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0:00what 30 days of quitting vaping looks
0:02like and the five checkpoints that
0:04you're likely going to experience. When
0:07a person decides to quit vaping, their
0:10body isn't just going through a process
0:12of detox, but it's going to pass through
0:14five predictable checkpoints along the
0:17way. Now, for a lot of people, quitting
0:20vaping and relapsing or not succeeding
0:24doesn't have to do with withdrawals, but
0:26it has to do with a lack of education.
0:29Because when we're educated, we have a
0:31deeper understanding of what's actually
0:34occurring inside our bodies when we
0:36quit. And when we have a deeper
0:38understanding of what's happening, we
0:40tend to have a lot less fear associated
0:43with the experience of quitting. For
0:46example, a lot of people will be two
0:48weeks into quitting vaping. They'll
0:50experience that two week hump. they'll
0:52freak out and then they will make that
0:54conscious decision to return to using
0:57nicotine, aka a relapse. Now, what we're
1:00going to do in today's video is we're
1:02going to cover the five predictable
1:03checkpoints at the 24-hour mark, the
1:0672-hour mark, the 1 week mark, the 2
1:09week mark, and then certainly we'll get
1:11to the 30-day point of quitting vaping.
1:14We're going to talk a little bit about
1:15why your body feels the way it feels,
1:18what you can expect it to feel like, and
1:21then I'm going to give some explanation
1:23as to the physiological and
1:24neurochemical changes that are occurring
1:27when you quit vaping. We're going to
1:29talk about what happens with cortisol,
1:31what happens with adrenaline,
1:32acetylcholine, glutamate, blood sugar
1:35levels, and even serotonin. Now, if
1:38you're new here, my name's Dr. Frank.
1:40I've helped thousands of people walk
1:42away from nicotine and cannabis
1:43substance use disorders. And these are
1:46the five predictable checkpoints that I
1:48see with my clients time and time again
1:50when they're quitting. So, let's dive
1:51right into the first 24 hours. The first
1:5524 hours typically hits a person
1:58quickly. People typically start to feel
2:00restless. They might feel a little bit
2:02irritable. You'll see some of that brain
2:05fog and scattered thought processes.
2:08We'll also start to see sleep disruption
2:10within the first 24 hours of quitting
2:12vaping. This could present as a lighter
2:15night's sleep or even completely broken
2:18sleep patterns. The irony here is
2:21there's a lot of people that I've worked
2:22with over the years who will actually
2:24wake up from a sound sleep at night to
2:27hit their vape or smoke a cigarette
2:29because this is your brain. This is your
2:31nervous system being disregulated and
2:34your body saying, "Hey, I'm sleeping.
2:36I'm starting to detox. I need more
2:39nicotine. That's why so many people
2:41enjoy that first morning hit or that
2:44morning buzz because what's happening is
2:47when you sleep at night, your body's
2:49starting to detox nicotine because
2:51nicotine is a very weak drug and then
2:54you wake up and you take that first hit
2:56and what you're actually doing is
2:58halting and stalling the detox and
3:01withdrawal process of nicotine. So
3:03that's what's going on there. Now what's
3:05actually happening in the first 24
3:07hours? Your nicotine levels start
3:10crashing rapidly. Nicotine has a
3:13half-life of about 2 hours. So it exits
3:16your system very very very quickly.
3:18That's why people find they have to
3:20compulsively vape, compulsively smoke,
3:22compulsively use Zens because the
3:25halflife of nicotine is so short.
3:27Especially in vapes where they use
3:29nicotine salts, pharmaceutical grade
3:32nicotine. it has even a shorter
3:33halflife. The nicotine receptors in your
3:36brain are still very elevated. So even
3:40though you're detoxing nicotine within
3:42the first 24 hours, you still have
3:45billions more active nicotine receptors
3:48than you should at a baseline level. So
3:50those are still high and that's why even
3:52though nicotine is leaving the body
3:54rapidly, we still experience those
3:57intense cravings within the first 24
3:59hours. Well, also usually this will
4:01result in some urges, some agitation,
4:04right? Because when you crave something
4:06and you're not giving it to yourself,
4:08you're going to become anxious and
4:09irritable because you feel like you're
4:11depriving yourself of something. We'll
4:14also start to see that decrease in
4:16dopamine. We'll see a decrease in the
4:19acetylcholine receptors. We'll see
4:22cortisol, the stress hormone, start to
4:24increase because we're going through
4:26withdrawal and detox. that's stressful
4:29on the body. And then we're going to see
4:31various blood sugar dysregulation
4:33spikes, highs and lows, which can often
4:36result in fatigue, irritability,
4:38headache, things like that. Physically,
4:41what's happening is a different story.
