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@Silver and @Rob Fisher you are both so 100% correct about wanting to quit the stinkies. There are lots of ways, tricks and tools out there to help you quit but it comes down to wanting to kick the habit. Almost 10 weeks stinky free and I must say it's a big challenge now and again but willpower and vaping get me through. But still good luck to all those who want to quit and who are busy quitting, I am rooting big time for all of you. VasbytEverything Hi Ho @Silver said and the most important by a country mile is "You have to REALLY want to stop smoking"!
@Silver and @Rob Fisher you are both so 100% correct about wanting to quit the stinkies. There are lots of ways, tricks and tools out there to help you quit but it comes down to wanting to kick the habit. Almost 10 weeks stinky free and I must say it's a big challenge now and again but willpower and vaping get me through. But still good luck to all those who want to quit and who are busy quitting, I am rooting big time for all of you. Vasbyt
Other than wanting to quit smoking, I think the most important point is to reverse the "giving up" mindset. When you give up something, you are sacrificing and doing without. If you give up your second car, your DSTV subscription or your holiday home, you no longer have it and your life becomes harder. So when you think of giving up smoking, it's immediately a negative connotation: you are now doing without and your life is harder. We don't want to 'give up' things, we want to gain them.
Instead, think of it in positive terms, not that you're giving up smoking but that you're taking up good health and gaining years on your life. So the first day without cigarettes isn't the first day of giving up smoking, it's the first day of regaining the most important thing in your life: your health. So you're not stopping the habit of smoking, you're taking up the habit of living longer.
Additionally, view withdrawal pangs not in terms of where you have been but rather in terms of where you are going. When you first learn to drive or play guitar, it's hard. You can't change gears or control the clutch properly when learning to drive. When you learn guitar, your fingers hurt from pressing the strings and you can't change chords smoothly. If you continually think about how much easier it was before you started learning to drive or play the guitar, you will never persevere with it. Instead, you think forward to how great it will be when you can drive and be independent, or how cool it will be when you can play your favourite songs on the guitar. Same deal with withdrawal pangs. Think of it as a natural part of the learning curve on the path to being healthy and living longer. Look ahead and not behind you. View it as gaining, not as giving up. Then it will become easier.
Spot on @RichJB well said. @Silver it's so true, when going gets tough one has to remind onself of why you wanted to quit. In my case it's the challenge and the sense of achievement when I wake up every morning and tick another day off being smoke freeOther than wanting to quit smoking, I think the most important point is to reverse the "giving up" mindset. When you give up something, you are sacrificing and doing without. If you give up your second car, your DSTV subscription or your holiday home, you no longer have it and your life becomes harder. So when you think of giving up smoking, it's immediately a negative connotation: you are now doing without and your life is harder. We don't want to 'give up' things, we want to gain them.
Instead, think of it in positive terms, not that you're giving up smoking but that you're taking up good health and gaining years on your life. So the first day without cigarettes isn't the first day of giving up smoking, it's the first day of regaining the most important thing in your life: your health. So you're not stopping the habit of smoking, you're taking up the habit of living longer.
Additionally, view withdrawal pangs not in terms of where you have been but rather in terms of where you are going. When you first learn to drive or play guitar, it's hard. You can't change gears or control the clutch properly when learning to drive. When you learn guitar, your fingers hurt from pressing the strings and you can't change chords smoothly. If you continually think about how much easier it was before you started learning to drive or play the guitar, you will never persevere with it. Instead, you think forward to how great it will be when you can drive and be independent, or how cool it will be when you can play your favourite songs on the guitar. Same deal with withdrawal pangs. Think of it as a natural part of the learning curve on the path to being healthy and living longer. Look ahead and not behind you. View it as gaining, not as giving up. Then it will become easier.
Honestly, it is will power however the right device plays a big part.
The twisp cue is a very basic device but the nic strength and draw is the perfect device for anyone trying to get off cigarettes.
When we introduce or Convert people to vaping, they always trying the nice flavors and enjoying the clouds while it might work for some to get off stinkies others needs a proper mtl device. I for one have tried a lot of mtl devices to get what I need and the only device that worked was the twisp cue.
I am still on the hunt for a proper rebuild able mtl but it's been hit and miss.
