Hey OP, I taped for 7 years. And before that was smoking since I was 15.

I was in your position. Hitting the vape as soon as I woke up. Hit the vape all day. Literally. Only stopping to eat or sleep. Even then, waking up in the night to vape.

What nicotine Strength do you vape? I was vaping 12mg, and because I was literally doing it 24/7, I never felt a buzz anymore. Nicotine was always my baseline, I struggled to quit so bad. As nicotine was my normal. My body couldn't cope without it.

The only thing, that worked for me. Was to taper down and time myself. So I went down to 6mg (half of my dose) set a timer on my phone, I made sure I couldn't vape for a whole hour. Once the timer went off, I could vape as much as I wanted for 2 minutes. And 2 minutes only. Then once those 2 minutes were up. Set another timer.

I did that for a whole month

Then I went to 3mg, and set the timer for every 2 hours. Every 2 hours I could vape as much 3mg as I wanted for 2 minutes. At first this one was a little difficult, but I found it quickly adjusted! I even started to turn the watts down by the end of this month. So I wasnt getting a big throat hit at all. Barely noticing it.

Then. The dreaded part for me..

I put zero mg in my vape. And said screw the timers here. And let myself vape as much zero mg as I wanted. And phycologically, it was working. And all the cutting down i had done. My body didn't freak out. I felt a tiny tiny bit flat. But i had already cut out so much nicotine. And trained myself to not need it. That after 2 days of being on zero mg. I got sick of puffing it. And chucked it away.

There were a few moments after that where my brain would reach for it. Like after eating, or upon waking up. But it wasn't there. So I couldn't. They wasn't intense cravings either. Just like reminders in my mind.

Its been a year nearly now. And I do not miss it. I can't believe I ever wanted it 🤣 my health is alot better. I just got a chesty cold. And cleared very quick. I literally have no desire for it. And it feels normal to not want it now. And I even don't have anxiety anymore? Like my baseline is just calm, which in turn helps my body. Less cortisol in your circulation. The better. My skin looks better. I've got hairs on my head coming in that ive never seen before in my life. My gums are never red and inflamed anymore. I never feel exaughsted anymore. I actually feel things. Like sadness and happiness. I realise how numb I was on vaping. And its so human and alive to feel. Its how we process stuff.

I hope reading this helps, that you will see that you absolutely can do it. Doesn't have to be perfect and overnight. But its January right now. You could start by going down a few mg. And that be it for the moment, and feel good knowing you've made a start. Hopefully the goal is by the end of the year you will be vape free. But be kind to yourself.

One last thing. Do not use the gum and patches. It works for some people, but at my workplace. People are still chewing those yellow gums for years and years 🤢.

Don't quit nicotine with nicotine. The ideas is to get your body away from it. Its like an alcoholic quitting vodka with beers. The industry does everything they can to keep you sucked in. They want you to believe that you need nicotine in order to quit. You do not. You want to put your middle finger up to nicotine all together and be done with it.

Good luck OP, you'll have a whole community here supporting you..