You can do this if you're prepared. Start by going through the "My program" at the top of the page. It has some hints and tips that will help prepare you for your quit. Go through all the steps because each step will help you get ready for what lies ahead. You need to know what to expect so you can fight the urges as they come. Don't think about how you're going to get through this tomorrow, just get by each hour and at times each minute. The urge will go away after a few minutes. Another one might be right behind it though and that's why you need to be prepared. It's a long war, but if you can win each little battle, you'll gain more and more confidence that you can do this if you stick with it.
Desperation is one of the many feelings you're going to have to learn to deal with, along with anger, quilt, and others. Read through the forums on here and try and learn all you can about what lies ahead. Use the search engine to help find some answers that you are looking for too. You're not the first person to feel like you're not in control of your quit. Nicotine is a very powerful drug.
Congratulations on your first month of freedom! I hope you are rewarding yourself for your GREAT accomplishments.
Unfortunately that old Nico-Demo will stalk you the rest of your life. The good thing is that once you make up your mind to stay quit, and have learned how to say NO, you should stay nicotine free the rest of your life. And life does get better when YOU are in control instead of the nicotine.
You both sound like you have your quit well under control. A big thumbs up to BOTH of you!
It's so nice hearing how people are able to kick the habit, and let other folks thinking about quitting, know that it CAN be done. You just need to be prepared for it.
I hope both of you are rewarding yourself for the great accomplishments that you are achieving. An at-a-boy is nice, but a real reward reinforces your efforts.
Keep your guard up and keep listening to that angel on your shoulder. That devil of a Nico-Demon doesn't stand a chance.
You can vent all you want around here, just don't inhale, if you know what I mean!
10 months is an awesome quit. Do the cravings you are having happen all day or just at certain times of the day? How are you dealing with them?
If you click on "my program" at the top of the page, you can go into your settings and start your quit meter. It can tell you how many days of life you've gained by not smoking. Every little bit helps especially when there's three grand daughters involved.
It's good to hear that you want to quit. If you don't mind me asking, why do you want to quit? What's your motivation for quitting?
Two weeks was a great start, it's too bad that circumstances led you back to smoking to relieve the stress. Sounds like you really weren't prepared for your quit.
I'd suggest clicking on the "my program" at the top of the page and go through all of the steps in the program. It will help prepare you for what lies ahead. If you have tools for learning to cope with stress, and ways of dealing with it, you may be able to make this quit stick.
It sounds like you do not have much time on your hands. If you do have the time, read through the forums on here. There's a lot of information dealing with quitting, and maybe you'll run across something that makes the light bulb go off in your head. You know, a eureka moment that makes you say "I can do this"!
As you said, it's different for everyone. No two quitters are the same, and no two quits are the same for the same quitter.
The triggers will be there for the rest of your life. You just need to learn how to deal with them. As for the cravings, I do not have an answer for you. I'm one of the lucky ones. After I started my quit, my mind was made up that I would never smoke again, and I never have had a real craving. I tried to be prepared for what to expect. You have to be prepared mentally for your quit to work.
The unknown is scary, and once again, that's why you need to be prepared. If you know what to expect, you'll know how to deal with it. Learn learn learn! You can never know enough.
Stay strong and I wish you the best on your journey.
Isn't it wonderful how something so simple as breathing, can help relax you and fight those urges? Deep breathing really helped me at the start, and I still use it today to help cope with stress.
I'm sure the cravings will subside in time. You've got to remember that it took you almost 54 years of smoking before deciding to quit, and now you have to let your body readjust to the changes. It's not going to happen overnight, but eventually it will.
You can breath better now, and you've probably got more energy too. Just what you'll need for the dances.
N.O.P.E. is an acronym for Not One Puff Ever. It was kind of my motto at the start of my quit. Whenever a thought of smoking popped in my head i'd just say nope! It's one of many acronyms that quitters use. Another that's popular is H.A.L.T. It stands for Hungry Angry Lonely Tired. Nine times out of ten, a craving can be traced to one of these four things.
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Yes the cravings are tempting and that's why you always have to keep your guard up. 
