Don't expect more from vaping than you got from smoking
So in mid may 2013 I decided to change brands. Next thing I knew I was reading on this forum how I quit. Now I know that sounds odd but I initially didn't think of changing delivery systems as quitting smoking... true though it is not smoke. I struggled to give up cigarettes for years and I had given up on quitting. Now I am smoke free, but I want to share my experience in case others find a moment of frustration.
I bit of background, I have quit for two months before and that seems to be my limit, then something happens and I go back to smoking. Two years ago it was gum that got me to the two month mark, then the sore mouth was more than I could take.
This time to make matters worse I am in the middle of major dental work, 6 crowns and a jaw realignment and my mouth hurts. Last week the dentist put me on a 6 day steroid taper to try and speed heal my mouth some so he can continue his work, we are at the 4 crown mark.. two to go and then the realignment begins.
So I have really devoted some time to vaping, making juices, experimenting with devices, researching for hours each day. I am a college professor so research is natural to me and I am off for the summer and time is plentiful. The nirvana of what vaping should be like if .... you find "that" juice, "that" system, "that" -- you fill in the blank. I bought into it, I too want the best vaping can offer.
I will say what I started with worked, I quit cigarettes poof... didn't want them because I had them only these were electronic ones.
Why did I buy into the idea it could be better. I have wasted a ton of money. Then steroids, oh make my world loopy. They had a strange effect on me, they changed the flavor of things like a roller coaster ride. One minute I couldn't taste a thing, the next everything was delicious. But what goes up must come down. The dentist warned me the last day would be a doozie and I would cry at commercials.... it was normal.
Yesterday I took my last tablet and it was not a day to cry over commercials... it was a day to find no satisfaction in vaping. It tasted like crap. It left a gummy filmy feeling in my mouth, my teeth hurt again I was miserable.
I made a decision, I was going to quit vaping and just smoke until my mouth heeled. I went and bought two packs of cigarettes. I lit one up and couldn't get any decent vapor. The draw was too tight and it was too warm. But ironically it tasted sweet, now I don't remember cigs ever tasting sweet. I smoked ... my mouth still hurt... I gave in and took a pain pill. Woe yea now that is the way a cigarette is suppose to work. LOL ok so they are potent pain pills and I don't like to take pills, but hey they worked. I smoked 17 cigarettes and then they didn't work so well after all.
I got up this morning and I lit my first cigarette, took one drag and put it out. It just didn't satisfy. I picked up my 808 and took a puff, about the same.
Long story, but there is a point. There is no nirvana. There are ways to meet the needs of our addiction. I came to the realization that it is odd to search for an adv, it is time consuming to chase that every elusive vaping nirvana. Cigarettes weren't nirvana, I didn't compare flavors or constantly question if another brand tasted better, had a smoother draw or a warmer smoke. I used my brand and if I ran out and bummed a smoke from someone it just wasn't as comforting as the one I used. Switching brands was an adjustment, but once I adjusted it was a mindless thing to buy what I always bought.
Cigarettes aren't more satisfying, unless you take a potent pain pill to add the extra relaxation illusion. Cigarettes taste like crap, they coat your mouth and make every thing taste like crap. Or we just use them so often our mind shuts off the idea of flavor for them, we don't notice because we taste them constantly so they become in essence flavorless to use.
Why do we expect more from vaping? I didn't until I read all the information I found about vaping... I started reading to see if it was safe or at least not more deadly than cigarettes. Yesterday was a big frustration and that was a side effect of steroids prescribed to help heal my beat up mouth, which doesn't help with vaping or eating or smoking for that matter.
For individuals who are still trying to find a device or nicotine liquid that will meet the standards of a cigarette by all means keep looking. But I want to say to all of those who have something that works, it keeps them from wanting a cigarette, don't keep trying in the hopes of finding vaping nirvana or a flavor that rocks your world. If you find it, it will tend to fade with frequent use. I for one am going to try to accept this works and it doesn't have to be like a box of chocolates and it doesn't get better. It substitutes for a cigarette and it works.
I honestly think the idea that I am missing something, that I don't know what I am missing because I quit with a kr808 is a lie. a kr808 worked for me and it works best for me. I don't like plumes of vapor it gets in my way. I don't want a huge device, although I like the battery life on both my vamo and itaste, I want a 510, kr808 d1 or d2. And cigarettes don't satisfy better... they just deliver nicotine in a different way.
I vaped liked a chimney for two months and I smoked like a chimney last night trying to find that nirvana. It doesn't exist. I for one think we all need to be gentle with ourselves, but realistic about what nicotine can do for you. My advice ... don't expect more from vaping than you got from smoking. I for one am going to try to return to my old routine only I am going to keep a kr808 and some prefilled cartos in my cigarette case now.
