r/QuitVaping

I quit 3 days ago, and I went on a subsequent trip, and I just got home today…

I had no issues during the trip, just a nicotine headache after 24 hours

But I hid my vaping, so I would only do it in my room, or when I’m driving by myself in my car, so those two places have ended up to be massive triggers for me, because I did it freely.

So I’ll have something like a hand-to-mouth reflex, where I just reach for where I stored my vape, and then I think.

The only thing that I’ve been able to do for it (I’m trying cold turkey and I’m too poor to buy alternatives) is pretending that the knuckle of my index finger is a vape (I suck on it, and then blow out like I’m breathing out vapor( a trick I learned from a recent post on r/girldiaries )) are there any other free alternatives or methods, or just advice in general

When I threw my last vape away, I just put it in my trash can, and I thought about it constantly after day 2, as soon as I got home I took that trash out, because I don’t trust myself yet

Dammmmm this shit is hard. My 2nd time quitting first time was with NRT (ended up relapsing because it was winter and I had terrible depression when I quit and I guess I needed an excuse) and this time I just didn’t want to deal with replacing nic just wanted to tear the bandaid off (depression feels more under control bc of working out and summer). Man I almost bummed a cigarette today because easier to come back from than buying a vape. Instead just went for a bike ride and then had a drink and then took a nap. Wow that craving was insane worst one yet. It’s like the brain just highjacks you and you are like give me some nicotine noooowwwwww cunt. Nicotine is like my washed up older sister that is like hey girly I’m your comfort your sweet sweet friend. Fuck you sis go home. I have been doing anything for a dopamine hit working out like crazy, “me” time, social time, cold showers. I wish I could be super casual and have a cigarette from time to time but I’m a fucking nicotine crack head. Fuck everyone that let vapes into our culture. Ok off to the gym. Rant over. I do have a pack of chantix maybe tomorrow if I have mad cravings I’ll start it. I just don’t want to have to withdrawal from chantix too. Many in this sub say there is withdrawal from it as well.

hi!! i’m 26 yrs and have been vaping since about 2017 when Juuls became popular. Most of my work environments were heavily focused on co-workers using nicotine as well, and i have tried to get myself to quit last year before my wedding and i couldnt. i have done so much research on why it’s hurting me, and i want to be able to have kids one day and be healthy now. i have told myself the vape i have now will be my last one because quite frankly i don’t have the funds to keep paying 20$ for a vape and i just need to quit all together.

my question for you all is what do i expect, how do i get over the hard hump, and what apps do you guys reccomend? and what do i do in the meantime while trying to quit? journal when i feel tempted or something? or chew sour candy? TYIA 🙏

I desperately want to quit vaping and I’ve read a lot of success stories but it’s hard to gauge what amount people are vaping. They say all day but without knowing the dosage it doesn’t fill me with confidence because when I say I’m an addict I mean I’m using the equivalent of 80-100 cigarettes a day in my vape.

I vape 50mg salt nicotine (the highest legal dose) in a 3mL .4ohm pod that is set at 25W and fully open airflow. I go through one full pod a day. I’m fully aware that I am aggressively poisoning myself. It isn’t just excess it’s complete nicotine poisoning.

I’m a 29y F and have been vaping heavily since I was 22. I was an alcoholic and no matter how many times I tried to quit I couldn’t, rehab, shots monthly, group 3 times a week, etc etc etc. It wasn’t until I read Allen Carr’s Easyway to Quit Drinking that it changed. I read it and not only never had another drink again but also never have had any desire or craving again. So with that in mind I purchased his Easway to Quit Vaping. I finished it, I went a few hours before bed without vaping. I woke up for the first time in weeks without that bronchitis feeling in my chest. But immediately needed a puff of nicotine. My body was practically screaming at me and I couldn’t even hear my own thoughts. The second I gave in and took a drag I immediately went from feeling decent physically to nauseous and a headache. The mental aspect was relieved but my physical wellbeing went straight in the toilet.

I know I’m destroying myself. I don’t want to be a slave to this anymore. But as I mentioned so many success stories with vaping are too vague as far as the actual amount being used. Puffing away on a disposable all day doesn’t give me enough context as to how much is being used so it makes me anxious that the addiction maybe isn’t as severe as mine currently is and therefore makes me fear I won’t have any success in what worked for them.

And to be clear this isn’t a flex; I’m not trying to say “mines worse than yours” because it’s something I’m so ashamed over and would sell my soul to make it stop. I just am simply trying to have all the facts and hopefully find someone with the same or similar level of addiction as I do who has had success to help instill some kind of hope and path for me to take to finally kill this beast.

