Hey guys, just sharing what worked for me.

35 days vape free and 15 days nicotine free.

I vaped and used other nicotine products like tobacco pouches and Zyn for 16 years straight. Never even tried to quit.

This is pretty simple guys. There’s two parts to this addiction. The physical vape device/hand to mouth habit is the first, and the nicotine chemical dependence is the second half.

I’m no rocket scientist, but I thought it might be easier to separate the two. So I did.

I searched my closet and car and gathered around 50 vapes that were almost dead. Put those in a Walmart grocery sack and put in a gas station garbage can.

I knew the addict in me would go back looking for them so I held onto just one vape for about 3 days and vaped normally. Until I knew that garbage can would be empty and I couldn’t go back searching in it. Then I bought nicotine replacement therapy patches, 21 mg, to put on my shoulder and also picked up some nicotine gum, both from Walmart.

I drowned that last vape in water, put on the patch and chewed the gum.

That was September 15.

I’ve quit other drugs before, and the best advice I ever got was to “embrace the suck”.

In this case, it was not only to embrace the suck but to embrace the absence of the vape.

Every time my hand went for it or my brain thought about grabbing it, I just thought, it’s gone. There’s nothing to find anymore. Not for me, not for people at work, not for my kids, it’s gone. And I embraced the absence of it. I was still getting nicotine from the patch and gum so things went smooth.

No more searching for under my pillow at night. It was gone. Did it suck? Of course. But anything worth doing is hard.

Felt kind of empty not having it there, but it’s not the hardest thing in the world to just reinforce the brain to know that it’s gone. It gets easier each day.

And for reference, I was a fiend. I was sucking on that thing day and night, in the workplace, blowing it out right before people walked in the room, blowing it out between my legs at my desk, where I knew it would dissipate and nobody would see it unless they walked up right behind me. Constantly hiding it, blowing it out at home right before kids walked in the room, hoping they didn’t see.

Anyway, used the patch and gum for three weeks and when I felt ready, I threw away the patches and gum on the night of October 5 (after 3 weeks of no vape and just using patches and gum).

That’s the last time I used nicotine, Oct 5. So here I am at 15 more days of being nicotine free and feeling pretty damn good.

Did I have a couple days of feeling a little off and maybe even a bit more of an asshole to my family? Yes, that did happen and I did feel a slight bit of depression but really guys, this is childs play compared to most other drugs.

There’s virtually zero physical withdrawal as far as being actually sick. It’s pretty much just mental. Anyway, not meaning to boast by saying that, but nicotine is fucking easy compared to other drugs, which I’m sure many of you know and have experience with.

What about the world saying that nicotine is the most addictive drug? I don’t know what stats they’re coming up with, but I don’t see people at rehab going through acute physical withdrawals for smoking or vaping.

It can literally be done at home and is actually quite easy. The only mental battle is fighting yourself.

Literally, I’m sitting here, scratching my head, wondering why this is the most addictive chemical. I call bullshit on that, but I digress.

When something is easy to quit that’s when our brain decides it wants to go back to it because it was easy right? Wrong. Going back to it keeps us in the same spinning carousel forever.

So make the choice and be done with it. Cold turkey works just fine as well. I just decided to split it into two parts.

I didn’t want to read Allen Carr’s entire book so I asked Google for a summary.

What Carr reinforces over and over through each chapter is pretty much one simple truth, and that is nicotine does not solve stress or anxiety. It is the very substance that caused the stress and anxiety because you start going into withdrawal (even if you don’t feel it) within just a couple hours.

So it solves the problem that it created. It’s called a negative reward loop. Understand that and once you step away from that circling addiction carousel, it all becomes clear that it was only solving a problem that itself created.

So I decided to step off that carousel and looking back at it now it all makes sense. It’s better just to be done with this shit. It’s expensive, it ruins your health, and it’s not solving anything. I have less anxiety and less stress now and feel more at ease as my dopamine regulates and my brain rewires. And I’m only two weeks out clean.

If you read all of this, I hope I’ve helped you and best of luck to you in your quitting journey.

