So in 1/2 hour I’ll be vape free for 7 days. I quit cigs around 2 years ago but now I’m trying to quit vaping & as i said, almost at day 7. If nicotine is out of my system, why does it feel like it’s getting harder? Yesterday I was soooo bitchy & nothing I did seemed to help. I walked, I drank water, I played with my dog & was still extremely bitchy by the time I finally went to bed. This morning I woke & have a full list of things to do but I can’t motivate myself to get up out of this chair & actually do any of them. All I want to do is fire up my vape pen & have at it. I mentally picture myself vaping & even knowing that those first few hits will hurt my throat, I still want to do it. What the hell is wrong with me!!! I’ve even thought about putting on a patch or chewing a piece of nicotine gum but really don’t want to go back to square one now that I’ve got 7 days under my belt. I know a lot of you will reply that it DOES get easier but when the hell will that be!!
On a separate note, if anyone out there does vape as a way of doing NRT please think twice about it. I think this is harder to stop than cigs cause you can vape anywhere...which i did. I’m sure I was getting much more nicotine than when i was smoking cigs cause I vaped all day. What the hell, there’s no smell so i could do it in my car, my house, wherever. I know NRT is the way to go for some people but vaping seriously reinforces that hand to mouth thing as well as the hit to the throat & of course the nicotine.
Ok I guess I’m done with my rant. My list of chores isn’t going to wait & they need to get done with or without my vaping while doing them. I’ll do my best to stay on track but damn, I wish it would at least START to get easier.
thanks everyone for listing to my pity party
I say this all the time here, but your question is by far the most asked one here. It's how I found this site. I was so angry that at 3 weeks, it wasn't getting much easier, I started searching the web for answers and found this fantastic group!
So, here's my short answer: It will get easier pretty soon. Then it will get harder all over again. Then a little easier. Then a little harder.... I know that's not what any quitter wants to hear. But I promise you, that if you stick with it for 3-4 months, you will look back and think, "Why didn't I quit years ago?!?!" I wish I could take away your discomfort, but glad you came here to rant about it rather than smoke . It really will get better.