4:43In the first 24 hours of quitting, we're
4:46actually going to start to see some some
4:49normalization of our blood pressure and
4:52our heart rate. We're also going to
4:54start to see the carbon monoxide levels
4:56in our blood and other neurotoxins,
4:59neuro uh chemicals that you'll find in
5:02these vape products start to detox from
5:05the blood. So the formaldahhide that's
5:07found in vapes as a byproduct of vaping,
5:09all those bad things, those start to
5:12drop off in the first 24 hours of
5:15quitting, which is fantastic. Now, I
5:17want you to look at the first 24 hours
5:19because it can kind of feel like you're
5:21failing or like you're going backwards.
5:24Not as failing, but rather a rebalancing
5:27or re-calibration of your nervous
5:30system. And the discomfort that you're
5:33experiencing in the first 24 hours is
5:36proof that you're improving, not that
5:39you're failing. You have to reframe how
5:43you are viewing the experiences that
5:46you're having when you're quitting
5:47vaping. The problem becomes this can
5:50create a state of delusion for people at
5:54checkpoint number two. Because the
5:56cravings that people experience for
5:58nicotine, they're not necessarily
6:00stronger, but they're smarter. We tend
6:03to fall for the delusion created by this
6:06substance use nicotine. What does se the
6:0972-hour mark feel like? This is
6:11typically where we'll see peak nicotine
6:13withdrawal symptoms. So, we'll see a
6:15huge increase in cravings. People will
6:18feel like they need nicotine versus
6:21wanting nicotine. The same way we feel
6:23like we need oxygen or food or water to
6:26survive. And we have to differentiate in
6:29our minds between is this something I
6:31want or is this something that I
6:33actually need to survive. We'll see dips
6:36in people's mood and energy levels. This
6:39is typically where people will talk to
6:41me and say, "Hey, I'm experiencing
6:43pretty intense boredom." We'll see
6:45headache. We'll see people start
6:46developing a cough. And then certainly
6:49those those cravings associated with it.
6:52This is the delusion that people fall
6:54for. They feel like nicotine was
6:56helping. So now they start to experience
6:59these negative symptoms, brain fog,
7:01coughing, boredom, and they're like,
7:03"Wait a minute. Was nicotine a tool that
7:06was helping me offset all this stuff?
7:10But the reality is nicotine was the
7:12thing causing all the problems we were
7:15experiencing from vaping. And the thing
7:17that's causing the problem is not going
7:20to be the solution to the problem. But
7:22we think, oh, wait a minute. Vaping was
7:25helping with my stress, helping with my
7:27focus, helping with my emotions. And
7:30this is where we're establishing a very
7:33powerful, very dangerous belief system
7:37that that we're giving this vape a
7:40superpower to aid us that it really
7:42never had to begin with in the first
7:44place. And this is where we call it
7:46smart or intelligent cravings that
7:48people start to run into. They're
7:50starting to rationalize them. Now,
7:53neurochemically, what's happening is
7:55we're starting to see a little bit of
7:56rebalancing of that dopamine. Maybe our
7:59body's starting to get a little bit back
8:00to baseline. We're continuing to see
8:03those nicotine receptors and
8:04acetylcholine receptors drop and get to
8:07a normal baseline level. And we're
8:10starting to see uh continued serotonin
8:14dysregulation, which plays a large role
8:16in your mood and and why you have, you
8:19know, emotional regulation. Now,
8:21physically, there's a lot of good news
8:22on this front at this point in time. We
8:25should start to see some improved lung
8:27function. We should start to see that
8:29it's getting easier to breathe and a
8:32return of our taste and smell should
8:34start coming back. I will say I had a
8:37client I was working with and he was
8:39like, "I literally think I can taste
8:41colors again in foods." And I was like,
8:43"Yeah, you probably can." People don't
8:45realize how damaging vaping is to your
8:48taste buds and those little things in
8:50your nose that are responsible for for
8:52smell. Like that's always a favorite to
8:55clients when I'm working with them. and
8:56be like, "Yeah, I can actually
8:57appreciate a good meal again." Because
8:59if you can't smell properly, you can't
9:01taste properly. And then you can start
9:03to get some of that dopamine back from
9:05enjoying a good meal. We'll also see
9:08usually around the 72-hour mark, people
9:10will start coughing a lot. They'll have
9:12a lot of mucus and a lot of flem
9:14production. This is because all of that
9:17inflammation that was being caused by
9:19vaping in the lungs, your body is now
9:21starting to detox and expel all of that
9:25junk. Here's the reframe that I usually
9:27give people around the 72-hour mark. And
9:30I like to say # get through 72. It's
9:33amazing. If you could just change for 3
9:35days, commit to something for 3 days, it
9:39could dramatically change the outlook of
9:42the rest of your life. Sincerely, the
9:44rest of your life. three days. That's
9:45all it takes. You just have to try. So
9:48the reframe that I give people is your
9:51reward system, your brain, your body,
9:54your nervous system. This is the peak
9:57time for re-calibration and rebalancing.
