I got my 510 in the mail a month ago yesterday. I really wanted to quit, on many levels and for many reasons!
I was up to 2+packs a day and had been smoking for 39 years!
While waiting for my e-cig to arrive I read this forum daily and became more and more excited. I had tried quitting many times and even got to a six month anniversary on the gum...but well...you know. Reading about other peoples experiences with the e-cig gave me real hope after I had just about given up.
My e-cig arrived, I charged it up. I was too excited to wait the full 8 hours; didn't matter. After my first vape I thought, OMG! I can do this!
I didn't have a single analog the first week. I was like those who started vaping and never looked back. But that was the first week!
During my second week I was watching an old movie while vaping and a lady lit up a cigarette with a match and blew out the match...I can't explain why but that one action did me in!!! There was something so visceral about it! And I hadn't even used matches particularly for years. I went and bought a pack of analogs and asked for matches!
I admit, I enjoyed lighting my analog and blowing out the match. I enjoyed the smell of the sulfur and I enjoyed the smell of the analog. I DID NOT enjoy inhaling the analog particularly. But he was an old friend and there were some things about him that I missed. I couldn't quite finish the analog, I got dizzy.
I realize that quitting analogs is more than just replacing the nicotine and the inhaling with vapor. It is a whole relationship with the "bad boy"! And there are so many triggers!
My banner at the bottom is not exactly correct. I was smoke free for the first week but in reality I have just cut down - A WHOLE LOT! I have smoked a pack a week for the past 3 weeks. That is still pretty good for a 2+ pack a dayer!
The bottom line is, I'm not beating myself up over my pack a week. I have broken many automatic triggers and there are many more to go but I still say the e-cig has given me hope and I KNOW I will kick this habit and addiction with time!
I was up to 2+packs a day and had been smoking for 39 years!
While waiting for my e-cig to arrive I read this forum daily and became more and more excited. I had tried quitting many times and even got to a six month anniversary on the gum...but well...you know. Reading about other peoples experiences with the e-cig gave me real hope after I had just about given up.
My e-cig arrived, I charged it up. I was too excited to wait the full 8 hours; didn't matter. After my first vape I thought, OMG! I can do this!
I didn't have a single analog the first week. I was like those who started vaping and never looked back. But that was the first week!
During my second week I was watching an old movie while vaping and a lady lit up a cigarette with a match and blew out the match...I can't explain why but that one action did me in!!! There was something so visceral about it! And I hadn't even used matches particularly for years. I went and bought a pack of analogs and asked for matches!
I admit, I enjoyed lighting my analog and blowing out the match. I enjoyed the smell of the sulfur and I enjoyed the smell of the analog. I DID NOT enjoy inhaling the analog particularly. But he was an old friend and there were some things about him that I missed. I couldn't quite finish the analog, I got dizzy.
I realize that quitting analogs is more than just replacing the nicotine and the inhaling with vapor. It is a whole relationship with the "bad boy"! And there are so many triggers!
My banner at the bottom is not exactly correct. I was smoke free for the first week but in reality I have just cut down - A WHOLE LOT! I have smoked a pack a week for the past 3 weeks. That is still pretty good for a 2+ pack a dayer!
The bottom line is, I'm not beating myself up over my pack a week. I have broken many automatic triggers and there are many more to go but I still say the e-cig has given me hope and I KNOW I will kick this habit and addiction with time!
