Day 308 - IT"S EASY THIS TIME :))
Well, here I am on Day number 308, without a cigarette.
I never thought it was possible.. After being a smoker for 30 years, I could never quit for this long before!!!
This time the journey has been easy, full of new interesting flavours and I've even had the opportunity to help many others along their way, following me to the ultimate destination of a cigarette/nicotine free lifestyle. I'm so happy/proud I could also show them a new path and I'm here to tell you, they are finding it easy as well.
My problem with cigarettes always led me back to smoking them again around 2 or 3 months after my quit day. I could get there, but always ended up coming home one day, with a new packet of problems.
This time, I decided to give Vaping a try and honestly, I've NEVER looked back. By talking to you about what Vaping is, I guess you will understand how I've used Vaping to help me in my battle, to give up cigarettes and nicotine for good. There is still a lot of dispute on the subject, however, everyone in Australia is still free to make their own choice, as indeed mine has been a good one.
Vaping is a process of inhaling a mixture of water vapour and nicotine, mimicking the hand to mouth action of smoking cigarettes, so it actually feels like smoking one. You can add any flavour you like and actually replace filthy tobacco.
In my opinion, the only thing wrong with Vaping, is the name it's ended up being stuck with.. The name 'Electronic Cigarette'...
It's not a cigarette, early devices were made to look like one, but todays devices are full of sophisticated electronics which form a new method of NRT, or as I like to say, nicotine replacement technology.
The so called 'Electronic Cigarette' Industry is now so HUGE, many millions of people worldwide are Vaping just to REPLACE TOBACCO and rid themselves of the 2500 combusting, carcinogenic chemicals, all the tar, as well as the carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, which are all found in cigarette smoke.
The vapour or fog created while Vaping, simply contains water vapour, which is the carrier for nicotine and your choice of flavour.. To me, the choice to Vape was clear and simple.
After doing my own research, I decided to Vape for a period of 12 months, to see if I could quit smoking this way. I'm now at a stage where I 'forget' to Vape and this is not a one-off situation. I have lowered my nicotine level to near zero and I find I enjoy the Vaping experience better than smoking ever was. My day flavour this month is Butterscotch and after dinner I still enjoy a lovely fresh, cool mint.
Fact: Even a lot of hospitals are now offering the choice to Vape, when other NRT methods have failed to work.
I applaud the way the Australian government has handled the whole Vaping subject and it's ILLEGAL TO SELL nicotine in Australia, as nicotine in it's pure form is an extremely deadly poison. However, a 3 month supply of nicotine is LEGAL to IMPORT for OUR OWN personal use and should never be ordered in concentrated levels at over 100mg/ml. Remember, nicotine used or handled incorrectly is a poison. You must know what your doing before diluting or blending nicotine into E-Liquid and most people Vaping choose blends with a nicotine content of 6mg/ml and no higher than 18mg/ml. (A good Vaping forum will help you on your way, or leave a message for me here for some guidance)
To sum everything up, ANYONE who has found it impossible to quit cigarettes, now has a way to replace them. By not smoking cigarettes, you WILL save a fortune, as well as better your health. You don't have to give up nicotine, but I bet one day you will...
To start Vaping and stop cigarettes, is now somewhat an easier step, in freeing yourself from those sharp relentless holding claws, the greedy tobacco companies have inflicted upon each one of us here. To get rid of those stinking cancer causing cigarettes will help you and everyone else around you. Age is no barrier and from day one of your quit journey, you will have a new helper like never before.
If you think you can't ever quit smoking, I'm here to tell you it's now easier than ever and you should give Vaping a try.
My heart and best wishes are with you :))
Well firstly I congratulate you on quitting smoking, it is a great achievement.
You have chosen a method which you are very pleased with and works for you.
You have found something to fill that habit of hand to mouth.
I went cold turkey 24 weeks ago, and that worked for me.
I gave up on a habit and pleased I didnt take up another.
Congratulations are in order for you and thanks for your warm words as well.
I will always be a smoker who made a new choice not to. It always gets easier not to smoke, but remember that smoking is like a predator that needs to consume us. It's when we forget, that causes the most damage.
Vaping is only the weapon I'm using to keep it away. Soon, my weapon will not be needed. If I happen to fall over, my weapon is always there to protect me from the evils of those monsters, who make billions of dollars legally killing many millions of us victims every year.
Thanks for dropping in and my best wishes for all your battles too.
Take care :))
Congratulations on you great achievement and thanks for the advice on vaping. I will keep that in mind if I get the need to smoke, again. Anything is better than a relapse!
Thank's so much for your kind words weewillem.
That's half the reason I started Vaping, I wanted somewhere to fall if I needed to buy a new packet of cigarettes.
It's only when I started Vaping, I found out there's something else in the cigarette smoke that we are addicted to..
I had the nicotine which is in the E-Liquid, but I was really craving for something else....??? Vaping proved to me, they ARE putting something else in them to keep us addicted and to keep us coming back for more.
I honestly believe it's 'that other drug' which makes 90% of us fail our attempts to give up cigarettes, especially the victims who have been smoking for 30 years......
Protected openly by governments worldwide, Phillip Morris and alike, have the most successful drug cartels known to mankind.