General / Off-Topic quitters corner

[Monk]

If you are UK based you can get e-liquid for £2 a bottle from the factory shop, the mixed fruit one taste's like melon.

Not in the UK, lovely place though, plan to visit again soon (after I drink all the wine in Spain first )

I've got a guy near me who mixes his own stuff in a clean room...some really out there flavors he makes. Had one that was like inhaling Vicks VapoRub...love it when the harsh winters here in the US Midwest clog up my sinuses.

All in all, though, even when I was taking equivalent nicotine to cigarettes, it is so much cheaper...no sin tax on vapes!

 

[Zetta]

about 10 hours now.. it is hard

Hey, it's only willpower. Do you want to think of yourself as a pansy or do you want to think of yourself as someone with a bit of willpower?
If you're suffering from a lack of distraction in the evenings you could always try juggling, good for co-ordination and mental distraction or for more of a physical challenge, a climber's powerball.

 

[Stigbob]

Not in the UK, lovely place though, plan to visit again soon (after I drink all the wine in Spain first )

I've got a guy near me who mixes his own stuff in a clean room...some really out there flavors he makes. Had one that was like inhaling Vicks VapoRub...love it when the harsh winters here in the US Midwest clog up my sinuses.

All in all, though, even when I was taking equivalent nicotine to cigarettes, it is so much cheaper...no sin tax on vapes!

The problem I have with e-cigs is the companies come and go all the time, I had a clear out of batteries and chargers for defunct ones last week a small tupperware box pretty much full. About fifty quids worth of outdated, incompatible no longer manufactured bits, even taking that into account it's cheaper than the real thing.

 

[Patrick_68000]

about 10 hours now.. it is hard

Difficult not to poison you ? You are a masochist ?

 

[Monk]

The problem I have with e-cigs is the companies come and go all the time, I had a clear out of batteries and chargers for defunct ones last week a small tupperware box pretty much full. About fifty quids worth of outdated, incompatible no longer manufactured bits, even taking that into account it's cheaper than the real thing.

The 510/eGo threading seems to be holding pretty steady. It is the standard used by most interchangeable builds these days. Now, I've seen people going to those bigger threads with the box batteries, but I think the 510 is pretty settled and the batteries are pretty cheap now due to mass production.

I'm sure it will change again though, but as you say...compared to $5 USD per pack (I know, we get them pretty cheap in Missouri) vapes still come under on cost.

 

[Stigbob]

The 510/eGo threading seems to be holding pretty steady. It is the standard used by most interchangeable builds these days. Now, I've seen people going to those bigger threads with the box batteries, but I think the 510 is pretty settled and the batteries are pretty cheap now due to mass production.

I'm sure it will change again though, but as you say...compared to $5 USD per pack (I know, we get them pretty cheap in Missouri) vapes still come under on cost.

In the UK its a little over £9 sterling for a pack (depends on brand) I just ran it through a currency converter and it's $14 plus change. Crazy, why do we do it ?.

Oh yes because it's an addictive drug.

 

[Roybe]

I quit when a pack broke $3. Then again when it broke $5. <sheepish grin> Really was the job...only time I could take a break was when I smoked a cig. Quit the job...quit the habit!

 

[ianw]

Nothing since yesterday from the OP - Noobdelux - how's it going? Hanging in there?

 

[Cody]

<lights another smoke - grins>

 

[dangerzone]

I'm trying to give up smoking at the moment myself. I'm down to about 3 or so a day (from 20!) and it's been a little rough. There's no way on Earth I could cold-turkey it and I'm hesitant to do anything too fast due to life circumstances. Slow and steady.

I feel better now that I'm not chugging away as much although I find other stuff like anxiety has certainly ramped up a bit which is unpleasant to say the least.

Onwards and upwards, though!

 

[JesusOnEez]

I'm brilliant at quitting, I've done it loads of times.

Ba-dum TSCHHH!

I'm on my longest quit so far, 9 months. It will be a year at 9:00pm on Christmas Day. I replaced cigarettes with running. I used to get knackered running up the stairs, now I can run for 5 miles without a break.

The first few weeks are the most difficult, but everyone has different experiences. I've had the most success in the past with cold turkey, and also (and this has been most important to me), give up when you're not in your usual life routine.

