When do you know when it is time to stop buying analogs?

[Semiretired]

I have been vaping almost 4 weeks now. I am using a JoyeEg0 510 and I am more than happy with it even though I do have my eyes on a mod - maybe for XMas.

While I have cut my analogs down to about 3 - 5 a day and a couple of days only 2 or 3 I have not quit them totally yet. This does not bother me, but with what happened this morning I am thinking it is just time to quit them.

This morning I woke up and did not have an analog in the house. One of the hardest ones for me to pass up is just one in the morning and after meals of course. The rest of the day I am fine, but this morning with not one in the house I had the strongest cravings to date. I could not get it out of my mind, but I also refused to go up to the store to buy a pack - so I paced a lot and vaped a lot (heavy on the 30mg this morning - my normal vape is 24mg and 18mg during the day, but the 30mg is for those hard cravings)...

About 10am I had to go across town and needed to stop for gas - Yep bought a pack of smokes, but when I got back in the car I tossed them in the glove box. My craving was suddenly gone.

Yes, I did eventually smoke one about 2 hours later and another a few hours after that, but if I did not buy that pack the cravings were driving me crazy - two I smoked was one after lunch and another just for no reason.

Now I know this is just mental at this point and I believe it means I could totally quit at this point - I mean I threw the pack in the glove box unopened and the craving went away..., but it was terrible up to this point.

Any ideas???

 

[keyzygirl]

You will know when your ready.Its just a matter of choice.I vaped 36mg for a few mornings with my coffee to get over that last morning cig.Then it was over and I didnt need to smoke anymore.I just decided it was time to let go of the crutch and go for it.

 

[six]

I've been vaping over a year and a half. I haven't had a cigarette in that time... but there is an open pack of camels on my desk at home and the same 16 cigarettes that were there the day I stopped will probably be there - well, maybe forever. The hardest part for me was being out of cigarettes. It wasn't not smoking - It was just being out of smokes.

So, I've left that pack on my desk this whole time. After the first three weeks or so, I've never been seriously tempted to have one. In fact, I only recall one time that was really hard not to smoke after I started vaping. -- I have a close friend I drink whiskey with. We used to drink whiskey and smoke cigars. I visited him one day near the beginning of my vaping and it almost drove me up a wall not to have a cigar.

 

[Fudgey]

I couldn't seem to just put them down so I set a date to quit. Got rid of all the cigs I had in the house. Like you that first one in the morning was the hardest, but after a couple days I was fine.

 

[kabonk]

I was lucky the day I got my first e-cig was the day I stopped smoking I still had a pack and a 1/2 of marlboro mediums sitting on the counter they sat there for about 3 weeks I couldn't bring myself to throw them out so I put them in a zip lock bag and stashed them in the freezer it was like I need to just know they were there and then one day I opened the freezer and they were gone I started to panic a little on the inside then I realized it had been 5 months without a cigarette and it would be ok they sell more if you need them right down the street. I asked my brother about it later and he said he took them a month ago, I just hadn't noticed

 

[SummerDawn]

I'm right with Fudgey. This year I decided my birthday was it for me. I always reminded myself and those around me that June 29th was the zero hour... No more, ever. I honestly don't know how many of my friends or loved ones believed me, or even how much I believed myself. But the pieces fell into place. I started buying less and therefore, smoking less. I researched smoking cessation and decided e-cigs were it for me. I received my first kit the 27th and had my last analog the morning of the 29th. I too still had an opened pack of smokes lying around until the day came where I looked at them and felt ill.

The most important thing I feel is not to beat yourself up, followed closely by strength in your convictions. If you think that this is the end, it is. The hardest part is the first few days. Then your sense of smell and taste will start coming back and while more and more aspects of vaping may entice you, more aspects of smoking will repulse you. If you want it, you can do it. Best wishes.

 

[swedishfish]

I think I vaped and smoked some for the first week or two. I still have a glass on my desk with a cigarette in it. A very, very stale cigarette.

When I started vaping I never had my fav brand around, just some nasty RYO tobacco. That definitely helped.

I had a friend that quit smoking and she carried a pack of unopened cigs in her purse for about 6 months.

 

[swedishfish]

I'm right with Fudgey. This year I decided my birthday was it for me. I always reminded myself and those around me that June 29th was the zero hour... No more, ever. I honestly don't know how many of my friends or loved ones believed me, or even how much I believed myself. But the pieces fell into place. I started buying less and therefore, smoking less. I researched smoking cessation and decided e-cigs were it for me. I received my first kit the 27th and had my last analog the morning of the 29th. I too still had an opened pack of smokes lying around until the day came where I looked at them and felt ill.

The most important thing I feel is not to beat yourself up, followed closely by strength in your convictions. If you think that this is the end, it is. The hardest part is the first few days. Then your sense of smell and taste will start coming back and while more and more aspects of vaping may entice you, more aspects of smoking will repulse you. If you want it, you can do it. Best wishes.

My birthday is June 28!

 

[swedishfish]

It'll happen. But even if you had 1 cig every morning, would it be so terrible? Unless one would lead to two....

