Good Morning. I have been reading these forums for a few days now. Figured I would introduce myself. I have been a pack to a pack and a half a day smoker since I was 15. I smoked cigarettes for 23 years. I have started a lot of things I should not have in life such as smoking. I stopped using drugs about 15 years ago and figured at least I can always drink. Drinking became very problematic and after several years of struggling I am a recovered alcoholic for over 2 years. And now its time for smoking. I have made many attempts to quit over the last few years. I tried nicotine gum. I tried smoking pipes and cigars since you don't inhale them. I tried cold turkey. I heard carrot sticks were good for cravings but I could never get them to stay lit. 
I have been very aware for a long time that my cigarette addiction was more than just a craving for nicotine. Being honest with myself I used cigarettes to calm anxiety in social situations, to relieve boredom and depression, to keep me occupied while driving, to cope with stress, sitting on the toilet to help me go to help digest after meals. The power behind the habits of my smoking had me smoking another long before any so called cravings for nicotine would happen. Of course it is easier to think its just a nicotine withdrawal than face all that. I have tried vaping several times over the last couple years. But never whole heartedly. The negative effects of smoking have been weighing on my lately. The cost ($13 a pack in NYC), my health ( feeling tired all the time, getting several colds a year all year long that sometimes never seem to go away, starting to notice breathing problems over the last few years.....) Now I am seeing all the health consequences my father has to deal with as the result of a lifetime of smoking (COPD, Diabetes, Stroke, Congestive heart failure, and who knows what else). So... I found the old mod I got last time I tried vaping while I was cleaning my place up. I figured I would give it another try. I have not had a cigarette in 16 days now. I vape pretty heavy with 3mg nic juice. If I do get a craving for a cigarette I remember what I heard once from a vaper that if they ever feel like a cigarette they just hit the vape until they don't want one anymore and that is what I am doing. Sometime at work or while around other smokers I get the desire to just bum one. Hey its only one but every time I have done that in the past it led right back to full on smoking. My sister shared with me that when that happened to her while quitting she would just tell herself that I am an adult and if I want a cigarette I can go to the store and buy a pack. Telling myself this has worked in keeping me from bumming that "just one" as just bumming one does not feel quite so much like failure to buying a pack, even though it is. So I went a little crazy buying a bunch of new mods, atomizers, juices. The mods should last me a while but the juice goes fast. Since I would also like to save money along with my health I have been reading threw the DIY juice section and just placed an order for the supplies. I hope to be able to make juice as good as the premium stuff so I can still vape like a mad man without the expense. I hope to start feeling better health wise and then maybe take another positive step for the better of my life. As of now I feel pretty good that I will be able to stay stopped with vaping and eventually plan to lower the nicotine as well. One thing I have noticed over the last week is when someone is smoking around me now it smell putrid. It in no way smells like something I would enjoy or want to be doing. Thank God! Hopefully this is the start of a much healthier and happy life for me.
I have been very aware for a long time that my cigarette addiction was more than just a craving for nicotine. Being honest with myself I used cigarettes to calm anxiety in social situations, to relieve boredom and depression, to keep me occupied while driving, to cope with stress, sitting on the toilet to help me go to help digest after meals. The power behind the habits of my smoking had me smoking another long before any so called cravings for nicotine would happen. Of course it is easier to think its just a nicotine withdrawal than face all that. I have tried vaping several times over the last couple years. But never whole heartedly. The negative effects of smoking have been weighing on my lately. The cost ($13 a pack in NYC), my health ( feeling tired all the time, getting several colds a year all year long that sometimes never seem to go away, starting to notice breathing problems over the last few years.....) Now I am seeing all the health consequences my father has to deal with as the result of a lifetime of smoking (COPD, Diabetes, Stroke, Congestive heart failure, and who knows what else). So... I found the old mod I got last time I tried vaping while I was cleaning my place up. I figured I would give it another try. I have not had a cigarette in 16 days now. I vape pretty heavy with 3mg nic juice. If I do get a craving for a cigarette I remember what I heard once from a vaper that if they ever feel like a cigarette they just hit the vape until they don't want one anymore and that is what I am doing. Sometime at work or while around other smokers I get the desire to just bum one. Hey its only one but every time I have done that in the past it led right back to full on smoking. My sister shared with me that when that happened to her while quitting she would just tell herself that I am an adult and if I want a cigarette I can go to the store and buy a pack. Telling myself this has worked in keeping me from bumming that "just one" as just bumming one does not feel quite so much like failure to buying a pack, even though it is. So I went a little crazy buying a bunch of new mods, atomizers, juices. The mods should last me a while but the juice goes fast. Since I would also like to save money along with my health I have been reading threw the DIY juice section and just placed an order for the supplies. I hope to be able to make juice as good as the premium stuff so I can still vape like a mad man without the expense. I hope to start feeling better health wise and then maybe take another positive step for the better of my life. As of now I feel pretty good that I will be able to stay stopped with vaping and eventually plan to lower the nicotine as well. One thing I have noticed over the last week is when someone is smoking around me now it smell putrid. It in no way smells like something I would enjoy or want to be doing. Thank God! Hopefully this is the start of a much healthier and happy life for me.
