{"id":9471,"date":"2015-10-06T12:20:54","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T16:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/?p=9471"},"modified":"2016-03-24T09:36:21","modified_gmt":"2016-03-24T13:36:21","slug":"from-william-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/archives\/9471","title":{"rendered":"From William"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Phil, Thank you, for all you do for the vape community\/family! I had my last Camel Bold Crush on November 14 2014. This November 14 2015 will be my first year cigarette free in 22 years.<\/p>\n<p>Yes that is right! I smoked for 22 years and the day I started vaping I never touched another cigarette. My very first set up was a Vamo V5 with an aspire nautilus and 18mg juice. Since then I&#8217;ve moved on to dripping and sub ohm tanks and even lower nic level to 6mg and on 11-14-15 I&#8217;m going to drop again to 3mg!<\/p>\n<p>The reason I quit smoking cigarettes was due to my youngest son Sam. He was born premature at 27 weeks weighing 2lb 1oz and 21inches long he fought for his life for 3 1\/2 months in the local hospital NICU. When he finally got to come home he was on oxygen periodically because his lungs were still not fully developed. I started thinking one day while outside lighting a cig that if Sam can fight for his life being so small that I can fight for my life and give up these damn cigs so I can be around for him.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/image1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9472\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/image1.jpg\" alt=\"image1\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/image1.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/image1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a>(Literally seconds after being born he almost died)<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/image2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9475\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/image2.jpg\" alt=\"image2\" width=\"529\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/image2.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/image2-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/a>(Look close on his arm that&#8217;s mine and my wife&#8217;s wedding band that&#8217;s how small Sam was)<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/image4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9473\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/image4.jpg\" alt=\"image4\" width=\"534\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/image4.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/image4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/image4-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/a>I tried numerous things for 3 yrs to give up smoking, patches, gum, prescription medication blah blah blah, nothing worked Phil. I googled vaping, started reading, watched some of your YouTube videos and the next day I was vaping and never touched another cig. So MY SHOUT OUT IS FOR MY SON SAM!!! I owe my new release on free breathing to him and you for your videos and advocacy for the vape family.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your time I really hope you get time to read this, because vaping saved my LIFE and my son Sam saved my LIFE.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/image3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9474\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/image3.jpg\" alt=\"image3\" width=\"528\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/image3.jpg 528w, https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/image3-165x300.jpg 165w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Some stories are too good to keep on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/success-stories\/\" target=\"_blank\">Success Stories<\/a> page, so this one will be posted here as well.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a wonderful story and a good message. If you don&#8217;t want to quite smoking for yourself, think about quitting for all of those people who care and depend on you. I&#8217;m sure they&#8217;d be quite happy to have you around longer in life.<\/p>\n<p>And William, don&#8217;t go dropping your nic level at the expense of vaping a bunch more liquid!!\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for sharing this William and WAY TO GO SAM! Glad you&#8217;re both doing so well!<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/dot.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Reddit\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"From%20William\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phil, Thank you, for all you do for the vape community\/family! I had my last Camel Bold Crush on November 14 2014. 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