Glad you are checking in! Make sure to read For Our New Years' Quitters (and community members, too) There are many posts and links to posts in the comments to keep you busy for hours! 
Welcome! I know when I first found this site, many Elders told me to read read read….and I did. Elders are those with one or more years of being quit. If you like what someone has to say, then you may want to read their blogs. I have some listed below.
A list of our Elders ELDER'S LIST
One of the first things I read was Alan Carr's Easy Way to Quit Smoking. I purchased the book on CD and listened to it in the car on my way to and from work for 3 weeks over and over again. It was well worth the money because this is my forever quit.
Your Quit Kit is very important those first few days and weeks Quit kit !
So here's the thing.....and you may not like what I am about to say....and that's ok. I get it. You need to accept that this is an addiction. Before you do that, it will be much more difficult to quit and stay quit.
Read read read. Do the steps to PREPARE yourself to quit. Do the steps so you are PREPARED on quit day and for the days AFTER quit day.
Some of the things I read in my first few days that helped me:
Dale’s Welcome to New Members My Welcome To New Members (10 Years Of Watching)
Youngatheart.7.4.12 Nancy’s Blog 101 Things to Do Instead of Smoke - Check out her other blogs as well since she is one of our wise Elders!
jonescarp.aka.dale.Jan_2007 Dale’s Blog What To Expect In The First Four Months which was already posted and linked to....this is a very good one as are his other blogs.
Visit Best of EX
And read what has been posted there.
Some of my favorite saying and abbreviations:
NOPE - Not one puff ever!
SINAO - Smoking is not an option
One step and then another will take you where you want to be - Larry, the Caravan Master (oldbones5358-Larry_10-21-2013 - read his blogs, too!)
I don't do that anymore! is a great one from Dale (jonescarp.aka.dale.Jan_2007)
One of my favorite blogs is from my time in NML (No Man's Land - around Day 30-130 of your quit) Not getting caught in NML - Staying Quit
Keep this site close and keep posting and asking for help. You will get it. You will get things you like and things you don't like, but don't give up!!! We have been through similar experiences and can share our strength and hope. We are here to support you!
