im at the 3 day mark.

anyone have suggestions?

Im gonna rip my fucking hair out.

Here's a stop smoking meditation mp3 that helped immensely when I quit. I just love this lady's voice. Very soothing and relaxing....and it's something to do for 20 minutes.

http://sendshack.com/download/6xfv2x

Once the 72-hour mark is past, it gets much, much easier. Good luck to you, and hang in there....

Are you on any sort of NRT? If not and you're going bugshit, get patches ASAP! Different methods work for different people, for some could turkey works, I tried Zyban but it didn't work - last time I stopped I did it with patches. Any method requires willpower but I found having the patch on 24 hours helped a hell of a lot when first stopping, I too am on day 3 of not smoking and am doing OK, the odd manic jones-ing, but it DOES pass. Do anything to ride the urge out, post about it, eat something, brush your teeth. Try to remember, you made a conscietious decision to quit for a reason - if you got to a point where you decided to stop, it's a habit you definitely need to overcome (that's kind of a mantra at my worst times). Good luck, I know how you feel!

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I disagree. The best thing you can do is get the nicotine out of your system as quickly as possible by drinking lots of water and fruit juice. Then all you have to deal with is reprogramming the mental aspects of the smoking habit. By keeping nicotine in your system you are just prolonging the physical withdrawl symptoms, i.e. low blood sugar, upset stomach, etc....

But alas, you're right. Different methods work for different people.

yeah im going cold turkey. i have gotten night sweats. it fucking sucks. the cravings seem to some and go. Im still really worrried about the weight gain thing so i have just been drinking lots of water.