I agree. I also think that, in addition to the reasons you go on to mention, the fact is that when you fail once, you know you can, and that makes it easier to fail again. I quit for eleven years and had nary an urge to smoke for ten of them. I could be in a crowd of smokers, and the only urge I had to fight was the one to escape the smell of the smoke. When I started up again--for all kinds of foolish, emotional reasons--I stopped trusting myself.
We all mess up. Me, no doubt, more than others.. You have given me some food for thought though. I have an appt. w/ my neurologist tomorrow morning. Another EEG for me, because I had 3 seizures more than a month ago. I'm gonna talk to him about these thoughts, and the next time I see my psychiatrist, I'm gonna talk to him also about the anti-depressant thing. I have absolutely no intention on trying it though..
Welcome back! There’s so much out on the market now. Can you narrow down what you’d like? Size of mod , drop in coil or rebuildable coil tank, internal vs external battery, mtl or dl? I’m a low watt mtl vaper, but you’re sure to find someone who has similar likes for recommendations
I didn’t change my routine, I just changed where/how I did it.For example..... Instead of coffee, newspaper and stinkies on the porch, I moved inside to the den and had coffee and vape with the morning news. I never smoked inside, so that may not work for everyone. But, just changing location, or the timing helped me. Lucky that you’ve id.ed what your triggers are! Fingers crossed for your success!!!I had a moment last night.
I lit up a cigarette, my 4th of the day. It was hard lighting it up, but the cigarette demons are strong, as pretty much everyone reading this knows. So I lit it, and took about 5 puffs or so. Then another two to be sure.
I wanted to hit the vape. Right then. The cigarette wasn't satisfying. I needed more nicotine than the cigarette was delivering, and I had a much more pleasant choice to achieve that aim.
I put the cigarette in the snuffer and took a couple, maybe three, nice long dtl draws. Then switched to mtl, being more cigarette like. Plus, I don't want to get nic sick, which isn't hard to do at 25mg.
After dinner, I took all of the tobacco stuff off of my desk. I cleaned up all of the ashes everywhere. I threw the snuffer away. Gross. I left a small ashtray and a lighter for my wife. I took my last pack of cigarettes and put it with my wife's cigarettes. There's only two left, and she likes a full flavored cigarette now and then. Now she can't steal my cigarettes anymore, which is just starting to sink in.
There are parts of my daily routine that I still need to fill in. No more cigarette/coffee breaks. Less coffee, too, since it's a cigarette trigger. I'm taking shorter breaks, and only to take breaks, since I can vape pretty much anywhere in the house, so there's no reason to have to sit at my desk in order to do it. I'm getting used to taking little "vape breaks".
Anyway, I'm happy to be a non smoking vaper again
Good job ElectroDave! Awesome!I had a moment last night.
I lit up a cigarette, my 4th of the day. It was hard lighting it up, but the cigarette demons are strong, as pretty much everyone reading this knows. So I lit it, and took about 5 puffs or so. Then another two to be sure.
I wanted to hit the vape. Right then. The cigarette wasn't satisfying. I needed more nicotine than the cigarette was delivering, and I had a much more pleasant choice to achieve that aim.
I put the cigarette in the snuffer and took a couple, maybe three, nice long dtl draws. Then switched to mtl, being more cigarette like. Plus, I don't want to get nic sick, which isn't hard to do at 25mg.
After dinner, I took all of the tobacco stuff off of my desk. I cleaned up all of the ashes everywhere. I threw the snuffer away. Gross. I left a small ashtray and a lighter for my wife. I took my last pack of cigarettes and put it with my wife's cigarettes. There's only two left, and she likes a full flavored cigarette now and then. Now she can't steal my cigarettes anymore, which is just starting to sink in.
There are parts of my daily routine that I still need to fill in. No more cigarette/coffee breaks. Less coffee, too, since it's a cigarette trigger. I'm taking shorter breaks, and only to take breaks, since I can vape pretty much anywhere in the house, so there's no reason to have to sit at my desk in order to do it. I'm getting used to taking little "vape breaks".
Anyway, I'm happy to be a non smoking vaper again
Nothing wrong with dual use while you're trying to ween your body off the cigs.I had a moment last night.
I lit up a cigarette, my 4th of the day. It was hard lighting it up, but the cigarette demons are strong, as pretty much everyone reading this knows. So I lit it, and took about 5 puffs or so. Then another two to be sure.
I wanted to hit the vape. Right then. The cigarette wasn't satisfying. I needed more nicotine than the cigarette was delivering, and I had a much more pleasant choice to achieve that aim.
I put the cigarette in the snuffer and took a couple, maybe three, nice long dtl draws. Then switched to mtl, being more cigarette like. Plus, I don't want to get nic sick, which isn't hard to do at 25mg.
After dinner, I took all of the tobacco stuff off of my desk. I cleaned up all of the ashes everywhere. I threw the snuffer away. Gross. I left a small ashtray and a lighter for my wife. I took my last pack of cigarettes and put it with my wife's cigarettes. There's only two left, and she likes a full flavored cigarette now and then. Now she can't steal my cigarettes anymore, which is just starting to sink in.
There are parts of my daily routine that I still need to fill in. No more cigarette/coffee breaks. Less coffee, too, since it's a cigarette trigger. I'm taking shorter breaks, and only to take breaks, since I can vape pretty much anywhere in the house, so there's no reason to have to sit at my desk in order to do it. I'm getting used to taking little "vape breaks".
Anyway, I'm happy to be a non smoking vaper again
