Ok so today is day 5 with no analogs which I'm proud of myself for that. But usually when a major stress hits and I have quit analogs I can't handle and go running for a pack and smoke most, but I can say honestly I had a very major stressful situation happen yesterday afternoon and still continuing and only getting worse, but the excellent news I have not reverted back to even one analog for this I got to say is huge and I'm very proud of myself right now. And I'm not a arrogant person at all just saying vaping really has been a blessing to me!
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Ok so today is day 5 with no analogs which I'm proud of myself for that. But usually when a major stress hits and I have quit analogs I can't handle and go running for a pack and smoke most, but I can say honestly I had a very major stressful situation happen yesterday afternoon and still continuing and only getting worse, but the excellent news I have not reverted back to even one analog for this I got to say is huge and I'm very proud of myself right now. And I'm not a arrogant person at all just saying vaping really has been a blessing to me!
Just do the best you can! No guilt! I understand what you're saying because the day I got my first kit, my mother-in-law was having a biopsy for cancer, and we spent all day at the hospital. I had (and still have) another family member who is desperately ill, and other stress too. (Let's just say last year was a royal ....-kicking.)
Still, I was able to mostly vape with maybe 3-4 analogs instead of the 2 packs I would have smoked. Within a few days, I wasn't smoking at all.
Please think of how much you're not smoking during this time of stress, and not smoking will be a breeze when things calm down for you.
I can offer my limited experience with this, YMMV. I've been vaping and cig free for 22 days and found it fairly easy to leave cigarettes. I'm on a fairly low level of nicotine that is working for me. Twice I have had a stressor come up (nothing earthshaking). My brain goes on high alert - beep, beep, STRESSOR, beep, beep, I NEED A CIGARETTE AND I NEED IT NOW. My response to my brain - That is bull****, you have enough nicotine and you can vape. You THINK you need a cigarette, because in the past stress equals reaching for a cigarette. It's a learned response, it has nothing to do with addiction. You aren't getting a cigarette, you're getting this nice vape." It has worked for me so far.
Now, at 22 days cig free I'm not under the delusion that if tragedy suddenly wiped out my family I could stay the course without cigarettes. But I feel like I am starting to unlearn the stress = cigarette conditioning. It's a process.
Now, at 22 days cig free I'm not under the delusion that if tragedy suddenly wiped out my family I could stay the course without cigarettes. But I feel like I am starting to unlearn the stress = cigarette conditioning. It's a process.
The stress <=> cigarette thing doesn't have to be an automatic problem for people who are vaping. It is for some people though. I've gone through three major life stressors since I started vaping - right up there as a "one" and a "three" on that scale used to rate these things - and going back to smoking wasn't even considered this time. Didn't even cross my mind.
I discovered that just vaping more does not reduce tension and anxiety in all situations. Physical activity, now that your lungs are recovering from the abuse, also helps a lot.
Now I keep an emergency bottle of high nic (24 mg) ejuice on hand for those super stressors. My wife's step mom passed a couple of weeks ago and I was more concerned for her than stressed for me, but all she did was to hand me her hypertank (6ml I think) and ask for something stronger. Later that day I was filling one of my tanks and I though of what she had said and it came to mind. The transformation is complete. We are no longer smokers. It was and is a good feeling.
Congrats ! As time passes you will see that it will get easier and easier to handle stress without analogs, you will even reach a point when you will not think about them at all 
Thank you everyone I was really sure how I would deal/ cope when I decided to stop analog and straight to vaping. But the past is the past and just part the change and do got to say I like it. Analogs no longer have power over me.
Bonus I decided to do a little DIY test and actually got it spot on first time and looking to be my second all day juice. Have had hard time and had only all day love ejuice so now having 2 is awesome! What a reward
Bonus I decided to do a little DIY test and actually got it spot on first time and looking to be my second all day juice. Have had hard time and had only all day love ejuice so now having 2 is awesome! What a reward
Great job!
I share a similar experience. =]
I was rear-ended by a drunk/high driver going about 50-60 when I was stopped in the early stages of my transition. I was taken by ambulance when I realized my blu was still in the car. All in all.. I WANTED that cigarette. And despite being driven home by two smoking family members I made it home to my back up blu and am happy to say I didn't cave! I am now 6 months free of cigarettes!
I share a similar experience. =]
I was rear-ended by a drunk/high driver going about 50-60 when I was stopped in the early stages of my transition. I was taken by ambulance when I realized my blu was still in the car. All in all.. I WANTED that cigarette. And despite being driven home by two smoking family members I made it home to my back up blu and am happy to say I didn't cave! I am now 6 months free of cigarettes!
Congratulations and well done, DirtyJon! No doubt about it, stress becomes a nearly irresistible trigger for wanting a cig. When I tried to quit before trying vaping, like clockwork, some big stress would happen. And I'd tell myself I couldn't quit with that going on. I'd just wait until things settled down - but then they never did. I did realize though that the stories we tell ourselves make life harder, like the one about how I *need* a cig when I'm stressed. Fiction.
When my daughter was recently hospitalized about a month after I quit, I vaped through it. And when I found myself thinking of having a cig, I told myself that then I'd just be stressed AND stinky. With a bad taste in my mouth.
When my daughter was recently hospitalized about a month after I quit, I vaped through it. And when I found myself thinking of having a cig, I told myself that then I'd just be stressed AND stinky.
With a bad taste in my mouth.
Much congrats to your determination. It does get easier. I still keep a higher nic juice around for "emergencies". Good luck to you and welcome to ecf. Not only can you find out about anything here, get help for experienced vapers but this deal comes with all the support you cn handle too. ecf is just a wonderful place to be. Good luck to you and I just know I'm gonna be reading about your future vaping success. 
Great Job! Making the switch-over can definitely be anxiety-inducing. Good on you for closing your ears to the analog's siren song, even in moments of extreme stress!
I know exactly what you mean Jon, today I'm vaping like crazy today. Got some cappuccino juice in the mail yesterday and it tastes like feet smell. Loaded up some halo juice to get me through. Keep at it the best you can. If we can make it another week I think we'll be done with the cigarettes. Hang in there!!!
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