@Dazercat (Eric) posted this on a different thread.
Sharing it here as the advice looks awesome and do-able
“ I got some tips if your interested. I smoked many years ago and my boss paid for us to do a stop smoking clinic. It worked. I didn’t just quit smoking. I STOPPED smoking.
Anyway. The things that worked best for me were.
First 2 weeks.
No booze. U should have that down already I hope.
No sugar
No caffeine
These things are all triggers.
Drink lots of water. Seriously drink water like you’ve never drank it before. Helps flush out the nicotine.
I got some worry beads to keep my hands busy.
Get a straw. Creep it in your mouth and suck in fresh air. I remember waiting tables and I always had a straw in my mouth for about a month. Even taking orders. It was definitely a conversation piece. I found the big fat McDonalds straws work the best. Cut them in half.
Drink lots of water.
The most fun or interesting part was mess up your brain. Smoking is a habit right. Start messing up all your habits.
Sleep on the other side of the bed.
Drive to work a different route
Use your spouses car if u can.
Sit in a different spot for dinner.
Shower in the evening if u usually shower in the am.
You get the idea.
Did I say drink lots of water?
Good luck. I didn’t think this was going to be this long. But it worked for me. Maybe because my wife and I were planning on starting a family back then and I didn’t think I’d be a good example being a father with a butt in his mouth. But I had tried before and nothing worked until I had all these tools to help me.
Good luck. God bless. “
That’s the app that helped me, after listening for two hours, the words really stuck, every time I craved a cig my brain went back to what I’d listened to and in seconds the craving would go away. And voila, here I am +200 days later!
Blessings and sobriety!
Welcome to the forum. There’s probably info all over the place, but this is currently the main thread for stopping nicotine. Have a read, and post if you want to
This whole post is interesting. Especially the “change everything” suggestion.
It’s funny, cuz with drink as well I had to change a lot of habits. Finding new ones does help as it shatters all those old associations while building new, healthy ones.
Woot woot! 3 days! I know I had all kinds of altering symptoms during the first weeks without cigs. I also use SSRI medication and it functions sometimes in odd ways with stimulants like nicotine and caffeine, meaning it could affect the withdrawal symptoms as well. Anyway I hope those symptoms pass soon. If they last and make you worry, maybe a phonecall for professional opinion?
Thank you!!! That makes me feel less worried
I have a tele-appointment with psychiatrist on Monday, I’ll check with him then (if not before), as he has me on.SSRI’s and sleep meds.
I’m thinking 5, maybe 6 
