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Wife and I would smoke a cig every time we walked the dog. Neither of us became addicted. I liked the smoke though, so I started vaping. Constant all-day vap

Wife and I would smoke a cig every time we walked the dog. Neither of us became addicted. I liked the smoke though, so I started vaping. Constant all-day vaping with 5% nicotine for several months. At some point I decided to attempt to quit, curios if I could do it. I quit the next day for 2 months. I never got an urge - other than "hey I liked that feeling", but nothing strong - and had no withdrawal. Apparently there's a gene that helps combat nicotine addiction. I don't know if I have it, but it seems like it. Not trying to brag here, but I thought it was interesting enough to mention.

55555 4y ago
Be careful mate. I'm an expat with a lot of French friends, so I smoked socially for ten years. Could never imagine how someone could smoke all day, as it felt disgusting, but a few cigarettes on a night out once a week was nice. Like I said, did that for ten years. So did my girlfriend. Then she tried vaping and I tried snus. Both addicted. 2 years in, on and off. The amount of wasted time and effort spent on, and irritability from, trying to quit, has been such a waste. Addictions are weird. Nicotine is hell to quit, but it's mostly mental. I build it up in my head to be some impossible thing, but it's really not. Cigarettes seem to have a grip on people far more insidious than snus or vaping, though. The real reason it's hard to stay off is the modern world we choose to live in. Full of stressors and always just a minute or click away from relapsing. Sometimes I think about how bad it would be to be an alcoholic. You wouldn't even be able to turn on the TV and relax without a beer commercial ruining your mindset. You leave your house and see a billboard. You get fed up, strength depleted, and walk in the woods to get away from all the reminders to drink. You see a spent can...
undersuit 4y ago
I'm going to have to downvote you despite experiencing a similar resistance to tobacco. Why did you smoke a cigarette every time you walked the dog? You liked to smoke? Why didn't you quit instead of switching to vaping? You quit for ONLY two months?

55555 4y ago

Be careful mate. I'm an expat with a lot of French friends, so I smoked socially for ten years. Could never imagine how someone could smoke all day, as it felt disgusting, but a few cigarettes on a night out once a week was nice. Like I said, did that for ten years. So did my girlfriend. Then she tried vaping and I tried snus. Both addicted. 2 years in, on and off. The amount of wasted time and effort spent on, and irritability from, trying to quit, has been such a waste. Addictions are weird. Nicotine is hell to quit, but it's mostly mental. I build it up in my head to be some impossible thing, but it's really not. Cigarettes seem to have a grip on people far more insidious than snus or vaping, though. The real reason it's hard to stay off is the modern world we choose to live in. Full of stressors and always just a minute or click away from relapsing. Sometimes I think about how bad it would be to be an alcoholic. You wouldn't even be able to turn on the TV and relax without a beer commercial ruining your mindset. You leave your house and see a billboard. You get fed up, strength depleted, and walk in the woods to get away from all the reminders to drink. You see a spent can...

undersuit 4y ago

I'm going to have to downvote you despite experiencing a similar resistance to tobacco. Why did you smoke a cigarette every time you walked the dog? You liked to smoke? Why didn't you quit instead of switching to vaping? You quit for ONLY two months?