jasonculp Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 Hello all! I have been lurking around for a few weeks and this is a really great forum. I have really learned a lot. I am still an analog smoker but I have gone from 2 - 2+ packs a day to 2 - 3 a day in 3+ weeks. I have learned so much reading everything I can find on here and other places. One of the main things is that this is going to turn into a great hobby. I tend to go overboard. I already have 3 variable voltage batteries, 4 different glass tanks, a bunch of iclear16's, and many empty 5ml bottles of juice. So many choices in both equipment and flavors! Keep up all of the good work!
mvince201 Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 Curse you smoker of the death sticks! Lol just kidding. Welcome!
jasonculp Posted June 17, 2014 Author Posted June 17, 2014 Thanks for the welcome! I plan on being free of the analogs in the next few days. The hardest ones to stop is the first one of the day and the last. I have to stay on the edge of nicotine buzz to keep from smoking. I hope that subsides soon!
mvince201 Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 You will have random cravings for the next couple months, atleast I did. But they will eventually go away.
jlh 1741 Posted June 21, 2014 Posted June 21, 2014 The first few days are going to suck royally. Hang in there, it will get better. You will still have cravings for a while, just keep vaping and thinking about how much better you smell. Welcome, the folks here are good people.
RosarioMoser Posted June 21, 2014 Posted June 21, 2014 Hello jasonculp welcome to the forum..I think you must try hard to quit analog smoking and turn to vaping..Analog smoking will lead you nowhere..
jasonculp Posted June 21, 2014 Author Posted June 21, 2014 Thanks!It has been tough, but not as tough as I thought. My last analog was at 10:30 Tuesday (6/17/14) night. If i could keep my equipment working. Everything tank I have like - Nautilus, Aspire BDC, and Kanger Protank 3 mini - are prone to flooding and I have to stop fix them mutiple times a day. I must be vaping wrong....lolBut despite the little problems, I am loving it!
kelli Posted June 21, 2014 Posted June 21, 2014 when you get those cravings, just vape your tush off. and having some higher than normal nic juice for those occasions is usually effective too. ♥
ashswonderland Posted June 24, 2014 Posted June 24, 2014 I am also new to this. Have been off analogs for almost 4 days. I was a pretty heavy smoker. I think it's so huge that I've haven't touched one since I started vaping. I gotta say I'm loving it! Wish I would have done it sooner. I've only had one really bad craving so far. That's was when I was around cigarette smoke. But I just vaped my little heart away and I was good again. Good luck to you!
jasonculp Posted June 24, 2014 Author Posted June 24, 2014 Ash, I was a 1.5 - 3 packs a day depending on stress. I have had to quit all of my database duties because it is too much of a trigger. I have overcome most of the day to day ones. I am still trying to figure out how to keep a proper level of nicotine in my system. It is fun and I am really enjoying it. I also feel much better! Good luck! and keep up the good work!
ashswonderland Posted June 24, 2014 Posted June 24, 2014 Ash, I was a 1.5 - 3 packs a day depending on stress. I have had to quit all of my database duties because it is too much of a trigger. I have overcome most of the day to day ones. I am still trying to figure out how to keep a proper level of nicotine in my system. It is fun and I am really enjoying it. I also feel much better! Good luck! and keep up the good work! Thanks! I could easily do a pack a day if I didn't have my bf looking at me shamefully lol. Yeah my job is rather stressful also. Retail :/ But I've managed to fight the urge to smoke. The first day was the hardest. Those routine smokes. When I get out of work. On the car ride home. When I get out of bed. When I drink. There are so many times I'm used to smoking. That it's so routine like I don't even think about it. I just robotically grab a cig. Now I find my vap pen always in my hand. Lol. I guess for comfort more then anything. I know it's there and if I need to a vape. I've been vaping alot! Well it seems like a lot to me. From the other few people I know it seems like the norm I suppose. But I enjoy it. I don't feel bad about it like I did with cigs.
jasonculp Posted June 24, 2014 Author Posted June 24, 2014 The "routine smokes" have been the hardest. I got down to 2 - 3 a day until I ran out. I just don't buy any more. I would have quit a day earlier. I had made it until 10:30 and was about to go to bed. I had one left. I smoked it wrote the date/time on the pack and put it in my wife's birthday present I got her the next day. I figured that between having to buy more and the promise I made to her, it would make it that much harder.
ashswonderland Posted June 24, 2014 Posted June 24, 2014 I did the same thing! I made a promise. I hate breaking promises. It makes me so much more accountable for my actions this way. I don't want to let myself or the person I love down. I also installed this app with the time I stopped smoking. It tells me the days that's passed, the amount of money I've saved since I quit, and how many smokes I would have had if I didn't quit. That helps a lot also. To actually see it. Makes me proud of myself and want to keep going.
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