Still smoking support and chat thread

[ShariR]

Hi, all. Today was a major gear maintenance day. Cleaned the mods, broke down the r91s, scrubbed them up, made coils and rewicked. Oh, and I changed 2 orings today. What a PITA changing an oring is. Going to have to find one of those dental pick thingys. I struggled with the oring on my clear center tank on one of my r91. Got it though.

All is now good in my vape world for a few more days.

 

[darksparkle13]

Sheri I did the same
And today only 2 1/2 cigs!
Tomorrow only one! I have everything cleaned and set up! Told hubby no more smoking in the house. The one tomorrow is the one that I had for my dads day Of the dead memorial.

Andria FIANLLY loaded up with blueberry muffin! Yum! Yum! And yum!
Lox I got Swedish fish loaded in another and thr ry4 with WTA is my go to for cravings! Yumm and some more yum!
Oh and I won a contest over in the GP vapourart thread! It was just very perfect, I was talking with my dad and was asking for his help....first I started to have dreams of everything he went through asthma, copd, lung cancer, partial lung removal, oxygen the last time I saw him alive in the hospital....
Then little things started to happen. Saturday I was making abnch of excuses to myself why now is not the time to try again, then I won this awesome contest! I mean wow, it is amazing how things happen...
So fingers crossed!

 

[ShariR]

Yay for you! It sounds like you have set yourself up for a good day tomorrow. And a contest win! How thrilling! Just keep doing what you are doing. You are on a good path.

Doesn't it feel good to have all your vape gear clean and ready to hit the road? Just make sure all your batteries are charged. I forgot that little step last time and ended up watching the charger for a bit. lol

Sheri I did the same
And today only 2 1/2 cigs!
Tomorrow only one! I have everything cleaned and set up! Told hubby no more smoking in the house. The one tomorrow is the one that I had for my dads day Of the dead memorial.

Andria FIANLLY loaded up with blueberry muffin! Yum! Yum! And yum!
Lox I got Swedish fish loaded in another and thr ry4 with WTA is my go to for cravings! Yumm and some more yum!
Oh and I won a contest over in the GP vapourart thread! It was just very perfect, I was talking with my dad and was asking for his help....first I started to have dreams of everything he went through asthma, copd, lung cancer, partial lung removal, oxygen the last time I saw him alive in the hospital....
Then little things started to happen. Saturday I was making abnch of excuses to myself why now is not the time to try again, then I won this awesome contest! I mean wow, it is amazing how things happen...
So fingers crossed!

 

[AndriaD]

Andria FIANLLY loaded up with blueberry muffin! Yum! Yum! And yum!

Yeah it really is; I've got some flavors now to try and DIY some kind of blueberry flavor that can take its place, I'm so tired of paying for pre-made juice, but I dunno... it might take a while. I found a good blueberry custard (using capella's v2 vanilla custard, no diketones!) recipe in the DIY recipes forum, but I'm waiting until I get some unflavored WTA this week to mix it.

I got some Inawera flavors last week, to try and mix something that I can put with the Pipe Sauce Long Bottom Leaf, but with a higher PG content so it doesn't kill me. I mixed it earlier today, and will try it tonight. It's a coffee tobacco flavor, with a hint of vanilla, and a drop of tobacco absolute, for the smokiness. It smells good, I hope it vapes well!

Andria

 

[etherealink]

Here's a question I will pop out to y'all.

Not counting WTAs, which I understand paying the extra buck for, what do you normal expect to pay for quality juice? I prefer to buy in 30ml, if that helps.

I have spent most of my vaping time vaping DIY juice. But I don't have time to mix new juices and prefer just mixing my "go-to" flavor.
Feeling like having some other flavored juice on hand will help me, but haven't really juice-shopped in a long time.

30ml, somewhere around $20 in my b&m

 

[darksparkle13]

So I did pretty awesome yesterday had two half cigarettes!
Even drove by like a million convenient stores and did not stop! Thought about it but I did not stop! I just vaped through it!
Did have a little issue with one of my mods, but put a little tool pouch in my purse for Emergencies!
I did get a horrible headache and felt nauseous. I now have almonds and lots of Tylenol.
I did favor the net juice yesterday.

