I tried... I couldn't do it
I got 5 or 6 days clean of vaping but I couldn't do it... i feel so sick of myself
@JasperTheGreat
Hey! hey! it is not an easy process. What do you feel is making it where you can't do it? Do you have any support around you? What's your motivation right now?
@HopieRemi
Honestly, I'm only 14. I only started because everyone told me it helped with stress and focus. I had to hide stuff from my parents and I got in a lot of trouble when I was caught. Even after I got caught, I got another one. It got to the point that I would steal money from my parents to get another one from a kid I know. My motivation is that I am trying to have a better life and I want to be good for the up-comming volleyball season at my school. I have friends that want me to quit and I have friends that also vape and don't care if I stop.
I see’ well peer pressure can definitely make it hard to quit. You are definitely young so stopping would be very good for you. Sounds like you are excited about volleyball. Can you surround yourself with the friends who want you to stop vaping?
@HopieRemi
yeah, I don't have many friends but there are a few i know
@JasperTheGreat
Something you will learn with age is that it is better to have a smaller group rather than a larger group. The smaller, the more genuine the group tends to be. Surround yourself with the people who support your sobriety.
@LittleSodo
TYSM <3
@JasperTheGreat
By far the easiest way to quit is get of disposables and onto pods and work your way down from 2% nic to 1.6% to 1.2% and so on till you reach zero. It actually works, unlike gum or patches. Once you have done that you can just work on the hand to mouth motion maybe by *** on a pencil or a pen everytime you feel you need to take a drag.
I still smoke and vape but I've accidentally got down to very low nicotine %, without noticing, doing this.
Hope it works (:
@JasperTheGreat Hi, hope you are doing well. Relapse is a part of the journey, we all have days when we go back to previous behavioural patterns but the fact that you are here sharing and motivated to do the work on healing shows you are already so amazing and admirable.
@Cynthialy tysm for the support
@JasperTheGreat
Hey there, I read through the other comments and you have had some great suggestions and encouragements. The only thing I can think of to add is to propose that you try making small daily promises to yourself. It can go something like this.. "today I won't pick up my vape and use it" and if you get through that day without doing that you reward yourself in some way that appeals to you, like by having your favorite treat or something. You can slowly increase the length of days to keep your promise, like try to make it two days without vaping, reward yourself if you succeed and see how it goes for you.
Nicotine is one of the most addictive substances out there and its a really tough habit to break. So be gentle with yourself while you take your steps to quitting. I have seen these necklaces now that you can buy that can help you quit. Whenever you have that stress response creep up you can grab the necklace around your neck and use it (looks sort of like a straw with a hole in the top like a whistle) to take a deep breath. So it slowly starts retraining your brain by using mindfulness instead of using nicotine.
Best of luck in your recovery journey, you got this!
@aCalmOasis Tank you so so much for the support