Want another cigarette kinda bad

[Scoper50]

So i started vaping in December, and i was still smoking cigarettes here and there. Up until last week i was down to one a day. It was easy. That one a day was enough to satisfy my mental addiction.

I have now been smoke free for six days and all i want is a real cigarette. I know it won't taste the same, or feel the same, but i want it anyway.

This seemed a lot easier when i wasn't trying to deny myself anything. I'm thinking about allowing myself an occasional cigarette. Maybe once every couple days just to remind myself how bad it is.

It seems that as time goes on, i forget about how bad the cigs taste and all i can focus on is how good they used to be.

 

[2nd chance]

Whats your set up and what strength Nic juice are you vaping?
It may not be high enough(nic MG) for it to curb your urge for a smokie?

 

[jerseyrob]

Would you deny yourself food or water? If you need a analog have one . I'm sure no one on here would judge you, or think any different of you. It's a hard road we have to travel.

 

[Baditude]

Depends upon your personality. Are you the kind of person who might fall off the wagon if you have one? If so, I wouldn't risk it.

However, if you aren't, go ahead and have one; it should just confirm what you already know. The longer you go without one, the worse they taste.

Or so I hear. I haven't had or wanted one in over 10 months since the last one at the end of my first week vaping, and I'm thankful for that.

 

[Schmoggs]

I started vaping last Nov. (no more analogs at all), stole one of my wifes cigs before work once in Dec. before christmas (didn't like it at all but not my preffered brand so not a suprise). Recently went through some very busy, stressful stuff at work and found that I was getting some compulsion to bum a smoke off a coworker. Havn't succumbed yet and probably wont. I'm very proud of my accomplishment putting the analogs behind me. Quite regularly on this forum I do read about how people try a cig after vaping for a while and the resulting realization of why they wanted to quit in the first place. I guess part of me wants to go through that as well as a personal affirmation of my vaping? I don't know. Either way, if I do happen to light up I know that I have made my life better through vaping and one cigarette won't take that away from me or from you. Everyone goes through this in their own way and there's nothing wrong with that. Smoking and Vaping are choices we make and as humans we change our minds all the time. Eventually we settle on what we feel is in our own best interests, for better or for worse. Vape On!

 

[darkhood]

well i'll just tell u it's completely normal...i've been of cigs for 3 months but everytime i see my damn zippo i STILL crave a cigarette for a couple mins...

 

[FrogHat]

Would you deny yourself food or water? If you need a analog have one . I'm sure no one on here would judge you, or think any different of you. It's a hard road we have to travel.

I agree with this, if you feel so inclined to have one.....go for it. Many people have one on occasions. This is a journey....enjoy it.

 

[horton]

Go ahead and have one.... when you take a few puffs, you will then remember why you quit. The taste is awful, and you will start to stink again. It's been a few years for me and I still get the urge to "cut a ....". Nothing wrong with it -- the urges keep getting farther and farther apart. I've read quitting analogs is harder than getting off spiking ....... You have pretty much kicked the habit, but just need a little reminder.....LOL

 

[four2109]

Pick up an Njoy King. It might satisfy that urge. They are as close as you will find to the real deal.

 

[darkhood]

I agree with this, if you feel so inclined to have one.....go for it. Many people have one on occasions. This is a journey....enjoy it.

i bought a single in the city after i quit for a few days...made me feel like crap and that was it for me so ya, go ahead, chances are if its been more than a couple days ul just put it out right away anyway

 

[Beccca]

If I had cigarettes around I'm afraid I'd smoke em....just to play around with them...But I don't keep any around so the temptation is not there.

 

[Schmoggs]

I quit cold turkey for three months a couple years ago. Long story short, I caved and bought a pack, hugged the toilet for like an hour after I burned three or four, and went back to smoking till I found ecigs! Really didn't enjoy the puking part.

 

[jerseyrob]

If I had cigarettes around I'm afraid I'd smoke em....just to play around with them...But I don't keep any around so the temptation is not there.