 

[Thayamax]

So I did pretty awesome yesterday had two half cigarettes!
Even drove by like a million convenient stores and did not stop! Thought about it but I did not stop! I just vaped through it!
Did have a little issue with one of my mods, but put a little tool pouch in my purse for Emergencies!
I did get a horrible headache and felt nauseous. I now have almonds and lots of Tylenol.
I did favor the net juice yesterday.

You're doing great! You'll find that the cravings for cigarettes will disappear in no time. Soon enough you'll prefer the taste of your vapes to that of cigarettes, and the vapes will become satisfying for you. I'm still amazed that I don't crave cigarettes, even when I'm with a smoker. I think I just trained myself to switch to vaping. Even though some people say you're just exchanging one habit for another, in my case I much prefer the vaping habit to the cigarette one.

Keep up the good work.

 

[AndriaD]

So I did pretty awesome yesterday had two half cigarettes!
Even drove by like a million convenient stores and did not stop! Thought about it but I did not stop! I just vaped through it!
Did have a little issue with one of my mods, but put a little tool pouch in my purse for Emergencies!
I did get a horrible headache and felt nauseous. I now have almonds and lots of Tylenol.
I did favor the net juice yesterday.

If you're vaping that much to avoid cravings, add some Ginger capsules (from the supplements aisle) and some Dramamine to your remedies -- Dramamine can cause sleepiness (that's primarily what I take it for, a cheap safe sleep aid -- works better than benadryl/sominex!) but if you take a half Dramamine and a gingle capsule, or two (they're perfectly safe, it's a food, but it has a chemical that short-circuits the nerves in the abdomen that trigger nausea -- great for motion sickness!) -- the nausea goes away much more quickly. Also, Canada Dry ginger ale really is made with real ginger, and works very well also because of the soda water.

Given my *!extreme!* phobia for that feeling, I've had to become an expert in getting rid of nausea ASAP, or preventing it.

Andria

BTW, congrats!!!!!!!! You really are doing great -- when it gets down this low and you're not freaking out, it suddenly makes the whole thing possible -- that's why i had to taper down slowly both times, just to prove to my idiot brain that it really would be ok, the sky wasn't gonna fall or turn green if I didn't smoke butts. Good going!!!

 

[AndriaD]

You're doing great! You'll find that the cravings for cigarettes will disappear in no time. Soon enough you'll prefer the taste of your vapes to that of cigarettes, and the vapes will become satisfying for you. I'm still amazed that I don't crave cigarettes, even when I'm with a smoker. I think I just trained myself to switch to vaping. Even though some people say you're just exchanging one habit for another, in my case I much prefer the vaping habit to the cigarette one.

Keep up the good work.

Really!! If some idjit says something like that to me, I give 'em a big ol "SO WHAT?!?!?!" I traded endless cups of hot tea for alcohol -- and it saved my life! Eventually I had to stop drinking black tea every waking minute, and that might prove to be the case with vaping, years down the road -- but without the vaping, I'll never have those years! I mean, DUH!

Andria

 

[darksparkle13]

Thanks Thayamax!!!! sometimes a restart is needed, I just had to do mine

Andria, Oh my I hate nausea, I have peppermint oil that i Have been adding to almost everything. and coke works wonders for me. I also need to brethe, breathe & breathe some more. just relax and get through it!

edit: if some jerk says that well you know what that is okay. I mean we all switch addictions, coffee, tea, pop, chocolate, Alcohol I can go on but I don't need to... we all find that little thing that gets us through!
besides, maybe they are addicted to porn or something HAHAHAHHAHA

 

[Thayamax]

Really!! If some idjit says something like that to me, I give 'em a big ol "SO WHAT?!?!?!" I traded endless cups of hot tea for alcohol -- and it saved my life! Eventually I had to stop drinking black tea every waking minute, and that might prove to be the case with vaping, years down the road -- but without the vaping, I'll never have those years! I mean, DUH!

