What's FC'ing ever done for us?

I was sitting here doing some coding, when I noticed my shirt sleeve had a blim (hot rock) burn in it.

I though, wow, yet another positive thing vaping has brought to my life, longer lasting clothes, which will look better for longer and not give the game away anymore to those that know what a blim burn is

I can't count the amount of good clothes I've ruined (and money wasted) over the years with pot burns, some on brand new clothes at 1st time of wearing!

So I thought I'd start a thread to see what else (other than the obvious), the benefit fucking combustion has done for your life.

It's meant to be taken tongue in cheek with the phrase "What's the Romans ever done for us", taken from the classic Monty Python film "The Life of Brian".

I'll start us off with...

What's FC'ing ever done for me...

1. No lingering foggy haze floating in the atmosphere of every room I've been in
2. No stinky clothes or fag breath
3. No dirty yellow / brown stains on my fingers
4. No burn holes in my clothes

I know the 'hot rock' thing may be more prevalent with hash users than weed users (or other), but I've still managed it with weed, including when the odd seed gets past quality control while rolling and then exploding in my face blowing the cherry everywhere!

What other positives has FC'ing done for you that you didn't consider would be the case when you started vaping?

Ha my school shirts from 15 years ago were littered with hit rock holes. Then weed came along and I no longer really had that problem.

I love reminiscing about the old hash days. A group of us all huddled round in the rain and wind, with a box of matches and some wet rizla, trying desperately to construct a joint.

I love to reminisce, but I am glad them days are gone. Getting high is a much more civilised affair for me now days.

Iv only been vaping about 6 weeks or so, and it's been British summer here. But now as winter approaches, I will be vary greatfull of not having to go outside in the rain and cold to smoke a joint.

So that's the main benifit for me.

I feel 3" taller now.

Thanks FC..

Edit: joking aside, this site has helped more than I can say.

FC gave me the courage to get my medical certification. I can get the strains that help my condition now.

I've learned a ton of information about a lot of things including vaporizing. I save money on cannabis thanks to vaporizing. I may not have stopped combusting if it wasn't for FC - Thank You.

CarolKing said:

FC gave me the courage to get my medical certification. I can get the strains that help my condition now.

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I think this is probably true for many medical users. I think vaperising has helped people be more mature and adult about the MJ discussion, which has liberated people and helped educate them into finding a real, tangible benefit to medicating with MJ, rather than just be considered a disgusting stoner dope head!

I am pleased for you and all those who have found their inner peace with FC!

I'm not sure I could have completely kicked combustion without FC. The times I wanted to smoke I would come here and remind myself of a better way.

And combustion may have killed me in the end.

So what has FC done for me? Possibly saved my life. That's big.

Maybe I would have gone mad with nicotene withdrawal and gone on a gta style massacre. So possibly saved alot of lives. Who knows. The possibilitys are endless.

Nicotine crazed psycho killer thwarted by FC!

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Now there's an attention grabbing headline!

Was the thread meant to discuss the FC site or just the act of fucking combustion or both?

For the site: Too many benefits to count....but the top ones for me are:
- Met some really nice, intelligent folk here. Seriously - this site absolutely destroys the stereotype of the typical stoner. The way people interact and express themselves here is amazing to me.
- Learned a bunch about vaping and continue to do so.
- This site is like a new found friend...great to hang out with and is the cure for boredom when there's nothing going on
- SAVING ME A LOT OF MONEY with the stuff I've learned here even while it's feeding my VAS

For switching from burning to vaping:
- My wife has had some luck with using ABV that was low temp vaped in stopping her migraines if we act fast enough - this one is a biggie for us and we continue to test the waters with good results
- Lungs are clear
- Work outs are better without 'the burning'. If I want a head high for a work out I can dial it in. If I want to couch lock I can do that too.
- Cloths and breath don't smell like burnt ass anymore
- After 40 years of gettin happy I've just learned to 'dial in' the buzz I'm looking for instead of the only one available through smoke
- Did I mention SAVING A LOT OF MONEY even with the slow creeping need to feed my VAS?

Funny - now that I've written it out like this it looks like the site and the vaporizing could have been combined into one - couldn't get to where I am in the vaporizing cycle without the site.

All of the above, plus the fact that I have been separated from thousands of dollars as I obsessively pursue vaping as a hobby. Seriously, thousands of fucking dollars! My vas will be satisfied soon...

Jesus! What has FC done for me?

In terms of giving up combustion, put years on my life no doubt. I was combusting way too much.

Much more importantly though, joining this place not only gave me much more knowledge of concentrates (believe it or not, less than 2 years ago - I had never tried a concentrate save for some 3 star traditional hashes combusted in a joint with tobacco). FC also gave me the confidence and some of the resources (my scholarly connections gave me the rest here) to start making concentrates myself.

This led to a long learning process of all kinds of teks. I am now making wonderful QWISO, QWET and Rosin shatters, as well as incredible full melt bubble and dry ice sifts.

Concentrates changed my life. Killed my insomnia and eating disorder, helped me live with my almost eternally foul mood and anxiety. Moreover, making concentrates itself is therapy for me, it has helped me get as intimate as any of us have with the herb.

Let's take a moment to enjoy some of the finer moments of my journey in pictures

Above: Blue Cheese QWISO Absolute

Above: Cluster Bomb Live Resin QWISO/LWET absolute (harder than glass!)

Above: 20x view of THCA crystals accidentally isolated during a first run QWISO absolute.

Below: Full melt 120u Cluster Bomb bubble hash


As we can see, it has been a hell of a journey. Glad to have shared it with you guys!

FC has introduced me to some wonderful people, both for their knowledge and just as friends in general. I'm sure I'll hang around for a long time to come!