Same here . I don't even go into the store where I used to buy them

 

[darkhood]

idk i bought a few packs when i got my first kit to smoke when i felt like it...ended up lighting them and putting them out right away and eventually tossing the last pack so...depends on ur mindset i think...i didn't force myself to quit and took it slow so maybe its diff;t for those who impose time limits on themselves.

 

[Jman8]

I go with the strategy of giving myself complete permission to smoke and not setting up some mental block / denial around having them. And so, yes, I may still have some, but the more I vape and more awareness I have around idea that it isn't about the smoke (or vape) really, the less I find myself smoking. Perhaps someday, that'll work for vaping as well. When I previously went cold turkey with smoking, I did similar thing and took it one day at a time. I've never gone cold turkey for less than 1 year.

 

[PickyJuicer]

So smoke one if you can't get past it. Think of all the smokes you DIDN'T have, there is your huge accomplishment right there

I'm at almost 5 months now and I still want a cigarette every now and again. It's simplicity is what I'm looking for the most, I think. I notice the cravings only when I get into a juice rut though. I'm SOOOOO in a stinkin' juice rut right now that it's not even funny! Thankfully, within a few minutes I forget about it and I'm good to go. If I had one near me, I'd probably smoke it. Since my house is a total smoke free zone, temptation is not there. The craving is, I just don't give in to it. The thing is, it's not even the type of craving that drives me nuts like when I was trying to quit cold turkey. I only had a few a day for years and years yet not having one made me absolutely crazy and would throw me into complete and total anxiety attacks that only having a cigarette would get me past. Those type of cravings would have me driving to the store at 2am out of a dead sleep. I'm so over that.

 

[JudeD]

If I had cigarettes around I'm afraid I'd smoke em....just to play around with them...But I don't keep any around so the temptation is not there.

Ha ha and I'm just the opposite. If I didn't have a pack lying there when I first started vaping, I would have been panicky that I'd want one in the middle of the night and not be able to have one. Just knowing they were there if I wanted one and giving myself permission to have one was all it took for me to not have any. It was all psychological.

I haven't had a smoke in nine months, but I always took that last pack with me on trips just so I would know it was there if I wanted it. I am on a three week trip right now and as I was packing, I picked up that pack to stick it in my bag and then put it down. For the first time in nine months, I didn't bring it with me and I'm fine. I'm over the psychological dependence on them, finally. I know that I would rather vape than smoke. Now if I ran out of juice, the panic would come back very quickly.

 

[klynnn]

Actually I went through the same thing and I found having a real cigarette reinforces just how bad they really taste. It is almost like a curiosity and you have to try it. Personally I think it's all in my head but I had one every so often until I was about 7 mos in. You just get that urge to see what you are missing. What I found was not much-- I prefer what I'm vaping over a cigarette. I had a hard time finding a juice I liked and finally got into diy which was a lifesaver for me. I smoked a very long time and I just wish I had tried this sooner. Hang in there.

 

[Tanti]

Your will needs to be greater than the will of your addiction. So no dont give in, vape threw the cravings, view your PV as your only way to get nicotine. If you give into your addiction you will have a non ending fight. Make sure you are vaping enought and have the right amount of nicotine to over come the cravings. Every time you give in you reinforce the will of your addiction.
Make a commitment and stick to it!

Having made that commitment the day I started vaping, I had a few bad days, and then it was over, I dont have the craving now at all. Dragging it out IMO is worse than just stopping and commiting to the PV for your nicotine needs. Every time you pick up an analog you are making the addictions will greater. Its retraining the brain to except the PV.


I have two packs of analogs sitting in the house right now and have since starting to vape, I have no desire to get them out. The other day I even touched one (it being in my one of my coats pockets) and didnt have the urge to have one.

 

[klynnn]

No one size works for all do what you need to do. I doubt one cig will cause you to lose it- if so then there may be other problems to contend with.