Gweetus

I'm a designer draftsman (in AutoCAD Civil 3D) for a civil engineering firm. I'm just a country boy that likes his computer and video games as much as he likes the outdoors, and occasionally pelting friends and co-workers with 6mm plastic BB's. As a non-christian born into a Mormon family in a predominantly Mormon state, I started my stupid acts of minor rebellion young. Started smoking at 14, 14-17 I was a whatever-I-could-scavenge-beg-or-steal smoker which in actuality was not as much as some. I have no way of being sure, but best guess has it at 5-7 cigs a day, so not as serious then as some I've known. at 18 I discovered booze, as young men with with antiestablishmentarian leanings are wont to do. At 18 I found a party friend that wouldn't tax me to buy me packs and my habit started climbing, 19 came and now of legal age to buy my own (19 is the minimum tobacco buying age in Utah) and in the years since my habit fluctuated between 1/2 to 2 1/2 packs a day, settling on a comfortable 1 pack a day for the last 6 years or so. Its wierd to me still that nothing (and I did it all) gripped me like nicotine did. As I grew out of the work-to-party lifestyle and grew up a little (read: A LOT) I realized I hated all my myriad little habits so I started kicking them; Exotic Chemicals were the first to go as I had no addictions there and the risk did not balance with the reward, Alcohol went down to social status only, again no addiction there, then we come to the nicotine... and I couldn't do it, didn't WANT to do it. I made a few half assed attempts at it but never made it past week 6. Seemed 6 weeks was my limit before something stressful would happen and I'd be shopping for a pack. I realized that I hated tobacco but not nicotine, no more than I hate my morning coffee, but nothing that would work as a good substitute to cancer-leaf. While I was visiting a friend for New Years he showed me the first e-cig I had ever seen and I knew right then that this was perfect for me, not a quit therapy, but a straight up habit transfer. I bought my first kit the next day. My first kit fried two days later. My second kit from a second company disappointed to the point that I almost gave up right there. Then I found the real scoop from forums and youtube vids. I made my way here, got my first 510, and that is the (relevant to this forum) story of me to this point. I'm sure that I'll update this as I discover life away from analogs.