I’ve been looking into Desmoxan even though it isn’t legalized here yet but has been used in Europe successfully for decades. And in trials of Desmoxan and Chantix only 4.4% of people had side effects with Desmoxan vs 33.3% of people on Chantix. And I am extremely sensitive to medications so I often always am that percentage who encounters the side effects.

I also have ADHD and am already on a stimulant so adding such high nicotine- another stimulant, to my diet worries me greatly. I’m so afraid this is going to keep me in a chokehold for life and I just want to feel better physically and mentally and not be dependent on sucking on a stupid little device full of poison.

Any advice of what has worked for you as a fellow obscenely high nicotine vaper is greatly appreciated.

Today marks my 1 year anniversary of quitting vaping. Everyone is so vastly different, but this is what I've noticed:

1. My gut has completely healed. Zero food sensitivities anymore that come with chronic acid reflux and heartburn.

2. My gingivitis has completely reversed itself. My gums are healed.

3. I haven't had one suicidal ideation episode since. Of course I get depressed but not as bad anymore. It's 100% manageable. I battled with them quite a lot towards my cessation date.

4. This also goes for anxiety - I had panic disorder prior to quitting. My therapist and I have come to the consensus that that is not the case anymore. Again, I still have anxiety - just not exacerbated.

5. My hair has grown back. I hadn't realized how thin my hair was getting until I started to get a ton of baby hairs trying to grow back in.

6. I have a healthier/better relationship with food, fitness, my family, and my work. It was a long road, don't get me wrong, but I have formed new, healthier coping skills to deal with stress. I can focus more on what really matters to me.

7. I've saved almost $10,000 this past year by not buying vapes/juice/cartridges.

8. Those random heart palpitations? Gone. Sore lungs? Gone. Horrible circulation? Gone. Low energy? Gone.

9. My skin is the clearest and healthiest it's been in the last decade.

10. I feel like I can go to events or get togethers without feeling like I have to have my "pacifier" with me at all times - worrying about when the next time I can do it, sneaking into bathrooms, begging people to be okay with me hitting in their cars, etc. I feel free.

**One thing I still struggle with, 100% honesty:

When I am particularly stressed, I do still have a "I wish I could have a cigarette right now" moments. Are they compulsive? NO. Do they last 2 seconds and move on? YES. But I am still working on my stress coping skills.

It was a long long road. Hard. But I want someone else to know that it truly IS possible.

It’s only 12 hours in. I want to leave my man and kids and run away, I’m so angry and antsy I just wanna cry. This should be this damn difficult wtf is happening?

I am on day 5 of quitting cold turkey and man I just feel not that good mentally. It’s really embarrassing to say what I’m thinking but I need to vent about it.

I have been tempted with relapsing and I’m not sure of the deeper psychological reason why but I just really really miss the highs from it. They were quick, I could do it anywhere, I could feel it multiple times a day. Honestly it is such a great and fun feeling that I can never replicate and will never enjoy again. I mean I bargain to myself both ways. Oh just relapse and quit another time or oh I’ll power through it and imagine when I’m a couple months off it I’ll feel better about it then. It scares me because even people who quit say the cravings never go away and I know I can’t do this forever. I am glad my lungs are repairing themselves feels great however the rest of my life feels empty. I know that sounds sad but I mean that I don’t have much to look forward to in life and even high happy emotions feel so minuscule compared to this feeling I will never get back. I dont know if I’m just not ready to quit or what. It’s so frustrating.

Finally ready to quit! Where are you guys getting Desmoxan or something similar in the US?

Im on day 5 of being nicotine vape free(ish)...

Im short with my young adult kid, feeling overwhelmed with everything in life due to lack of support, and just feeling like depression is making my brain think the worst stuff.

Ive been on desmoxan but i dont know if i really "feel" it working. Even in those first 4 days still vaping, i didnt ever get an urge to just stop. I feel like im fighting myself so hard. Im trying a Fum but its not even scratching the itch.... im just frustrated.

Im stopping because i have a surgery that I need scheduled, but they won't do it if I smoke of any kind. Its not life threatening but would give me a better quality of life. But here i am wondering if its really worth it. 😭 Im not doing well.

I am so proud of myself! I vaped for 3 years and was having a lot of respiratory issues. I had a constant whistle, chest tightness and shortness of breath. I knew I had to be done. It took until now pretty much, for those symptoms to clear up. I recently had a high resolution CT to check for scarring bc I still had the wheeze and all came back clear! I am not tempted to vape with friends who are vaping around me, that impulse has completely faded and will never come back. If I can do it, you can too!

Hi all! Been vaping 7 years and been trying to quit for a while. I have a wisdom tooth surgery coming up that will force me to quit vaping for at least a week so I won’t get dry socket. I’m hoping that it will help break the physical habit at least, but I will have to wean myself off nicotine because withdrawal makes me so sick. Is there any NRT that is recommended during wisdom tooth recovery? Patches irritate my skin and leave a rash.

