits die hard and those triggers will be there for quite a while.

+1 I agree totally with the habit part. I have been smoke free 6 weeks after being a 3 POD 30+ year smoker, I still wouldn't mind having an analog. when I get those feelings I find things to occupy my mind and hands. I find myself sometimes sticking my ink pen in my mouth and taking a drag off it. Its just habit. The urge for me is getting better I also keep a tank full of 24mg with me for those trying times and I take big lung inhales that will usually take the urge away instantly as I also get a nice throat hit from it the tingling/burn in the back of my throat lets me know I got that Nicotine. Try taking big lung hits when you don't seem to be satisfied it just might do the trick for you.

 

[cbrite]

Every once in awhile something triggers that "I want a cig" thing for me, too. Sometimes it is seeing someone on a TV show smoking or sometimes just something I do around the house, or whatever. Doesn't happen often, thankfully. I just kind of say "hah..where did that thought come from" and grab a vape. Usually the taste of my juice totally erases any cig thoughts. I decided when I started vaping that I wasn't going to smoke ever again, so I just vape my way through things.

 

[bpopken]

how many mg are you using?