My name is Julie and I began smoking seriously as a teenager (age 14) although I smoked when I could do so privately (without being busted by parents or adults) since age 12. Like most other teens, I was sure that I would never get ‘hooked’, not me!, I was too strong for that! I truly enjoyed smoking!! Then I got a little older, began paying attention to all the ‘possible health risks’–but none of it was enough to make me quit. Then I married and we decided it was time to have children. I couldn’t quit. I tried. I tried HARD. I COULD NOT QUIT. I cut back as much as I could during pregnancy, and heard all the hateful comments, and cried in private because I COULD NOT QUIT. In 2009, a friend talked me into trying a 510 cigarette with an atomizer that required constant dripping. It was a PITA (pain in the #$%) and the vapor was lacking at best. Finally, in 2012, my husband (who NEVER smoked) asked me to look into e-cigs as his brother and mother had successfully quit cigarettes. I talked to a few friends; but really I figured I would try (again) for another week to prove I’d made an effort and go right back to smoking. I honestly didn’t intend to quit 😉 So a work friend turned me on to an EGO and 3 days later… I threw away the remaining 6 packs from my last carton and haven’t looked back since! I was a smoker for 38 years and a serious smoker for 36 and even though I wasn’t truly looking to quit, all it took was an EGO and sugar cookie liquid! (Sugar cookie is still my hands-down favorite ‘comfort vape’.) Over the last two years I’ve tried numerous hardware types (18650, 18350, 18500, 26650, 26500, 123A, 10440 battery MODs, mechs, 350, 650, 800, 900, 1100 EGOs and EGO-types, Twists, Hybrids, etc) and countless (over a 100) flavors in varying nicotine strengths. These days I use several different MODs (depending on my location/mood) and rotate through 10(ish) flavors regularly. I went all the way down to zero nicotine, but discovered I’m very scatter-brained and quite bitchy at zero nic…so now I usually pay my local vape shop to put 2-3 drops of nic into my bottle which is probably less than 1% but it’s enough to keep my body and mind happy. If I’m upset, I find I vape more and when I’m deeply engrossed in an activity or reading, I don’t vape much at all. It’s been over two years since I had a cigarette and the last time I TRIED to smoke one (2 days after my EGO discovery), I couldn’t finish it because it made me cough and tasted like caca! I can’t imagine giving up my e-cigs. I’m healthier. I’ve missed less work and have the timecards to prove it! I feel better. I can taste so many more flavors in food. My car/house/clothes/breath smells soooo much better. On the negative side, I tend to be a bit more easily distracted, I’m guessing from a lack of nicotine. Anyway, that’s my story. Julie (JJ from GA)