I'd quit smoking for EIGHT YEARS. Last fall I was in Italy and had a cigarette with a glass of wine, like a moron. When I got back home, I didn't want to start again. While I was out with some friends, I snagged her vape. Just to give it a try because I was craving a cigarette. I had NO IDEA how much harder it would be to quit this thing. Probably because you can do it anywhere and not smell horrible after doing it.

My husband has health problems and I'd paved the way for him to get on the vape too. I want to quit, and I REALLY want him to quit. We're trying for the millionth time to give it up, and this morning I grabbed the vape out of his bag and refused to give it back. I pleaded with him to let me keep it for two days while I listen to Allen Carr's easy way and quit that way. I feel like an absolute junky. Sneaking this thing out of his bag, making a million promises to really quit this time. WTF have I become?!

Hi all! Just wanted to make this post as I found it helpful to read other success stories when i quit.

I quit vaping 2 months ago after 8 years of vaping / smoking cigarettes. I don’t even know what number quit attempt it was, but in the 20s for sure.

The main things that helped me were gum, distraction, and honestly isolating for like 4 days. After 4 days I started to accept my new normal.

One of the hardest parts was sleep, which I’ve always had issues with, but it is slowly getting better (no more waking up every hour to vape lol) and i do fall asleep SO MUCH EASIER. Staying asleep has always just been hard for me

I also have noticed my appetite has been much better and I’ve noticed much faster muscle growth.

A lot of people recommend the Allen Carr book, tbh I found the core ideas pretty helpful for shifting my perspective but not the most helpful thing as people make it out to be or a godsend by any means.

Sorry this post has been so long and confusing, but feel free to leave any questions and I’d be happy to answer.

So as the title suggests I have been dealing with these symptoms since I started vaping a year and a half ago. I began vaping around April of 2025. To preface I have had minor heat intolerance-episodes before due to being on Zoloft. For the first few months vaping, I had no noticeable effects aside from increased baseline anxiety. I even went to Miami that September and did pretty well aside from one day walking a couple miles to the beach.

Things started to change around last winter, when I noticed my tolerance to the cold was noticeably worse and I had a harder time staying warm which led to bouts of hyperawareness of my body and anxiety. Things settled in the Spring and I honestly forgot about it until the first hot day of the year. It was probably mid-May and it suddenly shot up to 90 degrees which with no humidity is something I always used to tolerate. When I got in my car that day I noticed the sensation of the hot sun felt violent, almost like being broiled alive and I started to panic because I have never felt that before. This snowballed into the summer and I could no longer function working outside or doing anything active outdoors at temperatures above 80. Usually I would get very weak and sweaty but at times this would trigger almost adrenaline dump like episodes where I would get rapid heart rate, brain fog, shakiness, and black dots in my vision. Now that it is getting cooler out, I have again been having trouble staying warm and my feet and chest specifically feel relentlessly frigid.

On top of these temperature regulation issues, my heart rate has become incredibly erratic. I rest at 95 bpm and even walking upstairs to my room shoots me up to 140 out of breath with chest pounding. My job is physically demanding and lately I cannot meet all of my duties as my tachycardia spikes violently.

The thing that greatly frustrates me about this is all of my testing has come back normal. My labs including thyroid panels were normals, I have had 5 EKGs which were all normal. My tachycardia does not meet POTS criteria and I have no arrhythmia. My blood sugar is perfect and my blood pressure is slightly elevated but otherwise unremarkable. I am planning on getting further testing but was wondering if this could possibly be explained by my starting of heavy vaping? It is the only change in my life that I have made in the last year. My parents both have several autoimmune diseases but figured I would ask if anyone here has experienced similar!

After 8 years of smoking cigarettes and 10 years of vaping, I smashed my vape. Tank, mod, coils, all gone.

I quit using nicotine in May and switched to 0% juice.

I kept telling myself that I'm not even getting the nicotine. Its just a fog machine.

I feel so relieved, like a curse has been broken.

Call me a shitty person, but I’m trying. First off I’ve been a heavy vaper for at least 7-9 years. Second off I’m 9 Weeks Pregnant, and yes I cut cold turkey 5 days ago. However, I am Miserable.

