Post by corstinsephari on Mar 30, 2015 20:20:50 GMT
I started smoking when I was 13 years old, in Rifle Colorado. Due to a strange local law, minors, while not being allowed to purchase cigarettes, could still smoke freely in public. Many times I walked down the street as a freshman during lunch period, smoking a cigarette, police unable to do anything. This lack of oversight on the law allowed me to start smoking, consequence free, and continued until I was 27 years old. Over 50% of my life was spent sucking on death, unable to quit.
I joined the USAF late 2008, and continued to smoke. As a flightline worker, it allowed me multiple breaks (which is something near everyone did, in one way or another). I attended the Air Forces smoking cessation class three times, trying a new method each time. Chantix worked for one week, before I had to make a trip to the base clinic for my heart. Doctors told me one of the very rare side effects was heart issues, and immediately took me off the medication. And I went right back to cigarettes that day. I was so addicted, I smoked about an hour after my mandatory wisdom teeth removal, against the warnings from my doctor. They didn’t understand. I NEEDED a cigarette. Nicorette patches and gum is a joke, to this day I’m convinced they’re made to fail, so you go back to smoking.
I got my first vape pen in 2012, but due to the technology not being good at the time, found them to be more of a hassle than smoking. In 2014 I bought my first actual starter kit, and boy did that work! Struggling to find a juice I could vape all day, I supplemented cigarettes with my vapor. For a year and a half, I cut my cigarette intake by 75%, only smoking when I absolutely needed it. At the end of 2014, my wife and I learned we were pregnant. She received orders and moved to Colorado, where I would follow six months later as I transitioned out of the Air Force. Since we found out, I’ve been buying nearly exclusively from Moon Mountain Vapor, slowly lowering my nicotine levels. I’m currently at 3mg strength and will start to buy 0mg juices on my next order. My son was born 15Mar2015, and I’m smoke free just for him. After trying everything on the market to quit, only Vaping worked for me.
Vaping truly saved my life, and ensures that my son will not pick up this awful habit from me.
I joined the USAF late 2008, and continued to smoke. As a flightline worker, it allowed me multiple breaks (which is something near everyone did, in one way or another). I attended the Air Forces smoking cessation class three times, trying a new method each time. Chantix worked for one week, before I had to make a trip to the base clinic for my heart. Doctors told me one of the very rare side effects was heart issues, and immediately took me off the medication. And I went right back to cigarettes that day. I was so addicted, I smoked about an hour after my mandatory wisdom teeth removal, against the warnings from my doctor. They didn’t understand. I NEEDED a cigarette. Nicorette patches and gum is a joke, to this day I’m convinced they’re made to fail, so you go back to smoking.
I got my first vape pen in 2012, but due to the technology not being good at the time, found them to be more of a hassle than smoking. In 2014 I bought my first actual starter kit, and boy did that work! Struggling to find a juice I could vape all day, I supplemented cigarettes with my vapor. For a year and a half, I cut my cigarette intake by 75%, only smoking when I absolutely needed it. At the end of 2014, my wife and I learned we were pregnant. She received orders and moved to Colorado, where I would follow six months later as I transitioned out of the Air Force. Since we found out, I’ve been buying nearly exclusively from Moon Mountain Vapor, slowly lowering my nicotine levels. I’m currently at 3mg strength and will start to buy 0mg juices on my next order. My son was born 15Mar2015, and I’m smoke free just for him. After trying everything on the market to quit, only Vaping worked for me.
Vaping truly saved my life, and ensures that my son will not pick up this awful habit from me.
