r/QuitVaping

My vape died this weekend and instead of buying a new one I decided to quit. I vaped every day constantly for the last 5 years.

I'm currently on day 4 and every single day this week I have been drowsy. Before quitting I was perfectly fine only sleeping 5 hours at night and waking up for work in the morning.

Now I take naps during work, ( I WFH) I'm napping after work and go to bed around 12am which gives me 7 hours of sleep. All of this sleep yet I'm still TIRED.

I cannot focus at work. My mind feels spaced out and almost light but not dizzy. I cant explain it. I almost feel high but not euphoric.

When will this go away?? It's busy season at work and really need to be able to focus.

I spent more than a decade smoking cigarettes and then another five or so years vaping. 

The only thing that could get me off the vapes was Zyns, but I appear to be badly allergic to them and come out in hives when I use them (apparently it’s a thing)

What other nicotine alternatives are there? 

I’ve tried all of the ‘official’ ones, from gums to lozenges to patches to sprays. None of them give you any sort of buzz like Zyns do so I always end up going back to vapes. They are also obscenely priced, costing almost as it did to smoke cigarettes.

Does going on vacation help with quitting? I’ve tried quitting several times but keep failing. I feel like one of the contributing factors to my failure is how my life is structured; wake up, go to work, come home, go to bed. (Given how much I work, this is kind of unavoidable). At all points in my day-to-day life, a vape is always present. So instead of removing the vape from my life, I’m thinking I’ll be better off removing myself from the vape.

I’ve got a vacation scheduled for next week. Has anyone had any success with using vacation as an excuse to quit? Any advice or insight is much appreciated! Thanks!

I for some reason have been very fixated on wanting to try nicotine for a few weeks now and I likely wont because I know how addictive it can be but the horror stories from people who have been vaping for a decade don't help me because my brain just tells me that it's just an uncommon/unlucky case and happened because they vaped for very long- reffering to complications like lung collapses, cancer, etc. I'm wondering if people could tell me what immediate harmful effects they had (as described in the title) because I think that will be a better deterrent for me. tysm

I quit two and a half months ago after smoking/vaping for years. We recently moved and I've been slowly unpacking. A few weeks ago, I found a vape while I was unpacking and instead of throwing it away (like I should've), I kept it. I found it again last night while organizing and I finally caved and hit it. Once again, I didn't throw it away, and I hit it again this morning.

I know relapses are normal. Progress isn't linear. Etcetera etcetera. So, I'm trying not to beat myself up about it. It's just really hard not to. This is the second time I've quit. It was the longest I've managed to quit, too.

The worst part is that it truly isn't as good as I remembered it. It hurt my throat. It tastes like ass. The nicotine buzz lasts for a minute (at most) and now I feel all foggy and sluggish. I kinda want to cry.

I'm gonna throw it away tonight when I take out the trash. I have therapy this afternoon and I'm gonna tell my partner so they can hold me accountable to throw it away. I'm scared they'll be disappointed in me, though. We quit together at the start of the summer and I feel like I've already let them down.

Will the withdrawals be as bad as they were the first time if I only hit it a few times? I'm so scared to go through those again. I felt like I was finally getting over the irritation and bad head fog.

I just have to take a moment to celebrate because like everyone else here, it felt impossible. I could not imagine my life without vaping. I tried so many times to quit cold-turkey over 7 years and straight up lost my shit every time. It wasn’t worth the withdrawals and feeling psychotic… so I always went back.

But not this time! It sounds like a sponsorship, but seriously. Thank god for Jones mints. Thank fucking god. I had never considered NRT but now I know the chances of me being successful without it were slim. Jones has great marketing and I honestly would’ve never considered patches or standard lozenges without the ads. The mints help with my severe oral fixation and have completely prevented me from having withdrawal symptoms. I feel like Jones has saved my life.

Also the app telling me how much money I’ve saved makes me so flabbergasted that I ever wasted so much money. I’ve saved $600 since being vape-free. I am still having dreams about just having “one small hit” but this has been easier than I ever hoped. I also had to want it though. I felt like shit all the time. My pre-existing anxiety had become a million times worse, my chest always heavy. Now, my body feels so much lighter and I feel a lot more like myself now.

