What strength started you with?
6mg
What strength are you at now, and what is your goal?
6mg, though I spent almost a year at 10mg. My goal is 5mg, just to see if it helps with my cold hands/feet in the winter; other than that, I have no goal. Nicotine isn't harmful, and in fact is very helpful.
Are you as addicted as you were with smoking?
Hmm. Debatable.
Emotionally, I'm just as disinclined to go anyplace that doesn't permit smoking/vaping as I was when I smoked -- why should I give my money to those who don't care one iota about my preferences, who in fact discriminate against me?
Factually... I find it easier to spend an hour without vaping while shopping than spending an hour without smoking, while shopping. But also factually, there are places where I can vape indoors where I could not smoke indoors -- my home, my family members' homes, restrooms of "public" locatons, the emergency room when they left me in there for 9 hrs behind a closed door -- so it isn't as big an issue; it's far easier to "sneak" a vape than it ever was to sneak a smoke.
I am less dependent on vaping now than I was at first -- I don't have to go around with it constantly in my hand, or wearing it on a lanyard; I actually manage to set it down sometimes, and have gone as long as 30-40 minutes without even really thinking about it. But the lessening dependency was very slow and gradual; it's only in retrospect that I really notice a difference.
Andria
