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[TheKentuckian]

77. No cigarettes for me since April 2013 and I think it will stick.

I've gotten to be a little battle tested having been through high stress times at work, stress at home, a break up, had to relocate quick and fast on a shoestring, illness in the family, death of said family member and as close to a father as I ever had, more stress at work, and now lost my job and the only cigarette I reached for is the MVP and the back up ego.

The only reason I'd go back is if I couldn't use an electric. Not a 100% that I'd smoke but I figure it is the most probable outcome, at least 78% straight to the dark side.

Now, I'll straight up tell you that I'm not in any conscious effort to quite the electric or even much on stepping down the nicotine but not smoking is a really, really big fucking deal.
Talking about no morning uglies (aka waking up and hacking your fucking lungs).
Talking about some running with the dog.

Talking about no random coughing, smelling fresh and clean is all the rage, shit.

Telling you about a different kind of addiction to the nicotine that is much less generally intense and with it moderated reactions to early withdrawal.

Spreading the good word about taking in way, way, way less chemicals and carcinogens.

Letting you know my canary in the coal mine, kitty no longer exists the room when I puff but she made an exit when I fired up a cigarette and gave the gas face on the way out.

Blood pressure down.

Teeth cleanings are quicker.

Non smoker friends asking why I'm going outside, "what are you going to do, make my house smell better?".

Fire risk reduced by orders of magnitude and hey I can't remember the last time I burnt a hole in shirt, pants, or car seat but I used to do all that shit from time to time.

No ashtray mouth!

No nicotine stains on my fingers (or anywhere else).

Hell, now that I've discovered distilled water and can cut the vegetable glycerin to a better viscosity the little frog in the throat is going away. My biggest downside is not being able to keep up with able lighter, never know when easy fire or light could be handy or even critical.

You get the right equipment (dont screw with the cig a likes, get you some damn power) and the right juice and it will save and increase the quality of your life. Though I do believe that some folks might long term be more likely to succeed if they first switch from commercial cigarettes to rolling their own just to get off all those chemicals, some of which I believe to also be addictive, that was my path.

Now, I might never make it to the promised land (off nicotine but then I never considered quitting cigarettes, I just like this better and it took) but the view from just this mountain top is astounding and the air is fresher than I have known in many years.