I switched from nicotine vapes to non-nicotine ones a while ago. I still can't seem to kick the habit. I couldn't last a day. I've been trying to quit for like 3 weeks and it's not sticking. Seems like I'm stuck. Any advice?

I do have two ideas. One is to drive to a different state (I live in USA) for a day or two and take a mini-vacation. When I'm travelling or on vacation, I don't feel an urge to vape for some reason. Then when I come back, I'll already have 1-2 days of no vaping under my belt. The problem with this is that I have plans for the next few weeks, so it'll be a while before I can try this. The other idea is to switch to a flavor I actively hate, like tobacco.

I tried to search for how to quit vaping when nicotine isn't the problem, but I couldn't find anything. I don't need nicotine gum or something; that would actually start a new addiction. I don't think I have a unique problem, but it definitely feels like a niche case. So I don't even know what to research in terms of quitting strategies. I had a hard time finding non-nicotine vapes in the first place.

Day 2 Desmoxan (still temporarily vaping)
Day 1 being a few chapters into Allen Carr

Fully intend to throw the vape out tomorrow (day 3) but I’m having major anxiety about it. Reading Allen Carr is giving me a lot of hope and motivation.

I noticed a lot of mental changes on day 1 of Desmoxan (no caffeine day) but today I have had caffeine which I think has completely changed how everything is working. I don’t feel the Desmoxan AT ALL compared to how I felt yesterday. Yesterday I was able to go a few hours without the strong cravings. Today I can’t go five minutes. Yesterday it was like, yes I feel a craving but I can put it off for a little while. Today it’s like NO ABSOLUTELY NOT.

So I know I have to throw the vape out. It can’t be within my reach because I will not stop reaching for it. I will have zero caffeine the rest of this process.

Looking for advice on how to manage really stressful moments (high stress job) I used the vape as a crutch when it gets bad. I find when I’m sitting on the couch at home I’m reaching for it constantly so I will have to find ways to keep myself busy.

Whatever kind of advice you have for overcoming the initial anxiety of throwing it away would be great.

I’m 26, been vaping since I was 16, cigarettes before then, yea I know too young, but now I wanna quit. What helped you? Ideally something that doesn’t cost a lot and could possibly help with the mood swings; I do smoke weed still. Thanks!

So, I’ve been frequently vaping since 2022, like multiple times a day, everyday. When I couldn’t get my hands on a vape at some times I’d actually freak out.

I’ve also been into cigarettes every now & then but haven’t had one since like January. Fast forward to like the past two ish months I’ve kinda just lost interest in my vape.

I barely hit it throughout the day & when I do it just feels gross .. it’s been a week since I’ve hit it & yet it still lingers around me throughout the day, when I go out, it’s in my purse. When I’m at home, it’s by me. But I just don’t hit it…

Is this a good sign? & should I just maybe throw it out & don’t look back? Has anyone else have this happen & how did it go?

As above. I've started back at the gym now but I'm just constantly hungry and craving food. I'm drinking plenty of water and chewing gum but definitely putting weight on.

Is there a way to counteract this or will it just improve with time?

Thanks

I vaped throughout college, and quit when I started my Masters program and moved to NYC. Lasted three years, and then one day I smelled someone vaping on the street and went and bought one.

I really regret that day. Now it’s 3.5 years later and I can’t get out of this cycle.

I’m sober from cannabis and alcohol, but the nicotine is the one thing I haven’t been able to get rid of.

Every time I buy one it’s the “last one”, and then the next one is the “last one”… and so on. I’ve even tried throwing them away before they’re done, using NRT of various kinds, but I’ve not made it more than 24 hours since I started back up again. The techniques I used to quit the first time just aren’t working.

Tired of wasting my money, time, and health on this.