After many years smoking, and the last 4 vaping, I completely quit yesterday - Independence Day.

I didn't pre plan this or wake up and think 'today's the day', but somehow it just felt like the right time.

I'm now posting this as a distraction btw, but having done 24 hours I'm determined to give it my best shot, so all your other unusual distraction techniques welcome!

I have Nic gum and mouth spray on hand + toothpicks for the hand to mouth habit. Starting right now, just threw my vapes away, I am going through 9000-12000 puff disposables every 5 days that cost me anywhere between $50-70 each for the last 5-6 years.

Time to call it and man tf up, the more I think about it the more disgusted I am in myself that I’ve been a slave to this shit for so long. All that money gone. Probably irreversible damage to my body, I’m so worried all the time that I am going to give myself / have given myself some terminal disease/cancer and I’m only in my mid 20s. No way I’m going out this early to some fucking flavoured air.

I know I can do it. I’ve quit from being a heavy weed user cold turkey multiple times before and it was honestly quite easy. So that gives me hope here although from most of what I read vape withdrawal is probably harder.

I know a lot of people try to get off nicotine completely, but honestly my main concern is looking after my lungs and my heart. If I can atleast kick the vape then I know I can kick nicotine completely down the track by just replacing the spray / gum with non nicotine options.

Putting this here to try and keep myself accountable, so I apologise for the rant, I don’t want to come across as acting all mighty and superior but reading this back it kind of reads like that haha, sorry again.

Not the 2mg..those are shite...but the 4mg ..jeez they are so bloody good..so substantial.. and so cheap..mine works out at 10 pence per lozenger..

But i do want to be nicotine free..but if I can't get off nicotine..would much rather be on lozenges than vaping..

i am 3.5 days free of the vape. no withdrawal symptoms. i officially threw away my last vape, and have no plans to buy another one. i actually popped into my fav vape shop, just to tell Tony how great Desmoxan is. I told him he should recommend it to anyone who wants to quit nicotine.

i had all day off, and just spent it watching movies and hanging out at home. i feel so great. i don’t know if it’s placebo, but i feel like food tastes better too. i’ve also been having really vivid dreams. i normally don’t remember anything while i sleep (just figured i don’t dream) but wow i love having dreams like i was a kid again. lol

i feel like I’m going to be the spokesperson for Desmoxan. this stuff is incredible.

Im happy that i was able to curb my habit once again. I quit for nearly 3 months, and thought i would be able to control it this time. News flash, I couldn’t. The hardest part was the first 24 hours. It sucks, it really does. I also quit daily pot use cold turkey.

Vaping has been an absolute detriment to my health. I quit for a reason the first time, and my mind forgot why. I won’t let that happen again. My lungs are damaged, and I just want to get better. They won’t be full again, but they’ll heal. They are healing.

I used to reach for my vape every time something bad happened. Gotta get my dopamine hit, because my brain won’t produce it on its own easily. The thing is, something really bad happened last week, and I didn’t even think about vaping or smoking weed. I thought about real coping mechanisms, drugs didn’t even cross my mind until I was feeling better. I’m happy with myself, i

No vape for 12 hours and 50 minutes according to my tracker. And every time I've taken recigar this morning (3rd one just now) I've gotten up and taken the dogs for a walk. No thoughts, just walk. Auto pilot grab their leashes and out the door and out the fence. My dogs are confused, the old one is mad I keep interrupting his naps, I'm confused. Idk who I am and it hasnt even been a full 24 hours yet. I don't run. Maybe I'll run. Maybe this is just the sugar from the suckers I've been using to quell the hand to mouth thing. Idk. Maybe I'll go fist fight my dad.

My partner has been smoking 0% nicotine liquids in his electronic vape for years now. Is it true that when he says he tries to quit that it causes vomiting and shaking? I didn’t think that 0% nicotine could cause this reaction? I can’t find any information about this online it only shows about nicotine vapes… just curious to know how others felt quitting 0 nicotine vapes!

Maybe I should say "mostly not vape" because I did relapse briefly a couple times. But I've spent less than 48 hours vaping in the past 7.5 months, so I'd say that's close enough.

Anyway, I wanted to share what my experience quitting vaping has been like. I remember what it was like, having vaped heavily for about 5 years, unable to imagine what my life would look like without vaping and nicotine. I was scared, I didn't know what would happen to my body and how I would feel. This is what actually happened:

I quit cold turkey in November. I woke up one morning and just didn't vape. Yes, it was hard. I'd say it's the hardest thing I've ever done in my life. I went through intense withdrawals over the course of about two days. Those around me at the time have told me that I was behaving pretty erratically, rocking back and forth a lot, complaining constantly, and asking for my vape. I did end up taking a couple puffs after the first 12 hours, but quickly put it back down and didn't touch it again for over a month.

