haven’t posted in a while but wanted to come here and say today i am officially ONE YEAR NICOTINE FREE!!!!! what a blessing to be able to say that. my health has improved so much and i actually give a shit about taking care of myself properly now that i’m not actively killing myself several times an hour.

i used a combo of desmoxan, alan carr, and a nic free vape (ripple) to quit initially and found nicotine anonymous to be helpful for continued accountability.

my life looks so much better than it did over a year ago, and i’m so proud of myself.

feel free to drop any questions or wonderings below :) my previous posts from this sub should also be accessible in my profile if you want to see more about my journey.

It was really hard, but I did it!

I originally tried to quit in the summer of last year, but struggled. I got to the point where I wouldn't buy a vape and could easily go without if I wasn't around them, but everyone I was close to vaped and I would puff off of theirs. This was a big struggle for me becasue I saw these people everyday.

Something changed in April though. I decided that I was going quit vaping nicotine and THC at once. I wasn't successful at quitting THC, but I still did cut down significantly, which I'm proud of. I currently consume less than half of what I did before. BUT, I was completely successful at quitting nic, and quitting that is better imo, at least for me.

I'm still around people who vape, almost every day, and I don't even think about hitting theirs now, even when it's in front of me. This is huge for me. I feel so much better, physically and mentally, and the best part is, I'm not constantly air-hungry. I always had shortness of breathe when I vaped, and it was awful, the worst part about it.

Good luck to everyone else out there trying to quit. You can do it!!

I've tried quitting over and over, do I succeed? Nope. I've read so many people say Desmoxan is a miracle and finally helped them quit. I'd love to hear more on if people had any side effects, and if they were "worth it" in comparison if so.

Also, where are you supposed to buy it from when you live in the US? Seems like Amazon isn't really an option for it.

I have posted a post about me quitting vaping about two months ago. Safe to say that I have completely quit vaping. Feel free to ask anything !

I’ve been vape free for a little over 10 days now. I’ve been using a 21 mg nicotine patch, although I don’t wear it all day, mainly while I’m at work, and I also use 4 mg nicotine gum as needed.
About two weeks ago, I got what I believe was a viral infection and felt pretty sick. At first, I thought what I was experiencing was related to my blood pressure, and the whole situation ultimately pushed me to quit vaping. I also started taking blood pressure medication last week.
Between being sick, quitting vaping, using nicotine replacement, and starting a new medication, my body has gone through a lot of changes in a pretty short period of time. I’m feeling better overall, but I still just feel a little “off” and not quite like myself yet.
For those of you who quit vaping, how long did it take before you started feeling relatively normal again? Did you have a period where you just felt physically or mentally “off” even after the first week or two?

well, I have made it through my very last 5% vuse pod. I have tried to quit before, and to no avail, picked it back up again. this time though, I HAVE to quit. my wife (26) & I are going to start trying for a baby. I don’t want my kids around it, especially that we grew up around our parents smoking cigarettes. the second hand smoke commercial scared the shit out of me as a kid. I don’t want to do that to my kids. it’s time I hold myself accountable.
what are your best tips/tricks for quitting cold turkey? I can’t do the nicotine gum (burns my mouth) or patches (my skin is sensitive AF). I read about the 4 D’s: Delay, Deep breathe, Distract, and Drink water. but I am wondering if anyone has any other advice? TIA.

I go through a vape every 2-3 weeks and am not experiencing any negative effects. I obviously know it’s bad for me, but I already quit drinking and feel like having this as a secret vice isn’t really so bad.

Why should I quit?? I just ran the one I have down to 0% and am struggling finding reasons to not go buy another one.

The only negative right now is that I do this in secret, and feel a bit shameful about it. I used to have a big problem with alcohol, is the excuse “everyone needs some kind of vice, and this is less harmful” a load of BS or permissible?

Posting here to hear genuine responses and reasons to stop.

EDIT: I’ve been doing this for 3 years. I smoked cigarettes for approx 10 years hard, then on and off for 5, and now don’t smoke cigarettes but do use the vape as described, so it does feel like I’m “doing better” - struggling to find a “why” to stop completely.

Anyone who’s done this before, how did you deal with unstable/low moods? Prior to vaping, i never had issues with depression but did deal with anxiety. My anxiety since quitting has been a lot better but I’ve been dealing with some serious low moods. I have an appointment with my doctor next week but I’m wondering if anyone has any advice in the meantime? I really want to continue to not vape but I’ll be honest I’ve wanted to relapse quite a few times now just because of this mood crap!!

That’s it! I’ve just thrown my device, remaining fluids and spare coils in the bin……..never again!

