I smoked cigarettes for over 35 years of my life. It is hard to believe that I had smoked that much of my life away. I was on my way with my wife to buy a carton of smokes and had this revelation. I had been working with a guy that had quit smoking using an ego type e-cig and it seemed to work for him. I had tried numerous cig-alike brands and had no success at all. Anyway, back to the story. We were heading to the store we usually went to and I said to my wife, I want to run into this place I know and buy an e-cig to stop smoking. I finally admitted that I had had enough. She rolled her eyes (as she is so good at it) and said not this stuff again. I told her about the guy at work and I thought I could do it this time. It worked for him, why not for me? We went inside. Now this is not a vape shop but a regular head shop. You can only guess what was going through my wife’s mind by now. We went over to the area where they had the vaping juice and equipment and by the grace of God the salesman that wandered over was patient and knowledgeable. He spent the time to try and understand what I was looking to achieve and after hearing what I had to say, he made a recommendation that now I understand as spot on. He asked me how much I smoked and for how long and suggested a juice content that worked like magic! I took the money that I was going to buy cigs with and bought the setup, juice and a charger. I had three cigs left and thought that if this didn’t work, I had enough to get me through until morning. Well, I filled the tank and let the battery charge for a little while. I took my first puff off of it and thought to myself, this ain’t half bad. I still had three cigs to last until morning just in case. I went to bed and kept it on the night stand as I like to get up in the night and have a smoke. I used the e-cig instead of going outside to smoke. Made it through the night and still have three cigs to last me through the day. I was fiddling in the garage for a while and took out one of the three cigs and lit one. Not quite as good as yesterday. I put it out. I was still puffing on the e-cig and enjoying the hell out of it. I went outside and lit that cig back up and really didn’t enjoy it at all. Not near as good as it was yesterday! I made it through the first full day and still had two cigs left to get me through until morning. I still slept with my e-cig and took a puff or two during the night. I woke up in the morning and thought I would finish that cig I had been working on. Yuk! Not anywhere near as good as it had been a couple of days ago! Anyhow, I had two left that I wasn’t going to throw away in case this didn’t work. It took three more days to choke down the last two and they were so awful I couldn’t finish the last one at all. I threw away the ash tray, lighters and the pack I had held those last three in for the past three days. My next thought was what flavor juice I was going to buy next. Hadn’t even crossed my mind that I didn’t want to smoke at all. Somehow during this process of insanity and newness, the metamorphosis had taken place. I didn’t have the urge to smoke any more, I didn’t want to smoke any more and I couldn’t stand to smoke any more! It took a whole three days to get over the habit that had controlled my life for so long. The habit that had become so much of a part of who I actually was. The funny thing is that I didn’t even notice nor miss it. I had tried so many different cessation products and remedies for so long that I never really thought this had a chance either. Now that it has been a few months, I can’t even be around someone that has just smoked in a closed room. The smell is so horrible that I want to gag. I had my truck cleaned, I had my suits cleaned and all of my winter jackets cleaned. I couldn’t wait for the smell to wear off. It had to go and right now! I owe a lot of my success to that guy in the head shop and his patience and knowledge. That guy had saved my life and didn’t even know it. I have stopped by several time to thank him but he doesn’t work there any more and nobody knows how to reach him to pass on my thanks! I pray every night that I will run across him on the street and be able to tell him how his contribution and patience has changed my life. I have used my experience to help a coworker buy his first kit and he has had the same success as me. He made it a point to thank me for his success after a month. I guess that is one way of saying thanks and paying it forward. I was told by my Grandfather that where the head goes the ass will follow. I know that if I hadn’t really wanted to quit, I probably wouldn’t have but without the tools and knowledge it wouldn’t have been possible. For anyone that may ever read this, vaping to quit smoking works! Above and beyond anything out there, if you give it a real chance and are committed to it, vaping will work for you too! Take a chance, stick with it and you will find out for yourself. Who would have ever thought that quitting smoking could be so easy and fun all at once!