#he didnt have asthma the inhaler had like vapor in it

[m4ndysk4nkovich]

waiting for the day the people in the it fandom who have only watched the movies will realize eddie literally wasn’t asthmatic and sonia wasn’t just protective it was munchausens by proxy, he needed help

#also: wentworth and maggie toizer are the best!! not at all abusive #the only person who ever said that was finn wolfhard #…who didn’t read the book #he literally made that up😭 #but anyway eddie’s abusive childhood is seriously overlooked #not only that but the fact that he never escaped the abuse (myra) #he didnt have asthma the inhaler had like vapor in it #the ‘gazebos’ thing is kinda funny but not really because it makes people think its a joke #when the reality of it is that it was a PLACEBO and eddie was abused and needed help #eddie kaspbrak lover til the day i die especially in the book #it #it 2017 #it stephen king #stephen king #eddie kaspbrak #sonia kaspbrak

[teenvaping]

My Story

I started vaping when I was 14 years old. I was introduced to it by a friend of mine. He had an older brother and he had a vape and when I was over his house one time they peer pressured me into using it. This vape didn't have any nicotine in it so I thought it would be okay because I would just be inhaling “Water Vapor” or so i thought…After i tried it i was instantly fascinated by smoke coming out of my mouth. I loved the way it looked and loved how I could blow out huge clouds of smoke. So every once in a while I would hang out with my friend and try his brother's vape. Until one time his brother's friend came over and he also had a vape but he had nicotine in it. I was very scared and anxious to try it, but of course my friend pressured me into doing it. I took a huge hit and coughed so hard after I inhaled the smoke. It felt like my throat was burning. I really didn't like it and didn't wanna try it again. So for a while i didnt vape until about a year later when I was asked if I wanted to try a Juul at that same friend's party. I said sure. He said there was nicotine in it but it doesn't hurt or anything, he said it will make you buzzed and you'll love it. I said okay why not. After I took that first hit, it hit me almost instantly. I took 3 more puffs and literal;y fell over because I had never been buzzed in my life. I thought i was high i mean i was 15 i didn't know what was going on. After the buzz went away I was like I want to do that again. I never would have thought that taking that first hit would turn me into a nicotine addict for the next 3 years. Over the next year or 2 I began experimenting with other vaping devices and other kinds of nicotine products. I tried a lot of juul products and lots of other products that were very similar to juul’s. I also tried lots of different kinds of flavors and nicotine levels. The most average nicotine level I was using was about 3 percent. Then a couple months later I was using 4 percent. Then 5, then six. The next thing I knew, in 1 year I built up a massive tolerance to nicotine and was using a very unhealthy amount daily. For the most part I was using a juul. When you buy a Juul you need to buy “pods” for them. Pods are what the nicotine fluid is in and it is what you put into the juul and smoke. A pack of pods has 4 pods in them and costs anywhere from 18-25 depending on what flavor you get. I remember hearing a statistic that I didn't even care about. 1 juul pod had the same amount of nicotine in 1 box of cigarettes. Now mind you, when I had a very high tolerance for vaping, I was using about 2 packs of pods a week or 8 pods a week. That means I was consuming the same level of nicotine as 8 boxes of cigarettes. That's a little more than a box a day! I never had any issues vaping. I was born with asthma but never had any troubles with it. It wasn't until soon before I quit that I started to see some health changes. I would run out of breath a lot easier. My mental health was getting worse. Nicotine took full control of my life. I vaped in the bathroom at school, in the car, at home, at a friends. I couldn't go more than 30 minutes without consuming some type of nicotine. The worst part about it is that everyone I knew also vaped. No one was stopping or even thinking about stopping. I remember talking to my guidance counselor who I was very close with and I remember her asking me what it will take for me to stop. No lie, I was so addicted and dependent on nicotine I said to her “I will not quit until I am in the hospital and have cancer”. It even hurts me to know that I said that. That shows how addicted I was. I didn't care about anything else in the world besides nicotine because all I knew is if I didn't have it I would feel terrible and I knew if I had it, it would make me feel safe and secure. I used nicotine to help me with my anxiety but I didn't realize that it was actually making my anxiety and depression worse. Sadly I vaped my way into nicotine poisoning. I had used too much at once and my body shut down. I remember waking up in the hospital and looking at the doctor and remembering him telling me “If you continue with your habits, it is not certain that you will live past 40”. That was the groundbreaking moment I needed to quit. After that I endured the worst 3 months of my life due to withdrawal. But I am glad to be here and tell my story and let everyone know that it is possible to quit. I am now almost 3 years sober and have never felt better. Don't let nicotine control you like I did.