Realize there will be changes being made. This is natural when we give up a daily addiction ..
Promise yourself that you will not smoke.
Do not keep an emergency pack. (what the hell is the emergency that is going to "make you" smoke?)
Learn as you go. There is no need to be fearful. Take control. If you won't, who's going to?
Find something else to do when you get a craving.
Let an ice,cube melt slowly in your mouth, bite into a lemon, laugh out loud. (GUARANTEED CRAVE BUSTERS)
You're going to be on a rollercoaster of emotions for 2-3 weeks. (Think of it as a bad cold on disorienting drugs)
Other "Dopamine Relief" comes in many forms. Laughing/Food/Sex/Chocolate/Exercise/Music smoking
At a month you're going to feel like you've "made it."
And you have. You've made it a month! WOO HOO!!
Now comes the part they don't highlight or barely mention on other sites.
THE NEXT 100 DAYS IS WHEN MOST PEOPLE LOSE THEIR QUIT
they get cocky and think they can have "just one."
130 Days
Promise yourself you will live 130 days from your last puff and just see if your head is not in a much better place than you imagined.
Positive side effects?
More when you need it.
Decreasement (new word) in slow suicide by tobacco assisted death.
The blinders come off. You see things for what they are.