Is there anyone who switched to vaping and was able to quit smoking?
The problem with vaping is it contains nicotine. As long as you keep letting the drug into your system, you're going to be forever addicted. It's like the drugs at the pharmacy, like Nicotine. You'll never be able to quit on them because they constantly reintroduce nicotine into your system.
It's
very hard to quit. I smoked for 16 years, was up to 2 packs a day easy. I was the guy who lit a cigarette with the one that was about to go out. I must have tried to quit 100 times during the last 5 years or so.
The best solution is going cold turkey. Like Clam said above. It doesn't take long before you don't think about smoking at all.
Nicotine has a shelf life of 72 hours. This is how long it takes for your body to cleanse itself of it. This is all you have to endure before your brain begins to rewire itself. After 24 hours, your reserves are cut in half. Another 24 hours and it halves again. After this 72hr period, it starts to get easier.
You just have to avoid triggers. Like if you smoke every time you finish a meal at the dinner table, then eat somewhere else. If you smoke when you drink, avoid the drink. Mix it up.
Triggers will create a strong desire, but they are quickly fleeting, and you can minimize them by changing up your habits. Eventually, your brain will rewire itself and the triggers
completely disappear. In 2 weeks it is much easier. In 2 months, you will almost never think about smoking. In 6 months, you'll be enjoying all that extra money in your pocket that would have gone to smoking.
I quit on Sep 3rd, 2013. Never looked back.
There are things you can do to make the 72 hours pass faster. Like drinking something with vitamin C will ease withdraws. Keeping your hands busy to pass the time. Make things with Legos, puzzles, whatever you're into. Get some suckers and chewing gum to keep your mouth busy.
You just need to last 3 days, that is all. Withdraws being to recede after this point.
In the end, knowledge is power, and this is the website that enabled me to take the monkey off my back and choke him to death.
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Good luck with your journey.
But the con is that I can't smoke cigarettes anymore. I even can't stand the smell.
