[stomachmonkey]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all.

Just got home from a 2 week vacation.

Went to FL and visited family, mine and the wifes.

My older brother and I have both been long time smokers.

I've managed to quit a couple of times, the longest being 3 years.

I need to quit for good. Every smoke I have I've been feeling like I'm killing myself.

I find I make decisions on what activities to participate in and where to go based on whether or not I'll be able to smoke.

It has completely devoured my life.

So my brother gave me a set of electronic cigarrettes as a Christmas gift.

He and his wife have both been using them for the last 2 months and are off regular cigarettes. In fact there are 10 guys that work for my brother that tried it and 9 are still smoke free.

It's been 10 days for me and so far it's working. Had my last real cigarette Tuesday. Only smoked one that day, 3 the day before and 3 the day before that. Mostly because it's taking me a bit to figure out my nicotine intake with the e cigs.

So yes, I am addicted to Nicotine but not necessarily smoking itself.

I am really confident that this is going to work for me.

Fingers crossed.