So in mid may 2013 I decided to change brands. Next thing I knew I was reading on this forum how I quit. Now I know that sounds odd but I initially didn't think of changing delivery systems as quitting smoking... true though it is not smoke. I struggled to give up cigarettes for years and I had given up on quitting. Now I am smoke free, but I want to share my experience in case others find a moment of frustration.
I bit of background, I have quit for two months before and that seems to be my limit, then something happens and I go back to smoking. Two years ago it was gum that got me to the two month mark, then the sore mouth was more than I could take.
This time to make matters worse I am in the middle of major dental work, 6 crowns and a jaw realignment and my mouth hurts. Last week the dentist put me on a 6 day steroid taper to try and speed heal my mouth some so he can continue his work, we are at the 4 crown mark.. two to go and then the realignment begins.
So I have really devoted some time to vaping, making juices, experimenting with devices, researching for hours each day. I am a college professor so research is natural to me and I am off for the summer and time is plentiful. The nirvana of what vaping should be like if .... you find "that" juice, "that" system, "that" -- you fill in the blank. I bought into it, I too want the best vaping can offer.
I will say what I started with worked, I quit cigarettes poof... didn't want them because I had them only these were electronic ones.
Why did I buy into the idea it could be better. I have wasted a ton of money. Then steroids, oh make my world loopy. They had a strange effect on me, they changed the flavor of things like a roller coaster ride. One minute I couldn't taste a thing, the next everything was delicious. But what goes up must come down. The dentist warned me the last day would be a doozie and I would cry at commercials.... it was normal.
Yesterday I took my last tablet and it was not a day to cry over commercials... it was a day to find no satisfaction in vaping. It tasted like crap. It left a gummy filmy feeling in my mouth, my teeth hurt again I was miserable.
I made a decision, I was going to quit vaping and just smoke until my mouth heeled. I went and bought two packs of cigarettes. I lit one up and couldn't get any decent vapor. The draw was too tight and it was too warm. But ironically it tasted sweet, now I don't remember cigs ever tasting sweet. I smoked ... my mouth still hurt... I gave in and took a pain pill. Woe yea now that is the way a cigarette is suppose to work. LOL ok so they are potent pain pills and I don't like to take pills, but hey they worked. I smoked 17 cigarettes and then they didn't work so well after all.
I got up this morning and I lit my first cigarette, took one drag and put it out. It just didn't satisfy. I picked up my 808 and took a puff, about the same.
Long story, but there is a point. There is no nirvana. There are ways to meet the needs of our addiction. I came to the realization that it is odd to search for an adv, it is time consuming to chase that every elusive vaping nirvana. Cigarettes weren't nirvana, I didn't compare flavors or constantly question if another brand tasted better, had a smoother draw or a warmer smoke. I used my brand and if I ran out and bummed a smoke from someone it just wasn't as comforting as the one I used. Switching brands was an adjustment, but once I adjusted it was a mindless thing to buy what I always bought.
Cigarettes aren't more satisfying, unless you take a potent pain pill to add the extra relaxation illusion. Cigarettes taste like crap, they coat your mouth and make every thing taste like crap. Or we just use them so often our mind shuts off the idea of flavor for them, we don't notice because we taste them constantly so they become in essence flavorless to use.
Why do we expect more from vaping? I didn't until I read all the information I found about vaping... I started reading to see if it was safe or at least not more deadly than cigarettes. Yesterday was a big frustration and that was a side effect of steroids prescribed to help heal my beat up mouth, which doesn't help with vaping or eating or smoking for that matter.
For individuals who are still trying to find a device or nicotine liquid that will meet the standards of a cigarette by all means keep looking. But I want to say to all of those who have something that works, it keeps them from wanting a cigarette, don't keep trying in the hopes of finding vaping nirvana or a flavor that rocks your world. If you find it, it will tend to fade with frequent use. I for one am going to try to accept this works and it doesn't have to be like a box of chocolates and it doesn't get better. It substitutes for a cigarette and it works.
I honestly think the idea that I am missing something, that I don't know what I am missing because I quit with a kr808 is a lie. a kr808 worked for me and it works best for me. I don't like plumes of vapor it gets in my way. I don't want a huge device, although I like the battery life on both my vamo and itaste, I want a 510, kr808 d1 or d2. And cigarettes don't satisfy better... they just deliver nicotine in a different way.
I vaped liked a chimney for two months and I smoked like a chimney last night trying to find that nirvana. It doesn't exist. I for one think we all need to be gentle with ourselves, but realistic about what nicotine can do for you. My advice ... don't expect more from vaping than you got from smoking. I for one am going to try to return to my old routine only I am going to keep a kr808 and some prefilled cartos in my cigarette case now.
