So, how did you guys prepare for the first time?

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jeffree

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Yeah, everyone's different, but I thank my lucky stars that I'd decided--before my package arrived--that if my first vape was satisfying enough, I'd never smoke another cig. And that's what happened, and that's what I did, nine weeks ago. Worked like a charm for me... a guy who smoked MLs for 30 years and had had no luck with patches and gum. I still can't believe how easily I quit cigs after finding V4L and trusting it 100% on day one.

My wife, on the other hand, took the balance of vape and smoke for the first few weeks. Two months later, she's still mixing both although the vaping's slowly taking over. I expect that she'll move to vaping exclusively, eventually, but she sometimes wishes that she'd gone cold turkey at the start. Ah, but everyone's different, so no advice from me. I'm just glad I did what I did.

Of course, it's important to note that I really wanted to quit cigs and expected to endure at least a little anxiety and discomfort while quitting. As most folks here will tell you, really wanting to quit cigs is a baseline requirement. Good luck to you whichever way you head. Long live the vape!
 

Garblesnarf

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I just lost interest. I hadn't planned on quitting completely, but that's what happened. Still have 3/4 pack in my car.

I bought the vaper so I could vape indoors without worrying about who'd be walking through my house the next day. Last time I smoked an analog was because my battery died and it tasted pretty harsh. Now I forget where I even left that 3/4 pack of smokes...

*runs out to check glove box*
 

adrianx

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All of this talk about condom filling, buttplugs and stuff really throws ya off. But I'm not talking about what you're thinking, you pervs! I'm talking about vaping. ;) I see my package is "out for delivery" and the postman should be here soon. I can't wait!

So how did you guys ween off the analogs when your first PV came in? Did you taper off from analogs a bit prior to vaping? Or did you just go right into it? I'm kind of curious since some people can put down analogs after vaping for the very first time.

I'm actually kind of nervous since it's become such a habit and daily routine for me for the past 20+ years of analogs.
I told myself that vaping will have to work - no matter what, but I allowed myself the freedom to smoke an "analog" in-between. :)

In retrospect, the vaping was not nearly as good as it is now, but I forced myself to believe that all of the "enthusiasts" could not be wrong.

I'm so glad I did. :thumb:
 

Michelle43

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I told myself, when I get the urge to smoke, vape first. 95% of the time it works. I am down to 2-3 a day and I am fine with that. Do not pressure yourself.

Saying I WON'T EVER do xyz is setting yourself up for failure. Kind of like telling a kid you can do whatever you want but you just cant touch you toes...first thing they do is touch their toes.
 

dracis

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Well first I put on my wizard hat...

ROFL! :lol:
I cast... Magic Missile!

Just got my package roughly 30 minutes ago! As soon as I got it, I tore it open and screwed on the Kamel 18mg to my Shorty, and took a vape. OMFG! Absolutely love it! Delicious! Tastes a lot like a fresh pouch of Mellow flavored Camel SNUS. I seriously have to pace myself here or I can see myself blowing through these pretty quick, hehe. :D

My mom has been here waiting for her part of the package as well. She didn't choke like I did on the first vape, but I did. :oops: Then I remembered, light drags. After a few tries, I was impressed! I have no desire to smoke an analog right now whatsoever. Nada, zilch, zip. I actually have a light buzz as well. Might need to lower my mg count because I'm craving a good chain vape right now, but holy crap is this thing awesome! The 18mg feels just about right for me for now.

As always, the service that V4L provided was freakin awesome, to put it lightly. Not only did they tack on my 15% discount, but they included a ton of goodies with a small note. I got an extra auto Shorty battery, a 5ml of medium OJ juice, Pear Cobbler, Cranberry, Coffee, Doc Pepper, Almond Chocolate Coco, Banana and White Strawberry Choclate. Wow. Just, wow. Hats off to you guys!

I think most of the time was arguing with my mom about which flavors she can take with her, rofl! :D I wanted to try them all!

