Here I am one year after quitting cigarettes, still feeling amazed and grateful we have vaping. Both my wife and I feel a thousand times better than we could have ever imagined we would. 
So, please forgive me for sharing a short novel here. But I just wanted to share this with all of You, my vaping family.
I remember when I first began this odyssey with vaping how much I scoured the web looking for the right information, when I found this article about an attorney who ran the New York Marathon while vaping:
Vaper Runs NY Marathon, Vapes All The While | Ecig Advanced News
It left a huge impression on me. To be able to do something physical like that, while vaping. Wow!
Now obviously, no one would ever suggest that vaping while doing something physically demanding is a good idea. I think it was just the point of how little vaping apparently affects breathing. This has certainly been the case with me. Maybe not so with everyone. But with me. And this is why I am posting this today.
I will be 50 years old soon. I smoked off-and-on ever since the age of 13. My last go-around with cigarettes went back to before 2010, with about half a pack a day smoked daily. Ugh.
I still feel the aftereffects. True, the body does begin to heal itself over time. But most everything suggests that, even after an extended period of being off cigarettes, the body of an ex-smoker will never be completely as "normal" as that of someone who never picked up the nasty habit. Yes indeed, I am healthier than I would have been had I not quit smoking, but it is also true that I am probably not as healthy as I would be had I never started smoking in the first place. And yet, I can do things now that I would not have been able to before.
This morning, I went outside to clear our front yard of leaves and other bits of typical Fall debris. I also trimmed a large plant/tree thing we have (my mother-in-law, bless her confused heart, calls it something like anixectraszhityhmas humidtulicusmainus, which I think is Latin for "weed"). I spent a few hours out in the 30-degree clear weather. When I came in, I was dirty, and tired. I was breathing hard trying to replenish the oxygen in my blood. I sat down, and reached for my vape as a sort of experiment. I wanted to see if it would produce a noticeable strain on my labored breathing. Stupid idea? Perhaps, but being a former smoker, I'm obviously not too bright to begin with.
Two long drags. No change in my breathing. None. As if my body did not even take notice of the vapor.
I do not lung-hit, since that makes me cough. I instead do as many others do, and draw into my mouth before inhaling. I noticed that, as I was still breathing hard from the work I had done, I was inhaling through my nose while drawing vapor into my mouth. Kind of a circular breathing in reverse? Sort of how Australian didgeridoo players do it (at least, I think so).
So here I am, one year after quitting cigarettes, totally hooked on and in love with vaping, knowing damned well that I will NEVER go back to cigarettes ever again. The upsides are just far too numerous, not the very least of which is how much I enjoy it. Add this to the very obvious health and cost benefits of being off analogs, and it's just that simple for me.
Again, sorry for writing a small book. I just felt like sharing. Carry on....and....VAPE ON!
So, please forgive me for sharing a short novel here. But I just wanted to share this with all of You, my vaping family. I remember when I first began this odyssey with vaping how much I scoured the web looking for the right information, when I found this article about an attorney who ran the New York Marathon while vaping:
Vaper Runs NY Marathon, Vapes All The While | Ecig Advanced News
It left a huge impression on me. To be able to do something physical like that, while vaping. Wow!
Now obviously, no one would ever suggest that vaping while doing something physically demanding is a good idea. I think it was just the point of how little vaping apparently affects breathing. This has certainly been the case with me. Maybe not so with everyone. But with me. And this is why I am posting this today.
I will be 50 years old soon. I smoked off-and-on ever since the age of 13. My last go-around with cigarettes went back to before 2010, with about half a pack a day smoked daily. Ugh.
I still feel the aftereffects. True, the body does begin to heal itself over time. But most everything suggests that, even after an extended period of being off cigarettes, the body of an ex-smoker will never be completely as "normal" as that of someone who never picked up the nasty habit. Yes indeed, I am healthier than I would have been had I not quit smoking, but it is also true that I am probably not as healthy as I would be had I never started smoking in the first place. And yet, I can do things now that I would not have been able to before.
This morning, I went outside to clear our front yard of leaves and other bits of typical Fall debris. I also trimmed a large plant/tree thing we have (my mother-in-law, bless her confused heart, calls it something like anixectraszhityhmas humidtulicusmainus, which I think is Latin for "weed"). I spent a few hours out in the 30-degree clear weather. When I came in, I was dirty, and tired. I was breathing hard trying to replenish the oxygen in my blood. I sat down, and reached for my vape as a sort of experiment. I wanted to see if it would produce a noticeable strain on my labored breathing. Stupid idea? Perhaps, but being a former smoker, I'm obviously not too bright to begin with.
Two long drags. No change in my breathing. None. As if my body did not even take notice of the vapor.
I do not lung-hit, since that makes me cough. I instead do as many others do, and draw into my mouth before inhaling. I noticed that, as I was still breathing hard from the work I had done, I was inhaling through my nose while drawing vapor into my mouth. Kind of a circular breathing in reverse? Sort of how Australian didgeridoo players do it (at least, I think so).
So here I am, one year after quitting cigarettes, totally hooked on and in love with vaping, knowing damned well that I will NEVER go back to cigarettes ever again. The upsides are just far too numerous, not the very least of which is how much I enjoy it. Add this to the very obvious health and cost benefits of being off analogs, and it's just that simple for me.
Again, sorry for writing a small book. I just felt like sharing. Carry on....and....VAPE ON!
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