Greetings,
I'm new to the forum but not new to vaping. I'm following the protocol and I understand that preventing spam is desirable, but as I'm locked up in the newbie forum and required to post, then I thought I'd offer some encouragement to those that are just starting out.
1. Learning the language of vaping is harder than learning to use your gear - I had a harder time in the first three months that I started vaping figuring out what these new words were than I ever did learning to wrap sub-ohm coils. I would ask what someone meant and the answer would make my head spin. Take it one step at a time and do a lot of reading and eventually things will start to make sense. And if they don't, don't worry about it, know your own gear, don't worry about what anyone else is using. You will get the language eventually and probably sooner than you think.
2. Your vape experience is different from other people's vape experience. If you've still felt the need to smoke once in awhile, just keep at it and try to rely more on your vaping and stop worrying about all those people who quit automatically. Don't feel bad or beat yourself up or give up, you're not lost, you just have to work a bit harder at making the transition than others have. Instead of thinking about the cigarettes you are smoking, think of the ones you're NOT smoking.
3. You'll find your comfort zone. You'll come across plenty of advanced vapers and you'll find their ways intimidating or at least confusing and you'll wonder how you'll ever get to that point. You might not. There are people who have been vaping longer than me (16 months today) who are still chugging away on their eGo-type batteries with an Evod Tank. That's enough for them, they get what they need and they're happy. They don't need to understand Ohm's law, they don't need to do parallel wraps with 30G kanthal on the top post of a plume veil. They are happy where they are. Maybe you'll go for a VV/VW device and a fancy tank, like maybe a Nautilus or an Aerotank, maybe you'll try someone's RDA on a mech and decide it's worth it for you to learn. Maybe not - and that's ok. You're no less of a vaper if you aren't making your own juice or getting vapemail from places far and wide. Also on this note, you may decide to give up vaping eventually and be free of nicotine entirely, you may start at 18mg and never go any lower, you may find that you can decrease your strength but don't really want to stop - that's personal too and whatever and wherever you end up is where you are most comfortable. Don't feel pressured to quit if you don't want to, don't feel pressured to keep vaping if you're intention is to quit nicotine just because it's a cool thing to do and you've made lots of friends, it's your choice. There are no right ways or wrong ways to go about it.
4. Congratulations! You've stopped or drastically reduced the amount that you smoke and you will be better and healthier for it. In your time you will no doubt convert other smokers and possibly save their lives as well and that is probably the most satisfying thing, when you gain your first convert and you know you've helped them live healthier. There are millions of us now and we're all here to support you - whether you find us on your street, at your local B&M, or on this or any other forum online, we want you to succeed and we'll do what we can to help you succeed, so never be afraid to ask anything at all.
5. While you will be confused by the lingo, you'll experience things differently from others, and you will find your comfort zone - one thing I would ask of you is to advocate for your rights and support organizations that do. Unfortunately we have a chance of losing those rights and we need everyone we can to speak up. Read the studies, learn how to respond to people who are against vaping, and do so whenever the situation arises. Tell them that the risks of vaping, if there are any at all, are far better than the near certainty of a smoking-related death.
And best of luck to you all in your journey. Welcome to the club!
~Valkyri
I'm new to the forum but not new to vaping. I'm following the protocol and I understand that preventing spam is desirable, but as I'm locked up in the newbie forum and required to post, then I thought I'd offer some encouragement to those that are just starting out.
1. Learning the language of vaping is harder than learning to use your gear - I had a harder time in the first three months that I started vaping figuring out what these new words were than I ever did learning to wrap sub-ohm coils. I would ask what someone meant and the answer would make my head spin. Take it one step at a time and do a lot of reading and eventually things will start to make sense. And if they don't, don't worry about it, know your own gear, don't worry about what anyone else is using. You will get the language eventually and probably sooner than you think.
2. Your vape experience is different from other people's vape experience. If you've still felt the need to smoke once in awhile, just keep at it and try to rely more on your vaping and stop worrying about all those people who quit automatically. Don't feel bad or beat yourself up or give up, you're not lost, you just have to work a bit harder at making the transition than others have. Instead of thinking about the cigarettes you are smoking, think of the ones you're NOT smoking.
3. You'll find your comfort zone. You'll come across plenty of advanced vapers and you'll find their ways intimidating or at least confusing and you'll wonder how you'll ever get to that point. You might not. There are people who have been vaping longer than me (16 months today) who are still chugging away on their eGo-type batteries with an Evod Tank. That's enough for them, they get what they need and they're happy. They don't need to understand Ohm's law, they don't need to do parallel wraps with 30G kanthal on the top post of a plume veil. They are happy where they are. Maybe you'll go for a VV/VW device and a fancy tank, like maybe a Nautilus or an Aerotank, maybe you'll try someone's RDA on a mech and decide it's worth it for you to learn. Maybe not - and that's ok. You're no less of a vaper if you aren't making your own juice or getting vapemail from places far and wide. Also on this note, you may decide to give up vaping eventually and be free of nicotine entirely, you may start at 18mg and never go any lower, you may find that you can decrease your strength but don't really want to stop - that's personal too and whatever and wherever you end up is where you are most comfortable. Don't feel pressured to quit if you don't want to, don't feel pressured to keep vaping if you're intention is to quit nicotine just because it's a cool thing to do and you've made lots of friends, it's your choice. There are no right ways or wrong ways to go about it.
4. Congratulations! You've stopped or drastically reduced the amount that you smoke and you will be better and healthier for it. In your time you will no doubt convert other smokers and possibly save their lives as well and that is probably the most satisfying thing, when you gain your first convert and you know you've helped them live healthier. There are millions of us now and we're all here to support you - whether you find us on your street, at your local B&M, or on this or any other forum online, we want you to succeed and we'll do what we can to help you succeed, so never be afraid to ask anything at all.
5. While you will be confused by the lingo, you'll experience things differently from others, and you will find your comfort zone - one thing I would ask of you is to advocate for your rights and support organizations that do. Unfortunately we have a chance of losing those rights and we need everyone we can to speak up. Read the studies, learn how to respond to people who are against vaping, and do so whenever the situation arises. Tell them that the risks of vaping, if there are any at all, are far better than the near certainty of a smoking-related death.
And best of luck to you all in your journey. Welcome to the club!
~Valkyri
And I am one. 
