Hiding in the bathroom

KindaRaven

Hi All,

I am currently off the analogs 2 months and enjoying life to the fullest. I love vaping and currently use DEA mint 9mg juice which is the best I have tasted.

For some reason, I don't like to use the vape outdoors. It kind of feels as if it isn't as strong. I also feel uncomfortable vaping indoors in public places.

I usually end up vaping in the bathroom cubicles as too not offend anyone. Does this happen to anyone else? I feel more like an addict now than when I smoked cigs.

masonchat

I do agree vaping outside i fell like its missing something, i got so used to not smoking indoors in public i hardly bother vaping indoors publicly , unless at the pub which is all too seldom these days

KindaRaven

Did you ask the barman was it okay to vape there is it just pressumed that we can?

I dont know why but I feel somewhat awkward having to ask!

masonchat

I was very discrete about it i wasnt cloud chasing like.

When he came to collect glasses i made sure i was having a tote to judge reaction and not a blind bit of notice did he take.

Having said that personally i have no objection to vaping not being allowed in public place, and some of the advertising i have seen for some products i actually think myself should not be allowed, and i see this kind of advertising/cool image a small part of the reason why some neutrals frown on vaping.

supaburger

masonchat wrote: »

I do agree vaping outside i fell like its missing something, i got so used to not smoking indoors in public i hardly bother vaping indoors publicly , unless at the pub which is all too seldom these days

i vape indoors at work but i feel weird(kind of guilty) doing that in other public places

JH_raheny

I don't vape outdoors much but in the pub I do it hardcore, if I can't vape they can't have my money, easy as that.
Got some funny looks vaping in the airport though :-)

macker33

I noticed that, just dont get the hit when i'm out

Eff Four

I'm the opposite, no problem vaping outdoors but apart from at home I never vape indoors. I'd say if I had to stay indoors away from home more than a couple of hours I'd be in the loo though! A lot easier for me to go without vaping than a cigarette, I've found. It's not the same as the desperate craving for a smoke.

masonchat

macker33 wrote: »

I noticed that, just dont get the hit when i'm out

Im finding since i switched to using 50/50 juice its better outside than a higher pg juice the vapor is a good bit thicker

macker33

masonchat wrote: »

Im finding since i switched to using 50/50 juice its better outside than a higher pg juice the vapor is a good bit thicker

I've only ever used 80% pg mixes because i need the hit, i have been planning on trying higher vg content so now at least i have an excuse.

Thanks for the tip

KindaRaven

Well good news lads, Im down to 0% juice for the last two days! No bother so far!

Eff Four

KindaRaven wrote: »

Well good news lads, Im down to 0% juice for the last two days! No bother so far!

Wow, you were on a mission eh. Well done, I'd say you're delighted with yourself. How was the transition from 9mg to 0mg? I went through a bit of a withdrawl the first three days after I switched from cigarettes to vaping fulltime, but nothing near as bad as cold turkey.

KindaRaven

@Err Four I didn't drop immedietly down to be honest. I mixed 9mg with 0 and over the course of a few days kept dropping the amount of 9.

It was a mistake. I went out for a few pints and had about 5 smokes. I felt like hell the following day with a sore chest as well as the guilt. I think that i was naive and dropped so soon. I cant believe I let myself down I was doing so well

Eff Four

KindaRaven wrote: »

@Err Four I didn't drop immedietly down to be honest. I mixed 9mg with 0 and over the course of a few days kept dropping the amount of 9.

It was a mistake. I went out for a few pints and had about 5 smokes. I felt like hell the following day with a sore chest as well as the guilt. I think that i was naive and dropped so soon. I cant believe I let myself down I was doing so well

Ah don't beat yourself up too much, having five cigarettes doesn't have to mean you smoke again. You've done really well! Sure even if you stuck with 9mg for a while that's some achievement!

I've been vaping 18mg a month and a half and I'm still not ready in my head to drop to 12mg - give yourself a pat on the back for how far you've come.

KindaRaven

Eff Four wrote: »

Ah don't beat yourself up too much, having five cigarettes doesn't have to mean you smoke again. You've done really well! Sure even if you stuck with 9mg for a while that's some achievement!

I've been vaping 18mg a month and a half and I'm still not ready in my head to drop to 12mg - give yourself a pat on the back for how far you've come.

Thanks a mil man. That helps alot!

I'm back on 50% DEA, Mint 9mg mixed with 0. Hopefully I will continue to make strides. I have a family occasion on Friday, worried that the drink will cause my downfall, so tempted to get a 16mg liquid just for nights out!

Eff Four

KindaRaven wrote: »

Thanks a mil man. That helps alot!

I'm back on 50% DEA, Mint 9mg mixed with 0. Hopefully I will continue to make strides. I have a family occasion on Friday, worried that the drink will cause my downfall, so tempted to get a 16mg liquid just for nights out!

Glad to help, I'd been trying to stop smoking for a long time before now, and I know how ****e I felt when I smoked again - looking back, I realise now I just wasn't ready to stop, and those were just bumps in the road. I take my hat off to people like you who can drop down to barely any nicotine, I don't ever miss smoking anymore but I worry about getting cravings if I do drop to 12mg or lower. I guess the only way is trial and error

Best advice I can give you from my own experience is to remind yourself whether it's 9mg juice or 24mg, it's still infinitely better than smoking. Best of luck!