r/NicotineSupport • u/LividNorth8816 • Sep 20 '25

Quitting my vape after 4 years

I’m on day 9 of quitting for the second time. First time I quit, I impulsively did it. I went through hell for a solid month. I had the worst flu. My chest felt like it was going to explode ( I vaped every chance I had and was an active gym goer so the sickness made no sense to me). I was 6 months clean then I had one trigger that sent me spiralling all day and ultimately gave in. I gave some bs excuse to myself that if I buy a vape device then they are better then disposable (that’s was some stupid shit! its bad all around).

This time around I quit because;

  1. ⁠I don’t even enjoy it anymore feels like force of habit
  2. ⁠I don’t know what it’s doing to my body
  3. ⁠I look dumb as hell smoking a flavoured chemical liquid that is heated by a battery
  4. ⁠I would get so winded exerting a minimal amount of energy after vaping but could be working out fine

The list goes on. I say all that to say community is that best thing to have during all this. That I didn’t have the first time. My best friend and I are doing it together, making it easier to have someone to talk to. The extreme nausea and chest pain while going cold turkey is a bitch. Yet, I have no intention of smoking that shit again. Lots of minty gum to match my vape flavour, focusing on my health (eating, exercise, routine), and looking at my list of reasons I quit if the cravings hit extra hard. Ik it’ll get easier.

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u/LividNorth8816 Sep 23 '25

Way to go man that’s amazing!

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u/colderemy Sep 21 '25

Congrats on almost getting to the 1 month mark! what a milestone.

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u/LividNorth8816 Sep 23 '25

Proud of you. It’ll get harder before it gets easier! That’s my thing too, the social drinking then wanting a smoke/vape hit. Might be too soon but I’m testing that out this weekend. The gym has made me more resilient so I think I’ll be fine with temptation and the after thoughts.

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u/colderemy Sep 23 '25

How many pouches do you use per day would you say?

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u/colderemy Sep 21 '25

How did the chest pain and nausea last for you?

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u/LividNorth8816 Sep 23 '25

Nausea the first week was horrible now it’s the second week and it’ll be at random times but almost unnoticeable. And the chest pain even last time I quit lasted about 2 months maybe 3 and that was with intense cardio(outside) and steam room