FC gave me Parkinson's....

@mvapes - sorry to hear that, it's not something you normally associate with quitting combusting.

@His_Highness - it was meant to be fucking combusting, but as FC forum has played a pivotal role in helping many kick the habit (including me), it certainly deserves to be included.

In fact I just had the first real test this weekend (well Friday -> Monday) as I just went on my stag reunion to Brussels. I go on one every year with the lads to celebrate getting married (though this time it was only me and the best man as others couldn't make it).

This is the first time I have been out on the town (drunk), and gone totally cold turkey since giving up combusting and only using a vape in the evenings.

I must admit there were times I nearly asked a stranger if I could ponce a fag off them, but they were simply passing thoughts testing / tempting me, as I used to enjoy smoking and new I would have enjoyed a smoke while supping the local brew... but I quickly dismissed them, knowing just one would be a slippery slope back to being a nicotine addict and a disgusting stinky smoker.

I must have gotten past nicotine withdrawal as it was simply my thoughts teasing me, not an uncontrollable craving that I couldn't switch off and think of nothing else.

I truly feel thanks to this forum and you guys introducing me to the wonderful world of vaporising, I can now call myself a non-smoker! - I know this isn't the end of the quitting journey, and temptation is going to rear its ugly head on many occasions to come, but I know I have the will power and the desire to just say 'NO'.. and if ever I feel it's getting too much, I now where to come.

FC - thank you from the bottom of my heart - you are awesome

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For switching from burning to vaping:
- My wife has had some luck with using ABV that was low temp vaped in stopping her migraines if we act fast enough - this one is a biggie for us and we continue to test the waters with good results
- Lungs are clear
- Work outs are better without 'the burning'. If I want a head high for a work out I can dial it in. If I want to couch lock I can do that too.
- Cloths and breath don't smell like burnt ass anymore
- After 40 years of gettin happy I've just learned to 'dial in' the buzz I'm looking for instead of the only one available through smoke
- Did I mention SAVING A LOT OF MONEY even with the slow creeping need to feed my VAS?

Funny - now that I've written it out like this it looks like the site and the vaporizing could have been combined into one - couldn't get to where I am in the vaporizing cycle without the site.

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could not agree more, well put!!

I LOVE this community - everyone of you!

Peace Y'all

@1DMF, well done on your achievement. That's a big milestone to get over. I don't drink so this is not an issue for me.

But I am working with a smoker this week, who smokes all the time. The is tempting me and I don't know why. Iv not smoked in 6 weeks now. So why do I still get tempted? Obviously I haven't caved in. I get over it by preaching to him about the joys of giving up combustion.

It just annoys me that I still have these cravings.

@kellya86 Thanks. It was definitely a milestone, and I am glad I passed the test.

It wasn't easy at times, like you I kept asking myself (and the best man who was with me), why the hell am I even thinking about it, wanting, considering?

I am not craving nicotine surely? According to Wiki, the cravings should subside after 2-4 weeks, it's been longer than that now, so it must be my thoughts, old habits and the fact I enjoyed smoking playing with my mind, not the actual nicotine withdrawal.

I guess it helped that the best man doesn't smoke, so I didn't have to be directly with a smoker while fighting the urge, but everyone else around me was smoking, and I did on occasion as I walked past someone with a fag, grab a crafty sniff / inhale, but it was more curiosity as to whether I liked the smell still, which I am still undecided about.

One club we went into turned out to be a hookah bar (Wallace Bar), not sure what was being smoked, as they were covered with tin foil and then hot coals placed on top, I kept thinking, is that vaporising rather than combusting.... hmmm, perhaps it would be OK if I did that, but the thought of it still being tobacco and containing nicotine soon put me off, so I just watched others enjoying them, a bit too intensely as my mate had to tell me to stop staring

If I had been sitting with a smoker blowing smoke in my face while on the piss, and the fact they are a close friend, perhaps I may have caved in and grabbed one off them.

I think this stag trip has helped me to know no matter how much I want one, I can say no, and I should never say yes to a fag again!

You did well. I doubt this will be your final test.

I find the mental links your brain makes to smoking, like after a meal or with a pint for you, are just as strong as the physical addiction. If not stronger. They certainly longer lasting due to them being imprinted onto your subconscious.

I caved when I was at the 2 week stage, and to be honest, I'm sort of glad I did....
Because I didn't enjoy it. It was dry and horrible. So them times now when I do crave, I just remember how dissapointed I will be. It's a let down.

As for the smell. I still like it at a distance but up close it gets in the back of my throught and I don't like it.

It took my wife and I several tries over several years to 'finally-truly' quit cigs.

The real bad actors are a series of sequential events:
- Couple alcoholic beverages
- Getting high (Vape or Burn - doesn't matter)
- Outstanding meal and plenty of it
- Good coffee after the outstanding meal

After that sequence concludes my triggers are firing and the booze and buzz have sufficiently lowered my inhibitions and self-control. At that point the little devil on my shoulder starts whispering in my ear 'you should have one with a meal like that' and the little angel on the other shoulder isn't saying anything..... but is waving a lighter.

I knew I had it beat when we did the sequence and instead of thinking how good a cig would taste I was thinking how it would ruin the meal. Took years of abstaining before that monkey climbed off my back. I was still fighting it 2 years after my last cig.

I'm in it for the long haul. If it takes 2 years then I will just deal with it.

Going back to the topic, when iv just had my lunch and tea at work, and others around are smoking. I come to FC and realise how stupid my cravings are. It distracts me for long enough for it to pass.

I am confident I will not combust again in my life.

FCing helps me on many levels.