You guys have made me a customer for life, and I just wanted to thank you for the awesome stuff. Sending more customers your way for sure! I'm going to have to get a stack of business cards from you guys as well! :wub:
 
I simply told my family that I was on an analog cigartte embargo, if one or two slipped through the supply lines then no big deal.

I found that every analog I smoked tasted like garbage, but each flavor I tried was vastly better, even the flavors that I didn't think were great. This made me look forward to my VPK, and dread the analog, with no effort.

I am on my 2nd day with 0 analogs, so I'm no expert, but that is the longest I have been without a cigarette since 1991.:D
 
Despite the sig image, I'm not fully quit yet either. Still having trouble giving up the last 1-2 cigs in the evenings...when I used to chain smoke. (No problems during the work day-even when under heavy stress- or when driving :confused:) Just subtract 2 cigs per day from the total not smoked and it'd be about right.

I pretty much reach for the PV when I want a cigarette. If I've been vaping for a while (15-30 min) and I still really really want that cigarette, I just have it. I'm sure they'll be dropped eventually.
 

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I picked up my delivery at the post office on the way to work. Ripped it open first red light. Assembled one second red light. Vaped all the rest of way to work, and all day in my (luckily private, door-close-able) office. Vaped to nicotine satiety.

Got home, poured out of my work clothes and into my lovely Barefoot Comfort Robe (gotta plug those, they're amazing), propped up in my pillows, gazed at my pack of Marlboros on the bedside table, which looked suddenly boring and distasteful, sampled a lotta carts, blissed out, and haven't wanted an analog since. At all.

(I also used my Magnificent Mind Mastery skills not to bother to entertain the idea.)

(And I did take one hit off a friends analog several weeks later. Curiosity. It was disgusting.)

I was a very heavy smoker for decades (2 1/2 - 4 packs of Marlboros a day, depending on stress level) and nothing had worked. But you know, I never did set my mind right on that one.

Set your mind on positive, and treat so-called cravings as 2 year old children wanting an inappropriate item: "No, sweetheart, and really, we're not going to discuss this. Would you like to color?"
For some that potential argument might rear its head frequently (it didn't for me on this particular habit, with vapes, but has on other, very serious ones. Two year olds, who have lousy judgment, can persist plenty. Just repeat the phrase.) It takes @28 days to undo a habit (the studies replicate).

Any physical withdrawal from alkaloids etc, if you believe in that, can be regarded as a bit of flu, rather than a demand for relief.

I was one of those smokers that patted the table for cig and lighter before I even opened my eyes in the morning. Made sure that a fresh batt and cart were there, as I wake in a stupid state of mind.

That was the sweetest morning...

I'm pretty persuaded that "occasionally" smoking makes it much harder, due to the serious behavior-setting power of sporadic reinforcement. But for me, truly, I loved the vapes so much, and vaped whenever I wanted so readily, and a LOT at first (still do, but not so insanely), that my new toy just did all the work for me.
But I'm good at appreciating the incredible power of mindset. It's my job.

What we think = what we experience to a truly incredible degree.

I mean, look what I did yesterday re the Illinois ban-bill. I decided that it was gonna pass, and I got depressed, and I watched everyone declare that they'd go back to analogs if it did, and agreed re myself, and that's my lousy unmindful mindset making and responding to a situation stupidly, and adding the power of that to general malaise.

I had to do a whole routine. Why is it true that I'd go back to analogs?? Do I really need to believe that I HAVE to? That's ridiculous. I decided instead that if somehow these lovely things disappear, I'd be already halfway home, and would joyfully suck snus (or whatever you do with them) and ride this thing all the way home.

And the bill? Look at Utah! I went through the whole agony of experiencing something that hasn't even happened.

Mind is everything. (Almost.)
 
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Stephra

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For me it came down to one simple thing:

I could inhale nasty ashtray flavor, or I could inhale delicious CarMoFrap flavor. I chose the yummy stuff.