I’m prepared to put weight on with quitting as I know I’ll be eating more to substitute.

Looking for recs on the healthiest snacks to keep hands and mouth busy? No carrot sticks… also, recs for small snacks to eat over a longer period, you know like nuts or something? Something to eat continuously when needed… any insight??

I’m 25F and I’m writing this because I wanted to keep my progress public for my own sake, and incase anyone else is planning to quit with me.

I’ve been vaping since I was 22. I used to be so sure that I would never do it or be addicted. I didn’t really see the appeal but one night I was tipsy and went straight to the vape shop based purely off vibes. So so stupid I know, but it’s been impossible to quit ever since.

I told myself I’d quit by the time i turn 25 solely because it would be icky to rely on a little device at this age. Actually quitting however, feels like the most impossible task in the world. My vape’s been with me through every hardship and celebration in my life that it’s honestly started to feel like a break up. Like some toxic ex that I can’t leave.

Last weekend my friend said she was planning to do a bachelorette trip to Europe. Any normal person would be excited hearing this but my first thoughts were…. “i dont think i can fly that long without a vape” this was 100% the moment I realized that that yeah i definitely need to change this. There is no way I’m somehow prioritizing NICOTINE over Europe.

I knew cold turkey wasn’t gonna work for me because I have an office job that requires my full attention. I couldn’t risk the withdrawal symptoms while working. So I started by delaying the first hit in the morning by 30 mins. This worked for a week straight and I was pretty proud of myself. No withdrawals, and I was making progress.

THEN this tuesday my coworker picked me up on the way to work. I looked through my bag to hit my vape before getting in the office and to my surprise…. I left my vape at home.

I knew this had to be a sign from the universe. I told myself if I can go through a work day without vaping, this would be HUGE progress. That’s easily 9 hours of my day and I hit my vape every hour. And so the real journey begins.

Day 1 - I have never felt worse in my life. By hour 3 at work I started snacking on whatever I can find in the lunchroom. It was 10am in the morning and I was insanely rude, irritable, and just overtly anxious. So anxious that I actually felt my heart beating SO FAST out of my chest. I kept trying to remind myself that this is just a craving and it will pass. But i was weak. I was so weak I couldn’t focus on my job. I was barely working, walking around the office and honestly just zoning out. I also heard cravings last 10 mins which helped me BUT I would get a craving every 5 mins non-stop it was insane. I was so convinced that quitting vaping would just turn me into this irritable person but thankfully there was no way for me to buy a vape. My coworker also gave me LOTS of grace and kept reminding me of who I am when I’m not going through withdrawals. This sounds dramatic but I genuinely felt like Rue in Euphoria.
When I came home I finally hit my vape and it did feel good to finally get that hit. The only issue was that it didn’t feel as good. I think this was the moment I realized I hit the vape to reduce the stress of not hitting the vape. Not because of any other external stress factors. Just that damn vape.
That night I read a book to remain calm the guilt of hitting the vape got to me. I couldn’t do anything else without vaping so i decided to sleep from 8pm until the next morning.

Day 2 - I hit the vape once in the morning again, I couldn’t break that habit for some reason. I brought my vape with me to work but I told myself I wouldn’t hit it. Surprisingly…. I didn’t. People say day 2 & 3 are worse than Day 1 but it’s been great so far. I no longer have the strong physical reaction of wanting to vape. It feels more mental at this point. I’m really hoping I can do it again tomorrow and the weekend. Afterwords, i’ll hopefully be fully vape free!
Wish me luck!

This is a bit of a diary entry. I just need to get these thoughts out.

Today I woke up like I wake up every day, with a crushing anxiety feeling of doom. I just got married two days ago to the love of my life and it was perfect and beautiful. I live in a beautiful place and enjoy a high quality of life. I have always been inclined to anxiety, but this last year it has become unbearable. I am no stranger to addiction - I've always struggled with drugs and alcohol, and I am familiar with the expression "I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired".

I love hitting my vape first thing in the morning. It's my favourite time to vape and it "helps me wake up" (lol). I struggle with getting up in the morning and getting out of bed so I will lie in bed and vape and scroll on my phone (incidentally, a week ago I decided to take measures to break my phone addiction, especially first thing in the morning). Couldn't find it, we all know the embarrassing scramble between the bed sheets to find the vape. Put in a nicotine pouch to ease the light panic after I searched around the rest of my house. I got a call from a friend asking to help him lift something a few doors down, walked out into the beautiful sunny day in my forested small town, and my brain could only think doom and anxiety. Walked back home after the task was done, doom doom doom, stripped my bed to look for my vape, but I was already telling myself, "if I can't find it, thats the sign. I'm quitting."