My symptoms come and go, but the headaches are intense and I feel like fainting at least once a day.

My job doesn’t allow me to just sit all day and not be productive. (I’m a teacher). So, I can’t continue this.

Please tell me it gets easier, or give me a milestone to look forward too. All I think about is just picking it back up to solve my head aches, but I know I want better for my child.

Join me on my journey to quit vaping, starting tomorrow! 🥹🤍 If you have any tips or advice that could help me quit for good, please leave them in the comments. I really want to stop vaping and start living a healthier life. Wish me luck! 🙏🏻✨

I didn’t change the brand of vape I was using or anything. I didn’t get any crazy flavors just clear. For some reason one day to another that shit makes me gaggggg. Super nauseous all of the time. I wasn’t even planning on quitting but I genuinely can’t take it anymore it’s been this way for months too 😂

Hi there,

I’ve been vaping on and off (quit for 3 months last year) for almost 2 years now. I honestly have a stressful job that I look forward to taking smoke breaks from but had to quit nicotine for surgery I just had and let me tell you, such a good quitting hack.

I mean I had to not vape day of surgery to prevent any dangerous conflicts with anesthesia and now I can’t vape or else my healing will be delayed. Between the painkillers, time off to sleep/recover, nausea, and pain from surgery, the thought of hitting a vape makes me wanna vomit. I have no real withdrawal symptoms that I can differentiate from healing so anyways just wanted to come on here and suggest this to any of you who have an upcoming surgery

hi, im posting this for help/genuine advice. i'm 14 as of now and i've been vaping for around a year and a half. i started mostly because it became a trend in my school (yes i know "falling for peer pressure but theres rlly nothing i can do now),

i somewhat want to quit but i'm worried about weight gain and possibly linking to be harder to listen/study in lessons as i have GCSE mocks soon, i mean this more so as a genuine question, how long can i go with continuing to vape before serious problems occur (such as possible lung cancer), i've noticed waking up in the morning with shortness of breath and when sleeping on stomach it's extremely hard to breathe. even in my dreams i have issues where i can't breathe normally and i notice when i go without my vape for 10 hrs+. i had this mindset that i wouldn't be living past 16 when i started so i didn't care what happened but now i'm in a better mental state and i'm nervous that it's too late. no need to sugarcoat responses, i have the heart to take it

i know this is phrased poorly as i've wrote this in a rush

My story is I’ve been vaping since I was 20, I’m now almost 26, and I’ve accidentally let it become an anxiety reliever over the last few years. I keep it near me 24/7. I work from home so it’s always in my pocket or in a nearby drawer. I can also go hours without it when I’m with family and left it in the car or at home, but the first thing I do is take two or three long hits of it as soon as I get home or in the car.

I’ve decided I’ll quit after the current one runs out of juice next week, but I’m already struggling. I always find myself subconsciously grabbing it when I’m watching TV, working or doing my crafts. I crave that cold feeling in my throat and the action of puffing it. I also find it soothing just to hold it in my hand. It’s a comfort blanket basically. I’ve got to put it down though because that will be an extra $20 saved every two weeks and I won’t feel so out of breath anymore…I just can’t stop reaching for it. Any advice or tips??

I tried quitting cold turkey . Yep didn’t work . First 36 hours were manageable. Abit pissy and short fused and just ate loads of sweet treats a good . Caffeine crashed after one coffee , kept distaracted . Used menthol inhaler and loads of mints and chewy sweets . After 36 hours … small things I know which aren’t rational mad eve rage . For hours . After the 4th hour of trying to distract I caved . I smoked a cig instead of vape . I went to the gym ans I crashed out , anger annoyance , just upset at myself and sad etc . Back to vape . I don’t think I can quit cold turkey because the mood swings were intense and they’re affecting people.

So i used to vape at 6mg in my little pod mod for a long time before i got hooked on the disposables with the 50mg nic. Been using geekbars and raz for years now. So i recently decided to quit. Ive attempted before by going cold turkey and within a day or 2 id have a new vape in hand. Anyway long story short im using 24mg salt nic in my old pod mod (smok nord 5) with the .23ohm coils at 5-8watts. However i read that with sub ohm coils and salt nic the vape production delivers more nicotine than you would normally get, so am i vaping at higher than 24mg even at the lowest wattage? Ive been feeling good at the 24mg level not super craving the 50 or hitting the 24 excessively.

