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pesky_jones

Well you know what they say assumption. Nah I'm neither, but in my view their are other things more addictive then nicotine. Read my posts all will be revealed

Chunkers1980

Oh I have.

I can't believe you think/feel that. I did the same for almost 3 TIMES as long. It wasn't that that was addictive.

pesky_jones

You were probably smoking parsley

pesky_jones

arran77 wrote:

Pesky Jones wrote:

Arran, yeah I guess. Erm Lee Valley in Broxborune - it was the olympic canoe course. Should be good

I used to kayak a lot, never been to Lee Valley though, just remember when you fall in and get cold just take a pi$$ in your wetsuit, it'll warm you up a treat

Only just read this. I used to kayak as well, want to get back into it but the river here is pretty manky. We've got cards at work about leptospirosis or somehting like that about rat piss etc - I'm being a bit of a wuss about it but I dont like the thought of it. I went kayaking in northern france a couple of times, that is ideal. Lovely countryside with the occasional rough water. Ah

Anyway an hour to go before I have to pi$$ in a wetsuit infront on my GF and my work mates.

Oh Marone

Been over 2 years now since I quit smoking the special blend roll ups. Still get the odd craving now and again but was easier to quit than I thought it would be. First month was feckin hard as the routine can be hard to break and you don't know what to do with your hands, and the never ending craving for nicotine. May I suggest going for a walk , seriously find something to keep your hands busy even if its twiddiling a pen. Found chewing gum helps as well (proper gum not that nicotine carp).

Sounds like an obvious thing to say but you have to want to quit in the first place instead of going in half arsed to please someone else (doctors, gf or who ever). Once I made the decision to quit that was it, cold turkey. I am not going to lie the first few days especially was a nightmare when you body is screaming for nicotine, I was a right moody git for a few weeks.

If you can get to a month without caving in it gets a hell of a lot easier from then on.

FishFish

I gave up too. That was 11 years ago - I loved smoking - the taste the feeling and even the smell. Promised the wife that I would give up after the baby was born. That worked for me and although you don't need to get a baby to give up, having a start date does help. There was a free internet forum where we used to compare notes and that was amazingly helpful. Yo still get cravings- mine are now momentary - about once every 6 months. More money for booze!

cooldad

Chunkers1980 wrote:

using ecigs means you're still addicted. Cooldad clearly uses them as a substitute for real ones. There's that or slowly lowering the dose/frequency of use until zero.

I did use it as a substitute, and I am addicted to nicotine. Have been for almost 40 years and initially my intention was to quit altogether. Now I enjoy it so WTF.

But it's not the nicotine that's harmful, it's the combustion of tobacco, and the nasty chemicals produced that cause harm.
Nicotine has similar effects to caffeine, both are mild stimulants, but not particularly harmful.

I enjoy it, feel a hell of a lot better, have no cough, don't smell any more (not of smoke anyway), don't have yellow fingers and I can vape in the office.
Also works out pretty cheap - I have some fairly fancy kit, which was quite expensive, but is all rebuildable, I make my own juice, build coils and wicks etc so my monthly cost is probably £10-£20, equivalent to a few days smoking.

If the government got it's act together and pushed them on the NHS instead of bloody useless (and expensive) patches and sprays (which contain the same basic ingredients) a lot more people would be helped to stop smoking.

It's a difficult habit to break because apart from the nicotine, there is also the habit of lighting up at certain times (like waking up, after meals etc,) and having something in your hands, plus the obvious nipple substitute.

Having something that covers all the bases, give a throat hit, and puffs out something that looks like smoke (it's water vapour) makes it a lot easier.

Her endeth the lesson.

ps like most things there are forums that help. UKV and AAEC (good for beginners - nice and gentle) offer advice. Just avoid the sh1t sold in supermarkets. Expensive, weak, rubbish battery life, and tastes mediocre. The equivalent of an Apollo MTB.

pesky_jones

cooldad wrote:

ps like most things there are forums that help. UKV and AAEC (good for beginners - nice and gentle) offer advice. Just avoid the sh1t sold in supermarkets. Expensive, weak, rubbish battery life, and tastes mediocre. The equivalent of an Apollo MTB.

Expensive:
Mine was twenty pounds, not expensive. I'm sure yours was more?

Weak:
Sometime I take too large a drag and its a tad rough on the throat, definitely not weak

Battery:
Comes in an on the go chargecase which in turn charges from my phone charger. Havnt run out of battery once and I charge it nearly a week ago

Taste:
Lovely. Now prefer it to a real rollie

In other news, done a week. I'm going to quit the e-cig next week. I'd quit it sooner but 'm going on holiday with the gfs family and dont want to be a moody tw@t

cooldad

Excellent ^^^^^^^^^

If it works for you it's all good.

pesky_jones

Thanks That smiley's especially for you cooldad

cooldad

Thank you. Have a pie.