I think you're doing great! It'll happen.

 

[Nomoreash]

For me it was easy, after my first vape I no longer wanted a cig, nor have craved them since. I managed to choke down the rest of the pack during the first week and haven't bought any more.

You might want to try getting a higher nic juice for those times when your craving and see if that helps.

 

[dotma]

I totally understand that panic feeling of not having cigs around. I have most of a pack still at my desk, even though the last time I had one was close to 2 months ago when i started vaping. I dont really wanna smoke them, it just makes me feel better that they are there lol.

 

[juicejunky]

I had to mentally play games with myself to finally stop. I told myself if I could just go 3 days without one, I could then smoke again. I made it a week (mornings and after big meals were tough) vaping like a maniac and celebrated with a cigarette. Guess what at that point I barely smoked 3 drags, I preferred vaping. I celebrated 3 months with a cigarette, same thing couldn't smoke even two drags, they were disgusting.

I am at 11 months of vaping now, never even consider smoking. My one year is coming up and the two times I quit before I celebrated the one year mark with a cigarette and went back to a PAD plus in two days. Do I dare celebrate the one year with a cigarette again? I hope not, but somehow I know I still won't like them.

Try to stay off cigarettes for just a few days, you'd be surprised how crappy they taste once you have distanced yourself from them. I haven't bought a pack of cigarettes since the day my kit arrived, I just slowly rationed and finished off the leftovers.

Every cigarette you don't smoke is a win, so certainly don't beat yourself up over a few a day.

 

[Semiretired]

Thanks, I needed that. I have smoked the two today and probably will not touch another. Tomorrow is another day. Since they are in the house I will see how far I can go tomorrow and the day after that.

Again thanks

 

[rwnielsen]

I just recently threw out an open pack that was by my front door for over a year. I started with, and stayed with, 36mg for the first few months. Sometimes I would over do it but I never wanted to smoke. I'm with Six, up above, I hated to run out of smokes more than actually not smoking one. It's a mind game. You'll stop when you're ready and you're doing just fine now

 

[RandaPandaBear]

I bought a brand new pack of American Spirits the morning of the day my eGo came. When I got my eGo that afternoon from the mailbox, I stopped smoking and haven't had one since September1st afternoon. I had that full pack of analogs in the freezer for three weeks and finally threw it out, not having touched it since that morning.

 

[AttyPops]

There is some withdrawal from tobacco. Took me about two weeks to get over it. Even while vaping.

It's about your comfort-zone. With me, I just decided that vaping would work... after trying it while still having cigs....until I got it all "worked out". Then, I finished off my last pack, bit the bullet, and didn't buy anymore. It turned out to be easier than I thought in hindsight. If you had asked me "How's it going?" about week 1 of 100% vaping, I may have grumbled a bit, thanked you for reminding me of smoking, and growled a bit. It gets easier, and the two weeks will pass more quickly than you think.

Find something to do, plan it out, vape, keep busy. Get some gum or candy if that helps you. Some say dark chocolate helps.

Good Luck in finding a way that works for you!!!

P.S. The good news.... after about a month or so... cigs really start to stink. Other smokers smell bad. And your taste buds come back. You won't want to go back. Vaping will work instead. And then, once you get your setup going for a while, you start to save $$$$$$$...........

Also, there are some that seem to "need" tobacco. See some of the other forum sections for alternatives like Swedish Snus if that seems to be you (but I'd avoid it if possible, assuming that's your goal).

 

[hifistud]

Since e-cigs are not a quit smoking concept, but are rather an alternative way to smoke, but with a much lower risk profile, that's basically all you need to know. Anything else is your head playing games with you. You're switching, not quitting. Quitting's hard. Switching's easy. Kapiche?

 

[Devonmoonshire]

I have to say that everyone is going to be different on this. I finished off the carton I had bought within a week and a half of starting vaping. I had already made the commitment to myself that I was NOT going to ever buy another Tobacco Cigarette, and I have kept that promise to myself. In order to put Analog Cigarettes down forever YOU and YOU alone are the only one who can make that decision. You and You alone are the only one that will know when that time is. my time was March 15th 2011 at precisely 10:31 and 33 seconds AM Central Standard Time. That is the exact moment I put out the last analog cigarette that I smoked.

Just my 2 Cents;
Nate aka Darth Vapor

 

[Semiretired]

My time was March 15th 2011 at precisely 10:31 and 33 seconds AM Central Standard Time. That is the exact moment I put out the last analog cigarette that I smoked.

Just my 2 Cents;
Nate aka Darth Vapor

I like that - kind of embedded in your memory as a date and time to remember.

 

[Devonmoonshire]

I like that - kind of embedded in your memory as a date and time to remember.

You got that exactly right, it is a date and time I personally will never forget because it is the date and time that I WON the biggest battle of my adult life. When you decide to put that "Very Last Analog Cigarette" out, you too will probably always remember that date and time because it will be one of the most important times of your life as well.

I very sincerely wish you the best of luck in reaching that milestone, I personally KNOW you can do it, I have faith in you 110%

Sincerely;
Nate aka Darth Vapor