I quit smoking today

[rong]

2 weeks as of today.  after 1 week i had one real cigarette to see if i was torturing myself - cuz it felt like i was.  it didn't taste very good and was not satisfying at all.

a few days ago, my battery died and i had one more real cigarette with the same results - i just don't like them much anymore.

i've found that i miss the smell of regular cigarettes, but that's about it.  every other aspect of the e-cig is better.

i ordered some "lower octane" e-juice and another battery and tank as i think i may be getting too much nicotine with the stuff i have now (or at least more than i really need) and i don't want to be caught with a dead battery again.

thanks, everyone, for helping me decide to give it a go.

[Roly Poly Oly-Garch]

I'm hopping on this. On day 3 of Wellbutrin for a quit date of September 18th.

I've fucked around with e-cigs...the one-use kind. Problem there is they taste and feel like meth-cut, which is still a pretty fucked up trigger for me (I got goose-bumps even writing that sentence). If the Wellbutrin doesn't take, I may look into one of the more expensive rigs that aren't quite so metallic and hope for a different result.

[rong]

Its been over a month for me and so far so good.

The disposable e-cigs taste like ass.

The lower nicotine juice tastes better.  Started with 24 mg, been on 18 mg for the last week and felt like I was getting too much nicotine so I just picked up a bottle of 12 mg to try out

[Roly Poly Oly-Garch]

Nice. That's encouraging.

So outside of a few days here and there where the county was hosting me, today was the first day in 21 years where I haven't smoked a single cigarette.

I'm not sure how much the Wellbutrin is helping. Seems like the kind of thing where not noticing it is the idea. It has had me feeling weird the last few days in general, so if anything, it was less jarring feeling as weird as I did not including a cigarette with every damn activity today. I don't think that's what it's meant to do, but I'll take it.

Also, this fucking sucks.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Nice. That's encouraging.

So outside of a few days here and there where the county was hosting me, today was the first day in 21 years where I haven't smoked a single cigarette.

I'm not sure how much the Wellbutrin is helping. Seems like the kind of thing where not noticing it is the idea. It has had me feeling weird the last few days in general, so if anything, it was less jarring feeling as weird as I did not including a cigarette with every damn activity today. I don't think that's what it's meant to do, but I'll take it.

Also, this fucking sucks.

Congratulations!

If you want to borrow my psychopharmacology textbook and read about nicotine in the brain, you're welcome to it.

[Roly Poly Oly-Garch]

Ooh. Thanks. I've been reading up on it. Actually helps quite a bit.

Nice. That's encouraging.

So outside of a few days here and there where the county was hosting me, today was the first day in 21 years where I haven't smoked a single cigarette.

I'm not sure how much the Wellbutrin is helping. Seems like the kind of thing where not noticing it is the idea. It has had me feeling weird the last few days in general, so if anything, it was less jarring feeling as weird as I did not including a cigarette with every damn activity today. I don't think that's what it's meant to do, but I'll take it.

Also, this fucking sucks.

Congratulations!

If you want to borrow my psychopharmacology textbook and read about nicotine in the brain, you're welcome to it.

[rong]

been on 12 mg nicotine and feeling fine for the last week or so. 

i also picked up some propylene glycol and vegetable glycerine and tried diluting my older 24mg stuff down to what i figure is approx 12 mg and it tastes fine.

i burned my last (open) pack of cigarettes and gave away the "emergency" pack that i was keeping in my work locker.  i just don't like them anymore.

i've been keeping track of expenditures and, even though i've bought 3 batteries, 4 tanks (gotta have backups for the backups) and way more juice than i need i figure i'm about $100 ahead of where i'd be if i was still smoking regular cigs. 

i should have enough supply to last me til January or February.



it's unreal how much better it is and how much cheaper it is.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Congratulations!

I am barely smoking at all these days. In some ways I think smoking is a weird anxious tic for me... that and something I actually enjoy once in a while at parties. They don't have cigarettes where I was staying in Peru, so I didn't smoke (or drink, really) there, and now I am just not that into either. I like my wine still, though, oh yes, and I'm smoking pot regularly, which seems to actually be really good for my sleep and maybe a little bit for my mood (although I am slightly more prone to emotional dissociation when I'm stoned).

[rong]

updates, yo!

as of today I have been nicotine free for 1 week.  I have had an occasional "placebo puff" on 0mg nicotine e-juice but don't feel like I need it.  haven't had any today - but that banana cream pie is just so yummy.

few things I've noticed - I don't seem to drink as much coffee.  It feels like I'm drinking more beer - I don't think I actually am, but it feels like I am.

I've gained about 20 lbs    i think its from metabolic changes due to reduced nicotine and caffeine but who knows . . . maybe i am drinking more beer than before . . .

[The Good Reverend Roger]

updates, yo!

as of today I have been nicotine free for 1 week.  I have had an occasional "placebo puff" on 0mg nicotine e-juice but don't feel like I need it.  haven't had any today - but that banana cream pie is just so yummy.

few things I've noticed - I don't seem to drink as much coffee.  It feels like I'm drinking more beer - I don't think I actually am, but it feels like I am.

I've gained about 20 lbs    i think its from metabolic changes due to reduced nicotine and caffeine but who knows . . . maybe i am drinking more beer than before . . .

You're eating more because you're not smoking.  This happens to damn near everyone.  Track your diet.

[Q. G. Pennyworth]

Does gum chewing help with the post-smoking weight? Like, do smokers eat more because oral tic needs replacing, or is it a metabolism thing?

[Junkenstein]

It's a "not anywhere near as hungry so simply shoving more food into your face" thing.

Personally speaking, I find it's the hand gesture/motions that are harder to mimic, but also why I suspect many do well with e-cig stuff. I suppose shovelling food could work in a pinch, particularly crappy snacks. Constant hand/mouth motion would probably have at least a mild placebo effect.

[POFP]

I'm all about that VAPE LIIIIIFE BRA. RBA TRITON 2 drippin tank, .000051 OHMS, 69 MG NIC using INFANT HAIR instead of cotton, got a 300watt Sigelei mod, but I plug it into the wall so I can get to 600 WATTS BRA. CHECK MY CLOUDS BRA, KINGS ISLAND HAUNT DON'T NEED FOG MACHINES IF I'M WORKIN.

Congratulations on quitting smoking, though.

Thankfully, because I smoked a full-bodied Cuban cigar and got severe Tobacco sickness (Not buzz, and it lasted over an hour) when I was getting addicted, I can't have any relevant amount of nicotine or I pass out or get depressed and sick. So no nicotine addiction for me. I'm just addicted to everything else that's stimulating.