Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3...

[hcour]

So five weeks into quitting the analogs and doing the vaping thang instead, I had my biggest test of all so far last night: Over at a friend's house watching some football and drinking some beers, thinking fer shure I would be bumming smokes from somebody at some point once I'd gotten few cold Bud's in me... Buuuuut NO! I made it! I vaped like crazy, true, but I wasn't even tempted to smoke a smoke. Pretty freakin' cool. I don't know how long it's been since I went out drinking w/o smoking. Even during those times I'd "quit" cigs, I would still smoke when I drank. (Yes, I actually did that for years - smoked only when I drank.) But not last night. I vaped me some pineapple and some caramel-apple and got thru the night just fine, little missy, with no problem whatsoever and thank you very much!

I continue to be amazed at this whole quitting/vaping experience.

 

[1st Officer]

Congratulations!!! Put that one in the WIN column. I don't drink but I'm sure that has to be the ultimate test followed closely by the after dinner smoke that still haunts me to this day, it's about the only time I chainvape anymore.

 

[Harplayr]

Having a couple of brewskis with your friends that are smoking like a chimeny...That's the real test!
You passed with flying colors.

It was the same for me, and I found that instead of bumming a cigarette I was happy just vaping along.

 

[awsum140]

Of all of the behaviors that us smokers used to light up another with, having a few with friends while watching a game or at a bar is probably one of the strongest, right up there with the one after a nice meal or other nice "activity". Congrats on making it through that and staying off of tobacco!

 

[madmartyr72]

Congrats on overcoming your first major hurdle!

The first couple of weeks that I switched to vaping I passed the same test. I would often go out and visit with my niece that bartended at a local Applebee's at the time, and back then you could still light up at the bar. I went in that night almost convincing myself ahead of time that I was gonna cave in (my niece smoked too), but much to my surprise I didn't. Instead, I sat contently at the bar that night vaping away on some Boba's Bounty and answering other's smokers questions about what the hell I was doing lol! I remember one guy actually walked over to congratulate me on having the brass to smoke a bowl in a public restaurant (old eGo silver batteries with an XL carto)! My niece and I were rolling!

That's when I knew that vaping was going to work for me.