The psychology of it all-!!

[sonnyinbc]

Went from 2 and a half packs of analogs per day down to 3-7 cigs in the beginning of my e-cig foray. And even had ambitions of zero analogs.

My,my, now we are back to one pack a day probably to stay. But that`s okay, there are some positive results here. Oh, the big increase in the analogs comes as a result of the uncertainity of the future of e-cigs.

I am going to concentrate on the positive--no more smoking in the house during the day when the wife is at work--no more smoking in my semi-seperate computer room--no more smoking in my vehicle. I am comfortable going to some one`s house and even vaping on a zero nicotine e-cig. Comfortable in the knowledge that I will be able to continue to vape without nicotine-(although would prefer the latter). Going to stay positive about the fact I have cut my analogs smoking by 60% and will have no problem keeping it that way.

Lots of alternatives here if things should really go sideways for us.. For me, it will be analogs when I want one, and it won`t be wearing the patch-nor the gum, or any thing else the big pharms want to throw at us.

Just saying I have no regrets jumping on the e-cig bandwagon. And I have stocked up enough juice to keep this wagon rolling for almost a year and a half.

 

[Caesarea]

Went from 2 and a half packs of analogs per day down to 3-7 cigs in the beginning of my e-cig foray. And even had ambitions of zero analogs.

My,my, now we are back to one pack a day probably to stay. But that`s okay, there are some positive results here. Oh, the big increase in the analogs comes as a result of the uncertainity of the future of e-cigs.

I am going to concentrate on the positive--no more smoking in the house during the day when the wife is at work--no more smoking in my semi-seperate computer room--no more smoking in my vehicle. I am comfortable going to some one`s house and even vaping on a zero nicotine e-cig. Comfortable in the knowledge that I will be able to continue to vape without nicotine-(although would prefer the latter). Going to stay positive about the fact I have cut my analogs smoking by 60% and will have no problem keeping it that way.

Lots of alternatives here if things should really go sideways for us.. For me, it will be analogs when I want one, and it won`t be wearing the patch-nor the gum, or any thing else the big pharms want to throw at us.

Just saying I have no regrets jumping on the e-cig bandwagon. And I have stocked up enough juice to keep this wagon rolling for almost a year and a half.

Hang in there Sonnyinbc, hope one day _none_ of us will still be forced back to analogs.
What a world.

 

[smokum]

I've pretty much fallen into the same boat as far as my own tobacco cigarette reduction. I too was a 2.5 to 3 pack a day smoker, who after 1.5 weeks of starting with the electronic cigarette was down to half a pack a day.

For myself, the stress of setting up a properly done business venture with these products and the constant work with my main supplier in providing what I believed to be a proper approach by elliminating unverifiable claims and renaming products to exclude any relationship with tobacco, nicotine, nor the word cigarette in its promotion.

Then add to that HC's advisory/mandate after just recieving my first inventory shipment, completing business registrations and setting up for taxes and the expense of a "properly" working website totally blew my achieved progress in obstaining from analogs right out the window.

I now smoke analogs again between a half to one pack a day. I contantly still award myself with my reduction in intake of tobacco in comparison. And still feel that ANY tobacco cigarette avoided is a positive thing for me.

Now with an abundance of unsellable inventory, and being able to put to rest the stress and long hours I was spending on setting up, I hope to be able to return to my previous achievement and further it to completely get off the analogs.

So far the discontinuing of smoking in the car, the house (sure I cheat occasionally), and the now allowed avoidance of having to go outside while at friends or relatives who don't smoke have been quite easy with using my personal vaporizer. So things do look promising.

Thats my story so far.

VapeOn,
Greg

 

[Caesarea]

There but for geopolitical hazard go all of us.
Hoping there will be light at the end of the tunnel.

Good luck, guys.

 

[Icarium]

well, something positive accomplished by both sonnyinbc and smokumchevy
i'm new to this and hope to drop my tobacco consumption in a big way too
i'm currently in the 25-30cig a day territory but am dropping with my new evo
only 17 today
i cant wait for my first juice to come in to try dripping
been in the 50-60 territory in years past but its too painful with the constant coughing
actually quit cold turkey after that for 3 years
too bad i couldn't keep it up

smokumchevy, ANY tobacco cigarette avoided is a positive thing for me
i'll drink to that
now that i found e-cigs, i'm waiting to star trek's synthohol to make my life completely liveable

 

[puff-puff-pass]

Can I call it "going cold turkey?" I went from a pack a day to 1 analoge/day...usually in the garage when I take my "glaucome medicine"

My fiance is the person who surprised me the most with this switch. She only started to vape because of me. She has 2 or 3 analogs/day...but considering she never intended on starting to vape,she has been awesome!

 

[Icarium]

Can I call it "going cold turkey?" I went from a pack a day to 1 analoge/day...

for me, cold turkey means zero
meds do not count in whatever form if not taken to excess
they help you get through life with less stress
there's way too much stress in life as we live it in north america

 

[Caesarea]

[snip]
ANY tobacco cigarette avoided is a positive thing for me
i'll drink to that
now that i found e-cigs, i'm waiting to star trek's synthohol to make my life completely liveable

When we have synthohol I'll raise my glass to you guys.

 

[TommyGunBC]

I have been smoke free other than 1 cig when my batteries died at a party and that was gross!! I'd been a pack a day + for about 17 years and found this transition to vaping very easy . Just throw out the damn analogs don't have any near or around you and just vape plain and simple !!!!

 

[breakfastchef]

You really did not want to quit or the e-cigs did not provide what you were missing from analog cigarettes. Vaping can be a pretty costly habit, but, for me, it is worthwhile and has been stunningly successful in keeping me away from burning twenty or more sticks of 'North Carolina's State Vegetable' each day.

 

[sonnyinbc]

You really did not want to quit or the e-cigs did not provide what you were missing from analog cigarettes. Vaping can be a pretty costly habit, but, for me, it is worthwhile and has been stunningly successful in keeping me away from burning twenty or more sticks of 'North Carolina's State Vegetable' each day.

Vaping isn`t actually more costly--at least not yet?

And yep, those analogs have something captive about them.

My post may have been misconstrued--ie-if e-cigs are gonna be banned,no matter-they have helped me cut away old habits, and shown me that nicotine is not the only addictive force at work here, matter of fact, the whole smoking thing is the addiction, and that is something that I never realized before.

And unfortunately, neither Health Canada, nor the FDA in the US will recognize either.

Smoking is the addiction--not the nicotine--or let`s say that the nicotine is only a "bit player"..

Just venting- because if I knew I could be assured of e-cigs forever, then dropping the cancer sticks would be so much easier. But because of recent decisions in both countries by the "powers that be". makes me already back in the tar and chem fold.

Better the tobacco companies than the (big pharms) that pretend to help us. God only knows what these ...... will try and feed us once the e-cig phenomen is destroyed by them??

At least with tobacco-we know that we are getting tobacco and 4k+ chems,and we are dying slowly. With the big pharms, lord only knows what they have in mind for experimentiation?? At our expense

 

[Northern Bob]

Each to their own... every cig avoided is a plus. Myself I went from a pack a day for 40 years to 0 the next day. The juice situation is perhaps volatile but I've received everything I've ordered and see no serious problem in the short term.

NB