You've all seen the add, I smoked a lot, and I tried to quit a lot. Yeah, Those patches, gum, Wellbutrin, I tried them all, and failed miserably. I had resigned myself to a slow death by my own hand and the burning cigarette that it held...
I liked smoking. I liked the way that it made me feel. But my health was suffering from a habit that started at twelve years age and continued till I hit 52 years age. A lot of my relatives died in their mid 50's, from lives of smoking. Heart attacks, strokes, cancer were the normal causes. There I was, hitting my 50's and smoking like a chimney, coughing constantly, hacking my nights away with squeaky sounding hurting lungs.
My wife, a non smoker constantly pleading with me to try to stop the smokes, which usually made me want to light one up, funny that, but when confronted regarding quitting, a smokers first urge is to light another coffin nail. She was desperate and kept asking if I would at least try e-cigs because she worked with a few folks that had quit smoking using them.
I gave it a go one day, completely on a whim. My mindset was what the hell, I got nothing to loose here, so I visited the shop that one of her co-workers e-mailed me a link to... I had five cigs in my pack when I went into the establishment. Lucky for me the owner was in that day and we had a nice chat. He asked about my smoking habit and asked what I expected to gain from e-cigs. I told him I was looking for a less harmful nicotine replacement option. He was a like minded fellow, and confided that he never wanted to quit smoking, but had found e-cigs and gave them a try and it worked for him. It wasn't about quitting, it was about a less harmful way of keeping the nic demons at bay. I left the shop with a couple T3s clearo's, a couple Ego batteries, and two bottles of juice, after about an hour and a half of testing juices and chatting. I felt this thing might have potential.
I decided to not grab my usual two or three packs of smokes and see how things went with this new vape thing...
First night, had two cigs before bed...second night the same. Day three decided to really commit and had that last cig before bedtime and the next day it would be just the vape.
A funny thing happened, I wasn't craving a smoke like all previous attempts at quitting. The vape kept me satisfied with the nicotine and the hand to mouth action, and I really didn't mind the lack of firing up a smoke. It felt weird, rather uneasy, like waiting for the other shoe to drop, but it never did. A few weeks later I found ECF, a young woman at the shop gave me the web address because I was driving them crazy with questions, there was so much I wanted to know about this vaping thing, I was fascinated! And here I am, three years later, self sufficient, ready to withstand the storm.
To anyone who has helped me along the way, even if it was a post that just made me smile or laugh, Thank You!
it's been a blast
I liked smoking. I liked the way that it made me feel. But my health was suffering from a habit that started at twelve years age and continued till I hit 52 years age. A lot of my relatives died in their mid 50's, from lives of smoking. Heart attacks, strokes, cancer were the normal causes. There I was, hitting my 50's and smoking like a chimney, coughing constantly, hacking my nights away with squeaky sounding hurting lungs.
My wife, a non smoker constantly pleading with me to try to stop the smokes, which usually made me want to light one up, funny that, but when confronted regarding quitting, a smokers first urge is to light another coffin nail. She was desperate and kept asking if I would at least try e-cigs because she worked with a few folks that had quit smoking using them.
I gave it a go one day, completely on a whim. My mindset was what the hell, I got nothing to loose here, so I visited the shop that one of her co-workers e-mailed me a link to... I had five cigs in my pack when I went into the establishment. Lucky for me the owner was in that day and we had a nice chat. He asked about my smoking habit and asked what I expected to gain from e-cigs. I told him I was looking for a less harmful nicotine replacement option. He was a like minded fellow, and confided that he never wanted to quit smoking, but had found e-cigs and gave them a try and it worked for him. It wasn't about quitting, it was about a less harmful way of keeping the nic demons at bay. I left the shop with a couple T3s clearo's, a couple Ego batteries, and two bottles of juice, after about an hour and a half of testing juices and chatting. I felt this thing might have potential.
I decided to not grab my usual two or three packs of smokes and see how things went with this new vape thing...
First night, had two cigs before bed...second night the same. Day three decided to really commit and had that last cig before bedtime and the next day it would be just the vape.
A funny thing happened, I wasn't craving a smoke like all previous attempts at quitting. The vape kept me satisfied with the nicotine and the hand to mouth action, and I really didn't mind the lack of firing up a smoke. It felt weird, rather uneasy, like waiting for the other shoe to drop, but it never did. A few weeks later I found ECF, a young woman at the shop gave me the web address because I was driving them crazy with questions, there was so much I wanted to know about this vaping thing, I was fascinated! And here I am, three years later, self sufficient, ready to withstand the storm.
To anyone who has helped me along the way, even if it was a post that just made me smile or laugh, Thank You!
it's been a blast
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