A support thread to stop vaping, tomorrow.

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Hello, would anyone like to join me and stop vaping tomorrow - cold turkey?

A support thread.

Brilliant! I have had a lot of cravings today but have kept myself busy and I am doing OK... nearly 24hrs without the vape today :)

Missing it a bit today and feel quite tired. I think the first 72hrs are supposed to be the hardest.

How are you all doing?

Get an old biro, take the ends off and ink out and vape on that, trick your brain

Morning. I am on - Day 3.

Any Monday joiners? I could do with the company. Feeling exhausted this morning. I have got a feeling today will be tricky.

Good luck today!!!
If you've done something once, you can do it again! And you've done it twice!!

@JessiesJ99 Thank you.

I have been following some Reddit posts and days 3-5 seem to be the worst. I am in a terrible mood.

Today is hard. I am eating a lot more to replace the vape but I think I can do this!

I'm joining tonight. Patches arrived in the post today. Slapping one on tonight. Tomorrow morning will be day 1!

@Lilliea Brilliant! You can do this!

Day 4.

Yesterday - day 3 was so tough. I didn't get much sleep and felt quite sick during the night. I would say it was the hardest day so far. The lethargy from the lack of nicotine is awful too. I nearly caved in a couple of times.

Anyone else giving up today?

Hello, if anyone is still here!

I am writing this as it is the only thing keeping me going - even if it is an echo chamber!

Day 4, has been a lot better - no cravings and I feel a lot better not as tired even though I had little sleep last night.

I am still going to be on guard until at least 10+ days without a vape as I do still miss the nicotine and ritual of going outside to relax with a drink and a vape.

Please , say hello if anyone is still here.

Life has happened and head isn't in the place this week. You're doing great, day 3 and 4 are said to be the hardest, keep going! I will be joining you shortly

Well done!!! You can do this. You've done so well!!!! Keep going x

Thank you @GinBlossom94 and @JessiesJ99

Day 4 has been mixed. I still feel tired and miss it a lot and think about it a lot! I am having a Disaronno and diet coke - replacing one vice for another

Hi, starting right now!

@realsavagelike Well done! You can do this.

Day 5. The first morning I have not felt the urge to vape. I have a terrible sore throat which is a help tbh as I wouldn't be able to vape today.

I am worried I have just switched to other unhealthy choices but I will address that after 14+ days.

@alwaysstressed How are you doing? Are you still not using vapes?

I stopped Friday night
It's been fine really
I think about it when I wake up, after meals, with afternoon cup of tea but I don't think of it for long
I used NRT patches but forgot yesterday until lunchtime so didn't bother

BUT I miss the sweet taste! I've bought various sugar free sweets and gum but at least some of them have a laxative action and I can't work out which ones
I'm ok with sugar free gum
I've also got nicotine gum and nicotine lozenges

I'm thinking to use patch today and for next couple of weeks as I have a mini break, a night away and a beach holiday in the next 4 weeks

That's great @youngerself I think I have found it harder as no nicotine replacement. It is better today though.

It's so nice being able to leave the house without checking for spare batteries, juice filled up etc

I listened to a podcast on Thursday that spoke of vaping causing insulin resistance and this chap also thought it was worse for lungs than smoking. It wasn't a podcast about vaping specifically but rather the role of insulin resistance in many illnesses.

It made me think very hard about what I was doing to myself as I'm so disciplined with gym, weights, steps, protein, whole food, no upf etc.

I think it's nicotine itself that causes insulin resistance but I reckoned one step at a time. I'm also quite happy to shove a load of chemicals in my mouth like gum and sugar free sweets until I get properly clear of the vaping and then I'll sort that out. I think this is more important.

That is interesting. That is the thing with vaping it is all so new we don't know about the long-term damage. I do know that I wasn't as addicted to smoking and could take it or leave it.

Day 5, has been similar to day 2, sadly. I still have very strong urges to vape again. I am hoping tomorrow is a better day. If not I may need to get some nicotine patches or gum.

How has everyone's day been?

Cravings still as bad as Day 1! I am so close to vaping again. :(

I didn't think it would be so hard.

Well done for sticking it out OP! I can't even get started 😆 I've gone down to zero nicotine and the physical addiction isn't really an issue now- but it's the throat hit and hand to mouth that's a problem for me.

My DH quit a few weeks ago and it's making me feel even worse that he managed it and I can't haha. He's very all or nothing though whereas I obsess and analyse to death. Allen Carr worked for him, not for me as I'm picking apart the theory! I do want to quit in many ways but equally really enjoy it so feel like that's a constant stumbling block as it feels like derivation.

My strategy at the mo is slowly weaning off. So this week I'm doing 10 minutes of vaping every hour and then next week will go down to 5- and then eventually stop, but I can't see how I'll manage it. Even those 50 minutes in between 'sessions' I'm constantly reaching for it. Wfh doesn't help as can do it constantly.

I've ordered some of those breathing necklace things although not sure they will replicate the throat thing! Argh! Why do I have no self discipline!

Deprivation not derivation!

This sounds daft but I deliberately got vape flavours I actively dislike, I've noticed I don't want to vape as much with them. It's certainly helped lessen my bad habit. I need to give up before the ban on disposables comes in June!