Seriously though, the hardest thing to overcome was the habit/ritual things of smoking. There's no "sweating" the nicotine, so it's more a matter of getting used to the rhythm of vaping. The details are different, and it takes some time to make the transition.

The hardest thing was not having a clear-cut end to the cigarette. I had to figure out how long a cigarette break actually was, I had to figure out when I was "done" with my vape so I could go to bed, and learn NOT to think about things in those little seven or eight minute chunks of time.

The upside is that once you get rid of this way of thinking, it really frees you up, you know? If my cigarette break gets cut short there's no annoyance, because my vape isn't going anywhere, unlike that cigarette I just had to snuff three drags in. I can go to bed whenever the hell I feel like it, instead of having to do that ritual of "one last cig before bed". And I never have to say, "Wait until I finish this vape, and I be right with you."

If you feel strong, just go for it. Vape your face off if you need to. Just get past that first couple of days while it still feels weird, and it will seem normal in no time at all. It's like getting in the pool: do you prefer to jump in all at once and get it over with, or do you like to inch into it one toe at a time? I'm a jumper, but not everybody is.

The important thing is to ENJOY the vape - it's completely awesome and I'm loving it way more than I ever loved cigarettes!
 

Mark37643

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I was very lucky. I didn't even have to try to stop smoking analogs.

When I came across ecigs by accident, I ordered with no real expectations. I also ordered from a company with a 30 day money back guarantee. When I received my Greensmoke in the mail, I was totally amazed at it immediately...that shows you how low my expectations were lol. Although it didn't tastes that good, I didn't even have to struggle to use it instead of regular cigarettes.

Next I ordered Blu....which tasted better, but I had many other issues with it. Still, I knew that I was in love with this device. I had smoked for 15 years and loved every minute of it, but I didn't miss it.

I did a lot of research the next few days and quickly realized that Vapor4Life was my next device in my search to find the perfect ecig. When I received my order, I immediately knew it was the winner :D I sent back the other two for refunds the next day.

Although I wasn't completely satisfied with my first two choices of ecig, they still served the purpose. I have never craved an analog since my first experience vaping. I thought that my hardest struggle would be at work. I work 12-13 hour shifts in a high stress job. I had always freaked out about every 3 hours til I was able to escape for a cigarette break. I would walk 10 mins to chain smoke 3 analogs just to make it 3 more hours. BUT, I haven't had to do that since I started vaping. I just walk into the lounge or locker room, hit my ecig a few times, and I am fine. No struggle, no freaking out. That, to me, is a miracle!

All of my friends knew that I never wanted to stop smoking. They are so impressed that anything got me to stop. I speak to many people with sincere passion about the electronic cigarette and Vapor4Life because it truly did change my entire life. This may sound silly, but sometimes my passion brings a tear to my eye because I am so happy that I have come as far as I have. I always felt ashamed of the smell, I hated having to get people to cover me when I took smoke breaks, I worried about my lengthy colds, frequent wheezing/coughing, and for the first time in my life, I had pneumonia twice in one year. Since I stopped smoking, I have stopped wheezing. I sleep better. My sinuses and allergies are better. I had one cold and it only lasted 2 days. I can smell cigarette smoke on my coworkers when they return from smoke breaks when I couldn't before. I always thought no one could smell me...but they could and so could my clients. I don't have to worry about that anymore.

I tell everyone that will listen about this miracle in my life. :D The wonderful thing is, a lot of people want to hear about it....people I thought would be skeptical have ordered and loved it. I thank you all here for your participation in this forum. It helped me tremendously in finding the best electronic cigarette on the planet. :) You are a great group of people, I am glad to be here, and most of all, I hope our 'family' keeps growing. I wish you all the luck in the world! :D
 

TheVTech

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Well aside from a recent set back, I started with another company called Blu Cigs. Don't bother with them. But on day one when I got them I stopped smoking analogs. After about 6-7 months, I found V4L and have been using them since day one as well.
Great stop smoking product just make sure you find the right pace and strength for you. :)
Enjoy and welcome to V4L!
 
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