Smoke free for 10 days but mornings and after meals are really hard

[los214]

I have been smoke free for 10 days now on my inlife regal cig. Before the regal(about 1 month ago), i owned the smoking everywhere cig. i seemed to have a problem juicing the smoking everywhere cause the atomizer kept giving me fits! I dont have that problem with the inlife atomizer though but I find mornings or after meals are the biggest problem for me. I crave an analog sooo much . I was formally a 1 ppd smoker. My first thought in the morning or after meals is on an analog not the ecig. Any ideas or will it just have to be a matter of time before it goes away? please help

 

[tarheeldan]

Hi los214! What strength (mg of nicotine) of juice are you using?

 

[los214]

Hi los214! What strength (mg of nicotine) of juice are you using?

Im using Hi carts and my juice is 24mg

 

[tarheeldan]

Ok, just wanted to make sure you weren't vaping 48 or something lol. One suggestion would be to try some 36mg for those tougher times. To some degree though, it might just be a matter of time in getting your mind to accept vaping as your new smoking. Also, and someone will probably come by and mention this - e-cigs don't provide all of the alkaloids that cigarettes do, some of which affect the brain chemistry. So, you could try some swedish snus or stuff (many people find 1 or 2 a day do it for 'em) to supplement. The last idea I'll leave with you is - try picking up the analog. It's been 10 days, it'll probably taste awful. And if it doesn't, no big deal you just had 1 smoke but avoided how many? Don't stress, and vape on.

No matter what you decide to do, I wish you success!

 

[maxx]

I had the exact same problem. I still smoke two analogs a day, and those are the ones. Mornings and after dinner. I simply accepted the situation until I get more accustomed to vaping. 2 cigs instead of 20 is still doing great....and in my case, 2 instead of 50. As long as I am making progress, I am in no hurry. That just stresses me more...

However...I smoke those two analogs outside where it is currently very cold and snowy, so as to not get too comfortable with smoking.

 

[los214]

Ok, just wanted to make sure you weren't vaping 48 or something lol. One suggestion would be to try some 36mg for those tougher times. To some degree though, it might just be a matter of time in getting your mind to accept vaping as your new smoking. Also, and someone will probably come by and mention this - e-cigs don't provide all of the alkaloids that cigarettes do, some of which affect the brain chemistry. So, you could try some swedish snus or stuff (many people find 1 or 2 a day do it for 'em) to supplement. The last idea I'll leave with you is - try picking up the analog. It's been 10 days, it'll probably taste awful. And if it doesn't, no big deal you just had 1 smoke but avoided how many? Don't stress, and vape on.

No matter what you decide to do, I wish you success!

thanks a ton. Besides the added health benefits, analogs are coming up on 11 bucks a pack in nyc!! 8-o

 

[tarheeldan]

...analogs are coming up on 11 bucks a pack in nyc!! 8-o

Whoah! That'll make you break even quickly!

 

[FrogHat]

I had the exact same problem. I still smoke two analogs a day, and those are the ones. Mornings and after dinner. I simply accepted the situation until I get more accustomed to vaping. 2 cigs instead of 20 is still doing great....and in my case, 2 instead of 50. As long as I am making progress, I am in no hurry. That just stresses me more...

However...I smoke those two analogs outside where it is currently very cold and snowy, so as to not get too comfortable with smoking.

That's what you have to do, I did the same for a couple days and that was enough.

Different strokes right?

 

[jj2]

It's a enjoyable memory ingrained in the brain and I still have them.
After eating is the worst but it does diminish down to almost nil.
Play around with your nicotine content and after you find the right level for you, try an analog, chances are you'll probably think it taste really nasty.
I did and I can describe it in one word: YULK.

The mind can be our worst enemy sometimes.

 

[Remie]

Hi los214 -

I'm totally feeling your pain on the $11 bucks a pack - I always tried to avoid buying smokes in the city - and hated when I had no choice! It's not much better across the river here... $8.60-something and climbing. arrgh.

I had strong cravings at times during my first few weeks - but it wasn't so much for the "analog" - it was for "something else" that I couldn't quite describe or articulate.

I'd just vape through the craving and it would pass.

I notice now (a little over a month smoke-free and only vaping) that extreme stress will make me have that same strong craving... the instant gratification of lighting and inhaling that bloody cig... I can soothe myself and vape through it because I really don't have the desire to smoke.

Don't beat yourself up if you smoke a few ciggies during this process... because it is a process. The less pressure you put on yourself the better.

I went into this whole thing with no expectations of quitting. I was shocked that after my first full day vaping I just had no desire to smoke.

It takes time for us to re-wire the deep rooted reflexive behaviors. I think about it like this:
I'm not depriving myself of anything. I'm satisfying a craving in a different way. I'm gaining a new habit, but it's more pleasurable, a lot more fun and much more enjoyable too me than smoking was. (and I thought I loved smoking) I'm making the choice to vape through those tough moments... and for me, they get shorter and shorter as time goes on.

