Hi. My name is K, and I'm 44 years old.
I'd like to introduce myself, and tell you a little about my story.
I hope I will be welcome here.
I first tried smoking before my 15th birthday, and by the time I was 16, I was already smoking a pack a day.
By the time I reached my 30s, I was up to two packs a day.
A few times throughout the years, I quit for a while, once for as long as several years, but I always went back to it. I just missed smoking so much.
In 2013, I was about to turn 40, and still smoking 2 packs a day. My family was begging me to quit, so I decided to try e-cigs. I liked vaping, and quickly replaced smoking regular cigarettes with the e-cigs.
I've now been vaping for almost 4 1/2 years, and I need to quit. I need to quit smoking completely. I need to give up the e-cigs, because all I did was replace one addiction with another.
My 20 year old daughter recently was in tears, begging me to quit the e-cigs, and be totally free of nicotine, and smoking.
I promised her I would.
My quit date is tomorrow, and I'm scared.
How will I fill the void that quitting the e-cigs will cause?
The e-cigs, and regular cigarettes before that, have been my only friend for a long long time.
I need some support, so I'm reaching out, hoping that I will be welcome here.
Early tomorrow morning when I wake up, I hope I can come here, instead of reaching for my e-cig.
I look forward to getting to know you all.
I want to thank each of you for responding to my post, and the warm welcome. I'm so glad I found this site. I will try to answer your questions in a while, but for now I just want to say I am committing to NOPE, Not One Puff Ever. This is my quit day, and since 6:32 this morning, I have not used the e-cig. Thank you all for your support, and I know I'll be here often. Very often, probably. Quitting this addiction is probably the hardest thing I'll ever have to do, and I need all of your support. Thank you for being here.