10:01The 72-hour mark is your body truly
10:06healing as the addiction is dying. So
10:09when you get to that 3 to 5 day mark and
10:12you're experiencing peak cravings, peak
10:14withdrawal symptoms, peak detox, it's
10:16not you suffering, it's the death of the
10:20addiction and it's you re-calibrating
10:23and rebalancing. This is where we start
10:25to see a shift from a neurochemical
10:28change to a more situational type
10:31scenario when it comes to people
10:33returning to vaping potentially. This is
10:36where we approach checkpoint number
10:37three or the one week mark. At this
10:40point, the cravings tend to be a little
10:43less consistent. It's not a 24/7 thing
10:46on a person's mind. This is where the
10:48cravings become more habit-based and
10:51more situational based. And people often
10:54get tied up here because they're
10:55thinking, "Wow, I'm a week into
10:57quitting. Nicotine is pretty much fully
11:00detoxed from my body. Why do I still
11:03have cravings?" And it's because of old
11:05patterns, routines, and habit loops that
11:08you've developed over time. Hitting your
11:10vape after eating a meal. Hitting your
11:12vape while you're driving in a car. For
11:14me personally, I was hitting my vape
11:16just because I existed. So, I get it. I
11:18get it. This is where we'll usually
11:20start to see the confidence go up, but
11:23relapse usually happens at week two
11:27because people start feeling better and
11:29their confidence starts going up, which
11:31we're going to cover on the next the
11:32next sheet here. Checkpoint number four.
11:35Now, neurochemically, we're starting to
11:37see that dopamine return to a baseline
11:40without nicotine. This usually happens
11:42around the two uh the one one to four
11:45week mark. Cortisol is starting to
11:47balance back out again. So, we might
11:49start to see better regulation of
11:51appetite and our stress tolerance.
11:53Nicotine is probably fully detoxed for
11:56most people at this point. The nicotine
11:59receptors are starting to downregulate
12:02by about 50% one week into quitting.
12:05When you consume vape products or
12:07nicotine products, you produce billions
12:10of more nicotine receptors than someone
12:12who doesn't. So those start to
12:14downregulate within one week, which is
12:16fast. This is a very fast rapid detox
12:20process. This is where it's not so much
12:22about neurochemicals anymore, but it's
12:24about our old habit loops. We had a a Q.
12:28That Q resulted in a routine. That
12:30routine then led to a reward. This is
12:33the system that eventually needs
12:36reprogramming when it comes to quitting
12:38vaping and getting us beyond that one
12:40week mark. Physiologically speaking,
12:43there's a lot more good news at one week
12:45of quitting vaping. We're starting to
12:46see an improvement in circulation. And a
12:49lot of people will actually say, you
12:51know, I can't believe it. I have
12:52circulation again in my hands and my
12:54feet. For males, they'll say, "I can't
12:56believe it. That erectile dysfunction is
12:58starting to go away. I'm starting to get
13:00strong erections again upon waking up in
13:02the morning." Uh, this is where we'll
13:04also see an increase in exercise
13:07tolerance and overall endurance. And
13:10people get really excited about this cuz
13:11a lot of people want to quit vaping.
13:13They want to get back to exercising.
13:15They want to get back to better health.