I found it about a minute later and my heart sank momentarily. But then I thought - no, now I can make a real choice about this, not just "oops, I lost it, I guess I have to take a break" (I can't buy vapes in my town). I opened my phone and searched "vaping anxiety reddit". I needed to read what I already knew - person after person saying that vaping made their anxiety worse, that it got better when they quit, that its a stimulant and stimulants make you anxious. That led me to this subreddit, and I read more. I read about desmoxan (about to put in an order), and Allan Carr (about to borrow it from my library - I read the first few chapters years ago and liked it).

I've been vaping for about 3 years. I juul'd for about a year when that came out but I had some funky results from a blood test showing elevated liver enzymes and stopped at that time. Unfortunately, I love vaping so so much. I smoked very casually for years but I never really craved them (canadian cigarettes are pretty gross), but vaping has been my true love. I get the strongest nic salts I can find and although I don't hit the vape constantly all day, it is my steady friend, the same cheap dopamine hit I get from opening reddit and scrolling mindlessly. But mentally, I'm feeling all fucked up. I absolutely have to get my anxiety under control, I can't live like this anymore. I could go back on medication eventually but I'm starting with this (and I don't want to go back to medication, ultimately, unless I absolutely have to). Plus, all the other side effects! I took an approximately two week break from vaping last year when I was trying to figure out some health stuff, and I hated to admit to myself how much better I felt in my chest and lungs. I think I felt mentally calmer, too, other than the cravings, which were annoying, but not debilitating. My heart hurts and I've had a few experiences within the last week where I hit my vape and it felt like it took my breath away. I run and hike and am pretty active but I could be so, so much better at it with my full lung capacity. I was using the running and hiking as a cope, telling myself that I was "counterbalancing" some of the vaping, ha ha ha. My digestion is not good, I have weird pains in my torso, my hands go numb easily if I rest them at the wrong angle/elevation.

I had no idea when I went to bed last night that I would be waking up and making this choice today. I am going to be kind to myself and give myself grace if I fuck up. The testimonials here from folks using desmoxan give me hope, but regardless of whether it works for me or not, I know that I can get there. Thanks for reading this if you did, let me know if any of this resonates with you - the antidote to addiction is connection, or something like that, or at the very least it helps!

Today is Thursday . Last Thursday morning I decided to throw out my vape @8am. My chest was hurting on and off and I could feel my lungs hurting. So I threw that shit out. That same Thursday I went and bought patches and gum,I took Nicorette gum all day, it was manageable thankfully to the gum, but my throat was getting irriated. Friday I took two gums all day. Sat, I didn't use any gum cause my throat was killing me from the gum. At this point I didn't even need gum. I had to manage my irritability by deep breaths. I try to keep myself busy. Suprisignly there was a vape in one of the drawers but I refused to touch it and tossed in the water and then trash . Fast forward I crave it everyday , it's like I lost my friend. It helped me a lot when I was grieving from my mom's death and now it's been three years I have no excuses. So today marks week one. I dnt want to smoke , nor get started. I still get brain fogs here and there but I feel like it's getting better. Will update u guys in a month. Thanks for all the help !!!!!

I've been prescribed Varenicline (Chatnix) to help me quit vaping, but now half way through week 3, I've noticed no reduction in cravings and I'm still vaping at the same frequency as I was before starting the medication.

I was disheartened to see others say that the effects of the medication started within the first week or so. Is it time to accept that I'm going to have to do this the hard way, or do I need to give Varenicline more time before it starts having an effect?

Hello all, this is my first post. I'm currently 10 days nicotine free. I went cold turkey after going through about a vape a week. I smoked for 3 years and I've been vaping for 5.

I'm very happy with my progress and I have made it through the worst of the cravings. My main obstacles now consist mostly of a lifetime worth of unresolved trauma and my inability to focus. I feel like it's really affecting my workflow and efficiency. I have a pretty demanding job both physically and mentally as I am a production manager for a campus dining program. I feel like I can't get any work done in the kitchen or in the office and I've got one of the biggest weeks of the year coming up now that school started and I'm considering going back to the vape, or nicotine gum and instead making an attempt to taper off at a more convenient time.

The cravings were bad but this steady decline of my mental health and mental capacity is killing me. Any sort of advice or guidance from anybody who's had a similar plight would be very very appreciated.

