I quit smoking & vaping.

I quit smoking & vaping.

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My 2 part plan worked.
1) Change to vaping
2) Quit vaping

Roughly $100 better a week.
I still get urges to supply my body with nicotine but hey I smoked 30 years.
I used a quit clinic and from there I could work out the decreasing factors and timeframe similar to quitting with patches or gum.

Edit: the greatest success is not the money but lack of poison that was forming on my tongue whilst on forced schizophrenia meds.

Read a book!

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@executioner-brand said
My 2 part plan worked.
1) Change to vaping
2) Quit vaping

Roughly $100 better a week.
I still get urges to supply my body with nicotine but hey I smoked 30 years.
I used a quit clinic and from there I could work out the decreasing factors and timeframe similar to quitting with patches or gum.

Edit: the greatest success is not the money but lack of poison that was forming on my tongue whilst on forced schizophrenia meds.
Congratulations! Stay with it!

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@handyandy said
Congratulations! Stay with it!
Thanks. I will do.

I ran a thread about vaping here so wanted to confirm my success in stopping that also. went down to 1 mg and stopped there and gave my vape machine away.

Read a book!

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@executioner-brand said
Thanks. I will do.

I ran a thread about vaping here so wanted to confirm my success in stopping that also. went down to 1 mg and stopped there and gave my vape machine away.
Your lungs will thank you for it.

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@executioner-brand said
My 2 part plan worked.
1) Change to vaping
2) Quit vaping

Roughly $100 better a week.
I still get urges to supply my body with nicotine but hey I smoked 30 years.
I used a quit clinic and from there I could work out the decreasing factors and timeframe similar to quitting with patches or gum.

Edit: the greatest success is not the money but lack of poison that was forming on my tongue whilst on forced schizophrenia meds.
Congratulations, you will never be sorry.

I quit in about 5 min., totally on my own through sheer force of will. Well, plus one hypnosis seminar. It was just time. I was sick of it.

I wasn't on any other medications at the time, though.

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@suzianne said
I quit in about 5 min., totally on my own through sheer force of will. Well, plus one hypnosis seminar. It was just time. I was sick of it.
How do you quit in 5 minutes?
Surely you quit in a second or over an indefinite period where one gradually realises that one has defeated the cravings.

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@executioner-brand said
Thanks. I will do.

I ran a thread about vaping here so wanted to confirm my success in stopping that also. went down to 1 mg and stopped there and gave my vape machine away.
Well done! The first few days is the hardest then it’s just a matter of ignoring the vague and decreasing feeling of emptiness for a few weeks.

I’ve been following the vape stories in the media.

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@executioner-brand said
Thanks. I will do.

I ran a thread about vaping here so wanted to confirm my success in stopping that also. went down to 1 mg and stopped there and gave my vape machine away.
If you could change your avatar it would represent a turning point...

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@suzianne said
Congratulations, you will never be sorry.

I quit in about 5 min., totally on my own through sheer force of will. Well, plus one hypnosis seminar. It was just time. I was sick of it.

I wasn't on any other medications at the time, though.
thanks.

you quit recently too? well done.

I was so sick of it too... where hating it made my willpower strong. Just being honest that it's a liability I don't want. Vaping, however, was key in my method and my success is due to vapes.

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@divegeester said
Well done! The first few days is the hardest then it’s just a matter of ignoring the vague and decreasing feeling of emptiness for a few weeks.

I’ve been following the vape stories in the media.
thanks, its about a month or so I've had no vape or cigarette.

For me changing to a vape was about as hard as giving up vaping, which was relatively new to me... about a month.

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@divegeester said
How do you quit in 5 minutes?
Surely you quit in a second or over an indefinite period where one gradually realises that one has defeated the cravings.
Threw my last pack away and I was done.

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@executioner-brand said
thanks.

you quit recently too? well done.

I was so sick of it too... where hating it made my willpower strong. Just being honest that it's a liability I don't want. Vaping, however, was key in my method and my success is due to vapes.
Not recently, about 20 years gone now.

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@Suzianne
Isn't it all about breaking a habit?

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@torunn said
@Suzianne
Isn't it all about breaking a habit?
Yes, and it's terribly hard.

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Kudos. Mind over chemistry.