Wonderful and moving stories here. DawnMarie, you need to throw every available harm reduction alternative at your habit/addiction. Look in the Alternatives section here. Try Camel snus. Try Ariva or Stonewall dissolvables. Try Toque nasal snuff from a bullet. Read and learn.
Quitting must become a game you look forward to playing each day. If it isn't, you will just feel deprived for as long as you live. Worse, you'll replapse on every quit attempt. Give yourself new surprises, new discoveries, as frequently as you need them. Order snus online from Sweden. Find a source for the delicious dissolvable tobacco pellets (Ariva, Stonewall from Star Scientific). Buy a fake cigarette and hold it between your fingers.
I have a well-chewed up fake plastic cigarette that I stuffed with polyfil (used in fish aquariums), a layer of table salt, and more polyfil. The salt air I suck in is very good for my lungs. And I like having what feels like a cigarette between my fingers, and the hand to mouth action.
You must quit inhaling tobacco smoke. That is the only mandate you have. You can use other alternatives, and step down nicotine if you need to. In my refrigerator, I have zero-nic snus. I have zero-nic nasal snuff in a bullet for easy use. I have zero-nic e-liquid for e-smoking.
Fight the good fight against the most damnable demon anyone can face .. nicotine, an addictive substance harder to kick than ....... or ....... We are addicts in every sense of the word. Know that and find a way to feed the demon without destroying your body.