@Silver I think u should add devices the might help to your initial thread so that people don't have to go through pages of info to see what might help.
Creating this thread because I have seen several posts of vapers here on the forum struggling to kick the stinkies.
Let's all try help contribute some tips to help those members to kick the stinkies completely and convert to vaping exclusively.
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Also reward yourself even with praise when you passed even an hour without the cigarette.
Mindset and determination. One may argue those two are closely related but let me explain. Yes, correctly stated above, you must really want to quit cigarettes, that is a given. It is easier after several decades of smoking to develop this desire, especially if like me, you can no longer climb a flight of stairs without stopping halfway to catch your breath. But desire alone does not cut it to quit an addiction. It is crucial to be determined enough to get back on the wagon if you fall off.
I have the greatest respect for those that managed to go cold turkey. Hell, I was not strong enough to do that. Originally quit within a camping weekend but once back into daily routine, the habit of rolling one and lighting up came back with a vengeance. Fought it a while and fell back into the ashtray. Thing is it was no longer the same. Even after just a week, it tasted awful!
Instead of feeling like a failure, (Which I did) and just giving up on giving up, I just got right back on the vaping wagon and in the next few weeks, maybe months, did so repeatedly. Found some gear and juice that did it for me and the rest is history.
I changed my mindset from giving up smoking to smoking as little as possible. The longer the intervals between failures, the less I enjoyed the experience and after stomping out a couple of stinkies after one or two drags I eventually got it into my thick skull that there is nothing there for me anymore.
Id do not know when I had my last drag of a cigarette, the important part is that I know without a doubt in my mind that there is no way I am going back. I am sure of that because I have returned enough times to know I no longer enjoy that. It disgusts me as a matter of fact.
So my advice is that vaping may not be a miracle cure (to some) but if you keep on quitting, eventually you will get there.
Regards
First things first - You have to REALLY want to stop smoking
My advice, based on the comments on mods, juice and nic strength above, is:
1. Don't throw in the towel just because you don't like the mod or the juice.
2. Persevere! It's not going to be easy, so don't expect it to be.
About two weeks ago an acquaintance of mine told me most firmly that, "This is it. I'm not going to smoke anymore so please help me with vaping."
She bought a mod from, the Innokin Endura T20 and I gave her 7 different flavours of juice to try, since she couldn't tell me what she thought she would like. I also gave her some in 3mg and some in 6mg.
She tried two of the juices, said they were too sweet - and went no further, even though I suggested others which I had given her which I knew were not sweet (including one tobacco). She has simply given up - after two feeble attempts.
3. And finally, what helped me enormously to give up smoking, was what I said to others - and to myself.
I never said, "I'm going to try to give up smoking" or "I'm trying to give up smoking."
Try / trying imply that it may not be successful - it's just an attempt, not an end action.
I used to say, if I were offered a cigarette, "No thanks, I don't smoke.", - to the astonishment of my friends who just the previous day had seen me puffing away like a steam train.
I used to tell myself, over and over again, "I'm not a smoker" and thereby I changed my identity within myself and to others. And how could I possibly want a cigarette if I'm not a smoker?
Thanks for sharing that @Hooked
That part about your friend's two feeble attempts with juices she didnt like that were too sweet is a very important one. Firstly one has to persevere as we have all said. But secondly, the importance of finding juices that you really like. And you need to understand that it can take a while to find them.
Don't give up hope after trying just a few juices. I have said this before on the forum and will say it again. If you really like 1 out of 10 juices you try you are doing very well. So you need to try lots. There is such a wide variety of juice profiles and within each profile there are lots of them. Some sweeter than others, some with menthol, some without - and some with complex mixes of flavours that you may just love. Taste is so subjective that its hard to advise a new vaper what he/she will like. Obviously the popular best sellers probably appeal to a wide range of palates, but each person is different.
Addicts always blame other people or other things, for their addiction and why they cant stop. So no one can help you, but yourself. So just decide to do it or keep coming with excuses. And yes I know, been coming up with excuses for the last 20years why I cant stop now.
So the longer you keep vaping(sucking nic and smoke into your lungs) the bigger the chance will be that you will return to cigarettes.