akheathen
Premium Member
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i'm working on quitting as we speak. #1 biggest things is to identify and manage your triggers. the most common ones are first thing in the morning, right after eating, social engagement, boredom, bed time, and drinking. now, not everyone is going to be the same, but look at your triggers and try to postpone them. somehow, knowing that you are just delaying, not cutting them off will help keep you from going nuts at the fact that you can't have it. that is one of the bigger things, is the more you "can't have" the more you want. in the morning, and after meals, wait a half hour. things like social interaction, is hard, but you can fiddle with the pack for a min, and fiddle with the cig for a while, just holding, but not lighting, and fiddle with the lighter, etc... really drags out the lighting up. i love making re-fries. i started trying the e-cigs a couple years ago, but the single biggest thing, is that you never get the burn, which seems to be my most satisfying quality in smoking. really, the nicotine isn't that crutial. i ended up just puffing on the e-cigs to the level that i would get 2x my normal nicotine intake from them, and be smoking at the same time (not literally) the drinking association was easy for me, but the getting to work thing i'm still working on. the biggest step in making it easy is "tar-blocks" these are just little "filters", which are nothing but a plastic peice that have 4 little holes in it. somethiga bout the venturi effect of the hols slings tar out of the smoke. you kind of nitice at first, but the biggest thing is that you will still get the burn from actually smoking. next big thing, is that you need to be in charge, or you will fight it the whole way. people pushing and trying to force, command, or otherwise take control of you quitting makes you want to instinctively rebel, and feel demeaned. give yourself "smoking tasks" not the same thing either. like, if you are going to smoke, you have to rake the front corner of the yard. when next task would be something like sweep the driveway. or, could be something to do first, like pick up your laundry, or something. only smoke until you no longer crave it, and one more drag. don't think you have to finish that expensive cig to the last drag. of course, no smoking in the car, house, etc. wash your hands and face every time you smoke. be aware that you are smoking as you are smoking. you spent years making it a natural sub-conscious act, now make it deliberate and be aware in your mind. i'm phasing the e-cigs back in currently to satisfy my mental thing when i can, which to me, is no different than something like sunflower seeds, because, it's really not smoking. i have both the $150 one, and the cheap $30 one, and they are the same thing. i even interchange the batteries and chargers. the atomizers are a little different. internally, they are like the rest of the cartomizers, but one is sealed to the case, and you put drops of the "oil" in the end to re-fill, and the other, you pull the whole sleeve off, which has a little pack of cotton, or whatever, saturated in the same oil.... so i just add the oil to either. so far, ginseng flavor has been the closest in taste. i was just about quit 7 years ago, when my daughter was born, but my wife had stated back up behind my back, no less with her sister "enabling" the social/bonding aspect of smoking. so, when i called her out, i was weak and let her "suggest" more often than i was really craving. exercise is a good craving number, as well...not to mention the reminder when you have some trouble breathing easily. well, this is my take on it. remember, it's YOUR decision, no one else's.