13:17And when you can actually feel these
13:19changes happening, it tends to build
13:21some momentum to carry us forward. You
13:24know, it's funny. I've had a number of
13:26clients. I remember I was working with
13:27one uh young lady specifically and she
13:30had been diagnosed with reayods disease
13:32and which is like poor circulation to
13:34the hands and feet often associated with
13:36autoimmune problems. And with quitting
13:39vaping that that reversed for her within
13:42like a month, she was like, "Oh my gosh,
13:44I'm not constantly freezing all the
13:46time. It's because that circulation and
13:48blood flow started to come back. Your
13:51brain is responding to routines at this
13:54point versus physiological needs and
13:58neurochemical changes. Now, this brings
14:01us to the two week hump where most
14:03people usually start to trip themselves
14:06up when quitting. This is what we refer
14:09to as the relapse zone. Now, if you've
14:11been on my channel for a while, you know
14:13with our clients, we don't use the word
14:15relapse. We say you made a conscious
14:17decision to return to substance use and
14:20we have to identify why you did that.
14:23Well, at the two week mark, it's not
14:25because you're going through withdrawal
14:26symptoms in the first week, first few
14:28days. Most people will fail to succeed
14:31because they experience withdrawal and
14:33detox and they go back to vaping. At 2
14:36weeks, totally different story. We tend
14:38to be getting better sleep, increased
14:41energy, increased focus, decreased
14:43cravings, increased motivation. And most
14:46people develop the mindset of, "I'm past
14:49this. I've quit. I've overcome it." And
14:51this is where people will test
14:53themselves. They'll say, "I deserve to
14:56vape. I still view it as a reward for a
15:00hard day's work, for a social thing."
15:02And this is where it gets dangerous. We
15:06we see people make a conscious return to
15:09use because of that reward mechanism
15:13because they feel like I'm in control of
15:15this at this point again. And and for
15:17most people, that's far from the truth.
15:19If they return around 2 weeks, the
15:21chances of them going full-blown back
15:23into it are usually pretty high. The
15:26other thing I want to throw in here real
15:27quick that no one really talks about is
15:30constipation. Um, I've seen a number of
15:33people not properly address constipation
15:36issues related to quitting and that
15:39actually being uh the thing that results
15:41in a a relapse or conscious return to
15:44use. We want to make sure we address
15:46proper bowel function when we're
15:48quitting smoking or quitting vaping. Uh,
15:50I've actually had I had one person who
15:52had called me. They hadn't yet been
15:54working with us, but they became so
15:56constipated. They were impacted and they
15:59had to go to a hospital to get
16:01disimpacted. They backed up so much
16:03crap. And their physicians, their team
16:05they were working with to quit, no one
16:07no one was helping them with that. No
16:09one was taking that seriously. We helped
16:11them with that. We got them through it.
16:12No problem. Neurochemical changes that
16:14are occurring at this point. Serotonin
16:16and dopamine are really starting to
16:18normalize around the two week mark.
16:20That's typically why a lot of people
16:22might start feeling better. Um, we'll
16:24see that improved focus and we tend to
16:26see less racing thoughts at this point
16:29because you're not constantly thinking
16:30about when can I vape up again? Uh, what
16:32you know what what vape should I get?
16:34Oh, I got a craving. I got a craving. I
16:35got a craving. Uh, physiologically,
16:38we're seeing the celia in the lungs
16:40start to regrow. These are the little
16:42hairs in the lungs that detox all that
16:44junk out that have been just obliterated
16:47in many cases by vaping in people. um we
16:50start to see a healing of the gut
16:52microbiome. A lot of people don't talk
16:54about this, but your gut plays a huge
16:57role in your mental health. The bacteria
17:00that make up your digestive tract and
17:02your microbiome are so important to your
17:06your energy levels, your focus, your
17:08emotional stability. Okay? Vaping has
17:11been shown to disrupt the gut
17:13microbiome, the oral microbiome of the
17:16mouth, and cause major major problems
17:18for people. That's starting to heal
17:21around the two week mark. Very exciting.
