I saw a suggestion in another thread that we need a place to tell our story about vaping and I think it is a wonderful idea.
Here's my story.
At the end of May of this year, my husband was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. He smoked maybe 2 cigs at night, sometimes a few more if he was stressed. He quit cold turkey immediately. But I, being a heavy smoker, didn't give mine up because of many reasons. First, I didn't want to. I liked smoking, even though it was starting to take it's toll on my body.
We are proactive when presented with a problem. So, the first thing we did was join a gym and started going 4x a week. We've not skipped a beat yet, that was 5 months ago next week. The other immediate thing we did was ditch all sugar and high fructose corn syrup and processed foods out of our diet and are sticking with that.
Through all of this, I continued to smoke. I couldn't get the results I wanted through diet and exercise, I started to realize how bad the cigs were and had no idea how to get off of them without going insane, gaining 200 lbs and dying of a heart attack from obesity, even with the diet changes, I KNEW I would have a horrible time with weight gain. I've tried quitting before, no matter the method, I gained weight as fast as a freight train can rumble down railroad tracks.
Enters the miracle. A friend of mine called one day and told me about the e-cig. I was skeptical. I said if it works for you, call me in a month and let me know and then I'll think about getting one. So, sure enough, she called me back and she had quit cigs. So, she hooked me up with a mod and all the stuff I needed and the sources to get them. I ordered.
When I got the mod, I didn't believe it would work. No way, not when nothing else worked before. But the past does not equal the future, so I tried it.
The first day, I was down to about 4 cigs a day. I had some battery issues and ended up smoking a lot of cigarettes for a few days. Oh, man, I could tell it in my lungs and everything else. Once, my battery issues were fixed, I could vape with confidence, that I wouldn't have to fall back on cigs. So, I managed to cut out all cigs but 2 a day with my coffee. I went to war with myself over those 2 cigarettes in the morning and hung onto them for a whole month before giving them up.
One day, I just said: Self, let's try to pick up the vaporizer and not do the cigs, and I promise if it's too hard, you can smoke the cigs.
Well, I did it and it was fine. That was 26 days ago today and I've been completely smoke free.
Of course, the story didn't end there. I found V4L and am REALLY loving the vaping now, the convenience, the caring customer service and the great support on this board are everything I need to keep me off cigarettes forever.
I truly believe that this has saved my life and freed me from the worry of pulling an oxygen cart or dying a lingering death from lung cancer or emphysema.
I will never smoke again, as long as I have my e-cigs to pull me through.
If I couldn't have my e-cigs... it would be the most tragic thing that could possibly happen to my health as of today.
None of us know what the future will bring for sure, but as someone's avatar says on the e-cig forum: For more information on lung cancer, continue smoking cigarettes. (paraphrase)
I'm so happy to have found the friends I have on this board. You are all so wonderful and helpful and kind.
Thank you.
(sorry post is so long).
Here's my story.
At the end of May of this year, my husband was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. He smoked maybe 2 cigs at night, sometimes a few more if he was stressed. He quit cold turkey immediately. But I, being a heavy smoker, didn't give mine up because of many reasons. First, I didn't want to. I liked smoking, even though it was starting to take it's toll on my body.
We are proactive when presented with a problem. So, the first thing we did was join a gym and started going 4x a week. We've not skipped a beat yet, that was 5 months ago next week. The other immediate thing we did was ditch all sugar and high fructose corn syrup and processed foods out of our diet and are sticking with that.
Through all of this, I continued to smoke. I couldn't get the results I wanted through diet and exercise, I started to realize how bad the cigs were and had no idea how to get off of them without going insane, gaining 200 lbs and dying of a heart attack from obesity, even with the diet changes, I KNEW I would have a horrible time with weight gain. I've tried quitting before, no matter the method, I gained weight as fast as a freight train can rumble down railroad tracks.
Enters the miracle. A friend of mine called one day and told me about the e-cig. I was skeptical. I said if it works for you, call me in a month and let me know and then I'll think about getting one. So, sure enough, she called me back and she had quit cigs. So, she hooked me up with a mod and all the stuff I needed and the sources to get them. I ordered.
When I got the mod, I didn't believe it would work. No way, not when nothing else worked before. But the past does not equal the future, so I tried it.
The first day, I was down to about 4 cigs a day. I had some battery issues and ended up smoking a lot of cigarettes for a few days. Oh, man, I could tell it in my lungs and everything else. Once, my battery issues were fixed, I could vape with confidence, that I wouldn't have to fall back on cigs. So, I managed to cut out all cigs but 2 a day with my coffee. I went to war with myself over those 2 cigarettes in the morning and hung onto them for a whole month before giving them up.
One day, I just said: Self, let's try to pick up the vaporizer and not do the cigs, and I promise if it's too hard, you can smoke the cigs.
Well, I did it and it was fine. That was 26 days ago today and I've been completely smoke free.
Of course, the story didn't end there. I found V4L and am REALLY loving the vaping now, the convenience, the caring customer service and the great support on this board are everything I need to keep me off cigarettes forever.
I truly believe that this has saved my life and freed me from the worry of pulling an oxygen cart or dying a lingering death from lung cancer or emphysema.
I will never smoke again, as long as I have my e-cigs to pull me through.
If I couldn't have my e-cigs... it would be the most tragic thing that could possibly happen to my health as of today.
None of us know what the future will bring for sure, but as someone's avatar says on the e-cig forum: For more information on lung cancer, continue smoking cigarettes. (paraphrase)
I'm so happy to have found the friends I have on this board. You are all so wonderful and helpful and kind.
Thank you.
(sorry post is so long).