Andria

if some jerk says that well you know what that is okay. I mean we all switch addictions, coffee, tea, pop, chocolate, Alcohol I can go on but I don't need to... we all find that little thing that gets us through!
besides, maybe they are addicted to porn or something HAHAHAHHAHA

I totally agree. So what if I substitute something pretty good for something very bad? If it gets me away from the bad stuff that's negatively affecting my health I say it's a wonderful step up. Will I ever give up vaping? I can't imagine the day that could happen, but so what? At least I'm not smoking anymore. Why take a chance on reverting back to cigarettes? And yes, everyone has some kind of addiction or bad habit. If it's harming you in any way it's much easier to change if you have something less harmful to take its place.

 

[Uncle]

 

[Topdogie01]

Well I thought it posted on my birthday but I guess it didn't.

Girlfriend took me out to eat at olive Garden since my Birthday fell inside the endless pasta bowls promotion. Had almost 7 bowls before leaving and had 3 in boxes to go.

After eating we went to vape shop so I could get a few bottles of the peanut butter/butterscotch/custard flavor I like. Tested giraffe juice and like gorilla fingers. Tastes like a reeses cup. But they had none in my nic level. Only had a new bottle of 0 nic for tasting they gave me. Girlfriend bought me a sigeili 100w box. And a tobh atty. Think that was my Christmas present. I like it. Seems at 50% battery it cant do 50 watts and cuts off mid draw at 30% at 30 watts. But lasts me at least all day of heavy heavy use.

Got our Make a Wish final intinerary Saturday. Meeting coordinators Sunday to get our shirts and buttons. Also having birthday party Sunday for child.

 

[darksparkle13]

Uncle I agree! Thank you to all military, whether here or over seas, whether past present or future thank you for fighting for the freedom that we have in these united states! You honor us all!

Td happy birthday! 7bwls I bet you waddled out of olive garden!

 

[ShariR]

Darksparkle, Congratulations! I knew you would do well today. And you got some good advice here. Just rinse and repeat for tomorrow. One day at a time. It does get easier and the cravings and withdrawals lessen.

 

[ShariR]

Top, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Sounds like you had a good one. And happy birthday to the little one this Sunday.

 

[Topdogie01]

It was pretty good. Ive burnt through Almost 30ml of liquid since Saturday night though. Not sure I can keep up with that much juice useage. Want to save some for vacation. Not sure what I want to take with me device wise. Do I want to rebuild my protank heads? My Russian? My aqua? My dripper? Then which mod?

 

[darksparkle13]

Sheri yes rinse and repeat lol!
Still hanging tough, last night was not good at all, had a half a cig, but threw it out after three drags.... I was frustrated with a situation and with out thinking, picked it up... Hubby still smokes and had his cigs in the house... Habit..but then vaped the hell outta three juices... Funny how your mind and body go to what it is used to....

 

[AndriaD]

Sheri yes rinse and repeat lol!
Still hanging tough, last night was not good at all, had a half a cig, but threw it out after three drags.... I was frustrated with a situation and with out thinking, picked it up... Hubby still smokes and had his cigs in the house... Habit..but then vaped the hell outta three juices... Funny how your mind and body go to what it is used to....

What's really funny is when you come back inside from smoking, and start vaping your face off to get rid of that nasty cigarette taste in your mouth.

Andria

 

[Timothy Moore]

Hey everyone
Sorry I missed the b-day celebration yesterday, but HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Also just giving an update.
So I got restarted on the 5th.
On both the 6th and 7th, I ran into some high stress moments and ended up smoking. But I only smoked for the space of about an hour each slip. I don't know how many I smoked, because they were kinda like "I am about to break down and flip this table" moments, but at the end of each hour on each day I got my head out of my keister and got back on the bandwagon.
Since then, I haven't smoked at all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I may even reset my counter for the 5th, even though I slipped twice. But they were two slips that DIDNT cause me to go back to old habits. I acted like they didn't happen and just soldiered on.