Welcome to EX, what a motivation to quit smoking. Please remember that quitting is not an event, it is a journey because this is an addiction. I have never heard of using the patches on your heels...I walk around barefoot most of the time so mine are so calloused that I doubt ANYTHING could permeate them. I have heard people say that generic patches from Walmart work just as well and stick better, not sure about the skin reaction either. I didn't use anything when I quit. I had more than one failed quit in the past but THIS time, the decision was pretty much made FOR me because I got seriously ill. I had joined EX several months before but had not seriously committed to my quit. This time was different...I had a plan, I read everything I could find on nicotine addiction, I got support from people who had been EXACTLY where I was, AND my commitment was absolutely resolute. Giulia has given you some great advice and I am sure that YoungAtHeart will be welcoming you soon. I suggest reading a blog written by JonesCarpeDiem some time ago, I read it over and over again when I quit.../blogs/jonescarp.aka.dale.Jan_2007-blog/2011/06/26/what-to-expect-in-the-first-four-months Keep reading, stay close to the site, track your cigarettes while you are still smoking and identify your triggers, they will still be there when you quit but if you plan for ways to deal with them without smoking, you will be much stronger. One day at a time...that's how this is done. I used the mantra NOPE Not One Puff Ever that I got from this site and it was so easy to remember and so simple and yet powerful, it helped me more than I can say.
Welcome, glad that you are here.
Ellen