During the withdrawal period, I experienced the worst headaches of my life. My brain actually felt like it was going to explode. I could feel my heart beating so slowly. I checked my heart rate, and it was averaging in the upper 50s while I was awake, a stark dip from the average of 80 that it had been before. It was unsettling and uncomfortable.

I felt an irresistible urge to consume. And now that I couldn't consume nicotine anymore... I turned to sugar. I was constantly "hungry." I felt like I constantly "needed something."

The acute withdrawal period only lasted about 48 hours for me. Things got much better after a couple days, and even better after a week. It took a couple weeks before I stopped reaching for my vape or thinking about my vape in situations where I was used to using it, and for the majority of the cravings to stop.

I did relapse a couple more times. Once after about a month, for a few hours. Then the month after that, for about a day. The last time I relapsed was in February. Every time I relapsed, I felt sick. The nicotine made me feel sick, I was using way too much way too fast. It felt like the first time I'd ever smoked a cigarette.

I gained over 20lbs in the first two months after quitting. I honestly thought I had more self control than that but... quitting nicotine is no joke. The body feels like it's constantly having an energy crisis and doesn't know what else to do with itself than consume.

As far as how I feel emotionally... like absolute garbage. It's been over 7 months. Back when I was researching what it's like to quit, a common milestone I would see is the six month mark. Like everything will be better after six months. The body will be acclimated to life without nicotine. No more cravings, no more "missing something."

But that's not how it's gone for me. I still don't feel like I've recovered. My heart rate has recovered. It's no longer low. My head doesn't hurt anymore. My body did adjust. But the increased appetite is still here. The energy deficit. I feel so tired all of the time. I feel like I need something to help me wake up and function. I feel so much pain all of the time, much more than I used to feel. I still want nicotine.

So now... I'm wondering if this is just going to be it, then. If this is the extent of my recovery. Nothing much has changed for me since the first or second month of quitting. I feel like an unproductive zombie. I feel so drowsy. I spend too much of my time sleeping. Unsatisfied with my life. I feel like I've put myself in an entirely lose-lose situation from ever having vaped in the first place. I haven't been able to focus very well since quitting. Can barely focus on anything. And that doesn't seem to be something that's going to change.

All the doom and gloom aside though, there were a couple things that I wanted to mention, to anyone who is planning to quit. These are things I wish I didn't have to find out the hard way. So, firstly, nicotine accelerates the removal of caffeine from the body. So when you quit nicotine, if you are a caffeine user, you may notice that caffeine has a much greater effect on you than it used to. You may notice that you are more sensitive to caffeine now.

Second, I wanted to mention that nicotine isn't necessarily the cause of all of your woes. For example, if you're struggling with heart palpitations and that's one of the reasons you want to quit, depending on what's actually causing the palpitations, they may or may not continue to be present after quitting. Same thing with a cough or sore throat. Not everything is caused by vaping.

I personally thought that nicotine was heightening my anxiety. After quitting, I realized that it had practically no effect on my anxiety. If anything it's been even worse since quitting. No effect on heart palpitations, either. Or sore throat. All that's still present. I do cough less now though. And I can objectively breathe better. My lung capacity is twice what it used to be.

Overall, I personally don't feel better yet. And it's been over 7 months. I feel worse than when I was vaping.

I’ve been about a month without a NEW vape…I have old ones that are burnt as shit that I’ve been using every now and then when the cravings get really bad. I can’t bring myself to throw them away yet and even if I did want a new vape or other less harmful options, I can’t get them. I have maybe 1$ to my name right now. It’s not only the fact like “yeah I’m quitting because I want to and could buy one, but won’t.” But it’s also knowing that even if I DID say “I’ll just go get one more vape and be done” I simply can’t. It’s not even an option. It’s more of a helpless feeling rather than me truly feeling good about quitting. And it makes me want to go get a new one after I do get money again simply because idk my brain is not believing it’s a real and healthy choice, but instead being forced onto me by financial reasons. I wish I had never ever started this habit all those years ago.
I do know how bad it is and how much better I would feel if I completely stopped, but even doing that for a short period feels like hell. It’s in my mind 24/7. And I mean 24/7. I can’t imagine a world where I don’t vape and that makes me feel disgusted and angry with myself. I’ve been trying to just move on and not think about it and be better but it’s so so so so hard. Idk if I can fully commit…to those who manage to quit youre all so strong and inspiring. But I don’t believe I can fully commit ever to quitting this addiction.
And don’t get me wrong, I am trying to quit..really trying, but this is all my brain is thinking about and telling me. Idk how to escape this mindset and situation.