Illness, Blasted me off track :(

[Gary Horder]

After all these months of being completely stinkie free, yesterday i smoked for the day ( ok no more than fifteen , but still ) from Sunday till Wednesday morning, i didnt move from my bed, didnt eat, hardly drank, didnt vape, just died. then yesterday after feeling a little bit more like me, i tried and vaped and nearly choked, the flavor was foul on all tanks, nothing worked, i was desperate for nicotine and reluctantly had a roll up, this was just as easy to return to as riding a bike.... come the evening i felt disgusted with myself and concerned id dropped the ball completely, not untill this morning did the vape start to semi return to normal flavor, not had a stinkie today, not so craving the nic.... but even now the vape isnt cutting it, i dropped down tp 3mg a while ago and have nothing higher.... amazing how your body can crave a poison so much...not too happy

[Deleted]

We're all X smokers @garyhorder so don't beat you're self up over it, move forward and forget about it.

Glad you're feeling better.

[Deleted]

Not to worry Gary, we all slip up at times of stress. The important thing now is to learn from it and keep some 18mg for such times ... Preferably a strong menthol for when you have no taste. Onward and upward bud

[VapingBad]

The important thing is you didn't keep smoking, a couple of extra days of smoking don't matter in the big scheme of things.

[TallPaul70]

As more than one person said when I joined this site a few weeks ago, don't count the ones you have, count the ones you don't.

You've had over 2 months of doing yourself good, 1 day where it's been not so good... we all know how hard it is to resist the need for nicotine, we're just lucky we're around when there's an alternative to the stinkies, and the most important thing is that you're still trying.

As yinyang says, probably a good idea to have some higher strength around just in case...

Hope you feel better soon, and go easy on yourself, in the big picture you've done brilliantly.

[Deleted]

Unfortunately, in the same way as alcoholics are always alcoholics - even if they're not drinking......smokers are always smokers.

It's always there in the background...........and vaping is a replacement habit to distract from that.

Vape with a bit extra nic and a bit more pg for a while till it's working again......then start lowering back to the 3mg.

As said above, this is just a small slip on the ladder.

[Chrissie]

Really sorry to hear you have been ill Gary Horder

As others have said, just take it as a blip, increase the nic level & carry on vaping

[whiteclouds]

As the others have said, don’t beat yourself up the guilt will drive you even more especially if you are telling yourself you cant have something, that will start the crave on its own, you’ve had a day when you wasn’t a non smoker, no worries

I've got the man cold that’s circulating, took 2 days off with holiday I'm owed, today and tomorrow, my tipple is:
manuka honey with fresh lemon and lime in green tea (I don’t normally go near tea that doesn’t take milk n sugar) I feel a whole lot better than I did earlier today

[letsavit]

Wouldn't worry about it mate, I had a relapse a few months in, i still have the odd fag drunk. Music festival this year being 14hrs away from the tent with nothing but shorts on and getting wasted a over 5000mah 20ml juice day habit vaping was just unpractical, bought a pack for each day....couldn't wait to get back to the tent/car and have a vape.

1st October I'll be a year old Vapor.... 10,950 fags I smoked the year before that, reckon this years been better...with the relapse about 950..... Without about 50... That's pretty good going I think, think you're doing pretty good too....!

[Deleted]

This is my tea for man cold......awesome stuff.

[Perpetua]

Wouldn't worry about it Gary, no one on here is going to stand in judgement . . . . most of us are a vape away from being a smoker still.

The main thing is that you're feeling better - mainly I'm on 6 or 12mg, but I've still a couple of liquids in 24mg for those moments which we all get.

Try not to dwell on this hiccup, use your energy to look forward.

[Gary Horder]

It just came natural, though other half rolled them for me, didnt want to get that feeling / urge of rolling back..all good tonight on track and waiting on vapemail lol

[naDiel]

Like others said gary Horder don't worry about it.
I have had to wait for my mod and almost slipped up, but once I smelled the smoke I though that I don't want to do it again and loose taste...

[wil7985]

Don't worry about it, think of all those stinkies you haven't smoked and you've vapemail to look forward to