Seriously, I gave up at Christmas because I had two weeks off...that's two weeks out of the normal routine of things. Many of my cigarettes were routine...the drive to work ciggy, the after lunch ciggy, the after dinner ciggy, the before bed ciggy, the cram in as many ciggies at lunch-time ciggies. When you're out of your routine, they seem less important.

I'm not going to lie...some smokers who don't smoke (which is what I consider myself), come to hate the smell of cigarette smoke in a short space of time. Me...I'll stand as close to anyone smoking a rolled up Golden Virginia as possible, reminisce with a gormless smile on my face, finally remember how incredibly unhealthy I felt, and go get another beer and forget about it.

Good luck!

EDIT:
Oh, and I think you know when you've quit properly when something really crappy happens in your life, and you don't immediately buy cigarettes to cope. That happened to me back in May, so I think I'm there. Not that I'm wishing anything crappy on anyone, but it is a way of measuring how you're coping with life stuff if you can stay off them through the crap times.

 

[Stigbob]

<lights another smoke - grins>

That doesn't help, have you got a light ?

 

[Monk]

In the UK its a little over £9 sterling for a pack (depends on brand) I just ran it through a currency converter and it's $14 plus change. Crazy, why do we do it ?.

Oh yes because it's an addictive drug.

Heh, yeah...I think I started quitting when I visited London. A lot of things are more expensive but the smokes...my goodness. Was glad I brought a few packs of my cheap ones back then. Was so surprised how gracious folks were when I bummed them a few here and there...and then I ran out...and I realized. Plus, those pictures they plaster on them over there...can we not, please? I mean, I suppose it worked...but, man...gross.

 

[Cody]

Plus, those pictures they plaster on them over there...can we not, please? I mean, I suppose it worked...but, man...gross.

What, the pics of rotten lungs etc? They should start putting pics of rotten livers on bottles of booze!

 

[Monk]

What, the pics of rotten lungs etc? They should start putting pics of rotten livers on bottles of booze!

Whiskey hangovers get the job done too...

AGGGHH...I'm never drinking AGAIN!

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Until next weekend

 

[dangerzone]

Plus, those pictures they plaster on them over there...can we not, please? I mean, I suppose it worked...but, man...gross.

I actually think that it's a really good idea. Nothing will put the fear into you other than actually seeing, in detail, what this habit does to you.

EDIT:
Oh, and I think you know when you've quit properly when something really crappy happens in your life, and you don't immediately buy cigarettes to cope. That happened to me back in May, so I think I'm there. Not that I'm wishing anything crappy on anyone, but it is a way of measuring how you're coping with life stuff if you can stay off them through the crap times.

That's basically my whole year right there. I've had a few setbacks which have knocked me a little but I still want to quit. The main thing is not going from one habit (smoking) to another (drinking) as some sort of coping mechanism.

 

[JesusOnEez]

I actually think that it's a really good idea. Nothing will put the fear into you other than actually seeing, in detail, what this habit does to you.

When you're a smoker addicted to the nicotine, you look at those pictures once, go 'Urgh, that's nasty' then promptly forget about them and light up.

 

[Monk]

I actually think that it's a really good idea. Nothing will put the fear into you other than actually seeing, in detail, what this habit does to you.

Yeah, I've seen all the pics...a good number of years ago...truth.com put up a bunch of pictures on my university campus..really big ones. Being the rebel I was back then...I flicked a butt at one of them and lit the corner on fire.

Today, it is more about getting up a few flights of stairs without wheezing and coughing. And the stink...I'm much happier about not being the stinky person in the room.

 

[dangerzone]

When you're a smoker addicted to the nicotine, you look at those pictures once, go 'Urgh, that's nasty' then promptly forget about them and light up.

Sort of a "this will never happen to me" thing. And then you start getting a bit older and find running for a bus becomes a real workout and even a slight jog cripples you. That's when you know it's time to quit!

 

[Noobdelux]

well im here.. though i had an chrash and burn when i was so pleased with myself for finding 5 sigs ina pack i diddent knew i had while doing an serious clean up untill my wife desided to give me a shouting to.. damn oh well

but im back at track now though