I am eagerly awaiting my first e-cig. (a pink Sidesho from Modern Vapor 
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I am a heavy smoker, practically a chain smoker. For 20 years it seems like my life has revolved around cigarettes.
Nicotine addiction is part of it, but not the biggest part by far, or else I would have been able to quit by using patches or gum or something.
A big part is the tactile gratification of smoking, the hand to mouth, or just having something in my hand. I cut down on cigarettes when I learned to knit. I always have either a cigarette or knitting needles in my hands, unless I am actively working on something else or sleeping. I almost quit using the Nicoltrol inhaler, but it lacked the fire and the pretty billows of smoke. The e-cig should take care of all that with the LED and the clouds of vapor.
I also have a bit of a smoking fetish, but that is a discussion for another 18 and over forum. LOL I guess I never outgrew thinking of smoking as cool and sexy, which is what caused me to start in the first place. I remember practicing "french inhaling" in front of the mirror with my girlfriends back in junior high. And we all know that the "bad boys" -smokers of course - were the cute ones. With so many choices as to styles of e-cigs and liquid flavors, I think the cool part is covered. And I have seen "sexy" used as an adjective many times on this forum.
I smoke when I am finished with something or get to a stopping or break point in whatever I am doing. A neurologist once told me that the nicotine molecule fits into the neurorecptor that signals completion. That is probably why people smoke after a meal, when they finish a project or after sex. Having a smoke signifies "doneness."
I use a cigarette to mark time. (I have heard of this invention called a clock, but......) My dumpling recipe is: add dumplings to stew, cook without the lid for one cigarette, cover and cook for another cigarette. When waiting for a ride, I have been known to say "I was waiting for three whole cigarettes!" My favorite authour tends to write in chapters that are about two cigarettes long.
Then there is the "smoke break" From the time I light the cigarette until the time I snuff it out, time and the world stops. (I have yet to get my family to understand this concept, though) While it burns there is a period of time where I sit and do nothing. When it burns down to the filter, I know that it is time to go back to work (or light another one for a longer break)
Smoking a cigarettes takes a pre-measured amount of time, say seven to ten minutes, give or take. In high school, my algebra teacher asked me why I took so long in the girl's room. I told her it was because I smoked 120s.
So I wonder - how long is a "vape break"? I have read that a cartridge lasts as long as several cigarettes. Does that mean that I will be sitting there vaping for half an hour? I wouldn't count on me putting the thing down while there was still vape left in it. Or buying a watch or looking at a clock, for that matter. So how do you know when you are done having a vape?
I am just sharing my mental meanderings on the subject, but I am interested in your comments and suggestions, and even a good conversation on the subject. Maybe I should have put this in the "Quitting" thread. But I am thinking of this as "switching" from analogs to e-cigs, as opposed to quitting. It makes it less scary that way.
Be well,
~A
)I am a heavy smoker, practically a chain smoker. For 20 years it seems like my life has revolved around cigarettes.
Nicotine addiction is part of it, but not the biggest part by far, or else I would have been able to quit by using patches or gum or something.
A big part is the tactile gratification of smoking, the hand to mouth, or just having something in my hand. I cut down on cigarettes when I learned to knit. I always have either a cigarette or knitting needles in my hands, unless I am actively working on something else or sleeping. I almost quit using the Nicoltrol inhaler, but it lacked the fire and the pretty billows of smoke. The e-cig should take care of all that with the LED and the clouds of vapor.
I also have a bit of a smoking fetish, but that is a discussion for another 18 and over forum. LOL I guess I never outgrew thinking of smoking as cool and sexy, which is what caused me to start in the first place. I remember practicing "french inhaling" in front of the mirror with my girlfriends back in junior high. And we all know that the "bad boys" -smokers of course - were the cute ones. With so many choices as to styles of e-cigs and liquid flavors, I think the cool part is covered. And I have seen "sexy" used as an adjective many times on this forum.
I smoke when I am finished with something or get to a stopping or break point in whatever I am doing. A neurologist once told me that the nicotine molecule fits into the neurorecptor that signals completion. That is probably why people smoke after a meal, when they finish a project or after sex. Having a smoke signifies "doneness."
I use a cigarette to mark time. (I have heard of this invention called a clock, but......) My dumpling recipe is: add dumplings to stew, cook without the lid for one cigarette, cover and cook for another cigarette. When waiting for a ride, I have been known to say "I was waiting for three whole cigarettes!" My favorite authour tends to write in chapters that are about two cigarettes long.
Then there is the "smoke break" From the time I light the cigarette until the time I snuff it out, time and the world stops. (I have yet to get my family to understand this concept, though) While it burns there is a period of time where I sit and do nothing. When it burns down to the filter, I know that it is time to go back to work (or light another one for a longer break)
Smoking a cigarettes takes a pre-measured amount of time, say seven to ten minutes, give or take. In high school, my algebra teacher asked me why I took so long in the girl's room. I told her it was because I smoked 120s.
So I wonder - how long is a "vape break"? I have read that a cartridge lasts as long as several cigarettes. Does that mean that I will be sitting there vaping for half an hour? I wouldn't count on me putting the thing down while there was still vape left in it. Or buying a watch or looking at a clock, for that matter. So how do you know when you are done having a vape?
I am just sharing my mental meanderings on the subject, but I am interested in your comments and suggestions, and even a good conversation on the subject. Maybe I should have put this in the "Quitting" thread. But I am thinking of this as "switching" from analogs to e-cigs, as opposed to quitting. It makes it less scary that way.
Be well,
~A