Hey everyone, I’m officially on day 38 of quitting nicotine and it’s been one hell of a ride. I don’t really get the cravings much but they still come here and there especially if I’m doing nothing. The only thing I still face is some chest tightness and definitely health anxiety especially at night. What I did to help that was delete Instagram as all those vids just piss me off with health scares and how this food causes cancer or this causes blood clots. I am definitely sick of that. I am doing pretty well and I know my body is still on the journey of being to the non-smoker level. One of the tips I got from this forum that has stuck with me is that “90 days of quitting to become normal again isn’t just a bad trade off for years of smoking”. I hope I’m able to forever not buy a vape again I feel one day I may hit one but I hope I never have to buy one again and I set minor goals for myself, like my first goal was to not hit a vape until new years and now my goal is to not hit a vape until next new years. anyways if anyone on here has any advice for what I should expect for the second half of the journey please let me know. Thanks!

Told myself I'd be done once the vape I had was done. It was showing 0 and started tasting burnt this morning so I got rid of it. I have plenty of zyns and gum at home but I'm struggling so hard to not stop and buy a new vape on my way home. Please give me motivation and tell me how much better you feel since you quit I just can't convince myself it's worth it right now even though I know it will be

So, I have been using nicotine since 2014 in one for or another. For most of the time it has been vaping. I majorly cut back on Monday this week. Felt like crap but tried to manage intense feelings and dizziness with limiting myself to I hit every 30 min. Needed to still be a parent of two and get things done. This one every 30 minutes was still a very diminished amount. Tuesday I continued the same thing but stopped all together from like 1pm to 6pm. Then one every hour. This morning I have been awake for 1 hour so far and have not used any nicotine yet. But I will have to bring one kid to school soon and go to the store later and pick the same kid up from school later. I feel dizzy, light headed, cold but hot ect. How am I suposed to do things through the day with feeling this way? How long should this specific part last because im not going to lie, from what I can tell so far it seems like this is a phisical reaction over a mental need to want to vape. Meaning, I seem to currently be fine with not nessisarily wanting to vape, I just feel light headed and dizzy among other seemingly phisical reactions that I know will no longer be there is I just vape again. Any advice would be helpful as well as maybe a quick, this is how long the phisical light headed feeling lasted because for me so far, it is the worst part of it being i have to still do things through the day and the fog and being almost dizzy is stressful in itself. Thanks!

Is it insensitive? If so, how?

Quitting nicotine WAS relatively easy. I hear “quitting must be harder for me than you” and I just think “but why?” it can’t be because relatively my whole life is harder than yours. It can’t be because it’s a different drug for me than you. I do understand it’s because we are different people, with different lives different places. But I mean, same reality and same time. The cold truth to me is that smoking is a choice. Whatever that means I don’t know every possibility but I have to believe it’s on some significant level a choice

I’m not saying that I’m perfect in my quit - I switched to smoking a significant amount more weed because I don’t have a nic vape in my hand the other half of the time anymore. I had meds that helped me stop that I guess a lot of people can’t get, sure (Klonopin helped me through the worst anxiety of it). I also don’t always react perfectly or cope perfectly or behave perfectly without nicotine either (or with it, history has proven). Is my reality different because I quit? I’m not positive. Is it better, I’m not positive. Is it worse, I’m not positive. So why wouldn’t I just quit since there’s no way to know anyway, and it can’t be better for my body or MIND long term that much is true.

I’m just seeing a lot of upset and division on these quit subs. People are either or, and actually argue in the comments and some seem very upset. For me, thinking about my quit makes me happy and feel good. I’m not tempted. I barely remember struggling, I guess I remember some hard moments but nothing crazy. I never almost died “detoxing” from nicotine. It was relatively fine, I’ve been through harder things. So is my reality insensitive to yours? I just want someone reading to think, “maybe it can be easy for me too.”

Thanks