I threw my cigarette pack in the trash upon waking on March 1, 2014. I had a positive attitude and a pack of brand new ecigs. I had read about so many different people using ecigs to quit... So, why can't I? I kept telling myself that this was gonna be a cakewalk. I even said it out loud in front of the mirror.
I was just shy of being a 30 year smoker. As awful as it sounds, I started smoking when I was 13. I quit smoking when I became pregnant with my kids, but I just picked them back up again after I had them. I was prescribed a pill to quit smoking a few years ago, but it didn't last long. I tried the patch, with about as much success as the pill. And here I am today, 7 months into quitting with the use of electronic smoke.
What is different this time? I don't feel like I quit smoking. But yet I have. I haven't touched an 'analog cigarette' since I threw them away. Not one lit cigarette has touched my lips. Not one puff has filled my lungs.. And I can feel the difference. No more congestion. My voice is a few octaves higher. I smell EVERYTHING. I don't smell like an ashtray anymore. My car doesn't smell like one either. But most of all, I don't have that desire to start smoking again. In the past, it was always there. No matter how long I had gone without a smoke, I always wanted one. Now, I don't ever want to be a smoker again.
I'm not gonna make it out to be all roses and rainbows, because it wasn't. The first couple hours were easy. Then the anxiety started creeping up. That, ' I'm about to lose my mind... Could jump over the Grand Canyon to get a cigarette' feeling started poking at my brain until I just wanted to scream. I wasn't about to cave in this time. No, not this time. The ecig wasn't doing it for me. But, I'd heard about a vaporizer pen from a friend, so I headed to my local smoke shop.
Vaping was pretty new here. In fact, the smoke shop had one model to choose from.. The girl working behind the counter was as helpful as she could be. She had no experience with vaping, and only knew the basics. I bought the pen, and 5 different favors of the highest nicotine juice they had to offer. I was craving a smoke so bad that I was talking too fast. I just wanted to get to my car, open the new stuff, and smoke my happy head off.
There were clouds in my car. Seriously. Lucky for me, the new pen came charged. I was smoking in minutes, and it was amazing. I could feel the nicotine caress my brain. My new device was Enveloping my mind, hugging me, and telling me it was all gonna be ok. I sat there puffing huge white vapor clouds for about 5 minutes before heading home. It's been a cakewalk ever since.
I love vaping. My analog friends are fascinated, and I've managed to convert a few. I have since stepped down from 2.4 nicotine to 1.2. Just yesterday I bought zero nicotine liquid. It won't be long until I'm nicotine free. Will I keep vaping? Only time will tell. Have you vaped?
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