My name is Wendy and I lit my first cigarette when I was 12 when I was 15 I started buying or having friends buy my smokes. I smoked my way to a 2 pack a day habit. As we watched my grandfather die of lung cancer and COPD I would go out on the porch for a smoke break I knew it was wrong but I just couldnt handle the stress. What a horrible way to go I would think as I puffed away on my cigarette. I told myself that it wasn’t just the smoking that gave him those diseases it was the asbestos he used to work in I would be ok. At the old age of 29 I was told by my lung doctor I had COPD. I freaked out. Im to young. I have 2 kids. I had to quit smoking. I tried cold turkey that was life threatening for the people around me. So I went back to smoking. A couple months later I find out that I have sleep apnea I stop breathing in my sleep and thats why I never feel rested. So I decided I could do this I have to do this. My husbands gonna wake up to a corpse. My kids will have no mother. So I invested in the patches and started a new job where smoking wasn’t allowed. Within 3 days i was hiding in my car smoking like a criminal with my patch on! Yea thats real healthy. Well needless to say I didnt last at that job. So back to smoking again. About 6 months ago my brother tell me about these Electronic Cigarettes they got at the gas station so I thought why not couldnt hurt right? I managed to quit for about a month but my battery was always dead and they tasted worse then a analog so back to smoking. Then the moment that changed my life I was haning with my extended family and my cousin was vaping. It smelled delicious! We started chatting and I told her I tried that but it didnt work for me she instantly knew I had tried the cheap version. We talked for awhile and she gave me info on a group. I felt like I was joining Smokers Anonymous. This was seriously crazy, but after talking to them I decided one more time. So a very sweet lady on there gave me a Ego battery she didnt use and enough stuff to get started. My last cigarette was 7/13/13 some days are harder then others but Ive gotten to the point I can stand outside with the smokers i work with and have no urge to bum a smoke honestly it stinks but I don’t wanna be one of those horrible ex smokers lol. I sleep through the night and wake feeling rested. My mom and I joke they must make the e-liquid out of happy pills because I am truly happier. I feel better and it shows to the people around me. I cannot imagine live with out my vaper! I plan on slowly lowering my nicotine levels. I truly feel I owe my life and my happieness to the kindness of fellow vapers its a wonderful and supportive group and I thank them so much!