17:23And we're going to start to see an
17:24overall decrease in inflammation. So,
17:26we'll see we'll start seeing changes in
17:29people's skin. Their skin starts to
17:31clear up. People start to lose that
17:33steel gray complexion that vaping
17:35develops and they start to get some
17:37color back in their complexion. It's
17:40really really nice to see. But the two
17:42week mark is tricky for people because
17:45they're feeling good and they quote
17:48unquote relapse because they feel good,
17:51not because they feel bad. And this
17:54happens because they're holding on to
17:56old belief systems. A stressful event
18:00comes up at the two week mark. Almost
18:02always does. You stub your toe. You get
18:04in a car accident. something inevitably
18:07happens to you that's stressful because
18:10stress is a fixed cost of being alive
18:13and you still have the old belief system
18:16that vaping relieves stress and you know
18:20you're like I'm doing really good but if
18:22I just vaped a little bit I'd feel even
18:24better I'd even better be able to handle
18:26this situation this is what screws
18:29people at the two week mark and I see it
18:32all the time it's either that or some
18:35ongoing post-accute withdrawal symptoms
18:37from nicotine that that typically occur.
18:39Okay. Now, this brings us to checkpoint
18:42number five, which is the 30-day mark,
18:44which is a complete system reset. If we
18:47can get through those two weeks, how it
18:48feels. Increased energy, decreased
18:51cravings, decreased overall stress,
18:54because now you're not stressing about
18:56vaping and the consequences of vaping,
18:59right? We have better neurochemical
19:01stability. We have an increased stress
19:04tolerance. When you remove a substance
19:07use disorder from your life, your stress
19:10tolerance for work, for family, for
19:14other things actually starts to
19:17increase. And this is where we start to
19:18see people take on that identity as a
19:21nonvapor. If this appeals to you, we
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19:37We can do it without judgment and
19:38without relapse. I put a link in the
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19:44designed specifically for highlevel
19:47professionals and high-erforming
19:49individuals. Now, neurochemically at the
19:5230-day mark, things are mostly stable.
19:55The only thing here that might be
19:57lingering is glutamate regulation, which
20:00I'll give you a little hint. There's a
20:02supplement out there called Nacetylcyine
20:05that can be very helpful to help
20:07regulate that. Okay? But it's usually
20:09glutamate. It's the only thing that's
20:10trailing at this point. Physiologically
20:13speaking, we'll see about a 10% increase
20:16in lung capacity and overall stamina.
20:19Our breathing gets easier. Inflammation
20:22is down. Immune system function is up.
20:25Our taste, our smell, and our sleep are
20:27all improved. And our heart rate in
20:29general function is starting to
20:31normalize. Heart rate's a big thing when
20:33people quit vaping. Sometimes I have had
20:36uh people need to do a medication bridge
20:39to stabilize their heart rate after they
20:41quit. especially if you've been vaping a
20:43ton and you go quitting cold turkey
20:46versus some form of nicotine replacement
20:48therapy or something like that. The only
20:50other thing I would tell people is
20:51that's not uncommon uh that I see throw
20:53people off maybe around the 30-day mark
20:55is when you first quit your immune
20:58system is going through fluctuations.
21:00And I'll often see people get kind of
21:02sick like they'll get the quitter's flu
21:04or they'll actually get sick. They'll
21:06get like a viral infection or something
21:07like that. And people will be holding on
21:11to that belief that vaping makes them
21:13feel better somehow. So I'll see someone
21:15get sick in the first 2 to 4 weeks.
21:18They'll think, "Oh, especially business
21:20professionals, I'm just going to power
21:21through this. I'm just going to use more
21:23nicotine. I'm just going to use more
21:24drugs. I'm going to power through
21:26getting sick." And then I'll see that
21:28result in a return to use. When really
21:30what you're actually doing is just
21:31damaging your immune system further and
21:34decreasing your likelihood of recovering
21:36faster. uh which is fascinating. 90 days
21:39is really the gold standard that I tell
21:42people beyond this point. So we want to
21:43get through 24 hours, 72 hours, one
21:47week, 2 weeks, 90 days, 6 months and
21:51then eventually we want to get to that
21:53one year mark of being vape free and you
21:56really tied off the deal and you really
21:57sealed the deal when it comes to
21:58quitting. Now, hopefully you have a
22:00better understanding and a better
22:02education of what your body is
22:03experiencing. Cuz if you don't, people
22:06freak out. And what do people do when
22:08they freak out and they get stressed? If
22:10they vape, they vape more. They return
22:12to the thing that was causing the
22:14problem in the first place. If you
22:16enjoyed this, I want you to follow me
22:17right into the next video so you can
22:19learn a little bit more about other
22:21substances such as alcohol and cannabis
22:23that we help people overcome and what
22:25that looks Bye.

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