Last year, my wife asked me to quit smoking with her. I had smoked for 29 years, and I had never once tried to quit. I was afraid that I would fail, so I just didn't try. She picked November 1st as our quit date at the end of September. All through October, I didn't even give it a thought. My wife had already been using a small cigalike since August, and she had reduced her smoking by about half. On October 30th, I came home to her ranting that I hadn't even thought about quitting the next day. I told her, "Sure I have. I've already done my research. All I need to do is go pick it up tomorrow on my way home from work.". I was lying, of course. So on October 31st, 2013, I stopped at a local vape shop and picked up a Kanger EVOD VV starter kit. It had 2 650mah VV batteries, 2 Mini Protank 2s, and a charger in it. I bought 2 flavors of 18mg juice to go with it. When I got home, I put one of the batteries on the charger and had dinner. After dinner, I filled up a tank and started my vaping journey. On Wednesday, November 6th, I lit a smoke while bringing the empty trash cans from the curb to the back of the house. As I got back to where the trash cans go, I remembered taking the cigarette out of my mouth, looking at it, and saying to myself, "These things are terrible. Vaping tastes so much better, I am done with these.". I snuffed it out, and tossed it in the trash can. That was my last one. I haven't looked back, and I don't miss it at all. Next Wednesday will be my 1 year non-smoking anniversary.
My wife still smokes...
She tried to get to 0 nic within the first 3 weeks. I settled on 12mg, and have stayed there. I went to 0 nic for 10 days until I passed the insurance company nicotine screening, and then went right back to 12mg juice because stopping for 10 days was so easy and I figured why not? I can go to 0 nic again for next year's physical.
Thanks for listening. Good luck to everyone else that wants to quit smoking!
My wife still smokes...
Thanks for listening. Good luck to everyone else that wants to quit smoking!
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