Hang in there - enjoy the new "hobby" and don't beat yourself up... it's a journey

 

[lightinup]

Looks like another thing we all have in common! Los, I have a question, in the am and after a meal are you vaping tobacco or a flavored liquid? The reason why I ask, is when I first started vaping, I got 1 bottle of menthol tobacco juice (Silly Me) and it tasted absolutely terrible. It was like vaping Vick's Vapo Rub! So I figured that I would be okay since I had some other ejuice's but they were all candy, fruit and chocolate flavors. After almost two weeks into vaping, I was drinking my morning coffee, vaping on candy and I couldn't take it anymore. I grabbed my cigarettes and lit up. I then jumped on the comp and ordered some more menthol tobacco juice from a couple of company's in hopes that one of these will work. I haven't received them yet, so I am still having a few analogs durings the day with my coffee and after a meal. I truly believe that I miss that tobacco taste in the morning with my coffee and certainly after a meal. Otherwise, during the day, any flavor vape, especially Atomic Fire Ball from Tasty Vapor (had to throw that in) will work just fine for me. Just a thought! But, like everyone says, don't beat yourself up. It is a process and somethings take time. Good Luck!

 

[Belletrist]

mornings were hardest for me. i ended up just going ahead and smoking a morning cig when i wanted one, it didn't make transitioning to vaping harder at all. i do recommend you vape a lil before and after that morning cig so you can work vaping into your morning routine, though.

 

[miketr]

If you are using carts, when you get a real urge you might want to try dripping and tailpiping (drawing directly from the atomizer) with 36 mg. It is warmer and gives a better throat hit and more flavor IMHO. Might do it for you. Might also convert you to dripping all the time, tho.

 

[MacDiver]

Try direct dripping on those big urges and try to keep on vaping through it. I was a 2-3 pack a day smoker and I haven't smoked in - I think my meter says four days - so if I can do it you can too. I'm vaping almost every ten minutes but at least I'm not smoking.

Your body will adjust to the lower level of nic. There's no telling how much you were really getting in cigs, as much as 47mg I've read on the Nictrol Dr info, per cig in five minutes.

 

[DerekPGH]

if i was you i would get a new e-cig. i had the smokeeverywhere fifty-one trio to start my journey, quit smoking with it for a whole week, and the mornings and after meals where horrible! i then got my 510 in the mail, and haven't felt any cravings for an analog since.

 

[hittman]

My transition to only vaping was a much slower one. It took me a few months to completely get off of the cigarettes. I was able to quit completely for about 8-9 weeks but just didn't feel like myself and felt somewhat depressed. I started back smoking a few a day but I knew where it would lead eventually. I then found out about swedish snus and have been using some of that to get the alkaloids that I was missing. Snus is not a quick nic fix like smoking though. I have not used it but am told that nasal snuff is a quick fix. I am getting closer to finding my happy medium with the addition of snus. I would not get down on yourself if you do smoke one once in a while. I think that it would not hurt to get some 36mg liquid first to try and see if that fights off the cravings for you. If not then perhaps then try some smokeless tobacco.

 

[CemeteryMan]

I have been smoke free for 10 days now on my inlife regal cig. Before the regal(about 1 month ago), i owned the smoking everywhere cig. i seemed to have a problem juicing the smoking everywhere cause the atomizer kept giving me fits! I dont have that problem with the inlife atomizer though but I find mornings or after meals are the biggest problem for me. I crave an analog sooo much . I was formally a 1 ppd smoker. My first thought in the morning or after meals is on an analog not the ecig. Any ideas or will it just have to be a matter of time before it goes away? please help

Had the same problem, a high voltage mod and high nic juice in the morning or when you really need a quick fix worked for me. Now I never crave an analogue, just my sweet sweet vapour...

 

[MacDiver]

Well, I still have cravings a couple times a day but it passes. Some have said it takes 72 hours for the chemicals in your body to go lower, nic that is too, so maybe I'll soon be over it.

 

[CaptJay]

Have one.
If they still mean that much to you ,then just have one - oh wait, what?! I'm advocating giving in?!!8-o
Yeah - I am - if your body is jonesing that bad, having ONE can mean the difference between failing utterly and taking longer to leave em all behind. Why add to the stress with guilt?
I didn't quit right away.
I had no intention of quitting period. I liked at least 5 of my daily 20. The first one, the one after meals, the one with coffee that I kicked back on, the one before bed. They were all great - the others tasted like stewed socks and made me feel like poo. It seemed though, that I couldn't have the 5 (or 4) without having hte other 15 though.
With the PV, my plan was to use it to replace the 15 I hated.
Odd thing though, I started having less.
First day I had 10, then 10 again the next, then 8, then 4, then 2..then none. The urge just left me. I wanted my PV ALL the time - having a cig actually seemed a waste of vaping time
At NO point did I tell myself I couldn't have any. I still have a pack someplace, in a drawer I think. If I want one, I'll have one. But the thing is, I don't want one.
I'm wary of upping nic levels too far - nic can react badly to people - give them headaches, stomach issues, feelings of anxiety. I know some people swear by it, but I'm perhaps more cautious.
I'd have one, don't deny yourself and don't feel like you're depriving yourself. Don't allow the ciggies to have any power over you; that's how ex-smokers become smokers again.
Quit at a pace you're comfortable with, if quitting is what you want to do.
And good luck!

 

[~Jo~]

What CaptJay said.