You should look into medications and learn about them. Then decide. Exers are not for or against patches, medications--so much as Exers are for quitting. Support is important no matter how you quit--having quitters to talk to is just a common sense approach to quitting. But first, plan, plan, plan. Make a list of things you are willing to do other than smoke, keep it nearby and use it once you quit.
The quit journey is taken one day at a time-it isn't a three week job, or a nine month stint--a quit is worked even when the quit becomes easy and joyful. If your journey includes medication or patches because you think that is best, then so be it. But aids are aids--you are the biggest part of the solution.
Yes you can one day at a time.