Wondering if anyone who has been in this phase could offer a word of advice or your story of how you got past it? Thank you in advance 🙏

I’ve been trying to quit nic for awhile, I quit while pregnant using nicotine gum for like a week, but honestly it made my morning sickness so much worse which I think helped the quitting process. I’m disappointed in myself for starting again, I’ve tried quitting a few times cold turkey but I can’t handle the anger, I have no help with my kid right now due to my husband being away from home due to the military. I tried Wellbutrin but had a bad reaction to it and was only able to take it for 3 days. I don’t know what to do anymore, quitting breastfeeding is not much of an option right now.
I’m just not sure what to do at this point, I’m desperate to quit

I’m gonna quit vaping. That’s it.

I’m so done with vaping. I still have a vape with 70% left on it, but I’m not buying any more. I’m waiting to meet a friend to possibly give it away, else I’m just gonna throw it away in a couple of days. I quit weed recently as well and this is next, just trying to make some positive changes in my life, I really think vaping has messed up my dopamine receptors more than I was willing to admit until recently. Idk why I’m even making this post but yeah. Doesn’t help that I’ve been smoking 5% vapes. Wish me luck.

The meds have worked great so far, I noticed on day 3 I could go hours without thinking about it. Last night I had really bad anxiety for hours and couldn’t tell if it was the medication or something else that was going on. Well, that scared me so I missed 2 doses yesterday and now I’m thinking this may be harder than I thought. Normally this wouldn’t be a big deal, I’d just bite the bullet and handle it. But my birthday is in 2 days and I really want to enjoy my time instead of feeling like shit all week. (Don’t ask me why I didn’t wait till after, I’m an idiot.) What is my best course of action? Do I push back the quit date and vape occasionally until after my birthday to avoid stronger withdrawal symptoms?
Do I stop the medication completely and wait the 2-3 months to start again?
Or do I just take it and feel like potential shit on my bday?

Hi!
Decided to break this awful habit and threw my only vape in the bin (far away from home). Two days have passed and I feel generally good and happy, but I lost my ability to focus almost entirely… Today it was just impossible to finish even a simple task at work, and I’m really scared. I didn’t think the withdrawal would hit me so hard. Looking for advice and reassurance

I am 51 🔄 M who has vaped on and off for about a year now and I have this bad cough in my throat and I can taste blood and vaping irritates the fuck out of my throat, my chest hurts aswell, what could this be signs of and I quit now but is it to late?

Im constantly going between two mindsets.
One is “so many people vape and smoke their whole life and have no issues, i’m fine who cares” And both my parents have been smokers their whole life and have never had health issues due to it. So i kind of have this idea in my mind that i will be fine.

The other one is that i am a MAJOR hypochondriac. Any little stomach ache, tough deep breathe, bleeding gum or sore tooth. I IMMEDIATELY think i have cancer from the vapes and im gonna die. It’s a spiral. and when im in this mindset i want to quit, but then it’ll pass and im back to being okay and continuing vaping.

I really really need to hear some horrifying realities of what vaping does to your body. I want to scare myself into quitting.

I quit vaping after 5 years in October. Honestly it was pretty smooth in the end, I had had enough of the awful side effects and being a shit partner and parent, I barely had any bad days after quitting. Cue many many months of not even thinking about vaping and feeling great. For some reason about a month ago I started craving and had that classic ‘maybe just one disposable as a treat’ (lol) and here I am addicted again. I KNOW it makes me feel awful, I KNOW I thrive without it. Help!

Like did you ever actually feel relaxed and happy during your addiction? It’s so weird because yesterday I had the chance to continue my addiction (relapsed many times because I don’t think I took it seriously enough)

And I had the chance to continue but a family member was pissed at me for continuing and I told them that I don’t think someone could make me quit, I have to do it myself and I was gonna continue but it made me think and for hours I was just thinking off and on if I should stop right now while it’s right infront of me and suddenly after a few hours my mind became clear and calm, relaxed and happy and I knew that the vape definitely is ruining my life so I stopped atleast for now. How many of you feel you got your happiness or life back after quitting? Obviously I mean after the withdrawal time as that shouldn’t be counted for how you’ll feel without the vape