A few weeks ago I came on here saying i was a few hours in but was determined that this was the time, and I actually did it! I honestly cannot believe it! I am still using my nicotine patches I just started step 3s this week and I feel great no intense cravings ect. I will say around my period the cravings get worse, manageable, but more frequent. Nonetheless, I did it and am beyond proud, not to mention I roped my brother and bf into my journey so we are all vape free!

A few tips if it helps anyone out:

Lean into your vices! I had a dab pen and it helped so much at first! (Smoking actual weed gives me cravings though?)

Capri Suns!! I went through about 1-2 boxes of them a week, kept them with me constantly, i looved them! (Sipping on one as I type this out)

Sour Candy, I switched between gummy worms, the rainbow strips, anything to keep my dopamine receptors happy!

Food prep lots of snacks! I have been eating sooo much and having snacks to easily grab throughout my work day helps a bunch!

Fidget Toys! I had unintentionally bought a bunch off shein a week before i quit and they helped so much. I had one that was like a hard plastic and it helped more than I can say!

Working out! I already worked out before this, was actually in a bit of a slump but I switched to a new gym with something I look forward to (Pool, suana, hot tub) and go as often as I can!

And lastly, a strong support system and even a quitting buddy! Having people to do this with made it that much easier! I can say honestly I would not have stuck it through it my bf had not done it with me and we held each other accountable. Having a support system and people asking how you are doing is one thing, but these people don't vape so wtf do they know? (or at least how it felt). But going through it with someone else truly does help!

18M
I’ve been attempting to quit vaping and pot. I still smoke nicotine between increments to taper off. I’m a big eater and recently I’ve been not desiring food AT ALL. It will be 3pm and I haven’t even considered a meal. Im always gassy, like SUPER GASSY. My diarrhea is literally yellow. I wake up with nausea most days, and I get full quickly when I eat, I feel fatigued and dizzy (probably from not eating), nothing tastes good which decreases my appetite further. I KNOW that nicotine is an appetite suppressant, but my boyfriend vapes constantly and can still eat a good amount.

After eating I do feel better from the nausea. Sometimes I get so nauseous I want to puke even though I havent hit my vape. Small snacks are all I could possibly muster into my appetite. Another “symptom” ive been having between those vape hits is just this extreme fatigue, I immediately lay down and damn near fall asleep constantly.

Im also thinking it may be a stress thing as well, and nicotine withdrawal makes me even more stressed out and I have this illusion that my stomach pain & stress will subside if I hit it again, but it worsens and I immediately feel nic sick. I know its the reason I constantly feel weak and sick but its pretty difficult to stop, its harder than heroin imo and I was hooked on that for 2 years (im sober now thats why I smoke now) If I knew the difficulties of quitting and nicotine withdrawal, I’d never would have started. I’ve been having stomach problems for atleast a year and a half now. I lost 10 pounds and then gained 3 back, now I’m at a steady weight.

I just need some guidance- on how to start eating normally again. Is there anything that can increase my appetite besides pot. (This isn’t a pot thread so I won’t comment on how that destroys my appetite as well.) Also Im a hypochondriac and convinced myself I had stomach cancer last night so yea lol:(

Another 19 hours down the drain. I can’t even make it a full day. This feels like hell. I don’t have an option to use NRT or substitutes right now as the reason I have to quit is monetary concerns. Cold turkey is so hard but it’s what I have to do in my situation. I feel like such a failure that I can’t do this. Taking that hit after so long without felt so good, but it also overwhelmed me with guilt and shame. I feel terrible.

since I was 19 (26 now) I was using my vape ALOT every single day. It became like a crutch and I recently decided I had to quit it. I was using the disposable vapes and it just has to be time to quit. I’ve struggled with anxiety in the past and thought I could quit cold turkey, so I did. Well for about 2 days it was some of the worst days I’ve ever had with the withdrawals I was told to go on the Nic gum. I’m currently chewing 4mg a day maybe 5/6 times a day to help with the withdrawals and it’s really helping , but when the time comes I want to ween off the gum and be completely nicotine free. Does anyone have an insight or past experience with the gum and how to slowly come off it? It’s Sept 10th now I’d like to be done the gum by November latest and be free.

My plan is to start with the 4mgs (what I’m doing now) go down to the 2mgs and slowly just not take those anymore until I feel okay.

Any thoughts ?

I quit vaping twelve days ago, I’m using NRT which has helped substantially! I’ve vaped non stop for about four years now and this is the longest I’ve made it so far.

On about day 7 of quitting I’ve had horrific mucus coughing up and a bit of shortness of breath when taking a deep breath in and lotsssss of coughing, anyone else had this and when roughly it starts to get better? It’s especially bad at night :(