Quit April 7th so today is actually 3 weeks vape free.
I tried tapering with the vape. I tried buying identical vapes, one nicotine and one non to try to trick my brain. Nothing worked, ultimately I would just bounce back.
One day my vape hit 0%. And I kept hitting it, you know, just until I get another one. Usually get an extra couple days out of 0% vapes.
Well this time I could taste the coil almost immediately. And all I could think about was those ads about inhaling heavy metals and chemicals from dead vapes. I decided, just for today, no vape. Don't suck this thing all day. Throw it out now and get a new one when I get back home.
Well fuck me that was tough, committed to about 10 hours in the middle of nowhere with no nic. (Working in a remote location) Fortunately, I had a case of salt nic pouches I had purchased over a month ago and never opened.
I do not like pouches. But I was forced to use them that day to cover the cravings. Day one, I had 6... Day 2 was like 4, day 3 was like 3, I don't remember exactly but it was less than a week before I stopped using the pouches too. Bcuz I don't like them. And all they did was help kill a craving, barely any buzz.
I kept the pouches as a just in case but after a few days of not using them I threw them out as well.
I was a daily vaper for about 3 years, honestly, this has been easier than I thought it would be. The cravings are totally gone. Sometimes I do feel an inkling for a hit. But it doesn't feel like a desire for nicotine or a vape. It feels more like my brain sends a request for a non descript "status change," I politely decline, and we move on.
Anyway, today I'm officially 3 weeks free of vaping, and roughly 2 weeks totally free of nicotine. I always said I could quit at any time, I guess I wasn't lying