Quitting smoklng/vaping
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Quitting smoklng/vaping
Does anyone have any tips for quitting vaping? I've tried in the past but it's so much more addictive than alcohol.
I've decided to quit this Friday at 6pm. I'm going to destroy all my vaping gear with water and pour my remaining vape juice down the sink on Friday at 6pm. Has anyone any advice on how I can succeed?
I've decided to quit this Friday at 6pm. I'm going to destroy all my vaping gear with water and pour my remaining vape juice down the sink on Friday at 6pm. Has anyone any advice on how I can succeed?
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I would advise not doing that.
Fix one thing at a time.
Set yourself a goal of 1-2 years of sobriety, then set goals for anything else ... vaping, weight loss etc
I've seen it sooooo many times.
Alcoholics go on these "everything has to be fixed NOW" obsessive compulsive runs where they attempt to do it all at once and the result is always "back on the booze"
Its a marathon, not a sprint 👍
Fix one thing at a time.
Set yourself a goal of 1-2 years of sobriety, then set goals for anything else ... vaping, weight loss etc
I've seen it sooooo many times.
Alcoholics go on these "everything has to be fixed NOW" obsessive compulsive runs where they attempt to do it all at once and the result is always "back on the booze"
Its a marathon, not a sprint 👍
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Didn't you try this before and not getting very far, or am I confusing you with another person ?
I see also you're trying to quit eating coolies as well.
Don't get me wrong - I will always encourage people to quit all addictions - but don't load yourself up too much.
If you're hyper stressed out by all this self denial - and your default solution to that stress has been alcohol... quitting everything at the same time may leave you more vulnerable to cravings or other bad ideas.
Only you can decide that.
I see also you're trying to quit eating coolies as well.
Don't get me wrong - I will always encourage people to quit all addictions - but don't load yourself up too much.
If you're hyper stressed out by all this self denial - and your default solution to that stress has been alcohol... quitting everything at the same time may leave you more vulnerable to cravings or other bad ideas.
Only you can decide that.
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Give it a go if you must FF, but if you have thoughts of drinking return to Plan A. Don't drink under any circumstance. Personally, I think you are too vulnerable at the moment, but good IDEA to want to be free of it all though.
It'll happen, but no need to rush.
It'll happen, but no need to rush.
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I am taking control of my life.
Sometimes there was not a lot of difference to what I saw as freedom and what was actually self sabotage.
Go easy, FF
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Originally Posted by Derringer 
I would advise not doing that.
Fix one thing at a time.
Set yourself a goal of 1-2 years of sobriety, then set goals for anything else ... vaping, weight loss etc
I've seen it sooooo many times.
Alcoholics go on these "everything has to be fixed NOW" obsessive compulsive runs where they attempt to do it all at once and the result is always "back on the booze"
Its a marathon, not a sprint 👍
Fix one thing at a time.
Set yourself a goal of 1-2 years of sobriety, then set goals for anything else ... vaping, weight loss etc
I've seen it sooooo many times.
Alcoholics go on these "everything has to be fixed NOW" obsessive compulsive runs where they attempt to do it all at once and the result is always "back on the booze"
Its a marathon, not a sprint 👍
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Nicotine is more addictive than alcohol by a long shot. It was for me anyway. The withdrawal is even different. Many alcoholics quit drinking, but are unable to quit smoking because nicotine is so much more addictive. Quitting both at the same time seems like a big bite to me, but some people have done it. I quit smoking many years before I quit drinking, but I don't think there is a recommended order. I quit smoking because it was more dangerous than alcohol. I actually read an article from a study that found that more alcoholics die from smoking related illness than they do from alcohol. Alcohol may not kill you as fast, but it tends to make you look like a fool. Nicotine just kills you without taking away your dignity entirely. Although the perception of smokers is no longer as glamorous as it once was either.
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ff, go get a new vape kit. Drink a caffeine-free coke. Eat a cookie.
And yes, breathe.
I'm not kidding about any of this. You chucked too many things in the bin all at once. You needn't fix all of your vices at once, you don't need to solve world peace, and you certainly don't deserve to suffer. Your body is already doing the work of re-regulating after long (over)use of alcohol. Doing it all at once is setting yourself up for failure. Or anyhow, it would me. For me, bundling all of these things together would be a natural thought (for a compulsive person like me) and I'm sure I've done it and I can promise you I failed miserably. One cookie, one cigarette, and I'd start beating myself up for screwing things up, not being able to stick with anything, being hopeless and worthless. Guess whose talking there? AV loves it when you feel like I've messed up. Loves it.
You can fix all the rest of it later.
Just
Don't
Drink
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And yes, breathe.
I'm not kidding about any of this. You chucked too many things in the bin all at once. You needn't fix all of your vices at once, you don't need to solve world peace, and you certainly don't deserve to suffer. Your body is already doing the work of re-regulating after long (over)use of alcohol. Doing it all at once is setting yourself up for failure. Or anyhow, it would me. For me, bundling all of these things together would be a natural thought (for a compulsive person like me) and I'm sure I've done it and I can promise you I failed miserably. One cookie, one cigarette, and I'd start beating myself up for screwing things up, not being able to stick with anything, being hopeless and worthless. Guess whose talking there? AV loves it when you feel like I've messed up. Loves it.
You can fix all the rest of it later.
Just
Don't
Drink
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I cant actually afford to buy new vape gear right now. I just dropped money on counselling and a retirement gift of chocolates and wine for my mother and some non aloholic wine so I can drink with her to celebrate. And I have to get the train to Dublin to meet a lecturer on Wednesday. So I'm tapped out til next Monday.
Upshot: I can't afford booze either.
Upshot: I can't afford booze either.
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The universe is ending you a message. I am getting better at listening to the messages that come my way, and these days I am not paying as much attention to the "I want, 2 year old" that has a tendency to run the show with his tantrums. Oh what a relief it is! 
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Originally Posted by Dee74
This is good, but please also stay away from the hand sanitizer FF.
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Oh I'm never drinking beer again never mind hand sanitizer. Hearing that I said something so nasty to my sister has put me off drinking ever again. I am never going to put another drop of alcohol to my lips
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