Hi everyone! I've been lurking for the best part of a month and thought it was the time to say hello and introduce myself.
Smoked between a pack and a pack and a half day for about 7 years until I gave up in September 2011 for financial reasons after moving abroad. I never really gave up in my head though and missed smoking every second of every day after I gave up. I managed to make it until March last year without a single cigarette until I was away for a weekend and uttered those famous last words, "Sure, I'm on holiday and I can give up again on Monday". Well, I did give up on Monday, only it was a Monday three months later. I lasted until July before succumbing again - another holiday and more famous last words!
I had planned on trying to give up again after New Year's but having put up with the withdrawal tantrums a few too many times, my wife demanded that I give vaping a try instead of going cold turkey and I haven't looked back. Picked up an Evod starter kit and a few flavours of juice on 9 January and I haven't had a cigarette since. I feel much better, I smell much better and I can wake up in morning without needing to cough a lung up. I don't cough anywhere near as much anymore and when I do, it's no longer a dry, painful smoker's cough. I'm very far from being well trained but I managed to run a few hundred metres a few days ago (to catch a train) without sweating like a lunatic or coughing for an hour afterwards.
And much to my suprise, even my cravings have disappeared to some extent. The thing I really missed most about smoking was that feeling that I could reward myself / take a small break by heading outside for a smoke and I assumed that I would carry over that habit with vaping but I really haven't. I can go an hour or 90 minutes without really thinking about vaping whereas when I was a smoker, I would be climbing the walls long before then. It's actually really improved life at home because I don't need to run out every 30 minutes or straight after dinner so I have more time for the kids and I can actually sit at the table with my wife after dinner and chat for a while. I just wish I had tried vaping a long time ago.
My Evods are still going well (though I decided to add a Protank 3 to the mix) but I picked up an Aspire Premium Kit (Nautilus Mini + CF VV+) and I think I've fallen in love. I had thought about picking up a box mod instead but I'm still a bit shy about vaping in public - I really haven't seen all that many vapers in Stockholm - and I thought a stick style VV was a bit more subtle to use as well as a good entry point for VV/VW mods. But I think a box mod will definitely be the first thing on the list come payday!
Smoked between a pack and a pack and a half day for about 7 years until I gave up in September 2011 for financial reasons after moving abroad. I never really gave up in my head though and missed smoking every second of every day after I gave up. I managed to make it until March last year without a single cigarette until I was away for a weekend and uttered those famous last words, "Sure, I'm on holiday and I can give up again on Monday". Well, I did give up on Monday, only it was a Monday three months later. I lasted until July before succumbing again - another holiday and more famous last words!
I had planned on trying to give up again after New Year's but having put up with the withdrawal tantrums a few too many times, my wife demanded that I give vaping a try instead of going cold turkey and I haven't looked back. Picked up an Evod starter kit and a few flavours of juice on 9 January and I haven't had a cigarette since. I feel much better, I smell much better and I can wake up in morning without needing to cough a lung up. I don't cough anywhere near as much anymore and when I do, it's no longer a dry, painful smoker's cough. I'm very far from being well trained but I managed to run a few hundred metres a few days ago (to catch a train) without sweating like a lunatic or coughing for an hour afterwards.
And much to my suprise, even my cravings have disappeared to some extent. The thing I really missed most about smoking was that feeling that I could reward myself / take a small break by heading outside for a smoke and I assumed that I would carry over that habit with vaping but I really haven't. I can go an hour or 90 minutes without really thinking about vaping whereas when I was a smoker, I would be climbing the walls long before then. It's actually really improved life at home because I don't need to run out every 30 minutes or straight after dinner so I have more time for the kids and I can actually sit at the table with my wife after dinner and chat for a while. I just wish I had tried vaping a long time ago.
My Evods are still going well (though I decided to add a Protank 3 to the mix) but I picked up an Aspire Premium Kit (Nautilus Mini + CF VV+) and I think I've fallen in love. I had thought about picking up a box mod instead but I'm still a bit shy about vaping in public - I really haven't seen all that many vapers in Stockholm - and I thought a stick style VV was a bit more subtle to use as well as a good entry point for VV/VW mods. But I think a box mod will definitely be the first thing on the list come payday!
