Think of cigarettes as you would any person who would take all of your money, enslave you, and plot your death, while pretending to be your best pal. When you feel the withdrawl pangs, think of it as this friend knocking on your door, trying to sweet talk their way back in for "just one night", even though they have no intention of leaving. Would you let someone like that into your house? Get MAD at cigarettes! You deserve better. Good luck!

Yay for day one!
Well, i think you are in a realy good place for this quit. You should certainly do something special for yourself tomorrow, as a celebration. After that, I found drinking OJ helped cut through the cravings and changing as many habits as possible that are connected with smoking. For example, I would immediately grab my smokes and head outside when the phone rang and I knew I'd be on it for more than one minute. Now I grab a glass of water and go into my bedroom (on the other side of the house). This really helped me a lot!
Good luck tomorrow,you have made a great decision!
Let us know whenever you need anything.

If you're going to use Chantix, drink water to get past the nausea.
If you're quitting cold turkey, Drinking a lot of water and taking a lot of showers will flush the nicotine from the inside of your body and keep if from reabsorbing from the outside of your body via sweat glands.
Read the old posts here. There are MANY entries that are precisely about the same thing you are going through now. Reading them might help you feel connected, knowing other folks have gone through the same thing quite recently.
You can do this.

wanted to light up this morning but so far I've talked myself out of it, sucked on a commit lozenger. This is going to be harder than I thought. Yikes

Water, juice, sugar free candy,popcicles, gum.apples,carrots,beef jerky and anything else you can think of that is chewy. Tootsie pops worked well because they also gave my hand something to do. Take lots of walks. Whenever you get a strong craving take a walk. I taped a continuing series to watch on tv. That way when one episode was over instead of going out for a smoke I wanted to see what would happen on the next episode. It passed the time. Time seems to slow down when I quit. And for me it was a lot ATTITUDE! Think about how you are doing something good when you feel the cravings. Associate that craving with a positive thing in your life. Push negative thoughts out of your head. Don't watch politics on tv....hehe
Smile instead when you get angry. Put this job 1st in your life. Forget about the little things that don't matter.
That is what I have done so far for 16 days. It really is easier now. I quit the tootsie pops. The gum is really helping now. I got sugar free twin pops so I could eat as many as I wanted.
And don't forget THROW AWAY any cigarettes and ashtrays. (destroy them completely) I could not dig one out of the garbage because there were none!
Take deep breaths. I also checked my pulse and blood pressure. Both have gone down. And my pulse goes down quicker after I walk now.
Keep coming back here. This board has really helped too!
If I can do this ANYONE can!

Thanks anqua for the support. I'm working at my laptop now for my job and so far so good. This is going to be the hardest day but I can do it, it's worth it for me and my kids. I have a new man in my life and I don't want him to know I ever smoked. I'm a little afraid of the damage I have caused to my esophagus because I have reflux disease. The next step is to have a scope done and pray I didn't do any damage that is life threatening. Wish me luck. Do you think I did if I've been smoking a pack a week off and on for the past 5 years? I'm worried.