started e-cigarettes yesterday

[mizzdy]

The problem I always had with quitting was that I needed that physical hold-the-cigarette-in-my-hand...inhale-exhale feeling. It's not just a nicotine addiction for me, it's a ritual. This helps because I have that "something" in my hand.

When a friend of mine quit she used swizzle sticks, those sticks that are used to stir drinks and coffee. She said everytime she wanted a cig she pulled one out of the package and chewed on it and just held it in her hand. I ate peanuts by the hand full when I quit and of course gained weight! It took me nearly a year to lose the weight before I quit and well hmm losing it this time around is much harder! lol

[Guest LadyC]

i used ice cream. orange and/or pineapple sherbet, actually. it wasn't constant like smoking had been for me, but here is how my new ritual went... it worked best if i was using two flavors. i'd get out the great big waffle cone... i'd get out my ice cream scoop, run it under hot water so it would scoop the sherbet easier. i'd start scooping "slivers" of each flavor and pack them into the cone til it was full... then when it was full, i started in all seriousness, making 2 more (full) scoops that were a blend of the two flavors and adding them to the top, of course having to run the scoop under hot water between scoops. i'd say it took about 5 minutes to completely have my masterpiece ready to enjoy. and then another 15 or 20 to lick down to the top of the cone... and then another five to eat the cone. i have sensitive teeth, so eating anything cold FAST is a no-no.

and i actually performed this ritual about 7 times a day. and now you know why i gained 30 lbs.

by the way, i'm now sherbet-free too, but i haven't lost the weight.

[georgedrw81]

It is the first 30 days that are difficult till your body gets used to being without.

Praying

[Openly Curious]

In my case all the glory goes to God. I prayed for God to help me because the strength of my own no matter how hard I tried to stop smoking my own will was not strong enough. Despite this habit I kept praising the Lord and I knew I talked with the Lord in truth about smoking.

I simply put my faith in God to help me in what I was unable to do.

Whenever I tried to stop smoking I would do away with my cigerettes cold turkey I would make it one week and cave. The next time made it two weeks then the third time God stepped into my situation and I have been smoke free for 23 yrs now standing in the strength of God.

Let me make it clear for others that I am totally aware that God can use different ways and methods in order to help or deliver his children.

As far as the e-cigarettes goes I see them as a good thing even though they have nicotine in them but a nicotine filter can be bought to use. When looking at the many that has died from lung cancer alone is staggering even though they have smoked there entire life and no harm came to them even so it still remained a health risk.

I'm sure that along with me you have had loved ones whom suffered and died from lung cancer. In my case it was my cousin who just dwindled away down to nothing never giving up his cigerettes till the day he died.

So, I lean toward the use of e-cigarettes as being a good thing as it can possibly save the lives of those who are heading right now even toward getting this life-threatening disease called lung cancer and do not even know it yet.

There are so many other things this could apply too but everyone of them has to be taken on a indivdual basis and not compared to other things.

[Mary C]

I started smoking e-cigarettes yesterday. They're called Blu Cigs. It looks like a regular cigarette. It has a battery pack, an atomizer and a nicotine cartridge. You inhale nicotine and exhale water vapor (which looks like smoke but isn't smoke). Yesterday was bearable but I still had cravings for a regular cigarette. But I'm on day 2 and I'm doing ok. They aren't the same as my Pall Malls but they kill the nic fits. Hopefully I'll be smoke free AND nicotine free soon!! I think this is my 7th time trying to quit.

I will follow your progress to stop smoking as i have a sister who has tried to quit many times, thank you for your info.

[Whimsy]

Hang in there I have my 2 year quit anniversary coming up in july and I am so happy to say I dont smoke anymore. I tried so many times before and failed, but this last try I just put everything in Gods arms and gave it my best and finally gave up a nasty habit and I feel so much better and the amount of money saved is unreal lol, at the time I was quitting my husband quit about a month after I did, then my sister gave up the habit and shortly after that my mom also gave up smoking. What a nice domino effect !

[~Shalhevet~]

This is an old post. I've failed at quitting...again.

[hr.jr.]

I started smoking e-cigarettes yesterday. They're called Blu Cigs. It looks like a regular cigarette. It has a battery pack, an atomizer and a nicotine cartridge. You inhale nicotine and exhale water vapor (which looks like smoke but isn't smoke). Yesterday was bearable but I still had cravings for a regular cigarette. But I'm on day 2 and I'm doing ok. They aren't the same as my Pall Malls but they kill the nic fits. Hopefully I'll be smoke free AND nicotine free soon!! I think this is my 7th time trying to quit.

Not being rude, but will give some advice that never fails. If you want motivated enough to quit; go spend some time with someone dying of emphysema. I am not talking about someone in early stages. I mean someone on their last few months of life. It will motivate you enough to quit with or without nicotine replacement.

[Guest man]

This is an old post. I've failed at quitting...again.

I've been smoking for almost 40 years. I've been quitting for the last 20.

Did those e-smokes help at all? What are they like compared to a real cigarette?

A big part of my problem with dropping this habit is that cigarettes have been a part my life since my early teens. They've always been there. I need to find something to take it's place and candy and gum just don't just aren't cutting it. I know I can quit if I really want too.....it's just finding that will to quit that I find difficult.

I know the struggle. Don't be hard on yourself. The devil is throwing enough at us as it is, we don't need to add to the pile. Someday when you're ready, you'll get rid of those things.....as will I.

[~Shalhevet~]

Did those e-smokes help at all? What are they like compared to a real cigarette?

Nope.